European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday february 6,1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 third by a neck apprentice jockey Nate Hubbard managed to hang on just Oak clipped the heels of Winner current lady unseating Tong enough for the finish in Friday s opening race at Golden Hubbard. The jockey managed to grab a handful of mane As Gate Fields Albany Calif. Hubbard s mount Sweetwater he went Over the top. He and the horse finished third Canada s Percy nabs Silver Wol laser captures downhill Vail Colo. A Switzerland s Maria Walliser added a Gold medal to her impressive collection of trophies sunday winning the women s downhill by 1 /2 seconds Over Canada s Karen Percy at the world Alpine ski championships. Walliser successfully defending the title she won at the last world championships in 1987, burst Down Vail Moun Tain s International course in 1 minute46.50 seconds. Percy s time was 1 48.00, just one Hundredth of a second in front of Bronze med Alist Karin dealer of West Germany. Heidi Zurbriggen of Switzerland was fourth in 1 48.05. Switzerland s Michela Figini the world cup downhill standings Leader and the favorite in the race wound up eighth in 1 48.57. The United states Best Hope in the world ski championships event Pam Fletcher of Acton mass., finished Well off the Pace in 24th place at1 49.67. Hilary Lindh of Juneau Alaska wound up As the top american tying for 15th in 1 49.01. Course workers did an admirable Job of Clearing the course of two feet of fresh Snow that fell in a 72-hour period ending saturday night. Walliser s winning time was comparable with training times held on a Clear icy course last week. Officially three feet of Snow fell at nearby Beaver Creek forcing postpone ment of the men s downhill from sat urday until monday. Walliser 25, Winner of two of the five women s downhills on the world cup circuit this season and second in the downhill standings to her teammate but archrival Figini never let up on her aggressive run that featured one slight slip Halfway Down the course. It s fantastic to win the world championship for a second time Walliser said in the finish area after kissing her skis. I was Well prepared for this race. I knew i could do it and my skis were Figini said she wanted to Check her split times before commenting on the race but noted my skis weren t the fastest today. I Felt Maria could win. After the Snow the course fit her while i would have liked a faster Japan s Emi Kawabata finished fifth in 1 48.32, followed by Michaela Gerg of West Germany in 1 48.38 and Canada s Ken in Lee in 1 48.45. Sports sooner Ose to okla. St. By the associated press now that Oklahoma has become the latest victim of the no. I Jinx coach Billy Tubbs May have a candidate for anew top team. It s Oklahoma state which upset the top ranked sooner 77-73 in still Materon saturday. They did an outstanding Job today Tubbs said of the cowboys. They re College basketball physically As Good As anybody we be played this and How. The cowboys out rebounded Oklahoma 55-43 out shot the sooner 43 per cent to 39 percent blocked a big eight record 16 shots compared to five for Oklahoma and held Stacey King to just two Points in the final 18 minutes and 18 for the game eight below his season average. Richard Dumas led Oklahoma state with 19 Points and 13 rebounds. In other games involving ranked teams no. 5 Missouri beat Kansas state 73-68 no. 7 Louisville beat Memphis state 101-85 no. 8 Florida state Over came a 13-Point second half deficit to beat Cincinnati 66-65 no. 10 Seton Hall trounced Boston College 105-82 no. 11 Michigan beat Michigan state 82-66 de Paul upset 13th-ranked North Carolina state 81-74 14th-ranked Syracuse ran away from Pitt 103-80 Cal Irvine downed no. 16 Nevada Las vegas 99-98 no. 17 Indiana beat Minnesota 66-62 Mississippi state surprised no. 19 Loui Siana state 96-79 and 20th-ranked Stan Ford beat Florida 84-69. Oklahoma followed Duke and Illinois As the latest casualty among teams ranked in the top spot after moving up from no. 4 in the poll last monday Fol lowing a Domino like week in which the top three teams All lost. Thomas Jordan added 15 Points and 10 rebounds for Oklahoma state and Byron Houston had 11 Points and 12rebounds for the cowboys. The big difference in the game and to their credit is they just beat us on the boards Tubbs said. But Oklahoma state 13-6 Overall and 4-2 in the league still trailed 73-72 with 2 50 remaining after a Basket by Tony Martin who led the sooner with 22 Points. Houston tied the score with a free throw 13 seconds later then scored from in close to make it 75-73 with 1 35 left. Cookie Blaylock missed the first of a see College on Pace 25 Starling Breland win welterweight titles by de Schuyler or. Las vegas a Marlon Starling won a War of attrition while Mark Breland barely broke a sweat beating foreign opponents for pieces of the world welterweight title saturday night. There can Only be one Boss in there the 30-year old Starling of Hartford conn., said after battering Lloyd Honeyghan of Britain into submission for the world boxing Council championship at the Caesars Palace sports Pavilion. I am the Boss Starling said. This is my actually Starling has moved into a new House the wac championship. He was the world boxing association Champion but lost that title on a controversial knockout to Thomas Molinares july 29 at at lactic City. Tape showed the knockout punch was delivered after the Bell sounded ending the sixth round. While it took Starling four rounds to get Honey Han s timing Down it took Breland just 54 seconds to end his fight against Lee Seung soon of South Korea for the Aba title vacated by Molinares in january. Starling who appeared to be on the Short end of the first four rounds came on Strong and stopped Honey Han at 1 19 of the ninth round. The victories before about 4,300 fans set up a third meeting Between Starling and Breland. Starling won the Aba 140-Pound title with an 11 round knockout of Breland in 1987 and kept it whence and Breland fought a draw last april 16. Starling who weighed 146, almost closed Honey Ghan s right Eye pounded his face lopsided Drew blood from his nose and knocked the briton Down in the ninth round with three or four shots to the Bead Kobe Var i it u r. Five but after another barrage of Beuc rom Fri Irso Mills Lane stopped the to rights left jabs and hard body in. I. 5ir. Hour uni paid the Price and it Eck Sei it Ifni Taii that he was a very tired a. Starting knocked out hese Utlz i of re Vii a three punch barrage not Ber Cre Beller ii Ibe fifth round " in the sixth and seventh rounds. Hane Dian ran while Starling kept stalking and Landing occasional hard shots to the head. Starling set Honeyghan up for the kill in the first see titles on Page 26
