European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 11, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 27 sports Wir Elemond starts slowly in Paris Nice race from wire reports Fontenay sous Bois France tour de France Winner Greg Lemond finished 25th in sundays first stage of the Paris Nice cycling race 27 seconds behind leaders Tony Rominger and Thierry Marie. Rominger of Switzerland and the Frenchman Marie turned in equal times of eight minutes 29 seconds in the 3. Mile prologue. Both will Wear leaders White jerseys in mondays stage Christian Chaubet of France trailed by four seconds to come in third. A Lemond was philosophical about the poor Start run under Rainy weather in the Paris suburbs. A it was very Slippery but i ran a Good race a a Lemond said. A i did no to want to fall off or take any risk. But done to worry i Haven to any  t Frankie Andreu was the top finishing american coming in fifth at seven seconds behind the leaders. I Pate leading at tourney s halt i Coral Springs Fla. A Steve Pate held a six i stroke Lead saturday when a storm finally halted the a wind blown agony that was the third round of the Honda classic. 1 a impossible a snorted Paul Azinger who like Pate was among the seven players stranded on the wind raked pc at Eagle Trace. A this course was not meant to be played in anything but perfect conditions. And 4 in a telling you we done to  a i South african wins by 1 stroke i Mallorca Spain a South african Gavin Leven son celebrated his return to Spain after a three year 1 ban sunday with a one shot Victory in the $740,000 a i Lenaric open his first european pea tour win in More than a decade. F Levenson picked up the $80,000 first prize with a last round 69, 3-under-Par, for a total of 6-under 282.\ Barrett pacing Inamori by 1 a Poway  Tina Barrett who missed of of 27 cuts last season shot a 2-under 70 for a one shot Lead saturday Over Laura Davis of England and Robin Walton after three rounds of the $400,000 Inamori classic. Barrett whose Lone Victory in three years on the Lyga tour came during her Rookie season parred the last three holes to finish at 7-under 209.Benz beats Sheehan in Japan Yamagu Rukuson Japan Amy Benz shot a 4 under Par 68 sunday and beat fellow american Patty. Sheehan by one shot in the Daikon Orchid women so a Golf tournament. A Benz also shot five birdies and one bogey on the 6,252-Yard, Par-72 Ryukyu Golf club course on Okina i a finishing with a 54-Hole total of 9-under-Par 207 to i win the top prize of $66,000 in the $368,000  nabs 3rd in Row at Daytona Daytona Beach Fla. Jeff Stanton became i the Only rider in history to win three consecutive Day a Tona super crosses with an easy Victory before 30,000 rain soaked fans saturday. Stanton the two time defending american motor Wiesbaden wins youth basketball Hanau Germany a Eric Johnson scored 17 Points grabbed 20 rebounds and blocked four shots sunday to Lead Wiesbaden past Schwein Furt 67-65 and claim the Usa eur youth services senior division basketball championship. Wiesbaden built up a 32-21 a halftime Lead but had to stave off a desperation Schweinfurt comeback before emerging victorious. Schweim Furt Cut the score to 64-63 with 23 seconds remaining but Greg Kaatz canned a free throw and then rebounded his missed second one to preserve the Victory. Terrance Johnson followed Eric Johnson in the Wiesbaden scoring with 16 Points and Kaatz finished with 14. Louis Gray paced Schweinfurt with 19 Points. Pat Williams added 14 and Miguel Davila had 12. Schweinfurt overpowered Lan Stuhl 92-58 in the losers bracket final of the four team double elimination tournament to gain its shot at Wiesma Baden. Davila led the assault with.22 Points Williams followed with 19 and Gray tallied 1 7. Chris Herider topped Lan Stuhl with 18 Points Nathan Williams scored 13 and Rais Taylor had 11. Cyclist association series Champion led throughout the 20-Lap event on his Honda and beat the Kawasaki of Jeff Ward by nine seconds in the 21st annual super Cross. Stanton 22, of Sherwood Mich earned $20,000.senna grabs Phoenix up pole Phoenix Ayrton Senna the master of formula one qualifying earned another pole position saturday taking the top qualifying spot for sundays . Grand r prix with a record shattering Lap. The brazilian speedster out dulled chief antagonist Alain Prost of France to earn his 53rd pole 20 More than the late Jim Clark the previous record Holder. Senna covered the newly configured Street  in 1 minute 21.434 seconds a 102.208 Mph a 11 minutes from the end of qualifying. The Mark buried Jean ale Sims Day old record of 1 23.519.Sainz takes portuguese rally Estoril Portugal a world Champion Carlos Sainz of Spain drove his Toyota to Victory in the portuguese port wine rally saturday ending four years of domination by the italian Lancia team. The Young spaniard led from the first Day. He raced almost flawlessly on the rain soaked final stages sat. Urday to hold off the trailing Field led by