European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sports wire Bowe scores to in 1st stays unbeaten from wire reports Atlantic City . A unbeaten heavyweight contender Riddick Bowe knocked Bruce Seldon Down and Tjien out in the first round of their scheduled 10-round bout Friday night. Bowe 26-0 with 23 knockouts dropped Seldon with a right in the Middle of the ring. Seldon struggled to get to his feet but collapsed after the second and last Effort and referee Joe of Neill stopped the bout at 1 48. The to came just seconds after Seldon got up at the count of eight after being dropped with an overhand right that followed a left Jab. The bout replaced a scheduled fight Between world boxing organization Champ Ray Mercer and Tommy Morrison who played a Tommy Gunny in Rocky v. That fight has been rescheduled for oct. 18. Morrison suffered a Cut in training. Mercer who has feuded with Bowe since the two were teammates at the 1988 olympics reinsured his ankle hours after the bout was rescheduled with Bowe. Bowe accused Mercer of being scared but on Friday night Bowe had to enter the ring past a Small group of spectators chanting for Mercer and carrying signs calling Bowe a a gutless and  Bowe the 1988 Silver medallist in the super heavyweight division weighed 2253/4. Seldon weighed 220. On the under card world boxing association cruiserweight Champion Bobby Czyz retained his title with a 12-round unanimous decision Over Bashiru  eliminates Gilbert Mason Ohio a Brad Gilbert celebrated his 30th birthday by ousting fifth seeded Andre Agassi but still came out a loser Friday night at the $1.3 million at championship. After beating Agassi 7-6, 6-7, 6-4 in the longest match of the tournament Gilbert had to play French open Champion Jim courier after three hours rest and was beaten 6-3,6-3. A i want to savor this Victory a few minutes before going out to play a Guy 10 years younger than me a Gilbert said after upsetting Agassi in a match that extended Over two Days. It included an incredible 254 Points from numerous Deuce games and two tie Breakers. Gilberts Nightmare schedule on the stadium court at the Jack Nicklaus sports Center was the result of thunderstorms that moved into Southwest Ohio on thursday night forcing the suspension of his match with Agassi at 1-1 in the first set. Officials began play Friday afternoon with a scheduled quarterfinal match Between top seeded Boris Becker and no. 10 seed Andrei Cherkasov. But two hours after that match was halted by rain Gilbert and Agassi were put on the stadium court ahead of Becker and Cherkasov to give the Winner a Little More rest before facing courier. Becker returned to the court to defeat Cherkasov 76, 6-3. In saturdays semifinals he was to meet sixth seeded Guy forget who eliminated no. 14 seed Derrick Rostagno 7-6,6-4. Courier will play either . Open Champion Pete Sampras or Stephan Edberg the no. 2  pounded again Edmonton Alberta a Fernando Valenzuela allowed five runs and eight hits in seven innings and took unbeaten Riddick Bowe celebrates his 23rd knockout the loss As Calgary beat Edmonton 10-3 in a Pacific coast league game on Friday. Valenzuela trying to pitch his Way Back to the majors struck out 10 in seven innings for Edmonton the California Angels top farm Tcath be threw 120 pitches in his longest triple a Outing and walked just one but five of the eight hits he allowed were for extra bases. With the loss the former los Angeles Star is 1-2 in three starts with the trappers. A Christie avenges defeats Gateshead England a after a week of losing to a Trio of americans briton Linford Christie got a Small measure of revenge at an International track and Field meet Friday. Christie beaten in the 100 meters by Leroy Burrell Carl Lewis and Dennis Mitchell in track meets this week in Sweden and Switzerland Defeated Mitchell by a comfortable margin in Gateshead. Christie the Silver medallist behind Lewis at the 1988 olympics in Seoul ran 10.20 seconds to win the 100 before a sold out crowd of 11,500 in Gateshead. Compatriot Michael Roswess was second in 10.32, followed by Mitchell in 10.33. Mitchell had Defeated Christie three times in eight Days entering the race including the american sweeps in Malmo Sweden and Zurich Switzerland. American women swept to a 1-2-3 finish in. The 100 meters with Gwen Torrence edging Evelyn Ashford and Sheila ech chs. Torrence finished in 11.15, while Ashford ran 11.33 and Echols was timed in 11.47. Tony Dees who failed to make the american team for the world championships won the. Menus 110-meter hurdles in 13.31 seconds. He edged Ronaldo Nehemiah who is a member of the . Squad for Tokyo and briton Colin Jackson. Nehemiah a time was 13.33. Jackson finished in 13,45.solo triple play player Dies Chicago a Jimmy Quot scoops Quot Cooney the last National league player to Complete an unassisted triple play has died in a Rhode Island Mirsini Home at the age of 96. Quot the Chicago cubs were at Pittsburgh s Forbes Field on May 30, 1927, when Cooney the cubs shortstop completed the triple play during the i Rusl game of a doubleheader. Quot Quot with Clyde Barnhart at first and Lloyd Waner at second Cooney caught Paul