European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes sunday july 15,1 �90 ies to win Minneapolis apr Brandy Johnson missed her dismount from the balance beam but rallied to win the gymnastics All around Gold medal in record fashion at the . Olympic festival on Friday. Meanwhile track and Field slowed to a walk. Dibbi Lawrence of Kenosha wis., broke her american record in the to Kil Mcter race walk and two time olympian Carl Schueler won a 20-Kilometer event that wound up being Shorter than planned. Also Friday Wendy Lian Williams and defending Champion Matt Scoggin won the 10-meter platform diving preliminaries. Lawrence finished her race in 46 minutes 10.26 seconds breaking the american record of 46 14.4 she set in the athletics Congress meet june 15. She also smashed the festival record of 47 54.0 by Maryanne Torrellas of Clinton conn., in 1987. Lawrence 28, got an assist from the crowd which gave her a standing ovation throughout her last Lap. She covered the final 400 meters in 1 45 after lapping at a 1 51 Pace for most of the race. A i think i wanted it bad enough that it the crowd have made any difference a Lawrence said. A but it makes it feel that much More special because it feels like we re All doing it Schueler knew Early on that something was amiss in the 20-Kilometer race. A a in be been racing for 12 years so when we came. S. Olympic festival through the first Lap at the 2vi-Kilometer Mark i saw the clock and knew the course was Short a Schueler said. A when six Guys Are on world record Pace at 2 a Kilometres you know something is not right a the course was inadvertently Laid out to cover just 18,230 Kilometres. Schueler of Colorado Springs. Colo., won the race in 1 hour 18 minutes 59 seconds. Phil Henson the . Olympic committees commissioner of athletics said turnaround Cones for the race were mistakenly placed at the wrong Marker of what was supposed to be a 2 i Kilometre Loop. The error shortened the Loop by about 200 meters. A after it was discovered they considered extending it another Lap a Henson said. A but the referee Felt that would be too confusing to the athletes that instead of six More laps to go now you be got National Champion Meredith Rainey of new York won the 800 meters in 2 03.40, overtaking Silver med Alist Celeste Halliday of Bloomfield conn., in the final 50 won the tac title earlier this year and will compete in the Goodwill games later this month. A a in be been running 2 minutes Flat All season a said Rainey who received a degree in social studies from Harvard on june 7. A but i guess the most important thing is to be competitive every Johnson of Apopka fla., finished with 39.025 Points breaking the previous festival All around Mark of 38.35 set in 1983 by Pam Bilek of san Jose Calif. The 17-year-old Johnson who fell from the balance beam in finishing third at the . Championships this summer received a 9.4 after her mistake in that event Friday. A it made me mad and i carried it Over to the next event floor exercise in a positive Way a she said. A i did no to let it haunt me like i could Johnson scored a 9.85 in the floor exercise and added a 9.95 in the vault the Best score of the night. She also had a 9.825 on the uneven bars the All around runner up was 13-year-old Molly Shawen of Edgewood ky., with 38.625, the Bronze medal went to another 13-year-old, Anne Woynerowski of Mountain lakes n.j., with 38.225. In diving Williams easily finished first in the Rometer platform preliminaries in her first festival appearance since 1985. The 447,69 Points were a personal preliminary Best for Williams a 1988 olympic Bronze medallist. Her closest pursuer was cokey Smith of Ann Arbor. Mich., the Only competitor whose eight dive total 381.15 exceeded Williams score after seven dives 372.93 at from Page 21. Cd stage Points Over Toronto which lost at California. In other games Friday rangers 7, tigers 6 Detroit a Pete Incaviglia a three run double keyed a four run Texas seventh As the rangers won their sixth straight game with a Victory Over Detroit. Bobby Witt 6-8who is 4-1 in his last eight starts for Texas gave up five runs on seven hits. He struck out eight and walked three in 6% innings. Kenny Rogers came on in the ninth and struck out Cecil fielder and Gary Ward with runners on first and third to get his eighth save. Fielder hit his major