European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday March 7,1993 i sports the stars and stripes d Page 31strong bid for White from wire reports Cleveland the Cleveland Browns Are making a Strong Effort to lure free agent defensive end Reggie White away from the Philadelphia eagles. White arrived Friday for a two Day visit with the Browns. He spent several hours at the teams new Headquarters in suburban Berea. Quot its a tremendous place a said White before leaving by limousine to have dinner with some of the coaches and players. White said he will visit Atlanta Detroit and Green Bay this shifts of packers Kansas City to. A Bill Maas wanted to end his career with the Kansas City chiefs until an offer from the Green Bay packers was too Good to pass up. Quot they came after me real hard Quot said Maas a first round draft Choice by the chiefs in 1984. Quot pm playing nose tackle for Maas was scheduled to travel to Green Bay saturday to sign a reported two year $2.2 million contract with the packers. Maas is the first free agent to leave the chiefs. Maas 31, played nose tackle his first six seasons with the chiefs making the pro bowl in 1986 and 1987.unitas has bypass Baltimore a Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas underwent coronary bypass surgery Early saturday morning at the University of Maryland medical Center. His family said doctors told them the operation went Well and the former Baltimore Colts quarterback is expected to make a full recovery. He was said to be resting comfortably. Unitas 60, was treated for Chest pains after undergoing knee surgery Friday Hospital officials wins rally Estoril Portugal a French Driver Francois Delecour won the 1993 port world notes wine rally on saturday. Delecour driving a Ford escort is co Worth jumped out to a commanding Lead on the firs Day and was untouchable for the remaining three Days of racing Over 1,341-mile of dirt and Asphalt roads in the portuguese Hills. Delecour finished the 38-stage rally in a total time of 6 hours 20 minutes 37 seconds for his first win on the world rally , Norman Lead Miami a Paul Azinger shot a bogey free 66 and tied Greg Norman for the Lead Friday at the Halfway Point of the doral open Aringer who has not made a bogey in the $1.4 million tournament and the re b Vina cd Norman completed 36 holes on Oral a Blue monster course in 133, 11 under Par. Norman the first round Leader had a 68 in setting ii a the possibility of a re. Match of his 1990 showdown with Azinger for this title. Norman won that one when Azinger bogeyed the 72nd Hole. South african David Frost scored 10 3�?Ts in a round of 64 that left him one off the Pace at 134.player, Archer top seniors Ojai Calif. A Gary player and George Archer each shot 7-under-Par 63s Friday to share the first round Lead in the senior get classic. Former Champion Walt Zembriski and Jack Kiefer were one shot off the Pace entering saturdays second round or the three Day 54-Hole $500,000 tournament. Arnold Palmer was in fifth place at 66.birdie run lifts Nobilo Valencia Spain a new Sealander Frank Nobilo produced a five Birdie run in the face of a collapse by England s Jim Payne on saturday to grab a two stroke Lead after the third round of the $600,000 Mediterranean open. Nobilo ran in his five birdies in seven Back nine holes to eventually overhaul second round Leader Payne who dropped six shots Over his last seven holes. Nobilous five under Par 67 gave him a 54-Hoic total of 207.seizingertakes downhill morz1ne, France a Katja sizing or of Germany a held off teammate Reg Tea Haust to win her third world cup downhill on saturday and assured herself of the championship in the discipline for the second year in a Row. Astrid lord cml of Norway downhill Silver medal Winner at the world championships was third. Megan merely of Anchorage Alaska was the top american finisher tying for 22nd with Martina ertl of Germany. The Victory gave Seizinger an insurmountable Lead atop the downhill Overall standings with 580 Points. Haeusl is second with 297 followed closely by Carole Merle of France with 280. The Victory also moved the 20 year old into second place in the Overall world cup standings. Anita Wachter of Austria leads with 967 Points and Seizinger has 852. Meric slipped to third with 