European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 31, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 17 . Strikes Gold Duisburg West Germany a redemption May come slowly to the United states basketball team butt took an assertive step in that direction by beating the soviet Union 88-80 to win Trie world University games Gold medal. Tuesday s meeting was the first be tween the two countries since the so Viets dethroned the americans a olympic champions last year. Led by Steven Thompson s 16points and Larry Johnson s 11 re Bounds inc . Broke open a Clos game in the second half after falling behind Early. Once again the americans wore Down their opponent using depth and aggressive play to counter a 27-Poim, performance by soviet guard Goundar Octra. I feel that the . S image has slipped a   coach Genc Cady of Purdue said. But at the sometime though we wanted to be no. 1 again we Felt we had a team that could stand on its own against anyone regardless of the past. Give the soviets credit. The played slowdown and they played a Little Horky Jerky during a couple of streaks ready said. We did t expect to beat anyone badly in the final game. We d have been glad with Aone Point  the soviets worked their gamelan perfectly in the Early going get Ting Back Well to counter the . Run Ning game and forcing the americans to rely heavily on outside shots Man of Ihm forced. Offensively the soviets showed considerable patience setting double screens if necessary to free the Penman and often using every tick of the 30-second shot clock. By the Midway Point of the first half the soviets had built a 26-18 Lead but then the inside game kicked in. Stacey Augmon s penetration lefty slam and ensuing free throw gave the . A 30-29 Edge and a 10-2 unmade it 47-40. . At the half. After intermission . Began Torun effectively employing backcourt traps and double teaming tactics to create turnovers. West Germany Defeated Canada 86-83 to win the Bronze. Romanas Brad Daukas adds his support to the Dunk from  a s Stephen Thompson. Short putt wins title for Butler by bin aka Mastaff writer Torrejon a. Spam the win ners and new champions arc Rich Butler. Mike Connors and Georgia Catoe. Thai s what the big scoreboard behind the Torrejon a clubhouse revealed wednesday following the conclusion of the 1989   s the same Way the scoreboard read after All four Days of the tournament on the Par-72, 6,807-Yard Torrejon Lay  s championship triumphs were relatively Cut and dried for Connors and Catoc who went into the final Day s Safe Golf action with Good sized leads. But Butler had to do it in a sudden death playoff. The Mac s Clay Carter who started the Day five strokes behind Butler in third place turned in a Par equating 72to Butler s 77 to Force the playoff both players having a 300 total. Carter hit a super drive 50 Yards Short of the Green Butler a very Fine one about 25 Yards behind Carter s. Butler put his second shot about 20 Yards behind inc pin. Carter was three feet closer to the nag. Butler s pull Slid by inc Hole about three feet. Carter s Birdie putt lipped the cup and spun about two feet away. Butler calmly canned his Par  s lipped out again and Butler was the Champion. Mac s Mark Mikus finished third with a 306 total and the Mac s Dan Clark and the Csc s John Degreef tie for fourth at 307. Defending Champion Ken Curvin of the Csc suffered through his second 81 round of the tournament and finished sixth at 308. Clay played a super game today Butler said but i still had him by three strokes with three holes to play. I pushed my Tec shot on in into the deep rough. I came out badly. Then i chipped on an missed my putt. "1 followed that up by three putting the next Hole and inc match was tied. We both made Par on 18 and then he missed see Safe on Pago 23 nil suspends 13 players for using steroids new York. A the nil s first Ever suspension of steroid users seems to demonstrate that com missioner Pete Rozelle s warning last March that the crackdown was coming May have worked. When the first suspensions were announced tues Day just 13 players were caught for using the muscle building substances. Of those Only pro bowl guard Ron Sou of the eagles was of any prominence. The number seemed to please even the nil player association which is challenging the accuracy of the testing procedure and the Validity of the suspensions. The fact that so few players have been suspended for alleged steroid use indicates that the Public perception of the steroid problem in the nil is greatly exaggerated said Gene Upshaw executive director of the Union and himself a former All pro guard. Meanwhile the old drug policy caught two More prominent players All pro cornerback Leroy Irvin of the los Angeles rams and tight end Orson mob Lyof the Denver Broncos. They were suspended for the final exhibition game and the first three regular season games after testing pos iliac for inc second Lime for illegal  hurts me it disappoints me but Surprise me no coach Dan Reeves of the Broncos said of mob Ley s suspension. Inside sports today full slate for sports Calendar pane 19 a s rip links phils Hayes hits 3 out 1 aug 21 Stert s lust open starts on i h note Page 22 is football predictions kick off Pace 22 kingdom ins games hurdles Page 23 coming tomorrow schedules for 163 Cullen i fool Ball teams they were the second and third players suspended this season under the policy which set Down 24 players in 1988. Tony Burse a fullback for Seattle was sus Pended earlier this summer the steroid suspension policy was announced Las March 21 by Rozelle and a letter detailing the plan was sent 10 Days later to All nil players Rozelle said remade the announcement so Early to allow Lime for players who might be using steroids to gel the sub stances out of their systems before training Camp tests. The warnings seem to have worked even by the testimony of one of those caught linebacker Mark mras of the los Angeles raiders. He was very disappointed and very  coach Mike Shan Hun said of mra. Me said he was aware of the new policy since april i. He in formed me thai he had not been on them since  but coach Lindy Infante of Green Bay who los offensive linemen Keith Uecker and Mike Ariey said the warnings May not have been enough after All thai was mentioned about it and All the letters thai had gone out and All the notoriety about the decision to test for it and punish the people caught Foril. I m Quile shocked thai anybody would run the risk of this  Infante said. The 13 players from eight teams also include therefrom the Buffalo Bills Brothers Tom doctor a line Backer and Sean doctor a fullback and linebacker Matt Jaworksi. Others suspended were defensive Back Maurice Douglass of the Chicago bears running Back Vince Amoia and wide receiver Bobby Riley. Both of the new York jets tight end Vernon Kirk of the los an Geles rams and running Back Keith Henderson and nose tackle Rollin Putzier of the san Francisco 49ers