European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday May 15, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 31 from wire reports Wilmington Del. For the first time this year Patty Sheehan played a round of Golf she could be proud of. Sheehan contain her elation Friday after shooting a 3-under-Par 68 to gain a share of the Lead with Robin Walton after two rounds of the windswept Lyga championship. A i Don t usually get too excited about my rounds but that was a pretty darn Good one a she was Only the third time in eight tournaments this year Sheehan shot below 70. Although she gained entry into the Lyga Hall of Fame in 1993, this year she has Only one top-10 finish and is in 32nd place on the Money list. Sheehan the defending Champion started the Day in a 10-Way tie for 17th place. She had four birdies and a bogey for a 2-Undef 140 total tied with Walton. Walton offset a double bogey and a bogey with four birdies for a 70. Alice Ritzman shot a 73 for a 141. Sheehan Walton and Ritzman were the Only players under Par after two rounds. For a second straight Day players had to contend with swirling winds of up to 30 mph. More rain at Nelson Dallas a for the second straight Day overnight Rains washed out play in the Byron Nelson classic on Friday and placed in jeopardy officials Hopes to get m three , Nichols Shore Lead Charlotte . A Butch Baird and Bobby Nichols non winners on the senior pea tour since 1989, shot 6-under-Par 66s Friday for the first round Lead at the Paine Webber invitational. Tom Shaw and Dale Douglass were at 67. Jay Sigel Larry Ziegler and Bob Dickson played in the same threesome and each Naa 68s, along with Jim Colbert and Jim cyclist repeats Charlotte . German Amateur Sveri Teutenberg became the first rider to win two stages of this years tour Dupont taking the 131-mile ninth stage Friday and its $10,000 Bonus. Teutenberg who also won the second stage outs noted Dja Mohidin Abd Japa Rov of Uzbekistan by a half wheel length to claim the Asheville to Charlotte race world notes in 5 hours 35 minutes 28 seconds. Frederic Mon Cassin of France was third. Viatchesla Ekimov remained Overall Leader for the fourth straight Day finishing 17th, one ahead of Lance Armstrong second by 34 beats Ivanisevic Rome Boris Becker showed sudden prowess on Clay saturday and beat Goran Ivanisevic 6-2, 7-6 7-5 to reach the finals of the italian open. The three time Wimbledon Champion who has never won a tournament on the slow surface played nearly flawless ten Nis for three quarters of the match. The eighth seeded Becker will face no. 1 Pete Sampras who had no trouble ousting Slava Dosedel 6-1,6-2. Doe Del a czech pulled the Surprise of the tournament when he downed defending Champion Jim courier 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in fridays quarterfinals. Sampras served 17 aces in overpowering Italy a Andrea Gaudenzi 6-3, 7-5 Friday for his 25th straight Victory this year. Becker made the semis when German rival second seeded Michael Stich withdrew a few hours before their ousts Lendl Coral Springs Fla. Eighth seeded Mark Woodforde of Australia upset second seeded Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-4 Friday to Advance to the semifinals of the americans red Clay championships. Seventh seeded australian Jamie Morgan ousted defending Champion Jared Palmer 6-4, 6-2 brazils Fernando Meli Geni reached his first semifinal with a 6-3, 6-2 Victory Over Franco Davin of Argentina and sixth seeded Luiz Mattar of Brazil topped Bryan Shelton 6-4,6-4.Graf, Schultz Advance Berlin Germany a a top seeded Steffi Graf downed no. 3 Jana Novotna of the czech Republic 6-2, 6-3, and Hoiu lands Brenda Schultz seeded 11th, oust cd seventh seeded Anke Huber of Germany 7-6 8-66-3 in saturdays German open semifinals. A Graf had More trouble in fridays quarterfinals before finally outlasting Frances Julie Halard seeded 12th, 6-3, 4-6,7-5. Schultz advanced Friday by beating american Ann Grossman 6-2,6-2. Sweeps top 3 spot sin by the stars and stripes fresh off a 1-2-3 sweep in the Abc european All stars All events race the bowlers known collectively As the Ramstein Rhino pros turned their attention to chasing individual glory saturday in Augsburg Germany Charlie a Price Larry Schultz and Ben Laughlin topped the All events and the Field of 32 qualifiers for yesterdays and today a masters championships the culmination of the european Bowling tournament season. The fourth Rhino pro Ken Taylor also qualified for the masters despite missing a payday in fridays singles by two pins. He shot 1117.Price who averaged Over 210 for the 18 games added fridays singles championship to the team trophy the Rhino pros won wednesday. Price had an even 1300 in the singles to Edge Karlsruhe a Robert Callender by six pins. Ansbach a Larry Williams was next at 1253, followed by Rhein Mains Wayne Sanford at 1214. Ram Stcin a Laughlin was fifth in singles with 1193, Good enough to move him into third place in the All events with an average of better than 199 per game. Despite an out of the Money 1103 in fhe singles Ramstein a Schultz still managed second place in the Al events averaging Over 201 for the. Three