European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday february 17, 1991 the stars b Page 21hahn women retain Safe title by Meridith Winder. . Bureau Raf Chicksands England the Hahn lady Hawks overran the Chicksands fighting lady Chicks 83-52 saturday to win the Safe women s basketball championship for the second consecutive year. -. Hahn which went through the tournament undefeated never looked Back from the opening tip As Charlotte Johnson scored the first Basket. The lady Hawks then jumped out to a 9-4 Lead after five minutes of play although Chicksands later Cut its deficit to one Point on a driving play by Helen Johnson the lady Hawks allow the fighting lady Chicks to get any closer they pulled ahead by 10 with v/2 minutes remaining before intermission As Netta Burbridge went on a one person scoring spree netting three Quick baskets. Hahn then cruised to a 44-25 on 50 percent shooting from the floor. There was Little change at the Start of the second half As Hahn tallied six unanswered Points in route to a. 60-29 Lead with less than 15 minutes remaining in the game. The lady Chicks then applied full court pressure and swarming defense to help them Knock 10 Points off the score Over a two nun Ute stretch. The lady Hawks answered by slowing the Tempo and jump eco Back to a 31-Point Lead with 51/�?Tinmates left. Burridge led the Way with 23 Points for the lady Hawks who hit 35 of 60 shots from the floor for 58 percent. Trae King Tolburt added 21 and Sheila Lumar Sank 16 and grabbed eight rebounds. Helen Johnson topped All scorers by hitting 24 , while her teammate Renata Mills was top rebounded with ii. For the lady i Laws Amy Breeze had 10 rebounds and Charlotte Johnson tin shed w Ith 16 assists. A contributing Factor to Chicks Tulsa. Demise was 40-tuinovers, a it. A also the lady Hawks were hitting everything a Chicks coach Shmon Hester said. Quot if they had their Normal shooting percentage we could have stayed a lot closer.�?�. The coaches Tor Hahn attributed then teams perfect record to Quot fundamental basketball playing and a desire to "1 watched Allol the teams the Tarsi Day to discover their strengths and weaknesses a Hahn coach Alfred Scott said. A a i then organized my players accordingly. Other than that 1 relied on their skills.�?�. Belinda -.-Gibson, Halm a assistant coach also Felt this team had the Conti Den ctr to go All the Way. A they stuck together and pulled everything out to get this win a she said. Quot a cd re very proud of them 1 a the title game was Hahn s second lopsided Victory Over Chicksands in As a Many Days the lady Hawks won 80-60 Friday night behind 28 Points and 10-boards from Lumar. A Chicksands earned the re match with a 62-56 Victory Over upper hey lord later Friday. The Csc other entry 1 Andrev was the Mirror image of the champions. I he lady flyers completed Ati 0-5 run Friday by dropping a-79-66 verdict to Bent Waters despite 20 Points each hour t Ammy Carrow and Sharon Asble. Palmer assigned overseas t 4 r % Orlando Fla. A former nil running Back Paul Palmer was the biggest name on the list of . Exports to Europe that came out of saturdays running backs draft of the world league of american football. But Palmer taken by the Barcelona dragons was Only the seventh Choice As Tony Baker a former Atlanta Falcon and East Carolina running Back was selected first by the Frankfurt Galaxy. Also selected ahead of Palmer was for Riner Denver Back Jeff Alexander picked third by the London monarchs. Saturdays selections were the second of a position by position draft by the league As it prepares for its in Augu Raf season _ in Date March. The world league which distributed offensive linemen on thursday will draft six rounds of running. Six rounds each of unters and placekicker saturday. The eague Wil then draft quarterbacks wide rect Vars and tight ends monday defensive linemen on wednesday linebackers Friday and defensive backs feb. 24. Baker a 5-foot-ll, 171-Pound tailback out of High Point n.c., Wras selected by Atlanta in the 10th round of the 1986 draft. The 25-year-old also played for Cleveland and Phoenix. A he a East Carolinas second All time leading rusher averaging More than five Yards a carry while amassing 2,825 career it Ards Baker played at ecu with Redskin running Back Ernest byner. A wrist injury and two knee injuries pie rented