European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday february 22,1989 Krall makes a splash in is by Buck Fox staff writer Garmisch West Germany the army held a new event tuesday the water skiing championships. You re supposed to laugh. Or cry if you were one of those Flushing around in the giant slalom opening event of the Usa eur ski championships. While rain soaked the 1,105-meter course Garl Stedt s Jim Krall splashed past the 41 Gates in the Best time of the Day 2 minutes 32.56 seconds. That gave Krall the men s open is title Over Wiir Burg s Todd Burmeister who totalled 2 34.73. Although Krall reigned Over the men s open division by More than 2 seconds he barely produced the Best time among the five divisions. Right behind him was the women s open Champion Melissa Campanile of Hohenfels. She actually notched the Best run of the soggy morning a 1 13.88 on her first try. When she skied again her total read 2 33.26. Other Gold medals went to Fulda s Pat Hardy who skied a 2 37.30 in the men s seniors 30-39 years Stuttgart s John Wothe whose 2 50.94 won the Mas ters 40 and Over and Stuttgart s . Sheats who claimed the women s seniors 26 and Over in 2 55.52. The rest of the Field was left out to dry. Or some thing like that. As Augsburg s Jill Rogers said Between runs of her fourth place 3 33.26 in the women s open swimming is my a dripping Krall said after his Victory the conditions Are awful. I m surprised they Are even haying it. But what Are you going to do you can t hold it next week. The course is pretty chopped up but i m grateful there were no there Are now said Burmeister. The Wirzburger Usa eur ski championships skied the last run of the race and by then fog had relieved the rain. You could t see the Gates for the Trees. Burmeister trailed Krall by just 3 one hundredths of a second in the first run. So Why was Burmeister subjected to the Day s final run a Handicap in the deepest of ruts because As he prepared to Start his second run he was mistakenly told he had disqualified on his first run. By the time he discovered his first run was really of he had to go last. The course is a lot rougher now than when i would be raced said Burmeister. It probably Cut a second on my still not bad for the sergeant from Lisbon Maine. Burmeister placed 11th in last year s Usa eur giant slalom now he s a Silver medallist. The Golden boy Krall has been skiing since he was 2 in diapers he said and racing since he was 5. Denver does that to you. Now he s a specialist who refuel tracks for he co 1st in 41st inf Way up in Northern Germany. That is when he s not assigned Here with another Karlstedt skier Thor Seaborg for the Winter. Seaborg and Krall just missed making the . Team a couple of weeks ago for the International military giant slalom. That did Little for Seaborg tuesday. He disqualified in the first run leading him to say treacherous would be a Good word. Visibility is Bleep. You can see one two Gates at the Dane Klindt of Wiir Burg placed third in the men s open with a 2 36.40. Hardy a helicopter Pilot and teacher in Fulda could be used a hovercraft in this is. As it was the 35-year-old from Dearborn mich., steered Down the course fast enough to win the men s seniors Over Schweinfurt s Robert Heckman who clocked 2 44.22. That gave Hardy two straight Usa eur giant Sla Lom titles. He s seeking two straight in the slalom when that starts at 10 . Wednesday. Hanau s Steve main plans to Stop the Hardy Streak. He tried tuesday with a third place 2 44.70 and was one Guy Happy with his skiing maybe because he Over came a Midnight arrival monday and a bad Back tues Day morning. A great course said main 38. It had Flat spots a couple of extremely difficult turns and something else it was a Long course Tough on the old Guy s legs. It had a real rhythm to it. Too bad there was t Good Snow. It would be been Beautiful. Bernhard Bruckdorfer the arc race director outdid Campanile outdid herself with that 1 13.88 first run. It s believed to be the first time a woman out skied the top men s open finisher in Usa eur. No big Deal for Campanile. The Summit county colo., native skied within a few seconds of Tamarac Kinneyii 1982. If tuesday s Slushy is was no Summit for 24-year old Campanile it was for Stuttgart s 47-year-old Wothe. His masters Triumph relived his Usa eur masters sweeps of 1983 and 84 when he was stationed at Kaiserslautern. This time he out skied another 47-year-old, Larry Smith of Nurnberg who recalled sunnier Days in Jack son miss. Smith you ski on grits Down Wothe so you should be Good on Aba from Page 21 hard for All of his 21 Points. Houston 31-19, had a four game winning Streak stopped. It marked Only the second time Cleveland has beaten Houston in their last 10 meetings. Mike Woodson had 18 Points for Houston. Brad Daugherty scored 18, Ron Harper had 16 and Nance 15 for