European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ziegler asked to quit Newark . A three earn executives have asked National hockey league president John Ziegler to resign immediately a newspaper reported in its Friday editions. The demand was made in a letter written three weeks ago and signed by new Jersey Devil owner John Mcmullen Boston Bruin owner Jeremy Jacobs and Hartford whaler managing general partner Richard Gordon the Star Ledger of Newark reported. The paper said Gordon confirmed he signed the letter and did not deny the letter asked Ziegler to step Down immediately. The Board of governors will hold a scheduled meeting in Montreal starting june 20, and Ziegler a Fate could be decided at that time. A committee of team executives is studying the Ziegler a status and is expected will report at the  time in a yukness Winner Pine Bluff under the guidance of exercise rider Todd Graves glides through what could be a $1 million workout thursday at Elmont . Pine Bluff leads casual lies in the standings for a $1 million Bonus awarded to the horse which posts the Best combined finish in the three triple Crown races. See Page 22 for a preview of today s Belmont stakes which airs at 10 30 . Get on seb to 11 06 . On an and seb radio and Midnight on an to. The Star Ledger quoted an unidentified nil source As saying Ziegler a departure is a a fait  another unidentified source said there a a a better than 50-50 Chance hell be  confusion Over scheduling next year and Ziegler a handling of the player strike at the end of the season Are cited for the dissatisfaction with Ziegler who has been held the Job since 1977. The stars and stripes june 6,1992 Page 28 no contest practically perfect courier rips Agassi Paris apr defending Champion Jim courier overwhelmed Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 with a display of jk>wcrfu1, almost error free Tennis Friday and moved into the final of the French open. A this could have been my Best match on Clay a courier said. In the other semifinal no. 7 seed Petr Korda dashed the partisan crowds Hopes with a 6-2, 7-6 7-4 6-3 Victory Over Frances Henri Leconte. The czechoslovak who reached the final without facing a seeded player had never before played singles on Center court Here or gotten past the third round of a grand slam. Reaffirming his no. 1 world ranking courier demoralized Agassi from the Start with implacable Calm and brutal ground strokes. The match took just two hours one minute. A it went much better than i possibly could have thought a he said. Courier has now reached the finals of three straight grand slams losing to Stefan Edberg in last years . Open and winning the australian open this year. The defeat was another grand slam disappointment for Lith seeded Agassi who Nas reached seven semifinals in the four major events but never won a title. He lost in the final Here to courier last year and to Andres Gomez in 1990. Agassi said it was easier to accept defeat this year. A last year he had some Luck this year he just won it a Agassi said. A a he a playing really efficiently. He a not giving up any careless errors. He a serving Well. He a moving  a a he a really putting everything together in this tournament. I said beforehand that if he could go out there and beat me head make a believer out of  Agassi had billed the match As tantamount to the final because the Days second semifinal featured two outsiders. Leconte the Surprise Star of the tournament had won his first five matches on the strength of an aggressive High risk net game. But against Korda Luck caught up with him a he lost the key second set tiebreak on a series of narrow misses and the czech ran Down Many volleys to Hammer Home passing shots. Korda seemed almost unflappable during the semifinal although in a third set game where he saved two break Points he leaped in the air three times in Quick succession. A my coach said a done to explode too much a a a Korda said. A i Only exploded once. I was very nervous during that  after match Point Korda turned away from the net holding his hand on top of his head looking stunned. A it was maybe one of the important seconds in my life a he said. A i enjoyed it for myself. I said to myself a you did an incredible Job today a the Agassi courier match failed to excite the Center court fans at Stade Roland Garros. On a Cloudy Cool Day the stands remained partly empty throughout the match with Many French fans apparently deciding to arrive Only in time for the Leconte Korda semifinal. A the key for me was that i was Able to return his serve a lot More comfortably than he was Able to return mine a courier said. Almost the Only similarity Between Agassi and courier was their White baseball Caps. In the first two sets courier made Only a handful of mistakes while Agassi double faults contributed to his foe s first two service Breaks. At match Point Agassi made an unforced error on a backhand. Courier has a 22-match winning Streak including 12 straight wins on Clay. The last time he lost was to Michael Chang in the semifinals at key Biscayne in March. In today a women a final top seeded Monica Seles will be seeking Here third straight title against no. 2 seed Steffi Gral the Champion Here in 1987 and 1988. Their last meeting in a grand slam final was Here in 1990, when Seles won 7 6 8-66-4, flame starts on Road to Barcelon inside sports hideout resurfaces in bowl a Page 22 american National league statistics a Page 23 Hodges takes shot at Jordan a Page 25 Fleming mariners blast tribe Page 26 pirate fans jeer i Bonilla Page 26 ancient Olympia Greece apr the olympic flame began its journey to Spain for the olympics in Barcelona after being lighted Friday in the ruins of the Sanctuary where the games began. The flame symbolizing the olympic spirit was lighted by the rays of the midday Sun beaming into a concave Mirror i on an altar to Hera one of the principal gods honoured at Olympia. A Apollo god of the Sun and of the idea of Light Slid your rays and Light the a i Rcd Torch for the hospitable City of bar  called Maria Pooh oui an actress dressed As an ancient greek High priestess invoking another Patron of Olympia. In the ancient stadium where the games were held for Over a thousand years after they were founded in 776 b.c., the flame began a relay that will end in Barcelona on july 24, the eve of the 25th olympics. The games will commence when an Archer shoots an Arrow carrying the flame into a cauldron above the olympic stadium. Savvas Saritsoglou Greece a discus Champion set out from ancient Olympia with the Torch and a sprig of Olive a the kind used to Crown ancient victors. Another 364 runners were each to carry the flame another Kilometre until reaching Athens on sunday. From there a Spanish frigate the cat Aluna will Start out monday for Emu Ries a City in Spain founded by the ancient greeks. The flame will cover 3,564 Miles in route to Barcelona. It will travel by plane ship and hydrofoil As Well As be carried by runners and cyclists in reaching All of Spain