European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday february 17. 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 23 sports wire i a. From wire reports v. Brussels Belgium a thigh injury saturday forced defending Champion Boris Becker to quit his semifinal match with Andre Cherkasov m the $600,000 Donnay indoor championship and will Likely Cost the German the top spot in the would rankings. Becker retired in the third set which was tied at 2-2. After splitting the first two sets with Cherkasov. Becker won the first 6-2 and the soviet player took the second 6-3. A a it a a a a. A Quot Stefan Eti Herg who lost his no. 1 ranking to Becker in the australian open last month was to play Guy forget of France in the other semifinal late saturday. According to an at official Beckers loss in the semifinal assured the swede of moving Back to the top even if he loses. A. A a. A a a. The latest rankings will be announced monday. A lie did not play normally a Cherkasov after his Victory Over Becker. A clearly he had a problem with his a a. A Becker had moved into his ill fated semifinal with a straight set Victory late Friday Over seventh seeded i Chad Chang of the United states 7-5,6-1.Bowman tops . Skating Minneapolis a it was Bowman the showman once More and it was Good enough to lift Chris Bowman Back toward the top of figure skating. Mugging to the crowd in the midst of a Superb Origi nil program Friday night Bowman the 1989 american Champion took the Lead it the menus Competition in the . Figure skating championships. Bowman hit a triple Lutz triple toe Loop combination Early in his routine followed with a huge triple flip. The judges spread High Marks across the Board for a a Quot the 23-year-old Bowman whose career crashed during lust summci2s-.goo.tiwull games. He was sixth in that Competition and dropped longtime c6ach Frank Carroll Tor canadians Toller Cranston and Ellen Burka. Bowman wound up first with eight judges. Defending Champion Todd Eldredge got the other first place vote but he barely held off Mark Mitchell for second place. Paul Wylie who usually has trouble in the original also performed Well and was fourth. That set up a tight race going into sundays free skate. It Isles Lafontaine wants Trade Pete Sampras watches his Ball return to Petr Korda during the defending champions . Pro indoor Wietor it Friday. Moving up from her runner up fut Fth in the downhill. Kilt 22, of Rochester . Successfully negotiated a Tuisl Tacky menus course that victimized Many of the top contenders he was timed in i minute. 23,74 seconds Lodd Kelly of Squaw Valley calif., was second in a 1 23,91., it marked the second straight year that Kitt and Kelly had finished 1-2 in the National super a. V Toni Standt incr of olympic Valley calif., was third in 1 24.3b, followed by Tommy Moe of Palmer Alaska in third place at 1 24.45.Lendl grabs semifinal berth Philadelphia top seeded Ivan Lendl sur Vivecca spi 1 it a. These cond set tiebreaker and beat Michael site Iron Germany 6-2, 7-6 9-7 Friday night in the quarterfinals of the . Pro indoor championships. On match Point in the tiebreaker Lendl lunged to make a return and fell Over the net Landing on his Back on Stiehr a Side of the court. Lendl got a second match Point when Stieh hit a forehand Long and won it Olyen Stich double faulted. Lendl moved into saturdays semifinals against third seeded Brad Gilhert who Defeated Kevin Curren 4-6,63. 6-0.the other semifinal matched John has 4-shot senior Lead Naples Fla. Dale Douglass. Of e t a me wind gusts of 45 Mali to blow away the Field til the opening round of the Aetna Challenge. I Douglass shot a 5-Utuler 67 in Friday s opening round to Jake a four stroke Lead in the 54-Hole senior pea Lour event. Bunched at 71 after the first round were Terry Dill . Snead Joe Jimenez George tunning acct Revino Don january and Bob charles.69 knots senior with Norman Melbourne Australia a Peter senior hit died t he kith Tole saturday to share t he i to i litre Roibu Lead with Greg Norman in the australian masters Golf championship. A it to to. Senior shot a 4-under-Par 69 on the 6,955-Yard, Par-73 Huntingdale course to equal fellow australian normans 11 under Par 208 total. Senior has of .68-71-69 and six time Winner and defending Champion Norman has shot 7067-71, w new York a Pat Lafontaine has told the new York islanders that he wants to be traded rather than re sign. A according to published reports saturday the leading scorer and Only certified Star of the Patrick divisions last place team told general manager Bill Torrey during a recent meeting a i done to want your the 25-year-old Lafontaine who had 32 goals and 66 Points in 54 games going into saturday nights game against Pittsburgh currently makes $425,000 a year. He has been seeking a $1.5 million contract although his current agreement does no to run out until after next season and contains an option year. A a a a a Kitt captures . Super a crested Butte Colo. A while a succession of skiers a eight among the top seed of 15 a either missed Gates or failed to finish, Kitt cruised to Victory Friday in the menus super a at the . Alpine ski championships. It was his second Victory in As Hwy Days Kitt also won thursdays downhill. In the women a super a Julie Parisien prevailed. Who beat Aki Rahnen of Finland 7-5, 6-3 Friday night against . Open Champion Pete Sampras the defending tournament Champion and the no. 2 seed who beat Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia 6-4,6-0. Forsman Pate tied in san Diego san Diego Dan Forsman noted that he was right on track a give or take a shot a to win Lehman Brothers open for the second consecutive year. Just As he did last Yar Forsman began the tour Ria ment with a 68 at the South course at Torrey Pines. On Friday he needed a Birdie-4 to match last years second round score of 63. A i got to thinking about it a he said. A and i hit a very poor shot Quot he did no to get his Birdie in fact had to one putt for a Par. But he preserved a share of the Lead a tie with Steve Pate at the Halfway Point. Pate played in the same threesome with Forsman shot a 65 and completed 36 holes at 132,12 strokes under Pari. Phil Miekelson the 29-year-old National Amateur and Mcaa Champion who created a sensation with his Victory in the Tucson open went from one stroke off the Pace after 18 holes to a barely making the Cut at 140.red-sox sign Burks Bost cent car fielder Ellis Burks signed a one year Eon tract with i he Boston red sox for $ 1825 million and avoided an arbitration hearing. / two incentive clauses give Burks the Opportunity to add $50,000 to his income. He will receive $25,000 if he plays in 142 games or has 575 plate appearances Anda another $25,000 if he plays in 147 games or makes 600 plate appearances. Burks. 26, who came to the red sox at the cud of april 1987, asked for $2.1 million when he filed Lor arbitration the train offered $1.35 fight a set june 3 Las of Xmas a Virgil Hills Light heavyweight title defense against five time Champion Thomas Hearns Lias been moved to june 3 at Caesars Palace hotel officials said Friday. A. To a the fight had been set for May 17, but. Was moved when Caesars was Able to give the promoter Loruna boxing inc., a monday night Date the scheduled 12-round bout will he held in an outdoor Arena at Caesars Palace. Quot Val i Femme Italy a Lyubov Egorova won the 30-Kilometer freestyle Cross country race saturday and kept fellow soviet Elena Valbe from a record fourth Gold medal at the world nordic ski championships. Valbe the defending Champion in the women a longest event was second and Hnis hed her Competition with three Gold medals including one in the relay and one Silver. A. No other skier can match her haul with Only events remaining the Normal Hill 9-Metcr ski jump saturday night and me Nienan 50-Kilometer.free on sunday. Egorova a 24-year-Oid from Leningrad covered the final women s race in i hour 20 minutes and 26.8 seconds. She was Only seventh at the l7-Kilome-Ter Mark and did t take the Lead until just before the 22-k checkpoint. Egorova skied the first leg on the soviet team that won the 20-k relay thursday but this was her first individual Gold. Valbe who also won two individual titles in the 1989 worlds at Lahti Finland led Early in the race and then held second place the rest of the Way. Manuela Dicenta of Italy was 48.5 see ones behind for her second Bronze medal in the championships. She also skied on Italy a Silver medal winning relay team. Ingrid Butts of Park City Utah was the. Ton american finisher placing 34th. As soars from wire reports. Mark Mcgwire helped the Oakland. Athletics attain a new baseball plateau Friday when he accepted a $2.85 nub lion salary for the 1991 season. The salary agreed to just As his Achi traction hearing was supposed to begin Serit the athletics payroll Soang pan the $35 million Mark. Quot the new. York mets challenged for the no. 2 position in the salary standing by reaching agreement with David Cone the Day before they were to debate their differences in an hearing. Cone Quot settled for $2,35 million Only $.100,000 less had wanted. The had put in $1.95 million for arbitration. Counting the 21 players signed the athletics have a payroll of. $35,537,5fhwilli an in crag salary of $1,692,202. If they were to sign the other players who figure to be on their a roster at no More than their 1990 salaries which virtually Neyer happens anymore the payroll would be $36 million and the average salary $1.39 million. A
