European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse February the stars and stripes Page 25 five 1977 champions Post wins in delayed Benelux regional mat loot american finisher Cindy Nelson up 3thb id slalom she was so mad afterwards that what she said was unprintable Bybe Abrams prep sports editor Germany five 1977 champions and an import Kingpin were on hand Here Friday night for the 1978 Bene Lux wrestling championships and All made it into the finals again this the resuming champions were hahns James Mackell and Lee Brus Sels Thuy shapes Jim Pettyjohn and Bonns Brad Ashley and the Transfer Champion was shapes Carl Ebert who won the Germany 158pound Ulle for Berlin in Ebert advanced All the Way to the finals on a first round forfeit when Bonns Der Rick Marsh failed to make the weight for their 98pound Bonns unlimited Elsham Moki Bakall also advanced to the finals without stepping on the he was to seeded in the bracket which had Only three Senser gained the 105 finals with a first round 124 Victory Over bad Kreuz Zachs Kevin there were Only five wrestlers at 105 and he Drew a second round Bye be cause of the Mackeul was lop seeded at 119 and reached the finals with a pin Over shapes Joe Kulmayer after a first round he look a 174 record into the but encounters a Formida ble foe in accents Mark who americans fold in the event they were considered to be strongest went into the action with a 154 Dunham advanced to the finals with a 60 Conquest of Isis Bill Fetters and a 131 decision Over Bonns Sammy Pettyjohn went into the 125pound bracket with a 131 record but faced the possibility of meeting bad krcuznach3 Willie Pearson in the Pearson wrestled at 132 during the year and dropped Down a weight for the Pettyjohn gained the final round with a 60 decision Over accents Steve Poucher and a pin Over Bonns Adi mean pinned hahns Ken Radoman in to set up the title Albritton recorded two Falls in his March to the 138 he needed to overwhelm Bonns Daren Howard in the open ing match and then whipped bad Kreuz Zachs Tony requiring Only seven seconds longer to achieve that Albritton was 132 going into the action but he is faced with a Toughie in the Mark dunhams after a first round Dunham did everything but pin shapes Mike Connelly As he ran up a 205 undefeated last season saw limited action this year be cause of a late season football How he recuperated to Post an 80 record Down the stretch and proved that he was completely healthy Here in the semifinals with a 30 seconds humbling of hahns Ron the results Worl Emit it Milf flon i8rl by Kunt Johnson assistant sport editor Germany secs things fell apart Friday for the Pony tailed Alpine women skiers and it came precisely where they Felt they were coming on the in the coming into these world Champion both teams director Hank Tauber and head women coach Jon Bowe Nan were optimistic because recent american slalom placings had been most but the world championship slalom produced discouraging results with three non and Cindy Nelsons disappointing eth Becky Doney fell out of the race in the brat and Alki Fleckentein and 18year did Christin Cooper were second run Casu Fleckenstein was replacing Abbi who injured her ankle in slalom practice wednesday and was at the finish line on our girls just didst ski Well Here they certainly shown they can do said there were differ ent conditions Here than we have had in other slalom this weve been skiing on Micier courses while this is quite a Steep course with Grippy the girls just didst adjust but neither did a lot of said noting the Sutof Shemoney finishes of Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein and world cup defending Champ use Marie Morerod of Switzer but Tauber was Quick to Salute those who did master the course medal win ners Lea Stokner of Austria Pamela Behr of Germany Silver and Monika Kamerer of Austria College Cage scores is by Tolun rms inn u is Xix Cancun to h til Ltd South Hort Traum 5144 t Momma Mif 1 Yukou tub a guv n i a Tutu 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ousted Ransle to move into the semifinals against the Winner of Friday match Between fifth seeded Wendy tumult and fourth seeded Virginia Navratilova quarterfinal opponent Friday night was to be seventh seeded Kerry who eliminated Pom tee guar the survivor of the Navrath Ovaneil Battle will play third seeded Betty stove of the Netherlands in the
