European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes Page 23 Bob Driver killed at world meet Cortina Italy a bobsled Der Jim Morgan died Here sunday from injuries sustained in an Accident during the third heat of the world Fourman bobsled of Saranac suffered a severe Throat Cut when the number one sled of the team overturned at the final banked curve of the olympic track of Corti Paolo Bellando Randone of the code Villa Hospital of Cortina said the ath Lete was already dead when he arrived at the clinic in an the official Hospital bulletin said Morgan suffered the fracture of the cervix or lower front portion connecting the head and a vast Gash on the jaw and had his Tongue partially Cut other members of the Jeff Jost of Paul White and Randy both of suffered slight contusions and who was the Driver of the repeatedly bumped with his helmet against the icy Wall after the sled Over and the leather lace around his neck caused the fatal teammates it was Learned later that morgans head was wedged Between the Side of the sled and the Guardrail of the course As his vehicle ground to a the Accident occurred at the same Bend which Cost a spill to the number two team led by Bill Renton during saturdays the number two quartet suffered minor bruises and withdrew from the Morgan and his who had clocked the 10th time after the two first heats were the last team to come Down the olympic track in the third of the four heat they apparently took the final curve too bounced Down and overturned on the final they despite the a minutes which was not the worst time for the Randy the Braker of the remained in the sled trying to Comfort mor Gan while doctors and nurses gave first Aid to the and then broke in tears As the Driver was taken away on a you can hardly be seriously injured in an Accident like this Jim was said Bielski who showed a Bruise on his the fourth heat was completed and the title awarded despite the melting track and the report of the serious the East German team of Bernhard Ger Henry Martin Truebner and Hans Juergen Gerhardt won the world Fourman bobsled title Here Sun Murphy tops Mark in sparking rockets Over Hawks Houston up Calvin Murphy came off the Bench to score a Tea High 16 Points and go Over the career plateau saturday pacing the Houston rockets to an 8781 Victory Over the Atlanta in his Lith year in the became Only the 23rd player in Aba history to score More than total career Atlanta led by five the half and con trolled play for much of the John Drew was virtually unstoppable in the first two scoring 24 Points for the As the rockets were unable to score from the with Atlanta leading 5950 and seven minutes remaining in the third the Aba Roundup Houston offence and defense suddenly Houston went into a full court press and tied the score at 6969 entering the final Mike Dunleavy scored 13 Points in that period for with three minutes Drew tied the score at but Bill Willoughby quickly scored two baskets to put the rockets Back on top to Dunleavy and Moses Malone bolstered the rockets with 15 Points Drew led All scorers with 34 and Wes Matthews and Eddie Johnson were the Only other Hawk scorers in double figures with 11 and 10 Points pacers Cavaliers 96 Indianapolis up Rookie Louis Orr scored 19 Points saturday night to rally the Indiana pacers to a 9996 Vic tory Over the Cleveland the Cavaliers led 7975 at the end of three but the pacers regained the on a jump shot by Don Indiana pushed the Lead to 9588 with but Mike Bratz hit a three Pointer and followed with a pair of free throws to bring Cleveland within Scenny Carr tied the game on a but Orr hit a jumper with remaining to push Indiana to a 9795 Bill Laim Beer hit one of two free throws to narrow the deficit to one but Indiana guard Johnny Davis connected on a jump shot with 18 seconds left to create the final George Mcginnis had 14 Points and Davis had 13 for Cleveland was led by Mike Mitchell with 22 Points and Bratz with kicks nets 106 new York up Ray Williams scored 24 Points saturday night to Lead the new York kicks to a 113106 Victory Over new despite a 26jpoint performance by the nets Cliff Calvin Murphy Tea High 16 Points it was new Yorks fourth straight Victory and ninth in a Row Over new Jersey at for the it was their fourth straight Bill Cartwright had 19 for new with campy Russell and Michael Ray Richardson Chipping in with 16 Mike Newlin had 18 for new Fol Lowed by Maurice Lucas 17 and 14point efforts by Mike Okoren and Mike new Jersey closed to within 107100 with but the kicks re gained their rhythm and were Able to maintain the Lead the rest of the nuggets warriors 125 Denver a David Thompson scored 26 Points and Dan Issel added 24 saturday night As the Denver nuggets Defeated Golden state 135125 in National basketball association action and moved into a fourth place tie with Utah in the Midwest the Victory was the fifth in their last seven games for the who held a 11088 Lead after three quarters but still had to hold off the warriors Down the Golden state crept within 124117 with to play before a three Point play by Rookie Denver Forward Kiki Vandeweghe braked the surge by the Warrior Rookie Joe Barry a Denver scored 31 All in the second to Pace his teams Issel had scored 58 Points in the first two games of the season against the War and he immediately went to work saturday he scored 11 Points in the first five minutes of the helping Ray Williams paces kicks with 24 Denver to an Early 2218 Lead it never the the nabs highest scor ing led at halftime Vandeweghe had 17 Points and Dave Robisch and Alex English each had 16 for sonics jazz 89 Seattle up Jack Sikma scored 24 Points saturday night to Lead the Seattle supersonics to a methodical 9689 Victory Over the Utah Seattle Forward John Johnson scored 10 of his 14 Points in the first period As the supersonics opened a 3330 the supersonics extended their Lead to 6045 at the half and posted their largest margin of the game Midway through the third Quarter when they led Adrian Dantley led All scorers with 31 while Alan Bristow added 18 Points for the James Bailey contributed 15 Points for the bulls pistons 90 Chicago up Reggie Theus scored 22 Points and Bobby Wilkerson added 20 to Pace the Chicago bulls to a 9890 Victory saturday night Over handing the pistons their seventh straight the bulls led 3125 after the first Quarter and held a 5251 Edge at the de troit hit Only 5of25 shots from the Field in the third Quarter and trailed 7368 entering the final the bulls led by As Many As 14 Points in the final Quarter As they registered their 18th Victory at Home in 31 Overall the team is Jim Morgan dead on arrival at Hospital Page stops cops us a title Atlantic a Greg Page of Defeated Stan Ward of in the seventh round of a scheduled 12round fight to capture the vacant boxing associations heavy weight title Ward was unable to answer the Bell for the eighth claiming he had double vision when referee Paul Venti asked about his Ward sustained a Cut Over his left Eye after a series of jabs by Page in the first and Page repeatedly reopened the Page now is 140 with 13 Knock while Ward is the title was vacated by current world boxing association heavy weight Champion Mike Ward Defeated Weaver in a 12 round decision in Weaver avenged that loss last Janu Ary with a ninth round the undefeated said by some to resemble Ali in his earlier circled the ring during the entire his left Jab snapped out like a continually saving him from his defense was not As and Ward made him pay for keeping his hands at his just before the end of the first Ward opened a Cut on pages upper lip with a straight in the second Ward again rocked Page to the Ward landed his most effective punch of the fight during the third it was a right flush to pages while the Louisville Boxer had his hands Page began controlling the fight during the sixth Landing three straight jabs to wards Eye and Fol lowing with a left right although Ward rocked Page again with a solid he could not hold the in the seventh Ward twice tied Page up in the but could not land a substantial Page continued to Hammer at wards which nearly was closed at the end of the final the 22yearold ranked fourth by the world boxing Assoc a weighed in at he was 9711 As an is the nationally televised fight was held at the show theater at resorts International hotel