European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 21, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 25 italian skis to 5th win of season Kranska Gora Yugoslavia a Alberto Tomba won amen s slalom sunday ahead of his italian teammate Richard pram motion to consolidate his Overall Lead in world cup standings. Tomba s fifth Triumph of the Young season gave him 125 Points Overall 34 More than Switzer land s dec Pirmin Zurbriggen. Zurbriggen the defending world cup Champion placed a surprising fourth in a speciality which is not considered 10 be his favorite Tomba still starting from Sec Ond group with  clocked i minute,46.35 seconds o out race Ramol on by .60. Austria s Guenther Mader place third in 1 47.27.the course was exceptionally selective and Tomb difficult said Tomba. However this has been his Best rare so far in the season since All the competitors pressed As hard As Possi ble without tactics said Tomba who fell in a giant slalom Here on saturday to interrupt his Streak of four consecutive victories the spill prevented him from an attempt to equal a record of six straight wins so by Sweden s super Star Ingemar Sec Mark in the 1977 78 cup  spent saturday night Cele Brating his 2lsl birthday with his teammates in local discotheques. I feel like celebrating my birthday All Over again tonight sunday said the Winner flashing Broad Grin. The 23-year-Olq Pra Motton a giant slalom specialist skied his Best Ever slalom despite a too cautious first heal in which he lagged fifth. Yugoslavia s Rok Petrovic for Mer world cup slalom Champion finished fifth thus scoring his Best result after a disappointing 1986-87 season when he dropped among the second group starters. Swedish Veteran dec ing Marsten Mark climbed from the ninth position after the tint run to wind up sixth 1,72 seconds behind Tomba. In a rare occurrence in world cup racing three austrians. Hubert Strolz Delmar Koeh Bichler and Mathias Berthold shared eighth place with the same aggregate Lime of 1 46.18.the Best american was Felix Mcgrath from Norwich vt., who came in 12th. World slalom Champion fran Woerndl of West Germany fell in the second heal after finishing Sec Ond behind Tomba in he tint run. Former world cup Champion Mare Girardelli of Luxembourg continued his poor showing this season by placing Only 23rd in the first heat and falling in the second in. French woman triumphs Pia Cavallo Italy a Catherine Quillet of France return ing from a serious knee injury scored her first Ever Victory in a world cup women s giant slalom Here sunday upsetting two Swiss. Switzerland s Vreni Schneider and Micacla Figini finished Sec Ond and third respectively. It was the first giant slalom Victory for the French learn in four years. Northeast Louisiana edges Marshall 43-42 for i a title in catello Idaho a North East Louisiana hns experience at winning the close ones and coach pal Collins says that s what helped his team become Caa division i a champions i Don t think there s any question about  said Collins after a come from behind 43-42 Victory Over Marshall saturday night. We be been in that situation so Many  the indians earned a spot in the championship game with a 44-41 Over time Victory Over Northern Iowa last and Etc fed fans Lorn Kenn Ilcy 11-12 one week earlier. Collins said the players had no Doughl they would come Back after Marshall took a 42-28 Lead by outscoring his club 29-7 in the third Quarter. I know we gave up a lot of Yards and we gave up a Tot of Points hut our de sense made the big plays when we needed them Collins said Stan Humphries passed for three touchdowns and ran for the game Winner for the indians of the Southland Confer ence. Trailing 42-28. Humphries passed 10yards to Kenneth Johnson for n to Early in Lite final Quarter followed by a two Point conversion pass 10 Jerry Harris. He Hen scored on a 3-Yard to run around the right Side with 7 19 left. Teddy Gar Cia added the deciding extra Point Humphries finished with 26 completions in 43 attempts for 436 Yards. The indians . Needed Humphries heroics to counter the performance of Marshall s Tony pc Ersen who was 28-of-54 for 474 Yards and a championship game record lying four touchdown passes including iwo 10 Keith Baxter. He threw three interceptions. Peter san equated the record for to passes Sot in ids 5 by Tracy Ham in Georgia Southern s 44-42 Victory Over f Urmann. Both quarterbacks broke Ham s record of 419 passing Yards set in the same Fame. The thundering Herd of the Southern conference got three to passes from Petersen during a 29-7 third Quarter explosion. He completed scoring passes of 9 Yards to Mike Barber. 