European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                No thursday. November 1990 the stars and s1hipes a Page 19 by Pat Calabria new Day random thoughts after the hotly contested Virginia slims championships Martina Navratilova a argument that no. 1 was up for grabs at the tournament a even Tennis Roundup a no a she replied. A i Washin deserves Gay though Steffi Graf already had officially clinched the top ranking a held about As much water As a Fork. True no woman won More than one grand slam this ear. To ii no woman was unbeatable. But lacking the domination of say Navratilova in 1983 or Graf in 1989, the no. 1 player is the one who wins the most tournaments and achieves the Best ranking. And that player with or without the slims title was Graf. As it turned out Navratilova Idns to even finish the year at  at Home in Aspen colo., recovering from knee surgery she was passed by Monica Seles. It marked the first time since 1981 that Navratilova dropped to no. 3. O Selest 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. In toy Over Gabriela Sabatini in the final was thrilling and historic but it  quiet the Section that generally women Are not capable of consistently taking exciting five set matches it i liked what Seles said when she was asked if she was tired in the fifth set. A despite Stefan Edberg winning Only one grand slam and being eliminated in the first the not foe French a pen and ,edprankin8 Tette argument would be that no. 4 Andre Agassi who reached two slam finals and beat Edberg sunday to win the at tour world championship in Frankfurt Germany could make a Case for no. 3, or even no. 2. On the other hand Agassi Chen t compete in the australian li0r a same shame a at Wimbledon. R ? it Lher rankings of note John Mcenroe no. 13, Michael Chang no. 16 and an injured Jimmy Connors no. 935. That a no misprint. A since 1980, the Only players who have been ranked among the top two in the world Are Graf Navratilova Chris Evert Tracy Austin Andrea Jaeger and now Monica Seles. In addition Seles compiled a 7-1 record against the other top four women 2-0 is. Graf 3-1 is Navratilova 1-0 is. Mary Joe Fernandez and 1-0 is. Sabatini. A As a Public service to those who might have missed it we repeat Here a verbatim a Selest j2nt of her wild Day of shopping last week in new York City Inah?61.1, 1 Imp bi�0m-Mgdale s and Macy a and its crazy. I mean in be never been there first of All. I got lost in Bloomingdale a. I just left. I think it was third Avenue and i aids t even look because you Are w0ne exit in the Sarasota Fla mall that is All inside. I kept going around and i kept looking for my parents. I did t know where i was because at the fourth floor four or five they were at the main level. I was like in the first level going around and kept asking everybody. And they did no to know because they did no to know what Avenue i was coming in. A so it was a Long Day. A couple of sales ladies recognized me a couple of people then i just tried to walk by them. But otherwise i just think it is too hectic to go Christmas shopping today. It was a great Day at Macy a. I Knewt was playing so i did no to get to go but maybe later on. Stick to the Sarasota mall for the next couple of weeks. Its just too  a Graf who monday was awarded a 1991 Jaguar convertible for winning the Kraft general foods tour Point standings a it Wasny to a bad year for me considering. It just Wasny to  Leach Pugh open with sweep c a a to tank m a _ Sanctuary Cove Australia apr . Davis cup stars Rick Leach and Jim Pugh Ere in top form wednesday he opening Day of the $1 million to world doubles championships Leach and Pugh the reigning Wimbledon champions downed French open titlist Emilio Sanchez and Sergio Casal of Spain 6-4,6-2 in their first round Robin atch. The american combination ill Fly Home after the Tournai ent to face Australia in the Davis cup final at st. Peters world doubles Burg Fla., nov. 30-dec. 2. Americans Scott Davis and Davis Pate the no. 2 seeds took Only 54 minutes to beat South africans Gary Muller and Neil Broad 6-2, 6-2 in the