European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes eagles Boytim Bolln suit writer opening games or the bust of the acc Usa eur basketball final lip off Loni Ghl in Wiesbaden and Wurzburg Germany. Wiesbaden hosts Mannheim in the men s opener while Wuerzburg hosts Frankfurt in the women s matchup. Both games Start at 7 30 . Wiesbaden the v corps champs demolished Berlin in iwo straight to Cam its berth in the finale behind Forward Troy Russell. Mannheim the 21 is support Cpd Champion was taken to three games by Wuerzburg before prevailing behind Warren Evans and Eddie Tucker. The Wurzburg women Vii corp champions Defeated Heidelberg in three game in a rematch or last years usar eur finalists. Frankfurt the v corps Champion was taken right Down to the Buzzer of the third Gamelas weekend be fore eliminating Mannheim the 21st sup port come representative Wiesbaden men All season Long Wiesbaden has had the depth to Deal with any crisis hat has Arisen. When Russell was out for a month the eagles survived. When he came Back in Lime for the playoffs hey soared. Russell scored 37 Points and pulled Down 17 rebounds in the series opener against Berlin then hit seven straight shots 19 Points mole three passes and dished out four assists in barely 15 min utes of playing time in the second game. Wiesbaden is not a one player team despite Russsell s stats John Mccall came through with 26 Points in sat urday s 106-96 Victory and he also had three steals and four assists. In a Surpris ing display of Bench strength Calvin Cooks pulled Down 12 rebounds and Antha Braddy threw in 15 Points. Eddie Simon s eagles with Russell Mccall and Eddie Esfi like to press and Force turnovers from the opening tip. Wednesday april 15,1987 Adriene baggage. Threat with jumper they be run teams right out of the gym in the few half they re that fast. Wiesbaden s Only weakness is a Strong Center but the eagles have for wards who Block out to make up for it. Cooks and Russell arc Good examples. Mannheim men Mannheim has a Strong Center. Peter Allyn a but he comes into this syncs suspect after going Down in sunday s Victory Over wac Newburg with a twisted ankle. The question is whether the 6-foot-s Alleyne will be Able to have the same effectiveness in the Pivot that he s had on the Mustangs Road to the final the mus tangs want him to provide scoring opportunities off the defensive end of the court. Alleyne anchors the defense his shot blocking presence so dominating that the rest of the Mustangs can go for the steal on the press. That might not work against Russell who prefers the slam Over pulling up fora jump shot on the 3-on-i s. Alleyne gets just As Many goal Landing Calls As he docs blocked shots but the . Calls arc intimidating Loo. Alleyne is also prone to foul trouble. Forward Warren Evans had 27 Points in sunday s 99-81 Victory Over the rattlers. Evans will get his 25. Shutting Down the rest of the Mustangs is important. With Allyn a out Tom Benson looked to Eddie Tucker to carry the Load Down the stretch sunday and Tucker responded with 10 Points in the last three minutes on his Way to 20 for the game. The killer instinct role Tucker look on sunday is one swing Man Elka a Fly Crockett has played All season with monster jams that belie his 6-1 Frame. Another question Mark beside Alicyn s injury is whether guards pcs Lill Mcjohn and Vondell Darden can get the Ball up court against the eagles wicked press. Darden had some trouble in the Wuerzburg series but Evans helped out from Hal court and it did t Hurt the Mustangs that much. Littlejoh also scores 15-20 Points a game. Mannheim s Bench will have to make More noise than cheering of make a Dif Ference. After Crockett there has t been much there this season. Wiesbaden 2, Mannheim 0 first six even. Wiesbaden has a deeper splinter Crew. That s the difference in a series that should be Over Friday Frankfurt women Frankfurt s Falconette. Usa eur champs in 1984 and 1985, Are trying to reclaim the title from the defending Champion lady rattlers. If they can Stop Wuerz Buivys smooth 6-2 Center Patricia Jean Inq Best women s player in Europe they can do it. If they Don to they won t. It s that simple. If anyone can. Frankfurt is the team. They have Adriene Buggage who at 6-2 can at least look Jean in the Eye although she can t jump As Well. Frankfurt would be Wise to try a Man to Man defense with weak Side help on Jean. It worked for the outman cd lady generals buggy go is murder on eight foot jumpers from either Side of the Baseline. Jean needs to get a hand in her face usually enough to sidetrack Buggage but if the Falcon Ellis Center is allowed to hit them Early in the game there s no slopping her once she s in the flow. Same goes for Glenda Bridges who Breaks team s zones from three Point Range. Janice Parker teams with Jackie Cumbo an the press to Harrais other teams and l ire them out. The heart and Sou of the Falconette is Point guard Cumbo who keys the pressing defense