European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Kaiserslautern rips wins 21st tourney april 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 by Bob Dillier staff writer Kaiserslautern kaisers Lau terns panthers went on a 144 scoring spurt Midway through the second half sat urday to drub Nord deutschland port City players 7561 for the 21st support come mens basketball tournament by winning the Kaiserslautern forced a Besto three playoff with the regular season for the league title and the right to Advance to us Reurs the first game is scheduled for 7 wednesday in Kaiserslautern Kleber the series switches to Bremerhaven there was Little doubt about saturdays Kaiserslautern moved the Ball at will against the taller players of player coach Sam nor deutschland was like a rudderless ship without guard Nate who injured an ankle in fridays 7067 winners bracket loss to we really missed said we Hope Hes ready to go in the the panthers trailed Only 76 but then rattled off 10 straight Points to go up 167 Midway through the Kaiserslautern Point guard Anthony Patterson kicked in a Chippie on a fast then 6 foot3 Forward Tony Gray blocked a Joe Rodgers jumper and got the fast break stuff off a Vernon Lindo Lindo then hit two close jumpers and Patterson grabbed a stray rebound and drove the floor for another nor deutschland pressed and closed to within but Patterson found the open Man often enough to keep the play ers at Bay As the panthers forged a 3628 halftime Kaiserslautern slowed the Tempo to a going into a delay game that melted three minutes off the clock and protected a 6850 Lead with and it was throughout the Dennis Charles Copper and Greg Dawson darted inside the 67 Berry and Ray Wingard to control the Kaiserslautern held a 4129 rebound Gray led the panthers with 13 Turner had Copper and Dawson five i can use the whole said Kaiserslautern coach Clarence who coached ram steins rams of the Continental sports conference last theres a lot of it allows you to do so Many More Wicks said nor deutschland was tired going into the they went two Over times with Lan Stuhl Friday to get with about six minutes they were just out of Kaiserslautern Anthony Patterson directed offence they got said when you get tired and keep shooting jump youve got to change your we just wanted to keep them from going keep them shooting jump we ran the fast break and went inside to the big Copper and said credited with 15 we kept changing giving them different and it fooled said the Only player on either team in double the 63 Forward hit for 20 in Quick and the big Guys have a hard time guarding i keep they had a lot of big Guys and they liked to crash the when we got the wed turn and get the Ball their big Guys  keep up with Dawson scored Lindo and Copper eight each for Wingard and Mike Moore each scored nine for panthers Forward Tony Gray 20 13 rebounds Richard Denson and David Salley had eight Early in the Kaiserslautern was mired at 53 before finishing with a 71 flourish and going unbeaten in four tournament the whole season has been a learning said at the beginning we were playing control and the Hal court As the season Prog we were now were at our we want to have a Good game wednesday and go away with then Treyve got to beat us two times up but Patterson Doest think that will one Here wednesday and one there that he Usa eur is coming to Kaiserslautern this schools out for the now there giving Fin lands Aaltonen leading safari rally Kenya a the Dean of safari rally Rauno Aaltonen of and two newcomers led the pack saturday As the Field headed Back to Nairobi on the final stretch of the second trying for the 22nd time to win the took Over first place on the Road and in the Point standings Early saturday just before the Kaka Mega Golf hotel rest Stop in Western the Midway Point on the endurance there was Only a 14point spread be tween the Lead car and the fourth after the Drivers had cleared one of the safaris most treacherous through the Foothills of mount wet roads made the Clay like or angered soil of mount Elgon As Slippery As by Early saturday and about 486 Miles from the Start and end Point at Jomo Kenyatta conference Center in downtown Aaltonen had accumulated 141 penalty Points in his opel Manta second was Erwin Weber of West Ger also in an opel Manta with 146 Juha Kan Kunnen of Finland was third with 153 Points in his Toyota celica in fourth position was five time safari win Ner Shekhar a kenyan who piled up 155 Points in his Nissan defending Champion Bjorn Wal Degaard of who was Points Leader after the first leg run to the Indian Ocean seacoast town of Mombasa and Back to was in eighth place with 200 thirty eight Drivers set out on the mile second leg at 4 1 get thirty three of the original 71 starters were retired after the first the first Drivers were expected to reach Nairobi about 1 sunday 10 get in fifth place saturday afternoon was Ari Vatanen of Finland with 161 Points in his Peugeot 205 Kenya residents Vic Preston in a Lancia and Mike in a Nis san were tied for sixth with 173 Points then came Wal Degaard at Fol Lowed in Point standings by Alain Ambrosi no of the Ivory another Nissan 240rs with 217 Points for Fin lands Timo in a Peugeot 205 was 10th with 260 Wal Degaard was leading on the Road and in Points when his a Toyota celica stopped with a broken alternator and dead Battery just before Midnight Fri Day 9 get it took his Crew 59 minutes to get the swede Back on the and in the mean Weber took the Road the sentimental favorite in the 33rd safari who had been running second to Wal Degaard in took Over the Lead in that As the Lead cars neared the Kaka Mega rest the finn passed his opel teammate Weber to take the Road the second leg took the Drivers Northwest of Nairobi along the Slippery roads of the great rift across the shoulders of a dormant Volcano near Mau Narok and then on a climb through a dense Forest to an Altitude of meters feet on the Equator at the route Back went through the mount Elgon Foothills and along the Che Rangani where previous Drivers have complained of a Lack of Power in their cars because of the Al the third and final leg 964 Miles was to begin at 4 1 get Sun it follows a wide Loop around the slopes of mount Kenya about 100 Miles North of the Winner will be decided monday of Albreto captures brazilian up pole Rio de Janeiro a Al Boreto of Italy took the pole position with a record qualifying time for sundays Brazil Ian grand the 1985 senior in a Ferrari formula1 had a Best Lap time of 1 seconds around the Kilometre mile Jacarepaqua race the Mark lowered the trial time record of set Friday by Italy Elio de Angelis in who has turned in excellent times with ferraris new 900horsepower the car was balanced and i Felt in second place was former world Cham Pion Keke Rosberg of who registered in his Honda Turbo powered which dominated trials on took third and fourth de Angelis was unable to better his Friday time and fell to while teammate Ayrton Senna of Brazil improved slightly to and held making his debut with Lotus after a Brilliant career in formula3 and with the Toleman said he was not worried about losing his front Row position because this track is wide open and there Are lots of places to Rosbergh Nigel Mansell of finished fifth with completing a surprisingly Strong showing for the trouble plagued Williams the world Champion Mclaren introducing a new and virtually untested Model didst expect to be among the first and Alain Prost of France placed sixth with a time of while three time world Champion Niki Lauda of Austria was at Nelson Piquet of a two time world managed Only eighth place in his a Best Lap of Frances Renault also debuting a new Model and new engine in remained in the fifth Row for sundays Derek Warwick of eng driving the new development was while teammate Patrick Tam Bay of France did not improve on his Friday time and was with the dropping out of the Toleman and Zak Speed teams before the All the remaining 25 Drivers were granted space on the starting Adkins gets Ace Heidelberg Gary Adkins notched his second Hole none Here Friday when he canned a 7iron on the Par seventh whose Ace was witnessed by Larry Jansen and Bob scored his first Hole none in television pro basketball new York kicks at Boston 8 radio pro basketball new York kicks at Boston 8 sunday