European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 14, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire Guggi a    by Bih Jbv a  a mob a by he a i a i nun ,_.,_. Graf beats Melee a for 50th singles title from wire reports san Diego with her 50th pro singles title in hand Steffi Graf will Start on the next 50 at the . Open. Graf won her 50th title sunday in her final tournament tuneup for the open defeating Manuela Malec a Fragniere 6-3, 6-2 in the great american Bank tournament final for the second straight year. Graf who Marks her third anniversary As the no. 1 player in women s Tennis on aug. 17, became the third woman in the 22-year open Era to win 50 or More tournaments. Chris Evert has 157 titles and Martina Navratilova 152. I read about it in the morning but i forgot about it during the match Graf said. When i think about it i enjoy it. It s a great Milestone. So is being no. 1 for three years. Those Are things that Are Nice to look  when the open begins in new York on aug. 27, Graf will break Navratilova s record of 157 consecutive weeks at the no. I ranking. After running her match record this year to 46-3, the top ranked Graf pronounced herself ready for the final grand slam event of the year. Definitely said Graf who won All of her five matches in san Diego in straight sets after winning the Canadian open the previous week i be been practising hard. Now i be played two tournaments Graf said. Playing those 10 matches gave  the kind of experience i needed. I definitely comfortable with  game right now Graf earned a $45,000 Winner s Check in extending her career record against the ninth ranked male Eva Fragniere to 12-0. In the doubles final Patty Fendick and Zina Garri son beat Elise Burgin and Ros Fairbank Nidiffer 6-4, 7-6 7-5. The winning pair split $13,500. Edberg sweeps past Gilbert Mason Ohio top seeded Stefan Edberg proved sunday Why he deserves to be the lop ranked player in the at with a convincing 6-1, 6mjyictory Over no. 4 seed Brad Gilbert in the finals of the $1.3 million Thrift Way at championship. F earlier this week Edberg unofficially became the no. 1 player in the at computer rankings when he Defeated Michael Chang in a third round match. The ranking will become official monday. On sunday the 24-year-old swede dominated Gil Bert from the Start. Edberg took advantage of Gilbert s weak service return charging the net on nearly every serve and repeatedly returning perfect volleys. The final match which Only lasted 51 minutes was the second shortest final of the year in the at. The shortest was Gilbert Over Christo Van Wensberg in the finals at Orlando in april. Sunday s loss was the worst defeat Gilbert has suffered in his professional career. The Guy thoroughly beat on  Gilbert said. . Hooters take 3rd place East Rutherford . John Harkes scored the go ahead goal five minutes into the second half As the United states beat sporting Lisbon 2-1 sunday in the third place game of the Marlboro cup of new York. Harkes a midfielder seeking a contract with a euro Pean club scored from 25 Yards out offa rebound after Bruce Murray s shot bounced offa defender. Eric Wynalda scored for the United states in the 13th minute from eight Yards out off Murray s header following a Long throw in by John Doyle. Sporting tied the game in the 29th minute when Cadete stripped the Ball from Paul Caligiuri dribbled past sweeper Marcello Balboa and beat onrushing goalkeeper Tony Meola from 35 Yards out. The United states had lost six straight games since a 4-1 Victory at Liechtenstein on May 30. Included in the Streak were three losses in the world cup. The americans next game is against Trinidad and Tobago on sept. 15 at High Point . The . Team is6-11 in full internationals this year and 9-12-1 Overall. Mcaa Champ wins . Amateur Summit . Pat Hurst of san Jose state ral lied from three holes Down after the morning 18, caught Longshot Stephanie Davis in the afternoon and then captured the United states women s Amateur title sunday with a conceded Par on the 37th Hole. Hurst s Victory came just a year after the 1989 Mcaa Champion lost in the first Rodd of match play after winning Medah St honors . The Victory by he St ended a surprisingly Strong run by Davis a 20-Yejir-old Stanford student from Bain Bridge Island  who said when she began the tournament that her can pcs of winning were the same As the Seattle mariners of winning the world series. The problem for Davis was that Hurst 21, of san lean Dro calif., played better Down the