European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary crowding info army basketball finals half an hour before wednesdays Darm stad Kaiserslautern Kleber Cavern gym was nearly just another typical army basketball i mends and i will be the Only ones to see after most army teams played to virtually deserted houses during the regular Why would this be any different Good thing there want any Mustard 1 woul Dve had to eat those ten minutes before the a wave of humanity flowed into the surrounded the baselines and scrunched seven deep to the i swear the Walls groaned under it was like being shoehorned into a Tokyo subway car during Rush most of the Kaiserslautern fans brought air making the gym sound like a stalled Convoy of 18 wheelers on the Darmstadt two busloads of fans countered with leather lungs and stomping especially when the demons threatened to blow the panthers right out of their Home floor by racing to an Early 274 dust that had Clung to rafters for decades finally floated to the you Coul Dve heard a pin drop in the town except that demons backers took silence As their Cue to gleefully scream for their sports officials monitoring the other mens and women semifinals said the Kaiserslautern situation was packed houses Why now and not during the regular season normally playoffs have More importance than the league said Van Stokes of 1st personnel comes sports but that True at every level even in the that just the theory of even in the world series you have More of a following than throughout the this is just the Pinnacle of the pro Stokes said the playoffs Arent the the Usa eur championships Arent the program in and of the real program belongs to the communities and major commands that organize those leagues and operate them All those people who run those leagues make the pro one reason Usa eur adopted the nabs Gypsy toll Road playoff format was to involve the Home i if there not Here in the regu Lar Why would they for the playoffs i was thinking that the packed stands at last years Aschaffenbur Wiesbaden championship series were merely a evidently the regular season crowds had lulled me to even safes olympic style tournament in Torrejon in february want exactly a spectators when the hos team raiders we rent on fans stayed away in Only the  final attracted More than a smattering of and then nothing like the  Kaiserslautern id forgotten just How different it was to watch a game with cheering fans rather than empty it was fun throngs of people romping and being forced onto the court Ever time someone behind them i mean not one fan in Torrejon had an air Horn Stokes called the army crowd situation correctly in last weeks  positional tournament in Heidelberg Womack wait till the he  be he was maybe this travelling Road show really does have the fans at stars and stripes Jordan head Rookie team new York a Michael Jordan of the Chicago bulls and Akeem Olajuwon of the Houston who led their teams to berths in the 1985 National basketball association on wednesday were named unanimous choices for the Aba Al Rookie the squad was selected by the leagues 23 head a guard who finished As the nabs third leading scorer at Points per and a was fourth in the league in rebounding and Sec Ond in blocked each received 22 votes the maximum possible since coaches Are not allowed to name a player from their own team and asked to pick five players without regard to joining Jordan and Olajuwon on the All Rookie Tream Are Center Sam Bowie of the Portland Trail who received 18 votes Forward Charles Barkley of the Phil Adelphia 17 and Forward enter Sam Perkins of the Dallas a total of 11 players received at least one vote in the the five players named were the first five players chosen in the 1984 Aba others named were Forward Otis Thorpe of the Sacramento formerly Kansas City Kings with eight votes guard Alvin Rob san 7 guard Vern Flem 3 and Cente forwards Tim Mccormick of Seattle and Kevin Willis of and guard John Stockton of one vote Al from Page 21 the top of the inning on Toby Harrah base loaded sacrifice Fly off Bill Buck Martinez and Len Matuszek started the Blue jays 10th with singles and Barfield followed with his second Home run of the sea Texas knuckle Baller Charlie Hough Al Lowed three hits in 8 innings while Toronto Jimmy key yielded four in id rather hit against Stewart than Hough any said i was looking for a fastball and he gave me one up and i knew id hit it out As soon As it left the royals red sox 1 Kansas Charlie Lei Brandt pitched a four hitter and Light Whit Ting buddy Biancalana drilled a three run Homer to Lead Kansas Leibrandt lost his bid for his first major league shutout since 