European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes monday january 28,1991 sports wire from wire reports Ottawa a Ben Johnson ran to Victory in the 55-meter dash of the Ottawa International indoor meet saturday night his first Victory since the drug tainted olympic 100-meter final in 1988. With about 6,000 fans cheering him on Johnson hit the finish tape in 6.20 seconds for his first Victory after second place showing in his three outings since serving a two year suspension for steroid use. Saturdays time As was the Case in the first two races did no to come close to Matching those which Johnson put up while on steroids. American sets Mark Lievin France Michael Johnson sprinted to Victory in the 200 meters and broke his own american Mark in an International track and Field meet on saturday. Johnson was timed at 20,55 seconds As he scored the Only Victory by an american. His previous Best was 20.59. A a a a a  a a a a Henke rides birdies Scottsdale Ariz. A Nolan Henke birdied three of the final four holes saturday for a 5-under-Par 66 and a four stroke cad Over Robert Wrenn after the third round of the Frost plagued Phoenix open. The 26-Ycar-old Henke whose Lone Victor in his three year pea career came at the . Open last september has a 16-Undcr 197 total heading into sundays final round of this $1 million  to s Reyes Sassaris Sardinia a Maurizio Stecca of Italy regained the world boxing organization featherweight title saturday night with a fifth round knockout of Juan Armando Reyes of the dominican  skins seniors Koala coast Hawaii a just As he did in the 1990 senior . Open Lee Trevino called the shot that made him the big Winner saturday Over the first nine holes of the senior skins game. Trevino had a 15-foot Birdie putt in the cup and was watching Jack Nicklaus hunkered Over a 12-footer to tie him on the 7th Hole at the Mauna Lani resort. A for the last three years maybe four a Trevino told Arnold Palmer at the Side of the Green a a every time in be made a Birdie he a made a putt to tie me. He a got to miss sooner or later. He can to keep tying me  Nicklaus putt slipped by on the Low Side and with carryovers from five previous holes Trevino won six skins and $100,000. Nicklaus won one skin and $25,000. Palmer the tie fending Champion and the oldest Man in the group at 61, dropped a 25-foot Birdie putt for a first Hole Birdie Worth $15,000. Heinzer wins men s downhill Saai Bach Diunte Glemm Austria Franz Heinzer who barely missed a medal in three previous attempts captured the Gold medal sunday in the men s Down h ill at the world Alpine ski ing championships. Switzerland a Heinzer faced Down the course in 1. Minute 54.91 seconds to defeat italian Peter rung Al Dier by exactly a Quarter of a second. Daniel Mahrer of Switzerland was third in 1 55.57. The race was run on the 2,990-meter Schnec Kristall course which had a drop of 920  triumphs in Perth Perth Australia a american Blaine Mccallister dropped a one foot Birdie putt on the final Hole sunday completing a round of 70 that gave him a one stroke Victory Over Wayne Grady and Greg Turner in the $550,000 vines classic Golf tournament. Mccallister a 70 gave him a 10-under-Parscore of 278 for four rounds Over the 7,112-Yard vines resort course. Grady and Turner also shot 70 on sunday late Field goal foils East rally Stanford Calif. A Robbie keen of California kicked a 24-Yard Field goal with 2 17 remaining saturday and the West Defeated the East 24-21 in the 66th annual East West shrine game. The East team trailed from the opening minutes until Henry Jones of Illinois intercepted a pass by san Diego states Dan Mcgwire and Yan 39 Yards for a touchdown. That tied the score 21-21 with 2 32 left in the third Quarter. Urcla linebacker roman Phifer intercepted a halfback pass by Louisiana states Harvey Williams at the East 41 to set up the West a final drive. The West moved to the 5 on an 11-Yard pass from Bill mus grave of Oregon to Stanford sed Mccaffrey setting up a first and goal situation. However the East stuffed three running plays and the West settled for keen s a deciding Field goal. Musgrave and Mcgwire each threw touchdown passes and Aaron Craver ran for a score As the West won for the fourth time in the last five shrine games. Mcgwire was intercepted three times and Musgrave once Brett Favry of Southern Mississippi completed 15 of 26 passes for 218 Yards and one East West shrine touchdown with one interception. He also ran for a touchdown Favre and Mccaffrey who caught six passes for 110 Yards and a touchdown were named the co offensive players of the game. Mcgwire completed 13 of 21 attempts for 156 Yards and one touchdown. Musgrave hit on 11 of 19 for 130 Yards. Rob Thomson of Syracuse named the games outstanding defensive player had two interceptions and Louis Riddick of Pittsburgh