European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. May 3.1992 the stars and stripes Page 31 sports Wir Twiggs shoots 65, grabs Houston Lead prom wire reports the Woodlands Texas a Greg Twiggs overcame a personal scare involving his 22-month old daughter and shot a 7-under Par 65 Friday to take a one shot Lead after two rounds of the Houston open. Twiggs daughter Hanna swallowed some of her Grandfather s medication and had to have her stomach pumped on thursday in Palm Springs Calif. She remained hospitalized overnight and her condition improved on Friday. Twiggs then set about conquering the 7,042-Yard tournament players course for the second straight Day and finished with a 36-Hole total of 133, 11 under Par and a shot ahead of first Day co Leader Ronnie Black. Fred couples shot a one Over Par 73, but still joined the last group to make the 36-Hole Cut at 143. Eighty players will play the final two  share Centel Lead Tallahassee Fla. A former Arizona state stars Michelle Estill and Danielle Ammaccapane shared the second round Lead Friday Midway through the richest tournament in women a Golf. Ammaccapane and Estill were at 7-under 137 Midway through the $1.2 million Centel classic with four players a stroke off the Pace eight Only two Back and 11 others three  atop senior women Tallahassee Fla. A defending Champion Sandra Palmer shot a 3-under-Par 70 saturday to take a two shot Lead in the 36-Hole Lyga seniors Challenge. Susie being and Jane Blalock were at 72 in the Chase for the $40,000 winners purse while Kathy Whitworth matched Par with a 73.68s set senior Pace Las vegas a Jimmy Powell Sank an Eagle and a Birdie Over his final five holes Friday to join Butch Baird and Larry Laoretti in a three Way tie at 68 in the first round of the Las vegas senior classic. Powell played in Ideal weather at the desert inn country club after Laoretti and Baird credited Breezy conditions with their Low  s 65 grabs Italy Lead Milan Italy a former double major Winner Sandy Lyle of Scotland confirmed his comeback was right on course when he took Over the Lead on his own in the $660,000 italian open at Monticello on saturday. A t a a m a i. A Lyle who had shared a five Way Leader Board after two rounds accelerated into first place with a 7-under-Par 65 which took him to 14-unde r-Par-202, a shot in front of England a Paul Way. Ways 66 for 204 gave him a 1-stroke advantage Over americans Mark a Omeara and another Scot Cohn Montgomerie. Both players shot 68s for 205.Mansell nails Down pole Barcelona Spain a Nigel Mansell claimed the pole position for the Spanish grand prix virtually by default saturday As heavy rain prevented Drivers from improving on fridays qualifying times. If the briton wins sundays race he will match the Mark of four straight victories at the Start of a season set last year by Mclaren Driver Ayrton Senna. This is the 21st time Mansell has been the no. 1 qualifier for a race moving him into sixth place on the Al time list. He had been tied with Alain Frost on 20. The All time Romula one Leader is Senna with 60. Mansell had claimed provisional pole position fonday Greg Twiggs hits a Heteu the 19th Hole Friday with a fastest Lap of 1 minute 20.190 seconds around the 2.95-mile Cataluna circuit. He was More than one second faster than any other  Catcher Hurt Cleveland a Catcher Sandy Alomar left the Cleveland indians game in the third inning Friday night after his right hand was Cut when it was hit by a pitch in the dirt from Scott Scudder. Alomar was taken to a Hospital for stitches to Seal the Cut Between his right ring and Middle fingers. Alomar is hitting Only .212 but has thrown out six of 12 runners attempting to  strains rib Cage Atlanta a new York met outfielder Vince Coleman activated earlier in the Day from the 15-Day disabled list left the game Friday night against the Atlanta braves after suffering a strained left rib Cage muscle. Coleman who had been on the disabled list since april 10 with a strained left hamstring sustained the latest injury while batting in the first inning against Steve Avery. Coleman struck out Coleman who is hitting .357, was playing in Only his fifth game this  beats . 6-1 Prague Czechoslovakia a Ray Leblanc a Star in the Winter olympics looked like anything but on Friday As the United states was beaten 6-1 by Finland in the world hockey championships. Leblanc conceded two easy goals in the first 10 minutes and did no to look Sharp the rest of the Way As the United states dropped to 1-2 in the tournament. Andy Brickley of the american hockey leagues Maine mariners scored the Only . Goa lat 3 35 of the second period off a feed from Paul Ranheim of the Calgary flames. Team Usa with a 1-2-0 record is in fifth place in the Pool a standings and needs to finish at least fourth to make the quarterfinals starting  a a stabbed Manhattan Kan. A a fight in an entertainment District near Kansas state put starting quarterback Paul Watson in the Hospital with Stab wounds and resulted in three arrests. On Watson was in stable condition saturday at St. Mary