European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 32 r the stars and stripes sports sunday August 28, 1994 3 hold Lead As Roberts drops Back Akron Ohio a Loren Roberts faltering finish in fridays second round of the Nec world series of Golf opened the doors to a Host of International challengers or including Nick Price. With three holes to go Roberts held a two shot Lead then lost four shots to Par with a 6-3-7 finish that left masters Champion Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain Mark Mccumber and Steve Lowery in a tie for the Lead after 36 holes. They were at 7-under-Par 133 and a shot ahead of a group that included Price Winner of the last two majors aus world series of Golf Ralian Greg Norman and . Open Champion Ernie Els of South Africa. A a lot of Good names up there a Norman said after a second round 67. A a it a a congested  a lot of strange things happened to Roberts on the finishing holes at Firestone a North course which is being used in this event for the first time. Roberts lost one shot of his Lead by hit Ting into the water on 16th and making bogey. After a Par on the Short 17th, Roberts hit a poor drive on the Par-4 finishing Hole and was forced to Lay up Short of the water. He hit his third Over the Green came Back to 12 feet and three putted for a triple bogey that drastically altered the Leader Board. It dropped him from a one shot Lead to a two shot deficit and elevated Olazabal Mccumber and Lowery into a share of the Lead. Lowery who scored his first career Victory last week in the International moved up with a 66. Mccumber and Olazabal had 67s. It Price Winner of the pea and British open along with three american tour events and already assured of player of the year honors shot 66 and was at 134 in his first Start since in office surgery to remove cancerous moles from his Back a a it a progressed very Well a said Price who had 12 stitches removed from his Back thursday morning. Roberts late round woes left him with a 70 and tied at 135 with Hale Irwin and Scott Hoch who had a second round 64. Invin 49, a three time u.s1 open Champion shot 65. Els had a 66. Woods gains semis Ponte Vedra Beach Fla. Apr eighteen year old Tiger Woods easily won his quarterfinal match Friday and moved a step closer to becoming the youngest . Amateur Champion in the Golf tournaments 94-year history. Woods never trailed in defeating 35-year-old Tim Jackson of Germantown tenn., 5 and 4. Also advancing to the semifinals were Oklahoma state teammates Kris Cox and trip Kuehne both juniors and Kent state senior Eric Frishette. Yancey s love of Golf bordered on obsession by Mike Carter Park City Utah apr it seemed Only fitting to Tom Weiskopf that his Friend Bert Yancey died playing the game he loved. It and Weiskopf found it no Surprise that Yancey insisted on playing Friday even though he Felt ill. A a that a him. That a him a Weiskopf said. A the game was not As important to me As it was to him. He loved it More than i  Yancey 56, collapsed Friday morning minutes before he was to tee off in the $500,000 senior pea Franklin quest championship at the Park Meadows Golf course. He twice walked off the practice Range with Chest pains before apparently suffering a massive heart attack. He was pronounced dead at a local clinic. A visibly shaken Weiskopf who Learned of Yancey a death Only after coming off the course tied for the Lead with Dave Stockton at 68, took nearly 45 minutes to compose himself before facing reporters. He said he was considering withdrawing from play. A a he a one of my Best friends a said Weiskopf who had teamed with Yancey in 1959 and 1960 to win the lbs team championship and had stuck by him through difficult years As Yancey battled manic depression. A my Golf game certainly is not important right now a he said. Yancey a death was the hushed topic of conversations in the gallery and the players lounge. Yancey had appeared in excellent physical condition and was playing Good Golf. A the was hitting the Ball As Well As he had in a Long time a said Stockton. A the Wasny to going to give up. All he wanted to be was a tourney pro. Indeed Weiskopf said Yancey a love of the game bordered on obsession. A you done to have tremendous successes very often in this game. You have mostly Bert Yancey. ,. Reason to smile in 1970 failures a he said. A Ebert went through a lot of it. But he loved the game that  Yancey won $104,218 on the senior tour in 1993, but had been struggling this year. A the was right at the Bubble a Weis Kopf said. A so it was important to him to play Well. If he made a couple of Good checks i could see his. Attitude change. All he wanted to do was  a that could explain Weiskopf said Why Yancey insisted on playing Friday even though he did no to feel Well. A maybe it was fitting that he basically died on the Golf course a he said. A a it a too bad but it probably