European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 6, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 27sports wire Veteran Floyd leads Western open pack from wire reports Lemont 111. A Veteran Ray Floyd looking for his first tour Victory in five years fired a 6-under-Par 66 thursday to head a Field of four tied atop the Leader Board after one round of the $1 million Western open. An unheralded Trio of Russ Cochran Mark Lye and Mike Sullivan shot their 156s in the morning round under Ideal conditions at cog Hills dubs read. Floyd then followed suit in the afternoon after the wind had picked up putting together a bogey free round that included a Chip in for Birdie at no. .1 12 from about 20 feet. A i played beautifully a said Floyd who turns 49 in september and has gone without a win since capturing the . Open and Walt Disney Olds Ray Floyd Mobile classic in 1986. A i was very very Happy with the Way i played. I missed two greens one by about eight inches and chipped the Ball in the Hole with a Little Chip and Roll shot i  Floyd nearly picked up a Victory in the 1990 masters Only to lose to Nick Faldo in a playoff. He is seeking his 22nd career tour Victory his first coming in 1963 at the St. Petersburg open. The 66s were just two shots off the course record. One shot Back was another group of four that included two local favourites Gary Hallberg and Rick Dalpos second year pro Lee Janzen and Mark Calcavecchia looking for his first win since taking the 1989 British open. Father s advice aids Marlin Daytona Beach Fla. A Sterling Marlin followed his dads advice All the Way to the pole for saturdays Pepsi 400. Marlin turned in the fastest Lap in thursdays qualifying a 190.331 Mph a to win a Winston cup pole for the first time in his career. The performance at Daytona International Speedway was no Surprise marlins Ford had been the fastest car in practice the Day before. That a when he consulted with his father former Lascar Driver Clifton a Coo Coop Marlin. A i talked to him that night and told him it was running fast a Marlin recalled. A and he said a done Tyr All mess it  a i said a we ainu to going to touch it. We re going to leave it like it is and go Back out and  a from his new improved starting position Marlin will now try to end a 15-year, 204-race wingless Streak fourth longest on the Winston cup circuit. A the key Here is to get the car handling Good a said Marlin 34. A it gets Slick Here in july. If we can hold it wide open All Day Well be pretty Tough to  kicks Trade pick for Wylie new York a the new York kicks on wednesday acquired the rights to Forward Joe Wylie from the los Angeles clippers in Exchange for their 1993 second round draft pick. The 6-foot-9, 210-Pound Wylie from Miami was taken in the second round by the clippers with the 38th Overall pick in last weeks Aba draft. Wylie led the hurricanes in scoring and rebounding the last two years. In 1990-91. He averaged 18.4 Points and 10.0 rebounds. Quot. American wins peach tree Atlanta a foreign contenders were expected to overwhelm the Field again in the 10-Kilometer peach tree Road race. However it did t work out that Way. De Eyestone of Bountiful Utah ended eight years of foreign domination thursday finishing in 28 minutes 34 seconds. A a i had a Good track workout last week. I thought i could come Here and Surprise a lot of people a said the 30-year-old Eyestone the first american to win the race since Jon Sinclair in 1982. A i had that in the Back of my mind that it might be Nice for an american to win it a Eyestone said. Quot i done to usually get that jingoistic about it because i always race against these  Dorthy Rasmussen of Denmark won the women s race in 32 42. A Holmes readies for comeback Houston a negotiations Are under Way for Larry Holmes to stage a second comeback fight in Houston on aug. 3 against Journeyman Eddie Gonzales. If the fight comes off it would be Holmes second since coming out of retirement in april. The former Champion scored a first round knockout Over Tim Anderson at Hollywood Fla., in his comeback fight in mid april. Holmes the former wac and if heavyweight Champ would be the main attraction on a seven bout card to be staged aug. 3. Holmes 41, who resumed his career after a nearly four year hiatus Quot was scheduled to fight Gonzales on june 22 at Texas Southern University. But contractual difficulties forced cancellation of that card. Dodgers bucs Swap outfielders Chicago a outfielder Jose Gonzalez 0 for 28 this season was traded by the los Angeles dodgers on wednesday to Pittsburgh for outfielder Mitch Webster. Gonzales 26, is the Only position player on an of Peng Day roster who is still without a hit. He s 0 for 13 As Pinch hitter a right handed Batter Gonzalez appeared in 106 games last year with the dodgers and batted .232 with two homers and eight Bis. Gonzalez is expected to be in uniform for thursdays game against the Chicago cubs. Weekend sports on an Central european time television. Saturday Tennis a Wimbledon women s final 3 . Sunday baseball a California at Texas 2 . Tennis a Wimbledon menus final 3 . Monday baseball a Chicago cubs at St. Louis 2 15 . Radio