European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Wiesbaden trips Mustangs to win Usa eur Crown sunday april 19. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 23 writer Mannheim. Germany it was a head Case saturday this Lime the wies Baden eagles kept the lid on. Wiesbaden earned the Usa eur men s basketball Crown with a 93-79 Vic tory Over the Mannheim Mustangs. And there was Max headroom an the starring marquee Tor the eagles in this win after they blew two 17-Pomt leads in losing to the Mustangs Friday night. This Lime Here were no letdown. John Mccall gets lop Billing. Mccall was one Board shy of gelling a triple Dou ble. He had 10 assists almost unheard or in army Ball along with nine boards and 14 Points. Mccall s Swan song for the eagles made up Tor his Friday nig Cameo. In that 93-88 loss Mccall had five Points six rebounds and two assists. The eagles flew off course without direction from their sky Pilot. They changed our game on us Fri Day Mccall said. They made us change our not saturday Wiesbaden was structurally sound. Mccall Laid the foundation in the first half thai built Wiesbaden s first Usa eur championship House. He had eight rebounds hair his assists and ail his Points before the half is the eagles cruised to a 45-37 halftime Lead. Then he fed the Cooks. Calvin Cooks that is and waited Tor the forgotten Man. James Young to come along in the late going to Seal the Victory. We never let them Back in the game Mccall said "11 was a head game. We Kepi control of the Tempo and kept our Heads when we got they also kept things cooking with Cooks the master chef of the outside shot. The Mustangs behind Peter Al Leyne s inside game started to make a second hair sprint that resembled the one they made in Friday s comeback. But there was Cooks answering by pop Ping a jumper into the Victory Stew Alkyne finished with 16 Points 13 rebounds and tour blocks. Although he dominated Down Low for 12 Points in the second half. Cooks offset that with three extra pointers. Adding seasoning to the eagles Victory Stew was Center James soil lock who led Wiesbaden with 20. Points and Forward Arlha Braddy who pulled Down 10 boards Cooks grilled the Mustangs with his Golden Arches that let the eagles have it their Way. He scored 11 of 16 Wiesbaden Points in one run As Mannheim could l Cut Down a 10-Poinl deficit. When the Lead was Down to seven or eight Here was Cooks in the Comer and there was Mccall feeding him the Ball like feeding goldfish to Piranha. Cooks gobbled it up swished in in and finished with 14 Point. The Mustangs Warren Evans hobbled with a sore instep had the defensive Job of trying to Stop Cooks. He was shaking his head after the game. He was Way behind the three Point line on Hose Evans who led Mann Heim with 25 Points said. He was in a Streak. You re always going to Lake a Chance and let the Man get you from 30 feel. I put a hand in his face he still then there was the forgotten Man Young to Seal the Victory. He i six free throws and. Two buckets Down the stretch. This after Wiesbaden coach Eddie Sii Tion let him rust on the Bench in Friday night s embarrassment. "1 forgot about him Down there at the end of the Bench Sultan said. We needed him to slow the game Down and gel it under control once we were ahead Bui i did l Pul him but on saturday Sutton went to Young Early and often whenever he Felt things were getting out of hand on the floor Young responded with a Heady game at one Point getting away Wilh throwing an Ace Bandage thai had come unwrapped from around his Legal the mus Jangi pcs Littlejohn. That forced Little John to miss his shot right before the half and had Mannheim Mentor Tom Benson pointing out the transgression to Umpire Ray Voisine during the intermission. But one Basket was t about 10 make a difference to the eagles. The Bench held. 3lsptkhobj Dun dido Wiesbaden s Eddie Hall 21 songs a High pass from Man Riholm s Vondell Harden together despite Sutton s cold shoulder treatment Friday night our Bench Sparks the team. We had n meeting before the game to figure out what went wrong. Eddie Lold us he would give us a Chance to get in the offence this Lime Young said. Cooks and Young could l have come at a belter Lime. The eagles Star Forward Troy Russell plagued by foul trouble scored Only two Points some players get you there and then other players win it for you Sutton said. We looked to Russell to gel us this far then Mccall Cooks and Young won it for us when we needed them suns from Page 21 to traffic in a narcotic drug conspiracy to Transfer and or possess narcotic drugs and conspiracy to traffic a narcotic drug or marijuana. Heard 38, was indicted on one count of conspiracy to traffic in a narcotic drug or marijuana. Heard joined the suns in 1976 and last was Wilh the team in the 1979-80 season. Ortega said the narcotic drug referred to in the indictments was cocaine. No dates have been Sci for arraignment. Heard is chairman of the Phoenix. Youth commission and in member of a drug abuse task Force appointed by mayor Terry Goddard. Goddard in Italy for a government conference said in a statement relayed by aides thai he was shocked by the indictment and would ask heard to sus Pend his participation on inc Paneh. I am not asking him to resign Ai this Point hut i feel in is appropriate for him to step aside until the Legal process is concluded Goddard said in new York Aba spokesman Alex Sachary said league officials would have no comment until they had a Chance to read the indictments. The Aba is the Only professional sports league Wilh a continuous drug pro Gram. Ii allows the league to ban players who fait to come Forward on their own with drug problems or those who arc re peal offenders. The league has issued lifetime suspensions for drug use against four players Micheal Ray Richardson. Mitchell wig gins. John Drew and Lewis Lloyd. Lifetime bans Are subject to review by the Aba Anil the payers Union after iwo years. Suns spokesman Tom Ambrose said the indictments were Only accusations and that no disciplinary action was planned by the least against the players. Everything is status Ambrose said. An indictment is just that. It is not a Colangelo said in his news conference that Humphries and Gund Rejzek would be allowed to play in saturday night s final game of the regular season Here against the los Angeles clippers. Humphries is the suns starting guard and already has broken the club s record for assists in a single season Wilh 605. Edward is on the disabled list. Gondrezick is a Reserve guard. Edwards Gondrezick and an attorney for Humphries were served thursday night at the suns1 offices with copies of the indictment and summonses officials said. None of the players could be reached for comment. Bratz was arrested Friday in Sacra mento Calif officials said. Authorities planned to seek his extradition. Bratz was drafted by Phoenix out of Stanford in 177 and played with the suns from 1977 through i9so. He began this season Wilh 11 it Sacramento Kings but was released last october. Kiaie Law requires that grand jury activities be kept Sucrel until Complete. A county prosecutor Huw Irver confirmed thursday nigh Ihal a television station s report of inc indictments was accurate. Initial reports said gambling also was under investigation but there was no mention of Hal in the indictments. Stern said the Aba has not been provided Wilh any facts from inc county at Torney s offic regarding gambling but in Light of the seriousness of the allegations i Nave begun an investigation into Phoeni television station King also reported thai Rookie Center William bed Ford had been granted immunity from prosecution in return for testifying be fore a Maricopa county grand jury As had Davis. Collins said Friday that he could nol comment on the to station s report but said evidence showed Davis May have become involved with drugs again. When Davis came Forward saying he Bill had u problem Aba rules dicta cd he must be suspended Sinira it was the second Lime he voluntarily Elm pledged the problem Colangelo Ostrid. This is his second strike in u us i alled three strike program Aid he s suspended without pay hi1 third Lime lie s nut of the Grieg said evidence also showed that Davis. Ii Liml and four other former sum Jolmes a i in Tunis Ivory Alvin Scott ind Don Huse Wen,1 pre Send at or Luis knowledge of. Illegal drug transactions