Hospital with four Stab wounds a supervisor said. An 18-year-old Man and two juveniles were arrested in connection with the attack on Watson. The juveniles were released to their parents and the Man was booked on suspicion of aggravated assault said sgt Adam angst of the Riley county  weigh stadium expansion South Bend ind. A notre Dame could decide by Sumner whether to build a new football stadium or add to the present 59,000-scat Structure. A study has been completed and although it makes no recommendations the information gathered will become the foundation for a decision University officials say. Notre Dame could add at least 20,000 seats to the existing stadium by building a  second  hospitalized Birmingham Ala. A Gene Bartow basketball conch and athletic director at Alabama Birmingham was hospitalized Friday after becoming ill at his office. Hank Black a spokesman at University Hospital fair doctors suspected Bartow was suffering from a virus and that he would remain in the Hospital  gains semifinals Roswell a. A Andre Agassi rallied to beat Jacco Entingh of the Netherlands 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Friday and Advance to the semifinals of the at amp to Challenge. Agassi a next opponent will be Pablo Anjraya who upset third so coca Alexander Volkov of Russia 6-4,6-7 6-86-3.costa pads Clay reputation Madrid Spain a Carlos Costa added to his impressive Day court credentials saturday by beating Fel Low spaniard Francisco Clavet 7-5,6-4 in the semifinal of the City of Madrid grand prix. Fifth seeded Sergio bruguera another Spanish Clay court specialist Defeated Javier Sanchez 6-4, 6-2 in the other semifinal. Own 24, is 16-1 on Clay this year and has won a1p tournaments in Barcelona and Estoril  germans exit Munich Munich Germany a second seed czechoslovak Petr Korda and Magnus Larsson of Sweden stopped two High flying German players saturday in dramatic set semifinals of the $300,0 three set _____________j.000 Bow open. Larsson ousted Markus Newie 6-7 9-116-4,7-6 97and Korda beat Bernd Karbacher 3-6,7-6 8-67-5.Sanchez Downs Sabatini Hamburg Germany a third seeded Arantha Sanchez Karo beat second seeded Gabriela Sabatini 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 saturday in the semifinals of the a tax a citizen clip. Top seeded Steffi Graf ousted Anke Huber 6-3,649 in the other semifinal. Weekend sports on the Airan seb television sunday basketball a Aba Grid he games Detroit at new York 639 ., followed by game 5, los Angeles lakers is. Portland we h1afn, seb radio sunday baseball a Minnesota at new York 7 j6 . Koch s yacht puts Connor entry out of races Ini. 9 knots is where america3 begins to kid san Diego a big bad Dennis Conner is neither big nor bad anymore in the americans clip. Bill Koch backed by his Multi minion Dollar Muhyun Exabyte america3 America cubed foundation on Friday knocked Conner Back to the docks for the first time in 12 years and earned the right to defend the americans cup for the san Diego yacht club. Connery a Stan a stripes went meekly. The yacht america3, again sailing in a More favourable weather window won its third straight race by a whopping 5 minutes 8 seconds to Clinch the Best-of-13 defender finals with a 7-4 record. Koch will face Italy a u Moro Divene Jumei in j Ria and its american Boni skipper Paul Cayard in the 28th americans cup match beginning May 9. A there i am just a farm boy from Kansas and 1 just knocked off the Best Sailor in the world a Koch said after was thrown into the water in front of the Sadyc. A a we la get Mem in 95,�?� Conner told his Crew. Conner skipped the Post race news conference. Canner got off to a bad Start. He crossed the line about two seconds before the gun and had to turn Back and restart. That put america3 ahead by 29 seconds but Conner made up the deficit after initiating a tacking Duel. Americas however caught a favourable puff on the right Side. Dunn a Long starboard tack amcrica3 got the favourable position and pinned stars a stripes out on the left Side of the course. When both yachts went onto port tack america3 was ahead by about six lengths. Amenca3 led by 1 04 rounding the first Windward buoy and increased its Lead at every other Mark on the eight leg 20.03-mile course. The elapsed time was 2 hours 45 minutes 40 seconds. The Westerly wind ranged from 6-9 knots with a swell of 3 feet. The wind was More in stars a stripes window but 9 knots is where america3 begins to kick in. The 3-foot swell favored america3 because the wider year old stars a stripes has trouble with seas above 1-2 feet. Koch steered Only on the three reaching Lea. Buddy melges steered the first three legs and the last two. Koch an americans cup Rookie who holds a doctorate in chemical engineering from Mit came armed with $65 million a at least two thirds of it his own a and computer help from his Alma mater. That was enough to build a four yacht Armada. Americas was Koch s third boat and was designed for Light moderate wind. Conner raised Only an estimated $15 million not enough to pay for a second boat