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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, April 14, 1991

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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sports wire from wire report Santa Clara Calif. A six More veterans including three who played on All four of the san Francisco 49ers�?T super bowl teams will soon be ex-49ers, it was reported Friday. Linebackers Keena Turner and Jim Fahnhorst defensive linemen Pete Kugler and Fred Smerlas cornerback Eric Wright and wide receiver Mike Wilson will not be offered 1991 contracts and will become unrestricted free agents this week according to the san Francisco , South All stars win Orlando Fla a Rutgers Keith Hughes scored 22 Points and Seton half s Anthony Avent added 19 Points and 14 rebounds As the East All stars Defeated the Midwest All stars 116-103 Friday night in second round action of the Orlando All Star classic. North Carolina states Rodney Monroe made two free throws with 3.1 seconds left to give the South a 116-114 win Over the  says it s being probed Westwood Calif. A the Mcaa and the Pacific 10 conference Are investigating allegations that a clan a basketball coach committed a recruiting violation three years ago athletic director Peter Dalis said. The allegations concern Bruins Star Don Mac Lem v Mcneil takes Tokyo title Tokyo a Lori Mcneil won the women a singles Crown saturday while Stefan Edberg and Ivan Lendl advanced into the menus singles finals in the Japan open Tennis championships. Top seeded Stefan Edberg of Sweden held off american Michael Chang the fifth seed 7-5,6-2. Second seeded Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia i beat american Jim Courie the fourth seed 6-4, i 6-1 to set up the menus final sunday. 1 Mcneil beat no. 2 Sabine appelmans of bet a. Gium 2-6,6-2,6-1. A a a. A a. Sabatini Graf gain semis Amelia Island Fla. Gabriela Sabatini and Steffi Graf the top two seeds in the Bausch amp lomb championships rolled into the semifinals Friday overwhelming quarterfinal opponents in the $350,000 Clay court tournament. Graf swept Natalia Zvereva 6-0 6-2 and Saba Tini dominated Helena Sutkova 6-2,6-1. Graf the no. 1 seed was to face Patty Fendick in saturdays semifinals. Sabatini seeded second was to meet no. 3 Arantha Sanchez Vicario who Defeated Leila Meskhi 6-1, 7-6 7-1. Fendick upset fourth seeded Zina Garrison 6-1,6-4.Sanchez in Hometown final Barcelona Spain a Spain s Emilio Sanchez advanced into the final of the $650,000 Conde de Godo Tennis tournament saturday powering past Argentina a Martin Jaite 7-5,6-2. On sunday Sanchez will face countryman Sergi bruguera who beat Argentina a Guillermo Percz Roldan 6-4,6-4 in saturdays other  or. Has Earl pole Long Beach Calif. Al Unser or. Continued his Mastery of the downtown Street circuit taking the provisional pole position for sundays Toyota grand prix of Long  tops qualifying Bristol Tonii. A Rusty Wallace posted the fastest qualifying time and will Start on the pole in sundays $513,981 Valleydale 500 Stock car race at Bristol International  leads Jersey open la Moye Channel islands a Sam Torrance of Scotland fired a 3-under-Par 69 saturday to Lead the Jersey open going into the final round. Torrance three putted the 17th Green to go one stroke ahead of Dane Anders Sorensen a who is coached by Torrance a father a As the Scot went to 10-under-Par 206. Sunday april 14. 1991 the stars and stripes Page 23 by Rob Staggenborg staff writer a a Wiesbaden a Germany a Troy Russell cd plod cd for 26 Points and Lamar Oden addcd20 As the Wiesbaden eagles evened their Best of three army european basketball championship series with a 94-83 pounding of the Kaiserslautern panthers on saturday. The series is balanced at a game apiece which sets up a one game final for the dec title the game will tip off at 1 . Sunday at Wiesbaden a. Kaiserslautern took the first game of the series with a 74-68 Home Victory wednesday and started off saturday talking and playing sweep. A but the eagles turned saturdays second half into payback time for both As Russell pumped in 16 of his Points after intermission and Oden riled the crowd with a 15-Point second half for the win. A town guards Donald Robinson and Mark Bullock each had 17 Points for the panthers. Anthony Thomas came off the Bench to score u and Greg Merritt dumped in 10. A yeah they were talking a Oden said referring to Kaiserslautern a Braggadocio before the game. Saturday was Wiesbaden a Day for bragging. The eagles were Down 49-39 at the half and a towns faithful dec championship talked of where the championship party would be that night. When the eagles came out of the second