European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 21, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 25 longer leads by 1 Montero Bay Jamaica apr Bernhard Langer who missed from Short Range in the Ryder cup raised both arms in Salute to a Long distance Effort that gave him the first round Lead thursday in the world championship. Langer the anguished German who world championships let the Ryder cup slip away when he too missed a 5-foot, last Hole putt at Kiawah Island s.c., dropped one from 55 feet in Bright Caribbean Sunshine to move in front of a Field of most of the games top players. A it looked like it was in All the Way a Langer said after the Slick Down Hill Down Grain putt wobbled into the cup on the 18th Hole at the Iyall resort course. The putt finished off a 4-under- 67 and gave Langer a one stroke Lead Over a pair of australians Craig Parry and Greg Norman. Paul Azinger and Frank Nobilo of new zealand were next at 69 and tied masters Champion Lan Woosnam of Wales shot 72, and British open Winner Ian Baker Finch of Australia struggled to a 75. But . Open title Holder Payne Stew Art and pea Champ John Daly had even More difficulty with the narrow fairways and Knic dec rough. Each shot 77. Quot ers Ion for fourth in the Field of 26 play chasing a total purse of $2.5 Milli and a $525,000 winners share. Seve Ballesteros of Spain was alone at 70 after he birdied three of his last four holes. But the Little resort course lengthened Yards to 6,848 Yards for this Ina Bernhard Langer. Drops 55-foot putt Gural tournament and toughened by . Open style Bermuda rough was More than some of the games Best could handle. Take for example the holders of the four major championship titles for 1991. Stewart played a wrong Ball from the deep stuff on the second Hole made a triple bogey and played the from Side 5-Over-. Among Dalys adventures was a four putt on the 11th Hole. His wildly erratic card showed five birdies five bogeys five pars and three double bogeys. That too added up to 77. A the fairways Are maybe the tightest in be Ever played a Azinger said. A a the first Cut of the rough is not severe but beyond that its As Tough As anything in be Ever  linger agreed. A a the fairways Are very narrow. The rough is very punishing. Its set up like a . Open course a said Langer who scored a five stroke Victory two weeks ago in South Africa his last Start. A a in be had a pretty Good year a he said. A a in be won four tournaments so far. In be played Well since the Ryder cup. A missing that putt at the Ryder cup was very disappointing Quot he said a but i got Back on my feet  Woosnam s $9,000 masters trophy is stolen from train London apr the Sterling Silver masters trophy won by Ian Woosnam this Spring has been stolen from a British Tram capping a frustrating Hal year for the worlds top golfer. British transport police said the trophy a $9,000 copy of the original was taken from a train monday while in route from London to Woosnam a Home in Oswestry in Western England. The trophy was being returned to Woosnam a Home after being displayed on a bbl television show reviewing the years sports highlights. The masters Victory was Woosnam a first major title. Woosnam has suffered through a slump since that Victory and has been weakened in recent weeks by an exhausting travel schedule. He currently is playing at the world championship in Jamaica. A Ian has worked so hard for  a Long time to win the masters. For him to achieve it and then lose the trophy a particularly at this time of year a is terribly upsetting for All the family Quot his wife Glend Ryth said Friday. A we Appeal for anyone with information to help in its  Kaiserslautern Christmas shootout Pir Masens tops a town again for Crow Canada wins Usa cup opener 4 7 Albany . A Dave King never had it so Good. A you always Hope the Guys will impress you but we be got too Many Guys impressing us a King said thursday night after his Canada squad Defeated the . Olympic hockey team 4-1 in the opening round of the Usa cup. Canada 30-8-6which Hasni to won an olympic Gold medal in hockey since 1952, Hasni to lost in a month and has a 7-2-2 record Over team Usa As the teams head toward the Holiday break. A i done to think we re yet in the status of being a contender for a Gold medal a King said. A i think we be got a Good team. I think we re medal contenders but i done to think we can be worried about other people s expectations for us a the american Public has had great expectations for every . Team since the 1980 Miracle on ice at Lake Placid. But the United states has lost five straight to Canada and owns a disappointing 14-24-6 record. Coach Dave Peterson remains unconcerned. A a we re tired we be travelled hard a Peterson said. A but Well make a Good Bounce after we get some rest. Once we get away and get Home for five Days it will almost be like a rebirth. A