European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 22, 1992 the stars and stripes sports wire Chang knocks courier off top rung from wire reports key Biscayne Fla. Jim couriers reign As no. 1 lasted six unhappy weeks. Quot its been a rough ride a courier said after losing to Michael Chang 6-2, 6-4 in fridays first semifinal at the International players championships. Courier who needed a Victory Over Chang to stay ahead of Stefan Edberg in the computer rankings has an 11-5 record since securing the top spot for the first time in his career feb. 9. Courier was beaten in 79 minutes by the hottest player on the menus tour. Chang extended his career Best winning Streak to 11 matches and advanced to sundays final against Alberto Mancini of Argentina. Mancini seeded 20th, beat Jakob Hla sek of Switzerland 7-6 7-47-5  takes pole surfers Paradise Australia -a1 Unser jr., driving a new Valvoline Galmer Chevy set a track record saturday at the Gold coast indy grand prix a the first series race of 1992. He sped around the resort City a revamped Street course at 101.900 Mph passing a trouble plagued Michael Andretti for the pole position in sundays race. Andretti last years indy car series Champion had electrical problems saturday and failed to record a Lap time. But his Friday time of 101.612 Mph placed him alongside Unser in the front Row of the starting  tops qualifying Mexico City a briton Nigel Mansell affirmed his status As favorite for sundays mexican grand prix when he raced to provisional pole position after fridays practice rounds. Mansell with a time of 1 minute and 16.346 seconds was More than a second faster than Young Michael Schumacher in second place. The German recorded a time of 1 17.554 in his Camel Benetton. Mansells time on Friday beat by 0.35 seconds the Lap record set last year by teammate Ricardo Patrese. Reigning world Champion Ayrton Senna crashed Early in practice and was rushed to Hospital. He was reported to have badly bruised his left leg and it was not known if he would be fit to race. Three time world Champion Senna spun off on his third practice Lap slamming his Mclaren Honda into a Barrier. His qualifying time left him in 27th place so Senna had to qualify saturday. Only the quickest 26 make the starting  leads pack Martinsville a. Ricky Craven ran a 90.599 Mph Lap Friday to capture the pole for sundays 200-Lap Busch grand National portion of the Miller 500 triple header. Craven driving a Chevrolet toured the 0.526-mile track at the Martinsville Speedway in 20.901 seconds. Weekend sports on to u clan oifcoi300-Mph machine top fuel Driver Kenny Berstein sets off on a record 4.823-second Quarter Milc Friday at Gainesville Fla., to become the first to break 300 Miles per hour. Bernstein clocked 301.70 Mph during qualifying for the no Ray a 23rd Gator nationals. Merle nabs is title crans Montana Switzerland Carole Merle of France capped her Best season Ever saturday by winning a world cup giant slalom and her first season title in that event. Merle clocked the two fastest runs in the season ending race. Her total time of 2 minutes 32.27 seconds was 2.13 seconds ahead of Blanca Fernandez Ochoa of Spain. Diann Roffe of Potsdam n.y., finished fifth saturday 2.58 seconds behind. She was the Best . Skier of the season 10th on the women a tour and third in the giant slalom with 372 Points. Couples extends Lead Orlando Fla. A Fred couples overcame a slow Start Friday to shoot 3-under-Par 69 to extend his Lead to three strokes through two rounds of the Nestle invitational. Couples opened his round with two bogeys before reeling off five straight birdies to stand at 8-under-136 after two rounds. Larry Nelson Mike Harwood and John Huston were tied for second at 139 after High winds sent scores soaring for the second staight  sets Pace Phoenix a Spain a Marta Figueras Dotti shot a 6-Uncier-Par 67 and built a two stroke Lead Over Donna Ammaccapane after fridays second round of the Lyga Standard Register Ping tournament. The 34-year-old Madrid resident stood at 7-under 139, two strokes better than Ammaccapane the defending Champion who shot a 69 on  boosts Aaron Indian Wells Calif. Tommy Aarons Hole in one on the 165-Yard seventh Hole highlighted a 7-under-Par 65 that gave him a one shot Lead after the first round of the $500,000 Vintage