European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday june 23, 1991 by Bob Baum Eugene Ore. Apr the Way her season is going you a think Pattisue Plum Era a sport was roller Derby. Plumer was locked in another physical Battle with distance running rival Suzy Hamilton on Friday night in the women s mile at the Prefontaine classic track and Field . There was grabbing and bumping on the final turn. And More grabbing at the tape. Plumer wound up on the ground with a bruised hip. Hamilton wound up with her second straight Victory. A aha Milton the two time defending National Champion at 1,500 meters Avon in a Hayward Field record 4 min  32.99 seconds five hundredths of a second ahead of  a \ a a. A a a a Hamilton barely was ahead of Plumer. On the last turn. Maria Mustola of Mozambique was alongside both the leaders. -. Fans had a hard time seeing what happened in the Oregon Twilight. M. Waltrip grabs pole in Michigan Brooklyn Mich. A Michael Waltrip earned his second career pole Friday taking the top qualifying spot Lor sunday s Miller genuine draft 400 Lascar Stock car race at Michigan International Speedway. A a Waltrip the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip who won last sunday at Long Pond pa., turned a Lap of 174.351 Mph in a Pontiac grand Pix to beat runner up Geol Bodines 173.636 m a Ford thunderbird. Waltrip whose first Winston cup pole came earlier this season at Dover del.,  pole we neg run on the 2-Mtle, High banked ova track was aided somewhat by a Cloud that briefly shaded the front Straightaway giving him a somewhat cooler track on a hot sunny Day. It was easily Waltrip a Best showing in11 tries Here including both yearly Lascar events his previous Best was a 15lh-place Start in ��198 ?.his Best Timsah Here has been seventh in the August race in 1988. Prefontaine track Hamilton who was Suzy favor before marrying last month said Plumer grabbed her Jersey. A it was almost like she was trying to hold me Back a Hamilton said. Quot when she got to the Corner she pulled on my Jersey with her hand. 1 done to know. 1 was just kind of shocked and i think that kind of made me kick  Plumer blamed Mustola. A maybe it was inexperience she kept trying to Cut in. There was no place for her to go and no place for me to go a Plumer said. Quot i accidentally grabbed at Suzy a Back. I was going to fall and i did no to know what else to do in retrospect i guess i should have stopped and then gone  Mustola 19, who attended High school this year in nearby Springfield also said Plumer pushed her twice causing the african to throw her hands in the air and tall Back to a filth place Irish. Plumer Tell Back briefly then recovered to Challenge Hamilton at the finish providing another controversy �?o1 think 1 was passing her a she said. A when someone tries to pass you you try to keep them from passing any Way you can. At the wrong time for me she gave an Elbow in mid stride and i went flying. Television replays though showed that Plutner appeared to grab Hamiltons right Arm. Hamilton Shook the Arm free and Plumer tumbled to the track. A i Felt her Arm touch my Arm but i did no to know she fell a Hamilton said. Quot i turned around and saw her lying on the ground a a. A. The thrilling finish to the. Women smile overshadowed the other featured event the menus two mile Joe Falcon out sprinted Shannon Butler to win the final. Race of the night. A a y. But Falcon failed in his goal to set a world record in the rarely run event his winning time was 8 24.43, Well Olf the world Mark of 8 13.45 held by said Wouita. Butler the National 10, Champion from Montana stale was second m 8 24.60. Michael Waltrip looks up after setting a Lap record during qualifying Friday. Mercedes running 1-2-3 be mans. France apr a Trio of Mercedes shifted leads saturday Atler Lour hours of the be mans 24 hours Auto race. A a a. A a a a a a. .��.