European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Safe men s basketball tuesday february 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Hahn grabs Driver s seat with pair of easy victories a. A a t m w by Walt Morrissette staff writer Torrejon a Spain first place Hahn 3-0 won its second and third straight Safe tournament games monday beating Wei Brincken 113-97 and Vou classing san Vito 123-81. J Wei Brincken rebounded from its disappointing loss to Hahn by stopping the Chicksands Fishtine chicks89-83 in Safe play monday night. The win kept the warriors in second place at 3-1 inthe five game round Robin. The Chicks fell to 1-2. Hahn 113, Wei Brincken 94 with 5-8 Glen Hixenbaugh out of South Bend ind at the Point coming Down the Middle and four of his horses filling the lanes on the fast break the Hahn Hawks took control of the tournament. The Hawks connected on 14 of their first 16 shots to score 28 of the first 37 Points of game in route to a 113-94 drubbing of previously unbeaten Wei Brincken the Victory boosted Hahn s record in the round Robin tourney to 2-0. The warriors fell to 2-1 after dropping their fifth straight to the Hawks this season we beat them four times this year Hahn coach Mel Mung said but each game has been a War we would take a 20-Point Lead and they would come  with this Victory Over the warriors the Hawks have taken a major step toward their first Safe title since 1972. They Are much taller and faster than their two remaining opponents Aviano tuesday at noon and Greenham common tuesday at 6  barring a major upset Hahn should cruise into wednesday s championship game undefeated mean ing that someone would have to beat Hahn s fast break and pressure defense twice on wednesday to deny the Hawks the title. Hixenbaugh s options on the break Are 6-5 Ricky Walton of Covington ky., 6-5 Mike Owens of Atlanta 6-8 Vern Bradshaw of san Jose calif., and 6-0 Dobie Strong of Rochester . Six six Derek major of los Angeles and 6-1 Terrance Johnson of Philadelphia Arete first players off the Bench. Although Jphnson s Only 6-1, he can slam Dunk with two hands with ease because of his 36-Inch vertical leap. Our pressure defense has been a key for us All sea son Mungin said. We spend 20 minutes every Day running the break and filling the lanes. We spend the rest of the time about 40 minutes running our three Man plays. When we get our big men running Brad saw or Owens that s the  the continuing outstanding play of Wei Brincken s Tony Hicks and Chris Middleton prevented a total Blowout. Hicks continued his March toward tournament map. His 33 Points and 14 rebounds were both game highs. In three games he has 79 Points 26.3 average and 29 rebounds 9.67 average. Douglas Moore added 15 Points and Wayne Miller had 12. The warriors Cut Hahn s Lead to 10 Points on two occasions at 69-59 and 71-61 but could get no closer. Strong had a three Point play and Johnson slammed off a feed from Hixenbaugh in an 8-0 run to a 79-61 Lead with 9 50 to play. Both coaches cleared their benches with Hahn up 104-81 with 2 21 showing on the clock. � Hahn 123, san Vito 81it All happened so fast. San Vito matched Hahn Basket for Basket in the first12. Minutes. Albert Turner hit a 3-Pointer from up top to give the crusaders their last Lead at 26-24. Then Johnson slammed and major scored six Points in a 16 6 outburst to a 40-30 Lead. Herbert Bowman helped ban Vito scrap Back to within eight at 50-42 then Hahn ran off the last eight Points of the half. Owens scored the last two of his 17 first half Points Walton dropped in two 15-footers and Strong finished off two fast Breaks for the 58-42 intermission bulge. Hahn did t Stop there. Walton put in an offensive rebound and scored on a pass from Owens in the first 30 seconds of the second half. Strong hit a 3-Pointer of the Corner and All of a sudden Hahn was up 65-42 thanks to 15 unanswered Points. Owens turn around jumper in the Lane after taking an Mounds pass from Walton gave the Hawks a 76-46 Lead at the 14-Mmute Mark. They stretched it to 100 67 with 6 49 left then outran the crusaders 23-14 tothe final margin. Owens led a Parade of seven Hawks in double Fig ures. He finished with 27 Points and 11 rebounds. Wrong had 21 with four 3-pointers. Also scoring in double digits were Walton 15, Johnson 14, Childs 12, and Davis 10. Major led All Rebo unders with 14 As Wellas scoring 10 Points. Hixenbaugh notched 10 assists for the second time in three games and has a total of 29 in the tournament. James Little led san Vito with 25, Dennis Robert Shad 14 and Bowman had 11. Wei Brincken 89, Chicksands 83 with Hicks controlling the boards and Reeves hit Ting from the outside the warriors maintained a 10-12 Point Cushion throughout the first half and led 50-38 a intermission. But Chicksands started off the half with a 14-2 sprint. With Winston scoring four of the Points. Rob Ert Martin s jumper from the top of the key made it 52-50 and Mcclendon s Lay up tied it at 52-52. Hicks answered immediately with a Lay up Wayne Miller followed with an eight foot jumper in the Lane to put Wei Brincken Back up 56-52. After Mcclendon missed a Dunk Hicks st9le the rebound. Moore s steal and Layup put the warriors Back up 64-58. The warriors stretched it out to 12, 74-62, with 7 00 to play. With Winston and Martin trapping the Chicks forced several turnovers and Cut the Gap to 78-72, but the warriors scored six of the next seven Points. The Chicks had feasted from the 3-Point arc in earlier games but could convert Only l-of-10 in this one. Hicks again led Wei Brincken with 23 Points and 10 rebounds. Reeves had 18, Douglas Moore 15, Wayne Miller 15, and Kevin Graham 10. Christopher Middle ton had a team High 11 rebounds. World ski championships w. German pulls upset in downhill Beaver Creek Colo. A Hans Jorg Tauscher of West