European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports Friday september 23, 1994 a amps Ken George All army golfer Mark Maher of Friedburg finds the bark worse than his lie during thursdays round of 80 at Heidelberg Germany. Leaders shrug off windblown rounds by the stars and stripes Heidelberg Germany a Hanau a redoubtable Dave Bender and Heidelberg a mighty Richard Duck saw their scores creep into the 80s on a Breezy thursday but both men retained their divisional leads after the third round of the army championships. Duck soared to Over 231 after 54 5,943-Yard layout fellow Heidelberg a amps Kan George Munster a Mike Withrow. Piches an 80 thursday european Golf an 81 to stand at 15-holes on the seniors he saw his Lead Over senior George Rohowsky who beat the Breeze for a 75�? 233, shrink to two strokes. Benders second straight 80 on the 6,378-Yard configuration used by the a under-40 set put him at 16-Over 232. However benders closest pursuer Allamy golfer Charles Ballard of Fried Berg could trim Only a stroke off his Lead when he managed just 79 to follow thursdays tournament Best round of 71. Ballard was at 233 after 54 holes. Nurnberg Sclay Calkins and another Friedburg All army player Mark Maher were tied for third at 239 after shooting 80 and 84, respectively on thursday. Joining Calkins and Bender with rounds of 80 thursday were Heidelberg a Sam Tanguy who stood fifth among open dec Golf players at 241, and Mike Withrow of Munster who was looking Down Tanguy a neck at 242. Three shots farther Back at 245 was Kaiserslautern a John Johnson who shot 79 thursday while trying to climb the Mountain he built with tuesdays abysmal 89. Among the fort something golfers Rohowski a Days Best 75 opened a nine stroke Gap Over Ramstein a John Sova who stood third among the 40-years-or-better seniors at 242. Trailing the leading senior triumvirate was the Heidelberg Trio of Dave Mckee John Patterson and Bill Johnson All stood at 255 after rounds in the mid 80s or so. Thursdays big hitters were Gra Fen Wohr a Dan Gonzalez m the open division and Parma sense Gary Hodge among the seniors. Closest to the pin winners were a pair of  open player Bany Ferguson and senior Dick Wong. Final round play in the event originally scheduled for August begins at 8 . Today with the open leaders scheduled to tee off at 9 32 . Contract to i is d ragging on Boxer Cobb sues is Nashville Tenn. A Boxer actor Randall a a text Cobb has filed a $150 million libel lawsuit in Federal court against sports illustrated. The lawsuit filed wednesday alleges a false and defamatory statements and or false and defamatory innuendos were made in an oct. 4, 1993, article written by William Nack and Sonja Steptoe. The article alleges a 1992 fight was fixed Between Cobb and Sonny Barch of Arkansas. The article said Cobb met with Barch before the match to discuss How quickly the bout would end. Both Nack and Steptoe Are named in the lawsuit along with sports Illus to rated spar Cobb ent company time inc., the suit seeks $50 million in actual damages and $100 million in punitive damages. Steve Robinson the magazines senior editor for boxing said he would not comment until he saw a copy of the lawsuit. A fall in be been told is that he was contemplating a lawsuit. I Haven to seen the suit so i  possibly comment a Robinson said. The Magazine article also alleged Cobb had tested positive for cocaine use. However sports illustrated later published a three paragraph clarification about the drug tests stating that Cobb had instead tested positive for marijuana. In an affidavit filed last week in Seattle Barch recanted his statements to sports illustrated and said he a sold his Story to the Magazine for $15,000. Randy Wiggs one of Cobbs lawyers said the article effectively ended the fighters boxing and acting careers. A after this article appeared Tex Cobb stopped receiving offers to appear in movies his old Elpaso commercial was cancelled he received no More invitations to appear in boxing matches and his ability to participate in kick boxing or fight related events had been totally wiped out a Wiggs said. By the associated press new York the nil and its players Are still seemingly far apart on a new collective bargaining agreement. They Are at least together at the bargaining table. For the second straight Day the nil and its Union met again in a lengthy bargaining session on wednesday. A a we re trying to Analyse and reconcile differences a nil commissioner Gary Bettman said following a five hour session with the nil players association. The meeting at nil Headquarters in Manhattan followed a seven hour session on tuesday the longest of the negotiations Between the two sides in the dispute. The players appear to be United. Players in the Philadelphia nil new Jersey Toronto Montreal and new York rangers los Angeles exhibition games exchanged handshakes in shows of Solidarity in the labor dispute. The next full scale meeting will take place monday in Toronto. Talks will continue on different Levels Over the next few Days. Bob Goodenow executive director of the no la left wednesdays meeting without talking to reporters. He was reportedly on his Way Back to Canada to speak to nil team representatives about the two Days of negotiations in new York. As usual Bettman refused to discuss issues following wednesdays talks. A the process is ongoing a Bettman said. Penguin gets ban Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Penguin Center Shawn Mceachern will be suspended without pay for three games for slashing Washington capitals de Senseman Calle Johansson in the Eastern conference playoffs last april. Mceachern was also fined $500,. The maximum allowed under the no la a collective bargaining agreement