European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 17, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 29corner shoots 66 for Lead in Lyga meet by David Ginsburg Bethesda my. Apr Joanne Carner still has a few things left to accomplish even though she a already won 42 Lyga events and has Long since gained entry into the Hall of Fame. For one thing the 53-year-old Carner plans to show the youngsters on the tour that she a not quite finished winning tournaments. In the process she plans to grab a Little bit of history. A my goal is to be the oldest person Ever to win a tournament a Carner said Friday after shooting a 66 in the second round of the Lyga championship. A a that a enough incentive to keep me  Carner is already the oldest woman to win an event but she a got her Eye on the Mark held by Sam Snead who was 52 when he won his last pea  a same a a Good Friend of mine a Carner said. A the tells me i should run circles around these  Carner striving for her first Victory since 1985, finished the round with a 5-under 137. That was better than anyone else except Betsy King whose 66 on Friday gave her a 134. Amy Alcott who could join Carner in the Hall of Fame with a Victory shot a 69 for a 138 total. Play was suspended by rain late in the afternoon with 45 players still on the Bethesda country club course. Among those 45, the one with the Best Chance of making an Impact was Helen Alfredson who was 4 under with one Hole left. The round was to be completed this morning to be followed by the Cut and the third round. Carner does More than just swing Golf clubs in order to compete with players half her age. She said she is More a a Limber these Days because she regularly goes through a series of stretching exercises. She moved from one Hole to the next with ease on Friday chalking up five birdies and 13 pars to put the heat on King. Were it not for a pair of missed 6-foot putts on nos. 10 and 11, earners round would have been even better. In a season thus far dominated by the Tours younger players a the last eight tournaments have been won by players under 30 a Carner and the other players on the Leader Board struck a blow for the older set. King and Alcott Are both 36, while Alice Ritzman 40, and Elaine Crosby 33, were hanging in Contention with 139s. Liselotte Neumann a comparative youngster at 25, was also at 139 after shooting a 68. King who was tied for the Lead with Ritzman Donna Andrews and Brandie Burton after the first round had seven birdies and a pair of bogeys. She began to make her move on no. 5, sinking a 20-foot Birdie putt then holed a 35-footer for a Birdie on no. 6. King had three birdies on the Back nine to pull away from the Field and put herself in position to win her fifth career major. Burton had a 73 and Andrews shot a 75 to fall Back into the pack. Courier moves to 7 win away from italian title by the associated press Rome a the French open can wait. Jim courier still has some unfinished business in Italy. Courier is one Victory away from becoming the first american to win the italian open since Jimmy Arias in 1983. But hell have to get past the worlds hottest Clay court player to do it. The no. 1 seed and worlds top ranked player courier reached the Rome final saturday by coming from behind to defeat Germany Scarl Urc Streb 57, 6-1, 6-2. In the other semifinal at the Foro italico Spain a Carlos Costa Defeated Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia 6-4,6-3. A Costa who won Clay court titles in Portugal and Spain this Spring has not lost a set in five matches in Rome. Ranked no. 55 in the world at the Start of the year he will break into the top 10 in the next at rankings released monday. Courier won the French open last year for his first grand slam championship. He begins defense of the title in eight Days but said he first wants to add the italian open to his collection. A right now in a concerned with