European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 13, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 35 6 1 a f f i from wire reports new York Tennessee is the Clos est thing to a sure thing in women s basketball at least in the associated press poll. For the fifth time since 1987-88, ten Nessee is no. 1 in the a s preseason poll which for the first time is being com  votes from the Media. The lady vols received 26 first place votes from the 32-member panel and had 1792 Points eight Short of the Maxi mum. Purdue which returns All five Start lers from last season s final four team is second with 734 Points. 1 Tennessee returns four starters in i eluding Southeastern conference player of the year Nikki Mccray. The lady vol were ranked no. 1 in the preseason last year and also were no 1 at the end of the season but they lost to Louisiana tech in the Mcaa regional semifinals t and finished 31-2. I albums Thompson lied. Myrtle Beach . Jim Albu birdied the final Hole to gain a share of i the second round Lead Friday in rain f wind and cold at the senior tour Cham Pion ship. He former club pro was tied with Rocky Thompson at 135 at the half Way. Point of the $1.35 million season ending tournament sponsored by Golf Magazine. _ couples love Lead by 11 Dorado puerto Rico sunny skies replaced rain and Fred couple Sand Davis love tightened the . Grip on the Lead Friday at the world cup of . -. ,. Couples and love in search of a re Cord third straight world cup title started slowly but a string of seven Bir Dies Over five holes turned a one stroke world notes Lead into a rout. " i the americans finished the Day 15-under-Par and 27-under for the tournament 11 strokes ahead of the Malaysia team with 36 holes to play. Pierce moves on Philadelphia second seeded Mary Pierce jumped to big leads in the each set Friday and beat newcomer Mei Len to 6-2, 6-4 to reach the semifinals of the $750,000 Virginia slims of Phila Delphia. Pierce fighting a head cold surren dered just three Points in the first three games of the first set and just four in the first three games of the second set. Also advancing to the semifinals we Reno. 5 Natalia Zvereva who beat Brenda Schultz 6-1, 7-6, Anke Huber a 6-3, 6-2 Winner Over Kimberly to and Gabriel Sabatini who Defeated Chanda Rubin 6 3,6-0.a a a. Adds Volkov hit final Moscow Alexander Volkov of Russia and Chuck Adams won their semifinal matches saturday to Advance to the final of the $1.1 million Kremlin cup. Volkov clearly the crowd favorite beat Jacco Entingh of the Netherlands 6-7 6-87-6 8-66-2, while Adams Defeated two time Kremlin cup Champion mar Crosset of Switzerland 4-6,6-3,6-4. Larsson gains final Antwerp Belgium seventh seeded Magnus Larsson used his Back Duurt Power game to perfection saturday and beat France s Olivier Delaitre 64, 6-3 to reach the final of the $1.1 nillion european Community championship. Defending Champion Pete Sampras year old defender was quoted As saying steadily reaching Peak form for next after arriving in Athens on thursday week s world championship played Jared my manager has already reached Palmer in the other semifinal. Agreement with the  Vasquez keeps title Tucuman Argentina Julio Cesa Vasquez of Argentina out pointed Tony Marshall of Albany n.y., on Friday to retain his world boxing association Junior middleweight title. In a unanimous decision the judges scored the 12-round bout 117-111, 119-112 and 118-110 for Vasquez who made the 10th defense of the title he won in 1992.  a Vasquez 28, weighed 153v  won the title in 1992 with a first round knockout of Hitoshi Kamiyama of Japan and s 52-1-0 with 35 knockouts. Marshall 24, who weighed 148, stands at 17-4-6 with 4 knockouts. Thai  Bangkok Tia and Thailand s Rattanapor Sor Orapin retained the if mini flyweight title saturday Stop Ping no. 1 contender Carlos Rodriguez of Venezuela in the third round. The scheduled 12-Rounder was the eighth title defense for Rattanapor since winning the championship1 from Mann Melchor of the Philippines in 1992. Rattanapor has a 20-2-1 record with14 knockouts. Rodriguez is 18-5-1 with 16 knockouts. Balboa exploring Greece Athens Greece . World cup player Marcelo Balboa is reportedly close to signing a contract with Olympia Kos of Piraeus. I did t come to Greece for a Holiday. I came to sign with Olympia Kos the 27 Colts Alberts returns Indianapolis linebacker Trev Alberts a first round draft pick who underwent surgery for a dislocated Elbow practice Friday for the first time since the preseason and targeted the Colts nov. 27 game with new England for his fld but Alberts the fifth Overall pick in the draft was injured aug. 5 in the Indiana Polis exhibition opener against Seattle and originally was not expected Back be fore the end of the season. Krone has surgery new York jockey Julie Krone underwent successful surgery Friday to remove two plates and 13 screws from her reconstructed right ankle. The surgery which took two hours was performed at Staten Island University Hospital by or. Frank Ariosta. Ariosta reconstructed the ankle in 1993 after Krone severely fractured it in a racing Accident at Saratoga on August 30 that year Alomar gets scoped Cleveland Cleveland India Catcher Sandy Alomar underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Friday and is expected to return to full activity in about a month the team said. ". A Alomar 28, injured the lateral Menis Cus of the left knee in a puerto Rica Winter league game nov. 2. Doctors said Friday there was no ligament damage and no injury to the joint. Rudolph from Page 36 me because of my braces my Brothers i and Sisters were always there to help me run Rudolph said. _ Ter National heroine. After winning her three golds Rudolph set several world records in the sprints before retiring in 1962. In 1960 and 1961, she was selected Ashe associated press female athlete of the year. She also won the 1961 Sullivan award As the nation s outstanding Amateur athlete and she was elected into the National track and Field Hall of Fame in 1974.upon leaving the sport Rudolph immersed herself into the business world. She worked As a Goodwill ambassador for the United states to French West Africa during the Early 1960s, co hosted a network radio show was a spokesperson for minute maid Orange juice served As an administrative analyst for Urcla an wrote her autobiography Wilma which later was produced As a two hour network television drama. She also was a human resource executive at a Nashville Bank worked for itt Continental baking company in Indiana Polis coached at Depauw became popu Lar on the lecture circuit and was presi Dent of the Wilma Rudolph foundation a nonprofit organization devoted to teaching youngsters they could overcome obstacles just like she  wanted to leave behind a legacy and i thought this would be Ideal the elegant Rudolph said of the foundation. I Don t consciously try to be a role Model so i Don t know if i m a role Model or not. That s for other people to  Rudolph is survived by two sons two daughters six Sisters and two Brothers. Funeral arrangements were incomplete saturday. Down Kidd s Beaver Creek Colo