European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 23, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page Wilander shows old Flash in 5-set win Over Aarons Byro Gloster Melbourne Australia a Mats Wilander realizes he s considered one of the oldies by Many of today s top Tennis players. Once in a while though he still shows glimpses of the touch and toughness that made him the world s to player in the late 1980s. Wilander now ranked 322nd in the world rallied from a two set deficit saturday to defeat Alexander Vronz and reach the fourth round of the australian open. He outlasted Vronz 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 in a Center court match that lasted 4 hours 18 minutes. It s fun to play a match like this because i was try ing to play the Way i used to and trying to keep the Ball High above the net and making the other Guy run a Little bit and grind him Down he said. Fourth seeded Stefan Edberg dropped just four games while defeating Fabrice Santoro and moving into the fourth round. No. 9 Todd Martin and no. 12 Alex Ander Volkov won but no. 14 Karel Novacek was ousted by Lars Jonsson. Sixth seeded Thomas Muster also advanced to the fourth round defeating Guillaume Raoux 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Muster has not dropped a set in the tournament and has lost his serve Only once in three matches. Unseeded Mulivai Washington who faces Wilander in the fourth round Defeated Alex Antonitsch 4-6, 7-6 9-76-3,6-3. Australian open Arantha Sanchez Vicario seeded second among the women lost the first two games but then won seven straight saturday in a 6-2,6-3 defeat of Ann Grossman. No. 4 Gabriela Saba Tim dropped just three games while defeating Linda Ferrando. No. 5 Jana Novotna no. 8 Manuela male Eva Fragniere and her younger Sis Ter Noi 14 Magdalena male Eva also won. So did no. 9 Mary Pierce who was presented with bouquet of roses by a fan after her 6-3,6-2 Victory Over Sabine appelmans. Wilander 29, won the australian open three times in the 1980s. In 1988 he was the world s top player winning the australian French and . Opens. He re turned to Tennis last april but had not gotten past the second round of any tournament until this week. He played poorly in the first two sets against Vronz whose main claim to Fame is that he used to Date Steffi Graf. But As dozens of swedish fans their faces painted in the National colors of yellow and Blue got louder Wilander slowly worked Back into the match. He got a lot of help from Vronz who double faulted 10 times and was often called for foot faults and from a Seagull that distracted the German in the final set. The Bird diving toward the court As Wilander pre pared to serve at Deuce with the score 1-1, screeched just As Wilander hit the Ball. The startled Mon watched an Ace go right by him. Sweden s Mats Wilander. Rallies for third round win bengals Reh re Coslet to run offence from wire reports Cincinnati fired new York jets coach Bruce Coslet is returning to the Cincinnati bengals where he spent eight years As a player and nine seasons As an assistant. Bengals coach Dave Shula said Friday that Coslet again is joining the team As offensive coordinator. Coslet 47, was a tight end with the bengals from 1969-76. He returned As the team s tight ends coach in 1981, took Over the passing game in 1983 and be came offensive coordinator in 1986. The jets were 26-38 under Coslet. They finished 8-8 in 1993 after losing four of their last five  Coslet is remembered in Cincinnati As an innovative play caller who along with former coach Sam Wyche devised a potent offence that took the bengals to the super bowl in january 1989. Coslet will replace Mike Pope As Offen Sive coordinator. But Shula said that Pope will remain of the staff As tight ends coach. Blackout was extended by the nil due to the Adverse weather in Buffalo. Aguirre Calls it quits los Angeles los Angeles clip pers Forward Mark Aguirre a member of two Aba championship teams with the Detroit pistons has announced his retirement following this his 13th season. The 33-year-old Aguirre is averaging10.7 Points for the clippers. Aguirre was waived by the Pis tons last october and was signed by the clippers prior to the season. He averaged a career Low 9.9 Points last year. Oakley fined $3,000 new York new York kicks for Ward Charles Oakley was fined $3,000 Friday for elbowing san Antonio s Vin Nydel negro during a game. The incident occurred in the fourth Quarter of Thek Nicks 120-108 Victory wednesday night. World notes Green named to pro bowl suns activate Mustaf Pittsburgh tight end Eric Green will join four other Pittsburgh Steeles on the acc pro bowl squad. Green was named to the team Friday to replace Miami dolphins tight end Keith Jackson who has a Groin injury. Green had complained about not Mak ing the team. He will Back up Shannon Sharpe of the Denver Broncos. Other Steeles on the acc pro Bow team Are kicker Gary Anderson Center Dermontt Dawson linebacker Greg Lloyd and cornerback