European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. March 5, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 25 Hansen Wolf win in Cross country Ryklina Johnson assistant smrt Zdilor Kalten Runn. West Germany Basil Hansen of arc Cham common,eng1.mil, boosted the Cross country pres Tige or the . Conference and the open division is inc Safe nordic  hip opened Friday Hansen. A 23-year-old out of Louclla wis., won the 15-Kilomctcr race by More than five minutes beating All inc seniors As Well As the open division racers. The longer Safe rare has frequently been dominated by senior 3q-19 Divi Sion racer and was won by Wiesbaden Ssteven Palm lit Las two Yean. But Palm is gone from the scene. Enter Hansen who is racing inc first time in air Force Competition. Hansen traversed inc Tough course with three 5-Kilometer loops in 55 min utes. 55.58 seconds. His closest competitor in the Ipin division was Frank Kraizer of Icahn the defending Champi on. Or Alicr finished in 1 01,4,99 for Sec Ond place. The Only other 15-Kilomcler racer to break one hour was Rai Micin s Dick Baird who won the seniors race and was Safe skiing second fastest of the Day with a 58 33.68time. Raid competing in his fourth Safe Alpine and nordic was second in 1986 and third last year in the same race. Closest Competition of the Day came in the masters division where Tow wat drop of Wiesbaden dethroned defending Champ Brooks Booker of Ramstein in a 10-Kilometer event. Waldrop the Safe 5,000 and 10,000-Meicr track Champion clocked 45 46.08. Brooker was next despite three Falls in inc lost Kilometre with 45 54.80. Brooker Starling behind Wai drop led after the Halfway Mark. A resuming Champion did prevail in the women s 1u-Kilorneter race where Suzanne Wolf of Wiesbaden won he third straight Safe inns country title. Winner of Holh women s nordic race last year the 35-year-old Wolf toured the course in 54 10.85 to win by More than 10 minutes. Hahn s Roxanne drown finished Sec Ond in 1 04 34.08, but Mary Ambrose of Aviano Italy deserves a special accolade. The sole of one of her shoes came apart in a tall on the first Lap but she finished. The gliding was of after that but it was Tough on the herring Bone climb Uphill she Aid but there was no Way i was going to  Haium the new distance icing of Safe titling was pushed into nordic races by his father at an Early age. My father made Cross country trails for the Forest service he said and remade me  Hansen called the course Tough but fair the Snow condition Wen strange he added. In the Shade the Trade was slower than it had been in training yesterday. The Wax i used today son of stopped me on those stretches. Finishing third behind Hailuen an Kratzer was Andy Lotefa of ran Stein who clocked 1 06 20.15. Paul Cackovich of Wiesbaden placed fourth with1 09 4.7s. Harm s Claude Carter was the senior runner up behind Baird with a 1 01 14.27 time. Mark Ladin , who was an open division third Placer in 87, took third in the seniors 8 of them have seen action in College Pofe nos fake basketball seriously Spring Lake no. Not Grace Palerno pauses to reminisce and the memories come bouncing Forward. Basketballs being dribbled in the hallway Chest passes off the Wall More uniform churning in inc washing machine than she can remember and three on three same in the backyard. She recalls a summer saturday afternoon inept Fernas All 1.1 of hem Are reunited. Grace makes the pitchers of lemonade and her husband William sets up the picnic table. Their five Daugh ters jockey for the prime scats at the table. Then the boys take Over. The sit a Lemo boys All with Blond hair All Veter ans of backyard basketball and All with a relentless love of the sport choose upsides. "1 Mitt having Hose boys around Here said mrs. Pierno whose family snot related to another familiar name in College athletics Joe Palerno of Penn stale. One Day you Wake up and they arc waving goodbye As they go to  Cit Day they Are All  More often than not the paler Nostave left Home to Lake their basketball talents to College. Eight of the 11 Chil Dren who Range in age from 18 to 33 have played or Are playing Colleg basketball. The four youngest Are playing at the division i level Michael is & senior at Monmouth College in new Jersey Joe Isa Junior at Nordlum and the twins Steve and Katie arc freshmen at Marist basketball has been very Good to us said mrs. Palco. It has let our kids do a lot of things they might not have been Able to do  the game begins Michael tries Lodrige the Baseline and is Cut off by Steve. He attempts a spin move and the bail hits off his foot and carols out of Bounds. The rest of the family laughs. The players Don t. They arc always very serious out there mrs. Pierno said of the contests played behind their Home in sprint . Peonie see six big Guys pushing and shoving and they Stop their can and walk Halfway up the driveway in  we can t cheer while they re play ing said Katie Palco. That is a Quick Way to make  coma Down to this. The score is lied and Billy is covered by Joe a match up of the two Bell Pierno , the oldest was the Captain of the notre Dame team from 1975 through 1977 and scored 1,134 career Points. Joe who has 1,159 career Points is the Best player at  is Boll cd up at the foul Kite and Dors not see an outlet. He puts on a head fake dribbles Between his legs and is Sty Mied by Joe. Hai the younger brother won the Small Battle against the older not this time. Billy lakes