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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 28, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 23 sports wire rare from wire reports Monte Carlo Monaco a Boris Becker advanced to the third Clay court final of his career saturday with a 6-3, 6-3 Victory Over Yugoslavia a Goran Prpic in the Monte Carlo open Becker will play Spain a Sergi bruguera a 6-1, 6-4 Victor Over Austria a Horst Skoff. Becker the worlds second ranked player has never won a professional tournament on Clay. He lost to a1-" Berto Mancini of Argentina in the Monte Carlo final two years ago and was beaten by Juan Aguilera last year in a final at Hamburg , Wadkins share Lead Greensboro . Gene Sauers shot an 8-under 64 Friday one shy of the tournament record and Lanny Wadkins had a 65 to gain a share of the Lead at to under 134 after two rounds of the $1.25 million greater Greensboro open Jeff Lunian whose last Victory was the pea championship in.1.988, and first round Leader Bob Wolcott were at 136, and Greensboro native John Inman was alone in fifth place at 137 after a 67. Male Eva overcomes Sanchez Hill Powell tied for first Barcelona Spain a third seeded Manuela male Eva Fragniere of Switzerland earned a spot in sundays final by eliminating Spain a Arantha Sanchez Vicario 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 in a semifinal match saturday in the $250,000 Sta seat open Tennis tournament. Spain a Conchita Martinez Defeated Frances Nathalie Tauz iat 6-1,4-6, 6-1 saturday for the other final  put on 15-Day do los Angeles a the san Francisco giants on Friday placed Pitcher Rick Reuschel on the 15-Day disabled list retroactive to april 23 to have fluid drained from his left knee. Reuschel a 20-year Veteran with 214 career victories is 0-2 in four appearances this season with a 4.22  s Davis on disabled list Baltimore a the Baltimore orioles placed first baseman Glenn Davis on the 15-Day disabled list with an injured right shoulder and recalled Pitcher Bob Milacki a 14-game Winner in 1989, to fill the roster spot. Davis is batting .244 with four homers and eight runs batted  waived by patriots Foxboro mass. A Steve Grogan a Veteran of 16 nil seasons and Holder of a Host of new England Al time passing records was waived by the patriots Friday. Grogan 37, overcame injuries and played in 149 games for the patriots. He is the teams All time Leader with 26,886 Yards passing and 182 touchdowns. He also ranks 10th in Rushing with 2,164 Yards and in scoring with 216  Moss on probation los Angeles los Angeles raiders linebacker Winston Moss was placed on probation for one year and fined $400 by a Tampa fla., judge after he pleaded no contest to improper exhibition of a firearm. Moss recently traded to the raiders by the Tampa Bay buccaneers also was ordered to serve 300 hours of Community service for allegedly threatening a cocktail waitress with a handgun last  releases interception Ace Green Bay wis. A Dave Brown tied for fifth place on the a Fly Sall time interception list with 62, was released by the Green Bay packers after missing All of last season with an Achilles Tendon injury. Brown 38, broke in with the Pittsburgh Steeles in 1975 As their no. 1 draft Choice and played in the super bowl that season. He joined the packers in 1987 after 11 seasons with the Seattle  fined suspended new York a Terry Teagle the los Angeles lakers sixth Man was fined $7,500 Friday and suspended for game 2 of the lakers first round playoff series against Houston for punching the rockets Dave Jamerson during game 1. Houston a Mike Hill birdied the final four holes to Complete a 6-under-Par 66 that gave him a share of the Lead after the first round of the $300,000 Doug Sanders celebrity  Hill and Jimmy Powell held a 2-shot Lead Over John Paul Cain Bob Charles Gary player George Archer and Bobby Nichols. A a a Quot american s 74 loses Lead Cairns Australia a Jenny Sevil shot a 4-under-Par 70 saturday taking a one shot Lead Over american Kristal Parker after the second round of the $230,000 Daimyo Challenge women a tournament. Sevil had five birdies and a single bogey in her round mastering the Tricky greens for a 36-Hole total of 144 Over the Par-74,6,045-Yard Paradise Palms course. First round Leader Parker had a Par-74 on the heels of her first round 71 to be 3-under-Paron 145.Martin fires another 67 Madrid a Spain a Miguel Martin burned off the Early morning Frost with a third round 67 saturday for a two shot Lead in the $465,000 Madrid open european pea tour event. It was Martins second straight 5-under 67 and put him at 13-under 203. Briton Andrew Sherborne carded a 69 for 205. A Martin whose chief goal this year is to join compatriots Severiano Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal on the european Ryder cup team collected six birdies and a bogey. Whalers Verbeek fined Hartford Conn. A Hartford whalers left Wing Pat Verbeek was fined $500 Friday by the nil for punching Bob Sweeney of the Boston Bruins during game 5 of the first round of the  will return to Arizona Tucson Ariz. A Chris Mills the third Arizona underclassman whose future with the team had been the subject of speculation said Friday he will be Back. Nearly two weeks ago 6-foot-11 Brian Williams announced that he would forego his senior season