Waner s line drive stepped on second to double Lloyd Waner then tagged Barnhart out. The cubs won the game 7-6 in 10  leads showdown classic Park City Utah a Charles Coody shot a 7-Undcr-Par 65 Friday to take a one stroke Lead after the first round of the $350,000 showdown seniors classic. Coody looking for his second win on the seniors pour carded an Eagle six birdies and one bogey to take a one shot Lead Over Bobby Nichols and Bob Wynn. A Nichols had an Eagle five birdies and a bogey in route to his 6-under 66. Wynn who entered the tournament As an alternate birdied the final three Holsto move into a second place tic. Lloyd Moody older brother of senior tour regular Orville Moody shot a 5-Undcr 67 and is tied with Bob bet lev for fourth  tied in Vermont Stratton Mountain it. Home state favorite Patty Sheehan and Deb Richard last weeks Winner ignored a steady rain Friday to join defending Champion Cathy Gerring a the front of the pack with six under 138s after two rounds of the $450,000 Stratton Mountain Lyga classic. Sheehan and Gerring part of a pack of 13 at one under starting the Day fired tournament record tying five under Par. 67s. Richard a co Leader in the first round played steady Golf with two birdies and 16 pars for a 70.jeff Malone gets $ 10 million Salt Lake City Utah a the Utah jazz signed guard Jeff Malone to a five year contract Friday Worth a reported $10 million. Malone who earned $916,000 last season became a restricted free agent at the end of the season. Malone 30, made 51 percent of his Field goal attempts and averaged 18.6 Points per game in 1990-91, his eighth in the Aba. He finished second in the Aba in free throw percentage. At .917. An sports Contra european time television pan am games 9 10 . Sunday. Baseball a new York mets at Chicago cubs 2 . Monday. Radio baseball a los Angeles at san Francisco 10 .  wins pole with qualifying record Watkins Glen . A Terry Labonte does no to know what it is about Watkins Glen that brings out the Best in him but he a Happy about it. Labonte who won a Busch grand National race from the pole Here earlier this summer scorched the 2.428-mile, seven turn Road Watkins Glen circuit again on Friday setting a track qualifying record in winning the pole for sundays Bud Weiser at the Glen Lascar Winston cup race. A i guess i like it because i do so Well Here a said the 1984 Winston cup Champion. A i think the worst in be Ever finished since the first time we came Here was fourth. I really like running  his fast Lap of 121.652 Mph was Good enough to relegate Mark Martins 121.397 to the outside of the front Row. Both were Good enough to Bury Dale Earnhardt a year old track qualifying Mark of 121.190. A it was a Good Lap a Labonte said of his first pole winning run in Winston cup racing since 1988. A i mean i did no to mess up anywhere which is pretty unusual for me in qualifying. I expected the car to be Good in the race but i Wasny to sure what we could do in  looking ahead to the race Labonte who has 20 career poles in a scary a Premier series said a there Are six or seven cars that could easily win the race. In a just glad we re one of those  Labonte became the 12th different Driver to win a pole in 18 Winston cup events this season. He gave Oldsmobile its first pole of the season. Ernie Irvan who blew an engine in practice and had to go last in the qualifying order wound up third at 121.099, followed by Geoff Bodine at 121.087. Rookie Wally Dallenbach jr., who earlier in the Day was named Martins teammate for 1992 with Roush racing celebrated with a surprising fifth place run turning a Lap of 120.684 in the Ford thunderbird owned by Junie Dunlavey. Rounding out the top 10 were Ken Schrader at 120.264, Darrell Waltrip 120.106, Earnhardt 119.508, Davey Allison 119.201 and Lake Speed 119.145. The top positions were locked Friday with the rest of the 40-car Field to be filled in another round of time trials saturday. Among the Drivers still trying to make it into the race Field Are defending race Ricky Rudd and Michael Waltrip. A Waltrip crashed during practice Friday afternoon fracturing his right shoulder Blade and spending several hours in a Corning Hospital. He was conscious and Alert throughout and said he planned to try to qualify the teams backup car on saturday. A i feel really Good a Waltrip said. Quot i can move my shoulder Okay. It does no to. Feel too bad or Hurt a whole lot. Well see How it goes but ill definitely Start  a team spokesman said Scott Truett an indy car regular who is Here this weekend to race in saturdays i Roc and trans am events will stand by on sunday As a possible Relief Driver for Waltrip. Rudd one of the most consistent Road racers among the Stock ear set chose to pass on fridays qualifying. He crashed during practice on thursday and was not pleased with the performance of his backup car during fridays practice. The team was repairing the primary car but team manager Waddell Wilson said they might have to use a provisional starting spot at the rear of the Field. A a a there a too much work to do a he said. A a we be got to put the Back end Back on. There a a tremendous amount of work to do in the amount of time we