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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. March 1, 1987 the stars and stripes Pagos Zurbriggen nears title we. After Wasmeier in Ury Mueller wins downhill  put Mueller sows above downhill course in note to Towy in Japan. Furano Japan a although detailed to score a Point saturday Switzer land Pirmin Zurbriggen apparently clinched hit second world cup Overall ski title when the Only Man who could catch bin. West Germany s Malcus Wasmeier was injured during the Down Hill race. Preliminary reports said Hal the 23year-old Wasmeier suffered a Back injury and would be shipped Home Tor medical treatment. Zurbriggen who has 274 Points to 174for Wasmeier could Clinch the title by winning sunday s super giant  would raise his Point total to 299, two More than Wasmeier could accumulate even with victories in each Octha six remaining  Mueller or Switzerland renowned for his late season rushes kept alive his bid for a fourth world cup downhill title by winning saturday s race Over Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg. The 29-year-old Mueller who converted the 100th Start of his career into his 15th Victory hot Down the 9,831-foot spies course on Japan s Northern most Island of hokkaido in i minute,53.89 seconds Girardelli the two time defending Overall Champion who has yet id win a race this season was clocked in i 54,64,Michael mar of Italy was third in 1 54.84.the Victory Mueller s second of the season increased his Point total in the downhill to 95, is less than Zurbriggen. Zurbriggen could have wrapped up the first discipline title of his seven year Ca reer with a Victory but instead placed trying to recruit Mustangs Best football coaches flocking to sum Dallas not about 130 foot Ball coaches from some 80 colleges have descended on the Campus of Southern methodist University Over the past two Days attempting to lure away the Best of the sum team. The possible decimation of the Tea has raised the possibility that sum which was barred this week from Field ing a team in 1987, will cancel its abbreviated 1988 schedule As Well. Representatives from All Over the country milled about outside the foot Ball offices at Ownby stadium waiting to snare a few minutes of the players time. With arms around prospects shoulders and firm handshakes and smiles the Talent scouts tried to per Suade the players that their school was the right school. Among the larger schools that were reportedly represented on Campus were pern state Arkansas Texas a Texas Oklahoma Houston Urcla Arizona Tulsa Alabama an Kansas. Most coaches apparently left their Homes wednesday soon after learning that the Mcaa had suspended the football program next season and limited the 1988 Campaign to seven games All on the Road because of repeated rules violations. Almost 100coaches were on Campus by thursday morning. More than 30 arrived Friday. We have a Good Opportunity Topick up some players with experience,1 said Mike Serai an assistant coach from the University of Hawaii. This is a football area. If you want to buy grapefruits you would t go shopping in  the penalty which also includes curbs on the number of football scholarships the Mustangs can award apparently left the 52 scholarship players a ready at sum Ripe for the picking the Mcaa said earlier that it would waive its Rule that requires a player posit out one season after transferring to a new school some visiting coaches were hoping to hear from the Southwest Confer ence which requires that players who Transfer within the nine school Confer ence lose two of their four years of  Jacoby the conference com missioner said a Council meeting i planned March 7 in Dallas to deter mine if the Rule would be waived. Coaching nun becoming a celebrity Milwaukee a the newcomen s basketball coach at Marquette had a 108-39 record at Canisius but life was never like this. The Media has discovered sister Maria pares the Only nun coaching a division i school. Sister pares has been featured in the new York times Usa today and sports illustrated and is booked for a appearance this month on the late show with Joan  the last couple of weeks have Bee absolutely positively crazy in my life she said. I was in Buffalo for 13 years. We Wona lot of games and we did t get much of any kind of recognition. All of a sudden it s sister this an sister that. Does sister do this docs sister jump through the hoop does sister swing tier Tail said sister pares who coached five seasons at Canisius and 13 at Buffalo Academy of the sacred mean. I started to worry about the  re the team and i m inc Novelty a lot of them have been interviewed an the first question is what s it feel like to be coached by a nun " she said. Sister pares 45, coached Canisius simultaneously with sacred heart where her teams were 229-10 and had a seven year unbeaten Streak now she s trying to turn around the struggling program at Marquette which had an 8-16 record after 24 games. 23rd, his worst finish of inc  winning the two remaining Down Hilts at Aspen colo., where he has a unprecedented four victories and Al Cal Gary Canada Mueller could Finis will 115 Points five More than Zurbriggen s current total. It would be a familiar finish for Mueller who won his last title in 1982 by sweeping the final three  s wonderful to win my Idorh world cup downhill race said  won the season opening race last August in Argentina and then up Sci Zur Briggen to win the world championship downhill earlier this  really skied Nice today 11 seconds faster than yesterday s trial  said. Mueller s Victory was the 33rd of the season for Switzerland two More than the previous record of 31 established bythe French men s and women s teams in 1970, France accomplished its record total in 54 races. Saturday s downhill was the 51 St even of this  out the top five were Karl Alpiger of Switzerland in 1 54.87 Andros Boyd of Canada the top North american Down Hiller on the tour in1 55,04. Doug Lewis of Salisbury vl., enjoyed his Best Outing of a disappointing season by claiming seventh in i 5s,30.19 slower than Rudolf Huber of Austria. This course is not so difficult technically Lewis said so i just tried a comedown fast keeping a Low posture Zurbriggen said he made a mistake just after the starting Point "1 almost Fellon the soft Snow he said but i rallied in the tatar  Schmidhauser nabs slalom title Wiesel Germany up1 co Rinc Schmidhauser of Switzerland clinched the world cup slalom title sat urday with her third victory1 of the sea son. Schmidhauser 22, who had won Sla loss at Park City Utah and flu Ehli. Switzerland posted a winning aggregate time of i minute 32.73 seconds with runs of 46,10 seconds and 46.63 seconds Switzerland s Erika Hess who is retiring from the circuit Al the end of lie season was second in 1 33.48. Hess was followed by Austria s Razwi tha St incr in 1 34.05. Sweden s Camilla Nilsson was fourth in 1 34,45 and anti Wachter of Austria finh in 1 34.61. Schmidhauser won the season slalom championship with 110 Points. America s Tamara Mckinney who had been leading the slalom standings with 99 Points dropped out on the Sec Ond run saturday after hitting a Gate. She finished second with 99 Points and he was third with 96. Saturday s result made Little difference at the top of the Overall Seaton standings which Maria Walliser of Switzerland leads with 239 Points. Schmidhauser is Back in ninth place with 109. Atn sports television College basketball Oklahoma no Kentucky 6 p a.  College basketball Oklahoma a Kentucky 6 . Sunday Indiana at Illi Nois 10 pin. Sunday  
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