European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lessons of by Bob Green a Golf writer Southport England after learning How to lose a major Ian Baker Finch finally found out How to win one. Baker Finch seized his third Chance to win the British open and with five birdies in the first seven holes turned it into a front running Victory sunday in the 120th British championship. The australian blew last round opportunities in the 1984 and 1990 opens but turned his third Chance into a charmed Victory. A it was painful but i Learned a Baker Finch said of his near misses. A i gained experience. Experience is playing the way120th British open you know How. That a what i did today. I knew what i had to do and i did it. A i proved myself a Champion  and he did it Early. A this first nine holes just blew the whole tournament open a said runner up Mike Harwood who spent a sunny afternoon at Royal Birkdale in futile Pursuit of his fellow australian. Here show convincing his Victory was from a share of the Lead with Mark of Meara beginning the final round Baker Finch completed the front nine in 29 and led by four shots despite some of the lowest scores in British open history. After his Birdie barrage Baker Finch was never in trouble in his 4-under 66 As he missed just two greens. He finished with an 8-Undcr 272 and a two shot Victory Over Harwood. On saturday Baker Finch shot a course record 64, which was broken sunday by Jodie Mudd who had a 63 that also tied the open record. Baker Finch who lost a seven Hole playoff to Bruce Fleisher in last weeks new England classic won $150,000. Tears welled in Baker finches eyes during the awards presentation. Once composed Baker Finch recalled his near misses. A the pain i Felt the first two times i had a Chance gave me the strength to go on and do it today Quot said Baker Finch. Harwood who plays the european tour on a regular basis closed with a 67 to Cam $115,500 for second place. Four of the top 11 finishers were australians a Craig Parry was eighth and Greg Norman lied for ninth. There were several players who made late runs at Baker Finch including Fred couples who closed with a 64 and tied for third at 275 with Mark of Meara. Of Meara suffering from a bad Back was knocked Down by a surging crowd at the 18th Fairway. A the 18lh was the Only bad thing about this Day Quot Baker Finch said. Mudd Eamonn Darcy of Ireland and Bob Tway were tied for fifth at 277. A third round co Leader Ian Baker Finch follows through with a final round 66 on sunday. Darcy the leading european finisher shot a final round 70 and Tway closed with 66. Craig Parry was next at 278, while Norman Bernhard Langer of Germany and seve Ballesteros of Spain were at 279. Norman made a run with a 66, but saw his last Chance disappear when he failed to Birdie the Par-5 17th. Langer shot 67. The 30-year-old Baker Finch played a flawless front nine. He did not miss a Fairway or Green or have a putt longer than 25 feets. Starting from the second Hole he reeled of five birdies Over the next six holes. At no. 2, he birdied from 12 feet at no. 3 he Sank a 10-footer and at no. 4 it was a 6-footer. He parred the fifth Hole then Sank a 6-footer for Birdie at no. 6 and dropped a 15-footer at no. 7. After that Baker Finch cruised to his Victory a dreamland a he said. Twins finish sweep of botox by the associated press Boston a Chili Davis and Shane Mack each got three of Minnesota a 18 hits and the twins routed the Boston red sox 14-1 sunday for their first four game sweep at Fenway Park since 1981. The american league West leading twins outscored Boston 33-6 in the series and won for the eighth time in 10 games since the All Star break. The red sox have lost eight of 11 since sunday a baseball the break including seven of eight games against Minnesota. They fell to 45-46, the first time they be been below .500 since april 17. Kevin Tapani 6-7 allowed just three hits and one unearned run while throwing 64 pitches in six innings. He did not walk or strike out a Batter and won for the first time since june 22, a Span of four no decisions. In other games sunday afternoon mariners 6, orioles 4 Baltimore Ken Griffey or. And Alvin Davis homered in Seattle a five run filth inning rallying the mariners past Baltimore. Down 4-1, the mariners bounced Back to record their 20th come from behind Vic see sunday on Page 27 the stars and stripes july 22,1991 Page 28lemond looks for answers by Salvatore Zanca ales France apr Miguel indu rain held onto the Overall Lead sunday in the tour de France As Greg Lemond still sought explanations on what happened to him in the mountains. Moreno argentin of Italy won the 15th stage in a breakaway that put him More than a minute ahead of the Field  end of the 146-mile trip from Albi to ales. Indurai finished 43rd for the Day wit tour de trance most of the others leaving the Overall standings unchanged at the top. Lemond came in 134th, bunched among some 100 riders who came in at the same time As Indurai and stayed fifth Overall at 5 08 Back. Back when Lemond was wearing the leaders yellow Jersey for four Days he was usually near the head of the pack hoping to avoid trouble. Since his Tough Mountain stage on Friday when he fell far Back he has not shown signs of moving up. He had a regular blood test taken after the stage which showed that he had a higher than Normal White blood cell count although he refused to talk about it. Lemond was quoted in a news report in the United states that he had the blood test done a few Days ago but avoided saying it was to blame for his weakened position. A i done to want to make an excuse a he said. A a but i Felt much too tired Given the hardness of thursdays  before taking off sunday Lemond said a i was fatigued and extremely dehydrated. I need to recuperate. It was a Nightmare stage and that has never happened to me  thursdays stage was the toughest of this years tour Over four Steep climbs. Lemond attacked on the second Mountain but faltered near the Summit. He spent the rest of the leg a from Jaca Spain to Val Lou Ron a falling Back and looking beat. Mondays stage of 134 Miles brings the cyclists to the base of the Alps in Gap. Tuesday is the Tough climb up in alpe do Huez. Lemond used that stage last year to catch up several minutes on Schiappucci and even finished almost 12 minutes ahead of  sports lithuanian teen shows stuff a Page 22 Michael Andretti coasts in Toronto a Page 25 twins Erickson Blanks botox a Page 26 to knows recovery doctors say a Page 27