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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 9,1988 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire olympic basketball team tops Aba squad from press dispatches Providence . Danny Manning and Dan Majerle each scored 13 Points sunday to Lead the . Men s olympic basketball team to a 90-82 Victory to Start an eight game tour against teams of players from the , the first selection in the Aba draft this year after leading Kansas to the National championship and Majerle the mid american conference player of the year at Central Michigan and the first round draft Choice of the Phoenix suns were joined in double figures by Charles Smith of Pittsburgh and David Robinson the 1987 College player of the year at Navy with 12  tour against teams composed of selected Aba players will continue with two games next weekend in Charlotte  coach John Thompson still has 17 players in Camp fighting for the 12 berths for the trip to Seoul to defend the Gold medal. Three of the players on the Aba team were members of the 1984 olympic championship team Patrick Ewing Chris Mullin and Alvin  olympic team took the Lead at the Start of the game when Majerle dunked a pass from Smith on the opening  stretched the Lead to 24-11 with 12 20 left in the half when Majerle hit the team s Only 3-Pointer of the first half to Cap an 11-0  olympic team led by As Many As 16 Points 37 21, before settling for a 49-42 halftime  Aba team closed within five Points four times in the final five minutes but a floating Layup by Majerle and a Dunk by Manning gave the olympic team a 90-81 Lead with 20 seconds , who played for Thompson at Georgetown led the Aba players with 16 Points while Mullin had 13. Cuban nine beats . Millington term. Lazaro Vargas s fifth in Ning double broke a tie and Torge Valdes and Rene Arocha combined on a four hitter sunday As Cuba beat the United states olympic team 4-2 in game 2 of a seven game  Morandini homered in the second inning and Tino Martinez who homered twice saturday hit another in the fourth for the Only american runs. Arocha allowed two hits in four innings while Valdes the Winner allowed two hits in the final five innings. Ben Mcdonald gave up 10 hits in six innings and All four cuban runs. Joe Slusarski allowed one hit in the final three , Winner of 19 world championships meets the United states again tuesday in Indianapolis and the series continues with games in Tidewater a. Rich mond va., and Charlotte . The United states is 20-4 As it prepares for the Seoul games. Americans win world softball Saskatoon Saskatchewan Pete Meredith hurled a three hitter sunday As the United state blanked new zealand 4-0 to capture the International softball federation men s world championship. Earlier new zealand forced a second game of the championship showdown with a 4-2 Triumph As Chubb Tangaro fired a  finished third after falling 3-1 to new Zea land in the group b final. Canada had eliminated Cuba and the United states advanced to the final with a 2-1 Victory Over new zealand. Sullivan takes Marlboro 500 Brooklyn Mich. Danny Sullivan gave team owner Roger Penske his first 500-mile Victory at his own track with a record run sunday in the Marlboro 500 indy car  finished More than a Lap ahead of second place Bobby Rahal in the 250-Lap event on the 2-mile, Oval at the Penske owned Michigan inter National  average Speed of 180.654 Mph was the fastest Ever in 500-mile indy car race breaking the Mark of 171.493 set Here last year by Michael  also moved Sullivan into the cart pig indy car Point Lead with 104 after nine of 15 races. Rahal the two time defending series Champion is second with 87.neither of Sullivan s Penske racing teammates Rick Mears and al Unser was running at the end although Mears dominated the race in the Early going and Unser also led several  eight of the 28 starters were running at the end of the attrition filled race but the one in front was the Chevrolet powered Penske pc 17 of Sullivan. He picked up his second Victory of the season and the ninth of his  Rahal defending Champ Michael Andretti was third three laps behind the Leader. Tony Betten Hausen was fourth 10 laps behind Sullivan in a year old car followed another Lap Back by Phil Krueger and two More laps Down by 52-year-old, two time Indiana Polis 500 Winner Gordon  Triumph gave Penske a Silver haired new Jer sey entrepreneur his record 16th 500-mile Victory Buthis first in what is now the second jewel in the indy car triple Crown Indianapolis Michigan and Pocono. Sullivan a former formula one racer Best know for his Road racing ability now has one Victory in each of the current 500-mile Oval races on the cart Cir Cuit. He won $111,196 for his Effort sunday. Gwynn Glidden win drag titles Kent Wash. Darrell Gwynn and Bob Glidde capped record setting performances with victories while Kenny Bernstein ended a four month wingless skid with a win sunday at the inaugural Nora sea fair nationals at Seattle International  posted his fourth top fuel dragster win this season defeating Gene Snow in the final  s dragster covered the Quarter mile in 5.253 seconds his slowest elapsed time of the Day at 266.11  s car experienced mechanical problems and he slowed to 9.660 seconds at 66.30 , who set an Nora National elapsed time performance record with a 5.052-second run saturday remained in third place in the Winston championship series standings with 7,812  Amato leads with 8,178 Points while Eddie Hill is second at 7,974. Saints nip Vikings with Fig Minneapolis Morten Andersen s 36-Yard Field goal As time expired sunday night lifted new Orleans to a 23-20 nil preseason Victory Over the Minnesota Vikings who knocked the saints out of the playoffs last  quarterback John Fourcade set up the winning kick with passes of 14 Yards to Stacey Dawse Yand 16 Yards to Brett Perriman and two scrambles for 15 Yards. Bears land in Sweden Goteborg Sweden the Chicago bears arrived in Sweden after the longest Road trip in the club history monday a week before their nil exhibition game