European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 5, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 35lead to 10 shots a Sun City South Africa apr Zimbabwe a Nick Price Contin cd his dazzling play in the million Dollar Challenge Golf tournament firing his second straight 6-under-Par 66 saturday and taking a 10-stroke Lead after three rounds. �?o1 have never dominated like this before a said Price whose 54-Hole total was 199, 17-under-Par Over the 7,729-Yard, Par-72 Gary player country club course. A to be 10 shots ahead of a Field like this is special. The golfing gods arc shining on  prices countryman Mark me Nulty moved into second at 209. 69 tops mixed Field Tarpon Springs Fla. Apr Deborah Mchaffie and Tom Sieckmann teamed up to shoot a 3-under 69 Friday for a one stroke Lead after two rounds of the four Day . Penney mixed team classic. Strange holds Lead Sydney up american Curtis strange battling to end a three year drought overcame the elements saturday to hold a one stroke Lead after the third round of the $462,000 Greg Norman Holden Golf classic. From wire reports Las vegas a Gelil Devers who overcame a debilitating illness to win three world titles this year was named Friday As Winner of the Jesse Owens award As americans top track and Field athlete. Devers edged world 400-meter Champion Michael Johnson to win the 13th annual award. Finishing third was world decathlon Champion Dan of Brien followed by marathoner Mark Plaatje and hurdler Sandra Farmer Patrick. Ruth Owens widow of the late 1936 olympic Star presented the award during a Friday night banquet at the Usa track amp Field convention. A also honoured at the banquet was retired Auburn coach Mel Rosen the menus olympic track coach in 1992. Rosen received the Robert Giegengack award for contributions to the sport. Devers 27, of Palmdale Calif., won the 1992 olympic 100-Mcter title to com plate a triumphant comeback from a rare thyroid condition that at one Point had doctors considering amputating her feet. She continued strongly this year winning the 60-meter race in the world indoor meet at Toronto in March and the 100 in the . Championships. In the world outdoor championships at. Stuttgart Germany in August Devers became the first athlete to win titles in both the sprint and hurdle events since Fanny tankers Koen of the Netherlands in 1948. Devers also anchored the second place american 400-meter relay team in Stuttgart giving her three Gold and one Silver for the year. Devers received 2,396 Points in balloting at the convention to 2,263 for Johnson who won the world 400-meter championship and anchored the american world a totes 1,600-Mctcr relay team to a Gold medal and world record at  Marks fait Hamar Norway a american Dan Jansen set a world 500-meter record with a time of 35.92 seconds and Johann Olav Koss of Norway clocked 6 35.53 to break the 5,000-Mctcr Mark in a world cup Speed skating meet saturday Jansen bettered his previous record set last March indoors in Calgary Canada by one tenth of a second. Koss held the old Mark in the 5,000 in 6 36,57, also set last season at he Reneen the Netherlands. Cal hires Kasser Asad Berkeley Calif. John v. Kamstr a Veteran administrator with a reputation for building successful programs was hired Friday by the University of California As athletic director. Kasser currently the athletic director at us Santa Barbara will begin his new Job on Jan. 17. Hall to coach tech nine a Atlanta a Danny Hall who took Kent to the Mcaa tournament the past two seasons Friday was hired As baseball coach at Georgia tech. Hall replaces Jim Morris who had a 504-244-1 record in 12 seasons at tech Morris left to become coach at  luring Bearcat Cincinnati Cincinnati football coach Tim Murphy has accepted the head coaching Job at Harvard the Cincinnati enquirer reported Friday the newspaper quoted sources it did no to identify As saying Murphy decided against Cincinnati a offer of a five year contract Extension. He coached Cincinnati to al7-37-1 record in five  signs ads pact san Diego Ted Tollner returned to san Diego state and signed a five year contract As football conch.76ers Curry goes on in Philadelphia the. Philadelphia 76crs placed Rookie Michael Curry of the injured list Friday with a sprained left ankle and activated guard scan  out on bail Santa Ana Calif a los Angeles rams comeback