the Here and now a courier said. A a in a very pleased with the Way in a playing. Come monday ill Start putting All my energies into the  courier would become Only the second american Ever to win both the French and italian open titles. Budge Paddy won in Paris in 1950 and Rome in 1954. For awhile saturday it looked like courier would be packing his bags for Paris. He was Flat in the first set As he had trouble keeping his ground strokes in play. The set turned on a controversial Call with courier serving at 5-5. On break Point Steeb hit a forehand Down the line which the Linesman ruled out. But chair Umpire Richard Ings overruled giving the game to Steeb. Courier protested loudly and slammed a Ball into the water cooler under inns chair. In the next game courier had a Chance to Send the set into a tiebreaker but he squandered four break Points. Steeb wasted two chances of his own to win the game but finally finished the set with a second serve Ace and a service Winner. Courier said the dispute with Ings did not affect him. A a he a one our Best umpires a he said. A sometimes big boys have disagreements. In a learning now to go on and play to put it behind me and not let it get to  courier now hitting his ground strokes with authority won the next five games and eight out of nine As he raced through the final two sets virtually unchallenged. Courier played mostly from the Baseline but attacked and came to net on Short balls. A i took the chances when i had them a he said. A unless its a Good risk in a not going to take  Steeb said there was Little he could do once courier found his rhythm. A the problem with courier is that most of the time he is dominating the Point a he said. Steeb said courier merits his no. 1 ranking. A Boris Becker is a great player but courier is the most  after earlier complaints from courier organizers watered Down the Sun baked Clay court Between the second and third sets to keep players from slipping. A today the court was much different a courier said. A there was much More Clay More topsoil on the  Graf Sanchez in Berlin finals Berlin a Steffi Graf and Arantha Sanchez won semifinal round matches in the Berlin open on saturday each at the expense of an american. Graf cheered on by the crowd rallied to beat sixth seeded Jennifer Capriati 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, and Sanchez outlasted fourth seeded Mary Joe Fernandez 7-5, 7-6 7-3. Graf and Sanchez will play in the final on sunday As they did last year when Graf won in three sets. The German player got off to a shaky Start saturday when the 16-Ycar-old Capriati controlled the Early action on the Clay court breaking grafts serve in the first game and passing her with Long powerful backhands. A sluggish and distracted Graf just  keep up and lost the set in 36 minutes. But Graf gained Confidence in the second set winning it after 61 minutes As Capriati made several errors. Capriati jumped off to a 2-0 Lead in the third set but Graf countered to tic at 4-4, then took a 5-4 Lead. She put away the the match with three straight Points. A it was Tough. I was not at All satisfied with myself and really won Only because i somehow managed to keep the Ball on the court a Graf said. But credited support from the Berlin crowd who cheered almost every time she scored gave her strength. A it really helped that the people were so attentive a she said. Capriati ranked sixth in the world took the loss As a lesson. A i was very tired at the end of the match that a a weakness. Ill work hard on it a Capriati said Graf second in the computer rankings won her first grand prix title in Berlin in 1986 when she beat Martina Navratilova. Since then she has taken the Berlin title five times and lost Only once in 1990.scoreboardfrom Page 28 juniors team scoring Heidelberg 258.9, Karlsruhe 148 9, shape 130.4, Nurnberg 109.1. Otto fold vault�?1, Kelsey Btl sch 8.7. Uneven