league leading 29th Home run in the sixth to give the tigers a 4-3 Lead. White sox 3, Yankees 2 new York a Lance Johnson a fifth inning sacrifice Fly scored Scott Fletcher with the go ahead run and Chicago beat new York. Orioles 8-i, twins 5-3 Baltimore a Phil Bradley batting for the first time since june 16, Pinch hit a grand slam in the eighth inning As Baltimore beat Minnesota 8-5 in the first game of a doubleheader. Kent Hrbek and John Moses homered As Minnesota won the second game 3-1 and ended Baltimore a four game winning Streak. Minnesota had five Home runs in the doubleheader. Gary Gaetti and Paul Sorrento hit two run homers in the opener and Hrbek added a Solo shot. Randy Milligan hit two Solo homers for the orioles in the first game his third Multi Homer game of the season. Baltimore shortstop Cal Ripken set a major league record for most consecutive games at one position with 1,308, one More than Everett Scott. California 2, Toronto 0 Anaheim Calif. A Jim Abbott pitched a a four hitter to win his first ome game in nearly a year and Lead California past Toronto. Abbott 6-7 Hadnot won in Anaheim stadium since july 27, 1989, when he beat the Chicago White sox 8-5. He struck out three and walked none in his third career shutout his first since last aug. 30 against Boston. Indians 13, mariners 7 Seattle a Sandy Alomar or. Drove in four runs and Cleveland scored eight runs in the seventh inning. Tom Candiotti 10-4 allowed five hit sol apr Steve sax left hangs on to the Ball As he collides with right fielder Jesse Barfield while chasing a Fly Ball off the Bat of the White sox Scott Flecther in new York Friday. In seven innings for the indians who sent 11 men to the plate in the seventh a a their biggest inning since sept. 17, 1988, at Toronto. Brewers 2, athletics 0 Oakland Calif. A Dave Parker drove in both Milwaukee runs with a Homer and a sacrifice Fly As the Brewers won their first game against Dave Stewart 11-8 in Oakland Mark Knudson 6-4 pitched his first career shutout allowing seven hits. He struck out five and walked two for Milwaukee a seventh shutout this year. Parker led off the sixth with his 12th Homer a line shot to right. He added a sacrifice Fly in the seventh. From Page 21 and is hitting .462 with five homers and 14 Bis in 10 games against san Diego. In other games Friday Mic a Mph 7 Cincinnati -1 Tom Browning allowed two runs in 7 a innings and Mariano Duncan had two hits and scored twice As Cincinnati beat new 9-5 retired the first 12 batters before Darryl Strawberry led off the fifth with a single off the top of the right Field Wall. Strawberry also ended Brownings shutout bid with a Solo Homer to Center Field in the seventh his 23rd of the season and sixth in his last nine games. All four Cincinnati runs were off Frank Viola 13-4who had his worst Start since june 16, the last time he lost a game. Viola who had won his last four starts was in trouble in each of the five innings he pitched giving up nine hits and three walks. He also threw a wild pitch to let in a run. Dodgers 5, cubs 2 Chicago a Stan Javier singled in the go ahead run in the ninth inning and Kirk Gibson followed with a twp run double As los Angeles handed Chicago its fifth straight loss. Phillies 4, astros 2 Houston a Dickie Thon hit two Home runs off his former club and Jose Dejesus earned his first major league Victory leading Philadelphia past Houston. E Ejesus 1-2 allowed two runs and four hits in eight plus innings. Roger Mcdowell got one out m the ninth and Darrel Aker Felds finished for his second save. Thon who played for the astros from 1981-87, hit a two run Homer in the second and a Solo shot in the seventh. The shortstop entered the game with two homers in 275 at bats this season. Giants 6, cardinals 1 St Louis a Don Robinson allowed one run in seven innings and had a run scoring double to snap a fifth inning tie As san Francisco beat St. Louis extending the giants winning Streak to five games. Brett Butler had four hits for san Francisco extending his hitting Streak to nine games Kevin Mitchell hit his 23rd Home run off loser Jose Deleon 6-8 and will Clark added a two run single. Robinson 5-1 allowed four hits Anu Jeff Brantley pitched two innings for his 14th save. Rain in Atlanta Atlanta a fridays scheduled game Between the Montreal expos Anu Atlanta braves was rained out