half Gate Kaiserslautern a party was to wait at least another Day possibly another year. The eagles went on an 11-3 run to open the second half closing the Gap to 52-51 on Oden s jumper from the Block. A town was intercepted on the ensuing inbound pass and1 Reserve Forward Leonard Johnson drove across the mid Stripe and Sank the bucket to give Wiesbaden a 53-52 advantage its first Lead in More than 10 minutes a a Johnson just played a tremendous game for us a Wiesbaden coach Luther Jefferson said. A but that a his game a the running game. As soon As the Pace quickens that a when Johnson sat his  Wiesbaden never trailed after Johnson a bucket though a town managed to close the Gap to four Points at the seven minute Mark. Panther Forward Tony marshes shot Slid off the front of the rim but Greg Merritt punched it Home with a Dunk to Cut their deficit to 72-68. Both teams traded buckets then a town let it slip away. Russell stepped in front of Robinson for a steal and fed a driving Vincent Jackson who slammed it Home to stretch the Lead to 78-70. Another Johnson jumper made it 80-70, and the Wiesbaden fans greeted a towns grim reaper with a chorus of key shaking. When Oden jammed Home two Points to make it 8571, the Wiesbaden fans caught fire mockingly picking up a chorus of a towns Panther posse fans cadence. A a they just Flat out outplayed us today a said Robinson who doubles ask Towriss coach a the first five minutes of the second half were critical. They were behind Early in the half in their own Ballpark. They came out hard. They were aggressive and we were tentative., a 10-Point Lead ainu to nothing when you re playing on the  a a it a 0-0 How a said Wiesbaden a sixth Man Vincent Jackson who pumped in 17 Points including a key jumper during the 11-3 run. A a tomorrow a  Wiesbaden was playing without Eddie Tucker a Strong Forward who serves As a rebound and feed Man. Tucker left for military school after wednesdays game. Jefferson opted to keep Jackson on the Bench and he started Fitzgerald Miller. Miller was 3 of 3 from the Field in the first half in limited duty As Jackson replaced him not More than five minutes into the half. _ a we started Miller and it just looked like he had the jitters a said Jackson who had three crowd pleasing dunks. A the Hasni to Ever been in this kind of situation a playing in a championship. The coach pulled me off the Bench and told me to go in and motivate some people. That a what happened with the dunks. It motivates the rest of the  Jackson made Good on 7 of 9 attempts and his Board work was impressive. A the was ready to play a Jefferson said. A at the beginning of the game we said wed Start Miller but if we needed to get something going wed bring him in. He played a tremendous game a lot of  after a town held Wiesbaden a guards to just 1 of 7 fiend goal attempts wednesday Eagle guard Howard Mack broke out of the slump to Register 7 Points which included a 3-Pointer. Stanley Rodgers was 3 of 5 for 6 Points from the Point. Wiesbaden a aggressive defense did no to just give k Quot v a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a s4s Dav a to Stanley Rodgers beats Mark Bullock to the Glass. Town fits. It also gave the officials fits As 45 foul whistles stopped play. Wiesbaden Drew three technical fouls. Russell was pinged for excessive arguing Mack was nailed for grabbing a referee to get his attention and Paul Bass was etched for hanging on the rim after i a Dunk which was his Only shot of the game. De Rose a 21st Talcom official had to threaten to tech Jefferson if the coach did no to sit Down. Oden coaxed his coach to hit the Bench. Later Jefferson cooled Down. A they weren to really sure they could beat us before wednesday a the coach said. A we gave them the Opportunity they came in saying a we re going to win it and they did no to. Now it gives us the advantage because we re Back in the same position that we were before wednesday. We re even. Russell scored 10 Points in the first half but he did no to seem to be All there. He took a hard fall Early in the game and during Breaks he could be seen massaging his Arm. Still he went ablaze in the second half hitting 5 of 9, including three straight buckets to Cap the 11-3 run. Yet Russell a nicknamed a the Joy a a was no to with it a Johnson said when it came to pos game Chat. Lie declined comment on the game. The last time Wiesbaden was in a Europe wide a final was in 1989, when the eagles lost in three games to Karlsruhe in the then Usa eur finals. Lady pacers sweep Karlsruhe downed Heidelberg 75-04 saturday afternoon to sweep the Best of three dec women a championship series  
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