a step Back an buries an 18-Fbol jumper with a hand in his face. As Steve Patent said the games give everyone a Chance 10 show their  when the games Are done in ii Lime for the entire family to get into the act with a free throw shooting contest. The reigning King with 36 consecutive free throws convened is still William Pater no who played at St. Francis College in Brooklyn and later turned hit House into gymnasium. The first boy picked up a Ball said Salemo who is a construction Foreman and they All followed after  our House a always been filled with basketball added Katie who walked on Al Marist because be wanted to continue the tradition established by her older listen Barbara and Grace who played at Monmouth College and wag Ner College respectively. We were expected to play William and Grace Palco grandpa rents of six go 10 any length to beep in touch with the basketball lives of their children. What is not accessible by car May be available on Cable television or radio. The fact nos arc persistent about catching As Many games at  reception of some games Only comes in on our car radio explained mrs Pierno so we pull the car Oil of the garage and sit in the Back and listen and if there is a game on radio and television simultaneously that s no problem she said. We can run Back and Forth. Mike Joe Steve Tommy who played at Upsala and Bobby who did not at tend College took their backyard act on the Road last summer and played together in a recreation league in Toms River . The palc nos had their opponent seeing double and triple. Tyson too Good in Short workout Tokyo a Mike Tyson Cut Short a scheduled 10-round sparring ses Sion in preparation for the March 21 de sense of his undisputed world heavy weight title against Tony Tubbs with his Trainer saying Friday the Champion s condition was too  Tyson was scheduled to spar three rounds each with Anthony Withers porn and Fred Whitaker and four rounds with Oliver Mccall. Tyson s Trainer Kevin Rooney slopped the session at the end of the sixth round even though Tyson said "1 can spar 20 More rounds  "1 slopped the sparring As Tyson was too Good and too Sharp Rooney said. He s already near lop shape but we still have nearly 10 Days before the title match so i slopped  Akihiro Honda president of the Tel Ken gym and the japanese promoter for the March 21 title bout said "1 ital the impression that Tyson is approaching his of condition too  Tyson weighs 219 pounds and is near ing his Ideal weight of 217-218 pounds."1m satisfied Rooney said. Steve loll the Champion s assistant manager said Tyson i often ordered to Cut Short his sparring sessions. He was Loo Good and Hilling Loo hard against his partners. I Don t want any sparring part Ner to be Hurt by Tyson s hard  during the session Tyson punished Whitherspoon and Whitaker with devastating body blows and Quick uppercuts. The Champion was so  said fighting Harada of Japan a former world bantamweight and featherweight Champion who was among More than 40 japanese reporters and photographers at the gym. I never knew such a hard training world Champion before Tubbs is scheduled to arrive sunday. This year in 1 02 07.99. Waldrop t masters Victory came after two disappointing seasons in which Heddin t make in to Safe. In 36, i got pneumonia and could t come Here he said. And last year i broke my Arm four Day before the Safe meet. This year 1 bought a Good Luck  it evidently worked for inc period no is from Wiesbaden who is nearly 42 but has skied Cross country Only 2 i years. Trailing Waldrop and Booker in the 40-and-Ovcr division was another wies Baden skier. Bill Muhr who clocked 51 49,19 for third place. The race in Ideal weather had 32 Sian is All of whom finished. The course had three Uphill Dowhun sections the last one the toughest in each 5-Kilottictcr Loop. Wiesbaden leads the team standings after the first Day with 120 Points. Hahn is a challenging second at 108. Withramstcinlhirdat70. The Safe nordic meet conclude saturday with the 2, sprint and to kilo ctr relay both schedule for the same Kallic Brunn track near Garmisch. The sprint will be run first Starling at 9a.m. Suspend pay idea called ridiculous Toronto api a Suggars lion by Alan Eagleson that he nil might suspend play during future olympic games and make players available to the can Dianand . Learns is an idiotic  Harold Mallard owner of Fth Toronto Maple Leafs said. Ballard said he would veto such a plan if it were put to a vote. Eagleson executive director of the nil players association an hockey Canada s chief negotiator suggested this week that if the nil received a Large chunk of the olympic television Revenue it might approve inc idea. He mentioned 121 million Orsi million per club and Minnesota North stars executive Lou Nannc said he believed thai thu a reasonable amount. For a million a club yes. Think for a million hey nil teams would be enticed Nann said. But Ballard and Barry Shenka Rcw president of the Winnipeg jets did not agree it la never happen Shankar Owaid. Norman leads by 3 Sydney Australia a austra Lian Greg Norman fired a 5-Undcr-Par 67friday and took a three shot Lead after the second round of the s200.000 tour championship Golf Ament Stayen tournament. Television College basketball Louisville at do part boo pin slur any. Hockey new York Banger Al Lurl Ford Whiten a in. Sunday. Radio collect bail Tedball Laul Lac Al de Paul 8j5 . Saturday. Hockey Detroit red Wing at is. Umu Blun to in. Sunday