European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                S 67 open Meg Mallon wears a victors smile after winning the . Women a open sunday by Denne h. Freeman fort Worth Texas a Meg Mallon is freckled and Friendly but she has proved twice in three weeks she can be a nerveless calculating competitor. Mallon could lose her standing As the most popular player on the Lyga tour if she keeps winning majors. The bubbly 28-year-old Mallon who won the Lyga championship two weeks ago handled 98-degree temperatures and two of the Tours toughest pressure players to earn the 46th . Women a open championship on sunday. A i can t believe i did it again a a Mallon said. A i used my experience from winning the Lyga two weeks ago and it paid off i stayed patient until my Putter started working. Young nerves beat old nerves on a physically demanding Day which had a heat Index of 105 degrees. She did it the hard Way by taming Sun seared colonial country clubs treacherous Back nine with three Brave Birdie putts for a final round 4-under-Par 67 and a 1-under-Par 283. Mallon said earlier in the week she was so tired she had no Chance. But she did no to give veterans Pat Bradley 40, and Amy Alcott 35, former . Open champions much of a shot with a Putter that sizzled like the weather. A my Putter picked a Nice time to get hot a Mallon said. Quot i did no to know i had the Lead until i asked my Caddy when we walked off the final Green. Of i heard some kid whisper i had the Lead on the 16th but i did no to want to hear  Alcott said Mallon has become the la pay a brightest Young Star. A she thinks she can win and her swing holds up under pressure a Alcott said. A a it a her  the stars and stripes july 16,1991 Page 28 Mallon has won $420,733 this year second Only to Bradley and her name will go on colonials Wall of champions along with such players As Ben Hogan Byron Nelson and Jack Nicklaus. Mallon who played Collegia Tely at Ohio state seized the Lead with an 18-foot Birdie putt on the Par-4, 400-Yard 14th then knocked Down a 20-footer on the 15th for another Birdie. She had a 3-under-Par 32 on the incoming nine to earn the $110,000 first place prize with a two shot Victory Mallon who had been a pro for five years won her first Lyga tournament by taking the Oldsmobile classic at Lake Worth fla., in the second event of the year. Bradley the 1981 open Champion began the Day tied with 24-year-old Joan Pitcock. Bradley Winner of 27 tournaments birdied two of the first three holes then bogeyed the ninth for a 1-under 35. Bradley finished with a final round 71 and a 1-Over total of 285.Rahal ends 31 race 2-year famine East Rutherford . A after 31 races and two years of excuses nagging doubts and unanswered questions Bobby Rahal was Back in Victory Circle the mustachioed two time cart pig cup Champion was convincing As he ran off with sundays Marlboro grand prix at the new Jersey Meadowlands. A what a feeling a Rahal said. A i had almost forgotten what it was like to win. Its been a Long time in coming but nobody on our team Ever gave  it Isnit that Rahal has been ineffective. In the year and a half since he joined a1 Unser or. On the merged Galles Draco team and began driving with the dominating Chevrolet v8 engine he had earned nine runner up finishes four thirds two fourths and a fifth. His consistency this season including four second place finishes had already put him in the Points Lead. But not since the Meadowlands race in 1989 had Rahal enjoyed the fruits of Victory. Rahal who has 20 career victories including three at the Meadowlands took the Lead with 89 of 150 laps re Meadowlands up mailing on the 1.217-mile, six turn circuit. He fought off a late Challenge from Michael Andretti and raced off to margins As big As 14.9 seconds by Lap 126. Andretti was still running second on Lap 108 when his engine failed. Within a few laps Unser the defending series Champion passed Rick Mears for second place. But the final margin of 6.954 seconds was As close As he could get to Rahal. Mears who started from the pole and led the first 61 laps wound up third followed by John Andretti. The race was slowed in the first 59 laps by four caution flags most brought out by accidents in which there were no injuries. The rest of the race was run under the Green Flag and Rahal who led the final 89 laps averaged 95.551 Mph As he won $77,922. More important after coming into the race just 10 Points ahead of Michael Andretti in the season standings Rahal increased his Lead to 31 Points a 125-94 a Over Andretti and Unser tied for  might leave Jersey Bast Rutherford no. A the promoters of the Marlboro grand prix will move the indy style car race from the Meadowlands sports Complex to either new York Washington or Miami next year if the can justify the Cost of a move Bud Stanner the race director said sunday. He said new York tops the  rubs Ribbs raw East Rutherford. No. Up Drivers Danny Sullivan and Willy t. Ribbs were involved in a bumping incident on the a Cool Down Lap following the completion of sundays Meadowlands grand prix. Walker motor sports team owner Derrick Walker to non sirs tji hic file a i it _ a who sponsors Ribbs filed a protest contending tha a Ribbs car reported Sullivan intentionally brushes causing $15,000-$20,000 damage unsportsmanlike conduct. And exhibited inside sports Marinovich signs with raiders Page 22 no West leaders absorb sweeps a Page 26 Chicago a Mcdowell 1-hits Brewers a Page 26 Freisher captures 7-Hole playoff a Page 27 Chison Trade Snyder to Blue jays Toronto athe Toronto Blue jays acquired Cory Snyder from the Chicago White sox on sunday for minor league outfielder Shawn Jeter and a player to be named later. Snyder 28, was hitting .188 with three homers and 11 Bis in 50 games As an outfielder and first baseman. Chicago had acquired Snyder and infielder Lindsay Foster from Cleveland for pitchers Eric King and Shawn Hillegas during the of season. Snyder hit 33 homers in 1987, his Sec Ond major league season but he has struggled since. He hit .233 with 14 homers and 55 Bis last season. Snyder joins three former Indian teammates on the Blue jays roster. Toronto acquired Joe Carter and Pat Tabler during the of season and traded for Pitcher Tom Candiotti last month. A a it a a Good Opportunity for us to get a Quality ballplayer who just having a bad time where he was at a Carter said. A what happened to Cory happens to a lot of people in Cleveland a Candiotti said. He was expected to Cany the team especially when Joe left. Then it seemed he  do anything  Blue jays manager Cito Gaston said Snyder is not injury insurance. A a he a going to play a Gaston said. A if you say where id say the Outfield first base and third base. If you say when that s a different Story. A you know i try to play everyone though. Hell get a Chance to do and maybe on the Days Joe has to have a rest he 11 play some right