Cleveland. Bulls 102, Trail blazers 98 Chicago Michael Jordan scored 33 Points and top draft Choice will Perdue hit two key baskets As Chicago Defeated Portland. J9rdan scored 12 in the final Quarter. He hit five straight free throws at the end of the game. Hawks 114, clippers 100 Atlanta Dominique Wilkins scored 30 Points and Moses Malone had 21 Points and 15 re Bounds to Lead Atlanta Over the los Angeles clippers. It was the clippers 24th loss in their last 25 games. Rookie Charles Smith led los Angeles with 19 Points while Benoit Benjamin and Reggie Williams added 17 each. The clippers Haven t won in Atlanta since dec. 30, 1981. Nets 117, heat 109 East Rutherford . Roy Hinson scored 24 Points and Chris Morris 23 As new Jersey Defeated Miami ending the expansion team s two game win Ning Streak. Miami which had trailed by 16 Points late in the second Quarter rallied in the third period twice taking one Point leads the last at 79-78 on two free throws by Kevin Edwards who ended up with a franchise record 34 Points. Rory Sparrow had 21 for the heat which has won Only one of 15 games on the Road this year. Mavericks 105, spurs 93 san Antonio Rolando Blackman scored 19 of his 37 Points in the fourth period As Dallas Defeated san Antonio for the ninth consecutive time. The mavs also got 16 Points and 21 rebounds from James Donaldson As Dallas out rebounded the spurs 59 30. Frank Brickowski paced san Antonio with 24 Points. The loss was the spurs seventh straight. The Mavericks played their third consecutive game without Forward Adrian Dantley whom they obtained in a Trade with the Detroit pistons. Dantley angered when he was traded for Mark Aguirre and a 1991 draft pick has refused to report. Jazz 118, suns 92 Salt Lake City Karl Malone scored 28 of his 35 Points in the first half As Utah won its fourth straight game by defeating Phoenix. John Stockton added 19 Points and 17 assists for the jazz while Thurl Bailey had 17 Points and Darrell Griffith 16. The loss snapped a five game winning Streak for the suns who were led by Eddie Johnson s 23 Points. Eddie Johnson scored 16 Points for Phoenix in the second Quarter but Malone had 13 and the jazz led 71-51 at the half. Lakers 100, Kings 97 Sacramento Calif. Two free throws by David Rivers with four seconds left clinched los an Geles Victory Over Sacramento. Byron Scott scored 33 just two Points shy of his season High to Pace the lakers. Kenny Smith and Ricky Berry led Sacramento with 15 Points apiece. Kareem Abdul Jabbar s Hook shot gave the lakers a 97-94 Lead with 1 09 to go. Ten seconds later Rodney Mccray s two free throws Cut the Kings deficit to 97 96. . Green and Smith traded free throws before Rivers gave the lakers their three Point Edge. Wayman Tisdale traded to the Kings by Indiana on monday sat on the Bench but did not dress for the game. Blazers Jerome Kersey and bulls Scottie Pippen. Struggling for Possession College from Page 21 without leading scorer Tom Hammonds who is suffering from a knee injury and Anthony Sherrod who has been sus Pended for three games leaving them with just nine players. Duke climbed to 20-4 and 7-4 in the Atlantic coast conference. Georgia tech fell to 17-9 and 6-5. . State 90, 75 Raleigh . Chucky Brown had 23 Points and 14 rebounds leading no. 17 North Carolina state Over North Carolina Asheville despite a 39-Point Effort by Milton Moore. Pittsburgh 73, Villanova 72 Pittsburgh Brian Shorter scored 30 Points As Pittsburgh squandered a 16-Point Lead then rallied to beat Villanova for the panthers fourth consecutive big East conference Victory. Doug West led Villanova with 24 Points. Villanova which had won two in a Row fell to 15-12 and 6-7 in the big East. Auburn 77, Kentucky 75 Auburn Ala. The worst season in Kentucky history got worse monday night As the wildcats lost to Auburn their sixth straight defeat. Kentucky which had not lost As Many As five straight games since 1924-25, dropped to 11-16. The wildcats had never lost More than 14 games in any previous season. Keenan Carpenter hit 29 Points and Derrick Dennison added 19, two on free throws in the closing seconds for Auburn. Leron Ellis led Kentucky with 23 Points. Stanford 68, Southern Cal 52 los Angeles no. 16 Stanford held Southern California without a Field goal for More than 10 minutes late in the game As the Cardinal rolled to a Pacific 10 conference Victory. The win was the sixth in a Row for the Cardinal. Howard Wright s 20 Points and Todd Lichti s 16 paced the Cardinal 21-5 and 12-3 in Pac-10 play. Sophomore Ronnie Coleman led Southern Cal which fell to 1-13 in conference play and 8-18 Overall with a career High 26 Points. Unlv104, Long Beach St. 74 Las vegas Nev. Reserve Barry Young scored a career High 28 Points and Stacey Augmon added 18 As 18th ranked Nevada Las vegas raced past Long Beach state for a big West Confer ence Victory
