European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes january 1981 v nuggets trample on discouraged 143123 by the associated press nuggets coach Doug Moe entered his teams game with the Detroit pistons tuesday night with a touch of when it was Moc probably wished the Pis tons would hang around in Denver a bit i was scared to death going into this said Moe of the Prospect of facing a Detroit squad despite the second worst record in the National basketball association had played Well late we cant afford a letdown against a team with a poor i thought it would be a Tough the Only one it was Tough on was the Aba Roundup who had to keep track of 266 143 of them belonging to the nug 123 to the i think our fast break just broke their defense added who saw his club score 80 Points in the first half to establish an 8062 they got the pistons had to be encouraged by their play that Why Moe was worried prior to the do you realize what they have done in their last four games he they beat Philly can you imagine that team holding Philly to 75 Points then they go into Boston and lose by two then beat Cleveland then lose to Utah in the last but the pistons  hold the nug gets and were were sixth in the league in noted pistons coach Scotty but we didst play it were not very Good offensively but weve been Able to stay in games by playing a Little de Dan Issel paced the nuggets with 29 though he sat out most of the Sec Ond David Thompson had 26 Points without scoring in the final 15 and Rookie Kiki Vandeweghe added Phil Hubbard led the pistons with 24 Points and John Long had elsewhere in the Aba tuesday bullets Hawks 104 Washington moved to its eighth win in the last nine outings while Atlanta dropped to 112 in its worst re Cord Ever for the Elyin Hayes had 23 Points for the including four crucial Points Down the stretch As he twice stretched Washington leads from one to three Greg Ballard added 22 for the bullets and Kevin Grevey had John Drew led which was up 6347 at with 23 Cavaliers pacers 109 Mike Mitchell scored 25 Roger Phegley added 20 and Mike Bratz handed out 12 assists As the cars spurted from a 9090 deadlock in the fourth a 12 2 run Over a three minute Span made the difference for lakers jazz 104 the defending Aba champions won their 10th straight at Home behind Kareem Abdul Jabbary 27 Norm Nixon had 20 Points and 12 assists for los Angeles and the lakers put away Utah with a 156 burst in the final four minutes of the third Darrell Griffith scored 22 Points for the Dan Issel wasted no time nets Mavericks 100 the nets dominated play led by Cliff who scored 28 Points in the last three periods after being scoreless through the first new winning Only its second Road game in the last opened a 17point Edge and scored 26 of its 47 Field goals on either layups or clippers Kings 114 Swen Nater had 17 Points and 16 re Bounds and reserves Henry Bibby and Ron Davis each had 18 Points to spark san Phil Ford had 24 Points and 10 assists for the who had a three game win Ning Streak Fords fellow Back Allstar Otis re turned to the lineup after being sidelined with a Heel injury suffered on showing no ill came off the Bench to contribute 21 bulls warriors 101 Chicago put the game away in the Sec Ond Quarter with a 3624 spurt for its fifth consecutive the bulls led by Dwight Jones with scored 56 blues Rookie goalie stops penguins Heinz wins second game by United press International where do the Louis blues train their and Why Are they All so Good the already Strong in goal with the tandem of Mike list and de discovered a third talented net minder when Stasiowski was injured nil Roundup recently and list fell Hurt last week Rick in not even supposed to be said Heinz after he won his second straight Over the Pittsburgh penguins tuesday i didst even think id be in the nil this but they say when you get your youd better make the Best of the 25yearold Rookie allowed Only Dave Gardners Power play goal in the first stopping the next 22 Pitts Burgh Jorgen Pettersson and Wayne Babych had two goals each to give Heinz the sup port he needed As the blues pushed past los Angeles into second place in the leagues Overall Babych scored twice in the Middle Peri giving him 36 goals for the to put the blues ahead 51 going into the final Bernie Federko and Blair Chapman got the final two Louis both on Power Pittsburgh coach Eddie Johnston was incensed