European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday August 16,1988 Griffith Moses exit with wins Gateshead. England a Flor ence Griffith Joyner and Edwin Moses want to win olympic Gold medals even if it costs them some Money this american track stars have Given up a series of potentially lucrative euro Pean meets to return Home to Complete their training for next month s olympic games in me it s More important to save those dollars. They la be there again next year Griffith Joyner said after winning a 1 00-meter race sunday in her last european appearance before Seoul. It s More important to concentrate on my training and put everything into Seoul. I d rather win the Gold Griffith Joyner who smashed the 100-meter world record at last month s . Olympic trials in Indianapolis with time of 10.49 seconds was More than a second slower that her record setting time sunday when she competed for a International select team against Britain and Hungary at Gateshead stadium. But she was never threatened and won in 1 1.54 seconds despite a Strong head the race the fashion conscious american Star was grabbed by a Spectator who got angry when Griffith Joyner declined an autograph request As she was warming up. The Man was quickly caught by Stew Ards and sent Back into the stands. Griffith Joyner was shaken but unhurt. I told him i would give him an Auto graph after the race but he grabbed hold of me and would t let go. Never has anything like that happened to me be fore Griffith Joyner said. I was very shocked. It s the sort of thing you might expect in a crowd but not on the track with officials All , making his 1 7th appearance in Britain and his fifth at Gateshead won the 400-meter hurdles in 48.67 seconds. He was not at his smoothest but still overpowered the opposition. He too said it was time to go Home to train for Seoul. I m going to get about three goo weeks of training said Moses a two time olympic Champion and the world record Holder. When i go to Seoul i want to be 100 percent following his Altitude assisted euro Pean record of 13.11 seconds in ses Trier Italy last week Britain s Colin Jackson continued his excellent pre olympic showing by beating world in door Champion Tonie Campbell of the United states in the 1 10-meter hurdles. Jackson was first to the opening bar Rier never hit a hurdle and left Campbel three meters behind As he won in 13.36 despite a head wind. Big Bend at big Ben cyclists lean into a turn in front of London s big Ben during sunday s final stage of the tour of Britain cycling race. Sunday s 62-mile City of Westminster criteria us was won by Holland s Jacques Hanegraaf but Overall Winner for the tour was Britain s Malcolm Elliott. . Sprint relay team sizzles in dutch meet Hengelo Netherlands a the american 400-meter relay team led by Carl Lewis surged to Victory in an inter National track meet sunday finishing in 38.64 seconds. The team s performance at the Adriaan Paulen track and Field event in this Eastern dutch City improved their Best result in the distance set in ses Trier Italy by two hundredths of a Sec Ond. The team consisting of Michael Marsh Mark Witherspoon Joe de Loach and Lewis won the race in the final 100 meters when Lewis took a decisive Lead Over his West German and dutch com petition. Meanwhile Mary Decker Slaney won the 1,000 meters covering the distance in 2 minutes 34.65 seconds. Slaney finished Well ahead of the com petition with fellow american Julie Jen Kins lagging some 15 Yards behind. The event which honors the lat Adriaan Paulen a dutch athlete and president of the International Amateur athletics federation was dominated by the Gray won the 800 meters in 1 43.10, the Best time in the world this year while Willie Banks the american Holder of the current world record in the triple jump reached 55 feet 2 inches More than three feet under his world re Cord. Olympians deck Aba Cloud cuts by Tom Foreman or. Charlotte . A John Thompson says he Likely will Cut the Ros Ter of the . Olympic men s basketball team to the limit of 12 players sometime this week. He admits it will be a major s 16-player team posted a 95-84 Victory Over a team of Aba All stars on sunday but the game May have raised More questions than it answered. I Learned some things about som players today that have influenced my thought players that i