European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 26, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 27 mansion re reports from wire reports Washington a the National league expansion committee visited the nations capital monday touring an Frk stadium that has been restored to its former baseball dimensions. A after meeting in private stadium offices the four Man panel flanked by mayor Sharon Pratt Dixon and other local government officials sat in the stands As members of a local league worked out on the Field. Red White and Blue Bunting lined the fences Down each foul line and the scoreboard listed St. Louis and Washington As the teams playing. The committee was scheduled to Fly to Buffalo monday afternoon and visit Denver on tuesday the committee has visited the three Florida finalists a Miami Orlando and St Petersburg. Committee chairman Douglas Danforth of the Pittsburgh pirates says it will attempt to rank the cities after this round. A the Way i see it Washington is one of the Sites and the other five cities Are scrambling for the other one a said. Washington Developer John Akridge who Heads the capitals group. A give me a fact you want to compare and i can to find one where Washington does no to come out on  Washington believes it has an Edge because its population of 3.7 million is much larger than the other finalists and its television Market is the seventh largest in the nation. The Washington areas average household income of $48,038 is the highest in the nation. Clarkston earns hockey final Sault Ste. Marie Mich. A Mark greens third period Power play goal led Clarkson to a 4-3 win sunday night Over Lake Superior state sending the Golden knights to the final four of the Mcaa hockey tournament. The teams needed three games to decide the quarterfinal series. Clarkson 28-8-2 will face Boston University on thursday. The Winner will play the Maine Northern Michigan Winner in saturdays final. Preseason nil selects Field new York a Georgia tech Oklahoma state and Texas Are among six teams from this years Mcaa tournament that will compete in the 1991 preseason National invitation tournament. The other three Mcaa tournament teams Are Pittsburgh Purdue and Florida state. Rounding out the 16-team Field Are Kentucky Ball state Boise state Colorado state Evansville James Madison Manhattan Monmouth Washington and West Virginia. Rodriguez captures Vintage Indian Wells Calif. A Chi Chi Rodriguez made a 15-foot Birdie putt from just off the Green on the final Hole for a 3-Unaer 69 and a one stroke Victory in the Vintage invitational. Rodriguez collected $75,000 from a $500,000 purse to pass Lee Trevino for the Lead on the Money list with earnings of $229,169. Trevino finished in a tie for 12th place and earned $10,772 to fall to second on the Money list with $205,112. Don january with a 68 and Mike Hill with a 67 tied for second place. Ammaccapane wins Lyga title Phoenix a Danielle Ammaccapane captured her first Lyga title shooting a 4-under 69 for a two stroke margin Over Barb Bunkowski and Meg Mallon in the Standard Register tournament. Ammaccapane finished at 9-under 283. Mallon finished with a round of 67 and Bunko sky had a 70 in the final round on the Moon Valley country club course. The previous Best finishes for Ammaccapane a former Phoenix resident were two second place ties last year. Boggs Cut bruised in fall from truck port Charlotte Fla. A Boston red sox third baseman Wade Boggs is recovering from minor cuts and bruises sustained when he fell out of a truck saturday night. The Boston Herald reported Boggs was nearly run Over when he accidentally opened the passenger door of his truck and fell onto route 17. A when i hit the ground the Back wheel came close to running Over my head a he said. His wife Debbie was driving the truck at about 30 Mph when the Accident occurred. He did not go to a Hospital but was taken out of sundays exhibition game lineup. He sustained a bruised right Elbow a bruised right ankle and a few other cuts and bruises. A i was leaning against the door and turned to say something to Debbie when either my leg or knee hit the handle and the door flew open a Boggs told the Herald. A the next thing i knew i was falling. I put both my hands out trying to grab something but All i caught was air and i started bouncing up route 17. I was fortunate there were no cars behind  Boggs said he always wears a seat Belt but this time a for some reason i  Kenny Wallace coasts to win Barberville Fla. A Kenny Wallace emerged from his older brother Rusty a Shadow sunday winning the Spring 200 grand National Stock car race at Volusia Speedway for his first career Lascar Victory. Wallace who started 13th, took the Lead in his Pontiac grand prix on the 74th Lap and drove the last 126 unchallenged in route to a 5.41-second Triumph Over Tommy Houston. He also boosted his Winston cup grand National Points total to a circuit Best 136. Stefanik takes 200-Lap race Richmond a. A Mike Stefanik held off Doug Heveron and George Kent for a 10-foot Victory in the 200-Lap modified portion of sundays Winston twin 200s Lascar doubleheader at. Richmond International raceway. Stefanik who started second took the Lead for Good on Lap 167 on the three Quarter mile track. He averaged 104.247 Mph in a Pontiac and won $18,825. In the 200-Lap sportsman event Dennis Setzer took the Lead on the first Lap and kept his Ford up front the rest of the Way for his second consecutive Victory at