European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 23 sports wire ownership group sidesteps Seattle Issue from wire reports Seattle a major league baseball s ownership committee considered whether a japanese led investor group should be allowed to buy the mariners then punted the Issue Back to Seattle. Committee members decided Friday that they did no to need to take up the Issue unless the group reaches an agreement with Mariner owner Jeff Smulyan. Hiroshi Yamauchi president of Nintendo co. Ltd., Heads a group that has offered to buy the financially troubled team for $100 million with the japanese interests controlling 60 percent of the club. Several Seattle area businessmen would hold smaller shares. Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent softened his tone on Friday after initially saying it was unlikely such a Deal would be approved. Only americans and canadians have been permitted to own major league teams. A i think we ought to View this As a great compliment to baseball. And we Are in fact flattered by their attention and their willingness to invest a Vincent said. A i think we have however a Strong preference in favor of local ownership and our owners will have to confront this Issue with some  settles with Toronto Toronto a right hander Todd Stottlemyre coming off his Best year in the majors agreed to a one year contract with the Toronto Blue jays and avoided arbitration. Stottlemyre will get $1.2 million. His arbitration demand was for $1.4 million while the team offered $1 million. He earned $315,000 last year. Stottlemyre was 15 with a 3.78 earned run average last season when he led the team in starts with 34 and innings pitched with 219.Calcavecchia gains on Leader Scottsdale Ariz. A Mark Calcavecchia attained a tiny goal with help of an Ace and the Streak of the week on the pea tour. A i wanted to get a Good round and get Back in the tournament. I did that. So in a Happy Calcavecchia said Friday after a scoring Streak inspired by a Hole in one put him three strokes behind Leader Jay Delsing at the Halfway Point of the Phoenix open. Calcavecchia scored the second Hole in one of his tour career when a 169-Yard 8-Iron shot hit the Fla stick on the fourth Hole and dropped straight Down into the cup. He followed with a string of three consecutive birdies giving him a four Hole string of scores Reading 1,3,3,2. A you play four holes in nine it usually helps your score a Calcavecchia understated after finishing with a 6-under-Par 65 and a 134 total. Delsing who has yet to win in an eight season career on the pea tour made a save of Par from the water on the 17th Hole did not make a bogey and moved the Lead at the Halfway Point with a 65. With a 131 total 11 under Par after two trips Over the pc at Scottsdale Delsing held a 2-stroke Lead Over Brad Fabel John Huston and Billy Giasson. Huston shot a 64, Giasson a 65 and Fabel a 69.backley snaps own javelin Mark Auckland new zealand a Steve Backley of England broke his own world javelin record saturday. Backley threw the javelin 300 feet 1 Inch while competing in the Robin Tait meet surpassing his distance of 293-11 set in 1990. Pitburg reaches Csc final Pitburg a Germany a unleashing a trapping defense with the game on the line Pitburg made sure that Lindsey a winning Streak on the Barons floor died at one saturday. T he Barons who suffered their Only loss during a 12 championship season at Home to the flyers broke open a close game late in the second half for a 104-88 Victory before a packed House at the three team Continental sports conference menus basketball tournament. The outcome put Lindsey which edged Rhein main 99-96 in the tourney opener Friday night into a losers bracket final re match late saturday against the rockets. The Winner advances to Challenge Pitburg again but More significantly clinches the Csc a second berth in the Safe tournament scheduled for the last week of february at Raf bin Waters England. Pitburg by virtue of its regular season Crown was already in the Safe Field. The Barons avenged their regular season upset at the hands of the flyers behind 31 Points from Ralph Baltimore and 20 More from one of their pair of Kenneth Lloyds. Larry Gowens added la Points and 16 rebounds for the winners who must fall twice sunday to lose the tournament Crown. Gam times arc 1 . And should the need arise 6 . Lindsey which trailed Only 48-42 at intermission stayed close until late in the second half when bit Burgos pressure defense and Home crowd deflated their Effort. The flyers were led by Darius Lowers 17 Points. Damond Mccann added 12 Points and 11 rebounds for the losers and John Myrick also canned 12 Points. Rodney Harrell netted 11. The winners got 10 Points each from their other Kenneth Lloyd Kyle James and Thomas