European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday March 17, 1991the stars and stripes b Page 23 sports wire from wire reports College station Texas when Texas a amp mrs basketball Media guide for last season described first year coach Kermit Davis As a a mover and a Shaker a it was not meant to preview his Quick exit out of town. But after just 50 weeks on the Job Davis quit Friday under a Cloud of illegal recruiting allegations. A coach Davis determined that it was in his Best in to Crest and in the Best interest of his family to resign amid All the speculation concerning the circumstances surrounding his tenure As basketball coach a Davis attorney George Parnham said Friday. A the is convinced that the unsubstantiated Clouds of speculation would plague him and his program if he fought to remain in Nis present Davis came to a amp a after a successful two years at the University of Idaho and was completing the first year of a 4-year contract Worth about $ 127,000 annually his first aggie team went 8-21 top seed eau Claire loses Kansas City to. A David Wayne scored 27 Points and was 10 for 10 from the free throw line As ninth seeded Taylor of Indiana upset top seeded wis Consin eau Claire 64-57 Friday night in the quarterfinals of the naia menus basketball tournament. A Canadian sets backstroke Mark Bonn Germany a Mark Tewksbury of Canada saturday was the Star on the first Day of the 9th Arena swim festival in Bonn when he set a world record of 52.71 seconds in the 100-meter backstroke. The Mark is .18 of a second better than Tewksbury a previous Mark set in Calgary Alberta in february. The Canadian made history by becoming the first to set an official record Holder in a 25-meter Pool. The International swimming federation had decided in january to allow official records in the Shorter Pool. Heinzer takes season Crown Lake Louise Alberta a Switzerland a Franz Heinzer clinched his first world cup downhill title Friday by finishing second behind Norway a atle skaardal. American . Kitt produced a season Best fourth. Skaardal a second Victory of the season and fourth of his career left him 29 Points behind Heinzer with Only saturdays downhill remaining. Heinzer has 134 Points to 105 for skaardal who clinched second place in the season standings. Absent Kronberger wins title Vail Colo. A austrian Sabine Ginther who recorded her first Victory last weekend raced to a second downhill Triumph and teammate Petra Kronberger clinched her second straight world cup Overall title. Ginther was timed in 1 minute 42.60 seconds moving. Ahead of Switzerland a Chantal Bou Nissen who had clocked 1 43.24. Kronberger who decided to skip the two downhills and a giant slalom Here because of a lower leg injury won the world cup Overall title in absent a. She clinched the title when second place Carole Merle of France finished 27th. With four races remaining Kronberger has 293 Points to Merle a 176. Mayotte Shriver Advance key Biscayne Fla. Tim Mayotte and Pam Shriver kept their comeback campaigns on track Friday with victories on the opening Day of the Lipton International players championships. Mayotte who won the Lipton in 1985 when it was played at Delray Beach Fla., Defeated Mali Val Washington of Swartz Creek mich., 7-5, 6-2. Shriver is playing her seventh tournament of the year devils Deal by the associated press East Rutherford . John Maclean and Claude Lemieux scored goals 2 02 apart Early in the third period As the new Jersey devils beat new York 52 Friday night and sent the rangers to their fifth straight loss. With Ranger defens Eman Brian Leetch draped All Over him Maclean muscled in a Brendan Shanahan feed bom the top of the crease at 3 36 to Golf Pooley leads by 1 with 66 at Orlando by the associated press Orlando Fla. A Don Pooley shot a 6-Undcr 66 to take a 1-stroke Lead Over Mark Calcavecchia and Tom Speekmann after the second round of the Nestle invitational Pooley who won a $1 million prize with a last round a Hole in one on the 171h Ole in this event last year has a 10-Undcr 134 total on the Bay Hill club course. Calcavecchia one putted the last four holes for a. 69 and Speekmann shot a 65, the Best round of the Day. Scott i Loch 66 was fourth at 136. Curtis strange 67rocco mediate 69mark o Meara 69andrew Magee 69 and buddy Gardner 70 were