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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes i a August 25,1991 c Page 24 braves win Trail by 1 Atlanta apr Dave Justice is Back and its almost like nothing has changed. Justice and Brian Hunter hit consecutive Home runs in the sixth inning to Lead the braves past the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 Friday night. The Victory made Tom Glavine became the National leagues first 16-game win Ner. Atlanta the hottest team in the no since the All Star break at 28-14, has won four straight in its attempt to overtake first world track records event record Holder country record and year set. R or i it v r 100 / Leroy Burrell United states 9.90,1991 400 / Butch Reynolds United states 43.29, 1988 800 / Sebastian Coe Britain 1 41.73.19811,500 / said Wouita Morocco 3 29.46, 1985 10,000 / Arturo Barrios Mexico 27 08.23, 1989 110 hurdles / Roger kingdom United states 12.92, 1989 _ 400 hurdles / Edwin Moses United states 47.02,1983 Marathon Loop / Belayneh Desimo Ethiopia 2 06 50,1988 400 relay / United states Henry Marsh Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell and Carl lewis37.67, 1991 High jump / Javier Sotomayor Cuba 8-0, 1989 pole vault / Sergei Bubka soviet Union 20-0 1/4, 1991 Long jump / Bob Beamon United states 29-2 1/2, 1968 100 / Florence Griffith Joyner United states 10.49, 1988 400 / Marita Koch East Germany 47.60, 1985 800 / Jarmila Kratochvil ova Czechoslovakia 1 53,28,1983 1,500 / Tatyana Kazankin soviet Union 3 52.47, 1980 5.000 / Ingrid Kristiansen Norway 14 37.33,1986 10.000 / Ingrid Kristiansen Norway 30 13.74, 1986 Marathon Point to Point / Ingrid Kristiansen Norway 2 21 06, 1985 400 relay / East Germany 41,37,1985 800 relay / East Germany 1 28.15, 1980 it High jump / Stefka Kostadinov Bulgaria 6-10 1/4,1987 Long jump / Galina Chistyakova soviet Union 24-8 1/4, 1988 other games on Page 22 place los Angeles in the no West. The braves Cut their deficit to one game As the dodgers lost 2-1 to St. Louis on Friday. Glavine 16-8 gave up three hits in six innings striking out seven and walking five in continuing his dominance of Philadelphia. The left hander is 8-1 lifetime and 3-0 in 1991 against the Phillies Mike Stanton pitched two plus innings and Rookie Mark Wohlers got the last three outs for his second save giving up a sacrifice Fly to Ricky Jordan in the ninth. The three pitchers combined on a six hitter snapping the Phillies three game winning Streak. Justice who came off the disabled list on tuesday after missing nearly two months with a strained Back 4ed off the sixth with a Homer off Terry Mulholland 12-11 to break a-1-1 tie. The Homer was justices 12th of the season and his first since june 19 a also off Mulholland. Lewis rides wind to 9.80 clocking in heat for 7 00 a by Bert Rosenthal a track writer Tokyo a Carl Lewis a Man on a Mission saturday showed Leroy Burrell that his Mission is not impossible. Lewis missions Are to win his third straight Gold medal in the 100-meter dash at the world track and Field championships and break Burrells world record of 9.90 seconds. Aided by a wind of 4.3 meters per second in a second round heat Lewis blazed to Victory in 9.80 seconds a the third fastest under any conditions. But because of the wind a Well Over the allowable 2.0 meters per second a Lewis time cannot be recognized As a record. It could however be a Strong message to Burrell that Lewis is ready for his usual big meet performance in sunday nights final. A today is not that important a Lewis the two time olympic Gold medallist said. A it does no to matter. Tomorrow is the race. A a in be run faster than that before with More  Lewis faster race came during the 1988 . Olympic trials in Indianapolis where he ran 9.78 with a wind of 5.2 meters per second. The Only other time faster than Lewis 9.80 was the 9.79 by Canadian Ben Johnson in the 1988 olympic final at Seoul. Johnson later was stripped of his world record and Gold medal after testing positive for a performance enhancing drug. After his spectacular race saturday Lewis was gloating and ecstatic. A fall year Long people have tried to count me out a he said. A i have yet to run my Best race. A i had two Good ones today. Now they Are in the memory Bank. I wish i could take this second race into the  Lewis also had the fastest time 10.12, in the first round heats. Lewis said he had been experiencing mechanical difficulties this season but corrected them in the past week during workouts at National stadium site of the Leroy Burrell Carl Lewis tailback Smith quits buckeyes 3rd world championships. A a in a driving a lot better to get into position quickly so i can get More momentum into the race a he said. A these Are the two Best races in be run mechanically All year. I wanted to run two Good technical races a and i  Burrell who has beaten Lewis in five of to Weir last six meetings after losing the first six was not nearly As Happy with his Herfor manages although he won both his eats. He took the first in 10.17, the second in 10.11. His heat in the second round was the Only one with Legal wind 1.5 meters per second. Meanwhile three finals were held saturday the first of the meets nine Days of Competition. China a Chihong Huang the 1989 world cup Champion became the first asian to win a Gold medal in the championships taking the women a shot put with a heave of 68 feet 414 inches Italy a Maurizio Damilano the 1980 olympic Gold medallist and 1984 and 1988 Bronze medallist won his second straight world title in the menus 20-Kilometer walk in 1 19 37, breaking the championship record of 1 20 45 he set in 1987. And Alina Ivanova of the soviet Union took the women a 10-Kilometer walk in 42 57, smashing the meet record of 44 12 set by country woman Irina Strakhova four years  sports Columbus Ohio up tailback Robert Smith has quit the Ohio state University football team because of a a winning at All costs Quot philosophy and says he will not return unless head coach John Cooper and assistant Elliot Uzelac Are replaced. Saturdays Cleveland Plain dealer and Columbus dispatch reported the decision by Smith who gained a freshman record 1,126 Yards Rushing last season and was the up freshman of the year to leave the team. A a in a not trying to bite the hand that feeds me but i just cannot play for those two coaches anymore a said Smith. A a it a completely against my  asked what it would take for him to return Smith told the Plain dealer a the removal of two coaches which the newspaper said meant Uzelac and Cooper. �?o1 just will not play for the staff that is in there right now a he told the Plain dealer. A i Nat to say that but that a the Way i Feci. A if the situation is different by next year i would love to play for Ohio state a he said. A if it is still the same situation i would have no Choice but to Transfer and play somewhere  a i just feel there Are some elements in the Ohio state program who have put winning above anything a winning at All costs if you will a and that includes the health of the players at times and the education of the players a he told the dispatch. �?o1 will not play in a program that operates in that fashion a he said.49ers beat sea Hawks for 5-0 record a Page 18 Brooks sets Pace in Golf series acc Sec College Grid previews Edberg Lendl reach tuneup semis a Page 18 a Page 21 a Page 23  
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