European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 28, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 records near Marks feature action by Walt Morrissett staff writer Homburg West Germany records and near records were the order of the Day As Fletcher Bailey and Vii corps teammate Kathleen Ezell grabbed the individual laurels to highlight the second Day s action in the Usa eur track and Field championships at Wald station Here saturday. Bailey captured the men s masters 800 meter run and anchored the record setting 400-meter relay Victory. Ezell raced to easy victories in the 800 and 3,000 meter runs. John Lilly of v corps led for the first 700 meters until Bailey blew past him Down the stretch run in the 800. Bailey set the Usa eur record in this event last year at 1 minute 58.62 seconds. He missed that record by less than two seconds finishing in 2 00.37. Lilly finished in 2 02.77. Bailey later anchored the Vii corps 400-meter relay team of Ashland Whitfield Albert Gray and Cornel Quarles that shaved 1/100th of a second off of the Usa eur record. Vii corps 44.49 bested its 87 record of 44.50. Ted Davis continued Vii corps record setting ways Usa eur track in the masters discus. He hurled the Platter 146 feet 2 inches. The old record was 134-6 by Vii corps Jona than White in 1984. However although Davis finished first Usa eur officials were discussing whether or not to let the re Cord stand because he used a rubber discus while the record was set with a Metal one. He was credited with the 135-0 that he threw with a Metal discus which still beat the old record by six inches. Latanya Harvey of v corps then toppled the women s triple jump record with her 35-9 a erasing the old Mark of 33-3 set last year by Sheldonia simmers of v corps. In the women s 800, Ezell jumped off to a com manding Lead and was never pressed in her near re Cord setting run. She hit the tape in 2 17.20, a half second off the record time of 2 16.48 set in 1987 by Lisa Henderson of 26th support group. Barbie Niel sen of Berlin finished second at 2 26.58. Ezell breezed in the 3,000. She passed Linda ten Nant of 21st support command with three laps to go and eventually won by half a Lap. Her time was 10 37.49, Tennant took second with an 11 38.94. The 26th support group had a 20-meter Lead in the 400-meter relay but Mavis Green of v corps ran a blazing Anchor leg to pass 26th s Angela Taylor just before finish line and give v corps Victory by the scant margin of seven hundredths of a second. Jose Colon of v corps won the Hammer throw with a heave of 161 feet 4 inches 44 feet better than Kent bolster of Vii corps. Julie Bentz of 21st supt come captured the women s discus with a 106-3 Effort. Tiscia Smith of v corps took second with a 100-9. Doug grabber of Vii corps won the pole vault by taking the jump off to break the three Way tie with Mearl Palmer of 21st and Royal Hudspeth of 7th at. Grabber won it at 12-7 /2. Palmer and Hudspeth tied for second. In Friday s action Robert Brooks won the men s open 10,000 for v corps with in 31 48.16 Hoyt Brown 21st support come won the master s 10,000 in 32 26.31 Vii corps Kathleen Delgado won the women s 5,000 in 18 12.33 and Darryl Davis of 21st took the open Long jump with his 24-5. Other winners Friday were Rueben Wallace of Ber Lin in the men s open High jump with a 6-10 a Effort and Lillye Gordon of v corps prevailed in the women s High jump at 5- /4. Dickman wins 1 1th in Mannheim Romp Mainz West Germany Mann Heim s offence was As constant As the weather saturday. While Mother nature supplied a con Stant drizzle the Mannheim Klee Ami gos supplied a constant flow of runs to overpower the Mainz rangers 19-11 and take the first game of the German Amer ican baseball league s Best-of-3 championship series. The baseballs were real heavy be cause of the drizzle said Mannheim Pitcher Bill Dickman who Felt a heavy Burden on his shoulders after Mainz Bat ters beat him around in the first inning. They attacked the Ball in the first inning. They re a Good hitting team he said. Dickman 11-0, served up 13 hits to the Mainz team four of those in a 7-run charge by the rangers in the first inning which was highlighted with doubles by Trent Rushton and Oswaldo Espada. Dickman settled Down found the Groove and picked up 12 strikeouts. Mainz Wayne Kurt took the loss after getting rocked in the top of the second. Mannheim s Istvan Dejesus and Dick Man hammered run scoring singles that finally