European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 1, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 23 sports wire Petty tops n. C. Trials with record Pace Wnm diet Namit a from wire reports to Petty remained King of the Hill at North Carolina motor Speedway setting a qualifying record of 149.926 Mph Friday on the Way to his fourth pole in the last five tries on the one mile Oval. Petty who has also won the Good wrench 500 each of the past two years remained the favorite to do it again after breaking his own track record of 149.461 set last october when he barely outran Ken Schrader. A the main Competition this time was provided by Bill  drove a Ford thunderbird to a not so close 149.272. Nobody else even made it Over 149 on the sunny 65-degree afternoon. Fridays run came in a different Pontiac grand prix be than the once in which he has been so dominant Here the last two years. A the Duke the old car was built in 1990 and ran 14 races that year and about 10 races last year a Petty explained. A it was flexing so bad by the end of last year that we knew it was time to retire  the 31-year-old Petty son of longtime Lascar Stock car King Richard Petty earned himself another shot at the nocal 76 Challenge Bonus which this weekend stands at $190,000. The Bonus which builds at $7,600 a race goes to any Driver winning both the pole and the race. Mark Martin who had Pemberton As Crew chief the last four years was third at 148 449, followed by Brett Bodine at 147.581, both in thunderbird. The Pontiac of Rusty Wallace was fifth at 147.439 with Ernie Irvane a Chevrolet Lumina next at 146.694. Athe top 20 qualifiers Friday locked up starting positions in sunday s race with the rest of the 40-car Field to be determined  tops 1 St Day qualifying Johannesburg South Africa a Nigel Mansell of Britain Winner of the last grand prix in South Africa seven years ago turned in the fastest qualifying Lap Friday for sundays formula one race. Mansell was timed in 1 minute 15.576 seconds for the Lap on the 2.64-mile track outside of Johannesburg. He averaged 126.119 Mph in a  named to head Cal Hamilton Ontario a Larry Smith who played on two Grey cup championship teams has been named commissioner of the Canadian football league. Smith 40, is the ninth Cal commissioner. He takes Over from Donald Crump who resigned in . Leads in Chrysler cup Sarasota Fla. A Lee Trevino and Chi Chi Rodriguez combined for a 64 Friday to help the United i at Sta a a Over International team in the first round of the Chrysler cup at the tournament players club at pre Stancia. The americans won three of the four Best Ball stroke play matches with each Victory Worth five Points. Trevino and Rodriguez beat Gary player and Bob Charles who shot a 67 in the three Day event for top senior golfers. In the closest match of the Day the International team s Bruce Crampton and Tommy Horton edged Mike Hill and Jim Dent 67-68. Jim Colbert and Dale Douglass Defeated Harold Henning and Simon Hobday 65-69. Miller Barber and George Archer beat Bruce Devlin and Billy Dunk 68-72.coe moves ahead at Kemper away a Canadian Dawn Coe birdied the final two holes Friday to take a one stroke Lead weekend sports on Thefan seb television sunday pro basketball a Portland at Chicago 7 . College basketball a Duke at Urcla 10 . Monday hockey a Chicago at Burtalo 1 , seb radio sunday College basketball a Connecticut at scion Hall 6 . Duke at Urcla 10 . After three rounds of the women a Kemper open. Coe who started the Day in a six Way tie for first place shot 69 on the Par-72 course. She stood at 9-under-Par at 207 entering saturdays final round. I amp in Berteotti Cindy Rarick and Michelle Mackall were tied for second. At 209 was Sally Little. Eight others were within four shots of the lead.76ers Williams suspended new York a Philadelphia a Jayson Williams has been suspended for two games and fined $10,000 by the Aba for fighting during a game against Charlotte. Williams was to sit out saturdays game against Washington and will also miss next wednesdays Home game against Atlanta. He was suspended and fined for leaving the Bench coming onto the court and starting a fight thursday night by punching the hornets . Reid in the head said Aba vice president of operations Rod Thorn. Reid was fined $7,500 for throwing several punches. Charles Barkley of the 76ers was fined $2,000 for tossing the Ball at Reid and six players were fined $500 apiece for leaving their benches during the incident. Those players Are Anthony Frederick and Kenny Gatti son of the hornets and minute Bol Dave Hoppen Brian Oliver and Charles Shackelford of the 76ers.Yankees search for Leader new York a the search is on again for someone to run the new York Yankees. Commissioner Fay Vincent on Friday rejected Daniel r. Mccarthy a candidacy As managing general partner of the Yankees and gave the team two weeks to find a replacement. A it is not in the Best interests of baseball for or. Mccarthy to be the permanent general partner of the Yankees a Vincent said in a Short statement. Mccarthy a Cleveland lawyer and a close Friend of principal owner George Steinbrenner was proposed by the team on dec. 31, the Day Robert Nederlander resigned. A i am surprised greatly disappointed and frankly confounded by the decision a Steinbrenner  Routs Fernandez Indian Wells Calif. A top seeded Monica Seles needed Only 38 minutes to defeat seventh seeded Gigi Fernandez in fridays quarterfinals of the Evert cup Tennis tournament. The worlds no. 1 