other match in their group. The top seeded South african team of Danie Visser and Pieter Aldrich and the French Swiss combination of Guy forget and Jakob Hlasek won their opening matches in the other group. Aldrich and Visser overwhelmed australians Darren pm Cahill and Mark Kratzman 6-4, 6-2, the shaven headed pair of forget and Hlasek beat fourth seeded canadians Grant Connell and Glenn Michibata 6-3, 76 7-4. Hlasek and forget shaved their Heads on a whim before the tournament and have been dubbed a the Kojak kids by their competitors. Each team will play three round Robin matches with the top two finishers from each group advancing to saturdays semifinals. The final is scheduled for sundays amps Ante May Sweden a Stefan Edberg. Stands Over Boris Becker menus top 50 Ponte Vedra Beach Fla. A mar s Surv ran Laws with compute Points through the at tour world championship which ended Sun May 1, Statan Edberg Sweden. 3.889, 2, Boris Becker Germany 3,528, 3, Ivan Lindl Czechoslovakia 2,581. 4, Andre Agassi United states 2,396. 5, Pete Sampras United st amp is 1,888. 6, Andres Gomez Ecuador 1.880, 7, Thomas Muster Austria t .654. 8, Emilio Sanchez Spain 1,578 9, Goran Ivanisevic Yugoslavia 1,514. 10, Brad Gilbert United suites 1.451. 11, Jonas Svensson Sweden 1,365. 12, Andrei Chesnokov soviet Union 1,361. 13, Polyi Mcenroe United slates 1.210. 14, Guillermo Penez Rioidan Argentina 1,190 15, Jay Berger United states 1,137. 16, Michaei Chang United states 1,119. 17, Guy forget France 1,101, 18, Jakob Hlasek Switzerland 1,089. 19, Juan Agu Tiera Spain 1,083. 20, Aaron Krickstein United Stales 1,025 21, Marc Rosset Switzerland i,0c3. 22, Andrei Cherkasov. Soviet Union 1,003 23, Richey Reneberg United states 967. 24, Alexander Noikov soviet Union. 929, 25, Jim Cougar United slates 923. 26, Horst Skob Austria. 899. 27, David Wheaton United states 893. 28, Sergi bruguera Spain 886. 29, Martin Jake. Argentina 880, 30, Ronald Agenor France. 64. 31, Henri Leconte Franca 860. 32, Magnus Gustaveson Sweden 810. 33, Richard Fromberg Australia 809. 34, Amos Mansdorf Israel 800, 35, Karel Novack Czechoslovakia 792. 36, Franco Devin. Argentina 774, 37, Tim Mayotte United states 737. 38, Petr Korda. Czechoslovakia. 706. 39, Jordi Arrese Spain 691. 40, Yannick Noah France 676. 41, Mats i Lander Sweden 669. 42, Marcelo Filippini Uruguay. 666 43, Luc Mattar Brazil. 657. 44, Michael Slich Germany. 652, 45, Scott Davis United states. 638. 46, Omar Camporese. Italy 613. 47, Mark Koev ermans Netherlands 613. 48, cart Uwe Steeb Germany 611. 49, Derrick Rostagno United states 604, 50, Todd Woodbridge Australia 589. Germany a Steffi Graf. Ahead of Monica Seles women s top 50 Miami apr the year end rankings for the too 50 singles Payera on the women s International Tennis association computer isted by position name nationality and calculated ranking 1, Steffi Oral Germany 278-1021. 2, Monica Seles. Yugoslavia 203.7537. 3, Martina Navratilova United states 199.4231. 4, Mary Joe Fernandez United Stales 14 7.0286 5, Gabriela Sabatini Argentina 137.0174. 8. Katerina male Eva Bulgaria 115 8375 7, Arantha Sanchez Vicario Spain 112.6067. 8, Jennifer Cariad United states 103.4132 9, Manuela mate Eva Fragniere Switz. 103 1532 10, Zina Garrison. Untied states 100.5247. 11, Conchita Martinez Spain 98 5629. 12, Natalia Zvereva soviet Union 77.5000. 13, Jana Novotna. Czechoslovakia 77.2556 14, Helena Sutkova Czechoslovakia 77.1402, 15, Barbara Paulus Austria. 69 9286. 16, Amy Frazier untied states 64.0667. 17, Ardith Wiesner Austria 62.7778. 18, Nathalie to Nuziale France 60.3500. 19, Leila Meskhi soviet Union 53.7500. 20, Sandra Cecchini Italy 41.8000. 21, Laura Gildemeister  35.3421. 22, Sabine App Eknan Belgium 35.0417. 23, rat Taeka Reggi Italy. 34,7059. 24, Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer . 33.9250. 25, Helen Ketesdi Canada. 33 6176. 26, Isabel Cueto Germany 33.6000. 27, Susan Stone untied states 31.8125. 28, Meredith Mcgrath United skates 30.3646. 29, Claudia Porwick Germany 29.2647. 30, Dinky Van Rensburg South Alica 29.0441. 31, Naoko saw Matsu Japan 28.7958. 