European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports thursday july 22,1993 crooked stick layout passes stringent test defending Champion Patty Sheehan fears crooked stick s Nigger Slippery greens. Carmel ind. A Tim Morag Han the United states Golf association s championship agronomist ended his inspection of the crooked stick Golf club course after Only thee holes. He said this is enough. We Don Teven have to look at the rest of the Golf course crooked stick superintendent Chris Hague said tuesday with thurs Day s Start of the 48th . Women open fast approaching. The real judges looked Over the Pete Dye designed course after checking in monday. Most of the players in the Fieldon 156 practice Many played and some just walked the course very demanding defending Champi on Patty Sheehan said. You be got to drive the Ball in the Fairway the rough Isreal deep. But i think the greens Are what make this Golf course  Hague and his Crew have Only six More Days to maintain crooked stick s current conditions. So far they be fended off four weeks of oppressive heat frequent thunderstorms and relative humidity consistently above 85 percent. This course will produce a goo Champion said two time . Amateur Champion Vicki Goetze Only 20 but play ing her fifth open and first As a professional. You re going to have to do every thing Well Here. You have to hit it Well putt Well and not go to sleep. Every Hole can get  Dye has a Home along the Edge of the course the site of John Daly s Spe tac . Women s open ular Victory in the 1991 pea championship. He pronounced the conditions  i be never seen a Golf course this goo going into an open Dye said. It can t be any better than this  crooked stick s drainage is world class but after yet another dousing sunday night the course played soft. A couple of Windy Days would change that dramatically. The Urga setup Calls for Green Speed measuring 10 to 10.5 feet on the stamp meter  for crooked stick undulations. Typical Pete Dye greens Beth Dan Iel said. It will be very important for you to place your Iron shots where you la Havethe putt you want at  the primary rough is thick and Lush and will be Cut at 3 inches. The Heather beyond goes 3 feet. Sheehan said she thought the frontline played Short and a bit tame monday. The longest Par-4, no. 4, measures 385yards. The first Par-5, no. 5, is daunting at 525 Yards but the second the Dogleg left 435-Yard ninth is a gambling Hole Many will reach in two shots. The difficulty increases on the backline. It s extremely difficult Sheeha said. It s almost like the front Side teases you a Little but the Back Side  Lewis rejects title bout Deal to fight Bowe London a Lennox Lewis the wac heavy weight Champion has rejected a Deal to fight Riddick Bowe for the undisputed title. The Deal was $21 million for Bowe and a 50-50 split if the final purse went above $32 million Frank Malo Ney who represents Lewis said tuesday. We declined that and the Bowe fight won t happen until the sum Mer of 1994." Lewis was awarded the wac title last year after owe was stripped for failing to make his first defense against the British fighter. Bowe retained the if and Aba crowns. Dan Duva who has promotional ties with both champions said from his office at West Paterson n.j., tuesday that Rock Newman Bpwe s manager made the offer to Lewis management group headed by Panos Eliades. Their response was we be made commitments for two fights " Duva said. The fights will be against Frank Bruno also of Brit Ain in London in october and against Tommy Morri son at Las vegas in March according to Duva. With a Lewis Morrison fight set Back to March be cause a site Deal could hot be made in Las vegas Maloney said now we Are Able to give the British Public what they want. I have always kept negotiations with Frank Bruno alive. It is the fight Lennox wanted Andas far As i m concerned the Deal is struck. Both sides have  Mickey Duff Bruno s promoter said tuesday tha Duva told him the fight was on As far As he s con  Duff however said he also was expecting an offer from Newman for a Bowe Bruno match. Duff scoffed at the report of a Newman offer. After Lewis Defeated Tony Tucker to retain his Crown May 8 at Las vegas Maloney said the next de sense would be against Bruno on sept. 25 in Cardiff Wales. But the bout was called off after a dispute Over How the total purse would be split Lewis was then signed sealed and delivered to meet Morrison this fall Maloney announced last week. It was to be the first in a two fight $20 million Deal for Lewis that would match the fighter against former Champion evander Holyfield next Spring with an Eye on a unification bout with Bowe following in the sum Mer. But snags in finding a Date and venue for the Morri son fight led to a postponement. The Lewis Camp was unable to reach agreement with Caesars Palace in Las vegas for a possible nov. 5 bout and a proposal from the newly built Mem grand was turned  gave us a dec. 30 Date for Lewis and Morri son but that was t acceptable Maloney said. But their offer of the last week in february and first week in March was of for  gambling ties May alter Yankee no. Plans George Stein breaker new York a any plans George Steinbrenner might have to move the new York Yankees to new Jersey could reportedly hit a Snag if a new stadium is financed by revenues from Atlantic City casinos. That raises an interesting question that would have to be looked at acting commissioner Bud Selig of the Milwaukee Brewers told the new York times i wednesday s editions. Baseball officials have always been concerned about linking the game to any kind of gambling. Nicholas Amato head of the new Jer sey development authority told the times As much As $250 million is Avail Able for projects in Northern new Jersey near the Meadowlands Complex. Amato said some of the funds from gambling. Unhappy with attendance Revenue could be used to help build a baseball stadium. That would be perverse former commissioner Fay Vincent told the paper. New Jersey does t appear to have an alternate plan to the Casino fund proposal. In 1987, voters rejected a plan to build a baseball stadium with Public funds. The Yankees Are drawing nearly 25,000 per game this season about the same As the last place new York mets. The mets Are also talking about building a new stadium and amusement Park com plex across the Street from Shea stadium. We should be drawing 30,000-35,000 for night games Steinbrenner said monday. If Steinbrenner decides to move it could be to the Meadowlands Complex the lower West Side of Manhattan or lower Westchester county about 10 min utes from the Bronx. Both new York state and the City have tried to persuade the Yankees to stay by promising to clean up the area around the stadium add parking spaces and Bee up Security. The Yankees lease with the City expires in 2002. The perception is the area in t Safe and you can t get in or out Steinbrenner said. Tradition is a wonderful thing and i love it but there comes a time when change is  Yankees attendance has declined inthe past five years from 2.6 million in 1988 to 1.7 million last year. In each of those years the Yankees were also rans finishing no higher than fourth in an season