European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Stewart leads plagued . Open70 fans Hurt when bleacher stairway by Steve Wilstein the associated press Chaska Minn. A injuries and bad Luck struck again Friday on the second Day of a jinxed . Open. A Day after lightning killed one Spectator and injured five others about 10 fans were Hurt when a bleacher stairway at the ninth Green collapsed. Two were hospitalized and the rest were treated for minor scrapes and bruises. The stars and stripes ports june 15,1991 b Page 28 a Greg Norman withdrew after 27. Holes with pain shooting Down his leg from a disk in his lower Back. Payne stewarts chronic pain in his Back and neck was alleviated at least temporarily with the help of three birdies that gave him the Lead alone at 7-under 137 through 36 holes after an opening round 67. Stewart skipped the masters because of a pinched nerve in his neck and wore a Brace for 10 weeks and he is playing Here with his Back tightly wrapped. Nolan Henke who shared the first round Lead with Stewart moved to 6-under with a 71 on Friday. Fred couples was closing in at 5-under through 33 s holes while Scott Hoch and Craig Stadler were 4-under. Stewart squinted into the purple dusk and his yellow knickers and Cap glowed like Neon As he watched his final putt drop thursday evening climaxing 14 hours that saw moments of Brilliant Golf and sudden tragedy. Thirty three players were still on the Hazeltine National course when play was suspended at 9 08 p.m., ending one of the opens longest and Saddest Days. 5 unfinished rounds were completed today in a Light rain just after play in the second round began. Brian Kamm put see Stewart on Page 22 bulls join party at Home James worthy averaged 21.4 a game in 1990-91 lakers extend worthy s pact through 1996 Inglewood Calif. Apr lakers Forward James worthy who averaged a career High 21.4 Points per game this season has signed a Multi Rycar contract Extension with the team. No terms of the agreement announced by the team on thursday and which must be approved by the Aba were revealed. Worthy however said recently that he and the lakers were near agreement on a contract that would run through the 1995-96 season picking up the option year on his current contract and adding another year. He had three years remaining on his contract with an option for 1994-95. Worthy was slowed by an ankle injury during the Aba finals and sat out the last game As the lakers lost to the Chicago bulls in five games. A James worthy is and always has been a very valuable part of the lakers organization and he is one of the top players in the Aba. This contract Extension will Reward him As such a lakers owner Jerry Buss said in a prepared statement. A a in a Happy with the contract Extension a worthy said a and in a looking Forward to finishing my career in los Chicago a the Chicago bulls returned Home victorious thursday sharing the credit for their Aba championship with their City and fans. A we did it for the fans of Chicago and for the City of Chicago and for ourselves a series map Michael Jordan told hundreds of people awaiting the team at of Hare International Airport. A i just want to thank the people of Chicago for their support a said Center Bill Cartwright summing up the mood of the players and the fans who waited 25 years for the franchise to win a championship. A a let a get out of Here and go have a hundreds of people cheered and waved banners As the bulls stepped off the plane. One carried a Banner that read a Welcome Home general Jackson and the bulls troops. Operation . Storm a a in a just Here to get a glimpse of them a said Frank Jennings of suburban Melrose Park. A a in be never seen them before in person. I just want to hear them say a we brought it Home Tor a elsewhere in the City the wild and sometimes violent Post game partying that followed the teams Victory Over the los Angeles lakers wednesday night gave Way to quiet Good cheer thursday. The positive perspective was evident from the Art Institute of Chicago which Hung a massive bulls Banner at its front door. The Institute is near Chicago stadium Home of the bulls. A a they re Good the lakers can to touch the bulls a said 9-year-old Anthony Kimble who stayed up past his bedtime to watch his team. A a they re too Good to play the lakers a said Anthony who wore a bulls uniform As he and other schoolmates shot hoops at their elementary school in the stadiums Shadow thursday. A they got a ring a 9-year-old Mona Marshall said. Quot the Winner gets a ring. The lakers already had a ring. It was time for the bulls to get a at a senior citizens Home nearby residents were just As enthusiastic. A it was a monster a 61-year-old Charles Watts said of the game. Watts said he would have rather seen the series go to six games so that the bulls were at Home for the championship. James Dixon 68,wanted to watch the whole game but dozed off before the Victory party. A i like Mem. But once you pass 40, you need All the sleep you can get a Dixon said. A my to was on but i Wasny to watching it a it was watching Chicago planned a Large rally Friday in Grant Park pushing Back the Start of its annual blues festival in order to pay homage to the team that brought it its first professional sports championship since the bears super bowl Victory in 1,986. But there was a dark Side to the celebrations. Police earlier had said that the pos game partying overnight wednesday was series map Michael Jordan holds the championship trophy at thursdays welcoming. Peaceful. But on thursday police spokeswoman Tina Vicini said More than 100 people had been arrested on charges ranging from mob action to firing a gun in Public during wednesday nights spree. Two teens a 15 and 16 years old a were injured apparently by stray bullets fired in the Post game Victory rallies police said. The 15-year-old girl was in Good condition thursday at1 mount Sinai Hospital while the 16-year-old was in fair condition at children a memorial Hospital Hospital spokeswoman said. A it blows my mind a said sgt. Charles Urgo. A i think its disturbing that such a positive thing As a basketball championship becomes some kind of excuse to commit three stores at a mall were reported looted including an athletic Wear Stort that was stripped. Seventeen people were arrested at the scene police said. The manager of a Fried Chicken outlet estimated that the restaurant lost $4,000 to vandals a not counting the Cost of nine plate Glass windows that were smashed. I in other neighbourhoods revellers were raucous but not violent. A Rowdy and boisterous and highly immature for yuppies a police sgt. George Papagiannis said of the revellers in upscale Lincoln. Park. A we had to break up a few fights but it cooled Down by about 1 a.m.,�?� papagian Nis said. A even these fools have to get up in the inside sports Reynolds returns comes in 7th a Page 22 title fight set for Caesars twins win ties club record Page 25 1_ Page 26 dodgers turn Back pirates Page 26