against the Minnesota  s american football classic Between the pfc Central division rivals will be played at Ulley stadium s natural turf Field. A sellout crowd of 52,000 is  s the first time an nil game will be played in Scandinavia and the first time on the european Conti nent. There have been four nil preseason games in London s Wembley stadium the last on july 31 when Miami Defeated san Francisco 27-21.the nil s invasion of Sweden Marks the 350th anniversary of Sweden s invasion of America the establishment of the new Sweden Colony in what is now the state of  Vikings Are due to arrive on tuesday from min Neapolis. Baker beats Faldo in playoff Fulford England Young englishman Peter Baker Defeated Veteran Nick Faldo in a sudden death playoff to win the $450,000 Benson and Hedges inter National Golf tournament  20-year-old Baker shot a pair of eagles to beat Faldo the former British open Champion after Trail ing by three shots with four holes to  was one shot behind on the 18th tee but Eagle the Hole following a big drive holing his putt from 15feet. That gave him a closing 69 to tie him with Faldo both finishing with 17-under-Par totals of 271.then, after they had halved the first extra Hole Baker came up with another Eagle at the 18th, this Tim sinking a 20-footer to win the $73,800 first prize. American swim records fall Austin Texas Matt Biondi of Moraga calif.,and Angel Myers of Americus ga., set american re cords monday in qualifying for the finals at the . Olympic swimming  swam the 200-meter freestyle in 1 minute 47.72 seconds .28 off the world record and .17 faster than his own american Standard that formerly was also the world , the world record Holder in the 100 freestyle had slumped in the 200 since 1985. He was not ranked in the top 10 in the world in the event last , a former american record Holder for the 50 meter freestyle was timed in 55.15 seconds in qualify ing for the women s 100 freestyle final beating the previous american Best of 55.30 by Dara Torres. The world Mark is 54.73 by East German Kristin Otto. The top two finishers in monday night s final race were to make the olympic team. In addition the top four in the women s 100 freestyle and men s 200 free style also Are assured of relay spots. Coe misses olympic team Birmingham England Sebastian Coe a two time olympic 1,500-meter Champion was left off the British team named monday for next month s olym Pic  also was omitted from the 800 meters for which he holds the world record when the selectors named the team for  last weekend s olympic trials the 31-year-old Coe failed to reach the final of the 1,500 meters and his appearance in Seoul hinged on the Remote Chance of a wild card entry in either the 1,500 or the 800 meters. The first two finishers in each event automatically qualified for the olympics while the selectors who met on monday could pick the third  list or names handed to reporters after that meet ing showed that Steve cram Steve Crabb and Pete Elliott had been selected for the 1,500 meters with cram Elliott and Tom Mckean picked for the Shorter  did not enter the 800 meters in the trials and Elliott said i Don t have any sympathy for seb. He has known All season what was required and did not produce the goods on the  to today superstition an to tuesday s programs 0600 lbs evening news 0630 sports tonight 0700 night line 0730 just for kids cartoons 0740 it songs featured songs include i got wheels and the ringmaster  0800 just kidding 0830 an s morning Movle the enemy below 1010 Pinnacle 1030 fight Back with David Horowitz 1100 entertainment tonight 1130 jeopardy 1200 Abc world news 1230 Donahue american women who have married men from saudi Arabia discuss their obedient lives in a for eign country where women Are treated As second class citizens. 1320 general Hospital 1405 guiding Light 1450 for kids Only cartoons 1500 sesame Street 1600 the today show 1800 headline news 1830 an evening news 1900 who s the Boss Angela talks in her sleep and re Veals some of her Loving feelings about Tony. Starring Judith Light and Tony Danza. 1925 slap Maxwell while sportswriter Lou Harper settles in at the Ledger slap gets bored with Small town life and decides he wants to leave. 1950 Gasthaus the discussion is on the priority placement program for government civilian employees. Guests Nancy Lane and Leah Vejsel provide an update on this Federal program.2000 Hooper Man 2030 Spenser for hire a Edge hires Spenser to track Down a missing Book which chronicles his sexual encounters. Starring Robert Urich and . Marshall. 2130 la. Law another Long distance relative makes a sur prise appearance at the funeral of Brackman s Mother. Starring Michele Greene and Blair Underwood. 2220 news headlines 2230 sports Auto racing with the International race of champions taped 2330 sports to be announced after sports Abc nightly news sat net programming wednesday s programs 0600 Abc nightly news 0630 sports tonight 0700 night line 0730 just for kids cartoons 0735 sesame Street 0835 it figures 0910 frugal gourmet 0935 the Star s table Kim Criswell of cats performs  1000 Nova series starts 1100 entertainment tonight 1130 jeopardy 1200 lbs evening news 1230 the Oprah Winfrey show 1320 general Hospital 1405 guiding Light 1450 for kids Only cartoons 1510 Popeye Andson 1535 Brav Starr 1600 the today show 1800 headline news 1830 an evening news 1900 valerie1926 designing women 1950 Gasthaus family involvement in Little league base Ball is tonight s topic. 2000 movie the great train robbery 2155 night court 2230 news headlines 2240 the Colby 2330 the tonight show 0030 David Letterman 0130 Abc world news sat net programming German television tuesday s programs first program t505 for children fury 1725 regional programs 2015 entertainment2145 series Flamingo Road american second program1535 for children Black Beauty 1820 series the bastlan"2015 movie hotel Schopor German the stars and stripes american to schedule is based on the to info station furnished by super Slation an. 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