European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 16, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 27 sports wire Sabatini dispatches Graf nails Down no. 3 ranking world no. 3 Gabriella Sabatini. Straight sets Over Steffi Graf front wire reports Amelia Island Fla. A Gabriela Sabatini continued her domination of women a Tennis by sweeping Steffi Graf in straight sets sunday to win the Bausch amp lomb championships her fourth title this year. The 7-5,7-6 7-3 Victory capped a week in which Saba Tini the no. 2 seed assured herself of moving up to no. 3 in the world rankings ahead of Martina  wins 3-Way playoff Hattiesburg miss. A Larry Silveira and Russ Cochran each made up 5 shots to reach a playoff then Silveira birdied the first Hole of sudden death sunday to win the Deposit guaranty Golf classic his first pea tour Victory. Silveira who won $54,000, and Cochran each shot 7-Undcr-Par 63s to catch Mike Nicolette 68 with 72-Hole totals of 14-Undcr 266.jacobs takes Taiwan title Taipei Taiwan a John Jacobs of san Diego Bir died the first playoff Hole with a 2-foot putt to beat an Tolin Fernando of the Philippines in the Taiwan open on sunday. Jacobs shot a 3-Over 75 and Fernando had a 73 for 3-under 285.creighton promotes aide Omaha neb. A Creighton University on monday named Rick Johnson a six year bluejay assistant to fill the coaching vacancy created by last weeks departure of Tony Barone to Texas a amp a. West tops East in Dapper Dan Pittsburgh a Detroit southwestern a Jalen Rose made two free throws with 8 seconds remaining sunday night As the West held off the East 104-103 in the Dapper Dan Roun Dball classic. The East a Chris Webber a 6-10 Center from Detroit country Day school who is headed for Michigan Alon with Rose led All scorers with 22 Points 16 in the secon half he was named the East a most valuable player. West map honors went to Gary ind., Roosevelt s 610 Forward Glenn Robinson. The Purdue bound Robinson scored 19  out skate . 5-3 Stockholm Sweden a former nil players Vlakan Loob Mats Naslund and Tomas Jonsson led Sweden to a 5-3 Victory Over the United states on sunday in a tuneup for the world championships. Danton Cole scored twice and David Emma once for the undermanned . Team which should be bolstered by the arrival of several nil players in time for next weeks world championships in Helsinki finland.. Skier takes Junior Gold Genilo Norway a american Paul Casey Puckett took menus slalom Gold at the world Junior Alpine championships on sunday. Puckett managed runs of 46.51 and 46.78  a total of-1 33.29. He finished 0.37 seconds ahead of Silver Mcd Alist Sebastien Amie of France. Al Unser or. Nabs 4th in Row by Mike Harris a motor sports writer Long Beach Calif. Al Unser or. May buy a piece of land in downtown Long Beach and Drill for Oil. Head probably hit a Gusher in his backyard because the second generation indy car Driver can do no wrong Here. Sunday the defending cart pig cup Champion cruised to his fourth straight Victory in the grand prix of Long Beach a race seemingly fraught with the peril of menacing Concrete Walls and treacherous turns for everyone else but a piece of cake for Unser. A gnaw no Way. It was a Long Day a Unser insisted when asked if the 95-Lap, 158.65-mile race was As easy As it looked. The evidence would indicate otherwise. Unser who owns 16 indy car victories 14 of them on Road course sled All but two laps sunday a the first arid the 37th when Unser pitted both led by pole Winner Michael Andretti. Then after Andretti went out of the race in a pit Long Beach up Road collision with Emerson Fittipaldi Unser easily held off Galles Draco teammate Bobby Rahal Over the last 16 laps. Unser showed his muscle Early driving his Chevrolet powered Lola past Andretti cleanly during the second Lap on the 1.67-mile, 11-turn temporary circuit. A Michael must have thought he had plenty of distance on me because he did no to really try to Block me until i was up alongside him a Unser explained. A by the time he realized it was too late to Block me. That a the Way to pass the Andretti by surprising them. That a really the Only Way to get by  once he was on top Unser moved steadily away building leads up to 15.28 seconds before John Andretti Michael a Cousin and the Winner of the season opener last month in Australia crashed on Lap 69 because of a punctured tire and brought out the Days Only caution Flag. Unser took advantage of