Lancian ski Dier Auriol and Massimo Biasion. Sainz clocked 6 hours 6 minutes 36 seconds for the five Day 1,301-mile event. Auriol of France placed Sec Ond. 47 seconds behind. Italy s Biasion trailed Sainz by 2 05 to finish  first run lifts Tomba Aspen Colo. A Italy a a Barto Tomba made a dominating first run stand up saturday to Clinch the world cup giant slalom Crown with his fourth Victory of the season in that discipline. \. Tomba. Who led Young norwegian Lasse Kuus by 1.19 seconds after the first run struggled through a faltering second run that was Only the seventh fastest. But his combined time was Good enough to Best Austria a Rudolf Nierlich by nearly a half second. The Victory gave Tomba his first world cup discipline title since 1988. A Tomba had runs of 1 05.15 and 1 06.77 for an aggregate of 2 11.92. Nierlich the world Champion in giant slalom fourth after a the first run had the quickest second run of 1 05.86 and wound up at 2 12.39,forget upsets top seed Edberg a a 7 Indian Wells Calif. A Guy of argot of France eliminated top seed and defending Champion Stefan Edberg of Sweden 6-4, 6-4 saturday in the semifinals of the $1 million champions cup Tennis tournament. Forget the no. 3 seed was to face no. 16 Jim courier of the United states in sunday s final. Courier detoured l Ltd seeded Michael Stich of Germany 6-3, 6-2, in the other semifinal Svensson brings Down Jarryd Copenhagen a top seeded Jonas Svensson of Sweden overcame a Rocky Start to win a $150,000 at tourney sunday Svensson Defeated fellow countryman Anders Jarryd seeded eighth 6-7 7-56-2, 6-2.Sabatini, Graf reach final Boca Raton Fla. Gabriela Sabatini rallied from lapses in each set to beat Jennifer Capriati 7-5, 62 saturday and earn a berth against Steffi Graf in the final of the Virginia slims of Florida. Graf beat Nathalie Tauz iat of France 6-1, 6-2 in the other semifinal match. Neither the top seeded Graf nor no. 2 Sabatini has lost a set this  Rolls up 2nd straight North Brunswick . Pete Weber won his second consecutive professional bowlers association title in the $150,000 Johnny Petraglia Onen on saturday. Weber top seeded for the second week in a Row downed Bob Benoit 244-234, in the title match. A with the Victory his 17th and Worth $27,000, Weber becomes the 27th player in Aba history to win Back to Back  wins 4th straight title Federal Way Wash. Drury College of Springfield mo., won its fourth consecutive menus team title at the naia swimming and diving championships saturday night. Simon Fraser of. Burnaby British Columbia edged two time defending Champion University of puget sound for the women a Crown. Mattingly flashes hitting form Captain Don Mattingly a. Three run to Itter by Jim Dong ii a baseball writer part of Spring training is about comebacks and second chances. On saturday two players started the difficult process. Sometimes Spring training is also about bad weather. That happened in Florida As five games were cancelled. In fort Lauderdale Fla., Don Mattingly gave the new York Yankees some reason to smile As he hit a three run Homer in an 8-3 Victory Over the Baltimore orioles. Mattingly a .317 career Batter was limited to 102 games last season by a Back injury. His last Homer came on May 20 at Yankee stadium. A no problems so far a Mattingly said. A a in a just trying to get my swing Back in  last year Mattingly a Back problems contributed to a .256 average with Only Spring training five homers and 40 Bis. There was even some speculation that his Back problem could be career threatening. But Mattingly made a return for a few games in september just to ease his own doubts. A a healthy. Don Mattingly makes All the difference a manager stump Merrill said. A this presence is important in a lot of  i Jeff Robinson who was acquired by Baltimore from Detroit in january for Catcher Mickey Tettleton lasted.2-vv innings and gave up Mattingly a Homer in the third inning. In i Dunedin Fla., Guillermo Hernaiz Dez started his comeback with one inning for Philadelphia against Toronto. Hernandez the american league map with Detroit in 1984, gave up two hits and no runs. He is in the Phillies Camp As a non roster invitee. The Blue jays beat the Phillies 5-1 As newcomer Roberto Alomar and John Olerud Home red. In fort Myers Fla., Texas beat Minne-sota4-2 in a game shortened to 6>/i innings by rain. Jack Morris made his twins debut and gave up. One run and four hits in three innings. He struck out five. In Tempe ariz., Todd Van Poppel Oakland Stop draft pick last season was the starter and loser As the Seattle mariners beat the a a 4-1. Van Poppel who decided to sign with the a a instead of attending the University of Texas gave up two runs and two hits in three innings. He walked four. The new York mets and los Angeles dodgers were rained out in port St. Lucie Fla but Orel Hershiser was Able to get some work in. A everything went Well a said Hershiser who is on the rebound from shoulder surgery. A a the shoulder Felt