Germany a non Winner in three seasons on the world cup circuit won the Gold medal in the weather delayed men s Down Hill monday at the world Alpine ski championships. Tauscher 21, continuing a tradition of unexpected finishes in world championship Competition was timed in 2 minutes 10.39 seconds. Switzerland s Peter Mueller the defending world Champion in the downhill and a favorite in this race finished 19-Hundredlhs of a second Back at 2 10.58 to take the Silver medal and Swiss teammate Karl Alpiger won the Bronze in2 10.67. Swiss skiers claimed the next two places As Well with Daniel Mahrer finishing fourth in 2 10.91 and William Besse fifth in 2 10.94. Two other favourites Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg and Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland finished out of the top 10. Tauscher s Best previous finish in a world cup race was fifth in a downhill at lax Switz Erland on Jan. 6. Tauscher placed sixth in two other downhills and eighth in another in what has been clearly his Best season. But no one expected his Gold medal break through on monday. He had finished no higher than sixth in any of the four training runs. The race originally scheduled for saturday was postponed when three feet of Snow inundated Beaver Creek. Earlier High winds interrupted training and contributed to a crash by Zurbriggen leaving him with a bruised Upp Erback and bruised ribs. Crews managed to Clear the c9urse of most of the fresh Snow but monday s winning time was about two seconds slower than Early training times on a harder Micier surface. Mahrer with what was considered a disadvantageous Start number 2 because Early racers had to plow through More Loose Snow posted a Quick time that stood up until Tauscher with bib no. 9, came Down. Tauscher was a full second behind Mahrer at the second intermediate clocking but had Nar rowed the Gap to just two hundredths at the fourth intermediate then made up the differ ence on the Bottom part. Mueller running Lith and Zurbriggen Start ing 15th, could t catch him although Mueller was slightly faster through the fourth intermediate clocking. Klaus Gattermann of West Germany was 1 oth in 2 11.68. Canada s Rob Boyd was Lith in 2 11.89, and 18-year-old Tommy Moe of Palmer Alaska took 12th in 2 12.27. Brothers facing off in nil s All Star game or 1/"ttwt n a nn4"xn-Vnm ii _ Rby Ken Rappoport Edmonton Alberta a Joe and Brian Mullen saw a lot of their boy Hood friends from new York s hell s Kitchen go bad. As members of opposing sides in tuesday night s nil All Star game an television 2 . Wednesday the hockey playing Brothers could t be going much better. It s definitely amazing and having Brian there makes it twice As Good said Joe Mullen Calgary flames left Wing who will be wearing a Campbell Confer ence uniform at the North lands coliseum. Brian right Wing with the new York hangers will be playing for the Wales conference. The two hockey playing sons of Tom Mullen one time maintenance Man at Madison Square Garden have come a Long Way since growing up in one of new York s roughest sections. I saw a lot of Guys going the other Way Joe said. I know that a lot of my friends Are either dead or in jail. My mom and dad deserve a lot of  fortunately for Joe and Brian they not Only had Strong parental guidance and the close Friendship of their Brothers and Sisters but a Friendly playground across the Street from their Home. There they honed their hockey skills on roller skates. Ice time was a Little hard to come by in hell s Kitchen on the Westside of Manhattan. As the big brother by five years Joe set the example for Brian and the Pace As Well. I did t get to play much with Joey said the 26-year-old Brian. He s a great goal scorer. He s got great balance and he never quits. He s a Tough Little  both Mullens came into the nil touted As goal scorers but they took Dif Ferent paths. Joe played at Boston College and for three seasons with Salt Lake of the Cen trial hockey league. In 1982, he became the Only player Ever to score 20 goals in the minors and 20 in the nil in the same season when he played with the  blues. Since then Joe has scored 40 or More goals a season for five straight years and appears a cinch to make it six this year. He was traded to Calgary in 1986. Brian meanwhile played for the uni Verity of Wisconsin and spent five sea sons with the Winnipeg jets. His Trade to the rangers two Summers ago brought him Home to the team he loved As a boy and for whom he worked As a stick boy. Like his brother Brian has evolved into a More Complete player. He s killing penalties and playing the Power play and when you Are doing those things you know you Are an important player rangers coach Miche Bergeron said. The Mullens both were picked As re serves. Center Mario Lemieux of Pittsburgh the top vote getter from the fans Heads the Wales conference starting lineup. Other Wales starters include Dele semen Paul Coffey of Pittsburgh and Ray Bour que of bps ton Montreal s Mats Naslund at left Wing and Boston s Cam Neely at right Wing. New Jersey s Sean Burke will Start in goal for the Wales. However Naslund is out with an injured ankle. Teammate Mike Mcphee has replaced him on the roster but a new starter has yet to be named. The Campbell conference feature three players from los Angeles and three from Edmonton in the starting lineup Center Wayne Gretzky defens Eman Steve Duchesne and left Wing Luc Rob Taille from los Angeles and goaltender Grant Fuhr defens Eman Kevin Lowe and right Wing Jari Kerri from Edmon ton. Lemieux had three goals and three assists in a record six Point performance last year in St. Louis including the game Winner in overtime to give the Wales conference a 6-5 Victory and a 10-2 Lead the series. Only other Victory for the Campbell conference came in 1981, 4-1 in los an Geles