European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday augusl17, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 23 sports wire follow Lendl to the exits from wire reports new Haven Conn. A top players at the Vivo International Tennis tournament found being seeded does no to provide much of an advantage. Top see it Jed Ivan Lendl was the first top player to learn the lesson when he lost tuesday night. Third seeded Brad Gilbert and fourth seeded Michael Chang followed the trend in wednesdays second round. Chang said he did no to see any reason for the upsets. A a there a no excuse for losing a Chang said. A sometimes you just come out on the Short  Todd Woodbridge 19, ranked no 135 in the world beat Chang the no. 10 player in 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. Wood Bridge said the losses of Gilbert and Lendl bolstered his Confidence. Television provided Italy a Cristiano Carat i his Confidence  italian was watching a match on to when he noticed that sometimes Gilbert had trouble with his backhand. Varrati used that strategy to beat the third seed 6-4, 6-4. A i saw a lot of him on television a said Caratti who had to win three weekend matches to qualify. A i tried to play a lot of first serves in and i tried to hit it to his backhand. A i think i pressured him into mistakes because his backhand was not so Good  Caratti ranked 173rd in the world frustrated the defending Volvo International Champion. Gilbert threw his Racket at one Point batted a Loose Ball into the net at another and argued several Calls. No. 6 Goran Ivanisevic of Yugoslavia also lost falling to Paul Chamberlin in two sets. The eighth seed Tim Mayotte lost to Derrick Rostagno 4-6, 64, 6-3. Also ninth seeded Richard Fromberg lost to Mark Woodforde in three sets and 15th-Seedcd David Wheaton lost in straight sets to Bryan Shelton. Among the seeded players advancing were no. 2 Andres Gomez no. 5 Andrei Chesnokov and no. 7 Jonas Svonsson. Mcenroe in hard court form Indianapolis a defending Champion John Mcenroe used pinpoint passing shots to beat Canadian Grant Connell 6-4, 6-4 wednesday night in the . Hard courts Tennis championships. The performance was Vintage Mcenroe without the temper tantrums. The new yorkers forehand passing shots and deft lobs repeatedly fooled Connell and trapped him at mid court. Fourth seed Jay Berger survived his own Sloppy play to beat Darren Cahill 6-1, 0-6, 7-5. In another second round match third seed Aaron Krickstein on his latest comeback from leg and Arm injuries beat 17-Vear-old qualifier Marcus Ondruska 6-1, 6-1. Seles smokes Keller at slims Manhattan Beach Calif. A no. 2 seed Man Iea Seles Rode a High powered serve to a 6-2,j 6-2 Victory Over Audra Keller wednesday night in third round action of the Virginia slims of los Angeles tournament. A Seles Ace that won the seventh game of the first set was measured at 90 Mph and an 89 Mph serve went for an Ace that decided the first set. Seles at 16 the youngest French open Champion lost but four Points on her serve in the first set. In an earlier match seventh seed Jana Novotna beat Mary Pierce 6-4, 7-5. Novotna trailed Pierce 3-1 in the second set but won six of the next eight games to move on. Cooper leaves lakers for Italy Inglewood Calif. A the lure of a multimillion Dollar offer to play pro basketball in Italy has brought an end to Michael Coopers 11 years with the los Angeles lakers a years in which the team won five Aba titles. Cooper 34, who served As a Premier sixth Man and defensive specialist for the Aba team announced wednesday the lakers had agreed to Pui him on waivers which would allow him to sign a contract with ii message Giro. Jamaican just misses Mark Zurich Switzerland a Marlene Ottey of Jamaica became the second fastest woman to run the 200 meters winning in 21.66 seconds wednesday just .32 from Florence Joyner Griffith a world Mark. Ottey set a blistering Pace into a headwind at the Wel Klasse grand prix meet beating East germans Katrin Krabbe and grit Breuer. Krabit finished in 22.33, Breuer in 22,55. It was the third Faslet �00 in history a Flor Griffith Joyner broke the Reco fld bit on the