Hicks. Sports on an seb Central european time an television College basketball Ohio state at scion Hall 6 . Sunday. Pro football a super bowl xxvi pregame show 9 30 . Sunday. Pro football super bowl xxvi at Minneapolis Buffalo is. Washington Midnight  television pro football a super bowl xxvi pregame show 9 30 . Sunday. Pro football super bowl xxvi at min Neap ols Buffalo is. Washington Midnight , seb radio Aba a Detroit at Boston 6 30 . Sunday. Pro football a super bowl xxvi at Minneapolis Buffalo is. Washington 11 45 . Sunday. Tollner named rams a a coach Heinzer claims 4th downhill Anaheim Calif. A Ted Tollner former head coach at Southern Cal Friday was named quarterback coach of the los Angeles rams. Tollner 51, was the trojans head coach from 198386, after spending one year As an assistant at us under John Robinson the rams head coach for the last nine  want All Star recount Portland Ore. A the Atlanta Hawks requested a review of an Aba computer count that omitted Forward Dominique Wilkins from the top 10 All Star vote recipients in the East. A it just does no to make sense when a player like Chuck person gets 309,049 votes and Dominique does no to get half that Many a Lee Douglas Hawks vice president said Friday. A i believe Dominique would get As Many votes in Indianapolis As Chuck did. You know that As popular As a Nique is he had to out poll Chuck across the  person who plays for the Indiana pacers finished fifth in the voting at Forward behind Philadelphia Scharles Barkley Bostons Larry Bird Chicago a Scottie Pippen and Indiana teammate detlef Schrempf. Wengen Switzerland a Franz Heinzer of Switzerland strengthened his position As the olympic favorite in the downhill winning his fourth race of the Seu son saturday. Starting third Heinzer flashed Down the Lau burhorn course in 2 minutes 28.33 seconds More than a second in front to take the final downhill before the olympic event at Val do is re in two weeks. It was Heinz cry a third straight Victory following consecutive wins at Kitz Buchol last weekend. . Ski racer a. Kitt who won the season opening downhill at Val do Sere and is expected to be an olympic threat finished More than four seconds off the Pace on a course he had said was  sweep women s race Moraine France a Katja Seizinger led a German sweep of the top three places in a world cup women a downhill defeating Katrin Gutensohn by nearly two thirds of a second. Michaela Gerg was third in 1 39.82. It was sizing cry a second consecutive downhill Victory a she also won two weeks ago at sch runs Austria a and solidified her position As the olympic favorite. Lady Lions Chalk up 6th straight win Heidelberg a Carolyn Kirsch by Ben Abrams prep sports editor Wiesbaden Germany a the Heidelberg lady Lions  score at will Here saturday but they managed enough Points despite 30 turnovers to remain undefeated in Germany triple a Competition. The charges of Rich Bennett outlasted the Wiesbaden warriors 50-44 to Chalk up their sixth straight conference Victory. Wiesbaden dropped to 6. A this definitely was not one of our better games. When a team makes 30 turnovers it does no to deserve to win but we were fortunate and won. We were Lucky that Wiesbaden Wasny to hitting either a Bennett said. A Wiesbaden kept us away from the boards and we did no to dominate the rebounding like we generally do. Wiesbaden got quite a few offensive boards on Long shots that chromed Over our  Kim Johnson and Beth Johnson kept Heidelberg off balance with their Fine rebounding efforts. Each girl collected 10. The lady Lions who have been scoring 70 and 80 Points a game never trailed although the warriors managed to tie the count at 42 on Jamica Hudson a pop from the Side and again at 44 on Tamesha Willinghams rebound. Bui Heidelberg which had turned the Ball Over on three straight possessions regained its poise and preserved the win As Carolyn Kirsch scored on a drive off a steal and Heidi Gill who had 8 rebounds and 6 blocked shots tallied a pair of free throws and then hit a rebound. Kirsch who finished with eight steals off the Heidelberg press paced All scorers with 22 Points. Gill finished with 13, but no other lion managed More than five. Tamara incl in -., in defeat. She led the warriors with 17 Points handled the Ball superbly on offence and came up with six steals. But Heidelberg shut her Down in the fourth Quarter with a Box and one. A your defense really came through in the end when it had to. I was especially pleased with the Way we stopped Tamara in the fourth Quarter Quot Bennett said. Quot we Hail a Chance to pull off a big upset Todas and i thought for a Wenle we were going to do it when we caught up to them a Wiesbaden coach Lin Hairstone lamented. Quot then we made a couple of mistakes and they took the game Hai k Quot