Baker from seeing extended playing time in the nil. He played in 10 for the cardinals in 89, finishing die season with 31 Yards in 20 carries two pass catches for 18 Yards. He also re a Rcd 11 kickoffs for 245 Yards and a 22�?T-Yard average. In 88, Baker went on injured Reserve Lor Cleveland after a training Camp knee usury. He was activated nov. 12 and ived in four games. He had two carries 19 Yards against Miami dec. 12, in Tony Baker backs followed e by Well travelled running Back Paul Palmer needs a passport to reach latest Stop. R Tor eluding a 13-Yard run. / Baker spent the entire 1987 regular season on Cleveland a injured re Surv list Wanh a wrist injury. He was drafted by at Tania in �?T86, waived on the final roster Cut then resigned. He played in six games for the Falcons getting Only one three Yard carry. He was waived by Atlanta claimed by Cleveland played in two games for the Browns before he was Cut. Alexander started six games for the 1989 Denver Broncos getting .146 Yards on 45&Quot carries with two touchdowns. He also caught eight passes for 145 Yards. Hts spent 1988 on in for Denver. Galaxy general manager Oliver Luck already had a nickname chosen for Baker. Quot he s Toimi to be or Quot touchdown Makery Luck said Quot every team Meeds one. Hell be Tony Baker. Touchdown maker. A Quot we thought he was far and away the Best Plaver in the draft a Luck added. Quot he cot caught in the numbers game with All the Talent in the nil and the injuries him Down hut he s a real Winner with a Good Altitude. We did no to think we could do a. Quot i m very thankful to the people who came up Wuth the idea of the world league Quot Baber said. To play football during the Spring when there is no other football being played you cab Quot beat that As far As in a concerned.�?�. Also selected in the first round with their pro experience in parentheses were a 2 Sean doctor of22k. Marshall hut Falo by the Raligh Durham skyhawks.,-. A 4. Moron Jones,.5-9, 14fresno slate ins Angeles raiders by i he Orlando thunder.7. 5. Undra Johnson. .5 9. 1�?~ih, Wco Virginia Atlanta new Orleans. Dallas by the san Anlo Rno riders a i Paul Fra Ier. 5-9, Iso. Northwestern four. Siana new Orleans. Green Hay by the Wra Menlo surge. A. A 8. Ric Wilk Crynn 5-9, 1m, Kent Stateff Luis Hugh Detroit j Hgt the new York a niggas. ,. A 9. Jew 1 cinders on 5-1. 2u5, Lowi state new Orleans Indianapolis by the lire. A 10. Elroy Harris 5-9. 215, Laden Kentucky Seattle Hgt the Montreal Princeton a. 1 a. A a a 1 throttles Brown Providence Ltd. Apr Pete Carril apparently a hard coach it please Wasny to too pleased with the first Hall per Lorunce of no. 25 Princeton despite the a Gers 68percent shooting. Quot i thought my team needed More concentration More intensity a Carril said after fridays Only top 25 game a our press was in elective in fact. It was a quo Liere was nothing w Rong with i ions shooting however. T he i igers jut 78 percent in the. Second Hall and cruised past Brown 79-63 to pad their Leaile the Ivy a Princeton 17-2 Overall 8-1 Kyj led Only 34-33 at half my. Despite the hot shooting and that a what bothered the Couch. A. Quot. Brown which has won Only 2 of 80 games in its series against Prince on stayed close in the first half by hitting seven of its first 10 3-pointers, including live by Chuck Savage who finished with 17 Points. A. Y \ Troy St. Breaks another record Troy Ala. F a t Roy state coach Don Maestri adopted the run and shoot style after watching i Viyola Mary mount on television late one night. But even he did no to think it could work this Well. Two games. Two records a total of 349 Points 103 in one half alone. Quot its stunning to be Able to Dpi this two nights in a Row a Maestri said after the trojans pounded Devry Institute 187-117 Friday night to break their own one Day old Mcaa division ii scoring record. They set the Mark 24 hours earlier by beating 162-130. Especially in the second half. Against Columbus the t romans f7-7j led Only 6859 at the Hall Bui scored 94 Points in the Finai 20 minutes. T hey did eve ii belter Friday night running Lor 103 Points a an Mcaa record for any. Division a after building a 84-46 Lead at halt time. Troy state s 103 second half a Points were the most Ever scored in any Mcaa game. The division 11 record was 98 Points set by Kentucky states Franklin in 1969. 7