had another for the East. By y a a a y West linebacker Lyneil Mayo of san Jose state recovered a first Quarter Fumble and blocked a punt Midway through the third Quarter. The West took a 21-7 Lead when Musgrave connected with Mccaffrey for a 41-Yard touchdown with 7 19 left in the second Quarter. Mccaffrey made a leaping sideline catch at the 2-Yard line and fell across the Flag at the goal line. Favre got the East within 2114 with a 7-Yard touchdown run with 13 seconds left in the first half Favre faked a Handoff rolled to his right and pump calms Robbie keen. Game winning kick faked once before making the end zone untouched. V Favre had pulled the East within 14-7 with a 54-Yard touchdown pass to Lamonde Russell of Alabama. Russell caught the Ball at the West a 10, had it wrestled Way by Washington Sci Hucky Mincy but recovered the Ball in the end zone for the score. A. Mcgwire a scoring pass was a 20-Yurder to Andy Boyce of Brigham Young at 5 48 of the first Quarter. Boyce caught the Ball at the 12, sidestepped a. Fallen Louis Riddick of Pittsburgh then faked out Florida a Jim Spencer inside the 5 to score easily Crayer scored the West a first touchdown on a 4-Yard run 2 14 into the game. Canadians push win Streak to 4 by the associated press Montreal Russ Courtnell and Stephan be Beau each scored his 17th goal of the season saturday As the Montreal canadians beat the Buffalo sabres 4-1 and stretched their nil winning Streak to four games. 1 he loss ended a five game winning Streak for Buffalo. In other games saturday Bruins 5, flames 2 Boston Cam Neely Ken Hodge and Glen Wesley scored first period goals and the Boston Bruins went on to beat Calgary for its fifth Victory in the last six games. Whalers 5, flyers 3 Hartford Conn. Pat Verbeek scored twice including one of Hartford a three Power play goals As the whalers claimed their fifth straight Home win. North stars 3, devils i East Rutherford . A Bobby Smith and Brian Propp scored second period goals to carry Minnesota Over new Jersey. Penguins 6, Nordques 5 Quebec a Mario Lemieux playing his first game of the year following off season. Back surgery notched three assists As Pittsburgh beat Quebec. Nil it was the first appearance for the big Center since last March when Back trouble put Lemieux on the sidelines. Blackhawk 5, Maple Leafs i Chicago Doug Wilson became the second Chicago defens Eman in franchise history to score three goals in a game and goal tendered. Be i four won his 30th As the Blackhawk extended Toronto a win less Streak to10 blues 5, red wings 4, of St. Louis Geoff court Nally a goal 2 12 into overtime lifted St. Louis Over Detroit. Kings 5, canucks 4 Inglewood Calif. Wayne Gretzky celebrated his 30th birthday with three goals and two assists As los Angeles beat Vancouver to sweep a Home and Home series. A a a a. Gretzky scored his 30th, 31st and 32nd goals As he padded his runaway nil scoring Lead to 98 Points with his five Point night. The closest pursuer is Pittsburgh a John Cullen with 81 Points. Gretzky notched his 48th career hat trick and scored five or More Points in a game for ill 89th  still lives Fullerton president says by the los Angeles times Fullerton. Calif. A coach Gene Murphy has told Cal state Fullerton players and recruits there will  football team next season but school president or. Milton a. Gordon said saturday that Murphy might have pulled the plug on the program too soon. Gordon said Murphy a reaction to an athletics Council recommendation to discontinue the program because of state budget cuts was a a Little premature a and he vowed to have a Titan football team playing in the new on Campus stadium w Hen it opens in 1992. A i think some people have gotten ahead of the decision making process a Gordon said. �?�1 was surprised to hear the coach had called recruits and talked to assistant coaches about finding other jobs. I done to know who made the decision to do that to say the football program was Over no decision has been made  even if the school somehow raises the $650,000 to,$700,000 Gordon says is necessary to retain division i a football Fullerton probably will lose an entire recruiting class Murphy released six Community College players from their letters of intent and with the signing Date feb. 6, he cancelled this weekend s recruiting trips and advised players to pursue other schools. This bothered Gordon but one athletic department source who asked not to be identified  find fault with my phys actions a a How in Good Faith can you bring kit in and sign them knowing we  t Able to give them scholarships a of source said. A out of fairness to the kid he had to cancel visits. I can under Star the predicament he a in. He was a victim of . Murphy could not be reached for Cor Mem and several assistants said that were instructed not to comment. Quot