by his teams we deserved to get beat by 10 or 12 Johnston i can guarantee you there Are some whose uniforms Arent even its How you get if you dont touch you dont expect to we didst touch anybody not in the Only other nil washing ton edged Winnipeg Dennis Maruk and Mike Gartner scored third period goals in rapid Succes Sion As Washington awakened to Down Marks godhead his 30th of the came at As jets goalie Markus Mattsson displayed How Ard walkers 45foot Gartner scored from close in three seconds after washing ton had completed its 16th unsuccessful Power play in a Ron Wilson scored two his 14th and for Webb ousts Roth As Bowler of year Chicago a Wayne Webb of has been named Bowler of the year for ending the three year reign of Mark Roth of Little led the professional bowlers association in earnings for the year and won three he was named first on 131 of 177 ballots cast by sportswriters and sportscasters making up the Bowling writers association of on a 54321 Webb piled up 772 Points to 622 for who finished second in the voting and picked up 24 firs place Webb earned in official prize Money while competing in 32 his victories came in the Las vegas show boat the Firestone tournament of champions and the Kessler classic in was second in earning with he competed in 28 tournaments and his Only Victory came in the Brunswick regional classic in finishing third was Mike Aulby of Indi with 357 followed by Nelson Burton of with 336 and Earl Anthony of with others receiving votes and their Point to tals were Gary fort Tex 52 Tom 48 and Steve Irish Clear Bench in Cornell rout by United press International nothing warms the heart of a College basketball coach More than an honest to goodness just ask notre Dame coach Digger a game like this gives us a Chance to give some of the other players said Phelps tuesday night after his ninth ranked Irish manhandled Cornell the most important thing now is to be physically rested and mentally we Are taking wednesday we need in not coming near the notre the Only member of the top 10 in action got 15 Points and five assists from Sophomore John Pax 14 from Tracy Jackson and 13 from Kelly the runaway be sides allowing Phelps to Clear his also helped get the 133 Irish ready for the i think the main As we get ready for is Are you mentally ready Phelps Cornell coach Tom Miller said the Irish performance against his 410 club makes that question they Are a hell of a basketball Miller we had a hard enough time trying to match up with i think dig Ger backed off on us a Little and i College basketball appreciate were not a very talented Cornell actually led 106 less than four minutes into the but notre Dame went on a 143 surge to put the game out of another coach who virtually enjoyed a night off was connect cuts Don whose 19thranked huskies easily Dis posed of Massachusetts like Perno said his players needed a mentally it was a Good game for said who got 18 Points each from Forward Mike Mckay and Center Chuck was the first time weve been smiling in a Long you like to see a team everybody played and everybody this keeps everybody Happy and makes it fun to Mckay was More to the we thought that we would blow them it was Good to see the subs in other games involving members of the top 13 Maryland edged Pitts Burgh 6966 in overtime and 14 South Alabama Defeated Jacksonville which lost to notre Dame 7370 during the overcame a 62 55 deficit with left in regulation to tie Pitt and eventually defeat the panthers in Greg mannings Layup with made it 62all and sent the game into Over Junior Center Buck Williams scored six of Maryland seven Points in the Over and Albert King led All scorers with 23 South Alabama improved to 172 by holding off a late Jacksonville charge with four consecutive free throws by de who led All scorers with 18 Herb Andrew added 13 for which hit 15 of 17 foul in other games Derek Smith scored 24 Points and grabbed 12 rebounds to Power Louisville past Providence 7155 Gene Banks scored 18 Points to spark Duke to a 5351 win Over Rutgers Wayne Sappleton had a game High 30 Points and 25 rebounds to Power Loyola past South Ern Illinois 9359 Dud Tonga scored 14 to Lead Fordham Over Columbia 6153 Hank Foster had 19 Points in Fairfield 7462 win Over Yale Joel Holston scored 17 Points to lift Tulane to a 6550 win Over and Mike Jackson scored Points to carry Wyoming to a 7166 Deci Sion Over Nevada Las