European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday july 17, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23 East Rutherford . A Michael an Retti Ewasiw outdistanced the Field sunday to win the Marlboro grand prix at the steamy Meadowlands. Andretti a Chevrolet powered Lola which started of the pole led 105 of the 150 japs on the 1.25-mile modified Oval winding around Byrne Arena including e final 56. A the 27-year-old Driver earned his third Victory of in season and third in the last four races As he beat Art pig series Leader Rick cars by 38.18 Sec ads. Andretti averaged 97.290 in the race slowed by two aution flags As he came up with his 12th career Victo Worth $80,781. Despite his finish Mears added to his Point Lead a cause of problems encountered by his closest Pur users a a1 Unser jr., Emerson Fittipaldi and Bobby Ahal. Andretti leapfrogged from fifth to second earning he maximum of 22 Points for the weekend a for 14-year-old Jennifer Capriati. Also on winning doubles Tea Capriati wins first pro tourney North Conway new Hampshire up a Jennifer Capriati won her first pro tournament sunday with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Victory Over Veteran Ros Fairbank in the $100,000 mount Cranmore International women a Tennis championships. The top seeded -14-year-old Capriati Down 10 in the third and deciding set reeled off three straight games and then served out the match As the third seeded Fairbank a 12-year pro wilted in the steamy 85-degree weather. Capriati the Florida schoolgirl who became the youngest player to win a match in Wimbledon history when she made it to the quarterfinals before losing to Steffi Graf collected $25,000 for winning on mount Cranmore a red Clay courts a just her eighth pro tournament. Fairbank won $ 12,500. Capriati and Fairbank later teamed up in the doubles final to defeat Laura Gildemeister and Kathy Rinaldi 6-4, 7-6 7-5. Capriati opened slowly in the first set losing her first service game before recovering. The two dulled to a 3-3 tie in the second set but Fairbank proved steadier from the Baseline in the crucial seventh game and served out the set to tie the match. Winning the pole leading the most laps and winning the race. He is now tied with Fittipaldi for second trailing cars 101-88. _ Fittipaldi who had Early suspension problems was sixth seven laps behind. Unser was chasing Andretti Early trailing by less than three seconds on Lap 63, when he broke a half Axle. He lost .19 laps in the pits while his Crew made repairs. But with Only 10 of the 28 cars running at the end Unser finished Lith earning two Points and winding up fourth in the cart pig standings. Rahal had the most misfortune of All the leaders. He was eliminated from the race on Lap 42 when he and Mario Andretti battling for fifth crashed. Mario Michael a father teammate and fellow front Row starter led before the first round of pit stops and was Angling to pass Mears for fourth when he moved to the outside of the track. Rahal appeared committed to the outside trying to get by the elder Andretti and the two came together twice knocking them both out of the race. Neither w As injured. Rahal was out of the Points and now is fifth w Ith �?~79 Points. Teo Fabi was third a Lap Down followed by Indianapolis 500 Winner Arie Luyendyk four laps behind the Winner. . Foyt ignoring the smothering humidity of the partly sunny afternoon finished fifth five laps behind for his Best finish of the season. Indy car Rookie Mike Groft brought out the first caution when he hit one of the Concrete barriers on Lap 27. A a a a a a a a a a another Early out was Willy t. Ribbs the first Black Driver in indy car racing. Ribbs whose personal Mentor and team co owner Bill Cosby was on hand for his first race went out with an engine failure after 43 laps. He finished 23rd in Only his third cart Start. Williams dominates diving # bags 3rd gym Gold Minneapolis apr Wendy i an Williams previous visit to the . Olympic festival was not pleasant. This one should help erase the memories. Williams the Bronze medallist at the 1988 olympics dominated the Competition sunday in winning the Rometer platform diving championship. In her Only other festival appearance in 1985, she finished seventh.. Olympic festival a that was so Long ago. Few it was disastrous a she said. _ i feel like a different person now. In those Days i Felt so Young and naive and scared up not any More. Although she did no to do As Well on her final dive As she had wanted the 23-year-old from Bridgeton mo., received 443.16 Points to beat Mary Ellen Clark of Newton Square pa., by nearly 50 Points. In other action sunday a the final Day of this. 1 old olympic festival a olympian Brandy Johnson picked up her third gymnastics Gold medal by winning the vault in