European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and Stripe wednesday june 12, 1991 suspension is Columbus Ohio a the american arbitration association on monday temporarily lifted a suspension against sprinter Butch Reynolds and declared him eligible for the . Track and Field championships in new York this week. Reynolds was suspended from All International track and Field Competition for two years dating from aug. 1.2, 1990, by the athletics Congress. He had tested positive for steroids in an event in Monte Carlo Monaco on that Date the Congress said. Reynolds and his lawyer Greg Lashutka of Columbus held a news conference to announce the decision by arbitrator Richard e. Gombart. Sgt they repeated the athletes car Lier assertions that lie did not use steroids and that the charges resulted from a mix up in testing procedures. Gombart found that the suspension was improper because there was Clear and convincing evidence that two urine samples that allegedly came from Reynolds did not come from the same Man. The decision applies to Only the event in new York beginning today and not to later events that Reynolds wants to enter including the 1992 olympics at Barcelona. However Lashutka expressed Confidence that the ruling will hold up through further proceedings before the athletics conference and the International Amateur athletic federation. A it will take a Little time. We will solve it a Lashutka said. Reynolds was ecstatic about the ruling. A a in a breathless. But i definitely a had Faith in Godard he is the one who gave us this Victory a Reynolds said. Reynolds a native of Akron was a Star at Ohio state who went on to set the world record of 43.29 seconds at 400 meters in Zurich Switzerland in 1988. The same year he won a Gold and Silver medal in the Seoul olympic games. Club pro gives by Dave Anderson the new York times no matter what the Job the question is always there. If you re a lawyer could you successfully argue a Case in front of the supreme court if you re a doctor could you diagnose a mysterious new disease if you re in sales could you commentary land the multimillion Dollar order and if you re a golfer could you beat  in a big tournament with $150,000 to the it Vinner a you always question that a Jim Albus was saying now. A you always wonder if you can do what you have to do to win if you can hang in there. Not just hitting the Ball and putting but hanging in there.�?�. Hanging in there. Winning a Duel with Lee Trevino Over the final holes of the senior players championship at the pc of Michigan outside Detroit a course that Jack Nicklaus designed. A the running gag in Golf is that the Golden Bear designs courses Only he can play but he  play this one. In the opening round he had a 77 while Jim Albus snatched the Lead with a 6-under-Par 66. Jim Albus until now he was Golf a latest a relative unknown a at least nationally. But lie has been one of the Best golfers of the club pros in the new York metropolitan area for More than a decade. He won the met open twice the met pea twice the Long Island open twice the Long Island pea four times the new York state open and the Dodge open. A i won a car at the Dodge Worth about $20,000,�?� he remembered. A i sold  As the teaching pro at the piping Rock club in Locust Valley . $35 for half an hours instruction he had played in Jim Albus chips to the Green on his Way to winning the senior players championship. Fringe to take the Lead. At 16, i two putted from about 70 feet to save Par then Lee had his problem at 17 when he put it in the water Lee was very talkative but he  have been nicer a a walking onto the 18th Green to applause from the gallery of several thousand spectators Albus thought he had a 1�?~stroke Lead. A but somehow Lee and Don Bies knew 1 really had a 3-shot Lead a he said. A they. Came Over and congratulated  Only a few pea tour events mostly the sunday morning when he came Over to Albus had Hung in there to win Westchester classic. At age 50, he was me. In the locker room and introduced $150,000 against Trevino Nicklaus a eligible to join the senior pea tour himself. But when i started bogey double Nold Palmer Gary player and dozens of Golf a Mulligan in life a second Chance bogey i thought i was going to shoot 85 others whose presence had posed the for Success. But he missed his tour card or 90. I could feel the nerves running out question that he finally answered. Not by 2 strokes at last years qual Liying tour of my fingers. I knew i had to hang in since Jack Fleck out dulled Ben Hogan in there. I knew i had to make a Par at the the 1955 . Open at olympic had there Day said the husky 6-footer with two children in College Kathleen and Mark. A i Wasny to thinking about winning it but i. Thought i could play  after his first round of 66, he was Dis missed in at least one Detroit newspaper As a typical first round Leader who would soon disappear. When he shot 74 in the second round he trailed Trevino by 3 strokes. After