tied for fifth at 137. Arnold Palmer the tournament Host and Bay Hill club owner shot a 71 to make the Cut with a 143 total. It was the first time in seven years head made the Cut in his own tournament. Free ride Sheryl Calcavecchia who caddies for her husband Mark gets a lift from Peter Jacobsen at the Nestle invitational in Orlando Fla., on Friday after complaining that her husbands bag was too heavy. Hammel Lone sub Par shooter Las vegas Penny Hammel overcame rain wind and record cold weather to stand alone under Par with a i shot Lead Friday after the first round of the $40 1,000 desert inn Lyga International. One shot Back of Llam Mcle so under 71 through 18 holes were Amy Benz Beth Daniel Vicki Fer gon Amy read Trish Johnson Debbie Massey Missie Mcgeorge and Patty Sheehan. Senior tourney delayed san Antonio a the first round of the senior pea Tours Vantage tournament at the Dominion was postponed Friday because of heavy rain. Tournament officials then decided to trim the event from 54 to 36 leads by 7 in Spain after 64 Tarragona Spain a Spain a Jose Maria Olazabal fired a 64 saturday to open a 7-shot Lead after three rounds of the catalan open but he had to share the spotlight with Northern Ireland a David Felicity who shot a sensational 11-under-Par 61. Olazabal the second round Leader by three strokes had an 18-under-Par 198 for three rounds. Leherty shared second place at 205 with England a Mike Mclean who shot a .68. Starting on the Par-5 first Hole when he reached the Green with a 3-Wood, Olazabal reeled off four birdies on each nine without dropping a shot Leherty started the third round at even Par and shot the round of his life and one of the Best Ever in Europe without dropping a stroke. I Lis 11 birdies equalled the european record held by several players including Leherty himself. He shot a 62 in winning the 1989 Bow open in Mun Ich. After sitting out nine months to recover from shoulder surgery. She Defeated Myriam Ore mans of the Netherlands 6-3,7-5. A title fight ends in draw Sacramento Calif. A an attempt to unify the Junior lightweight championship went awry As Brian Mitchell and Tony Lopez fought to a 12-round draw Friday night. Mitchell of Johannesburg South Africa holds the world boxing association title. Lopez of Sacramento Calif., was defending the International boxing federation Crown. Both weighed in at 129.michael Andretti has top spot surfers Paradise Australia a Michael Andretti jumped from seventh to the pole position sat urday in the final round of qualifying for sundays season opening Gold coast indy car race. Andretti second to Ai Unser or. In last years cart pig cup championship Battle turned a record Lap of 100.501 Mph with about five minutes remaining in the time trials on the new 2.973 i e Street circuit in this East coast resort town Eddie Cheever who took the provisional pole for the inaugural indy car event in Australia at 99.933 on Friday wound up on the outside of the front Row for sundays 65-Lap, 181.545-mile race. Unser was third at 100.398, followed by Rahal at 100.217. Kulwicki top qualifier Hampton a. A Alan Kulwicki who drives the Lascar circuit in his own a sponsored team won the pole for sundays motor Craft 500 with a Speed of 174.413 Mph in his Ford thunderbird. Consecutive defeat break a 2-2 tie. Lemieux then gave the devils a two goal Lead when he scored his second goal of the game at 5 38, writing in a Short shot. With the win new Jersey took a two Point Lead Over Washington for the last playoff spot in the Patrick division. The rangers Lead in the Patrick remained at three Points Over Pittsburgh. In fridays Only other game jets 4, oilers 3 Winnipeg Alberta a Pat a Lynnik scored two straight Power play goals in the third period to Lead Winnipeg to a come from behind win Over Edmonton. The jets right Winger tied the game at 9 02 before lifting Over a fallen Grant Fuhr in the oilers net with 1 29 remaining in regulation time. A Thomas Steen and Randy Carlyle also scored for Winnipeg which opened a three Point Lead Over Vancouver for the final playoff berth in the smythe division. The win was Only Winnipeg a second in eight games. Martin Gelinas Craig Simpson and Peter Klima scored for the defending Stanley cup Champion oilers who were out shot 27-24 and saw their record slip below .500 to 33-34-5
