European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday March 23, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 21 sports wire couples pads Lead in Nestle to 6 shots from wire reports Orlando Fla. A most of the rest of the players on the pea tour Are waiting for Fred couples to Cool off but he got hotter saturday when he shot a 9-under-63 to take a commanding six shot Lead after three rounds of the $1 million Nestle invitational. Couples who won the los Angeles open three weeks ago and finished second the last two weeks has led the Nestle since the opening round and stands at 17-under 199 entering the final round. Gene Sauers shot a 7-under saturday to move into second at 205, four shots ahead of third place Larry Nelson. Couples 32, was the pea player of the year for 1991 while winning two tournaments. He is about to match that Victory total already for 1992. Couples averages $74,916 per tournament this season with a scoring average of 68.5. He has finished sixth or better in 18 of his last 22 tournaments. Couples shot an Eagle-3 on the fourth Hole saturday then added seven birdies without a bogey. Sauers who shot seven birdies matched couples 32 Over the front nine but lost two strokes on the Back leads in Phoenix Phoenix a Danielle Ammaccapane 5n< trying to repeat in her Hometown tournament shot a 4-Unaer-Par-69 saturday to take a one stroke Lead in the $550,000 Lyga Standard Register Ping tournament when Mara Figueroas Dotti bogeyed two of the last four holes. Ammaccapane a second straight 69 put her at 9-under-210 after three rounds. She entered the round two strokes behind Leader Figueras Dotti who shot 1-under 72 saturday and stands at 8-under-211.aaron fires another 65 Indian Wells Calif. A Tommy Aaron fired a second consecutive 7-under-Par 65 saturday for a 36-Hole total of 130 to take a three shot Lead entering the final round of the Vintage Arco invitational seniors Golf tournament. Aaron the 1973 masters Champion with two regular pea tour victories is looking for his first on the senior tour. He birdied five of the final six putt lifts Rafferty Vil Amoura Portugal a a 35-foot Birdie putt on the last Hole won Ronan Rafferty the $375,000 portuguese open title sunday earning the irishman his firs three time Winner Lynn Jennings crosses the finish line saturday in Boston to win the women a world Cross country championship for the third straight year. Jennings covered the 6-Ldlometer course in 21 minutes 16 seconds. Kenyans John Ngugi won the menus 12-km. Race in 37 05. European tour Victory in two years after two second places this season. A closing round of 4-under-Par 68 put Rafferty at 15-under-Par 273 and earned $65,000. Third round Leader Anders for Brand of Sweden closed with a 70, after going out of Bounds at the first to finish at 274 and win $42,000.Stanford takes swim Crown Austin Texas a olympian summer Sanders who set two american records and played a part in two record relays this weekend led Stanford to Victory Over two time defending Champion Texas in the Mcaa women a swimming championships. The Cardinal scored 735.5 Points to 651 for the longhorns to claim their third title and first since 1989, when Texas also finished second. Florida was third with 294 Points followed by Southern methodist with 285 and Arizona with 272. Sanders a Sophomore who was named the meet s outstanding swimmer for the second straight year set National Marks in the 200 and 400-Yard individual medleys. She also swam the Butterfly leg of Stanford a record setting 200 and 400-Yard Medley relay beats brother in Law Parma Heights Ohio Steve Cook Defeated brother in Law Mike Aulby 214-201 saturday in the title match of the professional bowlers association $135,000 Cleveland open. Cook earned his 15th Aba title and first singles title since 1988. He and Aulby teamed to win the doubles classic in 1989. Cook won the title berth by beating Mark Turney 253-224 in the semifinal game. In earlier matches Turney beat Dave Ferraro 229-204 and Del Ballard or. 247-181.tomba tops final slalom crans Montana Switzerland a Italy a Alberto Tomba and rival Swiss skier Paul Accola finished on two in a wrap up slalom and reversed the order for the Overall standings As the ski season ended in a snowstorm sunday at the world cup finals. Tomba Dominator of the technical