European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 7,1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 35 world notes Marino loins bid for bucs from wire reports Miami Dan Marino is ready to try another sport As an owner the Miami Dolphin quarterback said he s part of group interested in buying the Pittsburgh  group is led by Larry Lucchino like Marino a Pittsburgh native. Lucchin was the Baltimore orioles chief executive officer from 1988 to 1993. Clarke leads Bow Munich Germany Darren Clark of Northern Ireland threatened to break away from the pack saturday before settling for a two stroke Lead after the third round of the Bow International open. Clarke 26, used solid putting to fire a4-under- 68. That left him 12-under for three rounds at 204. Germany s Bernard Langer seeking the Only major German title to elude him slipped from the top of the Leader Board fonday to a share of third by shoot ing a 71 that left him at 206. Azinger returns grand Blanc Mich. In per haps the most memorable round of his life Paul Azinger shot a 76 on Friday to Mark his return to Golf after a nine month bout with cancer. That Azinger was 11 shots out of the Lead mattered not at All to the gallery that cheered him As he started play an stood to applaud at the 18th Hole As they made the turn to the front nine. Fred Funk wingless since 1992, shot a65 Over waterlogged Warwick Hills Golf and country club for a one stroke Lead Over Corey Pavin and three Over Russ Cochran. Tom Kite Davis love Iii an Duffy Waldorf were among 10 golfers at 69. King hangs on Stratton Mountain it. Betsy King survived a disastrous 12th Hole and raw weather Friday to retain Aone stroke Lead after two rounds of the Mccall s Lyga classic. Despite a triple bogey on 12, Kin managed a 1-Over- 73 for a 137 in Windy Rainy conditions with the tempera Ture dropping to 51 degrees in the afternoon. Stolten Jerg stuns Agassi los Angeles Jason Stoltenberg feels like he s already won the los an Geles open. The sixth seeded australian upset no.3 Andre Agassi 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 Friday night to Advance to a semifinal saturday against no. 2 Boris Becker. _ of Tel Michael  Belgium s Paul Dierkes slides safely into third saturday As saudi third baseman Chris Norseth stretches for the late throw. Run scoring balk lands saudi in la world series by sue Harper staff writer Kaiserslautern Germany saudi Arabia won the european Little league championship and the ride to Williamsport pa., for the Little league world series beating Belgium 5-3  question is How did saudi win the game did saudi win the game by holding Brussels scoreless in its last at Bat and pitting Down the batters one i two three or was it the balk that put saudi ahead to stay or was it the remo Val of the Belgium Pitcher a at least we know i when saudi won Alli of that happened in the fifth inning. _ saudi tied the game in the fifth on two passed balls and a balk and had to keep Brussels from scoring in the sixth inning. Umpire Bill Crabtree called the decisive balk when Belgium Pitcher Chris Chapman who could t help but notice the 90-Degreeheat, wiped some sweat off his face while on the Mound. Under league rules that s Aback and Crabtree waved Christopher Norseth Home from third  put saudi Arabia ahead 4-3, and Ronald Baptiste added injury to the in r Baptiste Little league suit when he came Home on a passed ballot make the final score 5-3. Other observers say it was t the balk but the removal of Brussels Pitcher Joel Rapp when he ran out of steam that made the difference. The Brussels starting Pitcher ran Short and they had to take him out. Until then it was anybody s game saudi coach Loren Schoenholtz said. While Rapp was running on empty winning Pitcher Ronald Baptiste kept on trucking. But it was Only when two were away in the sixth and final inning that Baptiste smiled. He was holding one Fin Ger up at his teammates his Back to the Batter and Finger hidden from the plate and he quietly said Only one More earlier Only one More must have seemed a Long Way off. Belgium got its first run in the first Ona rib single by Chapman the Only rib and one of three hits Baptiste allowed for the  came Back with two rur on Bis from Baptiste and Akul Nishawala which brought Norseth and Baptiste across the  tied the game on a wild pitch that brought Talbot Bowen  in the top of the fifth Paul Dierkes got on base on an error tagged up on a pop up for second went to third on an overthrow and took Home on a Baptiste wild pitch to put Brussels ahead. But Baptiste and the winners took charge after that Relief Pitcher Jason Kirksey took the loss for Belgium with a two pitch Outing which saw Norseth tag him for a double that set up the winning run on pitch two. Winning Pitcher Baptiste faced 23 Bat ters striking out 10 and walking Only one in his three nit Complete game. But More than one team won Accord ing to the losing coach. No matter what these Are two team who showed How to have fun which is what Little league is about said Bel Gium manager Paul Racioppo. We had More fun then anyone  in saturday s late semifinal Belgium 7, Kmic 4 the team from the Low countries de throned defending Champion Kaiserslautern military Community with a three run  Chapman who drove in three runs and Vijay barrel who stroked Atwo run double provided the spark for the winners who were leading 4-2 when the game was delayed by lightning storms. Simc got things even in the Bottom of the fifth when Jody Camacho drove in his third and fourth runs of the game with a double. _ Belgium s Jeff Racioppo went the Dis Tance for the winners striking out 12while walking Only two and surrendering four hits. Home is Sweet As army playoffs open by the stars and stripes army softball opened its regional play offs saturday with the Host teams jump ing out to first Day edges. _ in Nurnberg Germany the Frost team was among the unbeaten after Day 1 of the Region Iii women s meet. Nurnberg pulled out a pair of 1-run victories in beating Hohenfels 8-7 an Wurzburg 14-13 to earn a Winner s bracket pairing today against Vilseck. That Winner skates on through to the championship game of the double eliminations event. Vilseck Cut themselves More Slack than did their hosts routing Bamberg 15-0 and Ansbach 11-6.other results from Nurnberg were Ansbach 11, Schweinfurt 7 will Burg 16, Augsburg 1 Augsburg 17, Hohenfels 10, and Schweinfurt 13. Play begins at _10 30_ . Joday at Nurnberg in Region i men s play at Budinger Babenhausen won twice and ensured it self a berth in today s title  rail gunners edged Wiesbaden 17- 16 and dumped binding in 20-13 an await the losers bracket survivor. Other scores saturday were Darm Stadt 7, bad Kreuz Nach 0 Frankfurt 11, Darmstadt 6 Wiesbaden 23, baumfcolder19, and binding in 26, bad Kreuz Nach sports on an Central european unit television baseball san Francisco at Houston 2 . Monday _ Goodwill games 7 3q . Sunday. Radio baseball Atlanta at Cincinnati 8 10 . Sunday Kansas City at Seattle 2 . Monday