European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 4, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 21sportsmercer Ina Chesto 14-0 Las vegas Nev. Apr unbeaten heavyweight Ray Mercer of Essex county n.j., knocked Down Simmuel Odum of Gary ind., in the 11th round and breezed to a unanimous decision in their 12-round main event Friday night. Mercer a former Baum older Soldier and Usa eur Champion from 1985 to �?T87, won a Gold medal in the 1988 Seoul olympics. Since joining the professional ranks a year ago he Mercer stands 14-0. Mercer dropped the 246-Pound Odum with a left to the head. He also Hurt Odum 13-3, in the second seventh and eighth rounds with rights to the head. Mercer won the final six rounds. The 213-Pound Mercer won 117110 on two of the three judges cards and 119-108 on the third. Safe defeats Mac wins worldwide title Travis fab Calif. A Safe won its first air Force worldwide menus basketball championship Friday with a come from behind 74-71 Victory Over military Airlift come on the final Day of the eight team tournament. Dobie Strong of Hahn a West Germany hit three 3-pointers in the final half and Ralph Baltimore of Pitburg dropped in a pair of free throws in the final minute to Seal the Victory for Safe. Mac led 41-36 at halftime. The Safe team coached by Marvin Barnes of Aviano a Italy finished the round Robin tourney at 6-1. Pacific air forces finished second at 5-2, followed by Mac and air Force logistics come at 4-3, strategic air come 3-4, air training come 3-4, last years Champion unified come 2-5 and air Force systems come 1-6. Barnes was selected Friday to coach the air Force team in the interservice tournament at Pensacola fla., March 10-16. Five Safe players were among the 25 selected for the air Force training Camp to be run by Barnes Here during the next week. Barnes will take 12 players to Pensacola. The Safe players selected for the training Camp were 5-foot-11 Kyle James and 6-6 Baltimore both from Pitburg 6-5 Michael Owens of Hahn 5-10 Bonnie a a smooth Daye of Ramstein and 6-4 lion air Force basketball Al Miller of Raf Lakenheath England. While Baltimore and Strong were hitting the key Points in the second half against Mac Owens was pumping in 27 Points to Lead All scorers. James finished with 15 Points and Strong had 13. Mac was led by Carl Binder with 16 Points Ken Pearson with 15 and Lonnie Hickman and Robert Dorris with 13 each. In other games Friday it was air training Cound 97, Acaf 84 strategic air come 110, air Force logistics come 100 and air Force systems come 91, unified come 90. Safe women finish 1-6 Andrews fab my. A the Safe women Are headed Home after a 1-6 showing at the air Force worldwide basketball championships. Safe dropped its final decision of the tournament a a 69-59 Sleeper a to the unified come Friday to finish at the Bottom of the standings. Safe got respectable showings from Hahn a Trae Tolbert and Kathy Sheppard. The two players led Hahn to the Safe title last month but  help Safe during the worldwide tourney. Tolbert scored 15 Friday and Sheppard hit 13. Bit urge a Gabrielle Baltimore added 10 in the loss. Pm to Burgh a Barry Pederson left rides new jerseys Bruce Driver during the devils 6-5 Victory Friday at the Meadowlands. A Ramstein a Bonnie Daye. Looking at interservice rangers slip past islanders by the associated press new York a the new York rangers overcame a a a terrible second period and atrocious ice conditions at Madison Square Garden to beat the new York islanders 6-3 in a key Patrick division game Friday night. A this game never should have been played a islanders general manager Bill Torrey complained. A a we be got three nil Roundup Guys stretched out in the locker room waiting to see the doctor thanks to the ruts out  that was about All the islanders had to say following the defeat that left them seven Points behind the first place rangers and tied with new Jersey for third place. Islanders coach a1 Arbour refused to meet the Media after the game and refused to allow newsmen to talk to his players. But he had said More than enough during the game when he complained to referee Rob Shick about penalties. Shick hit Arbour see nil on Page 26afn sports television College basketball a Georgetown at Syracuse 6 . Sunday Southern conference final 1 30 . Monday. Radio College basketball a North Carolina at Duke 8 06 . Sunday Michigan at Purdue 10 06 . Sunday