European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 2, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 27nips Senneker for Nashville sports wire from wire reports. Nashville Tenn. A Darrell Waltrip beat Bob Senneker by .021 of a second sunday to win the Delco voyager Battery 250 at Nashville motor raceway. Waltrip averaged 78 Mph for the 149-mile race Over the .596-mile Oval. He covered the 250 laps in 1 hour 53 minutes 16.18 seconds and collected $6,300. Waltrip who lives in nearby Franklin held an Early Lead in his Chevrolet but lost it on Lap 83 when he had to make an unexpected pit Stop to replace a Hood pin. Harold fair of Detroit driving a Chevrolet took Over the Lead for six laps before Mike Eddy of Midland mich., pulled his Pontiac into the Lead. There were 12 Lead changes in. The race which had 32 Drivers Waltrip Start. Eight Drivers were on the last Lap when Waltrip crossed the finish line. With 35 laps left in the race Senneker took a pit Stop to change tires and Waltrip made his move. He regained the Lead on Lap 236 but had to hold off Senneker a  gives Toyota 1st 91 win Watkins Glen . A Juan Manuel Fangio ii of Argentina gave Toyota its first Victory of 1991 on sunday beating Geoff Brabham in the Camel Continental Viii Mesa Camel it sports car race. It was the first time Toyota had led a Lap this year. Fangio had won four times in 1990 for Dan gurneys team. Fangio completed 122 laps around the 2.428-mile Watkins Glen International course during the 2v2-hour race. He averaged a record 117.706 Mph and earned $50,000. Brabham who started 24th and last after missing qualifying with Turbocharger problems finished 23 seconds behind Fangio. Brabham moved into a tie for the Simsa Camel Ftp championship Points Lead with teammate Chip Robinson who finished third in his Nissan  claims Winston 200 Portland Ore. A Mike Chase broke out of a Duel with four time Lascar Winston West series championship Leader Bill Schmitt on the 168th Lap and scored a 1-Sccond Victory in the Winston 200 on sunday. Chase started his Buick regal third in the 20-car Field and led three times during the 200-Lap, 100-mile race at Portland Speedway. A wild pitch. He struck out 11. Jacome a 20-year-old left hander began the sixth and retired the final 12 batters in a  wins hydroplane event Evansville ind. A Scott Pierce averaged 139.136 Mph in miss Budweiser for five laps on the two mile Oval course on the Ohio River on sunday to capture the $140,000 Thunder on the Ohio unlimited hydroplane race. Mark Tate finished second averaging 137.375 in the Winston  take track titles Frankfurt Germany a the absence of superstars such As pole vault world record. Holder Sergei Bubka barely slowed the soviet team As it captured both the menus and women a titles sunday at the 13th european cup track and Field championships. It marked the fourth time the soviets have won both titles after double wins in 1965, �?T67 and �?T85. Soviet athletes raked in a total of 25 medals including 10 Gold 12 Silver and three Bronze. The women steam won eight Gold four Silver and three Bronze. The women totalled 113 Points beating the German team by four Points while the men collected 114 Points 3.5 Points ahead of Britain the 1989 Champion and Germany. Frenchwoman cycles to Victory Boise Idaho a Jane Longo ciprello of France held on during the 11th and final stage of the Ore Ida women a Challenge cycling race for a 44-second Victory. Sally Zack easily sprinted to Victory in sundays stage but could not catch ciprello for the Overall title. Zack finished fourth Overall. Ciprello had a total time of 24 hours 12 minutes 11 seconds winning seven stages of the 588-mile race. Dede Demet of team Tai fridays finished second. Daiva tech Eveliene of the lithuanian National team was third 4 seconds behind  sign Tonelli Chicago a the Chicago Blackhawk signed free agent left Wing John Tonelli who played last season for the los Angeles Kings. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Tonelli has playe ddn six Stanley cup finals in his 13-year career winning tour championships with the new York islanders from 1980-83. He scored 14 goals and 30 Points in 71 games for los Angeles last season. 4 pitch Gem for Indianapolis miners fire two assistants Toledo Ohio a four Indianapolis pitchers combined on a no hitter As the indians Defeated the Toledo mud hens 2-0 sunday in the triple a Alliance. Dave Schmidt Steve Frey Brett Davis and Dana Ridenour allowed just three base runners a one on a walk and two on errors a with Frey Davis and Ridenour retiring the final 16 batters in sundays  pair hurl no hitter. Kingsport Tenn. A Todd Fiegel and Jason Jacome pitched a combined no hitter with 16 strikeouts As the Kingsport mets beat the Martinsville Phillies 3-0 sunday in the appalachian league. The Phillies had just three base runners All against Fiegel and none after the fourth inning. Fiegel a 21-year-old left hander hit two batters in the first inning and struck out four in the fourth when one reached on Elpaso Texas a two Texas Elpaso coaches were fired Over the weekend As a result of an Mcaa investigation into the schools basketball program president Diana Natalicio said. Assistant coaches rus Bradburd and Greg Lackey Wei a fired after step completed its own  officially enter acc Tallahassee Fla. A Florida state officially joined the Atlantic coast conference on