European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 30, 1988 the stars and stripes Noi � s Ibrahim Luwin Olio the Boston Marathon Slih runner up jul i of Taton la t stride Back. Kenya s Hussein captures Marathon by one second by Howard Ulman Boston a they began running in the Scenic Countryside West of Boston. They found themselves 26 Miles and 385 Yards later a single stride apart amid inc City s skyscrapers. Just 100 Yards from the end of their punishing Jour Ney through eight cities and towns Ibrahim Hussein of Konyn and Juma Itanaga of Tanzania were close enough to Lour each other. The two East africans were so close that both thought they could win. But More than two hours after he begun the Boston Marathon on a Rainy monday Hussein took of Down or stretch a Long distance survivor with the kick of a sprinter. Under a gloomy sky Hussein fashioned one of the most sparkling finishes in he 92 Boston marathons Starling with the first running in 1897, when John j. Mid Croll won by 6 minutes. 52 seconds. Hussein won by one second. I like to make history said Hussein who bolted past ikan Gaa with 100 Yards left it s great to be the first african to win the Boston  the kenyan made history in another Way. His mar Gin of Victory was the smallest Ever in Boston the previous lowest margin was to seconds by Bill Rodg ers Over jcfi1 Wells in 1978 and Alberto Salazar Over Dick card sly in 1982. In 1982, Salazar s body temperature dropped to a dangerous level after the race before resuming to nor Mal. Hussein suffered no serious health problems and crossed the finish line with a. Broad smile i wanted to concentrate on relaxing and letting ikan Gaa do the work by Selling the Pace until it was Lime to pull ahead Hussein said. If Longna said he thought he had won the race until Hussein passed him and then it was impossible to catch up because it was Loo  although Hussein had won his three previous mar Athons sceptics  his ability. He had never run in 3 top night Field like Boston s and he had never run a mar athon faster than 2 hours. 11 minutes 1 second. On monday he won in 2 08 41, the second fastest time in Boston to Rob de Castillas 2 07 51 in 1986. He was within two minutes of the world record of 2 06 50 Sci by Ethiopia s Belanch Dinsmo in Sun Day s Roll Cream Marathon. 1 think this will convince a lot of  Hussein said. Rosa Moi ii a Portugal a big favorite scored her see Marathon on Page 26 Paga 21 sports capitals win canadians Down Bruins by the Awni aled press Landover. My one come from behind series is enough for inc Washington capitals. A Tut overcoming a 3-1 series deficit to defeat the Philadelphia flyers in the opening round the capitals Defeated the new Jersey devils 3-1 monday night in Iak a 1-0 Lead in the Patrick division finals. In monday s other nil playoff game at Montreal Kjell Dahlin and Mike Mcl acc scored curly in the fim period and Claude la Mieuli added iwo goals As lie Montreal canadians continued their traditional play off Mastery of Boston with a 5-2 win in the opener of their second round series against the of Lucre. We dug a big Hole for our selves said Washington goalie Pete peelers who nil Roundup stopped 33 of 34 shots in inc Victory. We Don t want to dig any More  Wall Larry Murphy scoring a goal and an assist. Inc capitals opened a 3-0 Lead in the second period and were never put in serious trouble. They re a Good team at protecting the Lead and they got the  new Jersey c oath Jim Schown fold said. We did seem to improve As the game went  game 2 of the bust of Stycn series is scheduled for wednesday night at the capital Centre. Peelers who played in All four of the capitals Victo Ries against Philadelphia in the opening round Low ered his playoff goals against average 10 2.82 with the Victory. He played Victr enily Well Washington coach or an Murray said of his git Allinder he s so solid in there. They Aren t going to gel any easy goals maybe on a bang bang play hut it won t be a  pc ters looking for his third career playoff shutout stopped new Jersey s first 1 i shots before torn Kurt Era put one Between his legs with 10 11 remaining. We had a Strong third period Kurvers said. With seven minutes remaining Washington s Veter an def Anseman Rod Langway had to be helped from inc ice after being checked by pal Verbick. Langway suffered a Cul on the Hack of his left leg and was taken to a nearby Hospital for stitches. The devils loss was their first of he Niny Ulli in regulation play. Both losses to the Mew York islanders i n the opening round were in overtime. New Jersey has a record of 1-20-1 against washing ton in the capital Centre. The devils broke a 20-game capital Centre win less Streak with a 4-2 Victory Over the capitals on March 20. The capitals took a 1-0 Lead 7 18 into the game when Mike Ridley scored an unassisted goal off a poor Clearing attempt by new Jersey s Rookie goalie Sean Burke. Ridley knocked the puck away from Jirik mul Cral the new a Csc Blue line Back towards inc devils goal. Burke came out and tried to poke inc puck away. The puck popped into the air. Killcy gloved it to the ice and shot into an open net. Murphy gave the capitals a 2-0 Lead with a Power see nil on Page 26 a Civ beat pacers to Clinch playoff berth Richfield Ohio a the Cleveland Cavaliers ice the words world championship slip into their vocabulary almost casually alter they clinched their first playoff berth since the 1984-85 sea son by beating the Indiana Accra 112 107 in monday night s Only Aba game. I Don t want to say we re going to win the world championship but we re nut satisfied with just getting into the play offs said Mark Price whose two free throws with seven seconds left put the game out of reach. This i � great accomplishment and 1 Don t think Loo Many people were pick ing us to mate it this a Price said. Larry Nance who led the Cavaliers with 14 Points said the Victory resulted from the Type of play that can win play off fames. Something Good to Lake into inc play offs is shooting your free throws Well Nance said. Us not too often thai you re blown out in a playoff game soil can come Down 10 free throws in the  the Cavaliers were far from perfect at the line monday making Only 29 of 38. Bui they Hil 9 of 12 in the final 4 13. Accounting for All of their Points in that Span. Cleveland won for the ninth time in its last 11 games and assured itself of finishing no worse than seventh in inc Eastern conference. Indiana which has lost seven straight Road games dropped a full game behind new York and Washington who arc tied for the final two playoff spots with three games to play. We still have to play new York and Washington has to play three very Lough games said Herb Williams who led the pacers with a season High 24 Points. We re 5 1 in he  the Cavaliers who evened their re Cord at 40-40, led 110-106 after John Williams made one of two free throws with 1j seconds left. Indiana s Scott ski Lei Sank one of two foul shot eight seconds later to gel the Pacera within three. Stiles then immediately fouled i Rit a who hit both free throws for a five Point Cleveland Lead. The i avers did not gel off another shot. The Cavaliers final nine Points came from the free throw line after Williams la tip put them ahead for Good at 101 101 with 4 i minutes left. Cleveland had six players in double figures Ron Harper and Price had 19 each and Brad Daughen scored 18. Vern Fleming had 19 for Indiana but did not score in the found Quarter. The pacers second leading scorer. Way Nan Tisdale managed Only eight Points before leaving in the third Quarter because of a sore shoulder