European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 25, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 27 sports wire i if Gansler quits As National soccer coach a Ai a i from wire reports new York a Bob Gansler quit As coach of the . National soccer team on saturday two Days after a 1-0 loss to Bermuda. A Gansler who took Over the . Team in january. 1989, led the americans to the world cup for the first time in 40 years his teams however had Only a 14-175 record Overall. A a. / a a \ a a / u he. Had been criticized for employing conservative tactics. Alan Rothenburg the . Soccer federation president had openly stated he was seeking a replacement with International experience. �?o1 guess lame ducks just done to Fly that Well a Gansler said in a statement issued by the Usuf. A the team that we need to showcase was suffering because neither the players nor i could perform at maximum potential under these  Gansler will become the us Sfa a National director of coaching and player development. John Kowalski the coach of Robert Morris College and the . Indoor team will take Over As coach of the National team on an interim basis. Federation officials said they Hope to have a permanent successor within 30-60  runner beats Johnson Karlsruhe Germany a Ben Johnson was fast just not fast  Isassi of Cuba eked out a win against the Canadian Star As both were clocked in 6.54 seconds in the 60 meters at an indoor meet sunday. Officials at the meet in Karlsruhe a Europa Halle sports Center gave Isassi first place after studying photos of the race the time was announced at 6.49, which would have been Only .01 seconds off the indoor record set by american Leroy Burrell in Madrid last weekend. But the accuracy of the clock used to time the race was questioned and officials revised the time to 6.54 after a Long delay. The surprisingly fast time is Johnson a Best since coming off a two year suspension for use of performance enhancing drugs that Cost him his olympic Gold medal and world record for 100 meters. R a in other results sunday world record Holder Sergei Bubka of the soviet Union easily won the pole vault Clearing 19 feet one half Inch. Bubka set a world record of 19-Llvi two weeks ago in the soviet  wins vacant Aba Crown , Guadeloupe Gilbert Dele of France won the vacant world boxing association Junior middleweight title As he stopped Carlos Elliott in the seventh round of a scheduled 12-round fight saturday. Dele the european Champion is unbeaten in 27 fights with one draw. 7 Elliott an american fighting out of Japan is now 263. He is originally from Hartselle Ala a former . Air Force sergeant at Misawa a Elliott has fought out of Japan since his professional debut in March 1983. A. A Quot a a. Dele wore Down Elliott with a barrage of punches throughout the fight. He knocked Elliott Down twice in the third round and scored repeatedly the rest of the Way until Elliott collapsed in the seventh round after a solid right by Dele. A. The Aba Junior middleweight title was vacated by Julian Jackson of Jamaica. He moved up to take the world boxing Council middleweight Crown in  wins by 3 in Hawaii Ewa Beach Hawaii a Patty Sheehan saturday shot a 2-Undcr 70 to win the $350,000 hawaiian ladies open by three strokes Over defending Champion Beth a Daniel. A i a / Sheehan opened the final Day with a two stroke Lead Over Daniel and the Winner finished the tournament at 9-Uhder 207 Daniel shot 71  for a 210 total.2 . Gymnasts perfect in cup Orlando i a. Apr. Betty Okino scored a perfect 10 on vault and Kim Zmeskal scored a 10 on floor exorcise As . Get Ninast dominated athletes from 13 nations in the american cup Competition  and Zmeskal finished 1-2 in the women Sall around Competition and fellow americans Trent Dimas and Chris Waller claimed the. Gold and Silver in the menus All around in perhaps the top . International gymnastics Success since the los Angeles olympics in 1984., a it was a Good Day a very Good Day a said . Coach Bela Karolyi. A first the 10s by the girls and let there be no question about it they were full 10s. They did not make  and there was another 10,�?� he said a the 10th anniversary of being in this  it was feb. 22, 1981, during the american cup in new York City when Karolyi and his wife Marta made the decision to defect to the United states from Romania. Okinow a score of 39.787 broke the cup record of 39.750 established by another Karolyi disciple Nadia Comanici of Romania in 1976. The per feet scores for Okino and Zmeskal both 15, were the first at the cup since 1984 when Mary Lou Retton on vault and Julienne Mcnamara on uneven bars scored 10s. Only two americans could qualify for the final eight under the cup format. Bronze medallists and $2,000 Winn cars we re Liu d m Ila Stob to h a to i a of the soviet Union in women a and Miguel Rubio of Spain in menus. Okino and Dimas qualified to win $5,000, and Zmeskal and Waller $3,000 under the new prize Money format but under . Amateur rules that Money must either be placed in a Trust fund or be returned to the federation. Pat Bradley who was in Contention until a triple bogey on the 15th Hole also shot 71 and finished third at 213.sluman, Lietzke tied in . Los Angeles a Jeff. Sluman and Bruce Lietzke were tied after three founds of the los Angeles open but nine golfers were to begin sundays final round within three shots of the Lead. A Sluman shot a 3-under-Par 68 for the third round for a 