European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 13, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 27 sports wire Bradley takes . Women s open Lead from wire reports fort Worth Texas a Betsy King got away to a stumbling Start in her bid for an unprecedented third consecutive . Women a open championship thursday while steady Pat Bradley took the first round Lead with a 2-under 69 Over the Sun baked greens of colonial country club. King started bogey bogey before making an Eagle on Champion. King took 33 putts and blamed the greens calling them a too slow. They watered four greens in front of us and once watered the Green with the balls sitting  r a she also blasted the pin positions saying a on a Cou. Pie of pins you could Nave let All the Urga staff hit and i would give $1,000 for anyone who could get within 10 feet of the  added a the course is playing hard. Two under might be a pretty Good score by  three others have tried and failed to win three consecutive women a open Hollis Stacy Donna Caponi and Mickey Wright. Bradley 40, conquered Devilish gusting winds by hitting 17 of 18 greens. A hunkered 6-Iron on the 10th Hole led to her Only bogey. She had Birdie putts of 8, 6, and 4 feet in what she called a one of the Best opening rounds in be Ever had in the open. Not too  Meg Mallon who won the Lyga championship two weeks ago shot 1-under-Par 70 along with Laurel Kean and Joan Pitcock. Olaf waives signing fee new York a the world league of american football said Friday it will no longer require nil and Canadian football league teams to pay a fee for signing players from the new International league. Previously any player who signed with the world league after Jan. Is was prohibited from joining the nil or Cal during the same year unless that leagues team paid a fee amounting to double the players salary More than 70 world league players have signed with nil teams this summer. A the world league does not want to impede the Progress of any players career a said league president Mike Lynn. A was the More than 70 players already signed by the nil would indicate the world league has established itself As a viable professional football league with High Caliper players. Movement Between leagues will be a Normal occurrence for world league players As Well As for players from both the nil and or l. A Lynn said there is one condition to the waiver fee players who move from the world league to the nil or Cal must return to the world league next Spring to play another  wins in Sicily Palermo Sicily a belgian qualifier Sandra Wasserman extended her string of surprises in the Palermo Sta tournament Friday with a 6-0, 6-1 Victory Over Frances Majder Laval in the quarterfinals. Wasserman next will play Mary Pierce who beat Catherine Mothes 6-1, 6-0 in an All French quarterfinal match. Top seeded Sandra Cecchini of Italy struggled to defeat unseeded Argentine Cristina Tessi 6-4,7-5.Foreman bout off in vegas Las vegas a a fight by George Foreman Here sept. 7 is probably off now because of a decision by Caesars Palace to Host the evander Holyfield Mike Tyson heavyweight title fight promoter Bob arum Marie holds Lead Argenta France apr Jean Paul  Poppel of the Netherlands won fridays stage of the tour de France while Thierry Marie of France held to the Overall Lead. Dja Olidine  of the soviet Union gained Bonus seconds in an intermediate sprint and broke out of a third place tie with Greg Lemond to move move into second place. Sean Kelly of Ireland dropped to third. Lemond a three time tour de France Winner was fourth 1 07 behind Marie. Most of the pack including All the leaders finished in the same time As  Poppel. The Days leg was a 104-mile stretch in Normandy from be Havre to Argenta. The Overall Lead changed three times thursday the second time that happened this year. Ironically it involved the same three riders. A former Maryland Star Funk used his own clubs in shooting a 3-under Par 68 the first round of the 72-Hole tournament  upsets Lundgren says arum had announced earlier that Foreman would the Thomas amp Mack Center with Caesars Funk disqualified Sutton mass. A Fred Funk a pea tour member since 1989, was disqualified thursday As Winner of wednesdays pro am event in the $1 million new England classic for a rules violation. Funk who had a 7-under Par 64 in the tuneup for the tournament began play with a borrowed set of clubs. Then he switched after nine holes when his own clubs arrived from the Airport. A change in clubs during a round is prohibited by Golf rules. The disqualification Cost Funk $750 first prize. A six Way tie for first was declared Between Bob Gilder Dave Stockton Nolan Henke , Lon Hinkle and Howard Twitty who earned $500 apiece for 66s. Meet cruiserweight Boone Pultz As part of an Hob package at the the. Palace to be the Host hotel Casino. Caesars was announced wednesday As the site of the Holyfield Tyson fight nov. 8, leaving Foreman out in the cold after both sides seemed to have used him As a Pawn in their negotiations. A arum said he had no problem with the logic of a Holyfield Tyson fight but said Foreman was a abused and misused by the Holyfield Camp and promoter Dan Duva. Arum on thursday said Foreman was upset because Caesars Palace had agreed earlier this week to be the site of a Holyfield Foreman title fight when it looked As if Foreman was to get a rematch with Holyfield on nov. 8. Arum