European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 24. 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 31 from wire report Brisbane Australia Vitaly Scherbo the dominant figure in men gymnastics for the past two years re bounded Back to Tori form saturday win Ning the floor exercise Gold medal at the wond  22-Yeaf-old from Belarus scored 9.75 Points for his floor routine to win ahead of Neil Thomas of Britain and Loannis Melissa Nidis of Greece who shared second place on 9.687 Points. Yuri Chechi of Italy successfully de fended his title in the rings apparatus. He scored 9.787 Points to beat Paul o Neill of mandarin.d., who had 9.725.luo i of China won the Gold medal in the even bars scoring 9.912 Points. Shews followed by two russians Svetlana Chirkina with 9.875 and Dina kochetkovawith9.85p. Romania s Gina go Gean won the women s vault Gold medal with 9.812 ahead of Svetlana Chirkina of Russia who scored 9.800, and Lavirtia Milosovich of Romania who scored 9.787,United states Shannon Miller leading after her first vault but tumbled on the dismount on her next vault. She finished seventh on 9.543."i wished i would have done a better second vault but it was the first time i tried it in Competition said Miller a 17 year old from Edmond okla. Marius Urzica collected Romania second Gold medal when he won the Pommel horse title with 9.712.scherbo won his first title of the championships after finishing a disappointing third in defense of his All around title earlier in the week. Neb. Gymnast triumphs Lincoln neb. Dennis Harrison won the All around title at the Mcaa men s gymnastics championships Friday to spark Nebraska to 287.325 Points. Stanford is second with 285.60 and Ohio state third with 284,20. Only the top three teams the preliminaries and Vance to the championship round. Harrison ran up 58.20 Points to win the school s fifth All around title. Josh Stein of Stanford was second in the All around with 57.650, Kip Simons of Ohio state was third with 57.475. Utah women Nab title Salt Lake City Megan Caudle underdog nabs Bantam Crown Las vegas a John Michael Johnson a 7v4-1 underdog knocked Down previously unbeaten Poison Junior Jones twice to Stop him at 1 21 of the Lith round and win the Aba Bantam weight championship Friday  fight was a preliminary to the evander Holyfield Michael Moorer  wobbled Jones with a right to the head 33 seconds into the Lith round. Jones fell Forward and Johnson hit him with several punches for which he was penalized a  action resumed Johnson drove Jones into the ropes with a smashing right. It was obvious that Jones was badly Hurt and referee Richard Steele stopped the match. Johnson of san Antonio won his Lith in a Row and has an 18-4 record with 14 knockouts. He was ranked no. 8 by thew a. It was the second title defense for Jones of Brooklyn n.y., who is 32-1 with 22  an earlier fight John John Molina turned the experience of 12 title fights into 12 rounds of domination against Gregorio Vargas to his if Junior Light weight , of puerto Rico successfully defended his title for the sixth time. World notes won the vault and her Utah teammates captured second places in the other events As the underdog lady utes won their eighth Mcaa women s gymnastics team championship Friday , which last won the National Crown in 1992, entered the tournament Ashe fifth seed and came out of thursday s qualifying round As third. Utah edged top seeded Alabama 196.40 to 196.35.georgia, the defending Champion had a shot at the title going into the last Rota Tion but disintegrated on the balance beam and fell to third with 195.85. Glork dives to 2nd title Minneapolis Mary Ellen Clark of fort Lauderdale fla., captured the second leg in her triple Crown attempt Friday win Ning the 3-meter springboard title at . Indoor diving championships. In the men s 3-meter, Patrick Jeffrey of Coconut Grove fla., won his fourth nation Al championship. It was his second 3-meter title to go along with two previous platform crowns. ". / Medvedev ousts Coy Rier Monte Carlo Monaco Andre Medvedev outlasted Jim courier 6-7 5-77-5,7-6 7-3 Friday in a 3-hour, 19-Mmute quarterfinal at the Monte Carlo  Kapelnikov of Russia who advanced by eliminating Andre Agassi and Michael Stich Defeated David Rikl of the czech Republic 7-6 7-16-3 in an other quarterfinal. Stefan Edberg second seeded Thomas Muster of Austria 6-7 8-107-6 7-26-4.defending Champion Sergi bruguera fifth seeded breezed into the semifinal against Edberg by routing fourth seeded Goran Ivanisevic 6-0,6-3. Whitten goes on do St. Louis