European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday january 18, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 31 courier escapes against Shelton Melbourne Australia a Jim courier rallied to avoid a first round upset at the australian open and perhaps took a step toward conquering his biggest opponent himself. Courier repeatedly battled from behind in a 4 hour 42 min Ute slug est with fellow american Bryan Shelton keeping alive his chances of becoming the first non australian Man three straight Melbourne titles. Courier seeded third had five of the final six games Shelton monday to escape with a 4-6,6-1,6-7 4-76-2,6-4 Vic tory Over Shelton ranked 99th in the world. For courier who was listless in several matches late last year and even showed his Lack of interest by read army basketball tournaments australian open ing a Book during one changeover it was a Chance to break out of his lethargy. It s Good because it was an encouraging sign that i was out there and 1 kept the Navy through courier said. Top seeded Pete Sampras had a much easier time blasting 23 aces in a 6-4,6-0, 7-6 7-5 defeat of austra Lian Joshua Eagle. Also winning first found matches were fifth seeded Goran Ivanisevic who delighted several Hundred Flag waving croatian fans with a 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 defeat of Alex o Brien no. 11 Marc Rosset of Switzerland and no. 14 Karel Novacek of the czech Republic. The Only men s seed to lose was seventh seeded Cedric proline of France. Top women s seed Steffi Graf the overwhelming favorite in the absence of three time Champion Monica Seles needed just-23 minutes 6-1, 2-0 Over Kim Berly to who retired with a strained stomach muscle. No. 7 Anke Huber of Germany no. 8 Manuela a Leeva Fragniere of Switzerland no. 12 Amanda Coet. Or of South Africa no. 13 Helena Sutkova of the czech Republic and no. 16 Lindsay Davenport of the United states All advanced. No. 11 Zina Garrison Jackson lost in straight sets and 15th-secded Nathalie Tau iat of France also was upset three former champions 15th seed Ivan Lindl Mats Wilander and Tracy Austin also won. A was Austin s first grand slam appearance in 11 years. Courier and Shelton gave an intriguing display of Power Tennis Shelton came to the net 153 times compared to just 33 for courier and had 81 winners. But he also had 9.0 unforced errors nearly three times As Many As courier As he constantly took risks. In a u mho id e r men Nab Pir Masens title by the stars and stripes Pir Masens Germany the Baum older bears swept through their Competition the Pir Masens Mili tary Community Martin Luther King men s basketball tournament Here monday defeating the Mannheim magic 109-102 in the title game. Kaiserslautern forced an if necessary game in the women s tournament by knocking off previously unbeaten Mannheim 75-73 monday afternoon. The two teams were to meet monday evening for the championship. Baum older finished the men s double elimination Competition with a 5-0 record. The magic wound up 4-2 in the 11-team Field. Greer Dale later declared the most valuable player sparked the Champi on bears with 26 Points. Terry Wil Liams followed with 19 Points and Marko Gittens and Mike Barnes scored 18 apiece. The magic had three players who chalked up More than 20 Points. Tracy Murray scored 29, Norman Maynie 24 and Troy Russell 23. The magic Defeated Mannheim s other entry the Mustangs in the los ers bracket final 106-103 to get the shot at the bears. Murray also led the magic in that game with 38 Points and Russell had 22. Tank Crockett paced the Mustangs with 28, Kaiserslautern held a 43-21 half time advantage in the game that forced the women s if necessary but Mannheim came Back with a 52-Point second half before bowing. Donna Powers paced the victorious panthers with 19 Points and Sharon Green scored 18. Mannheim got 19 Points from Yolanda cephus 15 from Tracye Coursey and 11 from Tosca Johnson. Nurnberg wins King final bythe stars and stripes Nurnberg germ Nyhous ton Williams and the Nurnberg knights came up with a big second half monday to overtake the Ansbach cougars 107-87 and win the Martin Luther King Region 3 basketball tournament at Darby Cavern. Williams scored 23 of his 34 Points after intermission As the hosting knights rallied from a 53-44 halftime deficit. Kelvin Howell scored 16 Points and Wendell Moore had 15 to Back up Williams. Ansbach playing its second game of the Day was paced by Andre White s 22 Points Leon Benjamin s 18 and Myron Gailliard s 17. Earlier Ansbach rallied from a 37 32 intermission deficit to Down the Berlin bears 72-66 in the losers bracket final. White tallied 16 of his 20 Points in the second half. Benjamin added 17 Points. Franklin Garrett sparked Berlin with 23 Points. Clarence Petersen and Michael Dingle scored 12 and 11points, respectively for the bears. Nine teams were entered in the three Day tournament. Ogle overtakes love . From wire reports Honolulu Australia s Brett Ogle overtook a faltering Davis love Iii and shot a 4-Undcr-Par 68 sunday the hawaiian open. Ogle look the Lead to stay with a two stroke swing his Birdie against love s bogey on the 17th Hole at the Waialae country club for a one shot Triumph. Ogle finished with a 19-under-269 total Worth $216,000 from the $1.2 Mil lion purse. Love finished at 270. John Huston was third at 272 after a closing 67, followed by Corey Pavin a two time Winner at 65-273. . Golfer cleared Melbourne Australia an australasian pea tour disciplinary commit tee on monday cleared american golfer Mike Colandro of misconduct. Colandro was disqualified from last month s coolum classic tournament for changing the shape of his Putter. Grant Hattam chairman of the disciplinary committee said there was not enough evidence to find Colandro guilty. Laker game postponed new York the earthquake that ripped through Southern California forced postponement of monday s los Angeles Laker Home game against the Sacramento Kings. The Aba said the game scheduled for 1 30 . Post would be rescheduled with a Date and time to be announced by wednesday. Pair share ski Victory Cortina d am Pezzo Italy. Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden and slovenian teenager Alenka Kovzan won their first world super giant slalom monday ski ing to a tie for first place. In world notes Wiberg and Kovzan each clocked 1 min Ute 20.64 seconds edging third placed austrian Ulrick Maier by .04 seconds. Katja Sci Zinger of Germany finished fourth .07 behind the winners. With her third Victory of the season Wiberg extended her world cup Overall Lead Over austrian Anita Wachtor who was fifth in monday s race. Xavier stays in Mcc Cincinnati Xavier of Ohio which hoped to join the Atlantic 10 con Ference will stay in the midwestern collegiate conference another year. The school announced sunday it has signed an agreement with the Mcc to re main through the 1994-95 academic year Moore takes Marathon Houston Colin Moore of eng land pulled away from Canada s Peter Fonseca at the 25th mile and won the Houston Tenn eco Marathon by 19 seconds sunday. Moore surged ahead of Fonseca and won in 2 hours 13 minutes 34 seconds. Fonseca finished in 2 13 53. Steve Brace of Britain was third at 2 14 43. The top american John Tuttle finished sixth. Kurtis wins in Vietnam to Chi Minh City Vietnam american Doug Kurtis 41, raced to Vic tory sunday in the Vietnam Marathon. Kurtis from Northville mich., won in 2 hours 26 minutes 18 seconds. Sports on an Central european Ottmo television College basketball Indiana at Pur due 1 30 . Wednesday. To an to . Tuesday 6 . 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