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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 8,1991 the stars and stripes Page 23 sports wire Santa Clara Virginia gain soccer final from wire reports Tampa Fla. A Santa Clara defender Cameron Rast scored the first goal and his brother Matt assisted on the second As the Broncos blanked Indiana 2-0 Friday night. The Broncos 20-1-1 Victory in the Mcaa final four set up a championship rematch with Virginia which Defeated St. Louis in Friday s first game to Advance to sunday s title match. The two teams last met in 1989 at Rutgers sharing the National title after four overtimes produced a 1-1 tie. Cameron Rast scored his fourth goal of the season and the game s first off a throw in from Peter Cochran at the 10 27 Mark. At the 59 09 Mark Patrick Griffin made it 2-0 when he scored his sixth goal of the year. In the other semifinal Forward Ben Crawley took a crossing pass from Lyle Yorks and headed it Home in the third overtime to give Virginia its Victory. Crawley a clincher was his second goal in the game. Longer sizzles in Challenge Johannesburg South Africa a Bernhard Lan Ger led an assault on Par Friday tying the tournament record of 7-under-Par 65 and took a four shot Lead Halfway through the million Dollar Golf Challenge. Langer posted seven birdies without a bogey Matching the scores turned in by fuzzy Zoeller Ana seve Ballesteros for the Best round in the 11-year history of the tournament. Lee Trevino holds the course record at 64. Langer a 133 total tied the tournament record for 36 holes held by David Frost. Love Daniel combo leads Tarpon Springs Fla. A defending champions Davis love Iii and Beth Daniel shot a 66 Friday for a one stroke Lead Over five other teams Midway through the $1.1 million . Penney classic. A second consecutive 5-under-Par round at the 6,400-Yard Innsbrook Golf resort gave love and Daniel a two Day total of 132. Douglass paces seniors Field Kaan Pali Hawaii a Dale Douglass faltered Only once As he fired a 7-under-Par 63 Friday to take the first round Lead of the first development Kaana Pali senior classic. Douglass drove into the rough made the Green on his approach and then 3-Putteato take a bogey on the Par-4, 400-Yard eighth Hole at the Royal Kaan Pali North course on Maui Island All around Champ tops bulls Las vegas a to Murray of Stephenville Texas who has already locked up his third consecutive All around Cowboy title took top honors Friday in the g round of Bull Riding Competition at the Quot i National finals Rodeo. Sports on the pm Tel  an be Btu sunday pro football a new Orleans at Dallas 7 . Buffalo at la. Raiders 10 . A monday pro football a Minnesota at Tampa Bay 2 . An seb radio sunday pro football Philadelphia at new York giants 7 . Buffalo at la. Raiders 10 . Monday pro football a Minnesota at Tampa Bay 2 . Round of Bull Riding Competition at the $2.45 been the result of a blow he suffered nov. 19. Opening million Murray 22, won $10,780 and increased his years earnings to nearly $170,000. Murray for the second straight year is competing in Bull Riding bareback Riding and Saddle bronc Riding. The top 15 contestants in each of seven events qualified to compete for shares of the record purse. Silver dome May be cup site new York a there will be More qualifying games for the 1994 world cup than there were for the last tournament and the Pontiac Silver dome appears to be favored As a world cup site. Soccer s governing body on Friday divided Europe into six qualifying groups instead of seven for the 1994 qualifying tournament and split South America into two groups instead of three. The fifa world cup organizing committee also took measures to prevent Iraq from playing Kuwait saudi Arabia Iran or the United Arab emirates in the first round of asian qualifying. Fifa spokesman Guido Tognoni also said the organization was leaning toward using the Pontiac Silver dome outside Detroit As a world cup site. Becker dumps Lendl in Antwerp Antwerp Belgium a Boris Becker spoiled Ivan Lendl s quest for a $1.25 million prize at the european Community championship on saturday beating Lendl 6-4,7-5 in the semifinals. The Winner gets $250,000 of the Overall $1.1 million prize Money but if Lendl had won he would have kept the Gold and Diamond trophy valued at $1 million. Trie first player to win the exhibition event three times in a five year Span gets to keep the trophy. Lendl already has one of those cherished rackets. He was in the running for a second trophy after victories in 1987 and 1989. Lendl wound up with $100,000 this time. Becker will take on the Winner of saturday s late semifinal which pitted american Aaron Krickstein against Italy s Omar Camporese. Olajuwon returns tuesday Houston a All Star Center Hakeem Olajuwon will return to the Houston rockets lineup tuesday in Portland after being sidelined More than two weeks with an irregular heartbeat. Olajuwon who has been on the injured list since nov. 23, will be at practice monday and will travel with the team to Portland to play in tuesday s game against the Trail blazers the rockets said Friday. The rockets said doctors have not determined a cause for Olajuwon s ailment but they said it May have it. German nabs women s super g Santa Caterina Italy a Katja Seizinger Germany a 19-year-old rising Star edged established