Wiesbaden West Germany the drought is Over. After 13 dry years the Lindsey flyers reigned Over the Pitburg Barons 27-7 saturday. The flyers had t beaten the Barons since sept. 20, 1975. On that Day Lind sey won 42-7 at Pitburg. In an even longer dry spell the flyers had t beaten Pitburg Here since oct. 12, 1974. That s when Lindsey pleased the Home fans by a 49-35 count. The flyers went on to claim the Continental sports conference football title both of those years. Now they stand 1-0 after stunning the defending Safe champions in the opener for both teams. The flyers wasted Little time opening the flood Gates. Ryan Gates gave the Home team a 7-0 Lead when he splashed into the end zone from the 1 three min utes into the game. Randy Foster kicked the first of three extra Points. Gates the All Star tailback who rushed 31 times for 148 Yards dominated the ground game immediately. After Lindsey cornerback Clint Yarbo rough recovered a Gene Longstreet Fum a a baseball highlighted a 7-run Amigo comeback for an 8-7 Lead. Mannheim scored in eight of the nine innings including the game Winner in a 2-run fourth inning that gave Mannheim a 12-8 Lead. In that inning Kurt issued three walks hit a Batter gave up two singles and uncorked two wild pitches. Mannheim s Richard Jackson clocked a 3-run Homer off reliever Greg Wolf gang to Cap a 4-run seventh inning put Ting the Amigos up 17-10. Wolfgang re placed Jose Gonzales in the seventh inning. Gonzales relieved Kurt in the fifth but there was Little Relief Overall for the Mainz team. Mannheim advanced to this year s championship by sweeping the Bamberg braves last weekend in two straight game in the Northern division playoffs. Mainz topped Nurnberg to Advance from the Southern division. The series moves to Mannheim s Ben Jamin Franklin Village at 1 . Sunday with an if necessary seven inning contest to follow. Is Ken George Mainz s Greg Wolfgang scores As Mannheim s Bardo Espada lunges for bad throw. Lindsey beats Pitburg 27-7 air Force football ble at the Pitburg 43, Gates carried seven straight times to push the flyers into the end zone. Gates scored two More touchdowns in the third Quarter to give Lindsey a 21-0 Lead. His 30-yarder capped a lightning drive. A 29-Yard Pitburg punt gave Lind sey Possession at the Barons 37-Yard line. Quarterback Kip Brown scrambled 7 Yards then passed incomplete then handed to Gates for the to with 7 55 left in the Quarter. Four minutes later Gates struck from the 3. His off tackle to followed Yarbo rough s recovery of a Pitburg Fumble at the 3. The Barons tried to rally in the fourth Quarter. Art Gamble who replaced Start Ingeb Scott Kayser in the third Quarter flipped a 2-Yard to to Dwayne Harp with 5 25 left. The flyers answered with Brown s 34 Yard strike to Chris Story with 1 22 left. Lindsey rushed for 218 Yards in 59 carries. John Perry followed Gates with 12 carries for 45 Yards. Brown completed five of 14 passes for 115 Yards. Pitburg rushed 43 times for 121 Yards. Longstreet carried 11 times for 58 Yards and Richard Specht 14 for 49. Kayser was held to one completion out of eight passes for 1 Yard. Gamble managed three of eight for 53 Yards. The flyers intercepted five of those passes with Veteran cornerback Robert Barnes snaring two. End Greg Sargent led Lindsey s de sense with six tackles and two sacks. Linebacker Donald Robinson dived in for seven tackles and two assists. Tackle Richard Sullivan had five tackles and linebacker Leon Matsuzaki four tackles and one interception. In saturday s other Csc opener Span Dahlem 20, Oesterberg 6 Span Dahlem a West Ger Many the sabers Rode three safeties to help erase a 6-0 deficit. After Jake Adams caught a 74-Yard touchdown pass to give the wolfhounds their first Quarter Lead the sabers scored nine Points in the second Quarter. Two of those Points came on Don Crusenberry s tackle of Adams in the end zone then Michael Williams rushed 4 Yards for a to. Span Dahlem made it 16-6 in the third Quarter when Tracy Hebert scored from the 2. The to capped a four play 75 Yard drive that Christopher James sparked with a 45-Yard sprint. Span Dahlem s two other safeties came on Ricky Hunt s tackle of Adams and Todd Frazier s hit on Willis Duckery. An sports television baseball Little in ague world series 2 30 . Sunday delayed new York Yankees at California 10 . Sun Day. Olympic trials 9 . Sunday. Radio baseball san Francisco at new York mets 7 30 . Sunday Boston at Seattle Midnight sunday