European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes february 1981 Nefs rip blazers for 5fh in 123j j 3 by United press International break up the nets the nabs Ragamuffin a so onto be transplanted team that plays in a place called has now won five straight games to help enliven a season that has been almost As Bleak As the Gate they just kept leaving me Rookie Darwin Cook explained Friday night after scoring the first six Points of Over time to Lead the nets to a 123113 Victory Over the Portland Trail when you have shots like you have to take continued who also helped the nets make up a fou Point deficit with 14 seconds left in regulation they just kept leaving me so there was nothing left for me to do but with Portland leading 105101 with 14 seconds left in Edgar Jones slammed Home a six seconds lat Portland Rookie Kelvin Janscy missed two free throws and with one second to Mike Nowlin hit a 15fool i never doubted the said new Bill would return bums to Brooklyn continued from Page 17 dodgers Back to Brooklyn would not Only bring it would be a Boon to the sports Community there never has been and never will be fans to equal the Brooklyn dodger he said passage of the Bill would help to revitalize the the proposed legislation asks for a 000 appropriation for the Bra to find the in 1958 Brooklyn suffered a loss of separation that i believe has taken the once colourful heart of the Bor he that was the year the dodgers the word bum with the dodgers was synonymous with Brooklyn escalating player salaries and a unfilled lifestyle ended any refer ence to the team As the bums on the West coast Long ago but Barto said the word still works magic in it the Hopes and aspirations of Ordinary people who could Root for their team win or he the playing of the game was not the Nice Guys took Pride in finishing last and when they won they were just As proud and whalers fire coach Blackburn up the faltering Hartford whalers Friday fired head coach Don Blackburn and replaced him on an interim basis with assistant coach Larry the whalers have not won in their last 11 games and have won Only two games in their last 25 they Are at the Bot Tom of the Norris division and in 19th place Overall in the 21team National hockey league with a 152916 whalers director of operations Jack Kel Ley said Blackburn was relieved of his duties because of a Lack of Success and obvious frustration that has been building up within the club Over the past 25 Kelley added that the whalers have 20 games left and the club is still in striking distance of making the the team will respond and play up to its capacity for who shared game honors with Cook at for a it looked like Darwin want going to get the Ball to i had kind of a bad Angle because i was too close to the Baseline and the Corner of the backboard was in my but i got the Ball off Well and knew it was Cook hit his first three shots in overtime Aba Roundup to give new Jersey a 111105 Lead and the nets never again we missed some important free throws Down the said Portland coach Jack youve got to make your free throws to Kelvin just  hit and that was the despite missing 3of4 free led Portland with 24 Points and Jim Paxson added Maurice Lucas chipped in with 23 Points for the the nets have now tied their previous Aba High of five straight in other games bulls jazz 84 at Salt Lake Ricky Sobers scored 21 Points and Bobby Wilkerson added 14 to Lead which is dueling Washington for the final Eastern conference playoff league scoring Leader Adrian Dantley poured in 30 for Kings Bucks 109 at Kansas Scott Wedman and Otis Birdsong combined for 22 fourth Quarter Points to rally the Kings from a 12point Kansas City reached for the first time since the second game of the Quinn Buckner scored a sea so High 31 to Pace 76ers Mavericks 109 at Julius Erving scored 18 Points and Darryl Dawkins shot 7of7 from the Field in the second half to hand Dallas its 15th straight Oliver Mack led the Mavericks with 19 pacers spurs 106 at George who scored 24 hit a Field goal and two free throws in the final 13 seconds for in George Gervin finished with a game High 30 Points for san kicks bullets 112 at new Mike Glenn scored 21 enabling the kicks to record their 10th Victory in their last 11 Elvin Hayes and Kevin Grevey paced washing ton with 23 Points and Kevin Porter added 22 with 15 rockets lakers 107 at Moses Malone hit a three Point play with three seconds left for Malone finished with 34 Points and 21 rebounds in his Allstar Battle with los Angeles Center Kareem Abdulrab who had 36 Points and 12 clippers warriors 114 at Phil Smiths 10foot jumper with 39 seconds left lifted san Diego despite a career High 46 Points by Golden state Rookie Center Joe Barry supersonics suns 111 at James Bailey scored 26 Points and Fred Brown capitalized on an unusual technical foul Call to lift Phoenix was assessed a technical foul for having Only four players on the court when Brown missed a foul shot with 13 seconds left in the Princeton nears Ivy Crown compiled by Bob Wicker sports editor on a Day of