32, Marion a Oberd Holland 28.7188. 33, Anne Smith. United states 28.7143. 34, Anka Huber. Germany 28.6063. 35, Gretchen Magera United states. 28 6053. 36, Gigi Fernandez. United states. 28.5357. 37, Mercedes Paz. Argentina 27.5217. 38, Catarina undo vast Sweden. 26 6471. 39, Rachel Mcquillan Australia 26 1667. 40, i tired Probst Germany 25.2813 41, Julie Hazard. France 24.4063. 42, Patty Fendick untied states. 24.2000. 43, Brenda Schultz Holland 23 5588. 44, Cathy Caverzasio Italy 23.2500. 45, Sabine Hack Germany. 22.4615. 46, Claudia Kohide Kitsch Germany 22.3529 47, Katia pc Coirini Italy 22.0962. 48, Marianne Werdel United states. 22,0714 49, Nicolo Provis Australia. 21.9737. 50, Ann Grossman United states. 21.2273. Calendar for nov. 22-28 unless otherwise noted basketball w thanksgiving tournament runs thurs Day through sunday at the Cole sports Center. Tipoff is u am. Each Day. Eight teams will play in a double Elim action format. A a Tern a thanksgiving tournament trough sunday at the Kleber gym. Continental sports conference picks up Ini ast weekend off the Friday schedule has pin l a soest5rberg> Ramstein at Pitburg Hahn at Nav v 1�?T a Wei Brincken at Sembach. On sat sin us Nosey at Oesterberg Pitburg at Rhein arh to at Wei Brincken and Ramstein at sem auth women Staft at 6 ., the men at 8  Both in m exception is sunday at Oesterberg where the up off at 1  And the men at 3  soccer at the top and Bottom of the stand Ivision weekends play in the German first n�-1 Bremen at no. 2 Kaiserslautern Auto racing Are Wattenscheid at Munich Cologne at vib Stuttgart monchengladbach at Karlsruhe Frankfurt at Leve Kusen and Dortmund at Uerdingen. Boo Kending the saturday slate Are night games Friday and sunday. Diss Eldorf invades bochum at 8  Friday and the weekend closes out in Hamburg at 7  Sunday with neighbourhood rival Hamburg visiting st. Pauli a Home grounds. In second division play Handy for americans Munster is at Mainz at 2 15  Saturday league Leader Duisburg plays at by Berlin at 3 30  Saturday and Mannheim kicks off in Saar Brincken and Schalke weighs in at Darmstadt both at 3  Sunday. Delberg sports touring club and the automobile club von deutschland avd. The Days action runs from 8 . Until inn in sort 1-6-mile track. The program closes out the Byyo season in Germany. Bockenheim is located Southwest of Heidelberg off autobahn a5 and a6. Rallying hockey the Pitburg Blades composed of players from Pitburg a and Span Dahlem a play a Road game against the Krefeld Obeis a German team at 8  Saturday. The no league game will be played at the Rittberger ice stadium in Krefeld. The Blades Are 2-2 after beating the German eve Pitburg team 12-8-last weekend. One a a a or men Ai no. T  tickets in seven matchup at 3 30  Saturday. -1,. In be scarce for this one in a towns cozy another a finale a this one the Lombard Royal automobile club Rac rally of Britain gets under Ilsun 1iy and ends nov 28-11 is the final round in the Byyo world championship rally series. The Rac rally Headquarters Are at Harrogate North of Lee Sand the route includes classic stages in Yorkshire fielder Scotland and the Lake District Wales has been dropped from the route which makes the Rac rally a More compact one. The 1,679-mile rally will be run in four sections the first starting at 8 . Sunday at Harrogate and ending there at 6 05 ., the second starting at 5 20 . Monday at Harrogate and ending there at 7 ., the third starting at 5 . Tuesday at Harrogate and ending at 8  At Newcastle and the fourth and final Section starting at 5 . Wednesday at Newcastle and ending at 8  At Harrogate. Luon ctn Une m Jav in Wii Suzy therk a Lurnz by they should be plentiful for that Serph a a the Cebar shootout that has last place in at no. 17 Nurnberg. Saturdays other games the 22nd annual International a a Bockenheim season finale Quot will be held saturday with races for Many categories. This event popularly known As a the Gli Wein races Quot is sponsored by the Mannheim Hei horse racing races hit Cologne saturday and Dortmund and Bremen sunday. The events Start around noon