European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 08, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 8, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 31 army athletes build huge Lead Bamberg be any Al ready enjoying numerical superiority the army took advantage of the air Force s decision to Divide its athletes and jumped outto nearly insurmountable Lead after saturday s first Day final sin the . Forces track and Field championships. Usa eur athletes amassed604 team Points As the two Day meet which ends today at warn or Barracks settled 21 crowns. Second was the air Force Continental sports conference with 288 Points followed by us afe s United kingdom sports conference with 188. The Nav had 6 Points. The disparity in scoring was t reflected in the number of individual titles won saturday the army claimed 12 and the air Force nine. But the army greater depth added up to a deep Hole for the divided squad in Blue. Running events finalized sat urday were the 800 and 5,000 meters for men and women the men s 400 intermediate hurdles and the men s and women s 400 meter relays. Field events decided were Long and High jumps javelin and shot put. The air Force s main strength saturday came in the weight and distance events. A pair of Rhein main runner set the Pace in the men s 5,000. Tom Mckeith took the Ope title in 15 18.7 ahead of five army runners and John Mitch . Forces track Ell claimed the sub masters 28-34 years Crown in 16 11.27 ahead of a pair of  s Husseyn Kara won the men s masters 5,000 for the army in 17 23.98, and ans Bach s Stephanie Potocko too the women s Crown in 21 05.78. In the 800, Ramstein s Helena Lack led a pair of Ruksc run ners to the tape in 2 40.49,  s Stan House claimed the sub masters title in1 58.76 for the air Force. The army struck Back in themen s open and masters 800, though with Schweinfurt Bobby Gardiner pacing the open in 1 57.52 and Wiesbaden s Virgilia Wright leading the veterans in 2 02.47, Irmert claimed both shot put crowns contested when bit Burg s Michael Bennett went 46feet, 11 inches for the open Crown and  Franklin Ford went 36-9 in the masters. Wurzburg s Giscla Oti Stook the women s title with a toss of 39-8. Army athletes won All the jumps. Wil Ryburg s ice Britten covered 179vi to win the women s event and Mannheim s Clinton Fields went 23-1 for themen s title. Another Mustang won the High jump As Ernest Williams of Mannheim cleared 6-8% for themen s Crown Janice Jones of firm Assn won the women s title with 5-0%. Darmstadt s John Bufor took the men s javelin with a throw of 149-10v4 Pitburg Dawn Lovely managed 129-7m for the women s title to closeout saturday s Field events. Back on the track Simbach Sjohn Register took the open 400 intermediate hurdles Crown with53.12, and Rhein main s sub master 400 relay team went unopposed to that title to close out the air Force Harvest on sat urday. Wurzburg a Britton took he second Gold of the Day when she helped the lady rattlers to the women s 400 relay Crown Schweinfurt claimed the men s400 relay. Sunday s schedule begins a noon with the 10,000 meters. Californian upsets Stich in la. From wire reports los Angeles there s no rest for local favorite Chuck Adams after his stunning Victory Over Michael Stich in the Volvo los Angeles , a 22-year-old from nearby Pacific Palisades ranked 86th in the world staged the tournament s biggest upset by beating the second seeded Stich 5-7, 6-4,6-4 in a match that went past  dams was to face no. 3 seed Michael Chang a 4-6,6-3,6-2 Winner Over Aaron Krickstein on saturday night at the Losangeles Tennis Center. Pete Sampras meanwhile had his big serve in High gear for a 7-5, 6-2 Victory Over Patrick , the top seed and world s no. 1 player blasted 10 aces and won 80 per cent of his first serve Points. He advances to meet fourth seeded Richard Krajicek a 6-1,6-4 Winner Over no. 5 seed Alexan Der Volkov of Russia in saturday s other semifinal. Graf out Points Pierce Carlsbad Calif. Steffi Graf played toughest on crucial Points to de feat seventh seeded Mary Pierce 6-3,6-4friday and Advance to the semifinals of the Mazda  was to play saturday in the $375,000 event against third seeded con Chita Martinez who advanced with a 6-3, 6-2 Victory Over no. 5 Magdalena Malee a. Muster stops Medvedev k1tzbuehel, Austria third seeded Thomas Muster of Austria and no. 6 Javier Sanchez of Spain posted easy straight set victories saturday to and Vance to the finals of the $400,000 head cup Tennis tournament. Muster needed just 79 minutes to upset second seeded Andrei Medvedev 6-3, 6-4. He became the first Austria never to reach the finals Here. Sanchez beat eighth seeded Bern Karbacher 6-2, 6-2. The German appeared drained after ousting top seeded Goran Ivanisevic 6-2,6-0 on Friday. World notes bruguera hits final Prague czech Republic top seeded Sergi bruguera of Spain and no. 3 Andrei Chesnokov of Russia advanced to