by de daring himself eligible for the pro draft. On wednesday another Junior and 6-foot-ll player Sean Rooks said he planned to return next season. Mills led Arizona in scoring with a 15.6 average last season his first of eligibility after transferring from  death for univ hoops Las vegas a univ will avoid the no aah a death penalty for violations in the latest probe of the University a basketball program according to the head of the Mcaa committee on infractions. D. Alan Williams said the running rebel basketball program does not fit the guidelines for the death penalty which shuts Down a program completely for a certain amount of time. Univ will not be allowed on live to next season or to appear in the Mcaa tournament,. Boxers take 8 of 11 but those penalties were the result of alleged recruiting violations in 1977.Arkansas takes 1,600 relay a a Philadelphia a Eric Henry of Arkansas edged Georgetown s John Trautmann in the final strides Friday to give the Razorbacks their eighth distance Medley relay tide at the Letvn relays since 1982.the two ran the final boo meter leg a St title apart but Henry ran a 3 55.0 As Arkansas won by one cum Dreuth of a second in 9 22.24. The third fastest Ever run in distance Medley. Diane Guthrie of George Mason won the women s Long jump in a meet record 21 feet it inches. Dwight Johnson of Florida captured the discus with a toss of188 feet Jordy Reynolds of  the shot put at 6i-6v4, and Jerry Harris of Northeast Louisiana took the Long jump with a leap of 25-11 / Harris stars in Drake relays Des Moines Iowa a Danny Harris returned to the track where he first gained prominence and sped to the years Best time in the 400-meter hurdles at the Drake relays. Harris docked in at 48.52 seconds the Best in the world this year and became the first male athlete to win six Drake relays championships. His Victory stole the spotlight on the meets opening Day front two relay teams from Iowa state Harris old school. The cyclones won the 6,400 relay for the fifth straight year the first time that has been done in nearly 70 years and another Iowa state foursome won. The 3,200  stays on pole world Champion Ayrton Senna Ruca Imola Italy capitalizing on fridays Lap record captured the pole position for the san Marino grand prix. The brazilian Driver in a Mclaren Lalonda earned his record 55th pole position Start with a time of i minute 21.877 seconds. His average Speed was 137.696 Mph. Senna  improve on that Lime in saturdays  nabs Stock car pole Martinsville a. A Mark Martin showing signs of regaining the form that helped him Challenge for the 1990 Winston cup championship sped to the pole position Friday in the opening qualifying session for the Hanes 500. It was the first pole of the season for Martin and the 13th of his career. Martin is the seventh different pole Winner in eight Lascar Stock car events this year. Martin turned a fast Lap of 91.949 Mph on the .526-mile track. A a a a a Stefanik pads modified Lead Martinsville. A. Mike Stefanik led every Lap saturday on the Way to a Victory in the Hanes 150 modified race at Martinsville Speedway his third win in five starts this season. The West Greenwich r.i., Driver driving a Pontiac beat Rick Fuller across the finish line by two tenths of a second on the .526-mile Oval thereby adding to his Points Lead in the Lascar Winston modified tour  remains unbeaten Culiacan Mexico a Julio Cesar Chavez the world super lightweight Champion remained unbeaten in 75 fights when he knocked out Tommy Small in the fourth round of a non title bout Friday. Chavez 28, knocked out Small with four seconds remaining in the fourth round. Small a record fell to 22-4 with 13 knockouts. Biloxi miss. A the United mates Amateur boxing team won 8 of 11 patches against the Canadian National boxing team Friday night. The final bout of the night saw two Home world Champion Eric Griffin of Houston beat Dominic Milane in a unanimous decision. I sort of thought i could take him out the second round a Griffin 325-60 in Amateur Comet Tion said. A but he was really not that  in a highly contested match Patrick Byrd of Flint mich., was awarded a Victory in a 2-1 decision. But that match was later awarded to Canadian Greg Johnson after a decision by the ruling committee of the Amateur boxing  one of the other top matches of the night Oscar de la Hoya .18, of los Angeles beat Gerry Figlio Mem who retired before beginning the second round. A the was a very Good Boxer a de la Hoya who ran his Mark to 218-4, said. A i Felt i Hurt him some and i Cut his nose Early and that was a Factor. I Felt i was in control Early and knew i could  in other bouts Aristead Clayton of Baker la., Defeated Marvin Tyler Brian Shaw of Hattiesburg miss., won a decision Over Jamie Sparks Steve Johnson of Denver earned a decision Over Fitzroy Vanderpool Tim Austin of Cincinnati beat Danny Grenier on a second round retirement Ivan Robinson of Philadelphia stopped Stuart Mcgrandle at 1 48 of the second round and Shane Mosley of Pomona calif., decision Ned Mark Leduc of Kingston Ontario. Canadian victories in addition to the decision reversal in favor of Greg Johnson saw Chris Jihnson defeat Chris Byrd of Flint Mich and Terry Campbell earn a split decision Stover Edward Escobedo of. Mckinney Texas  
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