European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 a a the stars and stripes tuesday april 24,1990colombia shuts out . Miami apr there a nothing new with the United states soccer team. It still can to put the Ball in the net with any consistency. The americans lost to Colombia 10 sunday in a world cup Warmup match at Joe Robbie stadium. Miguel Guerrero scored for Colombia just 53 seconds into the match. A one of the last things we said before going out on the Field was a lets go out there in an intense manner a a . Coach Bob Gansler said. A i done to know what happened. Maybe the Sun lulled us to on a sunny and hot afternoon a the Gam time temperature was 85 degrees a the . Offence remained ice cold. Hugo Perez was missing because of his leg injury and Peter Vermes and Chris Sullivan remained with their clubs in Europe. The americans had 15 shots on goal against Colombia but nothing went in. The Best chances came in the 32nd minute when Eric Wynalda had his kick selected by goalkeeper Eduardo Nino and in the 58th minute when defender Steve Trittschuh a header hit the crossbar and bounced Over. A i thought we created a lot More chances than they did but we weren table to finish any of them a Trittschuh said. A we need to learn to take advantage of the opportunities we the . Team is 3-6 in its world cup buildup and has been shut out three times. The americans preparing for their first world cup appearance since 1950, have beaten Bermuda Finland and Iceland while losing to Colombia twice Costa Rica the soviet Union Hungary and East Germany. . Forward Eric Wynalda finds the Hole in Gilardo Gomez a defensive stance. Aba Young Unser out duels Fittipaldi by Shaw Glick los Angeles times Long Beach Calif. A the Hurt of losing the Indianapolis 500 on the next to last Lap never will be totally erased but a1 Unser or. Scrubbed away a Little of it sunday when he held off Emerson Fittipaldi a the Man who beat him at indy a to win the Toyota grand prix of Long Beach. A record crowd of 86,500 watched a nose to Tail race Between the Youthful Unser and the Veteran Fittipaldi Over the final 20 laps of the 95-Lap race on the seashore streets of Long Beach. For a time it appeared As if Long Beach could have the same scenario As Indianapolis a year ago As Fittipaldi the 43-year-old former world Champion in the red and White no. 1 Penske Chevy pulled within striking distance of Unser 28, in the red White and Blue no. 5 Lola Chevy. A i definitely saw a red and White car behind me a Unser said with a smile. But this time there was no last minute attempt to pass As had occurred last May when Fittipaldi survived a bumping incident to win the Indianapolis 500 As Unser spun into the Wall. A after the last Stop i drove As fast As i could but he was faster than i was a that was the problem a Fittipaldi said. The Victory Worth $143,908 to Unser was his third in a Row in the Long Beach Street race. Fittipaldi a Marlboro Penske teammate Danny Sullivan finished third just ahead of fast closing Michael Andretti a Newman Haas Lola Chevy. What excitement there was in the first 70 laps came when Sullivan and Andretti had to charge through the 25-car Field after an altercation on the first turn of the second Lap. Sullivan was third a close behind Fittipaldi a when he failed to Brake in time and banged into the rear of Fittipaldi a car. Sullivan spun in the Middle of the turn. Andretti fourth in the pack locked up his brakes to avoid Sullivan and stalled. Sullivan who admitted fault was Able to spin his car around and return to the race in twelfth place. A i Wasny to even thinking of passing Emerson a Sullivan said. A i just screwed up. I came Down into the Comer and just rolled on the brakes with him and i did no to anticipate him braking quite As much. I was still rolling in when he was stopping a Little faster than i thought. I jumped on the brakes and tapped his rear and spun Andretti was not As fortunate As Sullivan having to wait for the Field to pass so course workers could push Start his car. A a a Brabham Rolls West Palm Beach Fla. Apr Geoff Brabham passed Price Cobbs no.61 Jaguar with 45 minutes to go and cruised to Victory sunday in the three hour International motor sports association Camel it grand prix. Once past Cobb Brabham and his co Driver Derek Daly had nothing but Clear track in front of them and easily Manue Vered the no. 83 Nissan around the 11-Tum, 1.62-mile Street course at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Brabham the two time defending i Mesa driving Champion outdistanced teammate Chip Robinsons Nissan by 43.265 seconds and averaged 92.448 Mph. A right now our reliability is winning races not Speed a said Brabham who earned $30,000 for the Victory. A it was a very fun race for me although we were pretty far Back at times. 