European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 14, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 25 Rainey wins in. Nears title ande Storp Sweden apr Wayne Rainey of the United states held off two rivals Down the Homestretch to win the swedish 500cc motorcycling grand prix sunday virtually clinching the world championship. Rainey Riding a Yamaha finished 1.149 seconds ahead of fellow California teammate Eddie Lawson in a razor thin finish after battling for 30 laps around the scandinavian raceway circuit. Wayne Gardner of Australia aboard a Honda was 3.564 seconds behind for third. It was Rainey a sixth grand prix Victory in 12 races this season and he now has a commanding 47-Point Lead in the 15-race series. Fellow american Kevin Schwantz who captured the British grand prix ahead of Rainey last weekend and held the pole Here spun off the track after Only three laps and withdrew. The 26-year-old texan is second in the standings with 173 Points and is the Only rider who can catch Rainey. Rainey 29, Only needs to finish fourth in one of the three remaining grand prix races to wrap up the championship. A but i done to want to. Hear about me being world Champion yet a said Rainey who fell Here last year and lost a Chance to win the title. A i m As far away from the championship now As when the season  Mike Doohan an australian Riding a Honda was 22.335 seconds behind for fourth place sunday. Doohan is third Overall with 135 Points. Carlos Cardus of Spain aboard a Honda edged Yamaha rider John Kocinski of the United states by 0.080 seconds to win a thrilling 250cc event. Masahiro Shimizu of Japan was third 0.299 seconds behind on a Honda. Luke a Fly a by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Berlin a the a Fly International week which brought teams into four different continents ended for the season with the los Angeles rams 19-3 Victory Over the Kansas City chiefs on saturday in the first Ever american bowl on German soil. The rams made it three straight in International appearances playing the Berlin game in front of 55,429 Rowdy fans in the 70,000-scat olympic stadium. Three Days before the game the league had sold just Over 36,000 tickets for the contest. Nil spokesman Pete Abitante Wasny to surprised by the Large showing. A we had heard there was a tendency there would be a Strong walk up crowd since its such a Large  the game was televised across the United states via no cd Stop football Crew Dick Enberg and Bill Walsh. The presence of a National broadcasting organization filming the contest added to the Strong showing. American service members and family members streamed into Berlin from As far away As Greece and Turkey to witness the game live. The Uso distributed 500 tickets through Neucom and secured duty train status to Berlin. Gis came from the far Comers of Germany from major communities such As Kaiserslautern and smaller areas such As Heilbronn and Ansbach. For one former go Jack Elkins it was a night to remember. For Mike Elkins it was a night to forget. Jack Elkins returned saturday to olympic stadium where 44 years earlier he had played football on a . Army team. He came to see his son Mike Start at quarterback for the Kansas City chiefs. The younger Elkins had a disappointing evening in a 19-3 preseason loss to the rams suffering two interceptions and three sacks while leading the chiefs to just 49 net Yards in the first half. His first pass was intercepted and led to a ram touchdown. His fifth pass was picked off at los Angeles 15 Yard line ending a Kansas City drive set up by a Good punt return. Jack Elkins had More Success in his appearance on the Field in 1946. His army team from the Frankfurt area Defeated a Berlin based unit 14-12 before about 10,000 . Soldiers. A the area All around the stadium had been levelled by. Bombs but the stadium was intact a he said. A i done to recognize the town at  the elder Elkins said he did not grasp the historical significance of the stadium when he played there. Ten years earlier Jesse Owens had mocked Adolf hitlers theory of aryan supremacy at the stadium by winning four olympic Gold medals. A it meant just another football game a he said. A at 20 years old you really done to grasp the history around you. We were so Busy trying to get Hitler out of our minds and get Back to Normal  but Jack Elkins a one time Catcher in the Brooklyn dodgers organization did not miss the significance of watching his son play an nil game in Berlin. A it gets you All choked up. Its a great feeling Quot he said before the game. A Mike is the last of six children. To see him be successful with a College degree and a place in the nil is very  prior to Kickoff. Speculation was that the american bowl will move from Ber Lin to Munich s olympic stadium for future games though Abitante called the Rumor unfounded but not wholly in a Uiki a j True. Gate receipts and other analyses will be conducted to determine if the game will be played in Berlin next year. Frankfurt a Wald stadium the Home of one of the newest world league of american football franchises has also been mentioned As a possible site. The Berlin game was the final Stop on the leagues International week which brought teams to Tokyo London Mon trial and Berlin. London a game the fifth consecutive time the nil has stopped at Wembley stadium topped the turnstiles As 63,106 fans saw the new Orleans saints top the . Raiders 17-10. Berlins 55,429 was second and Tokyo a 52,000 was third As japanese fans saw the Seattle so Hawks Edge the Denver Broncos 10-7. Montreal brought in Only 27,000 fans to the 60,011-seat olympic stadium where the faithful few saw the Pittsburgh steel cars Romp past the new England patriots 3414. Rudd records Lascar Victory from Page 23 steadying Par. He headed for the clubhouse in regulation and at a Safe enough distance watched both couples and Morgan self destruct. A it was the longest Day of my life. Until 1 hit the second shot on 18,�?