European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday july 25, 1991 api la contender Riddick Bowe Bowe coasts Atlantic City . A unbeaten heavyweight contender Riddick Bowe knocked Journeyman Phil Brown around for 2vz rounds before finally stopping him tuesday night. Bowe 25-0 with 22 knockouts dazed Brown with a left uppercut Midway through the third round and then followed with several rights to put Brown on the Canvas. Brown got up at the count of seven after resting on one knee but Bowe rocked him in the Middle of a ring with a right uppercut and then a left uppercut As Brown fell. Referee Robert Palmer stopped the bout at 2 47 of the third round of the scheduled 10-Rounder. Brown 36, 30-8-2 with 18 Kos threw few punches in the first round and was overpowered by the 23-year-old Bowe. On the under card former Light heavyweight Champion Dwight Muhammad Qadi 36-8-1 with 21 Kos Defeated Young Joe Louis when the bout was halted at the end of the fourth round. Earlier in the Day a fight Between Bowe and world boxing organization Champion Ray Mercer was announced for aug. 9. But the bout was then postponed when Mercer s manager said his fighter twisted his left ankle in training. Pirates drub braves by the associated press Pittsburgh Gary Redus hit a grand slam and Mike Lavalliere drove in three runs powering the Pittsburgh pirates to a 12-3 Romp Over the Atlanta braves on tuesday in a meeting of two of the National leagues hottest teams. R Doug Drabek 10-9 recovered from an Early three run deficit allowing three hits Over seven innings As Pittsburgh won for the 10th time in 13 games. Atlanta which trimmed seven games off West division leading los Angeles Lead in 12 Days lost for the third time in 12 games. Pittsburgh native John Wehner a Rookie third baseman making his third major league Start went 5 for 5 with an rib and three runs scored among the pirates 16 hits off four Atlanta pitchers. In other games tuesday dodgers 6, Phillies 5 los Angeles a Mitch Webster tied the score with a ninth inning Home run and won it with a bases loaded single in the 10th. Mitch Williams 3-6 gave up a one out walk to Juan Samuel who took third when Eddie Murray singled to Center. Williams intentionally walked Darryl Strawberry who had homered in the seventh to Load the bases and bring up Webster. Webster lined a 1-2 pitch into right Field to score Samuel and make a Winner of re National league Liever Jay Howell 3-2 in his first appearance in almost six 5, astros 1 St. Louis Bryn Smith 9-6 threw a six hitter for his second Complete game of the season and Ray Lankford hit a bases Clearing triple to lift St. 4, mets 2 san Francisco Robby Thompson hit a three run Home run and Bud Black allowed four hits Over seven innings in continuing his Mastery of new York. Black 7-8wingless since june 6, walked one and struck out three. He is 3-0 with two shutouts and 0.95 Era in four starts against the mets. Dave Righetti got the last three outs for his 13th save. Frank Viola 11-6 had a five game Wink enat. A up f and four hits in five innings his shortest Ning Streak ended As he Tost for the first time since june 21. He gave up four runs Outing of the season. Padres 2, expos 1 san Diego a Bip Roberts two out single in the 11th inning drove in Thomas Howard with the winning run. Howard singled with two outs off Dave Schmidt 0-1the third Montreal Pitcher. Schmidt walked Pinch hitter Darrin Jackson on four pitches to put Howard into scoring position. Roberts hit a liner to right his third hit of the game to finish it. Larry Andersen 3-2 allowed one hit Over the final two innings. The expos had tied it 1-1 in the eighth when Andres Galarraga delivered a two out single his third hit of the game to drive in Ivan 8, reds 5 Chicago a Rob Dibble in his first game Back after a three game suspension for throwing at Houston a Eric Yelding could face another stretch on the sidelines after an incident at Wrigley Field. Chicago a Doug Dascenzo dropped a squeeze bunt which Dibble fielded but instead of throwing to first Dibble fired the Ball at Dascenzo hitting him in the leg. Umpire Joe West immediately threw Dibble out of the game West Wasny to through a in the seventh he gave the heave to Andre Dawson after the cubs outfielder disputed a called third strike and hurled several bats out of the dugout. Chicago manager Jim Essian was also invited to skip the rest of the evening when he joined in. They did play baseball too. Chico Walker drove in two runs with a sacrifice Fly and a single and Les Lancaster 6-4 went 7w innings before Paul Assenmacher came on for his 10th save. Randy Myers 4-7 was beaten in his first major league Start after 293 Relief appearances. Chris Sabo homered twice for Cincinnati. White sox nip Blue jays by the associated press Chicago a Joey Cora singled Home the winning run in the Bottom of the ninth inning As the Chicago White sox beat the Toronto Blue jays 3-2 tuesday night. The american league East leading Blue jays lost their third in a Row. Chicago has