European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 23, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Nierlich wins Girardelli nears Crown Wengen Switzerland a Austria s Rudolf Nierlich edged ital Ian Star Alberto Tomba in winning a world cup slalom race for the first time sunday while Luxembourg s Marc Girardelli virtually clinched his third Overall title. Nierlich was timed in 1 minute 35.90 seconds for two runs Down the Steep and Tricky slope flagged with 55 and 56 Gates in beating Tomba by .02 of a second. Another austrian Hubert Strolz was third in 1 37.60. The austrian born Girardelli who shattered track records in winning downhills Here Friday and saturday finished fourth in 1 37.75 with a Brilliant second heat performance. Bot runs had 509-foot drops. The fourth place together with sat urday s downhill Victory gave Girar Delli the combined title a paper race based on the results in both. He also is favored to reap medals in the world Alpine championships at Vail,Colo., starting sunday. Today s second heat was the most difficult i have Ever skied in my 10 year career Girardelli said of the run which was held Over hard packed Snow brought from nearby glaciers in 400 helicopter flights because of unusually High temperature and a pro longed drought. You see the world cup Champion of the 1988-89 season a Swiss Tele vision announcer said during Girar Delli s second run. But Girardelli who has 306 Points More than it took him to win the title in 1985 and 1986, refused to agree that he already had regained the championship. He was dethroned in 1987 by Pir min Zurbriggen of Switzerland the defending Champion and one of the Only other top All rounders on the Cir austrian skier Rudolf Nierlich. First world cup win Cuit. Zurbriggen finished out of the Point standings in the slalom sunday but placed second in the combined. Zurbriggen has 231 Points for second place Overall. Tomba who does not race in downhills and has won Only one race this season is far Back in the Overall standings with 133 Points for third place. Girardelli is so Good now that he seems like a skier from another world said Switzerland s Peter Mueller the 1987 world downhill Champion. Girardelli said the courses at Vail Are technically less demanding than those on the Lau erhorn and at Kitz Biichel Austria where he won his first downhill last week. Thus equipment May decide the races he said. It will be very difficult to Pic the right  the world championship races do not count in the world cup Competition which is scheduled to resume feb. 17 at Aspen Colo. Bengals Wilson ruled ineligible just before game Miami a Cincinnati bengals running Back Stanley Wilson was declared ineligible for sunday s super bowl because of drug use the nil announced just hours before the game. League spokesman Joe Browne said Wilson who has missed two full seasons because of drugs and has been penalized three other times was reported to have violated nil substance abuse policy lat saturday night. Browne would not say if the information came from the bengals or if it stemmed from a drug test. He said no other information would be released be cause of confidentiality. Wilson had missed the entire 1987 sea son with his fourth drug problem and had been cleared to return to the league by nil commissioner Pete Rozelle last summer. Wilson was admitted to a drug treat ment faculty in december 1983, his Rookie season. In August 1984, he required further treatment and after relapsing again he was suspended indefinitely on oct. 30, 1984,missing the entire 1985 season. He was reinstated May 6, 1986, after petitioning the league. But he was sus Pended again june 24, 1987, and re instated april 20, 1988. Under the nil s drug policy Only violations since 1986 count for discipline purposes because that s when the league s current policy was instituted. Browne said it had not yet been deter mined whether Wilson s suspension would carry into the 1989 season. Mike Brown assistant general manager of the bengals said i m disappointed and saddened. It s a Surprise. We did t know anything until late last night. We lost a productive player. It s a setback one we re going to have to  Cincinnati coach Sam Wyche when reached at his hotel room before the game said we Don t have any com ment. After the game is Over with Here Well have something to say about that. We be got to get ready for the  Wilson called his addiction to drugs slow  in addition to drugs Wilson has had other problems. He was cited Jan 5, charged with Dis orderly conduct for urinating on the Side walk outside of a nightclub at Newport. Ky., near Cincinnati. He faces 90 Days in jail and a $250 Fine if convicted. This past week during the rioting in Miami Wilson s car was hit by a Rock. Recovery from drugs is not an easy task Wilson said. I Haven t met anyone yet who had a bad problem and got it the first time he said. The Saddest thing about people in the system is that they have a hero an then want to break him  Wilson said he had to follow a daily routine to watch his drug problem. As for How he started in drugs Wilson said the most important thing is the solution not How it  Wilson said he had a private Conversa Tion with Rozelle last april. The nil has an image to uphold he said about the