European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes March learning Early photo by Dave Didio it is the belief of Many sports enthusiasts that children should be put into on on the Tennis and basketball on the Golf course and on skis As Early As possible to provide them with a solid Brian Skinner of Holder of Many Isar eur skiing and his Are doing just that with their three Earold and Twoy Earold Tobias is getting his Start on one the second one will come As he gets Bagley became spark plug that turned cars around by William Barnard a sports writer when John Bagley was chosen As the 12th pick in the first round of the 1982 draft by the Cleveland Many believed it was just another Ted Stepien if they wanted John said an official of one National basketball association they could have had him in the second three years the joke is on the rest of the league As Bagley has become the spark plug of Cleveland remarkable turn around after a 219 since those dark Days of december the Cavaliers Are and while their 2843 Overall Mark is still the important thing to them is that they Are in a position to get into the playoffs for the first time since when the cars were Bagley was a Reserve guard averaging than seven Points and seven assists per at the first of the it was like we were Bagley said of his team but in the 50 games since he has averaged Points and 9 assists and has become the starting Point in the same he is shooting 51 percent from the Baileys assists average for the season is Good enough for fifth in the entire behind Only Isiah magic Johnny Moore and Norm not bad for a Rol poly who still has a tendency toward too Many dare Devil rushes to the i think in the Aba the Point guard is a Paramount Rookie coach George Karl if you look at an entire 82game if you can win the Point guard you win a lot of basketball weve won a lot of games and a lot of that Success is because of John consistency is what separates the win Ning players and teams from the average and Bagley is showing he can play a pretty Good basketball game almost every in addition to being the Only Cavalier to play in All 72 Bagley has led the team in assists 52 including 34 of the last and has had 25 double figure assist the consistency of his game is what people have been worried about in the Karl last he had some great but he didst do1 it night in and night now he is doing it More and that a sign of what is happening is that weve come to expect him to play and for us to be successful he has How does Bagley explain the Cleveland turnaround weve come together and weve also gotten so things have started to go our he you have to have Confidence in yourself and your and that the situation were in this is a Tough and you have to have Guys playing consistently every on in a 124106 decision Over Kansas he recorded a career High 17 on March he bettered his per Sonal High with 19 assists in a 135128 Victory at Black Hawks end flyers7 11game Victory Streak by Lisa Harris Dpi sports writer the Philadelphia flyers came into Chi Cago stadium wednesday night Riding an 11game winning Streak the fifth Long est in nil they went Down to another team on a Roll a quiet the Chicago Black Hawks put an end to Philadelphia Streak with a 52 and in so raised their record since february 6 when Orval Tessier was fired As coach to 14 since general manager Bob Pulford assumed coaching the Black Hawks have been disciplined and you can see it starting to said left Wing Al who scored the Chicago first we have to keep our momentum going now into the Steve Ludzik third period goal snapped a 22 tie and the Streak at reviving Chicago Hopes of catching the firs place Louis blues in the Norris the moved within three Points of the who lost 42 at Chicago has five games remaining Louis in other games wednesday penguins devils 3 Pittsburgh Mitch Lamoureux scored twice to spark the Cou pled with the new York rangers the Victory moved Pittsburgh within five Points of the final playoff spot in the Pat Rick Warren Young and Mario Lemieux each scored their 38th goals to break the team record for most goals by a Rookie set by Mike Bullard in nil Roundup sabres rangers 2 Buffalo Phil Housley scored twice and assisted once to lift whalers capitals 1 goalie Mike list made 31 saves behind a tenacious defense to Lead the the Victory was a club record sixth straight for sur prising which has caught fire to stave off mathematical elimination from the Maple Leafs blues 2 Toronto John Anderson scored the Gam winning goal and picked up an and Bill Derlago contributed three Points to propel jets canucks 3 Dale Hawer Chuk had a goal and two assists to Lead Winnipeg to its club record ninth consecutive with the three a Verchuk strengthened his hold on third place in the nil scoring he now has 49 goals and 74 assists and trails Only the Edmonton tandem of Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kings flames 2 Perry Bere playing in Only his fourth nil scored the tie breaking goal with left in the second period to Lead los Angeles Marcel Dionne became the third player in nil history to reach the Point plateau with his 46th goal of the leaving him 90 behind Phil Esposito on the Al time scoring a photo whalers Ray Neufeld takes Down capitals Larry Murphy wednesday