Lewis Wins 200 in 19.99, Beating Johnson

Carl Lewis, who received a $100,000 appearance fee, won the 200 meters in the year’s fastest time and finished second in the 100 Wednesday at the Athletissima IAAF-Grand Prix meet at Lausanne, Switzerland.

In winning the 200 in 19.99 seconds, Lewis beat a field that included 1991 world champion Michael Johnson and 1992 Olympic gold medalist Mike Marsh. Johnson finished second in 20.06, and Marsh, the American record-holder at 19.73 who beat Lewis at last month’s U.S. championships, was fifth in 20.26.

“This is a gratifying win,” said the 32-year-old Lewis.

U.S. champion Andre Cason won the 100 in 10.04, edging Lewis by .03 seconds. In the 400-meter hurdles, Olympic champion and world record-holder Kevin Young improved his season’s best to 47.37, the fastest in the world. U.S. and Olympic champion Gail Devers set the year’s best in the women’s 100, winning in 10.82.

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Steve Cram, the mile world record-holder who has been plagued by injuries for the past seven years, dropped out of a 5,000-meter race in an invitational meet at Gavle, Sweden, with one lap left because of a calf injury. Cram was among the leaders when he dropped out. Fellow Englishman Gary Staines won in 13:33.42.

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Shotputter Georg Andersen of Norway, the silver-medal winner at the 1991 World Championships, drew a lifetime ban for refusing to take a drug test when two officials showed up at his home last year.

The 30-year-old Norwegian, who tested positive for a banned substance two years ago, already was under suspension for refusing the test, and the Norwegian Confederation of Sports enforcement panel imposed the lifetime ban after reviewing the case.

Hockey

The Mighty Ducks announced the hiring of Dave McNab as director of player personnel. McNab, a former Ranger scout, accepted the job more than two months ago under an agreement that he would not switch teams until after the draft. He is the son of Max McNab, the former general manager of the Washington Capitals and the New Jersey Devils, and the brother of former player Peter McNab.

Soccer

France’s top soccer official said that two players charged with taking bribes from European club champion Olympique Marseille to throw a match probably will never again play in France. Meanwhile, Marseille owner Bernard Tapie was questioned by investigators about reported accusations that he tried bribing the rival team’s coach to take the blame for the match-fixing scandal.

Valenciennes players Christophe Robert and Jorge Burruchaga were charged with corruption for agreeing to accept money to throw the May 20 league match so Marseille could save energy for the European final against AC Milan.

Names in the News

Melody Howard of Southwest Missouri State scored 16 points to help the United States to a 98-67 victory over Israel in the opening round of women’s basketball competition at the World University Games in Buffalo, N.Y. . . . Former NBA All-Star Randy Smith will be named coach today of a Continental Basketball Assn. team in Hartford, Conn. . . . The New Jersey Nets will create a college-scholarship fund for Croatian students in honor of Drazen Petrovic, their star guard who died in a car accident in Germany last month. . . . A travel agency sued former Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback Bubby Brister, saying he owes the agency $35,380. . . . Ben Chapman, who played in the New York Yankee outfield alongside Babe Ruth and made history as the first batter in an All-Star game, died at his home in Hoover, Ala. He was 84. . . . Center Brad Fichtel, a seventh-round draft choice from Eastern Illinois, signed with the Rams. . . . Vandals smashed the marble cover of the above-ground crypt containing the coffin of Dorothy Shula, wife of Miami Dolphin Coach Don Shula. Police said the vandals were probably looking for valuables. . . . UCLA’s Lisa Fernandez, a softball All-American, was awarded a $5,000 scholarship for postgraduate study by the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee. . . . Azusa Pacific will play host to the 1994 NAIA national track meet on May 25-27.