record setting fashion. Also Hollis Conway won the not much training a Scoggin said. Conway failed three limes to Clear 7-10v2, but he still beat Jake Jacoby of Boise Idaho who cleared 7-7. A i was a Little upset i did t make it a Conway said a but when i take everything into consideration that i Haven to even touched a High jump apron in practice in a pretty Conway of Lafayette la., Hasni to practice since his father died of a heart attack on july i. Joyner Kersee Learned minutes before the meet that her results would count in the javelin because another ipe exhibition athlete in the event. Competitor withdrew. She had planned to be just an High jump by Clearing 7 feet 8 inches but he failed in three tries to break his american record of 7-10. Also Jackie Joyner Kersche finished sixth in the javelin and her 1600-meter relay team finished third. Williams Only disappointment was her last dive even though it produced her second highest score. She had flashed a a a 10�?� to her coach just before the dive an inward 2lh-somersault Pike. The judges awarded her two scores of 8.5, two 8.0s and three 7.5s. A i told the cameraman on the platform that i wanted to dedicate the Iasi dive to my a Williams said. A a that a one of the few dives i get 10s on and 1 was hoping to do that today. I wanted to give my something belter than 8s.�?� Williams Mother Vivian recently spent five Days in a St. Louis Hospital after suffering congestive heart failure. Williams did no to find out until thursday night after her Mother already had been discharged. A she told my Sisters not to Tell me so i get worried a Willjams said. The menus 10-meter diving Champion was malt Scoggin of Austin Texas who also won the event last year. Scoggin scored 660.30 Points to beat Jeffery of Madison ., who had 621.90. Scoggin said he practice Little for the festival afraid he would reinsure his left shoulder which he strained on a dive three weeks ago. A that was neat to see that i could do so Well with she finished sixth with a throw of 145-7. A a in la take 145, since 1 Haven to thrown since the Seoul olympics a she said. Sundays other outstanding performance was turned in by Dannette Young of Jacksonville Fla., whose time of 22.19 seconds in the 200 meters would have been a festival record had it not been wind aided. The 17-year-old Johnson a 1988 olympian who finished third in the 1990 . Championships won the All around Gold Friday with a festival record 39.025 Points. She also won a Gold Friday As a member of the winning South team. She received a 9.90 in the vault sunday despite an ankle injury she sustained Friday on the beam. Quot i was pleased with the vault and just getting through the Competition a said Johnson of Apopka Fla. Quot there was a possibility 1 Wasny to even going to compete her 9.90 beat the record of 9.462 set in 1989 by Amy Scherr. Two other records were set sunday. Larissa Fontaine of Deerfield 111., won the balance beam with a score of 9.90 while Molly Shawen of Altamonte Springs Fla., set a record with a 9.85 on the uneven bars. Table Tennis player Sean o Neill of Mclean va., won the Gold medal in menus singles giving him a record tying 16 career Gold medals in the festival. That tied him with roller Speed skater Dante Muse of West Des Moines Iowa who picked up his 16th earlier in the week. In weightlifting arlys Johnson of International Falls minn., broke her american record in the snatch while competing at 75 kilograms. Johnson lifted 93 kilograms on her fourth attempt breaking the record of 92.5 she set last year. Ban of javelin could erase record Oslo Norway apr Jan Zelezny a world javelin Mark of 294 feet 2 inches May never make the record Book. The 24-year-old czech used a new Type of javelin that could be banned in the near future according to former record Holder Patrik Boden of Sweden. Zelozny set the record in the sixth and final round saturday night in the Bis Lett games track and Field meet. The javelin he used is made in Hungary and designed by Mijos Nernst a a former world class javelin thrower. Nemeths javelin however has been on the Market Only one year and no competitors will be allowed to use his Model in the european track and Field championships next month at split Yugoslavia. �?�1 done to like this new javelin and in a surprised that Zelezny used it in Oslo a said Boden who broke Zelezny a 1987 world record with a toss of 292-4 in March at Austin Texas. Boden a Sophomore at Texas and the Mcaa javelin Champion said the trajectory of Nemeths javelin is similar to a previous Model that was banned following the 1985 season a for safety reasons a after German Uwe Hohn hurled it 343-10. The International Amateur athletic federation world track and Fields governing body is expected to make a decision on Nemeth s Model later this year
