European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 a the stars and stripes saturday August 1.7, 1991 s paces Castle Rock Colo. A Keith Clearwater compiled the Best score of his five season pea tour career thursday in the storm delayed and incomplete first round of the International. And his 9-under-Par 63 does no to count it will not go on the books or be figured into his seasons scoring average. Neither will a drive of about 400 Yards by new pea Champion and Folk hero Long John Daly. The weather a which caused a series of Clearwater delays totalling More than three hours and left 72 players stranded on the course by darkness a had nothing to do with either Dalys drive or Clearwaters score. It is the format and scoring system. Clearwaters Effort will be recorded As 18 Points a a one round record a under Aiea the International the modified stableford scoring system used for the International. Medal scores do not count in this unique event. Points Are awarded for a players performance on each Hole 5 for an Eagle 2 for Birdie Zero for Par minus-1 for bogey and minus-3 for double bogey and Higner. Clearwater who Hasni to won since his Rookie season of 1987, did no to make a bogey on the 7,570-Yard Castle Pines Golf club course and had nine birdies including seven Over one stretch of nine holes. The 18 Points Over 18 holes broke the record of 17 by Joey Sindelar in the final round of his tournament Victory in 1988, and for whatever its Worth it gave Clearwater the Lead at the Halfway Point of the first round. In reality the Lead Means very Little under this format. The 144-Man Field will be Clit to the Low 72 scorers after 36 holes and Point totals will be carried Over to saturdays Carforo drops Agassi Becker courier win Indianapolis up after falling ill during a match for the second week in a Row Andre Agassi has decided to get a checkup. Agassi the third seed lost thursday to no 14 seed Fabrice Sar pro 26, 7-5, 6-2 in third round action at the $1 million . Hard courts championships. He ran off the court to his hotel immediately after the one hour 48-minute match to seek treatment. Agassi who recovered from vomiting on the court to win a match last week in Cincinnati was not available . Hard court for comment after the match. But Nick Bollettieri his coach said Agassi would return to his Las vegas nev., Home to find the source of the recurring illness. A the started to feel nauseous at 5-2 in the first set a said Bollettieri. A Andre lost strength in his legs and he just Wasny table to react. He had Otten sick on court last week and he Elt poorly during his second match which he lost. When it happens twice you have to be concerned. A a he a going to go Back Home and get himself checked out. I m concerned we re All concerned. He Wasny table to concentrate. Hopefully hell be Able to find out what it is and get himself Strong again for the .  i top seed Boris Becker ripped no. 16 Christian Bergstrom 6-2, 6-2, and no. 2 Jim courier beat no. 15 Fransi co Clavet 6-2,6-1. Santoro worked to keep the Ball in play against the ailing Agassi who tried to vomit on the court in the final game. A the is the kind of player who does no to like to see the Ball come Back too often a Santoro an 18-year-old rated 40th in the world said through a translator. A i just tried to put it Over. The net so maybe he would  Agassi who after a second round Victory wednesday noted his improved fitness and strength training regimen broke Santoro three times in the first set. Santoro a right handed server who hits two handed ground strokes from both sides of his body broke in the first game of the second set but agas Fabrice Sartor advances to quarterfinals is returned the favor in the fourth game arid gained a 5-4 advantage. Santoro won the final three games finishing the set with a passing shot from his right Side. Santoro again broke to open the third set with Agassi regaining a 2-2 tie on a fourth game break. Santoro won the final four games allowing Agassi Only three Points none in the last game. In the final game Agassi watched reachable balls go by him on the first two Points drawing Boos from the crowd. Santoro will play no. 6 seed David Wheaton in a Friday quarterfinal. Other fourth round matches pit Becker against no. 9 Jakob Hlasek courier against no. 8 Andrei Cherkasov and no. 5 Pete Sampras against Richard Fromberg. Round when the Field is further reduced to 24 for sundays final round. At that stage All Points Are wiped out and the two dozen finalists Start again from Zero for the last 18 holes. So the whole Point of the first 54 holes is to make it into the final Field. It took a score of three Points to reach third round play last year and 16 Points to make it into the final round. Daly who pounded his Way into popularity with an awesome display of Power in the pea was comfortably placed at six Points after his first 