European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 26, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 31 sports Wir Rypien buys into Lascar venture Rypien from wire reports Martinsville a. A Mark Rypien who Quarter backed the Washington redskins to the super bowl championship in january is following his coach Joe Gibbs into Lascar Winston cup racing As a team owner. Rypien said Friday he has hired Long time Friend Chad Little to drive for the new team which will be based in Harrisburg n.c., in a new shop near Charlotte motor Speedway and will begin Competition in 1993. A a in a real excited about this venture a Rypien said. A a Lascar Competition has become the most competitive and entertaining form of Auto racing and i am thrilled to be Able to own my own team especially with Chad doing the driving. A Chad is like i am in that i love to compete and win. That a our plan for this race team be competitive and win some  Rypien and Little became friends while growing up together in Spokane Wash. Rypien went on to become a Star quarterback at Washington state while Little began racing on the West coast and earned a Law degree. Little a former Winston West series Champion has 68 Winston cup starts with his Best finishes a pair of 12ths. A Crew chief engine builder and the rest of the Crew for the As yet a sponsored team will be announced later. Waltrip grabs Hanes 500 pole Martinsville a. Darrell Waltrip winning his first pole position in 99 races Friday led a front Row sweep by the much maligned Chevrolet Lumina in first round qualifying for sundays Hanes 500. Dale Earnhardt another Driver showing signs of life after a slow Start this season took the outside spot on the front Row. Waltrip whose last pole came 1988, turned a Lap of 92.956 Mph Short of the Martinsville Speedway record of 93.097, set in april 1989 by Geoff Bodine. It was the 58th pole of his career breaking a tie with Bobby Allison and giving Waltrip sole Possession of fourth on the All time  glides into final Monte Carlo Monaco a Aaron Krickstein the last of the seeded players in the Monte Carlo open moved into the final saturday with a 6-1, 6-1 rout of Goran Prpic. Krickstein seeded 16th, will play Thomas Muster of Austria a 7-5, 6-4 Winner Over Arnaud Boetsch of France in sundays  Don t want Walker Atlanta a the Atlanta Falcons have dropped their Pursuit of Minnesota Vikings tailback Herschel Walker who wanted to play in his Home state. A a we be explored the situation thoroughly and we will not be trading for Herschel a Ken Herock Falcons vice president of player personnel said Friday. Walker 30, already has told Viking officials that he will not return for the 1992  keep hold on Cannes Cannes France a Sweden a world and Dunhill cup players Anders for Brand and per Ulrik Johansson continued to dominate the $615,000 Cannes open after saturdays third round. For Brand who hit a Spectator with his Ball on the 14th to Start a run of four birdies to retake the Lead led Johansson by a stroke after shooting a third round 68 for 13-under 203. Johansson a 69 put him a stroke behind for Brand and two ahead of briton David r. Jones who posted the Best round of the Day a 66.Stanford wins gym Crown Lincoln neb. A second ranked Stanford used a career night from Junior Jair Lynch to Roll up an Mcaa record 289.55 Points and capture the schools first menus National gymnastics Crown Friday night. Top ranked Nebraska was second with 288.95, also better than the meet record of 288.025 set by Oklahoma a year ago. Third ranked Ohio state finished third in the three team race with 286.25.sitko anchors Lollini win Des Moines Iowa a a Illinois got a Swift Anchor from Len Sitko and ended Iowa states five year winning Streak in the 6,400-meter relay at the 83rd Drake relays on Friday. Sitko sped past Iowa states Jon Brown with 200 meters to go and won going away As Illinois extended its record Victory total at Drake to 117. Illinois ran the 6,400 in a slow 16 minutes 34.16 seconds. Iowa state finished in 16 38.98 and Kansas was third in 16 51.15. Sitko ran the final 1,600 in 4 01.3. Jim Debeers led off for the Lollini in 4 12.5 and was followed by Andy Homoly 4 11.3 and West 4 09.4 Stanford hits volleyball final munc1e, ind. A setter Canyon Ceman had 89 assists to help Stanford defeat Indiana Purdue fort Wayne 1511, 15-11, 11-15, 13-15, 15-10 Friday night in semifinal play of the Mcaa menus volleyball championships. Stanford 24-3 advanced to saturdays title game against pc Perdine 23-4which Defeated Penn state 17-16, 15-4, 15-Bersen takes so to. Reins Springfield to. A Mark Burnsen an assistant at Southwest Missouri state since 1989, was named the schools head basketball coach on Friday. Bernsen 42, replaces Charlie Spoonhour who became coach at St. Louis University on april 14 after nine seasons at Southwest  named w. Illinois coach Macomb 111. A Jim Kerwin an assistant