European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes thursday August 1, 1991 a Estrere Italy a Adverse weather conditions foiled record attempts by Carl Lewis Leroy Burrell and others wednesday at Europe a highest track v did no to Stop Germany a Heike Dreschler who leaped 24 feet 2va inches for the Best performance of the year in the women a Long jump. American sprinters Burrell and Michael Johnson dominated the 100-and 200-meter races but their times fell far Short of the Marks As rain wind and cold nullified the potential advantages of competing More than 6,000 feet above sea level. Burrell who set a world record of 9.90 seconds last month was timed in 10.30. Fellow american Dennis Mitchell was second in 10.40. Johnson look the 200 meters in 20.50. Two other americans Danny Everett and Mike Marsh were second and third in 20.73 and 20.88. Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey extended her winning Streak in the women a 100 and 200 meters edging Irina Sergei Eva of the soviet Union in both races. Lewis who aimed at beating Bob Beamons Long standing record of 29-21 in the Long a temp pulled out of the event blaming Back pains. He also emphasized the risks of jumping of a wet Board a i had come Here to jump farther to set a world record. Unfortunately weather conditions were prohibitive after several Days of Sun a Lewis said. Despite the rain Mike Powell jumped 28-7-14 to win the event ahead of fellow american Larry Myricks who went 27-4. Other american victories were by Renaldo Nehemiah in the 110-meter hurdles Sandra Farmer Patrick in the women a 400-meter hurdles and by Andrew Valmon in the menus 400 meters. Leroy Burrell leads Dennis Mitchell to the finish line of the 100 meters wednesday Suwanee a. A Deion Sanders fined nearly $40,000 last year for reporting late to the Atlanta Falcons training Camp May find himself paying big Bucks again to take a break after baseball. Sanders a a cornerback for the Falcons and an outfielder for the Atlanta braves was due to report thursday after his final baseball game wednesday night. But he inet tuesday Voith Falcons president Taylor Smith to request some time off Between his baseball and football seasons they failed to reach an agreement. A i just Quot want a few Days off which is Only right a Sanders said. A and i think my teammates understand Smith said there was nothing contentious about the meeting and Sanders understands the Falcons position. A the said head probably go Home to Florida for a few Days to take care of a few things and then report a Smith said. A was far As we re concerned he a had All his Days off already. We re anxious for him to be Sanders could be fined up to $1,500 a Day a the nil maximum a for his absence from Camp which began july 18. Wide receiver Andre Rison a Friend of Sanders said the two had discussed the matter. A the said if things did no to straighten up head never be Back head just play baseball a Rison said in 47 games with the braves this year Sanders has three Home runs and 10 Bis with a .190 batting average. Meanwhile Sanders said he plans to take his Case to coach Jerry Glanville. A a. All in masking is for some time Man a Sanders said. A and if in a going to get fined for it i might As Well take a substantial amount. Shoot i have to pay for it anyway. They re not treating me , by the associated press Many nil teams Are awaiting the return of the holdouts and the hurting. The Washington redskins arc looking Forward to the arrival of a piece of plastic with straps on it. It is the specially made knee Brace that if it fits will allow the redskins to have defensive end Charles Mann on the Field for the first time this summer. He underwent arthroscopic surgery in february. A my understanding is if its a special made Deal it takes a few Days to get that Quot coach Joe Gibbs said tuesday. A but that thing ought to be Here. I know they make special ones where they take a cast of the knee and that takes about eight Days. That a my understanding of Why it has taken Mann May not have running Back Gerald Riggs to thump on if the knee Brace shows up. Riggs skipped practice tuesday because of a sprained ankle and it Wasny to certain whether the Oft injured Riggs would be available for wednesday a a intr squad scrimmage. A knee injury to Rookie Ray preseason workouts Porter gave the Green Bay packers the Opportunity to find room on the roster for defensive end Mutt Brock. When Brock signed a contract and reported to training Camp Green Bay a roster was already at the maximum of 80 players. But the packers said they would assign Porter a loth round draft Choice to injured Reserve because of knee surgery scheduled wednesday. The packers still have seven contract holdouts with the season fast approaching. The eighth Veteran holding out Carl Bland signed instead with Calgary of the Canadian football league. Speaking of holdouts the Kansas City chiefs Haven to seen their starting quarterback Steve Deberg for three weeks and May not for another two while a new contract is being hammered out. Three Days after ending a 10-Day holdout wide receiver Jeff Chadwick is Back on the sidelines again. This time he faces 10 Days or so off to rest a strained hamstring. Seahawk president Tomn Camps Flores who is still negotiating with four holdouts used Chadwick As an example of How a late arrival can Hurt players. A these Guys come in and go right a into two a Day practices right into a different level and try to catch up and it happens. Now he a silting out 10 Days if its a Normal hamstring Denver Broncos offensive tackle Jim Juriga sat out tuesdays practice still bothered by a lower Back ailment. Juriga hospitalized with a bulging disc Early in training Camp stiffened up after practice monday. Coach Dan Reeves indicated on sunday that if Juriga was unable to rejoin workouts this week he probably count in Juriga for the regular season. Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Keith Millard had an expensive run in with a planter at a fast food store near the teams Mankato minn., Camp. Three minutes before monday nights 1.1 . Curfew Millard a sports car a just kind of got out from under me and hit the planter outside the restaurant. A Kellii Gerald Riggs dashed off on foot to Camp to avoid the $1,500 Fine for being out after curfew. Later he Learned his car received an estimated $7,500 in damage and caused about $700 damage to the planter. Millard Wasny to ticketed. Jack Pardee coach of the Houston oilers turned pussycat on monday by letting some of his players sleep in on Mihili Pardee said head been void his workouts have been Overly strenuous. He did no to agree but still gave some vets the morning off 5 quarterback Warren Moon said no thanks and showed up As always. A i Felt i needed some More work in preparing for saturdays exhibition game at san Diego