Arco invitational seniors Golf tournament. Harold Henning shot a 66 and Dave Stockton Mike Hill Jim Colbert and Lee Trevino each shot 67s entering saturdays second round of the 54-Hole  leads Field Vil Amoura Portugal a Sweden Sanders for Brand led the third round Field at $275,000 portuguese open but a course record breaking round by Spain a Jose Maria Canizares kept him close saturday. Canizares second last week in the catalan open shot a 10-under-Par 62 for a 54-Hole total of 206, two strokes behind for Brand and one behind Ronan Rafferty of Ireland both of whom dropped a shot at the 18th. This left for Brand on 12-Undcr-Par 204 after a 68 and Rafferty 11-under-Par 205 following a 67.worthy out for season Inglewood Calif. As expected the los Angeles lakers will be without seven time All Star James worthy for the rest of the season. The lakers made the announcement Friday after worthy underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. Worthy 31, average a team leading 19.9 Points in 54 games this season. The 6-foot-9 Forward played his final game March 1.old swim Marks fall Austin Texas a Florida a Nicole Haislett and Stanford a summer Sanders broke the two oldest american records and Crissy Ahmann Leighton of Arizona broke her own National Mark Friday in the second Day of the Mcaa swimming championships. After 11 events two time defending Champion Texas led 359-356 Over Stanford. The most exciting event of the night was the 200-Yard freestyle in which the top three finishers broke the 13-year-old american record. Haislett the defending Champion was first at 1 minute 43.28 seconds followed by Stanford a Jenny Thompson and Texas Whitney Hedgepeth the 1990 Winner. The 1979 National record of 1 44.10 held by Cynthia Woodhead was the oldest current Mark. Sanders defended her 400-Yard ind dual Medley title. Her time of 4 02.28 shattered her meet record and eclipsed the american and . Open Mark in the 400-Yard in by 2.35. The previous Mark set in 1981 by Tracy Caulkins was the second oldest Standard. Ahmann Leighton defended her 100-Yard Butterfly title by finishing in 51.75 a .61 quicker than her american record time set in last years Mcaa  drops coach los Angeles a Loyola Mary mount basketball coach la Jay Hillock was let go Friday after two seasons in a move the school said was a a by Mutual  Hillock 43, led Loyola to a 31-28 record including 15-13 this season and a third place finish in the West coast  takes title Calais France a Frenchman Thierry Jacob took the world boxing Council super bantamweight title away from mexican Daniel Zaragoza Friday by taking a unanimous 12-round decision. The Frenchman was making his third attempt at a world Crown losing in 1987 and 1988. He is 30-3. Zaragoza is 44-6 with one draw. Central Gur open Tima an seb television sunday Mcaa basketball a menus second round triple header teams to be announced 6 , seb radio sunday Mcaa basketball a menus second round Southeast regional game 8 . Second round West regional game 10 30 . Barkley beats Hearns again Las vegas apr Thomas a hit Many Hearns a boxing Star whose career has touched on three decades says he does no to know when he might retire. Iran Barkley made it a subject Hearns should seriously consider. Barkley scored his second Victory Over Hearns Friday night at Caesars Palace knocking him Down in the fourth round and winning the world boxing association Light heavyweight championship in a 12-round split decision. Only Hearns vast experience and Pride enabled him to make it close against an opponent who applied relentless pressure. Barkley did something sugar Ray Leonarte  do becoming the first Man to beat Hearns twice. The Victory Wasny tas car Cut As his shocking third round knockout of Hearns on june 6, 1988, but it was a Victory that made the 31-year-old Barkley a world Champion for the third time. He won the world boxing Council middleweight title from Hearns in 1988 and he currently holds the International boxing federation super middleweight title which was not at stake Friday nil put. Judge Lou Tabat scored it 114-113 for Hearns giving Hearns the last five rounds. Judge Chuck Giampa saw it 115-113 for Barkley while Jerry Roth favored Barkley 114-113. The loss was Hearns fourth against 5u wins and a draw. He has 40 knockouts. Barkley is 29-7 with 17 Kos