European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse It age 18 b the stars and stripes sunday August 11,1991u.s. Shuttles in for easy win by John Nelson Havana a the Bahamas did no to show up at a news conference after its 116-58 loss to the . Basketball team. A scurrilous Rumor immediately spread that the team had gone to Miami to practice. That a where the . Players went tuesday night after beating Argentina 87-81, they returned Friday morning to criticism that they had snubbed the cuban people then turned in their Best performance of the pan american games. 4 t the Bahamas have been blamed for skipping the humiliation of a news conference and . Coach Gene Cady did no to need to hear any joking about where the Bahamas team might have gone. He was already a Little Sensi live on the subject. It can to understand Why this is an Issue Quot he said. A we planned it from theget go. We did no to leave Here because of the living conditions. We left to practice. Besides they took the goals Down in the Village and there was no place Here to practice. A a it a not an Issue and i wish you people would just drop the goals at the athletes Village were removed and taken to the basketball Arena As backups after three backboards were shattered by slam dunks. Two . Fighters would have been More than Happy to join the basketball players in Miami. Complaining of poor food and intense heat . Super heavyweight Samson Pouha and Light heavyweight Mcnard Trapp both lost to cubans a they just feed us Rice a Pouha said. A we come from the states where there Sapple juice Orange juice. Here All we get is Quot through seven Days of the games the United states held onto its Lead in total medals 151-128 however Cuba still leads in golds 75-51. A Large measure of cubans Gold medal Lead came from weightlifting in which it won All but one pan Arne rican games Mike Poplowski left and Tracy Murray cheer teammates past Bahamas. Of the 30 events. It looked like there was another Gold medal in the United states future in women a softball . Pitcher Debbie doom gave up her first hits of the tournament but shut out Cuba 6-0. The cubans managed three hits off doom who had thrown two no hitters in earlier games. The . Basketball team 4-0 was throwing a shutout of its own through the first 5 15, and with 6 47 left in the first half the Lead reached 30 for the first time 43-13. The . Team started the second half with an 18-3 run and led by 58 Points twice. Terry Deere led the United states with 21 Points and James Jackson had 19 Points and seven assists. All 12 . Players scored and six were in double figures. A we came Here to win the Gold medal a ready we wanted to make some changes at the Point and our �?~2 guards Hadnot been scoring a he said. A we made some changes at the Point with Jimmy Jackson and that freed Terry Deere and Walt Williams. We also changed our fast break a Little bit. We did a lot in Keady said the team would remain in Cuba now at least through the weekend and if it returns to Miami it wont be until monday night. The United states will open quarterfinal play on monday. Pouha who has lost 15 of his 230 founds since arriving in Cuba on sunday Ost a 15-7 decision to world Champion Roberto Balado. Trapp was stopped with 15 seconds left in the third round by Orestes Solano a three time pan am games Champion. A i was just trying to catch myself from fainting a Pouha said of the intense heat in kid chocolate Arena. A i was just exhausted. The heat was so bad i even the cubans have won All six of their fights so far Only one going the distance. The United states is 3-3 in its six fights winning against All the non cuban fighters. The americans wont have to face another cuban until the semifinals. Friday was an off Day for baseball but the sport still was suffering from its similarities to boxing. Pan american games officials were considering a protest by Canada which lost 7-5 to Mexico the Day before when american Umpire Dan Pederson halted play in the sixth inning after a Bench Clearing Brawl. Canadian sports minister Pierre Ca Dieux said from Toronto that he had asked his officials to investigate the Brawl and decide if action was necessary a before knowing what the facts mexican coaches contended a racial slur started the fight. Canadian coach John Upham was hospitalized overnight after an outbreak of angina a heart condition. Capriati Sabatini Glide to semifinal confrontation Toronto a Gabriela a Balini and Jennifer Capriati advanced to the