1 always knew we had a shot at the Victory Brabham a 22nd in 47 Simsa starts ties him with Don Deven Dorf for fourth place on the All time Simsa Victory list. Brett Bodine earns first Victory North Wilkesboro . Apr Brett Bodine held off a late charge by Darrell Waltrip to capture his first career Winston cup Victory in sundays first Union 400 Lascar Stock car race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Bodine beat Waltrip to the Check ered Flag by less than a second to win the $120,000 purse. He took the Lead just before the races 10th caution period and never relinquished it. A i got the feeling that if we could get to the front wed stay there All Day a he said. Bodine 31, the younger brother of Winston cup Driver Geoff Bodine used a timely pit Stop to take the Lead. He took on four tires on the 301st Lap be fore leaders Dale Earnhardt and Waltrip made their final pit stops. On the 321st Lap the final yellow Flag of the Day went up when Davey Allison tangled with Kenny Wallace. After the delay Bodines Buick was the Leader. For the next 83 laps he held off Waltrip who narrowed the Lead but lost by less than a second. From Page 21 scoring by Alex English with 23 Points the Timber wolves were paced he Cly Bdl Fth 22h 27 pm ilm a Quot Tony pistons 111, bulls 106 Bill Laimbeer a jumper with 25 ser ones left gave Detroit a season ending Victory Over Chicago in a Battle of the teams with the Best records in the East the bulls had the Ball twice in the final 25 seconds but Michael Jordan missed a Short jumper then missed a desperation 3-Pointer in the last five seconds. Laimbeer and Isiah Thomas who led seven pistons in double figures with 18 Points converted two free throws each in the last 13 seconds to Clinch the Victory. Jordan the a bad a scoring Champion led the bulls with 22 Points. A magic 110, nets 102 Orlando finished its first season by defeating new Jersey to snap a 15-game losing Streak. The loss was the seventh in a Row for the nets and their 22nd in 24 games. They finished with the worst record in the Aba and the poorest in team history at 17-65. The magic came into the game with 31 losses in 33 games but managed to finish a game ahead of the nets at 18-64. Mavericks 118, hornets 107 Sam Perkins scored 17 Points in 22 minutes As Dallas ended the regular season with a four game winning Streak and a Victory Over Charlotte. Kelly Tripucka led the hornets with 24 Points 14 of them in the third Quarter. Trail blazers 130, lakers 88 Jerome Kersey scored 23 Points and Clyde Drexler added 21 As Portland blitzed a los Angeles team that was playing without four of its starters. The 42-Point loss was the most on sided in lakers history breaking the old Mark of 39 Points set against san Francisco in 1966. The Victory gave Portland a franchise record 59 victories and made the blazers the Only team to win a series 3-2 with the lakers this season. With his team already assured the Best regular season record in the league los Angeles coach Pat Riley decided to give magic Johnson James worthy and my Chal Thompson the night off. The lakers already were without Byron Scott because of a sprained left ankle. Portland coach Rick Adelman though went with his regular lineup for much of the game and it was no contest virtually from the Start. The blazers led by 13 at the end of the first Quarter 25 at halftime 35 in the third period and 46 m the splits a a twin Bil Mainz West Germany a winning Pitcher Reese Berry backed by us Wolfgang a two run Homer struck out 11 and gave up just two hits in his six innings of work sunday As them Inz rangers won the opening game of the season opening Tele 5 German Amer can league double header 8-2 Over the Schwabish Hall Mustangs. But the Mustangs avenged themselves in the Nightcap breaking with a 6-run second inning to claim 11-1 10-run-Rule Victory in 5 innings. Lewis Lewis 2-run triple was the in blow for Schwabish Hall. Steve my surrendered just three hits in grab g the win Stan Matson took the loss. First game Winner Berry got Pertea Relief help from Rusty Kirkpatrick via no m the seven to