18 holes. A i hit the Driver pretty Good and i putted Good a he said. A a in a real  he a also pleased with the tournament format. A a it a great for me. After winning a major its great not to have to put a score on your scorecard a he said. A Daly again Drew the majority of the gallery and a again a treated them to an exhibition of pure raw Power. His drive off the first tee was not measured but he said he had 235 Yards left to the Green. With the Hole listed at 644 Yards that put the length of his drive somewhere around 400 Yards. Because of the Peculiar format for this tournament official pea tour statistics Are not compiled so Dalys massive drives will not count. The Par-4 holes at Castle Pines Range in length from 408 Yards to 477. With the thin rarefied air of a course at �?o6,500 feet Altitude giving added distance Daly used nothing longer than an 8-Iron for his second shots to any of the Par-4s. Afternoon play was interrupted on three occasions by thunderstorms and eventually halted by darkness. Half the Field was still out. They marked their positions on the course and were scheduled to return at 7 . Friday to Complete play. British open Champion Ian Baker Finch of Australia was among those left on the course. He had nine Points through 10  new Haven Conn. A two heavy hitters gave heavy hits to Stefan Edberg and Ivan Lendl at the Volvo International on thursday. Richard Krajicek consistently hit 120-Mph serves Edberg  handle and beat the top seeded swede 4-6, 6-3,6-3. A the made a lot of return mistakes a Krajicek said. A after a while i started serving so Good that i could go for my returns and i just went for  a the played better and better As the match went on a Edberg said. A i served worse and worse As the match went on a Marc Rosset also consistently hit 120-Mph serves but he beat a tentative Lendl 6-4,6-4 by outlasting him on the Baseline. A i tried to put the Ball on the court and not make too Many mistakes a said Rosset ranked 41st. A for sure he did no to play Well. I done to know if he was trying or  of the top eight seeds Only fourth seeded John Mcenroe and fifth seeded Goran Ivanisevic remain in the tournament.  play Friday in a quarterfinal match. Mcenroe beat Fernando roes 6-0, 63 in the third round while Ivanisevic beat Jan Siemering 6-2,6-4. But the upsets still done to match last year when five unseeded players advanced to the quarterfinals. In other third round action thursday defending Champion Derrick Rostagno the ninth seed beat Paul Laarhuis 6-3, 7-5 no. 10 Michael Chang beat no. 7 Jonas Svensson 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 no. 11 Petr Korda Defeated no. 6 Richey Reneberg 6-3, 7-6 7-5 and no. 13 Omar Campo Volvo International rese beat Danilo Marcelino 6-2, 6-2. Krajicek a 20-ear-old from the Netherlands had eight aces but More damaging were the services Edberg got his Racket on and  rein in. A i had a few chances to break him in the second set but i did no to make enough returns a Edberg said. A i missed a lot of volleys i done to usually miss. I Wasny to very  Krajicek broke Edberg in the second game of the second set then held serve to win. He took control of the match when he broke Edberg in the third game of the third set. A i did no to even think about trying to break him again a Krajicek said. A i just thought about hitting the crap out of the  but Krajeck did break Edberg again at match Point. Both players attacked the net but Edberg Wasny to very successful. He frequently misfit into the net and missed with his passing shots. A a he a not that Good a volleyed but he did no to have to Volley that much tonight a Edberg said. Although both Edberg and Lendl lost to hard hitters the games were Sharp contrasts. While Edberg and Krajicek played aggressively Lendl and Rosset settled for a Baseline contest. Lendl said he did no to plan to stay Back he just Wasny to playing Well enough to at tack a whenever i tried something i did no to do it right a he said. Seles Sabatini Advance Manhattan Beach Calif. Apr Monica Seles and Gabriela Sabatini continued toward an anticipated showdown each decisively winning third round matches in the Virginia slims of los Angeles women a tournament on thursday. Seles the top seed who is ranked no. 1 in the world overpowered Amanda co Etzer of South Africa 6-4, 6-1. Sabatini the no 2 seed from Argentina who begins defense of her . Open championship later this month breezed past Debbie Graham 6-3, 6-1. Slims of los Angeles Arantha Sanchez Vicario the tourneys no. 3 seed had Little trouble beating Pascale Paradis Mangon of France 61, 6-3. Sanchez Vicario lost Only one Point on her serve in the first set and had her serve broken Only once that in the second set. She was to meet sixth seeded Helena Sutkova on Friday. Sutkova of Czechoslovakia rallied for a 6-7 7-46-2, 6-2 Victory Over uth seeded Mary Pierce of France