European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 21 Hagler retains Crown Boston up middleweight Box ing Champ Marvin Hagler stunned Chal Lenger Fulgencio Obe Mejias with a vicious right Lead 20 seconds into the eighth round and scored a technical knockout to retain his undisputed Crown in his first title de who was the aggressor through out the scheduled 15round had scored repeatedly with left right combinations to the body and stunning his taller Hagler had scored a Knockdown in the sixth round and Obe Mejias wilted under the relentless referee Octavio Meyran immediately continued on Page 22 a photo challenger Fulgencio Obe Mejias left Falls Back after taking a right from middleweight Champ Marvin Hagler in first round Crimson tide shocks 4 5955 up Junior guard Eddie Adams scored 20 12 in the second to Lead Alabama to a 5955 upset Victory Over fourth ranked Kentucky in a Southeastern conference game sat urday the game was tied 14 times before Ala Bama took the Lead for keeps on an eight foot jumper by Adams with left to the Crimson tides biggest Lead was 59 53 with seven seconds the score was tied 2929 at the wildcats took a 3529 Lead after scoring six unanswered Points to begin the second Alabama responded with an outburst of its scoring the next eight Points to Lead 3735 with remaining in the a rugged Alabama defense held Ken tucks 7footl Sam to just eight Only half his the Only Kentucky starter to score More than his average was Fred who led the wildcats with 112 Overall and 41 in the also got 12 Points from Jim master and 10 each from Derrick Hord and Dirk 104 Overall and 33 in the got 11 Points from Mike in other games saturday Oregon state Oregon 55 a Steve Johnson poured in 18 of his 24 Points in College basketball the second half to Lead 1ranked Ore gon state to an 8255 pacific10 Confer ence Romp Over the 50 in the conference and 130 used a pressure defense to destroy the mistake prone the 610 Johnson Drew two Quick fouls and played Only six minutes in the first the beavers managed to build a 3525 halftime Lead by forcing 18 Oregon the regionally televised contest was Oregon states 19th Victory in a Row at Oregon record dropped to 86 Overall and i4 in the leu Georgia 65 Baton a Durand Macklin scored 12 of his game High 21 Points in the first five minutes to Power sixth ranked Louisiana state to a Lead it never relinquished in a 7865 Victory Over Macklin got leu off to a 168 Lead with first 12 then capped a spurt of 16 unanswered Points by getting his seventh Basket of the Howard Carter collected 17 Points for and Ethan the other Start ing got leu is 141 Overall and 50 in the Georgia is 104 and Maryland Clemson 62 a Forward Al Bert King scored 22 including six in As the lot ranked Maryland terrapins outlasted 19 Clemson 6862 in an Atlantic coast conference the 123 Overall and 42 in the saw the tigers overcome a fou Point deficit against a Maryland slowdown in the final six and they tied the score 5858 at the end of but King and guard Greg who had 15 ignited the overtime surge to Seal the 133 Overall and 22 in Confer ence saw a 22game Littlejohn coliseum winning Streak snapped by the set that Streak went Back to a double overtime loss to old Dominion in the Sec Ond round of the 1979 National invitation in the overtime King hit an 18 foot jumper at the Mark to put the terms after a Clemson turnover continued on Page 22 meets in finale Borg masters Connors again Bjorn Borg 2handed return to Connors new York a Sweden Bjorn Borg continued his three year domination of Jimmy Connors holding off the left handers spirited comeback attempt and posting a it moved Borg into the final of the 000 masters Tennis the defending Champion and the worlds 1ranked was to take on Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl in sundays nationally televised Lendl advanced with a 64 semifinal Triumph Over Gene Borg has beaten Connors eight straight times in their Long series and 10 of their last 11 Connors last toppled the five time Wimbledon Champion in the 1978 open the Start of the match gave a hint of things to Borg broke Connors in the first game with a forehand passing Connors broke right Knotting the score in the fifth Borg broke Connors again As the two traded powerful ground strokes from the Connors and Borg traded Breaks again in the seventh and eighth games before Borg held serve in the 10th game to take the first in the second Connors was always on the but Borg seemed to return everything the native threw at after trading Breaks in the second and third Borg broke Connors again at love in the he moved to break Point with a sharply angled backhand Cross court Winner that brought the crowd of to its but Connors broke right Back As Borg made two unforced Borg had to fight off two set Points and through six deuces to hold serve in the 12th game and Send the second set into a tie but Connors won the tiebreaker sending the match into a third Borg immediately jumped out breaking Connors in the second and sixth games to hold a 51 but Connors kept the crowd enthralled and his faint Hopes alive by breaking Borg in the seventh game and then holding his own with Borg serving Connors still refused to he fought off three match Points before he was wide with a backhand Cross court return of service and then netted a forehand to end the