29 Yards to Baxter and 17 Yards to Bruce Hammond. After Northeast Louisiana took the Lead the thundering Herd 10-5, had two chances to go ahead but Ronald Darby fumbled deep in Northeast Loui Siana ice Rignry with  of and pair san was intercepted by Perry Harper with 5 6 seconds left. Humphries completed scoring passes of 5 and 9 Yards to Mike Manzullo an Chris Jones in addition to the one to Johnson. Henry Richard ran for touchdowns of15 and 7 Yards in the first half lady cougars beat rattlers twice for title Ansbach captures tourney Ansbach. Germany the ans Bach lady is cigars climbed inc same Mountain twice sunday to reach the Pinacle of thei r own tournament. The lady cougars rallied to defeat the Wil Vburg lady rattlers 65-59 in the winners bracket final then after Wal Ryburg downed Heil Bronn 83-52 in the losers final the same cougars and rattlers squared off again in the championships game final score Ansbach 72, Wurzburg 69. Neither Victory was an easy one for the lady cougars. In the first game they had to rally from a seemingly insurmountable 52-28 Defi Cit finally taking the Lead for Good at 56 55 on do disc Lewis two free throws with 1 19 remaining. Carol Gamble sparked the comeback Victory with 17 Points including key free throws plus outstanding rebounding work. Janice Glaze also had 17 Points for he cougars with Lewis adding 13. Diane Huron paced Wurzburg in that first game with 16 Points. Annette Par sons followed with 14 Points and Pat Ricia Jean scored 8. Army basketball in the championship contest Ansbach again had to rally to urn Back the ral tors. The cougars trailed 40-37 at the half and were behind 51-46 in the second half before making their move. Ansbach finally took the Lead for Good with 18 seconds left on two Lewis free throws that made it 70-69. Following Rattler turnover. Gamble rebounded Tor a Basket and the final score. Lewis and Gamble paced inc scoring for inc cougars in the title game with 17 and 16 Points respectively. Tina Tum bling added 12. Jean was me big gun for Wurzburg with 25 Points followed by Lori Ware s is and Monique Fitzpa trick s 13, the lady rattlers losers bracket Vic tory Over Heilbronn was fashioned with a balanced attack Parsons scoring 6, Petra Skinner 15 and Jean 14, Pamela Pearson scored 20, Jenner Lunda tallied 12 and Charlotte Comeaux ii for the eagles who trailed 39-27 at halftime. Heilbronn had advanced earlier in the Day when the Schwa Bisch Hall team was involved in an autobahn Accident in route to the tournament and had to for Feit. It was the second Lime in he three Day tourney that autobahn problems had caused a team to miss a game. Nomberg s team was stuck in traffic Fri Day night and had to forfeit its opener to another Ansbach squad. In saturday night s late games Heilbronn 86, Ansbach 78 Pearson and Luna each Iii 18 first half Points to give inc eagles a 49-35 Edge then canned another 20 Points inthe second Hal to preserve the win. Luna was lop scorers with 28 Points. Pearson finished with 26 and Comeaux added 15. Kim Porter Lead the lady cougars with 20 Points. Sherri Smith had 19 and Lisa Summey garnered 17. Heilbronn 76, Schweinfurt 64 once again Pearson garnered game High scoring honors with 24 Points and Luna followed with 23. Tanya Wallace added 18 for the eagles who broke away from a 34-29 Midway Lead and won going away. Schwei fun s a Crick Barnes hit for 19 Points and Renic Alford had 17. Wil Flecken men Advance in Vicenza Vicenza Italy the  Aviano a men s cams advanced to the winners bracket finals of the Vicenza Christmas basketball tournament Sun Day with easy victories. The Wil Flecken mountaineers romped to a 103-69 Triumph Over Vincnza s g7ih signal in As Myron Lee and Larry Brooks led the winners with 29 and 25 Points respectively. Juan Cuningham added 14 Points Willie Barrett 11 and Orlando Evans 10 for the Ger Many team which led 51-31 at halftime. Mark Sievens and Sieve Braxton paced inc 167th with 15 Points apiece. Aviano broke away from a lacklustre 17-17 first half for a 67-42 Victory Over the 69th ordnance in of Vicenza. Kel Vin Mays and Larry Hadley scored 12 and 11 Points respectively for the win ners. Dwayne Curran sparked the 69th with 17 Points. Wil Flecken and Aviano will clash my Day Al noon in their winners bracket showdown. In men s losers bracket games sunday All involving Vicenza teams the 5toth pc downed 3rd in 325th act 79 69, behind George Minnick s 2s Points. And the 22nd ask trimmed Middac Vicenza 117-91, Wilh Jose Butler s 28 Points leading the Way for the 22nd. There were no games sunday in Hie four team Vicin a women s  Vicenza will clash Mon Day at 6 . In the women s losers bracket final with the Winner to play Sanvito in the championship game. An sports radio pro football Dallas cow to 4 at los Angeles Kami 3 . Tursany. Swedes Complete Davis sweep Over India Goteborg Sweden a Anders Jarryd and Mats Wilander finished off a5-0 swedish sweep Over India in the Davis cup final by winning sunday s singles matches in straight sets. Jarryd. Replacing injured Stefan Edburg in the final beat to tames Krisi Inan 6-4, 6-3, and i Lander in Mai Vijay Amri Iraj 6-2.6-0 the swedish team playing us fifth consecutive final and winning fur the fourth Lime since 1975. Received the huge Silver trophy hat Dwight Davis of har Ard inaugurated 87 ears ago and a share of the j 00,000 first prize. In addition Juan Antonio Sam ranch president of the Inu mat Ioil of Mic Summit lit. Prox a till a very special Iro pm to inc swedes on Uchal int itn.-11x", Sam ranch spent iwo Days watching the matches it the i Maxi Wal Sindi Naium Arena that Wai old out fur a cry session