said Foreman will still fight on sept. 7 on Hob but that the fight probably not in Las vegas. A we Are exploring alternate Sites. George wants nothing further to do with Caesars Palace a arum  leads in new England Sutton mass. A Bruce Fleisher the . Amateur Champion in 1968 who gave up the pea tour to become a club pro shot a 7-under 64 for a one stroke Lead thursday at the new England classic. X Fleisher 42, who got a an itchy to compete again and quit his Job As a Florida club pro in november. He went on a first round Birdie spree with 32s on the front and Back nines to overtake Brian Mccallister Denis Watson and Ernie Gonzalez at the pleasant Valley country club. Ted Schulz and Trevor Dodds were next at 65. Newport . American Todd Martin had 20 aces to upset top seeded Peter Lundgren of Monte Carlo 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 in the second round of the $150,000 Hall of Fame Tennis championships of thursday. Quot Twenty aces is More than i expected a Martin said. A if i can come out with that stat and serve like 1 did today i la take it  in the deciding set Martin bolted to a 2-0 Lead but Lundgren broke Martins serve and held his own to tie the set at 2-2. Martin got the decisive service break in the eighth game to go ahead 5-3. He held serve to win the match. In other matches at Newport Casino involving seeded players  Christo  Rensburg Defeated Johan Kriek 6-1 4-6,7-6 7-5 Duke leads Aba s Tucson open Tucson Ariz. A Norm Duke of Albuquerque n.m., remained atop the Leader Board after thursdays third round of the professional bowlers association $125,000 Tucson open. L Duke who captured his second title earlier this year at Parma Heights Ohio totalled 4,080 pins. His 1991 average of 220.17 Over 585 games leads the tour. Non Winner Mike Edwards of Tulsa okla., moved into second three pins behind Duke. Edwards had consecutive second place finishes earlier this  targets tribe s Wahoo Cleveland a the United Church of Christ has taken aim at one of the City a Best known images chief Wahoo the grinning Symbol of the Cleveland indians. A the use and misuse of native american imagery affronts Basic human rights and dignity and has a negative Impact on human self Worth the churches general Synod said in a Resolution july 1. Tie deliberative body of the 1.6 million member Church said in its biennial meeting at Norfolk va., that caricatures of items sacred to indians such As headdresses and peace pipes also Are unacceptable. Church leaders understand the policy Puls the acc at Odds with the team said Armin Schmidt executive director of the churches Council for american Indian ministry in Minneapolis. The Resolution urged the Ucci a 6,000 congregations including 23 with an american Indian membership of about 3,000, to write to school and professional teams to protest offensive names and logos. Boycotts should be considered to press for a response the Resolution said. Schmidt said the Church is trying to convince people that american Indian caricatures sometimes present inaccurate portrayals. He cited in particular chief Wahoo and the a War whoops cheer by team fans. A a it a a matter of respecting individuals and an individuals full humanity. And respecting religious feelings and beliefs a he  recall infielder Catcher Chicago a the Houston astros on thursday recalled infielder Mike Simms and Catcher Scott Servais from triple a Tucson. Houston also optioned Pitcher Xavier Hernandez 06, 6.69 Era to Tucson and placed Catcher Carl Nichols .1% in 20 games on waivers. Nichols cleared waivers and can accept an assignment to Tucson or opt to become a free agent. Both Simms and Servais were in uniform for thursdays nights game against the Chicago cubs. Simms was leading Tucson in Home runs 15bis 59 and doubles 20. Servais was hitting .324 for the l Oros. Little league team suspended after Brawl South Williamsport a. Apr Little league officials have suspended the Bassett calif., senior division team charter following a Bench Clearing Brawl that involved 40 people and injured two during a game. The fight occurred wednesday night in the Bottom of the sixth inning of a District tournament losers bracket game Between Bassett and Hacienda Heights both of which Are near los Angeles. The game was in the senior division a for Ages 13 to 15. The suspension does not affect Bassett teams in other age divisions Little league officials told the Harrisburg Patriot news on thursday. According to Dick Cianfrocca a Little league administrator who was at the game Hacienda Heights was winning 5-2 when the Catcher for Bassett took off his helmet and hit the Batter across the face. As the Umpire tried to separate the two he was hit with the Bat. \ Home plate Umpire Ernie Arriola suffered a fractured Skull and was hospitalized. Witnesses said a Bassett player who had been ejected from the game for throwing a hat after striking out had hit Arriola Cianfrocca said. At the height of the Brawl about 40 people including some parents were on the Field in the scuffle. The manager of the Hacienda Heights team was treated for a head injury suffered while he went to the Aid of a player he said. Cianfrocca said everyone had left the Field by the time sheriffs deputies arrived but he provided the names of players and a videotape of the game to authorities. He said he is pressing for the filing of criminal charges. The game was forfeited to Hacienda Heights