European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports sunday july 31, 1994 v Oscar de la Hoya left fends off Jorge Paw left hand in who title fight Friday night la remain Las vegas a Oscar de la Hoya sent out a the Clown in a hurry. James Toney waited awhile to bring Down the curtain on a the  the results were the same. De la Hoya and Toney each remained undefeated by knocking out their foes in title bouts Friday night at the Mem grand. Passing his toughest test to Date with ease 1992 olympic Champion de la Hoya knocked out the Veteran Paez in the second round to win the vacant who lightweight championship. A going up to 135 gave me that extra strength and Power a said de la Hoya who vacated the a boy a Junior lightweight 130-Pound title he won in March. De la Hoya became Only the second fighter to Knock out Paez in 64 pro fights. Rafael Rueles stopped Paez in the 10th round in 1992. Paez a former if featherweight Champ from Mexico dropped to 53-7-4 with 35 knockouts. Toney 44-0-2 with 29 knockouts was frustrated through most of the fight As a a Prince Charles Williams leaned on him and pinned him to the ropes Toney rocked Williams with a hard rights in the 11th and in the final round the Champion  with a right and then finished him with another. . Sweeps track relays St. Petersburg Russia a american relay teams swept All four events Friday As Goodwill games track and Field Competition concluded with six . Gold medals. Michael Johnson the 200-meter Champion anchored the . Menus 1,600-meter relay team to a 2 59.42 clocking a games record and the fastest in the world this year. Gwen Torrence the 100-meter and 200-meter Champion anchored the american women to Victory in the 400 relay in 42.98, the years fastest time. Carl Lewis ran the final leg As the american menus team won the 400 relay in 38.30, and 400-Mcter Champion Jearl Miles keyed the . Women a Triumph in the 1,600 relay in 3 22.27, a 1994 Best. Kenny Harrison was the other . Winner taking the menus triple jump at 57 feet 2 a inches with olympic Champi Goodwill games on Mike Conley second at 56-7 a. Earlier Friday another american Dan of Brien missed his decathlon world record when he loaded to a 5 10,94 in he ,500 and finished with 8,715 Points of Brien needed a time of4 40.92 to set . Of Brien led a 1-2-3 . Decathlon sweep As Steve Fritz finished second with 8,177 and Kip Janvrin third with 7,908. Overall the . Track and Field team finished with 18 Gold medals and a total of 38 medals while Russia led in medals with 41, but had Only 10 golds. In other Goodwill games action Friday cubans and russians split six boxing Gold medals. The most impressive winners were cubans a heavyweight Felix Savon knocking out russians Sergei a Efi Alov with one punch in the first round. Pialo1 Belle s ban a raced to 6 Days As Bat episode ends Deshields Homer keeps . On top by the associated press the los Angeles dodgers were in danger of dropping out of first place in the no West for the first time since May 14, while keeping the Houston astros atop the no Central Delino Deshields did no to like that option. His three run Homer in the ninth off closer John Huck. A 0-2 kept los Angeles on lop and gave the dodgers a 7-5 win Over visiting Houston Friday night Houston s loss coupled with Cincinnati a Victory at san Diego pushed the astros out of first in the no Central and put the reds on top Ismael Valdes 2-0 pitched two innings for the Victory despite giving up the go ahead run on a balk. Jeff Bagwell hit Nis 35th Homer off Pedro Astacio. In other games Friday reds 4, padres t at san Diego Jeff Branson hit a two run Homer and Bret Boone went 3-for-4 with two Rols As Cincinnati moved on Hal game ahead of Houston. Pete Schourek 6-2 pitched innings allowing one run on nine hits. Giants 8, Rockies 4 at san Francisco Matt Williams drove in three runs to Lead the giants past Colorado and into second in the no West the giants moved past the Rockies and Are one game behind the dodgers. Darryl Strawberry and John Patterson drove in two runs each to support Bud Black 4-1who gave up eight hits and four runs in 6vi innings. A Gaetzi by the associated press mistakes happen and veterans know what to do about it. When Kevin Tapani