rest for the nations top 20 a Battle for the Ivy league basketball championship came into sharper focus Friday and it looks like the tigers of Princeton have one claw wrapped around the title and the automatic Mcaa playoff bid that comes with sparked by senior guard Steve Mills career High 21 Princeton maintained its firs place posture sports wire in the Ivy by beating outclassed Yale 60 Penn remained one game Back of the tigers with a 71 league record by virtue of a 6658 Victory Over Reggie Jones hit a 12foot jump shot with one second left Friday night to lift air Force to a 6361 Western athletic conference Victory Over Tim Harris had 21 Points for the fal cons and Rick Simmons scored 18 As air Force improved its record to 814 on the season and 29 in the Urcla basketball coach Larry Brown denied reports Friday that he had signed a contract to coach the new Jersey nets of the National basketball association starting next i Haven signed any contract and i Haven been offered Brown a former Aba coach with the Denver nuggets and now in his second season at has been reported As next seasons coach of the nets by both the new York Post and new York daily the news reported in its Friday editions that Brown had agreed to a four year Detroit pistons Forward Bob Mcadoo will sit out the rest of the season but will continue to get the National Basket Ball association club announced the reason is that we want to give those minutes to our Young said Jack pistons general manag Mcadoo is in the last year of is 000 the pistons Are not expected to take advantage of their option to renew his contract next Mcadoo played in Only six of the Pis tons 66 games this year and missed the last 15 games of the 197980 season with multiple including a pulled Stom Ach muscle and an Arch problem in his left Miller the senior golfer known As grabbed the midpoint Lead Friday in the Glen Camp Miller Barber 1stroke Lead Bell los Angeles who will be 50 March proved he int ready for the rocking youre Only As old As you the Bald texan i think i played that second round As Well As i can i made More putts in the past two Days than in All the other 1981 Barber shot a 67 Friday for a 36hole total of 133 and a 1stroke Lead in the 72 Hole event that carries a winners first round Leader Gil a Mem Ber of golfs younger generation at shot a Good for second place with a 134 Jack Nicklaus shot a 70 for 141 Lee Trevino a and Tom Watson a Amy Alcott fired a 5underpar 67 Friday to move into a three Way tie for the Lead with Ayako Okamoto and Sandra Post with a 36hole score of 6under Par 138 in a Lyga tournament in the first round Leader with a had a 1underpar 71 Fri while Post carded a 2underpar 70 to go with her first round Jimmy Connors Defeated unseeded Pat Dupre 61 Friday in a quarterfinal match of the at Tennis games in la Quin who needed about 75 minutes to dispose of was to face seventh seeded Eliot Teltscher in one of saturdays semifinal Teltscher needed a pair of tiebreakers to eliminate 14thseeded Tomas Smid of Czechoslovakia in the other semifinal second seeded Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia was to face third seeded Harold Lendl advanced Friday with a 61 Triumph Over fifth seeded Roscoe while Solomon rallied for a 76 Victory Over eight seeded Brian gotta second seeded Hana Mandrikova of Czechoslovakia overcame a Balky serve with effective use of her other weapons Friday night to defeat Kate Latham 64 in a quarterfinal match of the 000 Avon Tennis championship of hous Bettina Bunge of West Germany ral lied to defeat Veteran Pam Teeguarden 4 61 in an earlier Joplin High school football players have been questioned by an Mcaa investigator about recruiting practices of the University of according to published the players were questioned about work Given to them by a Missouri Alum Nus and their trip to the 27 Liberty bowl in where the tigers lost to the Columbia daily Tribune reported Friday and the Louis Globe Democrat reported saturday that Michael an investigator for the National collegiate athletic talked to Allan Jeff Tupper and Terry Werner the same Day they signed big eight letters of intent with schools other than All three played football on Joplin Par Woods class 4a High school football championship team and were recruited heavily by Catcher John Stearns had some bad news for the new York mets when he arrived at Spring training Camp Friday in he advised them even before he put on a uniform that he cannot throw a base i cannot throw one now and i May not be Able to throw one 60 or 90 Days from said the mets first string who was hit with a foul tip on the right Index Finger last july under went surgery on the first joint on complications developed and a second operation was necessary on i thought i would be Able to throw by now but i Stearns he proved it later when he lobbed the Ball and retired after just six i can lob it but i cant put any pop on i certainly cant throw anyone out at second v manager Joe Torre said were going to give him All the time he All Spring if to make sure it is he wont be