Richmond. Setzer a strongest Challenge came from Charlie Ford who spun out with three laps remaining and finished 13th. Setzer averaged 75.821 Mph. Amato sets elapsed time record Gainesville Fla. A Joe Amato the defending top fuel Champion established an Nora record for elapsed time in route to his first Victory of the season at the Nora Gator nationals on sunday Amato covered the Quarter mile distance in 4.897 seconds at 285.89 Mph in his dragster to defeat Don Prudhomme who smoked the tires at the starting line and coasted to a 12.433 at 81.59. Mark Oswald who almost did no to make it to the final when a rear tire blew out in the semis beat John Force in the funny car championship and Warren Johnson beat Darrell Alderman for the first time in eight tries to claim the pro Stock title. Sports wire Tours d. C. Girardelli receives 4th world cup Waterville Valley  Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg hoisted his fourth world cup Overall trophy in the official presentation sunday and Austria s Petra Kronberg a received her second in a Row As the 1990-91 world cup season came to an end. Girardelli 27, accumulated 242 Points in out dueling Italy a Alberto Tomba for the title by 20 Points. The a us Quot Tria born Girardelli joined Italy a Gustavo Thoeni and Switzerland a Pirmin Zurbriggen As four time champions. Kronberger 22, won races in four Alpine disciplines this season. She was so dominant that her Lead remained Over 100 Points despite sitting out seven races due to leg injuries. A univ players escape injury Las vegas a univ guard Anderson Hunt and Reserve Melvin love were involved in a car Accident sunday but were not injured. The undefeated running rebels Are two games away from repeating As Mcaa champions and face Duke on saturday in the second semifinal in Indianapolis. The Accident occurred about 4 30 . Sunday. Dodgers waive Hatcher Vero Beach Fla. A Mickey Hatcher one of the dodgers world series heroes of 1988, was placed on unconditional release wives sunday the 36-year-old Hatcher was batting .452 for 33 a bats in 15 exhibition games. Hatcher has spent 12 seasons in the major leagues with los Angeles and Minnesota. Penn state wins fencing title state College pay Penn state its second straight Mcaa fencing title sunday despite losing the epee title to Columbia when Ali Rezazadeh lost to Michael Feldschuh 5-4. The Kittany Lions finished the five Day tournament with 4,700 Points Columbia had 4,200 and notre Dame 3,900. Yale was fourth at 3,550. Cruiserweight fight scrubbed Sydney Australia a a world cruiserweight elimination bout Between american Mike a the Bounty Hunter and puerto rican Carlos de Leon scheduled for surfers Paradise on april 13 has been cancelled promoter Bill Mordey said monday. Mordey said the bout which had been billed As an elimination contest for a fight against world boxing Council cruiserweight Champion Massimiliano Duran of Italy had been abandoned because Hunter faces deportation from Australia. Hunter failed to declare on his original australian visa application that he had served seven years in prison for armed robbery. Mordey said appeals against the deportation order had failed. Jockey Steinberg on Roll Oklahoma City a jockey Pat Steinberg a 29-year-old Elpaso Texas native won his eighth straight feature race and his fifth consecutive stakes race on sunday at Remington Park guiding Cannon Green to a come from behind Victory in the $27,975 scissor Tail stakes. Through sunday Steinberg had won at least one race each racing Day for 24 consecutive Days dating to feb. 18. Only two of the victories in the feature races have come aboard favourites. An. Central european Tim television pro basketball a new York at san Antonio 2 . Wednesday. To win International key Biscayne Fla. A Jim courier capitalized on David Wheaton a third set double fault on break Point for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Victory in sundays final at the International players championships. The double fault a Wheaton a seventh a gave his former High school classmate a 4-3 Lead in the final set. Courier held his final two service games to earn the first place Check of $179,000, the biggest payday of his five year career. The unseeded Wheaton who had lost his opening match in his previous four tournaments this year but won six straight at key Biscayne pocketed $94,200. A the title was the second this month for courier ranked 18th. He beat Guy forget in the Indian Wells final on March 10, and has won 12 consecutive matches. Courier and Wheaton attended the Nick. Bollettieri Tennis Academy together in Bradenton Fla., and Are Good friends. But they dulled like archrival for More than two hours on sunday. After dictating the Points in the first set with his serve and Volley game Wheaton became erratic in the second set. The 6-foot-4 minnesotans big serve kept him in Contention a he finished with 10 aces a but double faults kept him in trouble. The Only service break in the second set which gave courier a 5-3 Lead came with the help of a double fault. Courier then won the next three games As he took a 2-0 Lead in the second set. In the next game Wheaton came Back. He fired a second serve Ace at 15-30, then had two More aces to win the game. He broke courier three games later to even the score at 3-3. But at Deuce in the next game Wheaton missed an easy overhead and then double faulted to give courier the Lead for Good. Courier improved to 7-0 this year in three set matches