ranked player steamrolled Fernandez 6-0,6-0. Katarina male Eva of Bulgaria beat fifth seeded Nathalie Tauz iat of France 4-6,6-4,7-5. Third seeded Conchita Martinez of Spain also advanced after an easy 6-3,6-1 win Over fourth seeded Judith Wiesner of Austria. Ann Grossman upset eighth seeded Amy Frazier 6-4,5-7,6-4.becker, Mcenroe Advance Rotterdam Netherlands a Boris Becker and John Mcenroe scored Strong wins Friday to earn berths against each other in the singles semifinals of the an Amro indoor Tennis tournament. Joining them in saturdays other semifinal were Aleksandr Volkov of Russia and dutchman Paul  won in straight sets 6-3, 7-5, Over Patrick Mcenroe Johns younger brother. The elder Mcenroe seeded sixth overcame Austria Salex Antonitsch 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. Volkov the no. 7 seed took a 6-2, 6-3 Victory Over Jan  upsets Sanchez Scottsdale Ariz. A Brad Gilbert eliminated top seeded Emilio Sanchez 6-3, 7-5 Friday night to Advance to the semifinals of the Percx Tennis championships. Earlier no. 5 Mulivai Washington Defeated fourth seeded Argentine Alberto Mancini 6-3, 6-4. No. 8 seed Andrei Chesnokov of Russia won a War of nerves Over Marc Rosset of Switzerland 7-6 9-76-4, and in an All italian matchup of unseeded players Stefano pcs co Solido ousted Cristiano Caratti 6-2, 7-6 7-2 Boom loses in doubles Indian Wells Calif. A the worlds former no. 1 player Bjorn Borg and doubles partner Marty Riessen lost their match Friday at the at senior tour doubles tournament. Borg and Riessen lost to Jose Higueras and Roy Emerson 6-2,6-4 in the opening round of the $24,000 round Robin tournament. Cliff Drysdale and John Lloyd won their match against Ken Rosewall and Stan Smith 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 7-5. Rod Laver and Bob Lutz Defeated Fred Stolle and Ilie Nastase 6-1,6-3. Tom Gorman and Dennis Ralston Defeated Tony Roche and John Newcombe 3-6,6-3,6-2.olympic Champion wins is Narvik Norway a Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden a Gold medal Winner at Albertville won her first world cup race of the season Friday taking the giant slalom her olympic specially. Wiberg had a combined time of 1 54.55. Anita Wachter of Austria finished second. Diann Roffe who shared the olympic Silver medal with Wachter came from ninth in the first run to finish fifth 1.35 seconds  cup race cancelled Shizu Kunishi Japan a the world cup menus downhill race was cancelled saturday due to thick fog an official said. Officials who waited three hours to make the decision said Only the super Grace scheduled for sunday will be held. The downhill race was scheduled to be run on the mount Takakura course. Officials waited three hours before making the final decision to cancel the  Brien captures Pentathlon Moscow Idaho a Dan of Brien set a world record 4,497 Points and tied meet Marks in the High jump and 60-meter High hurdles at the tac Usa men s indoor Pentathlon championships Friday. The event Drew 10 competitors and of Brien swept All five events. Of Brien ran the High hurdles in 7.88 seconds. He Long jumped 24 feet m inches threw the shot put 48-2v, High jumped Ivi and ran the 1,000 meters in 2 40.12. Of Briens record Breaks the 4,440 Points accumulated by Christian Plazibat of France in 1990. Steve Fritz came in second with 4,107 total Points. Rhode Island opens Campus gambling probe Providence . Apr University of Rhode Island president Robert Lar others said Friday the school would begin an internal investigation of alleged gambling on Campus. Carothers said the University would Start its probe because state police were not sharing evidence from their investigation of a sports betting ring believed to Nave operated at Uri Bryant College and unidentified other colleges. He acknowledged rumours that some 3 May ave been involved. But he iai5�?T i do not believe that there is any credible evidence of any kind having to do with Point shaving. Coaches feel very strongly that it did not  coach a1 Skinner said rumours of Point shaving were  rumours began after police were led to the gambling ring by the brother of basketball Captain Jeff Kent. Scott Kent a former Rhode Island football player allegedly owed $7,000 to the ring. A no in a not involved a Jeff Kent said after practice thursday night. He also said he had no knowledge of any gambling on the Campus until the latest news. . Attorney Lincoln Almond said his office would get involved Only if there were Federal violations including interstate crimes. He said his office was not involved but noted that state police said they have evidence a of interstate  students said Friday they were not surprised at news that a gambling ring operated on Campus. A i know its being done a said Sophomore de Hannan sports editor of the student newspaper. A i know personally people who have lost Large sums of Money upwards of $5,000, $6,000, $7,000.�?� he also said its common knowledge that a you can be in Contact with a Bookie in 10  police said thursday they had cracked the gambling ring after making three arrests including that of the alleged ring Leader Bryant College senior Matthew Zimmerman 21, of Providence. Police said they were led to Zimmerman through Scott Kent who they say had been acting As a bookmaker. Police alleged Zimmerman tried to pressure Scott Kent to pay him 57,000 and Kent who has not been charged agreed to cooperate with police in a probe of Zimmerman. Police had no comment on whether they would file charges against Scott Kent