semifinals in the players Ltd. Challenge Tennis tournament with straight set victories Friday Sabatini beat Czechoslovakia a Helena Sutkova 6-2, 6-3 and Capriati barely broke a sweat in turning Back Natalia Zvereva of the soviet Union 6-1, 6-1. Sabatini the tap seed and Capriati the third seed will meet in saturdays semifinals with Capriati seemingly confident Shell gain her first Triumph Over the argentinian in seven tries. The other semifinal will pit Sisters Manuta male Eva Fragniere and katrina male Eva against each other. Manuela the second seed beat american Amy Frazier 6-2, 7-6 9-7and fourth seeded Katerina then ousted no. 10 Laura Gildemeister 6-2, 6-2. Manuela has never lost to either of her Sisters a she a beaten Katerina seven times and also prevailed in her Only meeting with rout oilers in Glanville return Heidelberg girls top is i Heidelberg Germany Heidelberg capitalized on five Ramstein errors in the Bottom of the sixth inning saturday to score three runs and win the usar eur youth services Junior a girls softball championship game 9-7. The Junior a division is for communities with at least 800 eligible youths aged-13-15. Ramstein held a 7-3 Lead after 4 a innings Keli Flynn hit a two run triple in the first and Heather Eades smacked a 2-. Run double in the third. Heidelberg countered with Channelle Davis bases loaded triple in the first inning. Ramstein scored two More in the fourth when Jennifer Watford singled and Kristy Falck walked. Both scored on errors. Noel Eveland led off the fifth with a Homer for Ramstein a 7-3 Lead. Heidelberg came Back with three in the fifth when Jennifer Prawat Saichai singled and Shannon Thompson walked. Jazman Kahn tripled them in and Leslie Lan part singled in Kahn to make it 7-6. In the Heidelberg sixth Aliese Davis and Prawat Saichai singled. Davis scored and Thompson reached second on two throwing errors. Prawat Saichai and Thompson scored As the next three Heidelberg hitters reached on errors. Heidelberg retired Ramstein in the seventh to Clinch the title. Houston a Chris Miller and Michael Haynes gave Atlanta coach Jerry Glanville the kind of Homecoming he could appreciate. Glanville who coached Houston for four years before becoming the Falcons coach last season watched As Miller completed four touchdown passes three of them to Haynes for 57, 67, and 34 Yards to beat the oilers 36-7 Friday night. It did no to take Glanville to get warmed up after the Victory. A i left two tickets for Mike Holovak. I guess Well have to decide if he a dead or not a Glanville said. Glanville left the oilers after a dispute with Holovak the oilers general manager. He also took a shot at his former we played them twice a year wed be in the playoffs a Glanville said. A i told them schemes done to matter plays done to matter its what a inside that counts. I told them once they had the spirit Here but we re taking that Back with Miller played through the first series of the fourth Quarter before Scott Campbell came on and hit Mike Williams with a 1-Yard touchdown pass with 12 seconds left in the game. Haynes caught five passes for 225 Yards in leading the Falcons to their second straight exhibition Victory. Miller completed 10 of 20 passes for 274 Yards and the four ads. _ a it was fun i like throwing the balls Al preseason deep it was Good for me to go execute even if they did no to have All their players a Miller said. A i did no to play at All last Glanville was escorted onto the Field prior to the game by six uniformed officers and four Black Clad aides. He was booed heavily during pre game introductions. A the fans in Houston done to boo too Well a Atlanta running Back Mike Pringle said. A they need to learn How to boo. I knew Jerry was ready to Pound it away on them keep the starters in and run it Miller completed a 9-Yard touchdown pass to Tracy Johnson and Warren Moon squeezed a pass through Atlanta a defense for an a Yard touchdown pass to Ernest Givins for a 7-7 first Quarter deadlock. Miller opened up in the second Quarter firing touchdown bombs of 57 and 67 Yards to Haynes who outdistanced the oilers secondary each time As the Falcons took a 20-7 halftime Lead. A it was an ugly night from a defensive standpoint a oilers coach Jack Pardee said. A a we be just got to get our people Back. Defensively we re struggling. Ray Childress and Jeff aim Are Hurt. In a concerned about the deep balls. That Sall san Diego got on the oilers 0-2 lost to san Diego 3129 in their exhibition opener. R