meeting. Not in All cases should a violator be suspended but the nil comes first. I m More aware of the problem. It s a National problem. My support comes from my religion Jesus Christ my Mother and father and my friends in los  Wilson 27, a former Oklahoma stand out was the bengals third leading rusher during the regular season with 398 Yards on 112 carries. He scored twice. In the bengals 21-10 Victory Over Buffalo in the acc championship game two weeks ago Wilson gained 29 Yards on five carries. Six Complete sweeps in Safe wrestling a i \17 a � t la kit too17nr�til7 Rill a. M _ by Walt Morrissette staff writer Rhein main a West Germany Keith Ellis of Rhem main Richard Davis of Sembach Ronald Rey nolds of Hahn Cyrus Wynn of Fairford Brian Van Baush of san Vito and Jeffery Simpson of Kleine Bro gel All won the freestyle titles in their weight classes Here sunday to Complete sweeps in the 1989 Safe wrestling championships. The six wrestlers won Greco roman titles on sat urday. The Continental sports conference again took com Mand with five titles in the nine weight classes. How Ever the United kingdom sports conference broke through with three championships including two by Lakenheath wrestlers Lyle Prescott at 149 a pounds and John Wampole 180. Davis completed his sweep at 114 /2 by pinning to pm Garcia of the Mediterranean sports conference and Torrejon at 1 26. Davis was the aggressor through out the bout. Once he put Garcia on his Back Davis took about 30 seconds to press Garcia into the pin. Reynolds a four year Safe Veteran at 125 a completed his first sweep by Deci Sioning James mul Down of upper Heyford 19-4 and Kevin Mckinley of Lakenheath 17-1. Reynolds also won the 1987 Safe freestyle title. Muldoon topped Mckinley 14-3 for Sec Ond place. Reynolds was selected As the outstanding wrestler of the tournament by the coaches and officials. Wynn survived a bizarre Battle with j9hnnie Pryor of Span Dahlem to win the 136 /2-Pound title. Wynn had built a 5-2 Lead after the first 3-minute period but Pryor left Wynn sprawled on the mat with f i be n the Kut Wynn a the wed knocked Tutol him on the take Down and took 30 seconds to recover. After Wynn flipped Pryor for an 8-2 Lead Pryor became the desperate aggressor knowing he needed the pin to win. An exhausted Wynn tried to hold on this Lead and avoid a pin. Pryor picked up Wynn and threw him to the mat at the Buzzer. Pryor received 3 Points for the take Down but time ran out before he could record the fall. So Wynn prevailed 8-5. Prescott won the 149 Viz Pound title with Mike Tyson style Speed. He pinned James Allen of Comiso in 32 seconds for the title after he had pinned Norma Fisher of Rhein main in Only 26 seconds. Ellis six time All air Force wrestler at 198, crawled out of the grasp of Richard Singhas of san Vito out to the ring then powered Singhas into the mat at 1 40for his sweep. Simpson 220 used his head and his legs to prevent a turn by James rasp of upper Heyford. Simpson then slipped on top and pushed rasp into the pin at 1 21. Wampole took the 180-Pound title with wins Over Charles Stanger of Span Dahlem and John Guidry of Torrejon. Stanger who won the Greco title saturday pinned Guidry at 3 15 to take second. Van Baush the Mediterranean sports conference s player coach pressed William Mensdorf of upper hey Ford into submission at 1 31 to Complete his second straight sweep in Safe wrestling. Van Baush a 1981 graduate of the . Naval acad Emy at Annapolis finished fourth in the 1980 Eastern intercollegiate wrestling association tournament. He is a naval lieutenant on an Exchange assignment with the italian Navy at Brindisi but assigned to the air Force station at san Vito Italy for pay and personnel purposes. Van Baush said he was chosen to be the coach be cause he s the returning Safe Champion while the majority of our wrestlers Are competing in their first Safe  he had to coach wrestlers he had t seen before because the Mac cancelled its wrestling Camp. So How does he coach wrestlers he has t seen be fore by stressing the fundamentals. For me the most important thing in wrestling is position Van Baush said. I try to make All my moves from my feet. All your throws and turns Are better from your feet. It s like trying to walk on your Knees it s much easier to walk on your  Van Baush and other competitors Here Are concerned about the budget cuts to wrestling and other mar sports programs that cast a Shadow on the sports future. I feel these sports programs Are important because you take someone in the service and you Send them three or four thousand Miles away from Home Van Baush said. Programs like this Are what keeps people in the service. Without them we would t be any Dif Ferent than Ford general motors or ism. They have health programs too. I usually read about the president or other world leaders when i pick up the paper. When we see our base in the paper it s something we take Pride in whence talk to wrestlers from other  Van Baush said this is probably his last Safe tournament because he s due to be reassigned in de Cember. Scott Lauglin of Rhein main who was unopposed at 220-plus in the Greco Competition again faced no Competition in freestyle. An sports Radi College basketball St. John s at Georgetown 1 30 . Tuesday