disciplines since november earned his sixth slalom win from ten starts As he led off Accola in the weather plagued event. He also finished twice second and third once. The italian was timed at a combined one minute 48.14 seconds for his two runs. Accola who took his first Ever season world cup title trailed by just .64 seconds. Accola clinched the season Crown with 1,699 Points. Tomba who races Only technical events was second with 1,362. Sanchez thumps Sabatini key Biscayne Fla. Apr Arantha Sanchez Vicario lured Gabriela Sabatini into a Duel from the Baseline and then withstood the argentines late charges for a 6-1, 6-4 Victory saturday in the final of the International players championships. The fifth ranked Sanchez Vicario a steady ground strokes and occasional lethal drop shots defused the aggressiveness Sabatini had shown in earlier matches. Sabatini came to the net More in the second set but the spaniard held every serve and finally broke Sabatini in the final game. Sabatinis volleys were crucial in her semifinal Victory Over Steffi Graf. But by the time Sabatini first ventured to the net against Sanchez Vicario she trailed 3-0. The third ranked Sabatini who has a Home on key Biscayne clearly enjoyed a Home court advantage in the All latin women a matchup. But frequent chants of a Gaby Gaby weren to enough to inspire a comeback. Iowa crowns 3 champs to retain Mcaa mat title Arantha Sanchez Vicario. Straight sets Victor Oklahoma City a three Iowa wrestlers won championships saturday night led by three time Winner Tom brands As the Hawk eyes rolled to their second straight team title and 13th in school history. Brands won at 134 pounds and was named the tournaments outstanding wrestler. His twin brother Terry became a two time Champion at 126, and Troy Steiner won for the first time at 142. The Hawk eyes also had a runner up in Chad Zap til at 118. Pat Smith of Oklahoma state continued his dominance of the 158-Pound class winning his third straight title. Only a Junior he would become the first fou time Winner with a Victory next year. Jeff Prescott of Penn state at 118 and Matt Demaray of Wisconsin at 150 repeated As champions. Heavyweight Kurt Angle of Clarion won for the second time in three years. The Hawk eyes who had the team title wrapped up after the Consolation round finished with 149 Points. Oklahoma state had 100v6, with Only one Champion among its five finalists and Penn state was third with 89va Points. A the last time we were Down Here 1989i had to sit on the sidelines in press Row. Its the Only time i never had a National finalist a said coach Dan Gable who won his 11th title in 16 years. A a we be had More in the finals but except for 1986 when the Hawk eyes won five of six we probably Haven to had a better final Tom brands beat Alan Fried of Oklahoma state 6-2 to finish the year 41-1. The Only loss had come against Fried at the midlands championships in december. A Barry Davis de Banach Jim Zeleski those Are Guys i always looked up to a brands said naming the Hawk eyes other three time champions. A a in a glad to join them. In a glad to go out in style too with my brother Terry the runner up last year after winning in 1990, deat Shawn Charles of Arizona state 8-5. Charles took a 3-2 Lead with a take Down in the first period but brands escaped twice for a 4-3 Lead and never trailed again. A i got beat fair and Square last year in the finals. It lit a fire under me a said brands who wound up 35-0. A i did no to want it to happen again and it Steiner 41-0 was in control from the Start against Chris Owens of Oklahoma state. He took Owens Down 90 seconds into the match and won 7-2 with More than three minutes of Riding time. He allowed Only two Points in the tournament. A a there re not Many wrestlers who wrestle like they do a Gable said of his three champions. A they did it what i Call the old fashioned Way. You get after them you get them Down you grind on them take the air out of them and stay on them All the Oklahoma states Smith who needed a late take Down to win by a Point in last years finals got one in the first period and Wasny to really threatened in an uneventful 3-1 Victory Over Ray Miller of Arizona state. Smith and Miller a pair of oklahoman have known each other since High school. The two Drew in their Only meeting this year
