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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 1, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 27 sports wire from wire reports Watkins Glen . A a Terry Labonte won his second Lascar Busch grand National series race on saturday beating Joe Nemechek by .71 seconds to win the Fay a l50 event on the Road course at Watkins Glen. Labonte who averaged 94.003 Mph in an Oldsmobile Cutlass started from the pole and led 53 of 62 laps around the 2.428-mile course. In a Battle of Chevrolet Nemechek held off Ernie Irvan who led laps seven through 15 before Labonte took Over. Jeff Burton was fourth in a Chevrolet and Todd Bodine was fifth in a buick7 sixteen cars finished on the Lead Lap in a race slowed four times for 11 laps by full course cautions. No Drivers were  Labonte maintained his Lead in the Busch series Point standings with a 16th-place finish. He experienced engine problems saturday but is 73 Points ahead of Kenny Wallace who finished 14th after being involved in an  set at Watkins Glen Watkins Glen . Bernd Schneider of Germany averaged 146.181 Mph and shattered the North american Road racing record saturday As he captured the pole for sundays Simsa Camel it sports car race. Schneider a Effort Over the 2.428mile Watkins Glen International course in his Joest racing porsche 962c shattered the record of 143.911 Mph set in 1987�?Tby Chip Robinson in a porsche 962. Schneider slap is the fastest Ever for any Type of race car on any Road course in North America. His porsche reached a top Speed of 212.53 Mph on the Backstretch. Robinson the Simsa Camel Ftp Points Leader qualified second in a Nissan Npt-91, also breaking his own record with a 145.935 Mph Lap. Tom Kendall qualified a Chevy intrepid third at 145.593 . Soccer team nips Trinidad Pasadena Calif. A Marcelo Balboa a tie breaking goal with two minutes remaining lifted the United states soccer tean to a 2-1 win Over Trinidad and Tobago in the conc Acaf Gold cup on saturday night. After Bruce Murray scored with four minutes left to tie it Hugo Perez entered the Ball but Chris Henderson a shot rebounded off Trinidad and Tobago goalie Michel Maurice. With his Back to the goal Balboa shot into the Center of the net and past Maurice who was out of the net for the winning goal. The United states controlled the game offensively but found itself Down 1-0 after Trinidad and Tobago scored 22 minutes into the second half. Trinidad and Tobago scored when . Goalie Tony Meola punched out Leonson Lewis shot. Lewis took the rebound and scored with his Back to the goal. A the United states out shot Trinidad and Tobago 22-9. The United states played without two of its top play ers on saturday. Tab Ramos was getting married and John Harkes has a pulled stomach muscle. The game was played before an announced crowd of 18,437 at the Rose bowl. The win improved the americans record in International games to 3-4-2. The Gold cup runs through july 7. In an earlier game saturday Costa Rica Defeated Guatemala 2-0.Frey to stay As cubs pm Chicago a Chicago cubs president Don Grenesko on saturday said general manager Jim Frey will return in 1992 despite the teams poor performance this year. A Jim Frey will be Back in �?T92,�?� Grenesko said. A a in a very comfortable with the Job Jim Frey is  Frey currently in his fourth year As the cubs general manager orchestrated the signings of free agents George Bell Danny Jackson and Dave Smith this win Ter. The acquisitions made the cubs preseason favourites in the no East but they trailed Pittsburgh by 121 games after beating St. Louis 6-4 saturday. Manager Don Zimmer was fired May 21, and pitching coach Dick pole was dismissed , Rivera nearly Brawl Baltimore left fielder Mike Greenwell and shortstop Luis Rivera of the Boston red sox nearly crawled in the dugout Over who should have caught a Fly Ball during saturdays game against Baltimore. Greenwell denied that punches were thrown but an unidentified photographer quoted by the Boston Globe Saiof he saw the two players shouting obscenities and attempting to fight in the dugout. Greenwell and Rivera did not appear to be Hurt by the scuffle which reportedly started in the dugout in the second inning Ana spilled into the runway. Manager Joe Morgan downplayed the. Incident and Greenwell implied that he instigated it partially As a motivating Factor for the red sox who lost to the orioles 7-3. The incident occurred shortly after Greenwell and Rivera crossed signals while chasing a Fly Ball hit by orioles Catcher Chris Hoiles. Rivera made the catch but the two players were so close that it was difficult to Tell who had  launch ticket drive a Dallas a Dallas will again have a team in the major soccer league if 4,000 season tickets can be sold Over the next 30 Days the potential new owners said saturday at a news conference at reunion Arena. Eighty percent of the new Dallas sidekicks will be owned by Milton and Weyand ltd., a real estate firm based in Dallas and new York. The remaining 20 percent will be controlled by events inc., a Dallas sports promotion firm operated by marketing executive Michael Halbrooks and sports promoter Brad Thomas. Halbrooks said the team will be publicized through a new a kick in amp keep the sidekicks Campaign which started sunday. The Media Blitz will include newspaper radio and television ads billboards Aerial ads and a possible telethon. -1 month added to Day s ban Little Rock a All american Todd Day has had a month added to his suspension from playing