European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes August 1985 Lauda nips Prost to win dutch up Netherlands a austrian world Champion Niki Lauda fought off team mate Alain Prost of France in a whee to wheel Battle to win the dutch grand prix Lauda crossed the line for his 25th career Victory Only Yards ahead of Prost in the tightest grand prix finish this year after Prost pushed him As hard As i would any though it Cost Prost three vital championship the Frenchman said he and Lauda Are still close and i am Happy to be second to he still took a 5653 Lead in the 1985 championship Points race Over italian Ferrari Driver Michele Albreto before the italian grand prix Albreto finished some 48 seconds challenging brazils Ayrton Senna so hard on the last Lap that his Ferrari hit the rear of sennas Lotus Renault in one of the final Senna had run second in mid race but was forced to slow with an overheating in who lost the world title to Lauda by half a Point last said they agreed before the race that there were no team tactics and that the Best Man should Lauda will retire at the end of the year said Niki told me he wanted to win one or two races but would help me to win the championship though i think i can do it without the Victory put Lauda ahead of five time Champion Argentine Juan Manuel Cangios 24 wins to equal Scotland Jim Clark and Trail Only Jackie Stewart of with 27 As the Al time modern grand prix Lauda won the dutch race Here in 1974 and and was second to Prost last sea son in one of the four Mclaren one two the fifth and sixth places went to italian Elio de Angelis in the other now third in the championship with 30 and briton Nigel Mansell Wil the race started dramatically with Bra zils Nelson Piquet in pole position stalling his and belgian Thierry Boutsen stranded in Midfield in his arrows the Field swerving around both cars without Fin lands Keke in a Williams led the first 20 laps before his engine stopped for unknown Prost taking the Lead from Senna and who stopped immediately for fresh with said i should have stopped five to seven laps later and had More Speed at the end of the briton Derek Warwick moved into third ahead of French Renault teammate Patrick who had carved his Way through from second last at the but both cars were out with engine problems within 10 Albreto and then Prost All had tire and at 18 was unusually possibly costing him Lauda went into the Lead ahead of chased by who moved into second on Lap 47 of the 70lap seconds behind his Prost sliced at the Gap at a second a Lap until he was seconds behind on Lap Lauda piling on Speed to hold the As they passed slower Prost showed the form that has won him 20 grands prix in 83 Laudas 25 have come from 167 Prost closed right up behind try ing to pass several times and once going sideways after putting a wheel on the track Side Only 10 of the 26 starters completed the dramatic race through the Sand dunes on the dutch North sea run in dry weather after near continuous rain Over the All the leading cars changed tires during the race As the abrasive track took its and posts Stop of some 18 seconds was unusually probably costing him Victory after the Lauda said it was a very difficult Victory with Prost pushing very hard especially on the last couple of he said Mclaren gave him no signals to let Prost win my contract says i can drive As i and i drove to Prost said that his teammate was very Tough but that we decided before the race there were no tactics whoever could Prost added it was very Good that Lauda retains his motivation in his final Niki told me he wanted to win one or two races this year but that he would help me win the Prost saying his three Point Lead Over Albreto was psychologically important before the next race on a Boretos Home track at Monza in Slaney break records a photo Sidney Maree misses world record Cologne a Sidney Maree and Mary Decke Slaney set american records in Middle distance running at the Isaaf Mobil grand prix track and Field meet Here Carl the quadruple olympic clinched second place in the 100 meter his Best finish on the european tour after a two month the South Africa born Maree ran the fourth fastest meters setting an american record in with two hares pacing the Maree appeared close to breaking the today old world record of said Wouita of who clocked in Berlin on the hares set a blistering Pace and the race was still faster at than the one in which Wouita set the Brothers Michael and Wolfgang Buss Huff of West Germany clocked and for the 400 and 800 respect compared to the and clocked by the hares in Abdi Abibile took Maree into the last clocking at the More than a second faster than the Berlin but Maree slowed Down in the last meters and to Litas record stayed just outside his Only Wouita and Steve cram of the mile and world record Holder