��. The Mercedes driven by Germany a Michael Schumacher and Fritz Kreutz Pointer and Austria s Karl Wendinger had completed i laps on the 8.45-mile circuit m averaging More than 131 Miles per hour with one sixth of the race run saturday evening. Two other Mercedes were in the next two positions frenchmen Jean Louis Schesser and Alan Ferte along with German Jochen mass handled the driving Tor the second place . Jonathan Palmer of Britain Stanley Dickens of Sweden and Kurt hum of Denmark did the duties Lor 24 hours of be mans the third car. V the Mercedes went into the Lead about two hours in the race after porches and Peugeot a shared the Early Lead. Only Lour other cars were on the same Lap with the Mercedes alter 4 hours. The weather turned Tair Atler Early Clouds and a Tew drops of rain in the first 10 minutes of the race. A All. The top cars were turbocharged in this transition year for be mans. But engines bolstered by turbochargers started alter the first Iriye rows so that cars with 3,5-Hter normally aspirated engines could have an initial advantage. Taking advantage of the Hea Slart a normally aspirated Peugeot driven by Finland a Keke Rosberg and Frances Yanuck Dalmas and Paul Henri Rapha Nel had led most of the first hour before entering the the pits. The fastest time of the Rainy qualifying sessions on wednesday and thursday was by a Turbo Mercedes of sees scr Ferte and mass which clocked 3 minutes 31,270 seconds Tor 144 Mph. It started in the sixth Row. An normally aspirated Jaguar with a time of 3 31.912 had the pole position for a Tunc. However late Friday Jaguar director Tom Walkinshaw pulled the Only Xor 14 out of the race leaving the four Jaguar Xor 12s. Mears sets Lap Mark in Portland Portland Ore. A Indiana a polls 500 Winner Rick Mears set a single tap record Friday on the Way to capturing the provisional pole Tor sundays . Joe a 200 and year race Mears lapped the-1.922-mile a a Portland International raceway Road course at 122.242 Mph in tvs Penske Chevrolet taking advantage of Cloudy skies that produced what the Drivers said was. Ported racing weather. A a a meanwhile ear owner Robert j. Tezak said 1990 indy 500winner Arie Luyendyk could lose his ride with the Granatell racing 1 Cam after sundays race because of the failure to attract sponsorship. Danny Sullivan set the previous p1r Lap Mark Hist year capturing the pole by covering the me turn course at 122 129 Mph. Sullivan was fifth m the provisional standings alter Friday s qualifying Michael Andretti driving a Lola Chevy was second on Friday at 122 072 and Bobby Rahal in the same Chassis in Gme setup was third at 120.322 Mph. Emerson i Fittipaldi Mears teammate was eighth at 1,19.165 Mph. Agassi from Page 24. Strokes and rebel image Are All the rage m us return to Wimbledon from self inv posed exile -. A a a with the tournament opening monday there a More talk about what Agassi will Wear a he a ditching Lvis Neon Green duds to conform to the a predominantly White rules a than the state of his game which is less than Sterling on this surface. He a hotter gossip in the tabloids than nine time women s Champion Martina Navratilova embroiled in a lawsuit with the former Lover she ran to embrace after Victory last year. Agassi is fueling the fever by talking about his drinking and drug use before discovering religion his love of sports cars his Girlfriend and his newfound respect for Wimbledon a tradition. A a it a no question in be Learned the place that tradition holds and this is a change for me a said the 21-year-old Agassi who once insisted he  come Here because of the ban on his colourful clothes. A initially i had a hard time understanding tradition and the place it plays. Its exciting to be part of it. A seeded strictly by computer rankings regardless of past performance on grass Agassi is no. 5 behind top seeded defending Champion Edberg no. 2 Boris Becker no. 3 Ivan Lendl and no. 4 Jim courier Agassi a conqueror on Clay in the French open . Open Champion Pete Sampras whose serve and Volley style is More naturally suited to grass than the Baseline assaults of Lendl courier or Agassi is seeded Only eighth. V. Instead of playing grass court tuneup tournaments in England the past two weeks Agassi returned to Florida to practice on  it has been tremendously easier than expected a he said. A a in a excited How in a going to  a. While Agassi is eager to find out whether he can play Well on grass others arc coming in with far More experience. Edberg usually Low key about his play fairly bubbled with enthusiasm after winning a grass court tuneup at Queens club. A i have never played so Well going into Wimbledon As i have this year a said the a swede who beat Becker in five sets in the final last year. Becker the three time Champion is especially motivated by the Chance of reclaiming the no. 1 ranking he held briefly after beating Edberg in the australian open final in january. Becker 23, figures that Edberg will again be his chief Competition but he does t discount Lendl who has never won at Wimbledon. People say that Lendl is not so Good on grass but 1 do not agree. He wants the title More than anyone else in the Field and he always goes a Long Way in the