veterans saturday to win the first world cup super giant slalom of the season. Seizinger finished in one minute and 19.97 seconds up1 austrian Barbara sad Leder was second in 1 19.99, Ingi for her first world cup Victory. Only 0.02 seconds behind the Winner. Seizinger a teammate Miriam Vogt was third with 1 20.37. Jenkins was fined for hitting Minnesota receiver Anthony Carter in the head area with the Crown of his helmet during a game on nov. 24. Hopkins said in a statement that he would Appeal. Heyward faces assault charges Metairie la. A four counts of assault have been filed against new Orleans saints running Back Craig Quot Lionhead Quot Heyward by the Jefferson Parish District attorneys office. The charges Stem from an oct. 11 incident in which Heyward was accused of assaulting two women. A s sign Lansford to 1 year Deal Miami Beach Fla. A the Oakland athletics took care of their top priority re signing Carney Lansford on Friday to a one year contract reportedly Worth $600,000 with incentives that could pay him up to $1.3 million. The Veteran 34-year-old third baseman who missed almost the entire 1991 season has been recovering from a knee injury suffered during a snowmobile Accident last new years eve. He played five games collecting one hit in 16 at bats and one rib. Brewers get Orosco Milwaukee a reliever Jesse Orosco was traded Friday from the Cleveland indians to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later. Orosco 34, is 60-57 lifetime with a 2.82 Era and 121 saves in 598 appearances. He was 2-0 with a 3.74 Era for cd Velana last season. Nixon s Appeal denied new York a Otis Nixon a attempt to shorten his drug suspension from 60 Days to time served was turned Down Friday by George Nicolau baseball a permanent arbitrator. Nixon a 32-year-old free agent outfielder was suspended by commissioner Fay Vincent on sept. 16 after testing positive for cocaine. He was with the Atlanta braves at the time and missed the final 21 Days of the regular season the no playoffs and the world series. Nicolaus ruling Means Nixon also will miss the first 18 Days of the 1992 season. Mariners deadline established Seattle a local officials have until March 27, 1992, to find a new owner for the Seattle mariners or risk having the team leave town. Mariners owner Jeff Smulyan put the club up for Sale Friday night for $100 million. The team will be offered to local buyers first As required by its kingdom lease. Judge rules against longhorn Austin Texas a a Federal judge has refused to further extend a temporary restraining order that allowed Texas Forward Dexter Cambridge to keep playing despite an Mcaa ruling that he is ineligible. Cambridge a 6-7,225-Pound senior from the Bahamas who is the leading scorer and rebound Der for the longhorns was declared ineligible last month by the Mcaa for accepting Cash from a Tan at a Junior College. . District judge Walter Smith of Waco Texas on tuesday had extended an earlier 10-Day temporary restraining order by three Days. By on Friday he allowed the restraining order to expire. Nil backs draw hitting fines Missouri s Coleman suspended new York a Philadelphia defensive Back Wes Hopkins was fined $7,500 by the nil on Friday and Detroit defensive Back Melvin Jenkins was fined $5,000 for rules violations. Hopkins was fined for hitting Houston receiver Ernest Givens in the head with his right forearm during monday nights game. Columbia to. A Missouri basketball player. In by the schools student conduct committee following Nis Misdemeanour Jamal Coleman was suspended Friday by the scr conviction for stealing from the University Bookstore. The one year suspension takes effect at the Start of the next semester in january and will prevent the 6-foot-5 senior from playing in the tigers 1992  looks to surpass Bonilla s record Deal Pittsburgh a Barry Bonds said he expects his next contract to break former teammate Bobby Bonillas record 29 million Deal. Bonds said he does not think the Pittsburgh pirates will give him a multiyear contract and expects to be traded. He id if Pittsburgh does no to Trade him hell to to arbitration and then test the free agent Market. A wait a year for me to come out and you la see numbers you never saw before a Bonds said. A everyone knows Bonds can get $6 million a year a said Whitey Herzog vice president of player personnel for the California Angels who Are interested in Bonds. Bonds indicated he  mind if he ended up with Bonilla on the new York mets. A a in a like to go to California but that a not the Only door opening a Bonds said. A a Bobby a in new York. Why  i want to play in new York a the pirates Are negotiating with Bonds agent Rod Wright on a multiyear contract. General manager Larry Doughty said the team opened discussions with a figure a in the area of our offer to Bonilla which would be about $23 million. Wright said the offer was unacceptable partly because of Doughty a statements that Bonds was a better player than Bonilla and should get More Money. The new York Yankees said wednesday that they would be interested in Bonds if the pirates decide to Trade him. Bonds said Bonilla called him after signing with the mets. A i was Happy for him a a he said a when he called me i told him a Twenty nine million. Its a Beautiful  a a  
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