European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 6, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 Falconette take Battle of v corps leaders 82-72 by Tracy tanners it writer Mainz West Germany despite the 82-72 los suffered by the Mustangs at the hands of the Frankfurt Falcon Les in saturday s v corps women s basketball action Mainz proved to be one very Guise team. Although their roster still Itsos Only n slim seven players the Western Region front runners weren t i explained. Will Puy i 40-Minule Ball game but they re used to that they re also used to finishing the game with Only four players and that again was the Case As Sher Lbrown was oiled on a charging foul and look the Bench with 3 15 left in the game. Earlier in the second half. Terry Miller Price and Mccla Thomas went sent to the Bench with five strike against their name. With tour on the floor the Mustangs perseverance1 was worn Down. A Brown retired Frankfurt led 70-48, poor passing by the Mustangs led la repeated turnovers and a scor ing spree by Vicki Shelton. Is of she lion s game High 25 came in the last three minutes to Aid the Falconette in racking up heir Lead. Maim began the game s scoring when Carla Belt netted two Charity shots off a foul by pm Cine Patrick. It looked like the isl Coneiles would claim the foul title As they racked up three in the first two minutes. However the teams were fairly even As Frankfurt totalled 26, compared to Mainz s 21. The Usa cur basketball Falcone Tes went 18-29 from the line while the Mustangs were 19-2j.Frankfurt led tarty 11-5, but countless fouls and turnovers moved Mainz to tie the game Al 1 i with 714 left in the half. The Mustangs held the of la Niles scoreless for two minutes and moved up by four. Scoring went Back and Forth until halftime. At he period was winding Down Patrick Sank a three Pointer to tie he game at 32. Mainz fumbled on the Way Down the court and Paula Thomas hit on a jumper to give Frankfurt the Lead at the Bucur. Falcon Euc guard Jackie Lumho allowed Shyllon s Lead on the scoring with 17. Glenda Bridges added 14. Mainz1 scoring Leader was brawn with 12, Miller Price and Carla Lett added is and Occia Thomas added 13. This win moves Frankfurt to a 10-1 record. Maini moves to 7-3 to tie Daro Uidl for top honors in the Western Region. Main men 86, Frankfurt so Frankfurt s unsportsmanlike conduct resulted in saturday s men s action being called with 1 29 left to  managed to boost a 49-45 halftime Lead be Hind he Sharp shooting of Kevin Burks who led All shooters with 31. Willie Bradley added 12. Preslon Johnson was Frankfurt s hot shooter with25. Ronald Mcnary added is and Jackie car i Ion added 10. Us poo Blymn a sati malm1 Terry Miller Price is. In Middle of Battle far Possession Safe nordic Crown to Wiesbaden Hansen grabs sprint championship by Kunt Johnson assistant sports editor Kaltenbrunne. West Germany arc Cham common Rai Rollin and wies Baden divided inc honors saturday As the Safe nordic ski championships concluded with the sprint and relay. Basil Hanun the Lone entrant Fromor Canham common England was the fastest skier for the second straight Day. He won the open division 2, sprint in 11 minutes .43 second. Foams twin skied off with three first places saturday but Wiesbaden captured the team championship its third straight nordic title. Paced by Suzanne wolfs women s Gold medal the fivers from Lindsay As and Safe Hospital totalled 238 Points to Boot out i latin s 216. Ramstein finished third with 142points, but inc rams had a big final Day in Kallenbrunne. They won the 10-Kilometer team relay on a come front behind Anchor Lap by Dick Baird Baird and teammate Brooks Booker also won the men s seniors 30-39 and Malm. 40 and Over sprint races Repic Liecty. The Gold flowed freely for Baird who works in Bonn but is assigned tora Stcin. He was the Only four Lime Winner of inc meet taking Friday s 15 kilo Cir and winning the nordic combined As Well As saturday s two triumphs. Last year he won just three bronzes in the nordic Mecl. Baird can qualify As the All around Champ of the 1988 Safe ski championships As he was second in the seniors Alpine combined earlier this week. No other skier and hero were Only a few entered in both a necks came close to that accomplishment. The drama came in baud s final Safe race he pcs s soon. He anchored in Stein to the relay title in stirring duet with defending Champion Paul Cackovich of Wiesbaden who was third in the