European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Bird f big i May the stars and stripes Page 25 hurting b by George Vecsey Philadelphia not the right Index Finger is swollen to double the size at the first and it does not those familiar with Larry Birds medical history say the Finger has been somewhat disfigured since a College softball game Many years but sometime on sat urday afternoon the Finger was sprained it would help a right handed shooter to be Able to flex his Index but Bird says it was his not his commentary that he made Only 4 of 15 shots and finished with Only 14 Points it is not a major Bird i dont get major by his own he should have made three or four More shots which would have made the game a whole lot closer than the 115104 Victory by the 76ers that averted a wipe out by the Birds standards extend beyond his expectations for he has expectations of How his team is supposed to be intense and How the Philadelphia crowd should respond to Julius Erving he did not mind sitting in the Sauna of a dressing room to explain Why just about everything fell Short of Stan Dards i cant use it Asan Bird shielding the swollen Finger with a i have to play As Well As i if i put on a i dont like to think of it at it but its just another thing you have to i can accept Ive been Able to overcome Bird is probably the Best player in the National basketball association at the and one of the Best he does not always talk but the values he nourishes during his Summers in Terre surge out at select like after sundays Sloppy and sometimes half baked game if i had a regular Job As a construction i stay Home with an injury like Bird vol so in not staying Home from this More than Birds Finger was sensitive following the celtics 10594 Victory Here saturday that gave them a a photo Larry Bird guarded by Julius Erving not a major injury ill play 30 his Pride in being a Star basketball player was pierced by the Boos in the spectrum aimed at Erving when Julius made Only 1 of 10 shots for 5 Points in 29 minutes of one hates to keep bringing up the old to Belinsky line about Philadelphia fans being so Cranky that they would boo the easter but in in Phila Erving has had a better career than the easter i Felt sorry for i was disappointed in the Way people treated him Bird virtually spat an individual like that you wont find a better person in the league than Bird did not add a footnote that Early this season he and Erving had staged a Nasty Little dust up in the heat of a game and were both fined they made a Public display of Solidarity before the next and have spoken supportively of each other Hes done More for kids than anybody in the Bird when they Start booing him very this professional respect did not Stop Erving and Bird from muscling each other Erving made Only 4 of 21 shots for 15 with 6 rebounds and 6 but he had plenty of help up front from Charles Barkley really is in t he who provided bulk and Speed for 20 rebounds in a rare Moses Malone bulled for three clutch baskets late in the game and 21 Points Over the celtics fell 15 Points behind at the first Quarter and never could get Bird said he could see it coming in the locker room before the our intensity want like it was he i had a slow Start and everybody sort of followed my in the sort of Guy who supposed to have a Good Doc doctor Julius Erving As very deter mined i know i had to carry him on my Back for a lot of the he had a bad game but he tried to take my head off he got away with enough of if i had known he was going to play like i could have gotten More out of my the celtics first few minutes of the fourth period will make a self enclosed bloopers film it started with the celtics sending Only four players out to the Cedric Maxwell was supposed to be out but he saw Scott a and he assumed Wedman was in at Forward rather than the celtics didst but then it took Jake Odonnell and Jess Kersey 21 seconds to count that High and Call a technical foul on the Bird was hardly absolving his Hal court bomb to Robert Parish flew out of the end zone and caused Parish to stumble into a Section full of not exactly what you want for a tired Center hobbling on a sprained and after Quinn Buckner was called for a Bird wait a in not ready to the officials while Andrew Toney was missing the causing Toney to get another Chance because of Birds obstruction As the officials called it was the kind of game any athlete and any team would like to the celtics will be Home wednes Day night with a 31 advantage in the and Bird expects to if i can walk and its not a major Bird ill y excitement High for 86 world cup by Concepcion Badillo Mexico City a one year year before Mexico hosts the 1986 world cup soccer preparations Are Well along for what often is called the worlds leading sports excitement already is running with the logos for the 1986 tournament visible in Many places and Crews expand ing and modifying the 12 stadiums in nine cities that will be used for the monthlong Mexico As the Host country is assured of a place in the 24team Field for the world cup finals that Start May also holding an automatic spot is de fending Champion Italy from the 1982 tournament held in Uruguay and Hungary have clinched and elimination contests Are proceeding to determine which countries will have the remaining 20 the United states Defeated Trinidad Tobago for the second time 10 at after posting an earlier 21 Triumph in the victories moved the team into first place in its qualifying the will next play Costa Rica May 26 in san with a return match at Al Camino College in Torrance May the Winner advances to play Canada and Hon Duras for the one spot still open for this Mexico hosted the 1970 world cup won by Brazil and was chosen to stage the 1986 tournament when Colombia with it will be the first nation Ever to Host two world the drawing to place the 24 teams into their schedule will take place in Decem the tournament includes 52 to be held in the 12 stadiums already selected for the event throughout the coun they were approved by the International federation of football known As with the requirements that each stadium seat at least peo ple and be free of any advertisements or private commitments unrelated to the world the stadiums to be used include technological and University stadiums in the Northern Industrial City of Monterrey and Jalisco stadiums in Mexico second largest City Nuevo Campo in Leon revolution in Iraq Auto Cuauhtemoc in Puebla Mexico 70 in Toluca net Zahuta Coyotl stadium in the sprawling working class Mexico City suburb of the same name Mexico 68 and Aztec stadiums and the new Corregidor stadium in Mexico used Only five stadiums in when 16 teams the hosts Are preparing a year in and Vance with a series of International exhibition including a May 29june 15 tournament with teams representing mex England and West Mexico and Italy kick off May 29 in 78 Miles 126 Ems Southeast of Mexico where Italy will Start its de sense of the title exactly one year the publicity Campaign for the 1986 tournament includes the Sale of articles from stickers to Pencil boxes and Yoyos featuring the tournament Logotype and Mascot shaped like a Green some Banks even Are offering credit to custom ers who want to Purchase which went on Sale in the Chili Pepper Mascot Wear ing a Large Sombrero and a soccer at first caused some controversy when critics charged it perpetuated stereotypes of now the Green figure is one of the most visible and popular cartoon charac ters in the the main stage for the 1986 world cup will be giant Aztec on the South Ern outskirts of Mexico with seating capacity for nine games Are scheduled including the opener and the the organizing committee has announced that the tickets reserved for mex Ico for the games in Aztec stadium Are sold out in an example of the enthusiasm ticket sales in other countries will Start for the first time ahead of the draw ing that will determine which team plays Mexico planned the Quick Sale in order to obtain foreign Exchange needed for the expenses of the chinese soccer tans attack foreigners after loss peking was quiet Mon Day after angry chinese soccer fans mobbed overturned cars and smashed win Dows when their team lost a world cup qualifying match to Hong Kong witnesses said irate Young chinese surged out of peking workers stadium after China was eliminated from the East asian zone qualifying round for the world cup tournament in Mexico they asked me who was Hong Kong or and said if i answered they would kill said a european who was surrounded by a gang of chinese As he left the it was really i mean unbelievably said Mary a correspondent for the Hong Kong based far Eastern economic re what was scary about it was that the police were not doing the mob threw a Brick through the window of a car driven by a soviet narrowly missing his witnesses said the youngster was in correction Art John was the winning Pitcher in the Ramstein rams 70 Victory Over the Wiesbaden flyers sunday not Mike As reported in mondays John fanned four and walked three in the seven inning game to up Bis record to