Rod Woodson. Buffalo blackout lifted Orchard Park . An unidentified nil Licensee bought the remaining tickets for sunday s acc championship game late Friday allowing a local blackout to be lifted. The Buffalo Bills announced several hours after the 6 . Est deadline Fri Day that the game against the Kansas City chiefs was sold out. But the Bill would not say which Licensee purchased the tickets. Earlier Friday a Bills spokes Man said 4,500 tickets remained. The 72-hour deadline for lifting the Phoenix the Phoenix suns on Friday activated Forward Jerrod Mustaf waived Center Tim Kempton placed guards Danny Ainge and Duane Cooper on the injured list and came to terms with guard Elliot , a second year player missed five games after spraining his right ankle during a Jan. 11 game against Charlotte. Kempton a five year Veteran has missed the entire season with a stress re action in his right foot. Ainge who sprained his right ankle during thursday s loss to the los an Geles lakers is expected to be out two to four weeks. Cooper who injured his left knee in the Laker game is expected to be out one week. Perry who played this season with the grand rapids of the Cuba signed a 10 Day Contact. 4 share Tucson Lead Tucson Ariz. Mike Springer started the second round of the Northern telecoms open six shots out of the Lead. But a combination of his 7-under-Par 65 and some mistakes by other contend ers propelled him into a four Way tie for the Lead Friday at the Halfway Mark of the $1.2. Million tournament. Vijay Singh Joe Ozaki and Dillard Pruitt also completed 36 holes at 135. Andrew Magee Jim Furyk Loren Roberts and Jay Delsing were just a shot behind while Keith Clearwater Larry Nelson Curtis strange Steve Strieker Robert Gamez and Jay Don Blake were bunched at 137. Clark sets Morocco Pace Agad in Morocco briton Howard Clark opened a three stroke Lead in the moroccan open by firing a 5-under-Par 67 Friday in the second round for a 135 total Gordon Brand or. Of Scotland Annanders for Brand of Sweden were tied for second. Both had 68s on Friday. La. Golfer leads Melbourne Australia Patrick Burke a 34-year-old los Angeles golfer fired an even Par 72 saturday to main Tain his Lead in the $200,000 australian players s championship. Burke holds a two shot Lead Over new Sealander mat thew Lane. Burke has a three round total of 208, while Lane had a 68 for 210. Blair sets track Mark Milwaukee olympic Gold med Alist Bonnie Blair set a track record at 1,000 meters and also won the 500-meter race Friday night in the world cup sprints. The Champaign 111., skater who has won three Gold medals in the last two olympics won the 1,000 in 1 minute,20.41 seconds to nip the Pettit Center Mark of 1 20.46 she set earlier this month. Second was Angela Hauck of Germany in 1 21.06. Dan Jansen of West Allis wis., won the 500-meter race and Kevin Scott of Canada took the 1,000-meter event. Scott had a time of 1 13.65 to Edge Jansen who skated 1 14.04. In the women s 500, Blair skated a39.81 to take first place. Jansen won the 500 in 36.56. Besse takes downhill Wengen Switzerland Switzer land s William Besse won his first race of the season saturday before a jubilant Home crowd in a split second finish ahead of Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg and Italy s Peter Rungaldier. Besse clocked 2 minutes 28.88 second son the classic Lau erhorn course. He was four hundredths of a second ahead of Rungaldier and Girardelli the Overall defending world cup Champion. It was the third downhill Victory for the25-year-old downhill specialist. He won twice in 1992. Slovenian scores upset Maibor Slovenia  Slovenia edged favored Vreni Schneider of Switzerland and scored an upset saturday in a world cup women s slalom. Hrovat fifth after the first run skied a near perfect second run to finish in 1 min Ute 55.19 seconds on an icy course. Schneider foiled in a bid for a fifth straight slalom Victory at Maibor was clocked at 1 55.48. She led after the first run. Third was was Veteran norwegian Marianne Kjerstad with 1 55.85. On Friday at Maibor Uli Maier of Austria gained her second world cup giant slalom Victory this season despite a second run Challenge from Schneider. Maier leading after the first heat had a total time of 2 minutes 28.83 seconds. Schneider was third after the first heat but skied aggressively in the second run for a total time of 2 29.08. Germany s Katja Seizinger fresh from downhill and super a wins last weekend was third at 2 29.31. Heidi Voelker of Pittsfield mass., was the top american eighth at 2 31.10. Weinbrecht triumphs Lake Placid . Olympic moguls Champion Donna Weinbrecht of West Milford n.j., zipped through 12-degree cold Friday and escaped with a world cup Victory by one Hundredth of a  remained unbeaten with her fifth win of the season compiling 25.14 Points on her second run to nip Norway s Stine Lise Hattestad s 25.13. Liz Mclntyre of Winter Park colo., posted her second straight third place re sult to Clinch her second olympic trip