814.austrian Junior triumphs cohere Italy a Josef Strobl of Austria beat Japan a Jujj Kawaguchi by nearly one second Friday to capture the menus giant slalom at the world Alpine ski championships for juniors. Strobl a 19-Ycar-old from the Tyrol Region added the Gold medal to a Silver he won in thursday s downhill and a Bronze he took in tuesdays super giant slalom. Isolde Kostner 17, won the women a super a for Italy s third Gold medal of the championships. Amber Guaraglia was the top american finisher in 32nd escapes upset Delray Beach Fla. Steffi Graf took command at the Start won five consecutive games in the second set reached match Point five times and still almost lost to Zina Garrison Jackson. Almost. After two hours and 15 minutes the top sced cd Graf finally eliminated a stubborn Garrison Jackson 6-1, 6-7 3-76-4 in fridays quarterfinals at the Virginia slims of Florida. Quot a strange match a Graf said. She advanced to saturday s semifinals against fellow German Anke Huber the no. 5 seed who beat no. 4 Mary Joe Fernandez 6-4,6-4.courier nips Rosset Indian Wells. Calif. Jim Coo Rich dropped a set for the first time in three matches Friday before he rebounded for a 6-3, 6-7 3-76-3 quarterfinal Victory Over Marc Rosset at the champions cup. Courier the top seed and worlds no. 1 player advanced to a semifinal saturday against no. 4 Michael Chang. In other matches Chang Defeated no. 5 Petr Korda of the Oech Republic 6-1, 6-3 no. 14 Wayne Ferreira of South Africa eliminated Alberto Mancini of Argentina 6-4, 7-6 7-2and no. 15 Alexandcr Volkov of Russia trounced fabric Santoro of France 6-4,6-1.sports on an Cental Eure Wilme. Television College basketball a Georgetown at Connecticut 6 . Sunday followed by Michigan at Michigan state Southern conference tournament championship game 1 30 . Monday. Radio College basketball a Duke at North Carolina 9 30 . Sunday followed by Kentucky at Florida. Wings about face Victory halts Maple Leafs Streak by the associated press Detroit a the Detroit red wings were streaking in the wrong direction before doing an about face. In the process they broke a significant Streak for the Toronto Maple Leafs. A we be let a couple of leads slip away Quot a a a let this nil Lur onto a Bill Berg concentrates on the action while fending Oil Detroit a Jim Liller. Lately and we weren to going to one go a Detroit _ Forward Dino Cic Carelli said after the red wings beat the Maple Leafs 5-1 Friday night. That not Only halted the red wings four game losing Streak and five game wingless Streak but snapped the Maple Leafs 10-game unbeaten Streak 9-0-1 a their longest since 1967, a obviously we would have liked logo unbeaten for the rest of the year a Toronto a Dave Ellett said. A a we re disappointed that it ended but it was More Media hype than anything ironically the red wings also snapped Toronto a club record Streak in nov. 1950. Steve Yzerman had four assists and Ciccarelli scored twice for the red wings. In other games Friday night rangers 3, penguins 1 new York a Mike Gartner scored the tie breaking goal Early in the third period and new York got a solid performance from goaltender John Vanlies Brouck to beat Pittsburgh. Mario Lemieux playing his second game for the penguins since his return from treatments for Hodgkin a disease Wasny to a Factor. Van Biesbrouck made 28 saves in out dueling Pittsburgh s Tom Barrasso. The defending Stanley cup Champion penguins arc 2-7-1 in their last 10 games. Devils 1, Blackhawk 1 East Rutherford . Scott Niedermayer scored late in the second period on a play in which goalie de Bel four was blocked by a teammate giving new Jersey a tie. The tie extended the devils unbeaten Streak to four games 3-0-1 and kept Chicago wingless in three 0-1-2. Whalers 4, sabres 2 Buffalo , Andrew Cassels had a goal and two assists As Hartford Downe Buffalo the Victory ended a two game losing Streak for the whalers. Meanwhile the slumping sabres saw their wingless Streak stretch to five games 0-4-1. Geoff Sanderson had a Coal and an assist for Hartford 18-42-4. Pat Verbeek and Dan Keczmer also scored for Hartford. Flyers 3, capitals 0 Landover my. Tommy Soder Strom stopped 36 shots to hand Washington its first Home shutout since 1987, and Mark Recchi broke a scoreless Duel with 9 58 left
