European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes tuesday february 11,1992 indoor track Morcelia s mile Falls Short of world record Fairfax a. Apr in the end he had to go it alone and he  do it All by himself. Algerians Nourdine Morcelia had promised an assault on Eamonn Coghland a nine year old world indoor mile record at sundays Mobil 1 invitational and he made a valiant Effort. But while pacesetters were set to Lead him through three quarters of a mile Morcelia took the Lead just past a half mile and ran to the front. He held on to win in 3 54.41, but a 60-second third Quarter doomed any Chance he had at Coghland a Mark of 3 49.78. A i was just trying to make the spectators Happy a he said. Morcelia a Solo Effort was far from the Only exciting performance of the meet. There was two time olympic Gold medallist Jackie Joyner Kersee coming within 0 03 of her american record for the 60-meter hurdles even though she was off balance and Over striding because meet officials mistakenly placed the hurdles at the menus Mark. Andre Cason continued his dominance of the indoor sprint scene running 6.54 to defeat Leroy Burrell in the 60-meter dash for the second time in three Days. Tony Dees won the 60-meter hurdles in 7.53 by out leaning archrival Greg Foster who finished in 7 54. And Maxsim Tarasov of Russia won the pole vault on his third and final attempt at 19-1, defeating Bill Payne and Istvan Bagula of Hungary and George Mason University. Joyner Kersee did no to let the Flap Over the hurdle placement detract from her enjoyment. A i Felt like a 747 trying to get off and Bobby her husband and coach said you were too High a Joyner Kersee said. A i was Happy when the girl came and told me the hurdles were too  was she surprised to run 7.84, so close to the american record of 7.81 she set at this meet three years ago Quot absolutely a Joyner Kersee said. A to run like that with hurdles where they were that a pretty  in other events Danny Harris won the 400 meters in 47.36, despite having run almost no Speed work this season. Morocco a Mohammed Cho Massi kicked past Trautman to win the 3,000 in 7 54.86. Joetta Clark won the women a 800 in 2 02.83, kenyans Paul Nereng won the menus 800 in 1 48.95, and Natasha Kaiser Defeated Diane Dixon to take the women a 400 in 52.63. Appell captures Marathon by the los Angeles times Long Beach Calif. Olga Appell of Mexico running with the strongest incentive known to Amateur athletes a a Chance to make an olympic team a emphatically won sundays 11th annual Long Beach Marathon in a time of 2 hours 30 minutes 43 seconds. Appell who trains in Albuquerque n.m., beat former teammate Maria Trujillo who ran 2 35 40, and Maureen Custy Roben third in 2 41 54. Alfredo Rosas of los Angeles won the menus race a tactical one in a time of 2 18 40, beating Sam Rostich of Kenya who was timed in 2 19 13, and Doug Kurtis of Northville mich., who ran 2 19 26. A Pittsburgh a Larry Murphy 55 wrestles Bostons Steve Leach for the puck during the Bruins Victory on sunday. Ruzika stars As Bruins win by United press International Boston a the Boston Bruins have finally won something from the Edmonton oilers. A two time loser to the oilers in the Stanley cup finals the Bruins won last october a Trade Between the clubs by a landslide. Vladimir Ruzicka proved that sunday by scoring four goals and picking up an assist in 6-3 Triumph Over the injury riddled Pittsburgh penguins Bostons first Victory in five games. Oiler general manager Glen Sather granted Ruzick a a request to be traded after former Edmonton coach John luckier refused to give the czechoslovakian Center ice time last season. But what was lost on luckier was instantly apparent to newly acquired Bruin Center Adam Oates. A the May be Able to score about 60 or 70 the Way he can shoot it a said Oates who was acquired from St. Louis on Friday for Craig Janney and Stephane quintal. A puck handling wizard who can finish off plays Ruzicka gives the Bruins the kind of offensive weapon they lacked to compete with the oilers in their 1988 and 1990 Stanley cup bids. Ruzicka has 13 