European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sports monday juy 25, 1994 Sheehan assumes Lead As Alfredson destructs by John w. Stewart. The Baltimore Sun Lake Orion Mich. Helen Alfredson on her Way to making a shambles of the 49th . Women a open wound up making a shambles of her own round saturday. Alfredson who had led through the first two rounds got her Lead to seven strokes before losing eight shots to Par in the last 11 holes. Gone too was the Lead. Patty Sheehan who knows a Little something about collapsing in a . Women a open turned out to be the beneficiary m the third round at Indi a Wood Golf amp country club saturday. When the flames from the crash and Burn had subsided Sheehan was atop the Leader Board with a 2-under-Par round of 69 and a tournament record 54-Hole total of206. Tammie Green also shot 69 and was one shot Back at 207. Alfredson shot a 76 for a total of 208. That performance turned it into a wide open championship with Only six shots separating the top dozen players. Quot it was just the kind of Day when a mistake costs you right away a said Alfredson who had set the previous three round record of 207 before letting the title get away with a final round 74 last year. Quot it s hard very hard a to explain a said Alfredson who took a few minutes to vent her displeasure before getting into the question and answer session. Quot i  really pinpoint anything because most of the Day was Good shots i either had a wrong club or missed a putt. I . Women a open guess ill have to go to the Range and then hit some putts to see what i was doing. The 29-year-old swede began with four pars then seemingly put this one away with three successive birdies that got her to 13 under Par a women a open record and a seven shot Lead. At the time obviously there was no Way of knowing she would not make another Birdie. Instead there was a three putt bogey from 5 feet at the ninth Green and further deviations at the 11th, 14th and 16th. At the 188-Yard 17th a a Hole that Cost at least five of the challengers dearly a Al for Edsson a 3 a a Iron shot hit the left Side of the Green and kicked left Dow n a Hill. Her Chip  a Branch she said she did no to think was in play and a subsequent Chip caught the Down slope and ran to the front of the Green. Two putts. Double bogey Alfredson put the Cap on her round by missing a 4-foot Par putt at the final Hole. Sheehan had the Best Rock solid round of the closest challengers when she shot is straight pars birdied the 16th from 40 feet and the 18th from 18 feet for her 69 and what suddenly was a one stroke Lead. Later assessing afr Edsson a situation Sheehan said a a you re really not sure what you can do to Stop the bleeding. Thank goodness you run out of holes. Its a helpless feeling Sheehan should know. She had the 1990 title All. W rapped up ready to., take Home at Atlanta when she  make anything work right. With a rain forced 36 holes on sunday she led by 12 strokes Early in the third round and by 11 Early in the final round. When it was Over Sheehan 7576 had lost nine strokes to. Par in 33 holes and Betsy King 71-70 had the trophy a i can relate to her a Sheehan said. A i know she a hurting and it s not a Good  not when you make Only one bogey in the first 43 holes then make six As Well As a a double a in the last 11. A i played Safe on a lot of holes a Sheehan 37 and in her 19th women a open said of her round which included three Par saving putts after missing greens. You look at those pins they were sucker  she paused then said a Given the Windy conditions and the pins this was an extremely difficult course. There is disaster lurking.�?�. Among those firing and falling Back behind Sheehan Green and Alfredson were Alicia Dibos who started at 5 under but double big eyed the 17th in route to finishing 73-210 , who Bir did the first Hole to get within three of the Lead but wound up bog eying the last two holes for 75-211 and Michelle Estill who lost five shots in 10 holes then closed with eight straight pars for 75212. Overall the top three were trailed by Donna Andrews 70-209 Dibos and Pam Wright at 211 and Estill 1988 Champion and another swede Lisolotte Neumann two time Champion Betsy King and Judy Dickinson at 212. Patty Sheehan celebrates As her Birdie putt is about to sink in . Women a  holds off Labonte for win Talladega Aki. A Ken Schrader rocketed into the Lead two laps from the end then held on to win the Fram filters 500k Ruschli grand National Stock car race saturday at Talladega super Speedway Sterlin Marlin who had the closest thing to a dominating car in a race that. Saw 30. Lead changes among 14 Drivers in 117 laps was at the front of a pack of 15 cars  the Back stretch on Lap 116. As marlins Chevrolet neared the third turn Schrader and Terry Labonte also in Lumina hooked up in. A draft to move past Marlin on the Low Side of the track. Dale Earnhardt in yet another Chevy also got past to grab third with a Jap to go on the 2.66-Milc Oval. A Schrader was Able to hold off Labonte by .008-seconds a less than a car in nth a with Earnhardt the defending race Winner third Marlin fourth and pole starter Jeff Purvis fifth in a scramble at the end of the 500-Kilometer event. A Terry  get me one on one a Schrader said. A and he did no to have time to look for any help.