European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 8,1992 the stars and stripes c Page 23 sports wire res sue for bid prexy vows to refuse from wire reports Las vegas a attorneys for the sixth ranked Jelv basketball team Are going to court to keep the school a a players on the court. A suit seeking to Force the Mcaa to allow the run line rebels into the Mcaa tournament was filed in late court Friday and a judge set a hearing on its Merts for next week. District judge Donald Mosley issued a temporary retraining order allowing the running rebels to practice sending wednesdays nearing on a request for a pre Minary injunction. University president Robert Maxson however said he school would turn Down any invitation to the tournament. A a univ made a Promise to the Mcaa. Jerry Tarkanian made a Promise to the Mcaa. We should keep that Promise a Maxson said. Univ is banned from this years Mcaa tournament As he final Resolution of a Case involving coach Jerry Tarka Nian that stretched Back to efforts by the Mcaa to sus need him in 1977. The school won the National championship in 1990 and reached the final four last year. The suit filed by attorney Steve Stein seeks to overturn a november 1990 agreement that closed the 12-year-old Egal fight Between Tarkanian and the Mcaa. Gambling probes Clear rams South Kingstown . An internal investigation of the University of Rhode islands basketball team has uncovered no illegal gambling or violations of Mcaa rules and the team will play in the Atlantic 10 tournament school officials said Friday. Spokeswoman Linda Acciardo said the investigative committee interviewed every person associated with the team a from players to coaches to trainers to administrative staff a and everyone answered All questions. Elliott adds Richmond pole Richmond a. A Bill Elliott continued his Strong performances in Lascar Winston cup Stock car racing taking the pole position for the Pontiac excitement 400 with a record setting Lap Friday at Richmond International raceway. Elliott who started the first two races of the season from the outside of the front Row and is coming off a runaway Victory in sundays race at Rockingham n.c., left nothing to Chance in qualifying. He posted the two fastest laps on the three Quarter mile a shaped Oval taking the his 42nd career pole with a Lap of 120.849 Mph then solidifying it at 121.337. That broke the race record of 120.573 set by Geoff Bodine in March 1989. Davey Allison who holds the track record of 122.850, made it an All Ford thunderbird front Row for sundays race with a Lap of 120.568. Kyle Petty the Rockingham pole Winner in a Pontiac grand prix was third Friday followed by the to Birds of Sterling Marlin Elliott a teammate and Alan Kulwicki. Gordon claims saturday s pole Richmond a. Jeff Gordon drove off with his second straight Busch grand National pole taking the top qualifying spot on Friday for saturdays Hardeep a a fast Lap of Ole to the one he earned last the Pittsboro ind., Driver Turne 120.466 Mph to add that 200 at Richmond International raceway id a it Mph to add that pole to the c week at Rockingham n.c., and one the 20-year-old grabbed last year at Orange county Calif. Chuck Bowns Pontiac was right behind Gordon a Ford at 120.353, followed by defending grand National Champion Bobby Labonte at 120.321 in a Chevrolet. Sabatini cramps out in Florida Boca Raton Fla. Gabriela Sabatini bothered weekend sports on the air Central european time an seb television sunday College basketball a North Carolina at Duke 7 30 . Followed by Southern Cal at Washington on an Only. Monday College basketball a Southern conference championship game 1 30 . Sunbelt conference championship game 3 30 . An seb radio sunday College basketball a Indiana at Michigan 8 . Monday pro basketball a Golden state at los Angeles clippers 3 . By cramps in her legs and right forearm lost to the unheralded South african Amanda Roetzer 4-6,6-1,6-2 in fridays quarterfinals at the Virginia slims of Florida. Roetzer ranked 61st, won the last six games against the tournaments three time Champion. Late in the match Sabatini requested a Trainer who could Only recommend she drink More water. Top seed Steffi Graf blew a 6-0, 5-2, 40-15 Lead against no. 7 Zina Garrison. Graf had to rally from a break Down in the third set to win 6-0,5-7, 7-5. Chang Downs Cherkasov Indian Wells Calif. A Michael Chang advanced to the semifinals of the champions cup on Friday with his first straight set Victory of the week defeating russian Andrei Cherkasov. All three of changes previous matches went to three sets but the 12th seed said his 64, 6-2 win Over Cherkasov was harder than the score indicated. Chang was to face unseeded Francisco Clavet of Spain in saturdays semifinal. The other semifinal matched no. 3 seed Michael Stich of Germany against unseeded Andrei Chesnokov of  rallied from a 4-2 deficit he i in the first set to win six straight if j games challenging Cherkasov by i coming into the net. Chang Chang is the Only remaining american after five seeded players lost in earlier rounds including no. 1 and 2 seeds Jim courier and Pete Sampras. With the