St. Louis left fielder Mark Whiten was placed on the 15-Daydisabled list Friday with a rib injury. Whiten pulled a rib Cage muscle in his right Side while taking batting practice monday in Atlanta. He is batting .219. Texas coach passes Mark Austin Texas Jeff Conway s two run single helped Texas overpower grand Canyon 10-1 Friday night and give longhorns coach Cliff Gustafson the career record for division i College baseball victories. The win was Gustafson s1,333rd, putting him one ahead of Rod Dedeaux who compiled a record of 1,332-571-11 in 45 years at South Ern California. Gustafson 63, Gustafso needed 258 fewer games to reach de Deaux s Mark. He now is 1,333-325-2 in27 years of coaching All at Texas. Vance to saturday night s title match. Mayweather s title opponent saturday was to be Linton Nichols of Cleveland. The championship bout in the 106-Pound division was set when Milwaukee s Eric Morel beat Huntingdon s Mark Croston who was to meet Juaquin Gal Lardo of Southern California. Broncos release Kragen Denver the Denver Broncos re leased nose tackle Dave Kragen on Fri Day citing salary Cap , who played for the Broncos for nine years would have earned $1.15million next season. The 6-foot-3, 265 Pound Kragen is considered one of the league s Premier nose tackles. Cobb goes to packers Krieg signs with Lions Green Bay wis. The Green Bay packers signed Tampa Bay running Back Reggie Cobb As an unrestricted free agent Friday giving the team greater flexibility going into sunday s nil draft. The team did not release terms of the Deal but reports said Cobb agreed to Atwo year contract Worth $2.2 million. Cobb 25, is the packers second unrestricted free agent acquisition of the week. The team signed Houston defensive end Sean Jones on monday for a reported $7.8 million Over three  rushed for 1,171 Yards on 310 car Ries in 1992, seventh in the nil. He gained658 Yards last year on 221 attempts while missing four games with a sprained knee. Oiler backup a a stays Houston the Houston oilers have agreed to a multiyear contract with backup quarterback Bucky Richardson. The team did t disclose terms of the contract which Richardson was expected cosign saturday. Richardson 25, was negotiating with the Cal Hamilton Tiger cats but he lost that leverage this week when the Tiger cats signed former Arizona Cardi Nal quarterback Timm Rosenbach. Mayweather advances Milwaukee Michigan s Floy Mayweather or. Stepped closer to a second straight championship in the National Golden gloves boxing tournament Friday. Mayweather Winner last year in the106-Pound division decision Ned Nick to Linan of Nevada at 112 pounds and and Wallace extends Ford s pole Streak Martinsville a. A Rusty Wallace kept Ford s pole Streak alive Friday taking Hanes 500 s tosspot at Martinsville Speedway. Wallace collected his first pole of the season with a Lap of 92.942 Mph. Wallace gave Ford its eighth pole in eight tries this season. Sterling Marlin was close behind Wallace at 92.819 in a Chevrolet Lumina followed by the Fords of Geoff Bod Ine at 92.705, Jimmy Spencer 92.538, Ernie Irvan 92.502 and Mark Martin 92.366. Pontiac Mich. The Detroit Lions have signed Veteran quarterback Dave Krieg to Back up Scott Mitchell the team said Friday. Terms of the Deal weren t disclosed. The Lions have been searching for backup quarterback since signing Mitch veil in March. They lost out in the race forbade Wilson who signed with the new Orleans saints. Krieg a free agent spent his first 12nfl seasons with Seattle. He played at Kansas City in 1992 and 93. Springer pads Lead Greensboro . Mike Springer found the birdies a Little harder to come by Friday in the greater greens Boro open but three of them were just enough to give him a comfortable  shot a 3-under-Par 69 for an 11-under-Par 133 and a four stroke  Humenik shot a 65 for a 137 total. Joel Edwards matched his first round �69 for a 138 total and was joined by John Huston who had a 65, and Hale Irwin who after burning the course for a 65thursday, jumped to a 73. Three set senior Pace Dallas Dewitt Weaver Simo Hobday and . Snead shot 5-under-Par 65s Friday to share the first round Lead inthe Dallas reunion senior tournament. Jack Kiefer and Jerry Mcgee had 66sover the 6,528-Yard Oak Cliff country club course the new site of the Dallas Stop on the senior  on an . Television baseball Montreal at los Angeles 3 .  basketball new York at Chicago 9 15 . Sunday followed by Seattle at Portland both games delayed. Radio baseball Oakland at new York 7 30 . Sunday. 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