European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday april h. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 17 first blood to Mainz stallions Mainz women Fop Mannhe a 63-55 Usa eur basketball i by Tomsal Makrs staff writer Mannheim. Wes1 Germany the main lady Mustangs Aren t than Hugh i rods. They re pan nightmares. In was thai pan of inc team the pan Webster s new world dictionary defines As a frightening dream often accompanied by a sensation of oppression and that showed through wednesday night As maim Corral cd the Mannheim lady Mustangs w-55 id win he first game of the Best-of-3 usar eur championship series. Game 2 takes place saturday at 7 30 . Ai was main s defense a Vampire mean Man to Man that drained Mann Heim for 32 turnovers. Mannheim countered with its version of a Man up Man Midway through the second half Huil turned out to be a bucket of bad Oats. With the score 46-42 in Mainz s favor. Mannheim went la Ilic Man to ii in. Many went straight to the hoop picking up Quick baskets by Saundra Weathers and Sheryl Hwn id run up a 50-42 Edge. Mannheim got in within four Pentim at 51-47, then faded in Lothe Sunset. They went Man to Man so i came Oft my one and went Man to Man. We put More pressure on said main coach James Lime pressure. Pressure that had Mannheim shooting g-fur-32 in Hie first left Mannheim coach Ralph Snoddy As mail As a Man with a broken alarm clock on a monday morning. I m not pleased with anything they re he said at halftime after Mam took a 34-22 Lead Ai attic break. Mannheim stampeded Back to a 46-42 deficit As Forward Tracy Taylor Hil six baskets in the first id minutes. Meanwhile Back in the main ramp sob Mainz on Page 22 Jones guns Down setae s put Oil to bipeds h Mannheim s car malnic Sanders 24 arrives Loo late to conies Kib Thomas shot. A Kunza Italy the Stull Gart Stal Lions Are one game away from their first Usa eur championship Wilh Sam Jones pouring in 20 of his 22 Points in tic second half the stallions overcame setae 7y-72 wednesday night to open the Usa eur men s was in Coball title series. Stuttgart will try to sweep this Hest of Ihrck affair when it a churns to Germany for game 2 Al 7 30 . Saturday in bubbling in s Panzer Cavern gym. If setae wins that one a game 3 is scheduled for 2 . Sunday also Al 1 Alicr. Sam Jones played an Nuis Tandine came inside bubbled sol tart coach Melvin Elliott. We shot about 65 nor a Cal the last few minutes and that s be cause we went to Jones. He came through offensively and pretty much controlled the Jones led a soul heart charge Hal erased Setas 34-32 Fialo time Lead. Dino Gregory led inc Lions with 19 Points but managed Only seven in the second half. Jones Layup with 7 i3 left save Stutt Gart its first Lead of the second half. 38-36. Setae lied it for the last time when Marlon Perry s. 5-foot jumper made in 40-40 with 16 03 left. Ronald decl Ray s free throw and Jones tip in shot Stuttgart ahead for Good 43-40. Setae had in Chance to lie with i seconds logo when Mike Trapps hit a Layup and was fouled. When he missed the free throw Stuttgart Slisi lcd.69-68. The stallions clinched in at the foul line. They hit All seven of their tries in the last 1 40 and 17 of 23 Overall setae canned 11 of 16. Beverly Morris totalled 14 Points for Stuttgart Champion of i corps. Tony Long scored 10 and Jonathan Robinson grabbed 11 rebounds. Jones added to the stallions Board game with seven. Perry led All re founders with 12. Heals led Setas scoring with 22. A Wayne Green scored nine and Vincent Jackson eight. Gregory and nine re Bounds. Stuttgart Oul rebounded sheaf 42-37. Blues oilers Advance to division finals by the associated press St. Louis Rookie Bret Hull scored his Sim playoff goal 15 seconds into the third period and Jino Cavallini added an insurance Goa tuesday night to give St. Loss a 5-3 win Over Chicago and Victory in their Morris division semifinal series. Hull s goal Hil second of the Jame and third game Winner of the series helped St. Louis win the Busl of seven series 4-1, Doug Gilmour set up Hull s goal a blast from the lop of the right fact Oil Circle that got past Chicago goaltender Darren Pang on his Slick Side. Three is. Louis goals came on Power plays giving the blues 10 for the series to highlight its first playoff Victory Over the Blackhawk in five tries. Denis Savard scored for Chicago while he Black Hawks were Shon handed Al 9 s2 of he. First period. The blues led 3-1 after 20 i nulls. But Chicago stormed Back to gain a 3-3 lie during the Middle pen of when kick Vaive scored twice in 6j seconds the second on a Power play. Wilh 12 09 remaining in he game and St loins clinging to a 4-3 advantage a fire Don Koh Anju disallowed an nil playoffs apparent goal by Chicago right wig Sivc lamer. Blues goalie Greg Miller juggled inc Punk. Which fell 10 the ice As the whistle blew jus before Larmer batted 11 into the net. Cavallini scored 21 seconds later. In other Stanley cup games oilm6, Edmonton Alberta Mark Messier figured in the first four Edmonton goats All on the Power pay and Wayne Gretzky had a goal and four assists to spark the oilers to an easy Victory Hal eliminated the Winnipeg jets from the playoffs. The defending Stanley cup Champion oilers won heir Smyithe div Ision semifinal 4-1, Messier who had 13 Points in the five games scored twice and set up goals by Eia Tikkanen and Jan Kum by the Midway Point of the game. Gretzky stored an Evcic strength goal to make it 5-0 Wilh five minutes left in the second Patnod. Kum scored again late in the game. Flames 6, Hirs 4 Calgary Alberta Hakan Loob sparked the flames with two goals As Calgary eliminated us an Geles from the playoffs Selling up a series a Amsl the archrival Edmonton oilers. The flames and Oiler will meet in the Snutch division final beginning Lien tuesday night Al Mclnnis. Paul Rinhart. Tim Hunter and Ric Waltress also scored for the names whip finished the regular season Wilh the hell record in the nil. Jay Wells a comic Nicholls Ca Lenton and Jim Carson scored for the Kings who finished fourth in the division. It ik4, Wand Union Dale. . Aaron stolen had a goal and two assists As new Jersey s lop line came 10 life after four ineffective games in route to a Victory Over the new York islanders. The Victory sent the i Atrick division series Back to see nil on Page 22