bars-1, Bills 7.3. Balance beam-1, Bills 9.0. Floor exercise-1, bids 9.5. All-around�?1, Bills 34.5. Last a compulsory Les vault�?1, Elke Needham h 6.7. Uneven bars�?1, Needham 5.5. Balance beam�?1, Needham 8.2. Floor exercise-1, Needham 8.2. All-around�?1, Needham 28.6. Class 5 compute ortes vault-1, Jill Quick h Al. Uneven  Wetter h 8 1. Balance beam-1, Weller 8.6. Floor exercise-1, Quick 7.6. All-around�?1, Quick 30.1. Class 4 compulsory Les vault-1, Bridget Ralston h 6.9. Uneven bars�?1, je6sica Horton h 8 0. Balance beam -1, Ralston 8.5. Floor exercise�?1, Lisa Foster h 9 0. All around a 1, Horton and Foster and Angie Taylor n28.8. A North regional Al bad Kreuz Nach saturday boys preliminary games osterholz 1, bad Kreuz Nach 0 Hahn 2, Fulda 1 osterholz 4, Karlsruhe 3 Baum older 4, Hahn 0 u third place game Karlsruhe 2, Hahn 0 championship game osterholz 3, Baum older 2 halftime osterholz Blackhawk 1, Baum Holder bucs 0. Goals a Ost Raymond Mohammed Robert gee 2 Baum Luis Batson Chris White. Okie preliminary games Karlsruhe 3, bad Kreuz Nach 2 Hahn 3, osterholz 2 Fulda 3, Karlsruhe 1 third place game Karlsruhe 1, championship game Fulda 4, Baum older 0 halftime Fulda Falcons 2, Baum older bucs 0. Goals Ful Amy Bacevich Tiffany Hogale Leanne Rios 2. Assists Kelly May. Golf pea championship Bethesda. My. A partial scores Friday after the rain shortened second round of the is million Mazda Lyga championship played on the 6,272-Yard, Par-71 Bethesda country club course. Eds does not include players who failed to com plete second round Betsy King.68-66-134 Joanne Carner.71-68�?137 Amy Alcott.69-69-138 Liselotte neumann.71-68�?139 Elaine crosby.69-70�?139 Alice Ritzman.6871�?139 Jan stephenson.69-71 a 140 Nancy lopez.72-69�?141 Patty sheehan.71-70-141 Ayako okamoto.71-70�?141 Marta Figueras-dom.71-70�?141 Nancy scranton.70-71 a 141 Juli inkster.70-71-141 Pat bradley.70-71-141 Jane geddes.69-72�?141 Brandie burton.68-73�?141 Chris johnson.71-71 a 142 Hiromi kobayashi.70-72�?142 Michelle estih.70-72-142 Karen noble.73-70-143 Kristi albers.72-71-143 Sarah mcguire.71-72�?143 Hollis slecv.69-74-143 Donna Andrews.68-75 -143 Dawn coe.73.71 -144 Meg mallon.72-72-144 Dana lofland.72-72-144 Shelley hamlin.72-72�?144 Dottie mochrie.71-73 144 Laurel kean.71-73 144 Nelson classic Irving Texas apr partial leading scores Friday from the second round of the 1.1 Midion Byron Nelson classic played on the Par-70, 6,863-Yard tournament players course at the four seasons resort and club a Amateur. Seventy eight players were to Complete the second round saturday morning. Tom kite.67-65-132 Ben crenshaw.65-68-133 Marco dawson.70-63 a 133 Phil bleckmar.63-71 134 Dan forsman.68-66-134 Robin freeman.63-71 �?134 Ray floyd.66-68-134 Dudley hart.87-68 -135 Gary hallberg.66-69-135 Scott gump.70-66�?136 Lenny wadkms.65-71 �?136 Steve elkington.69-67�? 136 Craig stealer.69-68�?137 Chip Beck.68-69-137 Dillard pruitt.68-69 a 13 7 David frost.69-68 137 Bob gilder.66-70�?138 Lon hinkle.68-70 -138 Mark celcevecchia.64-74�?138 David edwards.89-69 -138 Gary webb.89-69-138sanders celebrity classic k1ngwood, Texas apr leading scores Friday after the first round of the $350,000 Doug Sanders pm Good celebrity classic played on the 6.659-Yard, Par-36-36-72 Deerwood country club course Larry mowry.30-37-67 Harold henning.34-33 -67 Gabby gilbert.33-34 67 Bobby nichols.34-34 68 Larry Zieg Jim dent.31-38-89 Bob charles.34-35 a 69 Butch baird.15-34-69 Dick hendrickson.35-35-70 Lee trevino.33-37 a 70 gone littler.33-37 a 70 Mike hill.35 35-70 Orville moody.34 36 70 Dewitt weaver.37-33-70 Charlie owens.34-36 70 John Brodie .35-36-71 Arnold palmer.37-34�?71 Homero blancas.36-35-71 Kemnit zarley.36-35�?71 transaction Friday basketball National be Etab Yaeo Chatton a bad fined John Starks nov York kicks guard $5,000 Tor a flagrant tool in a game on May 14. 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