same Day at the 1988 Seoul olympics winning the Gold medal in 21.34. Ottey a combination of Power and Grace was the Lone highlight at the Wel Klasse meet the richest on the grand prix circuit. Leroy Burrell won the 100 meters where he has lost Only once this season. But his time of 10.13 into a headwind was off his seasonal Best of 9.96,. Michael Johnson ran the second fastest 200 of the season in 20.07, considerably Short of the 19.85 he set earlier. World record Holder Sergei Bubka of the soviet Union cleared 19 feet 4 a inches to win the pole vault. Two time olympic Champion Roger kingdom won the i 10-Metcr hurdles in 13.43 seconds holding off fellow americans Tony Dees Jack Pierce and Tonie Campbell former world record Holder Renaldo Nehemiah gave up Midway through the event. Butch Reynolds the world record Holder in the 400 meters won in 44.22, beating out olympic Brone medallist Danny Everett Ole miss cagers top finns Helsinki Finland a Tim jumper scored 26 Points 21 in the second half and Mississippi rallied Over Finland a National team 102-94 in a four team tournament wednesday night. Sweden won its second game 100-96-in overtime Over Estonia. Sweden beat Mississippi 95-91 on tuesday. Mississippi was to meet Estonia and Finland Drew Sweden on thursday. Joe Harvill also had 21 Points for Mississippi which trailed Finland 49-41 at halftime.10 cities seek nil franchises new York a the race to join the nil officially began wednesday with 10 cities applying for the next two expansion franchises. Eight american cities a Milwaukee Seattle san Diego Phoenix Houston Miami Tampa and St. Petersburg fla., and two Canadian entries. Hamilton and Ottawa Ontario each submitted applications and the $ 100,000 filing fee Only $65,000 of which is refundable. The two teams accepted into Tju league will pay $50 million franchise fees. Nil vice president and chief counsel Gil Stein said the applications will he reviewed by a committee of the leagues Board of governors in the next few weeks followed by a report to the full Board expected in mid november. The nil is expected to announce the new teams at its Winter meeting in december. The two successful applicants will join the nil in 1992, the league has been at 21 teams since 1979 with a 22nd club based in the san Francisco Bay area will begin play in 1991. Current plans Call for continued expansion to a 28-Tcam league by the end of the Dee add. Soviets get new ultimatum new York a the nil will cancel this season s entire exhibition schedule with the soviet Union if the soviets wont confirm by Friday their participation in a three team visit to North America league and players association officials said wednesday. In a joint statement nil president John Ziegler and no la head Alan Eagleson gave the soviets until 1 . Edt on Friday to provide written confirmation that All games will take place As scheduled. The soviets did not reply to an earlier deadline set by the  eliminates Lowans Wichita Kan. A Jim Yanko pitched the first no Hitler in the National baseball Congress world series since 1983 As Anchorage Alaska eliminated Clarinda Iowa 11-0 wednesday. In another fourth round elimination game. Malt Luke had three hits As Liberal Kan heal Seguin Texas 13-7. Yankos no hitter spanned Only five innings because the game was shortened by the tournaments 10-run  wis., pitchers Dan Durst and Andy Ghelfi combined fora no hitter to heat Winston Salem n.c., 4.-0 in 1983.weber earns top Aba seed Green Hay wis. A Pete Weber won 19 of 24 match games to capture the no. I seed wednesday night at the Aba la Mode classic. The 13-time Champion has not won a tournament in More than a year. However he is one game away from doing just that qualifying for a berth in the title game and a shot at the $2tj, 0 top Prie. Second seeded Dave Ferraro will meet one of three others in the semifinal game of the step Hulder finals thursday night. Its the third nine in four weeks Ferraro Lias Licach the finals. Two time Champion Ron Williams is the i he d seed and will meet with the Winner of the opening game Between Dave Husted and Hill halt. 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