stretch. Hurst had come into the 36-Hoie final at 13-Undcr in five Viatches and with victories Over defending Champion Vicki got Cand French Amateur Champion Delphine Bourson. Astros sign Howe through 91 Houston Houston manager Art Howe s con tract was extended on sunday through the 1991 sea , 43, is completing his second year As manager. He led the club to a third place finish in 1989, when the team went 86-76. After sunday s 9-0 Joss to the san Diego padres the astros Are in fifth place with a record of 49-65, 17 games behind Cincinnati. Howe is the 10th manager in franchise history and spent More than seven seasons As a Houston player. Topic sets Junior High jump Mark Plovdiv Bulgaria Dragutin topic of Yugo Slavia set a world Junior High jump record of 7 feet 9 inches on sunday highlighting the final Day of the third world Junior track and Field championships. Topic added one half Inch to the record set in 1986 by Cuba s Javier Sotomayor who holds the world senior record of 8-0. The United states captured both men s relays with Chris Nelloms of Dayton Ohio participating in both to increase his Gold medal count to three for the championships. Nelloms ran the first leg As the . Team won the 400-meter relay in a meet Mark 39.13 seconds .13 off the world Junior record. Reggie Harris Todd Bridges and James Stallworth carried the Baton the rest of the Way. Then Nelloms anchored the 1,600-meter relay team to Victory in 3 02.26. Harris Tony Samuels and Derek Mills ran the earlier legs. Nelloms other Gold came in the open 400, which he won in a meet record 45.43. The soviet Union ended the championship with eight individual Gold medals and 15 Overall. The United states tied with Kenya with four golds. Nelloms contributed to three of them with Stallworth leading a 1-2 sweep in the Long jump with Dion Bent icy. Stallworth won the Long jump at 26-7 a after set Ting a meet Mark of 26-11 . Frenchman upsets top hurdles Fon Vieille Monaco Philippe Tourret of France upset a top Field in the men s Iii hurdles to highlight the fourth International track and Field meet Here , Roberto Hernande of Cuba broke the stadium record in the 400, finishing in 44.30 seconds to beat olympic relay Gold medallists Danny Everett and Butch Reynolds. Tourret created the Surprise of the evening winning in 13.28. He Defeated some of the top specialists in the hurdles such As world record Holder Roger kingdom who finished fifth in 13 57, and Tony Dees the top american this year who was third behind teammate Arthur  Foster a two time world Champion decided not to run after falling during a false Start. Nigerian Chidi Imoh came Home first in the men s 100 meters barely ahead of american Denis Mitchell. Both were timed in 10.23. Americans Randy Barnes and Jim Doehring were i 2 in the shot put. Barnes put of 70 feet 5 inches was far off his world record of 75-10 i. Mochring s Best was 67- /2.georgy Dakov of Bulgaria tied with american hoi Lis Conway in the High jump both Clearing 7-6 /. Frenchman Serge Helan beat Mike Conley of the United states by 2 a inches in the triple jump with a leap of 55-9 a. 3 men die in australian fun run Sydney Australia tragedy overtook Sydney s annual City to surf fun run sunday when three men died from apparent heart attacks officials said. More than 46,000 runners 6,000 More than the previous record took part in the 14-Kilometer run through the streets of Sydney to Bondi  deaths and problems caused by the huge crush brought Calls monday for an official inquiry and for limiting the number of runners in future events. Two of the dead men were in their 20 s and the third was in his mid-40 s. Another 24 runners needed Hospi Tali action officials said. The race was won by australian marathoner Steve Meneghetti with Britain s Dave Long second and australian Robert decastello who holds the record in the race coming in third. Meneghetti s time of 40 minutes 16 seconds was eight seconds off of Decastilla s Mark. America a Nancy Dit made it a record three straight wins when she again took the women Section with a personal Best of 47.13. Caldwell signs with redskins Carlisle a. The Washington redskins were Down to one remaining holdout sunday As linebacker Ravin Caldwell who moved into the starting lineup last season agreed to contract  end of Caldwell s two week holdout left nine year Veteran defensive tackle Darryl Grant the Only unsigned player on the  agreed to a three year contract Worth around $900,000. An to . 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