1981 with one out in the ninth when Jim Rice singled and scored on Mike easters with one out in the royals Steve Balboni was Safe on a throwing error by shortstop Jackie Pat Sheridan walked after Jim Sundberg popped Biancalana tagged Al Nipper for his third major league Jorge Orta doubled two More unearned runs across in the fifth and Wilson singled a run Home in the As mariners 4 Mike Davis belted his fourth Homer and scored three runs As Oakland completed a sweep of a three game series against which had won its first six Oakland also got three hits from Alfre do Griffin to overcome the continued Tor rid hitting of Seattle Jim who drove in four runs with his sixth Homer and a Presley two run Homer in the fourth was the 14th by Seattle in six games against Oakland this year and gave the mariners a 43 but the As went ahead 54 in the Bottom of the inning on an rib double by Donnie Hill and Dave Collins sacrifice they made it 74 in the fifth on a singles by Davis and Griffin and an error by Center fielder Dave Davis Solo shot in the seventh made it he leads the league with 14 12 runs scored and 27 total Angels twins 3 Minneapolis Gary who struck out four times in californian pre Vious stroked a two run single to Cap a three run second inning As the Angels handed the twins their sixth consecutive Doug Decinces drove in the decisive run in the fifth inning with a sacrifice Fly that scored Rod who Winner Jim Slaton went six innings for the Angels and Donnie Moore pitched one hit Relief Over the final three innings for californian first save of the Roy Smalley homered for announcer let Down by Tiger defeat grand up the Detroit tigers 20 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers wednesday was a big letdown for a local radio who was toppled from the billboard Perch he adopted 10 Days ago because of the ecu Pradip sports announcer Dennis Sutton moved into an 8by10foot Home plate shaped domicile attached to a Bill Board along us131 on april 8 when the tigers opened their regular pledging to remain As Long As the team kept win the loss wednesday was the tigers first after opening the season with six straight last Detroit won its first nine games on its Way to a record 355 Start and the world series during his Sutton battled a Snow High below freezing tempera Tures and even some sleet during the morn ing hours hoisting up meals with a rope and Crank drawn Sutton said he was snug in his Little equipped with spartan a portable Tele typewriter and even a working Doorbell and when not broadcasting his twice hourly Sutton spent warm afternoons on his carpeted Patio waving at honking commuters from his 30foothigh the Best part of this whole thing was How much everyone got into it and helped put bringing presents or just honk ing on their Way said Sutton in a Tele phone interview he quickly singled out his narrow cot As the worst part of the i never want to see another cot again As Long As i who can sleep on these things he Sutton had intended to entertain Tiger manager Sparky Anderson in the billboard hut but he said it looked like the two would now get together on a More earthly this has been but right now i feel like in about 87 years Sutton no from Page 21 who had four Bis and three picked up the win in his first appearance of the while Lee Smith recorded Bis third mete pirates 6 Pittsburgh Darryl Strawberry and Rafael Santana each belted Home doubled and scored three times As streaking new York built a seven run Lead before holding off Strawberry doubled to Lead off a three run new York third then hit a Solo Homer to Start a three run fourth against loser Larry As the mets won for the seventh time in eight mets starter Bruce Berenyi drilled a run scoring double in the but  sur Vive seven walks and j13 pitches Over 4 innings and was lifted for Doug Sisk during a three run Pittsburgh worked 3v6 innings for the Victory despite giving up a pair of Pitts Burgh runs in the expos cardinals 1 Louis Rookie Pitcher Joe Hes Keth retired 17 straight batters and Jim Wohlford singled Home the winning run to lift Montreal Over after allowing an rib single to Jack Clark in the first a 26 year old mowed Down 17 Bat ters before issuing a on out walk to Clark in the Brian Harper followed with a Hesketh struck out Andy Van but Tom Nieto loaded the bases with an infield Hesketh escaped the Jam when Ozzie Smith flied out to struck out five and walked three in his first Start of the sea Jeff Reardon picked up his first save by pitching the final two John took the Tudor hit Andre Dawson to Lead off the a single by Hubie Brooks moved Dawson to after a Wohlford stroked a Tudor pitch to right for the Gam winning