who did not compete have run faster than feeling held off a Spiri Ted Challenge by olympic Champion Maricich Pica of Romania to win the meters in an american record and the fastest tune this year in the Pica won the olympic Gold medal in los Angeles after the famed collision be tween Slaney and Zola Budd of Britain forced the american out of the the american led from Start to finish to win her 11th straight outdoor race this year and Clinch her fifth record this she now holds eight american outdoor from 800 to Slaney was strongly challenged by Pica As they came into the final the blonde romanian came on strongly and tried to overtake the american from the running shoulder shoulder for some 20 to 30 Pica looked the but Slaney found the strength for the final coming Home comfortably i didst feel Good i Felt Slaney said after the Marian Woronin of the euro Pean record Holder in beat Lewis in the 100meter but the american want in coming Lewis after a two month Layoff with a Ham string Lewis ran the 100 meters in Zurich last wednesday and finished he then competed in Berlin and again placed but in the 200 Lewis was slow off the blocks Trail ing in seventh but accelerated tremendously in the last half of the race and was rapidly closing in on but the pole held on to win in with Lewis second in in so a broadly Smil ing Lewis said after the my legs Are coming Back i was really going at the Lewis i am not used to starting so and Ive never had to come from so far he Lewis said he planned to Long jump in Brussels next olympic Champion Joaquin a Cruz of Bra Zil beat Britain Sebastian Coe in to set the Best time in the world this year Over 800 in a replay of the los Angeles olympic Cruz held off a spirited Challenge from Coe in the last Coe was second in while Johnny Gray of the came in third in Morrison fires Hole none Heidelberg Daniel Morrison re corded Heidelberg Golf courses fourth Hole none of the past week when he aced the Par 3 15th Hole with an 8 Iron the which was witnessed by James Raether and Carlos was mor prisons first in 12 years of a from Page 25 two hits apiece for the who lost in last years a semifinals to our bats went lamented Bamberg manager Steve we got runners on base but  push them Hoover heaped Praise on Ramirez he pitched a real Good Mainz scored its first run in the second inning when a single by John Robert drove in after Fox Homer in the Rafael Fla Quer singled in the moved to second on an error and scored on Ramirez in the Vasqucz stole Sec Ond and came Home on Fox Bamberg left five runners on Ramirez struck out walked four and hit one Stevens went the distance for the he walked one and fanned both teams committed one Bamberg Only run came in the second when Ryan Virgo reached on an stole second and scored on Marshall Lewis Virgo had the other Bamberg Mannheim Nuernberg 33 Germany Mann Heims Klee Amigos came from one game Down to sweep a doubleheader 73 and 13 3 in 5 innings Here sunday to win their Besto three semifinal series from Quern bergs pirates and gain the German american final Eric Henry and buddy Dryden combined on a 6hitter in the full nine inning then the Amigos sent 14 hitters to the plate in the first inning of the night scoring nine times and eventually winning easily in a game shortened by the five run the championship series against Mainz will open at Mannheim switch ing to Mainz sunday for the second and i necessary in the the Amigos erased a Solo Homer by the pirates Greg Bourquin in the second with a three run third inning As David Mendez singled in two runs and Miguel Luzunaris tripled in Mendez added a sacrifice Fly in the fourth for a 41 Lead that would have stood up for the Willie the Only Mannheim player with More than one singled in fifth inning run for a 51 after the pirates tallied twice in the top of the eighth on Don a persons runs Cor ing single and a sacrifice Fly by Duane Mannheim added their final two runs As Mendez hard smash was mis played in the Bottom of that who gave up five hits and three struck out four and walked five in eight plus left under fire in the eighth As Nuernberg scored he is 4 2 for the season and loser Kevin who went the struck out six and walked six in dropping to he yielded seven Mannheim had nine hits and was helped by three errors in its big first Jose who had two hits in the opened with a double followed by a sacrifice and error and Peter Jacksons Luzunaris fielders Choice plated the first after a walk loaded the Alberto Ventura singled in two Trent demons singled in David vegas hit plated Marques safety knocked in an error accounted for run 8 and Mendez the ninth run Home with a Jim Tucker got the win though he needed fifth inning help from he struck out six and walked four in improving to who went the route for Quern lost Only his third game in is Deci Sions in yielding 14