goals in his last nine games and 34 on the season. Bob Carpenter and Peter Douris also scored for the Bruins. Oates playing his second game for Boston had two assists to run his league leading total to 63. Elsewhere in the nil sunday capitals 6, Sharks 2 Landover my. A John Druce collected his first career hat trick in Little More than a period to Power National hockey league Washington to Victory in its first game against expansion san Jose. Kings 5, sabres 4 Buffalo a Mike Donnelly fired a slap shot from the right Circle past goaltender Daren Puppa with 2 02 left to lift los Angeles. Dave Andreychuk scored his 27th and 28th goals of the season for Buffalo. Devils 2, Nordques 1 Quebec a Stephane Richer scored with 3 14 left in regulation and Chris Terreri made 28 saves to carry new Jersey to its 11th Triumph in 17 games. Quebec has won once in 16 games. Whalers 4, North stars 4 Hartford a the whalers staged a three goal comeback in the final period to tie Minnesota but their wingless Streak reached 14 games 0-8-6. Hartford salvaged the tie when Jim Mckenzie scored his second goal in a two minute Span with 3 18 remaining in regulation to Cap the comeback from a 4-1 deficit. Rangers 5, red wings 5 new York a Keith Primeau Bobby Dollas and Sheldon Kennedy scored second period goals to lift the red wings into a tie. The rangers Mike Gartner tied an nil record when he scored his 30th goal in the first period marking the 13th straight season in which he s reached or surpassed that plateau. Only Bobby Hull 1959-1972 and Phil Esposito 1967-80 have accomplished that  claims pole in Daytona qualifying Daytona Beach Fla. A Sterling Marlin led the expected Ford qualifying Blitz sunday taking the pole position for the feb. 16 Daytona 500 and sharing the front Row with new teammate Bill Elliott. Marlin who has yet to win a Lascar Winston cup event but finished second to Ernie Irvan in the 500 last year came up with his third career pole adding this one to the poles he earned last july for the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway and the diehard 500 at Talladega super Speedway. Marlins fast Lap of 192.213 Mph was just Quick enough to beat Elliott a 192.090 and is the slowest pole winning Speed for a scary a richest event since Cale Yarborough a 187.536 in 1978. All three of marlins poles have been accomplished with restricted engines since Lascar has been requiring Carburettor restrict or plates at both Daytona and Talladega in recent years in order to slow the Stock cars in the interest of Driver and fan safety. A a we be figured out we be got one Good motor a Marlin said happily. A a it a the same motor that we used last july 4 for the pole Here and the same one that we used to win the pole and run the race at  Ford thunderbird which dominated Winter test sessions Here swept the top six positions and seven of the top eight in sundays opening qualifying session for the season opening race. Harry Gant appeared to have broken into the domination of the Fords by posting the fifth fastest Lap 190.702 Mph in an Oldsmobile Cutlass. But the Speed was disallowed several hours after the qualifying session following an inspection of the top 10 cars by Lascar officials. Dick Beaty the Winston cup director said Gantus car was found to be a Quarter Inch too Low following its qualifying run. Only the top two qualifiers in the first session Clinch starting spots in the race Day Field with the next 28 positions set in thursdays twin 125-mile qualifying races and the final 10 spots from the remaining fast qualifiers in time trials sunday monday and tuesday. Mark Martin was third on sunday at 191.750, followed by surprising Dorsey Schroeder the 1989 Acca trans am and 1990 Simsa to Road racing Champion who is driving a thunderbird Here for Junie Donlavey at 191.404. The Fords of Phil Parsons who took Over Bill Elliott a ride with Harry Melling after Elliott left for Junior Johnson steam and Allison were next at 190.319 and 190.271. Two time defending Winston cup Champion Dale Earnhardt had the fastest Chevrolet Lumina taking the seventh position at 190.082