top seeds gone the path to the championship seems wide open for Stich the reigning Wimbledon Champ. He rolled Over Lith seeded Sergi Bru Guera of Spain 6-1,6-2. Chesnokov who ousted courier on thursday pulled another upset in the quarterfinals beating no. 7 seed Emilio Sanchez 7-5, 7-5. Aussie sets Short course Mark Melbourne Australia a australian Nicole Stevenson set a world Short course record for the women a 200-meter backstroke during a grand prix swimming meet saturday in Melbourne. Stevenson won the race in 2 minutes 6.78 seconds. New Sealander Anna Simic set the previous Mark of 2 07.11 last month. Decision earns Pompey a title Callicoon . A Kevin Pompey captured the vacant United states boxing association welterweight championship with a 12-round unanimous decision Over Stephan Johnson on Friday night. Glenwood Brown the last us a welterweight Champion vacated the title when he fought Mcl Driek Taylor for the world boxing association welterweight championship on Jan. 18 in Philadelphia. Watson holds Hong Kong Lead Hong Kong a Tom Watson shot a two under Par 69 saturday to maintain a seven stroke Lead after the third round of the Hong Kong open. After a double bogey on no. 18, the 42-year-old american finished the Day with a 13-Undcr 200 total on the 6,732-Yard championship course of the Royal Hong Kong Golf club. The five time British open Champion birdied six consecutive holes beginning with the fourth. Ronan Rafferty of Northern Ireland remained second after a 69. Defending Champion Bernhard Langer of Germany also carded a 69 to move into third at 4-Uridcr 209. Sheehan 1 stroke ahead Yamagu Rukuson Japan Par 66 stroke Lead Over Japan a Kumiko Hyos Sheehan shot a 6-under-Par saturday to take a one american Patty y to take a i after the second round of the Daikon Orchid tournament. Sheehan began the tournament Friday with a 2-Over 74 on the 6,252-Yard Ryukyu Golf club course. Hiyoshi shot a 70 for a 3-under 141 total. Besse takes first downhill Panorama British Columbia a the Long wait at the finish line was Worth it for Switzerland a William Besse who was the first Down the Hill and then watched As the rest of the Field failed to beat his time. Besse completed the 3,198-Yard downhill course in 2 minutes 5.33 seconds to win his first world cup title. He then had some anxious moments As his Swiss teammate Daniel Mahrer and Austria a Guenther Mader tied for second in 2 05.34, a Hundredth of a second behind him. . Kitt of Rochester ., was fourth in 2 05.52. Kitty a fourth place finish allowed him to move into second place with 361 Points ahead of olympic Gold medallist Patrick Ortlieb of Austria who has 359 Points. 3 Drivers abandon rally Tomar Portugal a italian newcomer Andrea Agni in swede Kenneth Eriksson and German  in Schwarz abandoned the portuguese port wine rally saturday. The tortuous curves of the predominantly gravel Dawn run in arg Anil proved too much for Eriksson and Rookie Zaghini this years Surprise who had led the pack for a while on the second Day s racing. A wheel flew off again in a Lancia during the 26-Kilometer 16-mile stage through the Central portuguese mountains forcing him out of the running. Zaghini had finished the fourth Day in fourth place. Eriksson a Mitsubishi went out of control on a Bend of the Dusty track and tumbled Down the Steep Bank. He was unhurt. Another front runner Schwarz was forced out when his Toyota also took a Tumble in the 13-Kilometer eight mile 38th stage the rally a slowest run due to the Many Sharp curves from  Pilosa. With just two stages to go reigning world Champion Juhu Kankkunen leads the pack of the 40-stage, 2,211-Kilometer 1,371-mile race with a comfortable 1-minute, 26-second Lead Over italian Massimo Biasion. Zaragoza boys  girls Triumph Zaragoza a Spain the Zaragoza boys and girls went into the final Day of the Spain High school basketball championships undefeated Here saturday. However Only the boys emerged victorious a and they had to win the if necessary game to Nail Down the championship trophy. The american school of Madrid came out of the losers bracket to hand Spain basketball Zaragoza girls a double defeat win-121-19 to rot Quot the Ning , a Force the if necessary con test and then prevailing 25-14 in the title showdown. In the first game  got seven Points from Georgette Pinillos while it Iane White scored 10 in a losing Effort. Rebecca Denton tallied 10 Points and Olivia Ramos scored eight for  in the Nightcap. Ramos won most valuable player accolades to head up the six player Al tournament team. Teammates Denton and Paula Lopez White Rotas Gladys Boston and Torrejon Samy Calderon also were chosen. The Zaragoza boys were nudged out 35-33 in the opening game but they came Back to Hammer Torrejon 65-40 in convincing fashion to preserve one championship for the school. Map selectee Marcus Harvey led the Toros to Victory in the title game with 20 Points. Manuel Martinez followed with 17. Mario Garcia was top scorer for Torrejon with 11 Points. Joining Harvey on the All tournament squad were Garcia Torrejon teammate Rob Adams Asmus David Newton and Rotas Melford Little and Carlos Cal Derson