European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Rimdal Annist pfc 19.q1 the stars and stripes sports wire Edberg Lendl gain Hamlet cup semis from wire reports Commack . A Stefan Edberg held off Jimmy Connors in three sets and Ivan Lendl rallied past Omar Camporese As the top two seeds advanced to the semifinals of the Hamlet Challenge cup on Friday. Connors 38 and ranked no. 195 in the world made Edberg ranked no. 2, work for every Point before losing 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Lendl rallied after losing the first two games for a 7-6 7-56-3 Victory. In another quarterfinal at the Hamlet Golf and country club qualifier Olivier Delaitre of Luxembourg beat Thierry Champion of France 6-4, 6-4. Fourth seeded John Mcenroe used pinpoint accuracy and a commanding serve to overpower Luiz Mattar of Brazil 6-3, 6-1 in the last quarterfinal match Friday night. With Edberg Connors Lendl and Mcenroe All playing it was the first time four former no. 1-ranked players took part in the quarterfinals of the same advances in orb meet Schenectady . A Wimbledon Champion Michael Stich of Germany routed Australia a a Todd Woodbridge 6-4, 6-2 on Friday to Advance to the menus semifinals of the orb International Tennis tournament. Germany Sanke Huber the women Stop seed and defending Champion was upset 6-3, 6-4 by Frances Alexia Dechaume in the women a quarterfinals. Huber ranked 46th in the world was continually frustrated by Dechaumes deep sliced returns especially to Hubert a backhand. Huber could never get her powerful ground stroke game unto alced and held serve Only once in the second set. Stich the top seed took just 70 minutes to beat Woodbridge breaking him twice in the second set. The menus second seed scr i Brugeras also lost. He was ousted by fellow spaniard Francisco Cla Michael Stich vet the eighth seed 6-1, 6-4 in a Baseline Duel that Cla vet called the Best win of his , male Eva Triumph Washington a top seeded Arantha Sanchez Vicario of Spain and Katerina male Eva of Bulgaria won their semifinals Friday to Advance to the title match of the Virginia slims of Washington. Male Eva the sixth seed upset third seeded Mary Joe Fernandez 6-3, 6-4 for her first Victory Over Fernandez since 1986. Sanchez Vicario advanced easily with a 6-0, 6-1 Victory Over Leila Meskhi of the soviet Union. Dunedin overwhelms Dhahran 23-7 Williamsport Paap Toby Evans hit two Home runs and went 4-for-5 As Dunedin fla., beat Dhahran saudi Arabia 23-7 in a Consolation game Friday at the Little league world series. Ronald Desantis and Chris Hart also had homers for the South Region Champion which had lost in the quarterfinals to san Ramon Valley Calif. San Ranion Valley will represent the United states saturday in the world championship game against Taiwan. Desantis also pitched the first five innings before Evans relieved him in the sixth. Dunedin got eight runs in the first inning led 125 after three and added five More the fourth and six in the fifth. Giselle Hardy the Only girl in this years tournament scored Dhahran a a first run on a basis loaded walk. The Only player who did t play was Dhahran a Marcus Jones who was caught off first to Complete a game ending triple play when Dhahran lost to Canada 5-3 in the quarterfinals. By first round Leader Laurel Kean and put her at 7-Undcr 137, one shot ahead of Sweden a Liselotte Neumann who also matched the record with a 66 for 138. Four players were two shots Back at 139.Senna sets another record spa Franco champs Belgium Ayrton Senna broke his one Day old track record saturday and held on to the pole position for the belgian grand prix a spot he had won provisionally. Senna driving a Mclaren Honda covered the 4.312-mile course in 1 mini it 47.811, clipping 1.289 seconds off the record he set Friday in averaging 144.00.Mph on the spa the longest of the 16 grand prix circuits. It was the 58th pole position of Senna a career. Riccardo Patrese of Italy had the second Best qualifying time but he was disqualified because the reverse gear in his Williams run Alt was not working. Frenchman Alain Prost and his Ferrari were moved up one spot in the starting Grid for sundays race. Prost had the third Best qualifying time. Patrese was almost a full second behind Senna at 1 48.661. Prost was clocked in 1 48.821. Senna a closest rival in the world standings Nigel Mansell of Britain will Start in the third wins at Bristol Bristol Tenn. A Dale Jarrett took the Lead on the 157th Lap of the Jay Johnson 250 and never gave it up going on to his first Victory at Bristol International raceway on Friday night. Jarrett who started Lith passed Dave Rezendes on Lap 157 and held on for a .4-second margin Over Bobby Labonte who won the Budweiser 250 Here in april. Its the third Victory this year for Jarrett who took second place twice last year in grand National Competition at the .533-mile, High banked track at Bristol. Labonte edged out Jeff Gordon for second Darcy Allison a who started 25th, claimed fourth. Jimmy Hensley was