might have Cut before we played Here in Charlotte Thompson said adding that some play ers have tilted his View in another Way. Some of our players Are not Able to accept substitute roles Thompson said. We still have a lot to find out i m not sure How we re going to pare our roster Down to 12 players. In fact Idon t even know when i m going to be Able to do it Thompson said. I guess this coming week some people who caught Thompson s attention were Virginia tech s Bimbo Coles who scored 15 Points and David Robinson who had 13 Victory was the second straight for the . Team which started its series inthe Carolinas invitational at Charlotte. Coles might have led the attack but Thompson said there were things that Coles will have to do to enhance his chances to go to knows what to do in a game at Virginia tech with a coach and team mates he s used to Thompson , he had to look to me for direction. We have to get to a Point where that does not was Coles who went on a Streak that helped the . Team erase a five Point deficit in the closing minutes of the first half. Robinson who scored six Points inthe previous exhibition fought through the Aba s muscle game and came to life in the second half to help Lead the . To a s Michael Jordan had eight straight Points giving the Aba team its biggest Lead at 33-28 with 4 26 left in the was fouled by Jordan and hit two free throws at the 3 32 Mark. A Wil lie Anderson tap in Cut the deficit to one before Eric Floyd came Back with two free throws with 2 46 hit consecutive baskets the lat Ter at 1 47, for a 36-35 . Lead. The teams swapped the Lead once More be fore two free throws by Pittsburgh s Charles Smith gave the . A 38-37 half time , who arrived 10 minutes before the tip off scored 24 Points. Charles bar Kley of Philadelphia had 14 Points and Alton Lister of Seattle had 10. Nil from Page 21 pfc Central division race. Maybe we re a Little bit behind nor Mal because of the heat we had Back Home and because some players Are not with us due to contract problems Burns said. And by being Here we probably did t have As much team development As we normally have. But on the other hand we had a Good time and there is a comradeship established Over the Vikings who lost to the new or leans saints 23-20 a week ago Are 1-1 in the exhibition season. The bears who beat Miami 20-17, Are also 1-1. Some 33,150 fans about 19,000 fewer than capacity sat through a steady rain during the game in which the Vikings played their starters a Little longer. Minnesota with Kramer starting at quarterback scored on its first drive with . Dozier going Over from 1 Yard out. Dozier was later taken off the Field on a Stretcher with a leg injury and under went a rays. A Vikings spokesman said the a rays were negative. Neal Anderson went 19 Yards to tie it at 7-7 for Chicago with 3 34 left in the Quarter. Then Midway through the second Quarter Carter electrified the swedish crowd by taking a Short pass Over the Middle from Kramer and outrunning the Chicago secondary to Complete a 73-Yardtouchdown play that put the Viking ahead 14-7. Jim Mcmahon the bears starting quarterback was replaced by Mike Tomczak in the second Quarter after being sacked by Keith Millard after completing All three of his passes for 16yards. Mcmahon appeared to be unhurt and Toronczak went on to Complete 9 of 13 for 119 Yards. Wilson replaced Kramer in the second Quarter and Rich Gannon finished up for the Vikings. The bears tied it with 1 56 left of the first half after Tomczak completed a 21 yarder to Dennis Gentry. Wilson threw a 31-Yard pass to Hassan Jones with 7 36 remaining in the third Quarter for a 21-14 Viking Lead. With 1 51 to go in the period the bears tied it for the last time on Rookie Rad Muster s 1-Yard plunge. In sunday s other nil exhibition Steeles 21, eagles 16 Pittsburgh third string quarterback Steve Bono threw fourth period scoring passes of 66 Yards to Warren Wlliams and 56 Yards to Charles lock Ett on successive Pittsburgh plays As the Steeles rallied to beat Philadelphia. The Steeles 2-0 after losing 10 of their previous 13 preseason games trailed 16-7 after Dale Dawson kicked a 28-Yard Field goal with 9 07 to play. Bono who replaced ineffective starter Bubby Brister in the second half hit Williams out of the Backfield just 22seconds later to Cut the eagles Lead to 16-14