Darryl Henley was released on $200,000 bail Friday after targe the county. Sports on an Central european time. Television pro football a Green Bay at Chicago 7 . Sunday new York giants at Miami 10 . Sunday Cincinnati at san Francisco 2 . Monday. _ radio Minnesota at Detroit 7 . Sunday new York giants at Miami 10 . Sun Day Cincinnati at son Francisco 2 . Monday. Backstroke Mark by Julian Linden Palma de Majorca Spain up a american Angel Martino continued her remarkable run Back into swimming Stop ranks Friday when she shattered her own world Short course record for 100-meter backstroke at the inaugural would Short course swimming championships. The 26-year-old from Americus ga., clocked a sensational time of 58.50 seconds to slash 9-10ths of a second off her own world record which she set in Norway on nov. 21 and admitted she Only swam the race a for fun.�?�. �?o1 was really surprised because in a not really a backstroke. I just started to swim it for fun a she said. A a in a getting old and in a falling apart so my doctor told me to try backstroke. A i think my Best stroke is freestyle and i done to think id do very Well at Long course because i Only make up time on my Start and  Martino has enjoyed a Rosy return to swimming after a past tainted by a two year drug suspension. She received the suspension in 1988 when she tested positive to a banned substance after earning her place on the . Olympic team. She had been guaranteed a trip to Seoul after breaking the american 50-and 100-meter freestyle records at the . Olympic trials Only to be dropped from the team and have her records revoked she maintained she Hadnot breached the sports anti doping regulations and the positive test had been the result of her using contraceptive pills but the stigma of drug abuse remained. A i was really upset at the time and i Hasni to swimming at All after that. 1 really missed it though so i decided to come  Martino s a a a Angel Martino of Americus ga., savors her world record swim Friday in Mallorca. Martino returned to Competition in. 1990 and went on to qualify for the olympic team for Barcelona where she took Bronze in the 50-meter freestyle and won Gold in the world record setting 400-meter freestyle team. A my dream had always been to get to the olympics and in a glad 1 did Quot she said. A i still feel in a competing Well and my goal is to make the . Team for next years world championships in Rome. A a in a going to concentrate on freestyle but i might enter backstroke As a warm up Martino has twice been beaten for Gold in Palma this week by the chinese sensation be Jingyi but refused to enter the ongoing Finger pointing at the chinese. The All conquering chinese team has been accused of drug use from a variety of sources even though the sports world governing body Fina announced it had conducted Independent out of season testing in China and the results had been negative a a i think they work very hard and 1 done to know whether the rumours Are True or not a Martino said. A i think they take it very seriously certainly More than we  chinese Ace sets 3rd Mark Palma de Mallorca Spain apr chinese swimmer Guorong Dai set her third world record in the world Short course swimming championship on saturday winning the 100-meter breaststroke with a clocking of i minute 6.58 seconds. She broke the record of 1 07.05 set in 1986. The 16-year-old earlier in the meet set world records in the 200-breast stroke and 400-individual Medley. The chinese women also set a world record of 3 35.97 in 400-meter freestyle relay. Four time olympic Gold medallist Janet Evans headed a 1-2 american finish in the 400-meter freestyle for her second Gold of the meet. A the 22-year-old Evans won the 400 freestyle in 4 05.64. American Trina Jackson 16, was second in 4 07.49, Evans won a Gold on Friday in the 800-meter freestyle. With one Day left in the four Day meet chinese women have set seven world records at the 25-meter Short course distance and have won eight Gold medals lit 13 events. American women have set one world Mark and have won three Gold medals. Overall in menus and women s events the United states has won 17 medals followed by Australia with 15 and China with 11. The record Avalanche was not unexpected in this inaugural event. Fina the world governing body of swimming has fully ratified Short course records Only since 1991