European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Best pal eyes Best Bucks up triple Crown Points an to �?12 30 . Get sunday an radio a 1 06 . Get sunday Post horse jockey Odds 1. Corporate report Day 15-1 2. Mane minister Solis 12-1 3/ strike the Gold Antley 9-5 4. Hansel Bailey 9-2 5. Best a Stevens 7-2 6. Honor grades Mccarron 20-1 7. Olympic Delahoussaye 5-2 8. What Jathina Velasquez 30-1 by John Nelson the associated press Baltimore a Best pal is All hell Ever be and that a Why he a going for the Bonus Money. V. As the Only gelding in the Field for saturdays Preakness Best pal will never make a cent in the Breeding shed. But he a already won $1,293,695 in purses and could add a $1 million triple Crown Bonus if things break right for him. A your main goal right now is the Bonus a Trainer Tan Jory said. A if we win this one All we have to do to finish ahead of strike the Gold in the next one. All the same it would be Nice to win the Preakness.�?�. The a a next one is the Lvi mile Belmont stakes on june 8 in new York. A a strike the Gold earned 10 Bonus Points a amps Susan Harris for winning the Lvi mile Kentucky Derby Willy to Gibbs adjusts a Mirror before is wednesday practice run at the indy circuit. Ribbs in big trouble near Indianapolis a the Hole in the engine Block is As big As Willy. Ribbs fist. The Hole in his heart might even be bigger a and harder to fix. On the eve of the final weekend of qualifications for the Indianapolis 500, Ribbs on Friday still awaited a rebuilt engine to arrive Back in gasp line Aliev. The one silting in his garage the one with the unwanted ventilation is useless. A i just feel kind of disappointed at the moment. I want to do Well but in order to do Well you have to run and run and run Quot said Ribbs. A efm at a tremendous disadvantage eleven spots remained open in the 33-ear lineup for the May 2b race. Ribbs whose Best Lap in practice was at 213.043 Mph shortly after completing his Rookie test blew his second Buick engine on wednesday. The first engine was damaged last Friday and sent to Brayton engineering the Buick manufacturer in Coldwater mich., for repairs. It was expected Back Friday giving Ribbs at least part of one Day to practice. A you have to do a lot of testing. Because in a a Rookie and done to have much experience., i lost valuable test time a said Ribbs 35, trying to become the first Black Driver to qualify at indy a we re Here on an absolute shoestring Quot he said pointing to his blown engine. A this is the result of Ribbs and other non qualifiers were shooting for the 214.859 Mph of Geoff Brabham the slowest of the 22 qualifiers last week. Once the Field is full the slowest qualifiers May be bumped on by one. By faster qualifiers. A a rainstorm Cut thursdays practice. Only 21 cars were on the track during the Day and five of the top six speeds were in backup cars of Drivers who already qualified. The Only one who drove his already qualified primary race car was John Andretti who was second fastest of the Day at 2211.853 in his Lola Chevrolet. The fastest was Emerson Fittipaldi at 221.380 in his Penske Chevrolet. His t e m a i a pol e Winner r ick m e a is was third fastest at 219.662, on May 4. Points Are awarded in each triple Crown race on the basis of 10 for first 5 for second 3 for third and 1 for fourth. Best pal was second in the Derby. Only horses that enter All three races Are eligible. Best pal was made the 7-2 Early third Choice when eight 3-year-Olds were entered for the 1 and 3-16-mile Preakness on thursday. The favorite was strike the Gold at 9-5, and olympic one of three non Derby starters in the Field was the 52 second Choice. A. Only five geldings have won the Preakness none since Holiday in 1914. A a it should be a real tight Little race All the Way around a said Jory a 33-Ycar-Ojd englishman who has lived and trained in California for the past eight years. Strike the Gold has won two in a Row the Blue grass on april 13 at keen land pirates rally past Houston by the associated press Houston a Pittsburgh Pitcher Doug Drabek says the pirates have found the comeback Trail can be the Road to Success. After falling behind 4-0 the last two nights the pirates rebounded to win both games. Pittsburgh won 6-4 thursday As consecutive doubles by Bobby Bonilla and Barry Bonds broke open a 4-4 tie with the astros in the seventh inning. A a a we be had a few Guys struggling but we scent to get a team Effort every night just like last year a Drabek said �?o1 think when you play hard for nine innings like our Guys do it gives you a Chance to come Back a said Pittsburgh manager Jim Leyland. A i appreciate their Effort for nine full Drabek 2-6 is having to make a personal comeback after winning the by Young award last year. The right hander snapped a three game losing Streak even though he gave up four runs in the first and 11 hits in his six innings of work. A i Felt like i was in slow motion a dra Bek said. A i started the game and had to find myself. 1 keep trying to throw the perfect pitch. 1 just need to Calm Down and get in a Groove like last the fact that Houston has squandered big leads does not discourage astros manager Art Howe. A they just seem to throw a big inning at us every night Quot Howe said. A a in a still satisfied with the. Performance of our players thus far even though we be lost 20 the astros who have dropped four games in a Row while going Only 2-7 on thir just completed Home stand lost the last two games despite amassing 30 hits and 11 runs. A we re swinging the bats extremely Well but we still have a very Young team and the pitching never seems to coordinate with the hitting a Howe said. Houston is the lowest scoring team in the major leagues while the pirates Are the most productive team in the league having scored 156 runs in 33 games. A there s a reason they re in first place in the National league East a said Houston Catcher Craig Biggio. A they have a lot of Power and they re really hot now. When we have 30 hits in two nights and and the Derby on May 4 at Churchill. Downs. A superstitious Man Trainer Nick Zito says he will Wear the same shirt tic and jacket he wore on Derby Day and he was a no show at the Preakness draw. A the did no to come up for the Blue grass. He did no to come up for the Derby and he a not going to come up now a his wife Jan said after the strike the Gold will break from the no. 3 Post position. Although Zito had said he would like the rail for the Preakness he later said a we were Lucky in the draw because that is what i wanted. I wanted to stay inside Early. He Drew Well and that is Good enough for a a he son the right Trail a the triple Crown Trail a Zito said. The rail went to corporate report one of five of the 16 Derby starters who see Best pal on Page 22 the stars and stripes ports May 18,1991 b Page 28 can twin you know that they re in thursdays Only other game giants 5, expos 4 san Francisco slump Ridden Kevin Bass had the key hit and san Francisco Hung in to win consecutively for the first time since april 21. Giants reliever Francisco Oliveras got Tim Wallach to hit into a game ending double play with runners at first and third rallied for three runs in the ninth. A a a /. A a a Bass had a two run double breaking a 1-1 tie in the fifth Only the second hit in his last 22 at bats. It came off Dennis Martinez 5-3who has allowed More than two earned runs in Only two of his eight starts a both against the giants. Don Robinson 1-2 avenged a 10-4 loss to Martinez on May 6, allowing six hits in five innings while striking out six and walking three. It was the first Victory by a san Francisco starter other than Bua Black since april 27. Oliveras who came on after Montreal got four straight hits off Dave Righetti to Start the ninth picked up his first save. Spike Owen Una Delino Deshields had rib hits shortstop Dave Anderson made an error and Ivan Calderon hit a sacrifice Fly during the rally. The giants won for Only the fourth time in 16 games while handing the expos their fourth straight loss. Inside sports Swearengen a outdoor adventures a Page 22 the Boz hits big screen Page 25 Barfield hurls Homer in frustration a Page 26 Wurzburg bowlers win wisc doubles a Page 27