sunday baseball a Oakland at Kansas City 2 . Montreal at Pittsburgh 7 30 . Monday baseball a California at Texas 2 . R it r Jose Gonzalez Elzado Webster 32, is a switch hitter. He was acquired by the pirates May 16 from Cleveland for Pitcher Mike York. Webster appeared in 36 games for the pirates and batted .175 with one Home run and nine Bis. A your scouts have liked Gonzalez a manager Jim Lcy land said. A file Hasni to done much but he has Good tools and he a a promising Young player. We might play him in right against left handed pitchers use him to Pinch run and Pinch hit. He can also give Andy Van Slyke a rest at times in  a. A. Jordan suffers Cut on eyelid Greensboro . A Michael Jordan Cut his left eyelid during an exhibition basketball game thursday. The Chicago bulls Star was treated and released in the emergency room of Wesley Long Community Hospital but a nursing supervisor there would t say whether Jordan required stitches to close the Cut. A the Only thing they Are allowing us to release is that he was treated and released a nursing supervisor Maxine Routh said. She said the hospitals Standard procedure was to withhold information about a patients treatment unless authorized to release it by the patient. The incident took place in an exhibition for children with other Aba and Atlantic coast con Fere Nee basketball players called the worlds greatest pickup basketball game. Mets willing to help tides Norfolk a. A the new York mets have offered an unprecedented $20 million Over 20 years to help with the financing for a new stadium for the Tidewater tides a newspaper reported. The virginian Pilot of Norfolk reported Friday that baseball officials believe the offer is the most lucrative Ever for a minor league team. The size of the Metsy offer is a unprecedented Quot said Bill Terlecky general manager of the triple a Scran ton Wilkes Barre red Barons. A on the surface it would seem to be very generous on behalf of the  new York a Lyle Alzado battling inoperable brain cancer says there was a time in his nil career when he spent $20,000 to $30,000 a year on the steroids and human growth hormones that he believes caused the cancer. In a first person article written with Shelley Smith and appearing this week in sports illustrated Alzado admits taking steroids beginning in 1969. A i never stopped a he said. A not when i retired from the nil in 1985. Not Ever. I  and then i made things worse by using human growth hormone  he said he lied when he denied to people that he was on steroids. A i had my mind set and i did what i wanted to do Quot he said. A so Many people tried to talk me out of what i was doing and i  listen. And now in a sick. In be got cancer a brain Lymphoma a and in  the fight of my  Alzadon a plight was first shown on Abc saturday night when he was interviewed by Maria Shriver. The former All pro defensive end said he began using steroids at Yankton College in South Dakota to enhance his size and never stopped. His body weight increased from 190 pounds to 300 and he said he changed steroids whenever he Felt his body building a tolerance to the drug he was taking. He said he used them throughout his years in Denver although he was unaware if other members of the Broncos were on them. He took the steroids along when he moved to Cleveland in 1979 and said he helped other players on the Browns obtain them. A i Wasny to a dealer but if i was asked id help other Guys get steroids a Alzado said. A when i went to the raiders in 1982,1 took More and More doses and different combinations. Orally and injecting 1 Felt i had to keep up. I did no to sleep much maybe three or four hours a night. My system would run so fast i was taking the whole spectrum now. Id feel my body close up on one drug and id switch to another until my body would open up to the first one  Alzado said he also helped Raider players get steroids. It was about that time that his cholesterol level soared past 400. A i was warned a he said a shut i   he said he injected the steroids into his rear end to avoid detection and that he eventually needed surgery to remove a baseball size mass of tissue that had developed under the skin. Alzado said he decided to use human growth hormone in his attempted comeback with the raiders last year. A it Cost me a lot of Money $4,000 for 16 weeks. At times in my career i probably spent $20,000 to $30,000 a year on different  when Alzado passed a training Camp drug test he said Raider players asked How he did it. A i had been told to Stop the by Pinnate a month before the test that this would be enough time for me to pass a he said. A and human growth hormone can to be detected by testing so i kept taking that. I passed with Hying  even after the raiders Cut him Alzado said he continued taking the steroids and human growth hormones. In february he experienced dizziness and was told he had an inner ear infection. By March when he remarried he said he was feeling worse. Two Days after the wedding he got sick experiencing More dizziness double vision and loss of speech. Doctors said he had a virus but when his condition continued to deteriorate a brain Biopsy revealed the cancer