European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse February the stars and stripes Page 23 lady rams Rule court proceedings building a dynasty in the military sports world is like rolling a Boulder up a the usual outcome is not so when you look at the Ramstein lady rams three earplugs basketball you have to do a double and you have to wonder How they were Able to get that Boulder up a mount Mckinley to assume their the Hill they climbed is strewn with victims from the Continental and sports conferences and even a couple army the Hill they climbed is so big and the Defeated teams so Many that the Bob Abbot coached lady rams can ask what next with no real service teams Are characterized by one fact personnel that the Way of the military life and the Way of life for base or Community level sports to build a dynasty in that environment Means winning year after year with players who wont be there year after in three years the rams have claimed All three Safe women titles the first one was three Csc championships and the two Besto three series with Usa eur Champion there currently 150 in Csc league play and Riding a 38 game winning Streak Over two the bad news for future lady ram opponents is this years Ramstein edition is the before this Abbott had to rely on a couple key performers like Devi Sharp and Peggy Sunbury in 197879 to pull his team through the close but Abbott Doest have to do that any Sunbury is still Shes still leading the league in dancing her Way around the key hitting Short but Shes no longer in the Pivot where her quickness was effective offensively out her size 59 not always enough Shes playing a position that better suits her style and Sunbury has the one Quality of a Star player Dove Wolczok uncanny Knack of coming through in the big when Abbott called on her to make the key Basket or Stop the opponents Sunbury did she can Dave Aldio Sunbury scores when it counts most Ned 24 Points against Heidelberg in the championship game to give the rams the Usa Deusar eur series in last year against upper Scyford in the Safe she tossed in the same number to end the sky Queens undefeated string and thrust her team into the tourney but the 198081 rams Are More than if Shes not having a Good game which Doest happen often Abbott can count on the scoring punch of Donna Maggie Diane Moss and Liz like they average in double which for women basketball is an impressive even More impressive Are the scores by which the lady rams have won this no team has come within 20 Points of upsetting the lady the ease with which Ramstein has chalked up Victory upon Victory has Abbott worried a Hes afraid his squad is going to soon let but he the reason the lady rams win impressively int because they have Good shoot ers who usually Blitz the nets but because there Well coached in All phases of the watching the lady rams play is like watching a Good ram steins women simply use which is All it takes to win women service basketball so the beat goes the lady rams need just one More Triumph to Clinch the leagues Ameri can division the Only thing that holding them up is the Safe women basketball team now in the states for three that coached by siphoned off six lady rams for the 10women but be Back to win the Back to win the Back to win Back to beat the Usa eur entry if that series comes that what happens when youre in the midst of a the stars and strips Bird Powers celtics Over los Angeles continued on Page 21 and then came right Back and had a game like Fitch few people in this league can keep that Energy Hes one of those few sometimes i feel like i should pay to get in to see elsewhere in the Aba nets bulls 133 in Mike Newlin scored six of his game High 35 Points in overtime to enable new Jersey to snap a five game losing Kings jazz 87 at Kansas Otis Birdsong scored 26 Points and Scott Wedman added 19 to hand Utah its ninth straight Road Bucks pacers 101 at Junior Bridgeman scored 30 including a three Point play in the fourth for which also received 22 Points from mar ques Rookie Louis Orr led Indi Ana with mixers Cavaliers 120 at Julius who scored 37 stuffed in an offensive re bound with one second left in Caldwell Jones grabbed a season High 25 Mike Mitchell scored 36 Points for rockets spurs 89 at Moses Malone and Robert Reid each scored 2j Points for the Rock who held their opponent under 100 Points for the sixth time in eight George Gervin led All san Antonio scorers with 19 suns Mavericks 97 at the suns made 13 straight shots in the third Quarter to break open a close truck Robinson led Phoenix with 27 followed by Dennis John son with magic act lakers gear for title run with Johnson returning magic Johnson off these crutches now by Alex Sachare a sports writer if you believe in heres some Good news Earvin magic whose skills helped the los Angeles lakers to the 1980 National basketball association championship and whose smile lit up the entire is expected to be Back in action within two i can hardly said not being involved has really sidelined since 18 be cause of torn cartilage in his left has been Scrimm aging with the lakers the past week with encouraging he looked better than we had sex said los Angeles coach Paul he was running hitting and we thought it might take him awhile to get the feel of Contact but he seemed not to be Hurt at hell play for us 22 in new that would be a most appropriate Occa Sion for the return of whose value to the entire Aba lies As much in the 20 Jearolds infectious enthusiasm As in his basketball besides taking place in the Media capital of new it will be nationally televised As part of Cess Sun Day game of the week series and a magic act can Only help the the lakers have done surprisingly Well since the 6foot9 guard got they were 155 before Johnson went Down and have gone 2315 without him to stay with in six games of the firs place Phoenix suns in the Pacific division in not going to Rush the knee because the team Doest need me to make the said Well do that regardless of whether i come Back or the questions Are whether Well finish in first or second place and How far Well go in the the answers to those questions would be More positive with magic in the Laker he makes us significantly said his pluses Are rebounding and the latter is not to be for years the lakers were known for their in emotional play and Blase but All that changed last season with the arrival of his enthusiasm went a Long Way analysis toward creating a new atmosphere on the team and at the Many say it was the key ingredient in their championship formula and the missing ingredient this i Hope ill fire them said when asked what Impact his return would but the team has been playing pretty Well without so you never Johnson clearly is anxious to get Back in he began shooting baskets on 12 and made a three game Road trip with the lakers last Scrimm aging with the club in practice and taking part in pregame warmups before changing Back into Street clothes and watching the games from a scat on the the main thing is in in prac timing and in around the even if its Only for moral said it s Good to be a part of the team its great to be talking Jive and being around the and what did he do when he want with the team a lot of he replied with a i was watching to and just passing the
