European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 30, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire Brooks beats Sauers on 3rd playoff Hole a from wire reports Greensboro . A Mark Brooks had 10 birdies and two bogeys to charge to the front of the pack at the greater Greensboro open on sunday but he needed a nearly routine Par before he could enjoy his work a. A a Brooks beat Gene Sauers on the third Hole of sudden death to take the $225,000 first place Money. The two ended the tournament at 13-Undcr 275, with Brooks turning in an 8-Undcr 64 on the warm muggy Day at Forest Oaks country club. A a there weren to too Many things that could have gone better a Brooks said. A you play a dream round every once in a while but it never turns out what you want it to be. You finish fifth or third or 10th. A i was a lot More nervous in the playoff than i was when i was finishing the round a Brooks said. He had a string of six birdies Over the front and Back Side and two More in the last four holes. Still it Wasny to enough. After both men parred the first two playoff holes they returned to the Par-3, 17th Hole. Brooks hit his tee shot in the left Bunker while Sauers found the right Sand trap for the second time on the 200-Yard Hole. Sauers blasted out but his shot rolled 20 feet beyond the pin. Brooks wedged it within 3 feet. Brooks raised his playoff Mark to 2-1. He lost to Tom Purtzer in 1988 in the Southwest classic one of two playoffs he was involved in that season. Winning also made Brooks the Pgar a newest millionaire at $1,139,301 in a career which started in 1984, for Sauers it was his first playoff loss after beating Blaine Mcallister in the 1986 Bank of Boston classic. Wolcott and John Huston tied for third at 12-under 276. Wolcott finished with an even Par 72. Huston had a 7-under 65.hill claims Sanders title Houston Mike Hill shot a 1-under 71 for a 1-stroke Vic Toviy Over George Archer in the seniors pea Tours Doug Sanders celebrity classic on sunday. Hill tied the tournament record of 13-under 203 for 54 holes. Archer who held a 1-shot Lead with two holes remaining finished with a 72. Lee Trevino 71 and Gibby Gilbert 69 tied for third at 207.australian takes Japan tourney in Amachi Japan a Roger Mackay of Australia shot a 4-under 68 for a 2-stroke Victory Over Teruo Sugihara of Japan in the Dunlop open on sunday. Mackay finished with a 16-under 272 total. Sugihara shot a 65 in the final round. Seve Ballesteros 66 finished third at 275. Bruguera slips past Becker Monte Carlo Monaco a Spain a Sergi bruguera upset Boris Becker 5-7,6-4, 7-6 8-67-6 7-4 monday in the rain delayed final of the $1 million Monte Carlo open Tennis tournament in a match that had Brilliant displays of tactical Tennis the ninth seeded bruguera won in 4 hours 5 minutes and earned $125,000. Becker the no. 2 seed got $65,800. ,./ Brugeras playing in his third consecutive Clay court final has won 16 of his last 17 matches. He won a tournament at Estoril Portugal and lost in a final at Barcelona where he beat Becker 6-2,6-4, in the third round. Becker has won Many tournaments on fast surfaces including three Wimbledon and the . And australian opens. But Only three of his 45 finals have been on Clay and he has never won on  wins yugoslav title Bol Yugoslavia a Sandra Cecchini of Italy Defeated Bulgaria s Magdalena male Eva 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 sunday in the. Final of the first yugoslav Sta Tennis tournament. It was the third Sta Victory for Cecchini who earned $18,000. Male Eva received $8,500. Mark Brooks blasts out of Sand trap before sinking 3-foot putt for playoff Victory Over Gene Sauers sunday. Sex featherweight Champ Dies 2 Missouri players arrested a Buffalo . A Tommy Paul a former world featherweight boxing Champion nicknamed a tiny Tiger a died sunday after a Long illness. He was 82/ Paul started boxing As an Amateur in 1926, winning regional state and National championships in the 118-Pound class before turning pro nine months later. He won the world featherweight championship May 26, 1932, out pointing Johnny Pena in 15 rounds. He lost the title seven months later and retired