European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 28, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 21women s run Field is filled Houston a the . Olympic women a Marathon trials sunday had More subplots than a soap opera. A Winner Janis Klecker fell near the 15-mile Point and was helped up by runner up Cathy of Brien. A third place finisher Francie Larrieu Smith made the . Team for a record tying fifth time. A Lisa Weidenbach again failed to make the olympic team by finishing fourth for the third consecutive time in the trials. Only the top three finishers qualify. A Kim Jones the fastest qualifier dropped out Early with an ankle injury. Klecker a fall at a water station did no to Stop her from the biggest Victory in her 12-year Marathon career. A we were All going for the water Stop a Klecker said. A your legs got tangled a i done to know who i tripped Over a and i wound up on the ground with a loud scream. The pack went past me and then Cathy came Back and picked me up. A i Felt of but i needed to gather myself. I was not Hurt just shaken  Klecker quickly got Back into Contention along with of Brien. At the time of Brien was in better shape and eventually took a a Lead of More than 100 Yards with less than a mile remaining. But then her Hamstrings tightened and Klecker swept past her at about the 26-mile Mark and won by some 50 Yards Over the final 385 Yards of the rain sickened course. Joining the 31-year-old Klecker and 24-year-old of Brien a 1988 olympian on the . Team at the Barcelona games will be 39-year-old Larrieu Smith. Klecker a Minnesota dentist was timed in 2 hours 30 minutes 12 seconds a a career Best by 19 seconds. A when i crossed the finish line i Felt like i was on a Cloud a Klecker said. Of Brien finished in 2 30 26. On her Noble gesture of helping a fellow runner someone who could have beaten her for a place on the team of Brien said a it happened quickly. We were going for water. I thought i would go Down. It was an instant reaction. I grabbed her and said a Are you All right a a a that gave me a burst of adrenaline a of Brien said. Larrieu Smith who had made three olympic teams at 1,500 meters and one team at 10,000 meters wound up third in 2 30 39. She still is seeking her first olympic medal. She is Only the second five time ofy�1 Pian in . Track and Field history. The other was Long jumper Willye White. A Palmer turns in a super sunday Arnold Palmer. Fistful of dollars Koala coast Hawaii a Arnold Palmer staged one of his classic charges sunday to win two holes Worth seven skins and $205,000 in the senior skins game. After playing poorly and being shut out the first Day of the two Day tournament Palmer stormed Back to win $100,000 when he chipped in from the fringe on the 12th Hole then picked up $105,000 More with a 15-foot Birdie putt on no. 15. The total of $205,000 for Palmer at 62 the oldest player in the senior skins gave him the tournament title for 1992. He also won the senior skins in 1990, when he earned $240,000. Chi Chi Rodriguez won $105,000 sunday $70,000 with a 40-foot putt for Birdie on no. 17, and $35,000 with a 5-foot Birdie putt on the first playoff Hole after no. 18 was tied. That ran his total for the tournament to $120,000. Jack Nicklaus the big Winner last year with $310,000, this time was blanked Over the nine holes played sunday after winning $95,000 the first Day. Lee Trevino who also came up empty on sunday won $30,000 on saturday. A after the Way i played saturday i was about As Low As in be been in some time a Palmer said. A i practice some after we played went out and played most of the Back nine and i Felt a Little better starting today Felt looser. A i think the putt i made at no. 10 to halve the skin with Chi Chi was a big putt for me. Its hard to get Over that thing when you re not making putts and that one did it for me. A after that 1 Felt when 1 did no to Birdie a Hole it was Only because 1 had made a mistake. I Felt like i should Birdie every  Nicklaus smiled and said he Felt almost like a Spectator on sunday explaining a when you shoot something like a 34 and done twin a skin. You just watch two Guys play As Well As Arnold and Chi Chi did and feel you weren to even really in the  both palmers big Money winning shots came on Par-3, 202-Yard holes at the Mauna Lam resort course. Palmer who overnight seemed to straighten out problems with his Irons that plagued him saturday hit his tee shot to within 15 feet of the pin on no. 15. Trevino who was just outside Palmer missed his putt then Palmer stroked the Ball into the Middle of the cup to earn $105,000. The payoff on no. 12 reached $100,000, and Palmer won it with a dramatic 45-foot Chip shot from the fringe. The $450,000 total purse was broken Down to $15,000 for each of the first six holes $25,000 each for the next six then $35,000 each for the final six holes. Drought ends for Calcavecchia by Bob Green Scottsdale Ariz. A Mark Calcavecchia won his first tournament in 2vz years sunday when he pulled away to a five stroke Victory in the Phoenix open. Calcavecchia once one of golfs brightest Young stars but a struggling also ran since his 1989 British open Victory returned to form with a near flawless 8-under-Par 63 in the final round on the pc at Scottsdale. He did not make a bogey did not have a �?o5�?