open sprint. Baird finally caught Cackovich in the final Kilometre of the 2.5-km leg and won by Only about 30 meters. Rams Cin s team of Cynthia Carlstead Booker open racer Andy Loeb and Baird was clocked in 56 52,59, Wiesbaden Sno. 1 Cam in 57 01,74. Senior Steven Teal. Wolfand Waldrop preceded cack Ovich on the first Wiesbaden quartet. "1 Kne it would be close said Baird. I had beaten Paul by a Little Over a min Ute actually 1 21.3 in the sprint i passed him of the last Hill Baird who clocked-11jj.8.1 in the sprint an hour earlier was limed in 11 38,87 in the relay. Cackovich did 12 54.49 faster ban his open sprint of 13 13.23. "1 wish i had had him ahead of me instead of behind  said Cackovich. That would have made it  Mahn finished third for the relay Bronze medal clocking 1 06 31.27. Wies Baden s second Cam placed fourth in 1 10 12.73. Hahn also planned to race a second team but had to scratch because of Frank Kraizer s injury. Kratzer. Who placed Sec Ond in the open division sprint aggravated a wound from recent suit cry. Hansen did t have a arc Cham com Mon relay to ski for but he did Anchor an unofficial relay team with . Buddy Mark Ledin of bunt Walers Richard 1mm of Rhein Mam and Mary Ambrose of Avi Ano. Their Lime was 1 01 02.14, third fast est Hanson raced a 1 ft52,25 in the relay Over s seconds faster than his winning sprint on the same rating to got faster later he explained. Ledin was also quicker in the relay 11 50,18 than his runner up seniors sprint 12 ot.84he had another explanation for being faster the second time. I relaxed More in the relay he said because it was unofficial and thai enabled me to skate  still another explanation came from Carlstead who Cut More than two min utes off her sixth place women s sprint time in the relay.  from skis with chemicals on  to borrowed ones i Wax she said a Jure made a differ  women win air Force Cage Dover fab Del the strategic air Conid won the air Force women s basketball championship Here Friday night but Safe had a say in he out come of the worldwide meet. Safe knocked unified come out of a three Way a re fast place in he round Robin tourney Wilh a 15-71 Victory earlier in the Day. That left Sac and air training come both 6-1, to Battle for inc championship. Veruschka Holley of Inci Ilik came off inc Bench to score 16 Points and Lead the Safe learn Over uni com. Annie cousins of in Ciurlik had 14 Points and Freddy Carter of Flora ones Belgium added 10 As Safe finished with � 4-3 record. The Safe team landed five players cousins Carter Jackie Brown of Ben Waters England Sherry Crumpler of san vile Italy and Roche Lac Patter son of Comiso Italy on the 17-Womenteam named u the All air Force train ing Camp in san Antonio. The squad it san Antonio will be rimmed to 12 players to represent be air Force in the All services championships 10 be held March 20-25 at Cor pus inns to Nas Texas. For inc second straight race Booker started right behind his Crio Donist col league from Wiesbaden Tom Waldrop in the masters division race. This Lime Booker won in 13 17.93, avenging his loss to Waldrop in Friday s 10-Kilomclcr rate. Waldrip. Who was once Booker s instructor Ai Lackland fab to As. Was runner up in 13 39.59, "1 think i pushed Loo hard in the 10-k race said Booker. I passed Tom in the first Kilometre yes verday and thai wat a mistake. Today stayed behind hint and gained enough Linte to beat  the masters combined was naturally also a Bailie Between the two gum specialists. They tied with 45 apiece but Booker got the Gold on an Fis Points tiebreaker. Tie Day s other open division medal winners included Kalzer Wilh the Sec Ond fastest open Prim Lime of 12 02.03, plus second in the nordic combined and lock who placed found in the sprint bul took the combined Bronze medal. Claude Carter of Hahn placed third behind Baird and Ledin in the sprint and was runner up in the seniors combined. He and Ledin tied for second bul Carter got the Silver on Fis Points. Wiesbaden s Bill Muhr wound up with a pair of thirds one in the masters race and another in the  Brown of Hahn was again runner up to Wolf in combined and in the sprint. Wolfs winning time was 16 1161, Brown s 18.01.93, another Hahn skier. Mary o Donnel foot the Bronze in the 2.9 race. Aviano s Mary Ambrose fourth in the sprint placed third in the women s combined. Afro sports television College Buck Tlell North Carolina it Duke 7 . A deny.  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