fifth. Bies Hiskey share senior Lead a Iott takes 40th Poe Albuquerque . A Don Bies birdied six straight holes beginning at the 10th Friday to fire an 8-under 64 and grab share of the Lead with babe Hiskey after one round of the Charlie Pride senior classic. Hiskey managed his share of the Lead with birdies on the final four holes at the four Hills country club. Let Trevino who withdrew from the pea championship citing a need to rest following a grueling summer schedule posted a 66 to join Gibby Gilbert in a tie for Chi Rodriguez nearing his avowed goal of becoming this years leading Money Winner was at 5-Undcr 67 along with Miller Barber Don january Billy Casper and Bob tops Lyga shootout Oak Brook 111. A Nancy Scranton matched the one Day old Oak Brook Golf club course record with a bogey free 6-under-Par 66 Friday to take the second round Lead in the inaugural Lyga shootout. Scranton a round tied the course record set thursday Bristol Tenn. A Bill Elliott captured his 40th career pole Friday night by leading All first Day qualifiers for the Lascar Bud 500 at Bristol International raceway. Elliott was clocked at 116.957 Mph in his Ford thunderbird edging Rusty Wallace who was to Start second in saturday nights race after finishing with a Speed of 116.361 sets land Speed record Bonneville Salt Flats Utah a a1 Teague of Santa be Springs Calif., has broken a 26-year-old land Speed record for a Piston driven car averaging 409.9 Mph for two runs Over Western Utah a Bonneville Salt Flats. That bettered the 409.277 set by Bob and Bill Summers. Teagues engine is a Basic drag racing engine 426 Chrysler bored out to 493 cubic inches. It Burns a mixture of Nitro and alcohol and produces around 1,500 cyclist wins Road race Stuttgart Germany a Leontien Vanmoorsel. Of the Netherlands captured the women a individual Road race title in the world cycling championships Over Slick streets after a saturday morning rain. Vanmoorsel finished the 49-mile race in 2 hours 9 minutes 47 seconds. Inga Thompson of the United states finished second almost two minutes behind. Alison Sydor of Canada was seeds reach Beach final Hermosa Beach Calif. Top seeded Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos advanced to the final of the . Pro Beach volleyball championships on Friday and were to face no. 3 seeds Adam Johnson and Ricci. Luyties in saturdays championship of the $750,000 tournament. Smith and Stoklos the defending champions advanced by beating Bruk Vandow Che and Andrew Smith 11-7 in the semifinals. Johnson and luyties Defeated Lewis and Powers seeded seventh 15-13 in the other winning team earns $100,000 while the second place team will split $24,650. As the culmination of the 24 pro Beach volleyball competitions held throughout the country this year the tournament also offers $500,000 in Bonus Money. Regardless of their finish this weekend Smith and Stoklos will tie for the most Points Overall and will Divide an extra $140,000. San Juan takes Pony Crown Washington a. A Ricardo Belia and Danny Castro hit consecutive Home runs to Start the game and. Angel Rolon and Jose Camilo also Hom Rcd As san Juan puerto Rico Defeated Fountain Valley Calif., 82 in the championship game of Pony league world series on Friday night. Germans haul in golds records Vienna Austria a Germany won four Gold medals at the world rowing championships saturday setting two world records and Britain broke two world Marks in winning the menus lightweight co less four and menus Cox less pair. Germans won the menus single sculls menus coxed fours menus lightweight double sculls and women a double sculls. Thomas Lange in the single sculls and the coxed four squad edged under world Best times. T he United states took Only one medal a Silver in the women a co less fours. Sports on an Central european time television baseball a Philadelphia at Atlanta taped9 30 . Sunday. Radio baseball a san Francisco at Pittsburgh 7 35 . Sunday.. Cism carers Chalk up 2 More wins Speyer Germany the Usa cism basketball team won two exhibition games in a weekend tournament saturday 68-52 Over pc Baunach and 97-h9 Over to Kirchheim Blanden. In the first game Samuel Jones air Force had 14 Points Ronnie Gibson marines had 12 and Mark Slimko air Force scored 10 to Lead the . Attack. The americans trailed 24-21 in the first half but rallied to a 29-24 halftime Lead before pulling away in the final six minutes. Five americans cracked double figures his 17 Points in Quot the second half. Gibson added 14, Ralph Baltimore of Pitburg scored 12, while Samuel and Melven Jones added 10 each. The americans expanded their 50-42 halftime Lead to 70-52 with eight minutes in the second game. Rob Marr of Laken to play by using their half court press to Heath came off the Bench to score All of devastating effect. The . Takes on Host tvs Speyer sunday at 11 30 . If the americans win they Advance to the championship game at 5 . The . Team then Heads Lor Athens Greece for the Quot ism world championships that begin tuesday and run through sept. 8
