European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 Safe softball stars and stripes Friday july 19, 1991 Sembach Germany a the Hometown Sembach lady tigers kept Pace with Continental sports conference rival Ramstein lady rams in the Safe women a softball tournament thursday with a 9-8 Victory Over Chicksands in the swing Day of the three Day round Robin tournament. Cindy Whichman a two out bases loaded triple in the fourth inning iced it for the lady tigers who had to stave off a late fighting Chicks uprising in the Bottom of the seventh. With Sembach up 6-5, Whichman laced a triple Down the line to Clear the bases and give the lady tigers the 9-5 advantage. Just two innings earlier Whichman smashed another triple in the second inning with the bases jammed to tie the game at 5-5. Chicksands took a 5-1 Lead in the second using five singles and an error to take the Early advantage. In thursdays other action Torrejon 18, Chicksands 9 Linda Kubicsko went 4 for 5 with a pair of runs batted in and Renee palculict slapped a two run triple As Torrejon routed the fighting Chicks. Seles i new York apr Monica Seles the no. 1-ranked woman Tennis player in the world did no to realize or a Lre can a the uproar she had caused by pulling out of Wimbledon last month. �?o1 did no to read about it until a few Days ago when i found out about All the ridiculous rumours that were flying around a she said. In an interview on abcs Good morning America show wednesday morning Seles discarded rumours she passed up Wimbledon to preserve her no. 1 ranking. The 17-year-old Seles said her withdrawal from Wimbledon stemmed from Shin splints and a slight stress fracture to her left leg. A it was getting pretty close to a bad stress fracture a she said. A i needed to Lake care of it. I was so confused. I was going to these different doctors. One was saying it was a stress fracture. The other was saying go ahead and play. A consequently she said she did no to make her decision to withdraw from the tournament until just before it started a and when i look Back on it i Hope i never have to be in this situation again in my  Seles apparently contacted the women a Tennis association for the first time tuesday to explain the situation and Sta chief Gerard Smith said he was satisfied with her explanation. A we will have a doctors statement. The injury has been verified. In a satisfied with it. End of Issue a Smith told Usa today. Seles fined $6,000 by the Sta for pulling out of Wimbledon without a satisfactory reason fuelled the Rumor Mill by refusing to be specific about the injury that forced her out of the grand slam event. She had won the australian and French open tournaments moving her to the top of the women a world rankings Monica sulcs Carol Rogers went 4 for 4 for the Chicks. A Ramstein 6, Alconbury 4 Chris Sasfy a triple Down the line in the Bottom of the sixth proved to be the game Winner. Sasfy scored Pinch runner Michelle Putnam to break the 4-4 tie and Tommi Wilkins brought Sasfy Home with a sacrifice Fly to round out the scoring. Both teams struck Early with a Aviano 9, Torrejon 6 Jennifer Lowhorn went 3 for 4 with three Bis for Aviano and her two out single in the fifth tied it and sent Aviano on a rally to win it. Torrejon a Sandi Rebello went 3 for 3 and hit a two run Homer in the loss. Standings Ramstein and Sembach Are tied with 3-0 records while Aviano is at 2-1. Torrejon and Alconbury Are 13, and Chicksands is 0-3 in the tournament. Rumours it speculated that she wanted to hang onto her no. 1 ranking for financial considerations and making up an excuse to miss Wimbledon assured that she  lose it there. A that was the worst one i heard a she said. A was soon As i heard it i called my agent. Its totally wrong. If i had been Well at Wimbledon i would have made much More Money. I done to know How people came up with All these ideas because they re extreme ideas and totally out of  3 another Rumor was that she had cancelled a reservation on a House near Wimbledon Long before announcing her pullout and therefore had known about it a some Imee Ore telling tournament organizers. A thav a not True a she said from abcs Sarasota fla., affiliate a web. A we found a different House. If somebody wants proof we have proof we went to this other House. I done to know Why people try to make up these rumours. Its not fair to me because believe me i was having a very hard time dealing with  a Seles said her decision to quit Wimbledon was so difficult that she went into Semi seclusion for several weeks and did no to realize How much juror she had caused until Only several Days ago. A i went away for two weeks and did no to care about anything i was so disappointed a she said. A a in mall prepared now to play and face the Media. The . Open is still there. Next year Wimbledon. Its happened gone. It can to be my whole life. A when i say in a injured i can Only Hope people Trust that i was. At the time i Wasny to totally emotionally ready to Tell the press i Wasny to going to play Wimbledon a Seles is scheduled to resume competing thursday at a tournament in Mahwah . Her agent Bob Kain of Imp said Seles acted on her own when she disappeared from View. A i done to know where she went and i done to care where she went a Kain said a she got injured and she did that herself she pulled out of Wimbledon and she went away. I did no to hear from her for two weeks. A