the yellow Flag to make his second and final pit Stop getting in and out Quick and clean. When Unser reached the track Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi a running second and third respectively a were still completing their stops. From his pit. Suddenly Fittipaldi snot out of his pit just ahead of Andretti and the Michael finished first zooming away a  pit just a a # a two collided hard with Andretti a Lola soaring High into the air Anco crashing Down hard on Fittipaldi a left Sid Chou. That took both cars out of the race and left it up to Rahal. A a i knew Bobby Wasny to going to give up a Unser said. A but we just had too much for him  Eddie checker wound up third a Lap behind the leaders and just ahead of Rick Mears who trails Rahal in the season Points 33-26. Unser has 22 Points and John Andretti 20. A if there a a plus Side to not winning its leading the Points a said Rahal who finished 3.892 seconds behind the Winner. Unser who collected $133,134, averaged 81.195  goes 4-0 Barcelona Spain a Scott ency passed for three touchdowns a pair to Gene Taylor and Lydell Carr rushed for his fourth score of the year on sunday As the Barcelona dragons Defeated the Orlando Thunder 33-13 in the world league of american football. The Victory improved Barcelona a record to 4-0. A crowd of 40,875, the largest Ever to attend a sporting event at month Pic stadium saw Erney Complete 20 passes for 340 Yards. Wallace tops Bristol see saw f Bristol Tenn. A in a race featuring a track record 40 Lead changes Rusty Wallace had the most important one to win the $513,981 Lascar Val Ley Dale 500 from the pole sunday at Bristol International raceway. Wallace benefited from new pit Road rules to win $51,300, including a $22,800 Bonus for winning from the pole position. The new rules designated Odd and even numbered cars based on qualifying position for the inside and outside lanes on restarts. In the final 50 taps cars were allowed to move ahead of others in the restart line if they were ahead of them in the race. After 458 laps and a rain delay of i hour and 12 minutes Wallace moved his Pontiac from seventh place to second when Davey Allison who was leading Lascar when rain stopped the race pitted for tires. Allison was the Only Odd numbered qualifier ahead of Wallace on the restart. Wallace quickly moved past outside pole Sitter Ernie Irvane a Chevrolet for the Lead on Lap 463 and held him off by just inches in a door to door finish. A Ernie ran me clean and Strong on that last Lap a Wallace said. A it was a Heck of a Gallant Effort for second place. I  have wanted to run another Lap. The fans got their Money a Worth ill say  Irvan dipped below Wallace on the third turn and the two cars came around the fourth turn and to the finish line Side by Side but Wallace took the Check ered Flag by an official distance of a half car length. It was Wallace a third Victory in the Valleydale 500, including 1986 and 1989. Defending Champion Allison finished third in a Ford. Mark Martin finished fourth in another Ford and Winston cup Points Leader Ricky Rudd was fifth in a Chevrolet after leading the most laps 145. Rounding out the top 10 were Darrell Waltrip in a Chevrolet Dale Jarrett in a Ford Jimmy Spencer in a Chevrolet Terry Labonte in an Oldsmobile and Morgan Shepherd in a Ford. Wallace gained his Victory after losing two laps on the leaders when he had two Flat tires. He made it up partly with the help of the pit rules that were used for the first time in a Winston cup event. A the new pit rules really played into my favor a Wallace  acquits Igwe Buike Tampa Fla. Apr Minnesota Vikings kicker Donald Igwe Buike was acquitted monday of masterminding a failed Effort to smuggle More than $1 million Worth of heroin from his native Nigeria to the United states. Igwe Buike 32, threw both lists in the air and broke into tears hugging his attorney As the verdict was announced. He could have faced up to 120 years in a Federal prison and $6 million in fines if convicted of conspiracy and drug importation. A finally i got a Chance to Tell my Side of the Story in court a what the truth was a the teary eyed nil kicker said outside the court while puffing a Victory Cigar. He said he plans to go Back to Minnesota and train for next season. Assistant . Attorney Todd Foster refused to comment on the verdict As did the 12 jurors who had deliberated. 5l/2 hours Over two Days before Clearing the defendant