European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 6, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 25 earn  Vicenza july Heidelberg successfully defended in women s position tournament title sunday White the setae men Tost out on a Chance do de fend heirs Heidelberg routed the Berlin women 74-4while the Berlin men came out of the losers bracket and blew out setae 94-78 to Force an if no weary game that they won 97-89, Heidelberg s win landed the lady Lions in the women s semifinal against the defending Usa eur Champion Wuerzburg lady wolves. Vii c6rps Wuerzburg Defeated Heidelberg last year for the Usa eur Crown. Berlin s victorious route out of the los ers bracket landed them in the usar eur semifinals against Wiesbaden the v corps Champion. The opening game of the Best of three series will be wednesday at 7 30 . In Berlin. Berttanta97,setaf89 Berlin s version of the mailman delivered the goods for the bears after the hotshots from the waited City relied on some direct Sharp shooting from an in Fantry indirect fireman to gain an upper hand. Setae battled Back from an 11-Point halftime deficit before Kenneth Cain a postal clerk delivered the mail Back door style twice in a Row to give Berlin the Lead for Good. With the game tied 81-81 and the army basketball Lions in a Man to Man defense Berlin spread the court guards Tracy ghee and Alvirt Cummings found Cam twice under the hoop for easy Lay ins. Cain then hit a jump shot from the Lane with 5 53 left for a six Point Lead the bean never relinquished. Everybody was on the Strong Side. The guards saw me cutting from the weak Side and they found me at the Back door Cain Naid. Up until Cain s Able deliveries the bears relied on the three Point shot to keep them ahead in the game. Leading the Way was Robert Jackson the indirect fireman who tossed in the heavy artillery from outside the Bonus line. He finished Wilh 27 Points and five three pointers. Berlin made 10 As a team. We Don t need the three Point shot to win Jackson said. We just have Good shooters better than setae had in the backcourt. Today we hit some key three  setae did have Chris Spencer who tossed in 32 Points and live three Point ers. But he did t hit one after the open ing shot of the second half As Berlin blanketed him in three Point Range with a Box and one. The key three pointers Jackson alluded to came in a flurry after setae look its Only Lead of the second half 74 68 with 10 20 left. Paul Briggs hit one from the right Side to Cut the deficit to three then Jackson stole the Ball on be Tafs next Possession and pulled up on the three Point line to can another and tie it up. Jackson canned another from the right Side to give the bean a 77-74 Edge. But setae pulled even at 81-81 on a Tony Davis free throw before Cain delivered a berth in the Usa eur Semi finals from the Back door. It was quite a performance for Cain after going out of the game Early with a bruised knee but he said the bears just wanted this game More than the Lions. They came out in the if necessary game and started hitting the Board. I knew we needed some Board Power. It came Down to who wanted it the most. We dug the deepest Cain said. And the bears mine for Gold from the Back door. Cain s Back door Rush ended Wilh the bean getting the men s position tournament Gold Berlin men h setae 78 the bears blew out to a 54-34 half time Lead in the Early game As they completely dominated the Lions on the boards to Force the if necessary match. Alvin Cummings led the Way with 26 Points Marcus Johnson had 16 and Rob Ert Jackson 13 setae was again paced by Spencer with 20 Points and Fred Wil Liams added 12. Heidelberg women 74, Berlin 41. The lady generals were clearly the class team in the women s portion of the tournament and won this game going away despite some Sloppy play earn men s semifinal spot eagles take v corps title Wiesbaden Germany on paper it figured to be the Wiesbaden eagles All the Way. And that s the Way it worked out Sun Day As the eagles claimed the men s v corps basketball title Wilh a 95-80 Victory Over Frankfurt but not until the fal cons twice erased double digit deficits before finally succumbing. Wiesbaden ran its season record to 15 2 Wilh the two straight elimination of the Falcons and will journey to Berlin win Ner of the men s positional tournament for the opening game of the Usa eur championship semifinals on wednesday night. The eagles will return Home for the series second game at 2 . Saturday Wilh an if necessary game scheduled for sunday. The eagles opened according to form by taking 14-4 Lead Over the slow Start ing Falcons who ended their season at 10-8. But Frankfurt put together an 11 Point run to Lake the Lead on Fred Man Ning s bucket Wilh 10 54 left in the half. From thai Point the game see sawed with 5 ties and 6 Lead changes before the Falcons behind the scoring of Luke Fincher 25 Points on the afternoon and Wayne Collins 14 Point found themselves up 36-25 Wilh 1 56 left in i behalf. The eagles however weren t Content to regroup at halftime using a Troy rus sell slam Dunk with eight seconds left and a Russell steal of the inbound pass and stuff at the Buzzer to Cut the half time deficit to two. Russell shared game scoring honors Wilh Fincher at 25 and had 14 rebounds. The Falcons maintained a narrow Edge for the first 8 a minutes of the Sec Ond half until John Mccall s three Pointer gave the eagles their first Lead after intermission and ignited an i a Point run that expanded the margin to 71-61 Wilh 8 31 Lert. But a Falcons rally got things tied 74 74, at the 5 34 Mark when Fincher hit