Janzen’s Loss Eliminates U.S. in Dunhill Cup

Peter Jacobsen and Ben Crenshaw both shot five-under-par 67s to give the Americans a 2-0 lead over Sweden, but Lee Janzen lost in a playoff to Per-Ulrik Johansson and the United States was eliminated Friday from title contention in the Dunhill Cup at St. Andrews, Scotland.

“We needed a 3-0 whitewash and didn’t get it,” Jacobsen said. “We have to go out tomorrow and play our match [against Canada] and we certainly want to win, even if we can’t get through to the semifinals now. It takes a lot of polish off it.”

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Duffy Waldorf shot a six-under-par 66 after the wind died down and held a two-stroke lead over Jay Don Blake, who shot his second consecutive 67, after two rounds of the Texas Open at San Antonio.

First-round leader Loren Roberts, who opened with a 64, dropped four strokes off the lead with a par round of 72 and was tied with Jay Haas and Lee Rinker at 136. Roberts is 31st on the money list and only the top 30 qualify for the $3-million Tour Championship next week.

A gusty north wind blew at 20-25 m.p.h. Friday morning.

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The U.S. Golf Assn. and NBC Sports have reached an agreement to extend the network’s coverage of USGA championship events through 1999.

Tennis

Michael Stich was carried from the court on a stretcher after injuring his left ankle in the quarterfinal round of the CA Trophy tournament at Vienna.

Stich, ranked 12th in the world, was scrambling after a drop shot by Australia’s Todd Woodbridge when he twisted his ankle and rolled over.

Stich’s wife, Jessica, fainted as he was wheeled into the players’ lounge.

“It’s at least one torn ligament,” Dr. Edi Lanz told the Austria Press Agency, adding such injuries can take six weeks or more to heal.

Woodbridge will face top-seeded Thomas Muster in the semifinals, with eighth-seeded Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden meeting Filip DeWulf of Belgium in the other.

Top-seeded Michael Chang defeated Australian Michael Tebbutt, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2,to reach the semifinals of the Salem Open in Beijing. . . . Top-seeded Pete Sampras moved a step closer to his fourth Lyon Open title in France, by beating French qualifier Maxime Huard, 6-4, 6-2, in the quarterfinals. . . . Patrick McEnroe lost to two-time French Open champion Sergi Bruguera, 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, in the quarterfinals of the Marlboro Championships in Hong Kong. Andrea Gaudenzi of Italy also moved into the semifinals by upsetting Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. . . . Fourth-seeded Mary Joe Fernandez defeated Barbara Paulus of Austria, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, in a 2 1/2-hour marathon to advance to the semifinals of the Brighton International tournament in England.

Auto Racing

David Coulthard won the pole position for the Pacific Grand Prix in Aida, Japan. Damon Hill was second, followed by Williams teammate Michael Schumacher.

Schumacher, the defending Formula One champion who is only a fourth-place finish away from his second consecutive title, was only 0.235 seconds behind his archrival Hill.

“Pole position is always good, but it is not really necessary to have [the pole] to win races,” Schumacher said. “I need three more points to do the championship. I don’t have anything to prove, really, so I can be quite relaxed, and that’s how I see the last three races.”

Miscellany

Gov. Arne Carlson said that he supports a tax break to help bring the Winnipeg Jets to Minneapolis, along with a metro-area sales tax referendum to pay for a new stadium for the Minnesota Twins.

Carlson said these moves would be part of a long-term approach to attracting and keeping four professional sports teams in the state.

“As an individual, I’m very upset with what’s going on in pro sports,” Carlson said, referring to many sports franchises’ threats to flee their cities. But he said teams like the Twins have proven themselves and given a great deal to the community.

A 1997 referendum would ask metropolitan-area voters whether to increase local sales taxes by a fraction of a percent to build a new stadium for the Twins.

Officials at Cal State Los Angeles have withdrawn their women’s cross-country team from competition this season.

The university has been investigating allegations made by three former team members charging former Coach Greg Ryan, who resigned in August, with mentally abusing athletes, violating NCAA rules and misappropriating funds.

Names in the News

Sprinters Michael Johnson and Gwen Torrence head a group of eight gold medalists from this year’s World Outdoor Track and Field Championships who have been nominated for the Jesse Owens Award.

Setter Debbie Green and Coach Arie Selinger, both members of the 1984 U.S. women’s team that won the nation’s first Olympic medal in the sport, were inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame. Other inductees were retired referee C.L. Bobb Miller and the late organizer Robert Lindsay.

Kenny Pratt, who had been arrested for sexual abuse, was thrown off the Iowa State basketball team by Coach Tim Floyd.

Lawyers for New Mexico basketball recruit Kenny Thomas and his parents filed suit, seeking to regain the 18-year-old freshman’s eligibility and scholarship in time for him to play this fall.