European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 a the stars and stripes saturday March 2,1991 Little Man in big Rush for Crown Colorado Springs Colo. Apr Eric Griffin is a Little Man in a big hurry in his quest for his first . Amateur boxing championship. The world 106-Pound champions three bout March to saturdays final lasted a total of 7 24, which is six seconds Short of 2vi longest match was thursday nights semifinal which lasted 25 seconds . Amateur boxing into the second round before Albert Guardado of Colton calif., was disqualified for holding. Griffin of Houston who is. Fighting in the . Championships Tor the first time since.1987 stopped his first two opponents in the first rounds. Oscar de la l Loya and Steve Johnston two High school seniors stayed on course for their second straight titles. De la Hoya of los Angeles ripped shots to the body of Marine Teddy Randolph of Camp Lejeune n.c., for a 5-0 decision in a 132-Pound semifinal. Do la Hoya won the 125-Pound title last year. Johnston of Denver the defending 139-Pound Champion advanced when Larry Wheeler of Kelly fab Texas was disqualified in the second round. Two other defending champions a Sergio Reyes 139, and Javier Alvarez 201 a advanced to saturday finals. Reyes a Camp Lejeune teammate of Randolph was too aggressive for Lionel Odom of new York and scored a 4-1 decision. Alvarez seeking a third straight 201 found. Title came on Strong in the second Alf of the fight and scored a 5-0 verdict Over an exhausted Melvin Foster of Washington . V a John Herrera of Corpus Christi Texas the 1990 chanpion at 106 pounds advanced to the 112-Pound final on a 5-0 verdict Over Lee Rodriguez of Denver. Two of the most impressive victories were scored by Ivan Robinson 125, and Tim Austin 112. The strangest was scored by Raul Marquez 156. L _. A. Robinson of Philadelphia who lost to de la Hoya in the 1990 final knocked Down Fernando Sanchez of Las vegas with a right to the head in the second round. The referee did no to bother count of Cincinnati who faced Herrera in the final last year nailed Jermaine Fields of Landover mde a with a right to the head and stopped him at .1 49 of the first round. Marquez of Houston who won the 147-Pound title in 1989, advanced when. Uvea Springs of Cincinnati was disqualified in the third round for talking. St Louis Geoff Courtnell is caught Between new York rangers goalie Mike Richter and Brian Mectch in first period action thursday. Goalie lifts Kings past Jet by the associated press los Angeles when Daniel Berthiaume was acquired by the los Angeles Kings in the off season it was considered no big Deal. A. But it May have turned into their big. Gust Deal of the year. With a 20-8-2 record the unheralded goaltender has been a key Factor in the a a Kings Rise to the top if the Smythy division. Thursday nights performance was typical with Berthi Auma making 23 saves to Lead a 4-2 Victory . Quot he a just been playing so Well Overall a Kings coach Tom Webster said. Bar a Thi aume stopped 23 shots and improved his record division teams to 7-1-1. A. T he Victory was the. Sixth in a Row for a the Kings who earlier had seven consecutive wins tops in the nil this season. _ Rob Blake Mike Donnelly Marty me sorely and Luc Kob Taille scored for los Angeles. Pal a Lynnik and de Olezyk bad Winnipeg s goals. A a a a a in other thursday night games Blackhawk 6, whalers 3 Chicago a Jeremy Roc led Chicago with a goal and an assist and de Bel four won for the 36th Lime. Chicago a win Cut St Louis Lead Over the Blackhawk to two Points in the a Lily so Norris division. \ e Quot a a a. Rangers 4, blues 4 Stlouis a Sergio Somesso ended an eight game goal drought when a he scored on a rebound at 8 08 of the third period. Idling St. Louis to a tie with the new York rangers. A. A a Somesso got his10th goal of the season from the Slot after Mike Richter stopped a shot by Ron Wilson. Mike Gartner had two goals us. Sist for the rangers. A _ sabres 5, Nordques 1 a Quebec Dave Andreychuk scored the tiebreaker in the second period and Benoit Hogue clinched it with two third period goals As Buffalo beat Quebec. The Nordques Are wingless in their last nine games 0-7-2. A a a a a a a a Quot a a Bruins 5, islanders 0 Boston a Rookie Ken Hodge had his Quot second hat trick for a seasons total of 22 goals and goaltender Andy Moog recorded. His 12th career shutout As Boston overpowered new. York Ray Bourque assisted on All three of Hodges goals and added Ope himself. Assai Chicago a John Mcenroe says the new menus Tennis rankings Are a Quot Copouls that s bad for the sport. A a. So under the menus pro Tennis Tours system a players ranking is determined by his Best 14 tournaments. The old system weighed average performance. A the new rankings Reward players who appear in Many tournaments because poor showings arc dropped. Mcenroe was ranked fourth in late 1990, but fell to 19th after playing in Only two tournaments since november. He is below such players As Guy forget no 5 of France Thomas Muster no. 9 of Austria and Sweden a Jonas Svensson no. 12. A just because somebody plays 25 tournaments More than Quot me does no to mean he should be ranked ahead of me Quot Mcenroe said. A but then maybe the top players should play More so that More bozos done to get ahead of Mcenroe said he May play More tournaments to in crease his ranking. Winning the Volvo tournament would help Mcenroe climb the ratings ladder. Still Mcenroe s ranking was Good enough to land him the top seed in the Volvo Tennis Chicago tournament where he was. To face Germany a Alexander Vronz in a quarterfinal match Friday. A i think everyone would have liked to have had a stronger yield but its a Good Opportunity for me a Mcenroe said. A being ranked no. 1 is not As important to him As it once was and he would Settle for cracking the top five said the Man was ranked no 1 while winning Wimbledon three times and the . Open four Quot if 1 feel like in a in the top five knocking at the door and have a. Chance that s enough for me right now a he said. Quot Quot Mcenroe said he has been travelling with a Trainer and physical therapist to help keep himself in Peak condition. A. _ a i Fco Al like in Rii serving better i feel in a moving quite. Well a he said. A i feel like in a doing some Good Mcenroe 32, said his game is improving a i like my chances against anybody out there Quot he Saul. A. Meanwhile Mcenroe s younger brother Patrick Defeated Nicolas Pereira of Venezuela 6-4, 7-6 7-3 thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the $225,001 Chicago tournament. A. _ Patrick Vicenre 24, who reached the semifinals of the austrian open this year before losing to Boris Becker w As to Plav second seeded Richey Reneberg on end a. Quot. A. Quot a Reneberg and the two Mcenroe Are the Only seeded players remaining in the 32-Plaver Field. Patrick is seventh seeded. A. Three seeds lost. Wednesday and fourth seeded la Mattur Zil was ousted thursday by Grant Connell of Canada 6-1, 6-7 3-76-3