from the ring in 1935 with a record of 77-24-9.. Gymnasts sweep Albuquerque . Lance Ringnald led a . Sweep of the top four spots in the All around Competition at a menus dual gymnastics meet against Romania on sunday. The United states won the two Day event at University Arena with 579.075 team Points while Romania ranked sixth in the world finished with 573.525. The Victory Marks the first time a . Team has Defeated the romanians in full team Competition since the 1984 olympics. Ringnald scored a 9.75 on his optional floor exercise sunday to win the event and keep his Lead in the All around. He eventually won with 116.025 Points followed by Chris Waller of Urcla with 115.800. Trent Dimas also of Albuquerque was third with 115.65 and Patrick Kirksey of Nebraska fourth with a 115.3.. Women shut out Canada port a Prince Haiti Michelle Akers Stahl scored three goals As the United states Defeated Canada 5-0 sunday to qualify for the first world women a soccer championship. The United states became the sixth country to qualify for the 12-team tournament which will be played in China on nov. 16-30. Denmark Germany Italy Norway and Sweden advanced from european qualifying. Columbia  Missouri football players Tony Van Zant and Antonio Cooper have been arrested on charges of third degree assault following a fight outside a bar. Columbia police said Vanzant and Cooper were allegedly involved in a Brawl saturday with two men outside the Field House a student night spot. Van Zant 23, and Cooper 22, were released from Boone county jail saturday after each posted $1,000 Bond. Vanzant a 203-Pound Junior has one year of eligibility left. Cooper a 215-Pound Sophomore linebacker is contending Tor a starting Job this fall.. 8-k record smashed Portland Ore. A Shelly steely ran unchallenged to Victory through a Light drizzle to smash the . Women a record for 8 Kilometres in the Spring classic on sunday. Her time of 25 minutes 9 seconds on the course t through downtown Portland was Only one second shy of the world record and shattered the . Best of 25 31 set by Leann Warren of Portland at the 1990 Spring  the menus division steely s Fiance Aaron Ramirez set a course record of 22 28, eclipsing the old time of 22 43. Steely and Ramirez both of Albuquerque ., each took Home $3,500 for their  Send two to aaa Arlington Texas a Texas rangers infielders Gary Green and Denny Walling were sent sunday to Oklahoma City of the american association on 20-Day rehabilitation  rider tops Motocross Helsinki Finland Jacky Martens of Belgium dominated sundays finnish Motocross grand prix the third and fourth races in this years 500cc class world championship. Martens won both races for 40 championship Points and Rose from Ullh to third  world championship  mind heat Forward tells air sea Rescue Miami apr when he finally phoned Home to say he Wasny to lost at sea the Miami heats Alec Kessler was in hot water v the coast guard fruitlessly combed 28,000 Square Miles of the Atlantic Ocean Between Florida and the Bahamas searching for the Aba Forward before he finally made known his whereabouts sunday night. The 6-foot-ll Kessler who left Here thursday with two friends aboard his 33-foot Speed boat in route to the Bimini islands finally got in touch with his Fiancee Rhea Harrelson. He and his Georgia friends Mark Davis and Scott Johns said they were scouting Sites for Kessler a approaching honeymoon a in the Abaco islands. The wedding is planned for May 11. A the says he a Fine and he a embarrassed that its out in the press a Harrelson said after Kessler called her on a cellular phone. A but he said they ,. Had no idea everyone was out searching for  the two Day search for the 24-year-old heat player began late Friday when Harrelson called the coast guard to report that she had not heard from her Fiance As expected. The coast guard then called in the Bahamas air sea Rescue association to help in the Aerial search. Planes tracked the Gulf Stream from Forcy rocks Southeast of Miami North to the Georgia coast. The search was suspended at Nightfall sunday. Authorities were relieved that Kessler and his party were Safe said coast guard spokesman Carl Vitevitch