monday an addition that will boost the seminoles basketball prestige and give the league a new football Power. School officials planned to hand the acc a $500,000 Check to enter the league during a ceremony attended by 250 guests at Doak Campbell stadium monday afternoon. Florida state is expected to generate Many times that because of its football  u. Staying division la Athens Ohio a the Ohio University Board of trustees has rejected an and hoc faculty committees suggestion to downgrade the schools football program from division i a to i a and withdraw from the mid american conference As a Way of reducing costs. Ohio University is a charter member of the Mac founded in 1946. Slovenians leave med games Athens Greece a about 30 athletes from Slovenia pulled out of the Mediterranean games on sunday under orders from officials of the yugoslav breakaway Republic. There was no immediate word on the exact number of athletes who pulled out or their . Places 3rd in water Polo Long Beach Calif. A Sarah Johnston scored with 23 seconds remaining in overtime to give the United states a 10-9 Victory Over Canada in the third place game in the Fina water Polo world cup on sunday. The Netherlands Defeated Australia 8-7 in the championship  wins youth soccer Lisbon Portugal a Portugal Defeated Brazil 4-2 in a penalty shootout sunday night to defend the world youth championship title in front of 120,000, a record crowd for youth soccer. The teams were scoreless at the end of extra  Hooters beat Canada los Angeles a Luis a a Zagueo Alves had two assists to Lead Mexico to a 3-1 Victory Over Canada on sunday in the conc Acaf cup. In an earlier game Honduras routed Jamaica 5-0.allen captures triathlon Sater Sweden a Mark Allen of the United states captured the menus title in the scandinavian open triathlon championships on sunday beating runner up Rob Barel of the Netherlands by almost 4 minutes. Allen finished the triathlon consisting of a 1,500-meter swimming race an 80-Kilometcr bicycle event and 20-Kilometer Foo Trace in 3 hours 23 minutes 8 seconds. Barcly a time was 3 26.50. Pauli Kiuru of Finland was third in 3 28.50, Sarah Cooper of Britain won the women a division in 3 52.42.100-mile champs retain crowns Auburn Calif. A  Cool Tom Para Tures helped produce record times for repeat winners Tom Johnson and Ann Trason in the 15th annual Western slates 100-mile endurance run. Johnson a 32-year-old Engineer in Sacramento Calif., assumed a Lead he never relinquished after 67 Miles on the coolest Day race history in route to his Victory in 15 hours 54 minutes and 5 seconds. Trason 30, of Oakland Calif., claimed her third consecutive women a title and finished ninth Overall for the second straight year in 18 29 37. Johnson a time on the course which includes 4,000 feet of Elevation change on rugged horse trails eclipsed the record of 16 24 00 set by Brian Purcell of Sebastopol Calif., in 1988. Trason a finish broke the Mark of 18 33 02 she set last  Ace Erickson might go onto do Minneapolis a Minnesota Pitcher Scott Erickson who won 12 straight games and was a front runner to Start the All Star game for the american league could be placed on the disabled list because of sore Muscles around his right Elbow twins officials say. After meeting with the 23-year-old right hander sunday twins officials said they Are also considering having Erickson skip his next scheduled Start. Andy Macphail twins general manager said placing Erickson on the disabled list is a a possibility if we thought it was that Type of  a i think the prudent thing to do is see How he feels in a couple of Days and make the decision a Macphail said. A a we re going to treat it conservatively whatever the decision  Erickson is 12-3 with a 1.83 Era. He also has pitched 122 innings tying him with teammate Jack Morris and Cleveland a Greg Swindell for the major league Lead. Erickson has experienced soreness since a May 7 Start in Boston. His performance in saturdays 8-4 loss to Chicago has heightened concern. In that game his fastball lacked its usual velocity and movement and he allowed a season High 11 hits and a career High seven runs in six innings. A a we re not giving it a Chance to get better a twins manager Tom Kelly said. A a he a been pushing it since Back in Boston six seven weeks ago. That a a Long time ago and we be been sort of rolling the Dice with it since  Erickson contends he can pitch. He says his Arm is a Fine a although he admits to some tightness. But the prevailing opinion among twins officials appears to be that Erickson needs a rest. A a we a like a healthy Erickson right now and rest is much needed for a Young Guy a said pitching coach Dick such. A we recommend it in the minor leagues and we recommend it Here. He a been on a grueling Pace and sometimes you need some time off. A a he a put in a lot of innings and the forearm does no to appear to be getting much better after the Way he threw the Ball saturday night. I think right now wed have to recommend that he miss a  if Erickson is removed from the rotation team officials concede the Pitcher faces the possibility of not being selected to the Al All Star team. A a you a like to see him on the All Star team and All that but the Bottom line Here is his career and his health a Kelly said. A a that a the Foremost thing we have to worry about. There la be plenty of Allstar chances for him if he stays