and gets easy la tips off steals time and again. She also nits the i spot jump shot from around the key and in t afraid to Lake it to the Hole. Frankfurt has been Able to get away with the press because Buggage like Al Leyne sits Back under the defensive goal daring anybody to drive on her. But Wuerzburg has Jean and she will Lake Buggage s dare any time. A Wuerzburg women Jean had 34 and 29 Points in the Tasi two games of the Heidelberg series after silting out inc opener with a sore Shoul Der. The key is whether coach Charlie Morris guards can be patient enough to feed derail to her Down Low instead of gunning from the outside. Another key for the lady rattlers is Antionette Killian s defensive Effort. She should be counted on to shut Down Cumbo much in the same Way she shut Down Heidelberg s Sandra Murray in the second half of the rubber match last sunday Murray after scoring 17 first half Points was held to two Points in the second half with Killian hassling her and the lady rattlers went on of win. If Killian can do the same thing to Cumbo it la be a Short  2, Frankfurt 1 benches Don t matter in women s basketball. They re Lucky to gel five players on the court who can dribble. Because Wuerzburg has Jean with some defensive help from Killian the Edge in this series has to go to the lady rattlers. It should go three. Cards Tom heir slides into Sun Johnny Ray. Breaking up pirates double play bid my from Page 21 and walking six. Cubs manager Gene Michael said he had no second thoughts on Ming Moyer. He was tired. He threw 150 pitches Michael said. Sometimes he tries to be a Little too Fine but he had great stuff  the cubs opened with Andre Dawson s first inning Homer his second of the season. Bob Dernier gave the cubs a 3-0 Lead with his first Home run of the year off loser Don Carman 0-1, the cubs scored their final two runs in the seventh off reliever Tom Hume with the help of an error by Mike Schmidt his first in 64 games. In other no games monday reds 7, braces 2 Atlanta Eric Davis had three hits including a lip breaking double in Cincinnati s two run fifth in Ning pacing the reds to a Victory Over Atlanta. All eight reds starters got at least one hit with Tracy Jones also getting three hits and an rib double. Bill Gullickson 2-0, allowed six hits including Ken Griffey s Solo Homer in seven innings. Cardinal 8, pirate 4 Pittsburgh Jack Clark and Rookie Jim Lin deman hit homers and Willie Mcgee had an eighth inning bases clean ing triple As St. Louis used a pair of four run innings to Bent Pittsburgh the pirates led 1-0 after five innings on Johnny Ray s rib single in the first As Doug Drabek 0-1, limited St. Louis to two hits. Then Tommy heir hit an rib double in the sixth Stark followed with his second Homer of the season and one Batter later Lindeman hit his third or. Danny Cox 2-0, allowed six hits and three runs Over six innings for the  4, astros i los Angeles Tracy Woodson hit his firs major league Homer and Brian Holton another Rookie pitched five innings in Relief As los Angeles dealt Houston its first loss in seven , 1 -0, entered the game after starter Rick Honey cutt retired with a pulled muscle in his right Side. Loser Nolan Ryan 1-1, allowed three runs and four hits in six innings. Giants 13, padres 6 san Diego Robby Thompson hit a grand slam to highlight a four Homer attack As san Francisco Over came a record Homer Binge by san Diego in the padres Home opener the padres established a major league record when Marvel Wynne Tony Gwynn and John Kruk led off the Bottom of the Tim inning with Home runs off giants starter Roger Mason. Then Thompson overcame that Homer barrage by himself in the seventh. Aba from Page 21 and eight rebounds and Herb Williams finished with 16 Points and Rookie Chuck person 15. Pistons 120, in rfcs 100 new York Adrian Dan Llcy scored nine of his 30 Points in Detroit s runaway third Quarter and Sinh Thomas added 21 As the pistons snapped a five game Road losing Streak with a Victory Over new York. The pistons increased an eight Point half Lime Lead to 94-75 at the end of three quarters by outscoring new York 32-21 in the third period. Dantley s three Point Basket gave the pistons the first of two 24-Point leads their largest of the game. Gerald Wilkins led the kicks with 27 and Bernard King had 19 in his first Start in More than two Yean. Kings 123, spurs 118 Sacramento Calif. Rookie Forward Harold Prssley scored on a slam Dunk with nine seconds left to As sure Sacramento of Victory Over Sun an Tonio and extend the spurs club record losing Streak to 10 games. Reggie thus led the Kings with 28 Points and Forward Otis Thorpe added 22. Walter Berry and David Greenwood paced san Antonio with 27 Points each and Jones added 24.7fe� 113, bullets 105 Philadelphia Cliff Robinson scored 22 paints and Maurice checks added 15 and a season High 19 assists to help Philadelphia Down Washington. Jet Malone Hod a game High 24 Points and Moses Malone 18 for the bullets