European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday december to 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 Wasmeier captures super is Val disere France up Wai German Markus was Meier helped by Pirmin Zurbriggen s mis take in missing a Gate saturday won the first men s super Pant slalom of the world cup ski season. Zurbriggen won fridays Down Hill in which Wasmeier was second and As Firel to go in the super giant set in unbeatable time of i minute 39.13 seconds 1.43 seconds butt Cathan the West German. Bui the Swiss skier tailed id make a Sharp turn High up on the course and was later disqualified for miss ing the 15lh of the 52 gales. Wasmeier clocked 1 40.56 to collect his third super giant slalom Victory. Second was italian Robert Erta Dott in 1 41.65. Defending world cup Champion Marc Girar Dollt of Luxembourg recorded his Best result of the season by taking third place in 1 41.82. Zurbriggen s disqualification his second in a week Stit left the Swiss Well in command of the world cup Overall standings with75 Points. Wasmeier moved into second place with 62, has wins 30th race waterv1lle Valley . Api for Erika Hess of Switzer land the afternoon went As had no Many others in her 10-year skiing career. She won. Silling in third place after the opening run Hesi roared Down a wind blown mount Tecumseh course Friday afternoon to win a women s world cup slalom and relegate teammate Brigile Oertli the first run Leader to second place. Hess completed the two runs in i minute 35.16 seconds. Oertli who has yet to win an individual race was .45 seconds Back. The Victory for Hess was her 20thin slalom extending her own world cup career record and her 30th Vic tory Overall. She joined Austria Jannemarie Moser Proell and Liechtenstein s Hanni Wenczl in the select group of 30-Cvenl winners. Moser Proell retired with 62 victories while Wenzel won 33 times before retiring in 1984. Tamara Mckinney of Lexing ton ky., the 1983 Overall Champi on and the Points Leader after the two season opening races at Park City Utah last weekend failed to finish the first run Friday. Gretzky outshines Lemieux As oilers trip penguins 4-2 by the Awo dated press Pittsburgh since he1, been in the nil Mario Lemieux of the Pitts Burgh penguins has invited compari Onslo Edmonton s Wayne Gretzky because of nil scaring proficiency and the fact that they both play Center. But in their lint head to head meet ing tin season Friday night it was strictly no contest. Gretzky bad three assists to help the Oilen to a 4-2 Victory Over Pittsburgh. Meanwhile Lemieux was held without Point for the sixth time in 26 games this season dropping him to third place in the scoring race behind Gretzky and Minnesota i Dino Cicarelli. Thai s what makes the game fun and exciting Gretzky said i go into Aren Asand people expect me to do something. When 1 first came into the league it was always Gilbert Perreault and Marcel Dionne that i was compared to. Later it was Mike bouy and Bryan trollier. Now it s Mario. I just want Towin the game and do my Job. Think my nil Roundup Tatum it and records speak for them Gretzky set up second period goals by Glenn Anderson and Esa Tikkanen an then another by Anderson Inlo an empty net late in the game. With three assists Gretzky extended his scoring tire acc to11 games and raised his league leading Point total to 64 in 27 games. Anderson broke a 1-1 tie at 174 of he second period taking Gretzky s pass and stuffing a Backhander past Grilles Cloche for his 15th goal. To Kanen made it 3-1 at 19 09oftatwo-on-one break with Gretzky. Warren Young scored for the penguins Al 6 56 of the third period. Gretzky Wen got his third assist with 14 seconds left in the game setting Upan empty net score by Anderson. In other nil games caiudlens3,redwliigs3 Detroit Adam pales who snapped a 19-game scoring drought tuesday m Obi. Scored two More including the game tying goal in the third period As Detroit and Montreal skated to a tie. Blue 6, Sabre 5 Buffalo . Greg Zastawski scored one goal and assisted on three others to Lead St. Louis Over struggling Buffalo. Bemie Federko gave the blues a 5-4lead at 11 44 of the third period and penguins Mario Lemlem 1 in unwed by Wayne Crit try in Fruy t game. Gino Cavallini scored the clincher at13 11 when he slapped Home a bouncing puck front the Side of the net. John Tucker narrowed the Gap to 6-5just Over a minute later scoring on a scramble in front of the net kcitgcn6,jet3 Winnipeg Manitoba Walt Poddubny scored three goals at the rangers beat Winnipeg for coach Tom Webster s first Victory. Webster who took Over forthe fired Ted Salor last month had a loss and iwo lies in three previous Somes. The rangers also got goals from Ron Greschner Tony Mckegney and Mark Osborne. Laurie Boschman with two goals and Dale Hawer Chuk scored for the jets who fell behind 6 1 before scar ing twice late in the game. Vancouver by. Right Wing Mikko Makela scored two goals and set up the Winner by do Feineman Denis Polvin in the third period As die visiting islander won for the first time in four games. Potvin convened a Goalmouth pats fro Makela at 15 20 of the third period to break a 3-3 tie Potvin got behind Canuck Center Barry Ped Enoa to deflect the Hud pass from the Comer just iwo seconds after a Vancouver penalty scored in the first and second periods giving the finnish Forward 10 for the season. Patrick Flatley scared theother new York goal. Lendl Becker 2 swedes gain masters semis new York a Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker continued on their collision course As the world top four players moved into the semifinals of the$500,000 masters the season ending Tennis tournament. With saturday s final round Robin still 10 go lend and Becker were to rejoined in sunday semifinals by the swedish duo of Mats Wilander and Ste fan Edberg. Saturday s pairings matched Henri be Conte of France against Sweden s Joakim Nystrom lend against France s Yan Nick Noah and Becker against Wilander. In Friday s play Becker rocked in the opening set cooled off Leconte 0-6, 6-1, 6-1 Lendl stopped Edberg 6-3, Wavd Ecuador Andres Gomez downed Noah 7-