made two mistakes to Gary Gaetti the 13-year Veteran made the Minnesota Pitcher pay dearly. A any time you hang a breaking Ball to any hitter a even the Small Guys a you re going to gel knocked around a Minnesota manager Tom Kelly said. A you hang it and  bang  Gaetti who Hadnot homered since june 26, hit two homers Friday night powering Kansas City to a 5-3 Victory Over the twins and pulling the royals within 4la games of Al Central leading Cleveland. The royals have won seven straight games. Chico Lind was 4-for-4, stretching his hitting Streak to a career Best 13 games rangers 5, Angels 3 in Arlington Rusty Greer and Dean Palmer each hit two run homers to Power Texas to its fourth win in five games and give Pitcher Roger Pavlik 2-5 his first Victory in almost two months. Greer hit his ninth Homer during a three run second Palmer added his 19th in the sixth off Mark Langston 6-7pavlik Al braves 5, Phillies 2 at Atlanta Fred Mcgriffe two run single capped a thre run fifth inning and Javier Lopez hit a two run Homer an inning later As the braves snapped Philadelphia a four game winning Streak. Loser Danny Jackson 13-5 gave tip nine hits in six innings. Steve Avery 7-3 allowed six hits walked none and fanned eight. It was his first Complete game of the season. Expos 8, marlins 4 at Miami Montreal broke open a tic game with a four run seventh inning on just two hits. Larry walkers single drove in Rondell White with the tic breaking run. The expos also scored on a walk a hit batsman and scan Berry a sacrifice Fly All with the bases loaded. Jeff Shaw 5-2 pitched a innings of perfect Relief for the Victory. Mets 4t pirates 1 new York right hander Bobby. Jones continued to Excel on the Road and Ryan Thompson homered for the mets. Jones 11-7 limited the pirates to seven hits and a run Over seven innings. Cubs 8, cardinals 3 Jim Bullinger pitched eight solid innings and Steve Buechele hit a two run Homer and an rib triple As visiting Chicago handed St. Louis its sixth straight loss. Bullinger 6-2 allowed three runs on four hits. The cubs scored five runs off starter Allen Watson 6-5 when they sent nine men to the plate in the first. Lowed two runs in 66 innings. Athletics 6, tigers 4 Ruben sierras 22nd Home run snapped an eighth inning tie and boosted visiting Oakland to Victory. Seven a a pitchers combined on a four hitter with Bob Welch 3-6 winning in Relief and Dennis Eckersley getting his 17th save. Yankees 5, indians 2 in new York the Yankees Defeated Cleveland for the seventh straight time Albert Belle went 3-for-4 with his 34th Home run for the indians. White sox 5, mariners 4 in Chicago Alex Fernandez 11-7 won his fifth game without a loss in july As the White sox handed Seattle its fifth straight loss. Blue jays 4, orioles 3 a1 Leiter pitched six solid innings and Joe Carter homered As visiting Toronto Defeated Baltimore for the first time in seven games this season. Red sox 7, Brewers 2 in Boston to Vaughn homered twice and Tim Vanegmond 1-3 pitched a five hitter for his first major league win. New York apr the corked Bat caper involving Albert Belle has finally come to a close. The Cleveland indians slugger had his 10-Day suspension Cut to a six Day penalty Friday by Al president Bobby Brown As part of the settlement the major league baseball players association withdrew the Appeal of the punishment. The suspension will Start monday meaning Belle will miss seven games because of a doubleheader in Boston on aug. 6. H Marks the fourth straight year Belle has been suspended from baseball. I Belle is batting .356 with 34 Home runs and a league leading 96 Bis he has eight homers in his last ii games a i have never used or knowingly attempted to use a corked Bat in a game a he said. The controversy began july 15 when Belle s Bat was confiscated by umpires in Chicago after White sox manager Gene Lamont wanted it checked the Bat disappeared from the umpires locked dressing room and later was returned by the indians when it was Cut open by league officials it was found to contain Cork a Cdr. Browne a decision to significantly reduce his original ruling clearly demonstrates the substantial uncertainty that has surrounded this whole matter a said am Tellem Belle s agent