a third round 70, he still trailed Trevino by 3. A a in a never met Lee a he said a until lament. Two weeks ago he sneaked into the Rynex commemorative at sleepy hoi Low As the first alternate among the local qualifiers. With a 64 in the last round he finished eighth earning $10,866. Added to his other prize Money this year and last his total of $32,304 qualified him for last weeks senior players championship a senior a a major title that Nicklaus was defending. �?o1 talked it Over with my wife Bren third a downhill Par 5 with a  a. A a a Quot. / a. After a wedge to within 5 feet Albus made a Birdie. By the turn he had Hung in there for two More birdies. But Dave Hill had taken a 3-stroke Lead before a triple bogey at the 11th. A when i birdied the 12th with a 10-foot putt a Albus Sard a i was in a three Way tie with Lee and Dave Hill then i birdied 15 with a 30-foot putt from the been a Golf Story like it. A but its not the same a Albus said sharply. A Fleck did no to do anything after  a a _ Albus expects to win again and again. But he a not ignoring his roots. On monday he teed off in the Long Island classic a two Day event for local pros with $5,000 to the Winner. A a in a probably shoot 85,�?� he warned. He shot 78. But hell hang in  goes for Green through Golf tour by Steve Wilstein the associated press business politics television and the pea tour make a Friendly foursome keeping the tour puttering along despite a pullout by several recession battered sponsors and chronically weak to ratings. Tour events remain attractive to companies for their unique ability to bring together executives politicians clients and salespeople in Plush genteel settings. Fairway lobbying and High powered schmoozing Are especially important to the regulated industries a banking insurance. Telecommunications a that ate Amone the biggest backers of the pea tour. Psf amp a corp., sponsor of the sugar bowl the pea s new Orleans classic and other sports events made a Slick in get to men a few years ago when it paid for rep. Dan Rostenkowski a Golf junket to a skins game at pea West. The insurance company worried that a tax Reform measure Cine considered by the House ways and Means committee of which Rostenkowski is chairman could Cost us amp a $30 million to $35 million in business by attacking a certain kind of policy it sold. For the Price of a round trip ticket to la Quinta calif., a hotel suite and full hospitality us amp a was Able to get the Illinois democrats attention and win Assurance that the wording of the tax Bill would be changed. The result a a technical correction for us amp a was done in the 1989 tax act a according to an aide to Rostonkowski. A without the skins game without that relationship and without some general discussions preceding it 1 done to think it would a ave occurred a said us amp a s senior vice president of corporate affairs minor Carter in Baltimore. About the time the Bill passed the Golf Loving congressman returned to a second skins event at us amp Gas expense to play a round with other guests of the insurance company a vice presi Dent Dan Quayle sen David Pryor dark. Sen. Malcolm Wallop r-wyo., and rep. De Jenkins a a. They played the Back nine first with Jack Nicklaus then the front nine with Mark of Meara. That Type of socializing on the Golf course does no to always Lead to favors granted or wishes fulfilled. Us amp Gas largess did no to prevent it from losing $569 million in 1990, resulting in the company a reluctant decision to drop sponsorship of the new Orleans classic after this  pea tour also has title sponsorship a a holes at four other events san Diego  Lehnan Brothe Shouston Independent insurance agents of Amer Cathe new England classic Bank of Boston and the year end team tournament in Florida Vazale. I or most tour sponsors though the tournaments make sense to Back for Many reasons even with no guarantee of a measurable return on an investment of about $3 million per event. Some companies that sponsor pea tour events clearly use Golf As a marketing tool to reach customers. Cadillac for example signed on As the a umbrella sponsor of television on the seniors pea tour because the people who watch those events a slightly older and wealth. Ier than the average pea tour viewers a Are the people who buy caddies or the ones the Auto company wants to sell to. But not All companies Are trying to sell their products through the events the traditional reason for sponsoring sports. As one insurance Industry sponsor said. A we done to care about the title sponsorship and our name on the event. That s of and Dandy. We have to spend Money on advertising anyway. What s really key though is the Opportunity it provides for High level lobbying and corporate  thirty of the 99 pea tour. Co sponsored events on the regular and seniors circuits a excluding the grand slam championships a Are backed by companies in government regulated industries mainly insurance banking and telecommunications