the championship of the $365,000 Skoda czech open men s Tennis tournament with semifinals victories saturday. Chesnokov ranked 31st in the world bythe at rallied from a 5-4 deficit to win the first set against no. 2 Magnus Gustafsson of Sweden 7-5, then had a 2-0 Lead in the second set when Gustafsson retired because of illness. Bruguera the world s fifth ranked player broke Andrei Cherkasov s serve in the fourth and eighth games of the first set and went on to Bounce the rus Sian in just 75 minutes 6-3,6-1. Sharks land Makarov san Jose Calif. More than a year after they began pursuing Sergei Maka Rov the san Jose Sharks finally got him 1 acquiring the Veter an right Wing fro the Hartford whal ers on Friday to Complete an earlier  35-year-old Makarov one of the first hockey stars from the old soviet Union to play in the nil was traded to Hart Ford by the Calgary Makarov flames shortly be fore june s trading deadline. The whal ers sent him to the Sharks to Complete a draft Day Deal in which san Jose an Hartford traded first round picks. Makarov will be reunited with forme Central red army teammate Igor Lano nov signed by san Jose in june after Lavine a year in the Swiss league. Along with Vladimir Kurtov the two formed the potent Kim line that dominated International hockey in the Early 1980s. Makarov also will be working with new shark assistant coach Vasily Tikhonov the son of his old coach on the soviet National team. Finks has brain surgery new Orleans Jim Finks who resigned last month As president and Gen eral manager of the new Orleans saints to focus on fighting lung cancer was instable but serious condition saturday after undergoing emergency brain sur Gery. Doctors at Southern Baptist Hospital removed a blood clot on Finks brain late Friday saints spokesman Rusty Kas a Ritersky said. The surgery was successful Kas Mic sky said saturday. That s about All we know at this  sex Bronco owner Dies Denver Gerald h. Phipps building contractor who was also a major Ity owner of the Denver Broncos for two decades died Friday at the age of 78. His cause of death and other details were no immediately available. From 1961-81, Phipps served As major Ity owner and chairman of the club. He presided Over the Broncos Rise from mediocrity to its first super bowl appear Ance in 1978. He also was chairman of the nil finance committee from 1970 81. Fox aces Heidelberg Heidelberg Germany Dennis Fox of Heidelberg used a nine Iron to re Cord a Hole in one on the Par 3,128-Yard 15th Hole saturday. The Ace Fox s second was witnessed by Greg and Carl Davis and Dave Bend or. Bender was Back on his Home course after winning the army european championship at uhe Niblick on Friday. Portland to Battle for Dudley Portland Ore. A the Portland Trail blazers and Aba players association Are vowing Tough fight against the league s Deci Sion to void the team s contract wit free agent Center Chris Dudley. Mac remain 100 percent committed to having Chris be an important member of our team and we will use allow the blazers trailer sources to make that happen Geoff Putric the team s vice president for operations said Fri Day. The blazers said they Are Dudley confident their position will be vindicated by an arbiter who will hear the Cassand two others that involve similar 1 year escape  Grantham executive director of the players association said the Aba s action is an at tempt to continue to restrict move ment on the part of the free Agency  commissioner David Stern voided Dudley s contract with the blazers on thursday accusing the team of a blatant and transparent attempt to circumvent the league s salary  warned that the team could be fined up to $1 million and Force to forfeit draft choices if the Aba i charge is upheld by special Maste Merrell Clark. Sports on an uruguayan team opens talks with Maradona can Tel europ Nelm television pro football Dallas is. Detroit in London 6 30 . Sunday. Baseball Milwaukee at Toronto 2 . Monday. Radio baseball Cincinnati at los an Geles 10 . Sunday Seattle at Texas 2 . Monday. Montevideo Uruguay a Maradona who came to Montevideo Maradona returned to Argentina last soccer team Nacional says it on thursday to begin a special weight june after a season with Spanish club to secure the Star Diego Maradona. With Maradona on the team More people will come to the stadium and we dont think his contract will be too costly " Nacional president Cef Enno Rodriguez said thursday night. Loss treatment could not be reached for comment Rodriguez said that Nacional first approached Maradona last sunday when the former Star of the Argentine National squad came to watch Uruguay play Ecuador in a 1994 world cup qualifying round game. Sevilla and said that he had retired for Good. However he expressed disappointment when National coach Alfio Bale refused to consider him for the team. The National team is a closed chapter for me a disgruntled Maradona said last sunday