�?�. A. The fast race was slowed by just two caution flags for a total of nine laps. One of the caution came out for Jason Keller a blown engine arid the other for a piece of Metal debris on the Tramo there w Ere no spins or crashes. / Schrader picking up his second grand National Victory and first since 1989 at Dover del., averaged an event record 167.472 Mph. The previous record 158.359, was set in the inaugural Talladega grand National race in 1992 by Ernie Irvan. Marlin led seven times for 58 laps. Schrader who is the 14th different Winner in 18 grand National races this season led just the final two  Crown by Bob Moen Bismarck n d. Apr Virgil Hill Hung onto his Aba Light heavy weight title saturday night with a unanimous decision Over Frank Tate while Mike Mccallum of Jamaica wrestled the we cd a Leglu heavy weight championship from australian Jeff Harding. Hill 30, successfully defended his title for the record 16th time in the a Battle on the  Hill 39-1 dominated Tate 34-4 with left and right jabs. Neither fighter went Down though Hill sent talc reeling into ropes in the sixth round. The judges cards had Hill winning 119-108, 119-107 and 118-110. Hill had beaten tale on sept. 29, 1992 for the then vacant Aba title. �?o1 knew we had a Tough fight a said Hill who has now defended his title More times than any Light heavy weight in history. A it Wasny to that  a my. Head is up. My heart is Good. Virgil won the fight a Tate said. Mccallum 47-2-1 won his first Light heavyweight Belt with a unanimous decision. He has spent most of his career at the middleweight level. Harding who had not fought in 19 months had held the wac title since sept. 1991. But Mccallum named a a interim Champion by the wac because of Harding a Long hiatus from the ring countered the hard charging aussie in a fight with nearly non Stop action. Harding 23-2 took the fight to the challenger who countered Well with uppercuts and picked his Way through Harding a churning arms. For a number of rounds Harding would seem to gain the upper hand Early Only to have Mccallum land a combination of hard shots near the rounds end. Me in another title fight Alfred. Cole retained his Imp cruiserweight title with a unanimous decision Over Nate Miller Cole 25-1 beat Miller 23-4 for the second. Time. A a athe fight was close  first eight rounds but Miller appeared to have Cole in trouble in the ninth and 11 to rounds when he caught the Champion with hard rights. Miller 31, of Philadelphia methodically pressed the fight and never appeared Hurt. But judges Dario Char Ini and Bill Graham scored the fight 117-111 in favor of Cole. Judge Paul Gibbs had Cole winning 115-113. The decision was booed by the crowd which cheered loudest when Cole backed into and knocked Down referee Denny Nelson of Minnesota in the 10th round. Cole 27, of Spring Valley n.y., complained he did not have time to warm up and said he Hurt his right hand Midway through the bout. On the under card welterweight Dennis Allen of Minot remained undefeated scoring a unanimous Ducci Sion Over Tyrone Mack of Des Moines Iowa Allen 110 did no to have much of a problem with Mack 10-9boxer critically Hurt in vegas bout Las vegas apr Wangila Nap Unyi a 1988 olympic boxing Gold medallist from Kenya remained in critical condition saturday night with a head injury suffered during a fight. Nap Unyi was fighting David Gonzales of Houston in a scheduled 10-round welterweight match Friday night at the Aladdin hotel when the referee stopped the bout won by Gonzales. Nap Unyi later collapsed in his dressing room. A or Albert Capanna who performed surgery on Nap Unyi at University medical Center said saturday night a the is in critical condition. He is riot getting any better. It does no to look really Good. That does no to mean it can to get better. The cat scan was not  Capanna said Nap Unyi sustained injuries from a Large blood clot on the right Side of his head. The Boxer was on life support systems saturday night. A if he makes it through and lives i expect he could be paralysed on the left Side but you can to really Tell a Capanna said. 1 Nap Unyi 26, turned professional in 1989 after winning a Gold medal for his native Kenya in the 19ss Seoul olympics he now lives in Las vegas