six game blocks. Schultz had held a 37-pin All events Lead Over Price going into fridays event Hanau Sbirce Miller was fourth in All events averaging better than 196 for the tourney. He was followed by Ansbach a Williams 195-plus and Robert Olson of Rhein main 193-plus. The top 32, All of whom averaged 184 or better were to bowl twice saturday with the Field halved after each session. The final eight men and women bowl today for the masters championship at the Augsburg lands Schumacher nabs pole Monte Carlo Monaco a Michael Schumacher of Germany shattered the qualifying Lap record at the Monaco grand prix Friday to gain the first pole position of his career. Much to the Relief of the sport saturday was the first time in five formula one sessions that there was not a serious Accident or injury. Schumacher who won the first three races of the season charged around the twisting 2.069-mile circuit in 1 minute 18.560 seconds. That was better than the 1 19.495 that Nigel Mansell did in 1992 in a Williams Renault. With Schumacher in a bin Cotton Ford it was the first pole position by a team other than Williams or Mclaren in nearly 3v4 years. Two other Drivers went under the 1 20 Barrier. Second was Mika Hakkinen of Finland in a Mclaren Peugeot at 1 19.488. Gerhard Berger in a Ferrari was third in 1 19.958.hawks plan new Arena Atlanta the Atlanta Hawks plan to leave the downtown Omni and build their own Arena probably in the Northern suburbs president Stan Kaston said Friday. The teams Parent organization turn or broadcasting system inc., also is trying to secure an nil franchise that would play in the same building Kaston said. A new Arena could be completed by the 1996-97 Aba season Kaston said badgers extend Jackson Madison wis. A Slu Jackson who guided Wisconsin to its first Nch a tournament appearance in 47 years last season received a one year contract Extension Friday until 1999.sports on an a a a a a a a cantral european Tim. Television Aba play oits a Atlanta at Indiana followed by Houston at Phoenix followed by new York at Chicago 6 30 . Sunday.-. / a a a nil playoffs a new Jersey at new York rangers 2 . Monday a. A radio a a a. Aba playoffs a new York at Chicago 11 30 . Sunday. Baseball a Pittsburgh at Philadelphia 7 30 . Sunday Toronto at Boston 2 . Monday. By the associated press Houston a Houston wide receiver Haywood Jef fires resisted the lure of the los Angeles rams and agreed to terms of a one year contract with the oilers on Quot a i did no to flip a Coin or anything like that. The oilers it vere just moving in the right direction and we still have a Good quarterback a Jeffires said Jeffires completed his third straight pro bowl season with the oilers catching 66 passes for 753 Yards and six touchdowns. He is fifth on the oilers career list with 386 catches and 4,652 Yards. Jeffires a close Friend of departed quarterback Warren Moon said he looked Forward to playing in the oilers new offence with Cody Carlson at quarterback an offence that will include More two Back sets and a tight end. A i think when Warren left everyone thought i was definitely gone too because we had such a Good relationship a Jeffires said. A but i still have the dream that i want to help the oilers get to the super Jeffires was the oilers first round pick in 1987. He Nufi notes has 256 receptions Over the past three years the fifth highest total in the nil. A i think its new offence going to be better for me a Jeffires said. A they need a big receiver for the pro set. We re not going to change completely overnight but in a looking Forward to general manager Floyd Reese now will turn his attention to re signing wide receiver Webster Slaughter who also has been entertaining offers from other teams. A i think we still have a Chance to re sign Webster a said Reese. A a couple of weeks ago it did no to look like we could keep both of them. Now i Hope we land Braxton Miami a cornerback Tyrone Braxton a starter last season for the Denver Broncos has signed a two year contract with the Miami dolphins. The 29-year-old Braxton was an unrestricted free agent. Hell Likely compete for playing time at Nickel Back and serves As insurance while starting cornerback Troy Vincent continues to recover from knee surgery in december. V. A. A Braxton started for Denver since 1989, although he missed most of the 1990 season with a knee injury. Last year he had three interceptions and 111 a a in a certainly Happy to be joining the dolphins a Braxton said. A was i found out during my time in Denver its More enjoyable when you win and i wanted to make sure that i joined a winning Cardinal beat writer Dies Phoenix a Lloyd Herberg the Arizona republics beat writer covering the cardinals for six years died thursday night of cancer. He was 44. Herberg spent 14 years with the Republic. Before moving to Phoenix he worked at the amp Washington Post and the fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel the Phoenix Pawa chapter announced plans to Ere ate a Herberg award to be Given annually to a Cardinal player displaying the most courage and the Republic started a summer internship program that recognizes Herbergs dedication and professionalism
