European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 10, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 23wsu s i repeats Mcaa hurdles Crown from wire reports Indianapolis a Tony i of Washington state successfully defended his 55-meter hurdles title Friday in the Mcaa indoor championships at the Hoosier dome. A a a a a. A a a a a a a a a a a a defending menus Champion Arkansas seeking a record eighth straight team title entered saturdays finals tied for 10th. Georgetown and Indiana state were tied for first with 12 Points., Liu Victory equated Renaldo Nehemiah a Back to Back hurdle victories in 1978-79. The native of Beijing finished in 7.08 seconds which tied the meet record set by Roger kingdom in 1984. Notre Dames Raghib Ismail rocketed into saturdays 55-meter dash final with the fastest qualifying time of 6.13 seconds. Ismail undefeated in College finals has the years Best collegiate time of 6.07. His Streak of 23 consecutive heat victories in the event ended when he eased up with about 20 meters left and coasted to second place in 6.19, Jonah Koech of Iowa state lowered his meet record in the menus 5,000 meters and Sonia of Sullivan of Vil Lanova kept her bid for a double Victory alive by winning the women a 5,000. Koech finished in 13 36.64 seconds and of Sullivan finished in 15 49.46. Of Sullivan a Victory helped the wildcats tie defending women a Champion Texas for second place with 14 Points after five events. Louisiana state leads with 21  takes provisional pole Phoenix a Jean Alesi in his inaugural drive with Ferrari in the last minute of qualifying Friday captured the provisional pole for the season opening iceberg Usa grand prix sunday. Alesi who finished second in last years Phoenix race while driving for Tyrrell turned in a fast Lap of 1 minute 23.519 seconds to narrowly Edge defending Champion Ayrton Senna of Brazil. Alesius average Speed was 99.565 Miles per hour a record at the newly modified 2.31-mile Street track. Alain Prost Aless teammate at Ferrari was third followed by italians Riccardo Patrese in a Williams Renault and Emanuelle Pirro in a Dallara Judd. The final starting Grid for sundays race was to be determined after a second qualifying session  coasts in cup downhill _ Lake Louise Alta. A Sabine Ginther won her first world gup race saturday beating Chantal Bour Nissen of Switzerland by nearly a second in a women a downhill Over the 3-Kilometer menus olympic course. She covered course on Whitehorn Mountain in 1 minute 49.85 seconds. The soviet unions Svetlana glad Shiva was third. Bournes Send a second place finish moved her into first place in the downhill standings with 100 Points 10 ahead of defending Overall Champion Petra Kronberger of Austria and 18 in front of Ginther. Hilary Lind of Juneau Alaska was the top american finishing 17th in 1 52.92. �?�3 tied at Eagle Trace i fral Springs Fla. A defending Champion John Huston and Steve Pate fired 7-under 65s Friday to forge a three Way tie for the Lead with Dan Hall Dorson after two rounds of the $1 million Honda Golf classic at the Eagle Trace country club. Halldorson 38, who had shared the first round Lead with Raymond Floyd at 5-under 67, posted an identical score Friday for a two round total of 134 a the same As Huston and Pate. Greg Norman and Mike Sullivan shot 66s Friday and Paul Azinger posted a 67 for two Day totals of 135, just one shot Back of the three leaders. Davies fires 68 for 1 shot Lead Poway Calif. A Laura Davies shot a 4-under 68 to take a one shot Lead Over Tina Barrett after the second round of the Lyga Inamori classic. Davies has a 6-under 138 total. Barrett carded a 69 in the second round. Robin Walton who was among three leaders after the first round at 69, carded a 71 in the second , 2 australians tied Parapar Umu new zealand a american John Morse birdied the 18th Hole saturday for a Par 71 and a share of the third round Lead of the new zealand open. Morse who won last years australian open title was tied with australians Rodger Davis and Glenn Joyner with 7-under 206 totals. Davis the second round Leader shot a 73 and Joyner had a 70.trio tied in Majorca. Majorca Spain a Jose Maria Olazabal and i fuel Angel Martin of Spain shared a one shot Lead with Tephen Bennett of England after the third round of the Ballares open on saturday. 1 Olazabal Dartin and Bennett joint overnight leaders with two others All shot 71s for 5-under-Par 211 totals Over the Par-72, 7,156-Yard Santa Pons course on the Mediterranean Island of Majorca. Steven Richardson of England was fourth at 212 with a 2, while Gavin Levinson of South Africa was another shot Back at 213 after firing a 67, the Low round of the Day. Chang fought Back in the third set and with the set tied 4-4, had Edberg Down 0-40. Edberg however came up with a service Ace and Chang then hit a lob beyond the Baseline. A. Edberg was to face Frances third seeded Guy forget in the semifinals saturday. Forget Defeated Scott Davis 7-5, 6-1. In. The other quarterfinal matches Jim courier downed seventh seeded Emilio Sanchez of Spain 6-2, 6-2, and no. 11 Michael stitch of Germany beat Richey Reneberg 6-0, 2-6, 6-4. Graf gains Boca Raton semis Boca Raton Fla. A top seeded Steffi Graf beat Meredith Mcgrath 6-3,6-1 to Advance to the semifinals in the Virginia slims of Florida. Graf will face eighth seeded Nathalie Tauz iat of France who beat Mary Joe Fernandez 6-1, 7-5. Fernandez hampered by a sprained left foot suffered in practice thursday became the highest seeded player to lose. Tauz iat who had failed to take a set in three previous matches against Fernandez notched seven aces As she eliminated the no. 3 seed. Svensson to face Jarryd Copenhagen Denmark a a top seed Jonas Svensson of Sweden reached his second at tour title match in two weeks on saturday beating no. 3 seed Jakob Flasck of Switzerland 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 in