basketball next season Days Stepfather said saturday. But Ted Anderson said Day denied allegations of academic improprieties and May Appeal the ruling of the All University judiciary Board. Day who will be a senior this fall already was ineligible to play for the Razorbacks in games through november for his involvement in a feb. 27 sexual incident with a 34-year-old Springdale woman at the a athletic  charge for Vilseck tourney Vilseck Germany a the team fees for the Vilseck fourth of july one pitch softball tournament have been waived. All teams can be entered at no charge. For More information Call ets 476-2213/2214.weslake Rolls to 3rd Aba title Portland Ore. A top seeded Tony Weslake captured his third Aba title saturday beating Norm Duke 235-225 in the championship game of the $125,000 Oregon  retains Cage Crown Rome a Yugoslavia fought off a determined Italy and a wild crowd to Post an 88-73 Victory and capture its second consecutive european basketball title at Rome a pal eur on saturday  rally win Auckland new zealand up reigning world Champion Carlos Sainz of Spain cruised to an easy win sunday in the rally of new zealand seventh round of the world Drivers championship. Sainz driving a Toyota celica gt4, never faltered in the Lead since the rally began thursday. Over the final six stages sunday the spaniard literally cruised Home when he his main threats Lancia teammates Juha Kankkunen of Finland and Dieder Auriol of France gave up Chase and settled for second and third places respectively. Both had declared dejectedly earlier sunday that they would drive Only to finish after vainly trying to take some ground off Sainz Over saturdays 12 stages during which Sainz continually frustrated them increasing his Lead. A we will Stop fighting now and just drive for a finish a said Kankkunen. But Sainz said he was not relenting As he remembered what happened to him in this event last year before he won. �?o1 had a puncture on the last Day losing a min Ute so 1 have to be careful and never relax a he said. At the finish Sainz was 1 minute 15 seconds ahead of Kankkunen with Auriol 2 18 behind in third place. Only 33 cars of the original 63 survived to the last Day sunday. Bryan s blasts Crown Naples Span Dahlem Germany a Frank Bryan Hom ered twice to Lead Naples to the Safe Small units slow pitch softball championship with a 9-4 Victory Over Princlik on sunday. With the score tied 4-4 in the top of the sixth inning Bryan homered to give Naples a o-4 Edge. In the seventh inning Bryan nit his second Homer of the game a two run shot that capped a four run final outburst. In the sixth inning Fernando Perez tripled and scored on Tomas Rcw skin a single to make it 6-4. In the seventh inning Moses Perez singled and scored on Safe Small units softball Cadet Davis rib single to give Naples a 7-4 Lead. Cirinc like a Mike Rivers had a two run single in the fourth that gave Princlik a 4-2 Lead the Only Lead the Turkey based team would have during the game. Naples tied it in the fifth when Moses Perez sliced an rib single and Davis a sacrifice Fly. The All Tou manent team included Dale Gerdts of Naples who hit a two run double in the first inning of the championship game Fernando Perez was named the second baseman Bryan was named at shortstop. The team also included third baseman Mike Brockett of Geilenkirche outfielders Erich a Cussler of Sci Len Kirchen Todd Lester of Princlik and Chiever Csc a Darren Busby and Lee Pong Raphan. The Battery is made up of Tom Gaul of Princlik and Pitcher Rivers who also led the tournament in hitting with a .705 average. Naples Davis was the extra player and the sportsmanship award went to Steve Houck Cirinc like a  8th straight win ends twins skid by the associated press Minneapolis Jack Morris won his eighth consecutive Start pitching a six hitter sunday As the Minnesota twins topped the Chicago White sox 3-0, ending a four game losing Streak. Morris 11-5 struck out three and walked one As he pitched his first shutout since sept. 23 against Oakland and the 25th of his career. He improved his career record in the metronome to 16-3, including 8-1 this season. Jack Mcdowell 9-4who pitched 71/3 no hit innings against Seattle on tuesday lost for the first time in six starts since May 30. He retired the first 11 batters before Kirby Puckett a fourth inning single. Chicago a three game winning Streak ended As the White sox lost for just the second time in 10 games. Mcdowell gave up three runs and nine hits in Ivi innings struck out five and Al sunday walked one. Minnesota which was 22-6 in june Drew 51,085 for the game and 138,475 for the series. In other games sunday afternoon tigers 4, indians 1 Detroit a Walt Terrell won for the first time in four starts and Lou Whitaker Hom ered in the first inning As Detroit completed a three game sweep of Cleveland. Terrell 4-8 allowed eight hits in seven innings. Cleveland lost its fourth straight and has not won consecutive games since june 1-3. The indians have lost 9 of 10, 15 of 17 and 20 of 23. Blue jays 6, mariners 1 Toronto Todd Stottle Myre pitched a four hitter As Toronto claimed its ninth Victory in 11 games. Stottlemyre 9-3 came within an out of his first major league shutout. He took a two hitter into the ninth then allowed a single to Harold Reynolds and an rib double to Pete of Brien. Stottlemyre struck out two and walked one. Brian Holman 7-8 gave up five runs and five hits in 6-a innings As Seattle lost for the sixth time in eight games  
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