� Grady fretted a i  let myself get ahead of  there is no danger  any longer no need to worry about that place in Golf history. It is even now being etched into the Side of the Wanamaker trophy. A and it does no to matter How hard you scratch a he said Quot you Aren t going to get my name off  and neither should Golf or golfers forget the promises made at Shoal Creek. On saturday the . Golf association confirmed that Shoal Creek has submitted a bid to play Host to the National championship in 1996. When officials review that bid they will remember a Scenic course Large galleries warm Alabama weather and big Bucks. They would do Well though not to forget is title is the . Open. The associated press an radio baseball a san Francisco at Philadelphia 1 30 . Wednesday. Watkins Glen . Apr Ricky Rudd kept his Cool during a difficult first half and wound up running off with the Budweis or at the Glen Lascar Stock car race sunday at Watkins Glen International. The Victory gave the Hendrick to to sports team which Fields four cars in most Winston cup events its first win of the season. Rudd who spun out on the 10th of 90 laps in the 219-mile race after bumping Geoff boding in heavy traffic also had to make two unscheduled pit stops because of Flat tires. The second came on Lap 42 after he had worked his Way into the Lead with the Aid of a pair of Early caution flags. But the 33-year-old Driver from Chesapeake va., kept hustling his Chevrolet Lumina and moving toward the front As most of the leaders experienced some Type of problem on the narrow winding seven turn 2.428-mile Road circuit. Rudd got Back to second place behind series Point Leader Mark Martin on Lap 49, during the third of five caution periods. He regained the Lead on Lap 66 when Martin pitted. His own final scheduled Stop came on Lap 73. Two laps later All the top competitors had made their stops except for Alan Kulwicki who was in front of Rudd. _ finally on Lap 81, Kulwicki ducked into the pits for Gas. His Ford thunderbird came out trailing Rudd by 9.23 seconds and Rudd built that margin to 11.1 seconds by the end of Lap 83, apparently on the Way to a runaway. At that Point hut Stricklin and Sarel  Der Merwe of South Africa subbing for injured Hendrick Driver Darrell Wal trip collided and hit the Guardrail in the final turn. That brought out the last caution Flag and bunched the leaders for a three Lap shootout. Rudd got a Good jump at the Green Flag and Kulwicki who had a slipping clutch held up the rest of the pack Long enough to allow Rudd to race away. He crossed the finish line 6.54 seconds ahead of Geoff boding who held on to nip his younger brother Brett for second place. Michael Waltrip was third followed by Martin who had two Flat tires late in the race Morgan Shepherd and trouble plagued Dale Earnhardt who came into the event just one Point behind Martir Fand having won three of the last four races. Rudd averaged 92.452 Mph As he won $55,000 for his 11th career Victory second at Watkins Glen and first since the Road race at Sonoma calif., in june of 1989. This race was shaping up As a personal Battle Between pole starter Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace before those two tanked on Lap 45. They had dominated the isl half of the race taking turns in the Lead. Earnhardt who was leading at the of time tagged Wallace As the second place runner attempted to get past in the first turn. The cars came together with Earnhardt spinning and Wallace getting into the grass. Geoff boding who had been running third inherited the Lead and Wallace wound up fourth. Earnhardt fell Back in the pack but remained on the Lead Lap. As the leaders passed the finish line at the end of Lap 46, the engine on Wallace a Pontiac blew. That ended his dominance in Nas cards Road races. He had won five of the previous seven Road course events a including last years race Here a and finished second in the other two. A too bad a Wallace said. A i was really running Well. I think 1 had Mem  Earnhardt who now trails Martin by 10 Points 2,669-2,659, got Back to third place at one Point. Kulwicki passed him for that spot and Earnhardt lost More ground on Lap 84 when he made Contact with another car and spun on the Hack stretch. None of the on track incidents were serious or caused injury but two crewmen did sustain minor injuries in a pit Road Accident. Barry Swift 22, of Stony Point n.g., a member of Michael Waltrip screw was taken to a Hospital for precautionary a rays to his head and neck and stitches to close a two Inch Cut on his lace after he was hit by an air gun that flew into the air during a Stop by Wall Ripe a car. Belser Edwards Luehrs Aguilar win Wiesbaden West Germany a Kevin Belser of the hic Sands took a three set match from . Conference teammate Steve Palmer of upper hey a Ford sunday to win the usage menus open division Tennis championship. Belser dropped the first set 7o. Ihen rebounded to win the next two 7-5 and 0-a. To capture the title won last year by Paul narrow i the  s . Safe Tennis defending champions prevail two other usage Tennis finals s Paul Edwards of the Continental conference took the menus Maste Gles Crown again and Jom. E an the title k. Repeated tier  go 1&Quot s led in unday. Sports is sin Ilar of Simic s in l la. Al s a rat i i .6 h lie seen i f i i s 1 a i a t am As teammate Mike Mansueto 0 3. 6-1 for the 40 and Over title. Aguilar gave hic Sands its second individual Crown with a /-6, 6-4 Triumph Over Denise  of Lorre on and the mss leg i ii tens added Lili Ai Solhei leg to the . Clit Nondalton by beating the set is bid if.  0-4, 0-1 in an line. Essyl y f Itile 1  ins Eal in r i a 0 4. 6-1 w m in the men s sensor