both ends of a one and one and Frank Furt went ahead 78-76 before Carl turn or who had 21 Points connected for a three Pointer which put the eagles ahead to stay. After Turner s bomb the Falcons chose to Gamble on steals and the result ing flurry of uncontested baskets and free throws Wiesbaden hit 25 of 36 at tempts provided the final margin. My Cfall was the Only Wiesbaden player besides Russell and Turner to i in Dou ble figures finishing with 18 Points. Manning had 12 Points and 12 rebounds and Andre Hutchinson 11 Points for the Falcons. Wiesbaden s trip to the Usa eur finals will be its first since 1984, when the eagles lost to Aschaffenbur in the championship round. Becker Bess Mecir in Milan net Milan Italy a top seeded Boris Becker of West Germany served and volleyed his Way to a straight sets Victory Over Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia in the finals of the $345,000 fila trophy indoor Tennis tournament sunday. The 19-year-old West German ranked no. 2 in the world downed the 22-year old Mecir 6-4, 6-3 in i hour. 21 minutes at Milan s Pala Lussardi Arena. I knew from the beginning i had a Good Chance to win but Mecir was difficult to beat Becker said. He is difficult if you just play Innis. You need tactics As Well against  Becker had to play aggressively and take risks at the net to score decisive Points. His powerful precise serve enabled him to overcome the czechoslovakian who played Well from the Baseline. The two Lime Wimbledon Champion earned 155,000 for his Victory. Mecir no. 6 in the world was unable to match his standout performance in sat urday s semifinals when be whipped third seeded swede Mats Wiland ctr of 6-1 Becker beat Slobodan Zivojinovic of Yugo Slavia in three sets in the semifinals. I am disappointed but Becker played very Well said Mecir who had not dropped a Sci in four previous matches his shots Are so powerful that they arc difficult to hit. Becker was definitely bet Ter  after starting the match with four consecutive errors the West German broke Mccier s serve in the third game and then served three consecutive aces to move ahead 3-1. He served a total of seven aces in the match and made Only three double faults. Mecir rallied to 3-3 breaking Becker s serve with some Good returns and passing shots. Bui he German made another Deci Sive break in the ninth game playing line volleys from the net and Mecir was unable to fight Back As Becker served to m. In the second set Mecir missed a break Point in the second game White Becker wasted three break Points in the fifth game. The German Gol the decisive break in the seventh game attacking on each Ball and volleying from the net. With Mecir serving and trailing 5-3, Becker went to 0-40 but missed three match Points. But after a double fault by Mecir he finished the match Wilh a backhand Volley to the cheers of the sell out crowd of 8,000. Coach Lynette Hanley expected it. You always have some fears when you play a team you be already beat handily Hanley said. We started out too relaxed and let Berlin set the Tempo. Once we switched to a Man to Man de sense we controlled the  controlling most of the Way As usual was flashy guard Sandra Murray. She came off the Bench again to spark the lady generals Wilh 28 Points and pres sure defense on Berlin s Ball handlers. Hanley is glad to have Sandra a. As her teammates Call her on the squad. She s definitely our spark plug and she s going to win some games far us Hanley said Elaine Kelly also had another Fine game for the lady generals allying 20 Points Many off of the lady generals runaway fast break. Berlin was sparked by Lee Anderson with 13 Points and Joyce Taylor with 12. Now come the defending Champiom lady wolves. Hanley looks Tor guard Michelle Sheppard to be the key to win Ning against Patricia Jean and company Sheppard in our floor Leader. The other players look to her to take charge and Settle things Down when they gel out of hand Hanley said. Hanley also thinks the lady generals won t get away with the Loose defense against Wuerzburg thai they got away with in this tournament we have to concentrate on defense More now. We have to develop a lighter Man to Man Hanley added. Leman says mixing Aba Navy unlikely washing ton up Navy Secretary John Lehman said sat urday he thinks it would be impossible for naval Academy basketball Star David Robinson to play in the Aba White serving As a Navy officer. Lehman on can s Evans & Novak said the decision is up to Robinson s commanding Ameer but he believes the demanding professional basketball schedule will Rule out for Robinson he kind of arrangement that allows Napo lean Mccallum another naval Academy graduate to play football for the los Angeles raiders while on Active duly. I m not the person who rules on whether a Sailor can Moon Light,1 Lehman said. "1 did nol make the decision for or. Mccal Lum who is a Superb Gem to play for the  Robinson a 7-foot-1 Center is the up player of the year and has won numerous other honors. "1 think that it would be impossible for him to play pro Ball As a Normal pro Ball player. Tour games a week on a travelling schedule Lehman said. I know of no naval Job that that would be compatible Wilh an Active  Bui Lehman said what Robin son docs on his own him other As a professional or possibly As a member of the i9b8 . Olympic team is a Mailer Between him and his commanding  Robinson was a math major at Annapolis where he grew sit inches during his collegiate years and blossomed into the nut inn s lop pro Prospect. 1 his season he averaged -7.5 Points a game 11,8 rebounds a game and blocked 142 shots