the semifinals of the Copenhagen open. Svensson ranked 12th in the world will play fellow swede Anders Jarryd on sunday. Jarryd one of the worlds top doubles players but Only ranked 46th in singles stopped no. 6 Todd Woodbridge of Australia 6-0, 6-4 in the other  Bluff takes Quot death penalty Pine Bluff Ark. A the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will accept Tecl penalty levied against its football program by the Naka and wont Field a team this fall. A apr Chancellor Charles a. Walker made the announcement Friday ending speculation that the school would try to avoid the one year football banishment by switching to the Mcaa. Pine Bluff said it would stay in the naia and concentrate on rebuilding its football program for 1992. Edberg rallies to beat Chang korean picks up 4th 9old Indian Wells Calif. A defending Champion Stefan Edberg came Back from a dismal opening set to defeat Michael Chang 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 in a quarterfinal match Friday in the champions cup tournament. Chang the ninth seed frustrated the top seeded Edberg with passing shots and will placed winners in the first set. But Edberg who had trouble Early getting his first serves in found the Range in the second set. After trading service Breaks in the first two games Edberg won four straight to take away changes momentum. Sapporo Japan a South korean Speed skater Kim i Hoon captured his fourth Gold medal in the Winter University games on saturday becoming the winning est athlete in the so called a a students olympics a. A a. A. /. A a a. A a on the last Day of the seven Day Competition Japan captured two Gold medals to Lead with a total of 14. The soviet Union was next with six and South Korea followed with five. The United states had two Gold medals but finished third in the Overall medals race with 12 behind Japan 32 and the soviet Union 22 Strawberry tunes up on sex teammates by the associated press when Darryl Strawberry really wants to boy can he put on a show. With the spotlight on him in his first game against his former team Strawberry nit a 400-foot Homer off Ron Darling lined a run scoring double and made a perfect throw to the plate in the los Angeles dodgers 4-3 loss to the new York mets on Friday. Was real different seeing them on. E other Side. But in a not trying to get ack at anyone a said Strawberry who a aned with los Angeles for $20.25 million Over five years. A i done to wish nothing and on nobody. I am not  he had one of those games you love o Nave. It was quite a statement a said mu"1��?T Strawberry a Best Friend on the mets. A the looks especially locked in for this  3 while Strawberry was Happy Rickey Fife son Wasny to. The disgruntled out a i h r act w�?~1 Oakland general manager a Quot Ltd Alderson to discuss differences Over Dersons four year $12 million Deal. Thor Tver ican league map missed test eight Days of Spring training in Spring training protest. He wants to be one of the five highest paid players in baseball. A the understands me and what is going on in baseball a Henderson said after talking with Alderson. A the understands that in a not the 30th or 40th player. That s a Good sign. At least i got something off my Chest and i listened to Sandy. It Wasny to through my agent. It was Man  Alderson said he promised Henderson that he would talk with the outfielders agent Richie Bry if he called. Henderson said he would Confer with his agent and that Bry would Contact Alderson in the next couple of Days. A i got a Chance to hear Rickey a Point of View a Alderson said. It went reasonably Well. I imagine Well have More Dis. Cushions at some  Cincinnati Pitcher Jack Armstrong also unhappy with his contract missed his third straight Day at the reds Camp and has racked up s1,000 in fines. Cincinnati management  talk about Armstrong a absence which came As the club started its exhibition schedule. His contract for $215,000 was renewed monday. He is seeking about $100,000 More. Atlanta a John Smoltz joined Armstrong on the sidelines failing to show up for the braves workout after the team renewed his contract at $355,000. A basically in a upset. In a kind of frustrated a he said. A it takes a lot to upset me usually. I need a couple of Days to think about  on the first full Day of exhibition play Minnesota beat Pittsburgh 5-3, Houston beat Atlanta 7-6, Cincinnati beat Kansas City 3-2, Boston beat Philadelphia 6-5, the new York Yankees beat Montreal 43, the Chicago White sox beat Detroit 65, Baltimore beat Texas 5-0, St. Louis beat Toronto 11-3, Oakland beat Cleveland 3-1, san Diego beat California 1411, Seattle beat Milwaukee 7-2 and the Chicago cubs beat san Francisco 7-6. A Tony Gwynn hit a three run Homer and drove in six runs for san Diego. A Gwynn hit a run scoring single  first and a three run Homer in the second off Chuck Finley and added a two run single in the fourth off loser Matt Keough. Keough who Hasni to pitched in the major leagues since 1986, was pounded for 10 hits and eight runs a five earned a in three innings for California. Keough pitched in Japan the last f6"ur seasons. A Dave Righetti made his debut for san Francisco and immediately blew a save allowing three unearned runs to the cubs in the eighth inning. Kevin Mitchell gave the giants a 6-4 Lead in the top of the eighth with a two run Homer off Jeff Pico. After an error Domingo Ramos tied the game with a two run double off Righetti and scored on Doug Dascenzo a single. A Texas rangers Catcher Mark Parent Tore two knee ligaments in a Home plate collision during an intr squad game and will need surgery. A Cecil fielder who hit 51 Home runs f it a the tigers last season reportedly slipped getting out of bed thursday and strained ligaments in his left knee. Fielder who has yet to play in an exhibition game continued to work out in the tigers conditioning room and did no to take batting practice Friday