European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 25 76ers nearly blow big hang on to Down Phoenix by Alex Sachare a sports writer Philadelphia running game ran out of but not soon enough for the Phoenix the Philadelphia 76ers used their fast break offence to open a Quick 10point Lead and were ahead by As Many As 18 Points before but even though they failed to score a Basket in the final the mixers got clutch foul shooting from Lionel Hollins and Maurice Cheeks and managed to hold on for a 98 93 National basketball association Victory Over the Phoenix suns we were concerned about Philadelphia As blazing fast when they get their new but bum Doest change mail Andrew Phillips May be in a differ ent City with different surroundings but it is the same old with his 10 gallon Stetson clamped Down on his bum holds a news conference with reporters and photographers shortly after being named head coach for the new Orleans saints last while he tosses the minus his chaw of poured Forth with some Dow Home Texas expressions and looked Forward to his new who took the Houston to the acc playoffs for the past three was unexpectedly fired new years saints owner John who lives in wasted no time in hiring the popular one of the big questions is will Phillips Wear his hat in the super dome Bear Bryant never my Momma told me never to Wear a hat Aba Roundup running game they can be devastate said suns coach John but sometimes the mixers have trouble maintaining that level of we had our intensity up in the begin then we let admitted Phila Delphias Bobby but we played Good defensively and we had Good re Darryl Dawkins scored six Quick Points to help Philadelphia break to a 122 Lead and the mixers were never caught they led by As Many As 18 Points in the second Quarter and 16 in the but Phoenix managed to slow Down Philadelphia run Ning game and slowly chipped away at the Phoenix made it 9391 when Johnny High scored a Layup with left in the game after picking up an errant Phila Delphia but Jeff Cook and Alvan Adams missed jumpers that would have tied the score and Philadelphia clinched the Victory at the foul line Hollins hit Ting three free throws in the final minute and Cheeks adding we had a few Good chances to pull this game out but we just  get the Ball to drop for us in the last minute or said Phoenix Jeff we were forced by Philadelphia pressure to overplay and that led to our Jones and Andrew Toney each scored 16 Points and Julius Erving added 15 to Lead while Adams scored 16 for the celtics sonics 106 Robert Parish scored 32 Points and grabbed 17 rebounds As the celtics rolled to their 12th win in a Row and 24th in the last 25 games to remain just one game behind Philadelphia in the Atlantic Divi Sion which has lost five in a trailed by just two Points with re but two free throws apiece by Parish and Larry Bird helped Boston pull bullets nets 100 Mitch Kupchak scored 16 of his 30 Points in the fourth Quarter when Washington outscored the nets 4124 to Kupchak Basket put the bullets ahead to stay 8382 and he also started a 90 surge that broke the game blazers spurs 100 Kermit Alexander scored seven straight Points to spark a 247 overlapping the third and fourth that carried Portland to san Antonio led 8079 with left in the third period when Billy Ray Bates converted a three Point play to Start the rally and give Portland the Lead for Jim with 21 led seven blazers in double including Washington and Bates with 13 George Gervin led san Antonio and game scorers with 26 Graham birdies wins at Phoenix a australian Veteran David Graham confidently stroked Home the four foot Birdie putt he had to have on the final Hole to finish off a 5un do rear 66 and score a on stroke Victory sunday in the Phoenix open Golf Tournai a Globetrotter who has won on five acquired the sixth Victory of his 10year american tour career with a 268 16 strokes under Par on the Phoenix country club Lon who came from six shots Back with nine holes to finished Sec Ond at 269 with a 8underpar 63 in the final playing on half hour in front of the made it close with a 4iron Sec Ond shot that left him a Sixto seven foot Eagle putt on the par5 he dropped the putt just As the National television coverage returned to Phoenix after breaking away to cover the arrival in the United states of the former american hos that put him at 15 under Par and tied with who still had four holes to play three of them went by to pars and Gra Winner of the 1979 american pea National went to the 18th tee tied for the top he drove the Middle of the Fairway and had to wait and consider whether to go for the Green in two or Lay up safely away from the water for several minutes while the group in front of him finished the he eventually pulled out a Long Iron and went for the Ball coming up pin High in deep grass just to the left of the putting he ran the delicate Little Chip some four feet from the cup while Hinkle watched television in the locker stroked Home the winning i almost got away with Hinkle the Victory in grahams first Start of the year was Worth from the total purse of Cal who once tied Graham on the Back dropped Back with three consecutive bogeys and tied Mike Reid for third at Peete shot a 67 and Reid had a closing 68 in the partly sunny tied at 272 were Jerry Mark Lye and Mike who closed up with a 65 while Pate and Lye each had Arnold Palmer rewarded his big gallery with a 70 and a 285 a slender Man who walks with a military opened the Day with a on stroke Lead but had a dozen men within striking he put most of them away with a Brilliant 6underpar 30 on the front but who didst take up Golf until the age of picked up four shots in three he birdied the 10th and Lith while Graham bogeyed the Lith they were Navratilova wins Avon Cincinnati a to seeded Martina Navratilova overpowered sixth seeded Sylvia Hanika sunday to win the Avon women Tennis championships and take another step toward regaining her ranking As the worlds top women the czechoslovakian currently ranked third in the trailed just once in the 11minute she collected of West broke Navratilova serve just once and lost her serve four voted player of the year in 1978 and 1979 by the women ten Nis slipped to third in the associations computer rankings last year behind Chris Evert in the doubles the to seeded team of Anne Smith and Kathy Jordan survived a horrendous first set to Edge the second seeded duo of Navratilova and Pam the winners split the first fans in Oakland explode continued from Page 23 streets to control the flow of the but the fans didst seem to some even came up to officers and hugged its kind of were All Happy about the same said police Ray who estimated the crowd at about were were they and almost immediately More Tan Gible signs of the raiders Victory some people began Selling an array of including horns and bumper stickers saying Oak City of one optimistic couple began Selling world Champion shirts before the game when the title became their Price jumped from to in a 49er said the Man Selling the shirts with his in just doing this to make a few Bucks for my an official civic Celebration was set for tuesday after the raiders return from new but it was obvious sunday night that few fans wanted to wait that