meant a lot to  a seven time Winner on the pea tour with $690,337 in earnings Yancey joined the senior pea tour in 1988 and earned another $404,625 through 1993. Yancey is survived by his wife Cheryl three sons a daughter and two grandchildren. A golfer since age 4, Yancey turned professional in 1961 and joined the pea tour in 1962 after playing Golf at the . Military Academy. He won the 1970 Bing Crosby National pro am and the 1972 american Golf classic. In 1966, his Best year on the tour Yancey won the Azalea open the Memphis open and the Portland open and followed that in 1967 with a Victory in the greater Dallas open. His Only other tour Victory came in 1969 at the Atlanta classic. Yancey recorded his Best senior pea tour finish in 1988, tying for second behind Bob Charles at the Pepsi senior Challenge in Atlanta. Yancey had his first manic depressive episode in 1961 As a senior at West Point and spent nine months in a psychiatric Hospital at Valley forge a. The army discharged him and he joined the pea tour. Trio shares Lead Park City Utah a defending Champion Dave Stockton Tom Weiskopf and Jack Kiefer were tied for the first round Lead at the Franklin quest championship a senior tournament which opened Friday under a pall caused by Bert Yancey a fatal heart attack just before he was to tee off. Stockton who set a scoring record of 199 in last years tournament Weiskopf and Keifer shot 4-under-Par 68s on the 7,026-Yard course. Stockton posted five birdies and one bogey. He is second on this years Money list behind Lee Trevino with $1,059 million and three wins. Weiskopf who was told of Yancey a death As he came off the course had six birdies and two bogeys. Bob Murphy Jay Siegel and Charles Coody were at 69. Lyga leaders run age Gauntlet Ottawa apr the full spectrum. Of women a professional Golf was at the top of the Leader Board Friday at the Dumaurier classic. Rising Star Kelly Robbins and 17-year Lyga veterans Betsy King Winner of 29 tournaments and Martha Nause a two time Champion shared the Lead at 8-under-Par 136 after two rounds on the 6,400-Yard Ottawa Hunt and Golf club. A i love it a said Nause who scrambled at times in a 1-under 71 after setting the women a course record with an opening round 65. A for 17 years in be been working to get to this spot. Its fun sure different than being in the Middle of the  _ she was joined at the front of the pack by Robbins 24, and Kang while three others were one stroke Back. A the $800,000 tournament is the last of four majors on the Lyga circuit. A it is tour is just getting Tough a said King 39, who is one Victory away from joining the Lyga Hall of Fame. A last week in Chicago the Cut was even Par. Good play produces More Good  King shot a 69 Friday and has just one bogey through 36 holes while Robbins had a 70. It Liselotte Neumann who won the Brit ish and swedish women a opens the past two weeks shot a 67 to share the Days Low round with fellow swede Annika Morenstam Jane Geddes and Robin Walton. A a  Neumann was one stroke behind the leaders with Nancy Lopez and Michelle Mcgann. Leigh Ann Mills was at 138 while Morenstam a tour Rookie and at the Dumaurier As an alternate was another stroke Back. The Field cooled Friday after thursdays torrid opening round when 56 golfers shot Par or better. The Cut for the final two rounds was at 2-Over 146. S. African runner makes history with Silver my dal Victoria Fri tip h  / a a a a a Victoria British Columbia apr a Young South african made history a Boxer from Ghana was stripped of his medal and seven athletes were reported missing As the Commonwealth games entered their final weekend. Hezekiel sep eng 20, became the first Black South african to win a medal in a major International Competition Friday when he took the Silver in the 800 meters. Sep eng who carried the South african Flag at the opening ceremony As the country returned to the games for the first time since 1958, was one of seven Commonwealth games Blacks on his country a 112-member team. A to come Here was pressure for me because everyone was expecting me to win a medal a he said a i told them i was going to win a  a sep eng almost won the Gold but was overtaken by Kenya s Patrick Konchellah 70 meters from the finish Boxer Godson Selah became the first games competitor to test positive for drugs at the games and was stripped of his Bronze medal. Sawah 19, tested positive for fur Semide a diuretic that enables athletes to shed weight quickly. Authorities meanwhile were trying to determine what happened to six athletes from Ghana and a Boxer ut1 sri Lanka who were reported missing from the  by their teams. _ in track Cathy Freeman of Australia became the first person to win the 200 and 400 meters in a Commonwealth games adding the the 200 Gold medal to the 400 she won earlier in the week. She was clocked in a Commonwealth games record of 22.25 seconds