� on his card and won going away finishing with a string of four consecutive birdies. Calcavecchia who has a Home in nearby Phoenix was Given a Long ovation from a huge gallery of friends and neighbors when he capped his finishing Streak with a 30-Yard Chip in on the final Hole. That gave him a 264 total a Distant 20 under Par and provided him with his second title in this event. The Victory the sixth of his pea tour career was Worth $180,000 from the total purse of $1 million. More important however it wrote an end to his seasons of discontent and re established Calcavecchia As one of americans More accomplished performers. A there were times last year when i had to dig Down pretty deep to keep myself going a he said. A there were times i questioned myself a said Calcavecchia who reached the Depths of his slump when he blew what appeared a certain Victory in Ryder cup singles matches. A there were times i wondered a whereas Calcis putting stroke whereas Calcis Chipping stroke whatever happened to that Guy a a he answered his own question. A the came Back this  Duffy Waldorf who kept Pace Over the front Side with a 31, could not handle Calcavecchia a closing burst and finished second at 269. He had a closing 67. A i Felt like i was Riding with him through 15, Matching shot for shot a Waldorf said. A then he shut the door making Birdie on the last  Rocco mediate had a wildly erratic Back nine that included two double bogeys an Eagle and four birdies. He shot 67 and was third alone at 271. Mark of Meara third round Leader Jay Delsing and John Huston tied for fourth at 272. Of Meara a playoff loser last week in the Bob Hope classic shot 69. Huston shot 70 and Delsing had a 72. Foyt preparing for 35th straight indy by Mike Harris a motor sports writer to paraphrase Mark Twain reports of . Foyto a retirement Are somewhat exaggerated. Foyt fought Back last year from serious foot and leg injuries for what he said was going to be his final season behind the wheel. Now he has decided he a not ready to Call it a career. The 56-year-old texan who has won just about every major event in motor sports at least once is entered in the feb. 16 Daytona 500 and vows he will race in May in a record 35th consecutive Indianapolis 500. Foyt says he has lost 20 pounds and that his legs and feet injured in an indy car crash at Elkhart Lake wis., in september of 1990, Are feeling great. What could probably be called another comeback will Start sunday at Phoenix International raceway where Foyt will race in the Stock car division of the Copper world classic. A a in a just going to creep Back into it a Foyt said. A a in a ready to hang it up but in a not ready to hang it up. A i really enjoy it and i was hurting so bad trying to make myself do something last year. I probably  even have tried to come Back last year at All. I should have waited a  Foyt missed the 1991 Daytona 500, the first time he had failed to run in a scary a Stock car Crown jewel in 25 years and a race he won in 1972. But he was Back in time to race at Indianapolis where he is a four time Champion. The longtime indy favorite surprised everyone but himself by qualifying for a front Row Start in the 75th Indianapolis race but was eliminated from the event in the Early going after slamming into debris from an Accident. He was Able to drive his car slowly around the 21/-Rnile Oval for one More Lap accepting the accolades of the crowd of More than 400,000 people most of whom thought they were seeing Foyt driving at indy for the final time. But that disappointing finish troubled him. It bruised his ego. Later in the year he said �?o1 done to want that to be the Way people remember my last race at indy. If the fans still want me and my sponsor still wants me i just might be  Eddie Thrap a close Friend and representative of Copenhagen Foyto a sponsor said his company has a contract with Foyt for All of his 1992 racing. Foyt would not say if he will drive in any other events this year but friends said it is not inconceivable that Foyt would enter several More Stock car races and attempt to run the four indy car Oval events besides Indianapolis. . Foyt