we knew going in that we be got a schedule that a not going to give us a lot of wins. So you be just got to keep working on the positive aspect of the Good  the Good things seem to keep happening to Canada which is unbeaten in nine games. Canada built a 2-0 Lead through two periods on a Fluke goal by Joe Juneau and one by Chris Kontos with Only 21 seconds left in the second period then staved off a . Rally and finished with third period goals by Kontos and Jason Woolley. David Jensen scored the Lone . Goal Early in the third period but Canada capitalized on mistakes to keep the americans wingless since beating the nil expansion san Jose Sharks 6-2 on nov. 17. The americans Are 0-10-1 in that stretch. Canada was to play the soviet selects Friday night and team Usa closes out the round Robin tournament today against the  kicker Dies following brain seizure Philadelphia a Erik Bird a record setting place Kilcer for Lehigh University died thursday following a brain seizure while recovering from routine shoulder surgery. Bird 21, was pronounced dead at 7 35 p.m., said Phyllis Fischer of Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. Bird of Casselberry fla., underwent surgery wednesday at Muhlenberg Hospital Center at Bethlehem pa., to repair damage to his shoulder which was dislocated two years ago during a game Lehigh spokeswoman Rita Malone said. He was recovering normally from the surgery until about 1 30 . Thursday when he suffered a brain seizure and a cat scan revealed a Large brain tumor Malone said. Bird was flown by helicopter 50 Miles of Hahnemann arriving at 6 . In critical condition Fischer said. Malone said doctors have not established a connection Between the seizure and the surgery performed by the team physician or. Emil j. Dilorio. By Mike Bowers staff writer Kaiserslautern Germany Pir Masens blew open a close game with a 14-3 second half run to win the Christmas shootout Here at Kleber a semen a fitness Center. However it was the inside domination by the roadrunners twin towers Darnell Arbett and Bart Curry that proved to be too powerful for the panthers. Arbett scored 24 Points and grabbed 17 rebounds while Curry netted 19 Points with 15 rebounds and four blocked shots. Arbett was also named the tournaments most valuable player and selected to the All tournament team. A boxing out is the key Quot said Arbett of his rebounding. A the whole team did a great Job of keeping their Man away from the  Curry agreed with Arbett. A just boxy pm out and jump High a he said. A a it a real hard out there but the team Effort got us through. We started off slow but turned it around in the second half. We did no to want to play two  Kaiserslautern looked Likely to Force to Force a second game As they jumped out to a 54-46 halftime advantage behind the scoring of Lou Hardman and George rennet. Both had 12 Points the first half. But Curry Arbett and Gerald Davis scored buckets to Cut into the panthers Lead at the Start of the second half. Hardman responded with three baskets and a pair of free throws to keep the margin for the Home team. After trading baskets during a torrid Pace Curry a Layup tied the game at 68 with less than 12 minutes remaining. A a we re a second half team a said Davis who scored 17 Points to go along with 12 rebounds and five assists. A a we be been playing that Way All year. Six times we be player a town. We always seem to get that last minute spurt when we need it. We re just a Good Overall team a said Davis. Kaiserslautern a player coach Donald Robinson agreed his team was outplayed in the final stanza. A when they have to come up with big plays they do so a said Robinson. A they always get that last surge in the end. They re Well coached and play Well to Ether. We played Well but just did no to ave it in the end. As a credit to the team we did hang in  a we came Here to win the tournament not just play a said Parma sense coach Jackson Rogers. A when we were behind at halftime i told them keep their focus on our Overall goal. A we want to work the Ball inside take Good shots and rebound. We accomplished that in the second half. It was a combined Effort by 12 of the greatest Guys in be  in late games thursday Worms 86, Mannheim 83 the Mustangs sent the wildcats packing by overcoming a 12-Point first half deficit. Mannheim was ahead 39-35 at the half. Ken Dailey and Gregory Vaughn provided the scoring punch. Dailey scored 25 while yanking Down 23 rebounds and Vaughn added 20 Points. Burleigh Millers 16 was tops for  81, Darmstadt 74 Wendell Moore hit six free throws Down the stretch to preserve the win and o is the defending Champion demons. Clutch shooting by Leonard Thomas and Goliath Yeggins enabled Nurnberg to pull away for the Victory. Yeggins scored 19, Tnomas 11, Albert Williams 17, and Michael Mathews 12. Yeggins also had 13 rebounds. Carl Morrison led Darmstadt with 17