10-under 204 total through 54 holes. Lietzke started saturdays play leading by two shots and fired a third round 70-briton claims first Victory pals Spain a the first european tour event of the year produced a first time Winner sunday in Britain a Steven Richardson when he won the $488,750 Girona open at pals Spain by two strokes. Richardson s final round of 2-under-Par 70 clinched the title and $81,450 with a four round total of 16-under-Par 272, two shots ahead of Spain a Miguel Jim Nez who also returned a final round 70 for 14-under-Par 270 and a $54,290  Heads masters invitees Augusta Gale Britain a Nick Faldo,., seeking an unprecedented third consecutive championship Heads a list Quot of 94 golfers extended invitations  55th masters tournament april 1l14. \  the invitation list was announced Sal u Day night by to urn a me n t cd a i  i a h 11 Ord w. I la r d i n. The 1 i s t incl u d de 72 . Professionals and three amateurs and 17 International professionals and two  seniors earn a Sarasota. Fla a the . Team managed Only a. Split in saturdays four team Best Ball stroke play matches retaining its five Point margin at 28 to 23v Over the International team after three Days of Chrysler cup senior tour Competition. Both . Victories in the series so dominated by the United states Over the years were by a single stroke. The final 48 Points in the $600,000 event were to be decided in  stroke play matches sunday with the foreigners needing four wins and a tie for the championship. V Quot f 1� a a Stich Lendl in Memphis final Memphis 1 Chin a defending Champion Michael. Slich used a punishing service game 10 overpower Michael Chang 6-2, 6-2 saturday night and earn a berth opposite Ivan Lendl in the championship match of the Volvo indoor Tennis tournament Stich the no. 7 seed bounced Chang from the Lour Niue it Iii 66 minutes six less than la Iii needed in Downing no 11 Derrick Rostagno 6-3, 6 2.bucs win Lind arbitration Case new York a Pittsburgh second baseman lose Lind lost the filial arbitration Case of the year saturday when arbitrator Raymond Goetz picked the pirates offer of $575,000 Over Lind s request for $950,000. Of the 159 players who filed for arbitration All hut 17 were settled before hearings. Owners won 11 of the cases decided by arbitrators. It was the first time in three years hat clubs won More cases than players and the Victory -.percentage. 64.7 was the Best for management since clubs won seven of nine cases in 1979. Even though he lost the Case the 26-year-old Lind More than doubled his 1990 salary of $270,000. He baited .261 last season with 48 , Haas score ski victories Furano Japan a French Veteran Carole Merle won a world Cun super giant slalom sunday a few hours after Tittle known Anjuli Haas of Austria won a downhill on a rare double race Day the winners could he a he More different statistically. Haas 19, had scored 48 Points in her world cup career until sunday when she added 25 for her first Ever Victory. A a Merle on the other hand is  top women in ski racing particularly in the super a and has won the title in that discipline the last two seasons. She has an 88-70 Lead it Points Over Austria a Petra Kronberger in the Chase for this years trophy with Only one race remaining next weekend in Northern Japan. Merle earned her eighth career super a Victory a she a also won three giant slalom a in i minute 20.66 seconds edging Edith Thys if olympic Valley c alif., by .35 seconds. Austrian Sabine Ginther was third in sundays super a contested Over a 2,052-meter eouts. Kronberger the Overall Points Leader with 285 Points failed to finish the super Gas did teammate Anita Wash tar her closest challenger Lor the Overall title last season. Merle earned 28 Points a 25 in the super a three in the downhill a and is second Overall with 173. Quot a a. A v. A in the downhill race Haas flashed Down the .2,326-Nieler course in 1 22.h3. Chansul Bou Nissen of Slviter Hind was second in 1 23.13. To re open contract talks port St. Lucie fla. A Dwight Gooden changed his mind sunday and decided his agent could continue negotiating an Extension of the pitchers contract with the new York mets. Gooden seeking a Deal to match the four year s2f,4 million contract Roger Lleni ens received from Boston had set a Friday deadline on the talks and rejected a three year. $13 million offer from the mets. He has one year remaining on his current contract  will earn $2.25 million Quot for 1991. A i did a lot of thinking after Friday Quot Gooden said. Quot i really Wasny to comfortable the Way things sat. When i came to the Ballpark saturday everyone was. Around my locker wanting to talk and rehash the contract. 1 did no to want to have to go through that anymore. A i read some of the papers and it did no to seem like me. I decided to take the a pressure off a and do away w tar the cd dead line.�?�. A Gooden said he advised his agent Jim Neader that he could continue talks with the mets during the season. A i just want to come to the Park and worry about pitching a Gooden said. A i m not closing the door on anything. In a leaving the contract to  Frank Cushen general manager of the  go Deif a Quot deeds  a it a Good news for us a he said. A a we a told Dwight the door is always open for him. It makes Good sense for both sides to step Back look at their positions and address the situation Down the Road. This is Good for everybody concerned. A it s a Good time to let this