at Kansas state the past two seasons was named As the new head basketball coach at Western Illinois on Friday. Kerwin 51, replaces Jack Margenthaler who coached the leathernecks for 15 years but was not Given another contract after the 1991-92 season. Margenthaler a record at Western Illinois was 221-201.america3 surges to 4-1 Lead san Diego a by tuesday Bill Koch could be the americans cup defender and Dennis Conner could be beached. America3 made tremendous surges sailing into the wind on the third and seventh legs Friday and went on to defeat Connery a stars amp stripes by 3 minutes 31 seconds to take a 4-1 Lead in the defender finals. Koch the multimillionaire president and skipper of the america3 foundation needs to win three More races to Clinch the Bcst-of-13 series. There is no racing on monday so two weekend wins plus one on tuesday would end Connery a underdog bid to reach his fifth straight americans cup  keeps Aba Feather Crown Seoul South Korea a Park Young Kyun of South Korea retained his world boxing association featherweight Crown with an Lith round knockout of japanese challenger Koji Matsumoto. The Champion improved to 22 wins one loss and one draw while the 23-year-old Matsumoto fell to 10-3-1.treekster pulls out of Derby with leg injury Winchester by. A California Derby Winner tree Ster is out of the Kentucky Derby because of a pulled leg muscle. Joe Lightner one of the Colts owners said Friday the injury was discovered after a seven Furlong workout thursday at Santa Anita. Tree Ster was scheduled to be flown to Lexington Friday then banned to Louisville. A a he a been training super up until this but he just  extend during the workout thursday a Lightner said. A they got him Back to the barn and called the vet and discovered head pulled a muscle in his right Hind  the injury Wasny to serious Lightner said but tree Ster will be out of action from two weeks to two months. A that Means he a going to miss the classics a Lightner said. A a we re just sick about  tree Ster was bred in Kentucky and bought by Light Ncry a son Mike at the september 1990 pc England yearling sales for $27,000. Joe Lightner holds 25 percent interest in the horse. Tree Ster did not race As a 2-year-old, but in six starts As a 3-year-old he has won $245,000, placing in the Money in All six starts. Weekend sports on the air Central european time an seb television sunday basketball Aba playoffs Miami at Chicago followed by Detroit at new York 6 30 . Monday baseball a Kansas City at Toronto 2  radio sunday baseball a los Angeles at san Francisco 10 .seb radio sunday baseball a los Angeles at san Francisco 10 . Monday basketball Aba playoffs san Antonio at Phoenix 3 30 . Raiders close on Dickerson by Chris Dufresne the los Angeles times running Back Eric Dickerson traded from the los Angeles rams to the Indianapolis Colts in 1987 after a bitter contract dispute might be returning to Southern California. Esp the sports Cable network reported Friday that the los Angeles raiders and Colts Are close to working out a Trade involving Dickerson. Colt general manager Jim Irsay however denied Friday that he is trying to Trade the disgruntled Back. A Ted coach Marchibroda and Eric Are going to get together at minicams in May and get ready to go Forward in �?T92,�?� Irsay said Friday. A i done to know where that Rumor came  Dickerson has three years remaining on a contract that will pay him $2.3 million next season $3 million in �?T93 and $3.2 million in �?T94. Because of his Large salary and questionable attitude in recent years few teams have expressed interest in a Trade for Dickerson. According to esp though Dickerson is willing to take a pay Cut to facilitate a Trade to the raiders who train near his Malibu Home. According to the report Dickerson is willing to take a salary Cut to $1.5 million for next season plus an incentives package though Raider owner a1 Davis is offering $1.2 million. It was also reported that the Colts want a third round draft Choice for Dickerson and the raiders Are offering a fourth. The raiders have become famous for resurrecting careers of the a Fly a Downtrodden. In 1990, Dickerson was suspended five games for disciplinary reasons and has been a front office headache for most of the five years since he was traded to the Colts. Last season hampered by injuries Dickerson rushed for a personal Low 536 Yards in 167 carries. He also turns 32 in september a critical age in the life of a running Back. Agent Marv Demoff is reportedly negotiating for Dickerson. Demoff is in Indianapolis negotiating on behalf of Washington defensive tackle Steve Emtman who is expected to be the first pick in sundays nil draft. Dickerson ranks third in nil history with 12,439 Rushing Yards trailing Only Walter Payton 16,726 and Tony Dorsett 12,739. In 1984, while with the rams he set a single season Rushing record with 2,103 Yards in 16 games