a in be managed a lot of no. Los and they re stubborn and Strong willed. That a Why they re champions. They have to learn for themselves. A Seles also reminded everyone she is Only 17. Walker to concentrate on football Eden Prairie Minn apr running Back Herschel Walker joined the Minnesota Vikings for the eighth Day of optional practices on wednesday and said its football not bobsledding that now occupies his thoughts. But words weren to enough. Walker also had to pay his dues for opting to attend the . Bobsledding trials last week at Lake Placid . Near the end of the one hour workout with temperatures reaching the upper 80s, Trainer Fred Zamberletti put Walker through about five minutes of rigorous up Downs As his teammates cheered and jeered. A after its Over everybody feels he a paid his dues for being late a cornerback Carl Lee said. A a in a Here and in be come to play football a Walker said. A a in be said when i step out Here ill be ready to play. In be come Here to get the Job done a he  say however whether bobsledding is out of the picture until the football season is Over. Walker earned a spot on the . Bobsled team but will have to win a special head to head push off against a teammate in mid january to make the 1992 olympic team because hell miss team training sessions at Lake Placid in september and at Calgary in october. Walker also will miss the world cup competitions that begin in late october at Calgary. There could be another scheduling problem if the Vikings reach the pfc title game which would conflict with the push off. A the ugh attendance at the pre Camp is optional walkers absence had generated comments among players because the Vikings Are working on a new one three receiver offence designed in part to feature Walker s Power running.frainin8 Camp opens monday at Mankato state University and coaches and players have been trying to get a head Start on learning the new offence. After working out with the team for the first time Walker said he was a Happy with the Progress by the team. We re trying something new and we want it to be a Success for  quarterback Wade Wilson was glad to have Walker on the practice Field. A i know Herschel a such a phenomenal athlete that conditioning wont be a problem but its Good for morale to have him Here a Wilson said. A the system will be in place to take advantage of his abilities but when he a not Here Well have others who can step my Wilson said. A a it a a big change. They re giving the quarterback a lot More responsibility. With Herschel we feel we can throw the Ball and we feel we can run the Ball  ih.lreii8rd the in was important to have Walker on the Field. It makes everybody feel a Little closer when you have everybody Here. Now we feel like we be got All the pieces a Lee said. 5 Saku a at a Laxer does on his own time is his own business i d rather have him  psf rns did get want t0 say much about Tion he a Jegu eds always in excellent Condi smart by a Burns added Quot so me things but he a a Bedford Schwenk Post backstroke victories a Cirni l it t i i / i a ,. A Sheffield England apr american backs brokers Barbara Bedford and William Schwenk won Gold medals at the world University games wednesday with Bedford setting a games record. Frenchman Stephan Caron completed a double freestyle Triumph by adding the 100-meter Gold to his 200 Victory and Canadian Patricia Noall collected a Gold and a Bronze to go with the Silver and two bronzes she already had already won at the 16th games. China a 400 women a freestyle relay team set another games record and the Pool itself set a games record by having nine swimmers in one final. Poland a Krzysztof Cwalina and Stephan University games Hebert of France could not be separated in times in the 100 freestyle heats and even had identical Marks in a swim off. Officials decided to put them both in the final with Cwalina sixth and Hebert ninth. Bedford and Schwenk lifted the . Gold medal haul at the games to four a All in the Pool. Elsewhere in a 12-Day event that has 11 sports and 5,500 competitors from 111 countries China a Wang Thongseng won the menus individual All round gymnastics Gold ahead of two japanese. The . Women a basketball team downed Hungary 104-89 for its third straight Victory despite Judit Baloghy a 48 Points. Adonis Jordan a 26 Points led the american menus team Over Finland 14166, the . Men Are now 2-0. Bedford 18, from Etna n.h., and the University of Texas was timed in 1 minute 2.08 seconds .39 seconds off the 10-year-old record held by romanians Carmen Bun Aciu who was poolside As a coach. Kristina Stinson made it a 1-2  finish in 1 03.70 and the Bronze went to Australia s Niecia Freeman with l04 47 Schwenk from Sarasota fla., and the University of Tennessee led All the Way in the mens 200 final. Runner up Kevin Draxinger of Canada never got within a Yard As Schwenk clocked 2 00.38. The chinese 400 freestyle relay the of Sun chunlin Wang Xiaohong q Hong and Zhuang Yong clocked 3 46 to snip 1.53 seconds off the 4-year-old Cord owned by a dutch quartet. The . 400 team Grace Corneli Dyne Burrell Julie Sommer and Mela Morgan a finished third in 3 47.48, w Canada second in 3 49,73. Noall won the women a 400 freestyle 4 16.74 ahead of soviet Jana shaman and americans Sion inn Marcoux a Julie Sommer. She already had won a Silver in the 1 tree Sty e and bronzes in the 400 i Divit Al Medley and 800 freestyle relay