won four of five. Carlton Fisk opened the ninth with a single off Tom Candiotti 9-9. With third baseman Kelly Gruber drawn in expecting a sacrifice Lance Johnson slapped a single to left that moved Pinch runner Ron Karkovice to third and Johnson took second when left fielder Joe Carter bobbled the Ball. Candiotti then walked Mike Huff intentionally to Load the bases setting up Cora. Bobby Thigpen 7-3 pitched a scoreless innings for the Victory. In other games tuesday mariners 6, Yankees 1 new York Ken Griffey or. Hit his first career grand slam and Randy Johnson pitched eight Strong innings sending Seattle past new York. Griffey broke it open in the ninth inning with Seattle a first slam since last sept. 28, when Alvin Davis connected. Griffey s 11th Home run of the year came after the mariners loaded the bases with two outs against Lee Guetterman. Johnson 8-7 gave up four hits walked three and Strucic out 5, orioles 4 Baltimore a California ended it american league Power drought with three homers and Jim Abbott pitched seven shutout innings to help the Angels beat Baltimore. California had gone 108 innings and 419 plate appearances without a Nome run until Luis Polonia hit his first of the season in the third inning. Dave Winfield and Gary Gaetti connected in the fifth. Baltimore got a grand slam from Randy Milligan in the eighth but Bryan Harvey set the orioles Down in the ninth for his 23 re save. Abbott 8-7 out pitched Ben Mcdonald 4-4 in the first matchup Between the former teammates on the 1988 . Olympic baseball team tigers 6, twins 3 Detroit a Cecil fielder homered twice and drove in a season High five runs leading the Detroit tigers Over the Minnesota twins. Twins starter Jack Morris was hit in the right forearm by Milt Cuyler a line drive in the second inning and left the game. A rays at a Hospital were negative and it was to be determined wednesday whether Morris bad Bruise fielder will Force him to miss any starts. Fielder leads the majors with 26 Home runs and 77 Bis. He hit a two run Homer in the first inning against Morris and a three run shot in the fifth off Allan Anderson 4-8. Frank Tanana 7-6 won his fourth straight decision his longest Streak since 1988. He gave up four hits and no walks in six 10, indians 7 Cleveland a Pinch hitter Willie Wilson singled Home the go ahead run in the ninth inning and Oakland scored three More on Center fielder Alex coleus error As the athletics beat Cleveland. Carlos Baerga went 5-for-5 and Albert Belle hit his fourth Home run in four games for Cleveland. Rick Honeycutt 1-2 pitched 136 witless innings. Dennis a Eckersley worked the ninth giving up Jerry Browne sri single. Baerga who had the first five hit game for Cleveland since Joe Carter in 1986, singled to set up the 8, Brewers 7 Kansas City to. Todd Benzinger hit a grand slam and drove in five runs powering Kansas City Over Milwaukee. Benzinger hit his fourth career slam in the sixth inning. He connected off Julio Machado after walks loaded the bases. . Surhoff drove in four runs for Milwaukee. Kansas City a Danny Tartabull reached base four times with a single two walks and a hit by pitch. He took Over the american league hitting Lead at .333, one Point ahead of Cal ripken.. Wins water Polo Gold at University games Sheffield England a on a Day the . Track and Field team came up empty the water Polo team came to the Rescue with a Gold on tuesday to keep the United states even with China atop the world University games medal table. Alexis Rousseau scored with 6 seconds to play to give the United states a 6-5 Victory Over China and the water Polo Gold the 17th won by the United states. The United states had another Chance at a Gold medal but the menus volleyball team was beaten 15-7,15-12, 15-8 by Poland. On the track Australia Nigeria Poland the soviet Union and Finland won the five Gold medals up for grabs on tuesday. The americans with five track golds Over the opening three Days had to make do with a Silver from discus thrower Tony Washington and a Bronze from 3,000-meter steeplechase Gavin Gaynor. Soviet triple jump world record Holder Inessa kravets went 22 feet 6v2 inches in the fourth round to win the women a Long jump Gold. Kravets arrived the Day before saturdays triple jump but said she was too tired to compete. Nigerians Adewale of Lukojo leapfrogged Washington with a fifth round heave of 201-8 to win the discus. Washington a final round reply was two inches Short. Australian Shaun Creighton won the steeplechase to bring Home his country a first University games Gold medal in track and Field since Ralph Dan Ell won the 800 in 1967. Creighton was timed in 8 minutes 32.30 seconds while Gaynor who attends North Carolina state was at 8 34.21. Steven Fritz of the United states was second after the first Day of the decathlon. Fritz a 4,052 Points trailed Only Rodney a Uterwyk of the Netherlands who had 4,014. In the women a volleyball final Italy scored a come from behind Triumph by beating the romanians 6-15,15-12,15-8, 15-11
