European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 c the stars and stripes monday August 5, 1991u.s. Men escape Cuba s upset bid by Steve Wilstein Havana apr under the glowering gaze of revolutionary hero Che Guevara and the . Flag waving of Yankee capitalist George Steinbrenner Ameri cars backboard busting basketball team got off to a smashing Start against Cuba in the pan american games. Thomas Hill the smallest of three players from Mcaa Champion Duke sent Glass flying saturday with his double pump reverse Dunk in warmups a demolition that brought roars of Delight from the 15,000 fans packing the sports City coliseum. But it was easier to dispose of the backboard than the Quick cuban team which led most of the first half and Cut a 14-Point second half deficit to two with 10 seconds left before falling 92-88. The . Women steam did no to break anything More than the spirits of the Canadian team in posting an 87-70 Victory to begin a quest for a third straight pan am Gold medal. It was the 42nd straight International Victory for the women. Diver Kent Ferguson grabbed the first Gold for the United states and teammate Mark Bradshaw added a Silver in the menus 3-meter springboard. It was the seventh straight pan am Victory in the event Lor the . Men. Overall the americans have won eight of the 11 pan am titles in the event. Debbie doom threw a perfect game As the . Women beat Netherlands Antilles 4-0 in women a softball. Doom whose pitches have been clocked at 65 Mph struck out 16 of 21 batters. Bob Ginger of Mclean iii., nearly matched that As he threw a no hitter in a 3-0 Victory Over Netherlands Antilles. Steinbrenner the banished new York Yankees Boss and a . Olympic committee official sat appropriately to the far right of the giant Blue and red mural of Che and popped up with a Small american contingent to wave a tiny flagman am games. It. Castro salutes . Havana a the United states picked up a Gold medal and a Salute from cuban president Fidel Castro on sunday. Mike Herbert of Rogers ark., won the kayak 1,000-meter singles beating cuban Angel Perez who had won three Gold medals on saturday. Castro presented Herbert a Gold medal and delivered a military Salute when the american Flag was hoisted. At the end. A Cuba gave them a real Good run a Steinbrenner said. A but the american team Hasni to played together much. It Wasny to easy but get better every game. The girls looked very Good. They dominated a we had scouted Cuba enough to know they were very Good a . Coach Gene Keady of Purdue said. A they just killed us on the boards in the first half. The main thing was our kids were a Little uptight a Little tentative a Little too ready As far As wanting to Jimmy Jackson of Ohio state led the americans with 22 Points and Dukes Christian laettner scored 19. The United states has not won a major International menus title since 1986. Keady chewed out Hill for his Power Dunk which delayed the game about a half hour. Cuba led 50-47 at halftime but the United states took the Lead for Good at 55-54 on a Low move by laettner and never trailed. After Cuba scrambled Back Terry de Here made two free throws with 2 seconds left for the final margin. An unidentified . Player rebounds Between Grant Hill 11 and Mike Poplowski 15 saturday in Havana. Boxed out is cubans Roberto Simon 14 Tracy Murray 9 releases. One hitters lift saudi. Kmic Ramstein Germany a saudi Arabia and Kaiserslautern military Community Rode one hit efforts to their second straight victories sunday in second Day play in the european Little league tournament. Saudis John Barry had visions of a no hitter but Poland a papal Bragiel ruined those Hopes with a double in the fourth inning. The game was a on sided affair As saudi rolled 12-1. However there never was a threat of a no hitter for Karl Dahlgren As Kmic blasted Estonia 16-1 because Tarmo Tirrit singled in the top of the first. Italy making its debut against Israel also got a one hit Effort As it posted a 6-0 Victory. Scott Jefferson had a no hitter for four Arabia 12, Poland 1 Barry faced Only 21 batters running 10 and walking three. One of the walks preceded Bragiel a double. Saudi Arabia managed Only five hits off Poland a Daniel Kupczyk but he issued 10 walks. Jim Myers had a Homer and Eric Hebert had a two run triple for the victors. Kmic 16, Estonia 1 three Home runs in the Bottom of the third inning including an inside the Park grand slam by Ivan Antosh keynote pm cd a Conquest. Steve Shepard and Russell Jessop had the other homers in that big six run inning. James Boehm and Ray Enriquez each had 2-for-2 Days for the winners. Dahlgren struck out 10 and demonstrated perfect control in coasting to the 6, Israel 0 Aaron Demory had a triple and two singles and Casey Rowley came through with two singles to spark Italy. Jefferson struck out eight and walked 16, Czechoslovakia 14 Rey Espinoza struck out 10 and emerged victorious despite yielding seven bases on balls. Espinoza had a three run double to abet his own cause. David Potocek had More trouble locating Home plate than Espinoza As he walked a total of 15 16, Holland 7 . Banks was outstanding in Spain a Victory. He had two doubles two singles and five Bis in a 4-4 Outing at the plate came on in Relief to strike out seven batters and also was credited with two putouts and two assists while playing second 14, upper Heyford 5 Poland broke a 4-4 tie in the top of the fourth inning with an eight run rally. Belgian cycles to world cup Triumph Brighton England a belgian cyclist Eric Van Lancer climbed out of a Roadside ditch sunday and won the sixth found of cycling a world cup the Wincanton classic. About Halfway through the 140-mile race Van Lauckern went into a ditch after a collision with a Spanish rider. But he escaped injury and resumed Riding going on to win by 29 seconds. Germany a Rolf Golz was second. Another belgian Jan Goessens took third place in a sprint Between 13 riders. Among them were Italy a Claudio Schiappucci Winner of the tour de France mountains Jersey and Frenchman Luc Leblanc who led the tour for a Day. A i was annoyed when 1 was not listed among the pre selections for Belgium a world championship team a Van Lancer said. A today i wanted to win if Only to make a american Greg Lemond missed the race for the third year in a row.. Reaches Junior final Edmonton Alberta apr Antonio Lang of Duke hit four free throws in the final seconds lifting the United states to a 76-72 semifinal Victory Over Yugoslavia at the world Junior basketball championships on saturday. The americans were to. Meet Italy for the title on sunday. The italians earlier Defeated Argentina 79-63. Auburn a Wesley person younger brother of Aba All Star Chuck person led the . With 14 Points and Lang had 13 to defeat the defending champions. A there was some pressure but my teammates had Confidence in me a Lang said. A i had Confidence in myself so i tried my Best to Block out the crowd and i said a Little prayer before i went up there and everything went All Lang said he and the rest of his teammates have Felt similar pressure playing in the Mcaa. 41 All of us have been in situations like that a said Lang. A we come from Good programs and every game is a pressure with less than two minutes remaining Yugoslavia erased a 7-Point deficit to tie the game. A i thought it was two teams who played hard and were very evenly matched and we got a break Down the stretch to win it . Coach Lon Kruger said. The americans and Yugoslavia exchanged leads throughout the first half and were tied 34-All at halftime. A
