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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, June 4, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports lakers rip celtics 136111 a James worthy scored All 29 of his Points in the second and third periods As the los Angeles virtually unbeatable at Home for three beat the Boston celtics 136111 sunday for a 21 Lead in the National basketball association championship the winners of 25 of 26 games at the Inglewood forum since could win their first title in nine final series meetings against Boston if they take the fourth and fifth games Here wednesday and Friday the seeking to become the first team to repeat As Aba champions since Bostons 1969 would Host the sixth and seventh games if the celtics led by 10 Points Midway in the second Quarter before a 6foot9 Forward with the Mandrikova Connors gains at Paris Paris a Hana Mandli Kovas dream of repeating her 1981 French open Triumph evaporated in the parisian Sun Shine monday As she was knocked out of this years million championships in the but Jimmy Connors still has Hopes of gaining his first French finals berth after he produced a typical battling performance to reach the mens quarterfinals seeded 3 and expected to meet defending Champion Martina Navratilova in the stumbled 64 to 7 seed Claudia Kohl Kilsch of West the 23yearold czech said later i thought i was in Good but maybe i should get in better the mens 3 seed whose Best performances at Roland Garros stadium have been reaching the semifinals in 1980 and last dropped the first set to Francesco Lancelotti or Italy before blasting Back for a 62 Victo watched by his 6yearold son the 32yearold american Lethander i would love to make the final being in the quarterfinals Doest make my defending champions Ivan lend and Martina Navratilova each dropped Only four games As they stayed firmly on course for repeating their triumphs last Kohl Kilsch broke Mandli Kovas serve in the ninth game of each set and then served out to win her appearance in the semifinals is the farthest she has gone in a grand slam of her upcoming clash with Navratilova in the the 21yearold West Ger Man i think i have a Chance because i have nothing to Connors forehand errors virtually presented the first set to but he bounced Back to take the next set in 34 yielding Only six Points to the ital and then blasted his Way to Victory with his Best Tennis of the there was some pretty Damn Good ten Nis from Connors said explaining Why he lost the first he i was Rushing i Felt so Good out there i had to slow myself Connors faces 14 seeded Stefan Edberg in the the 14 unset countryman Anders Jarryd 67 As the temperature again topped 100 de Grees fahrenheit 38 celsius on the normally ice Cool Jarryd boiled Over in the opening the 6 lost his serve for a second time when the Umpire called a Ball out although the Linesman gave no Aba playoffs strength to score the quickness to avoid defenders and the Speed to finish Las lightning fast took he scored 10 of his 15 second Quarter Points As the lakers outscored Boston 2711 in the final seven minutes of the first half for a 6559 halftime who made 12 of 18 Fiel goal attempts in the Middle two Peri scored 14 More Points As the the lakers turned the game into a Boston never got closer than six Points in the second half As the lakers pulled away to Lead by As Many As 18 in the third Kareem who had 30 17 rebounds and eight assists in game 2 after being held to 12 three rebounds and one assist in the had 26 Points and 14 rebounds his 20 Points at the Mark of the third Quarter gave him career playoff one More than Jerry wests previous Earvin magic Johnson had 17 Points and 16 assists for the Kevin Mchale led Boston with 31 Larry Bird added 20 and Robert Parish had 17 for the unlike Bostons 148114 Victory in the when the celtics hardly missed from starting guards Dennis John son and Danny Ainge scored Only eight and seven a photo american Lethander Jimmy Connors gains quarterfinals storms Back for Victory after dropping first set Why did you Call that for the you have done it twice what do you need linesmen for Jarryd protested to the but afterwards Jarryd said the incident did not affect his Overall unseeded Martin Jaite of Argentina set up a quarterfinal clash with lend by beat ing Heinz Gunthardt of Switzerland in four matches the 20yearold Jaite has dropped Only one set in beating the 11 Seea Miloslav Mecir of Czecho both Lendl and Navratilova said they had encountered few problems in the tournament so 2 behind americas John Mcenroe in the mens cruised past american Aaron Krickstein lend lost his serve in the opening set against the 10 seeded but then reeled off four consecutive Points to take the first set and Krickstein never got sight of another the 25yearold czech said i expected lot longer in fact i was prepared to stay out there for seven hours if i feel i have gotten to the quarterfinals even though i have to had to run very i Hope if am i am pressed to play then i will play Navratilova comments after her easy Triumph Over unseeded Anna Maria Cec Chini were the top seed in the women Competition needed Only 52 minutes to crush the italian cuddling her now familiar pet Navratilova Here i am in the semis and i still Haven really been perhaps its because i am playing Cecchini one Consolation was being the first italian woman for 31 years to reach the in Silvana Lazzari no made it to the the 20yearold italian said through an interpreter i was also very Happy to play who i have never played i knew she was very but you dont know How Strong she is until you play she Lopez wins by 8 shots Ohio up Nancy Lopez shot a sizzling 7underpar 65 sunday to Post a runaway eight shot Victory in the Lyga Lopez total of 273 was 15 shots under Par and just one stroke off the tournament record set last year by Patty Alice who started the Day tied with Lopez for the faltered with a 1 overpay 73 sunday to finish at 281 for second tied for third with 4under 284s were Pat Bradley and Lauri Lopez margin of Victory would have been even greater had it not been for a two stroke penalty she was assessed for slow play in the first As Lopez prepared to hit her final putt she laughed out does any body know what time it is someone from the gallery take All the time you Lopez earned for her Victory while Miller collected for second it was the second straight Victory for she won the Lyga event in Chat two weeks she did not enter last weeks event in Lopez also picked up the 31st Victory of her Lightyear she won the Lyga championship in her sensational 1978 Rookie season when she reeled off nine Lopez virtually put the tournament away on the first nine holes she quickly broke out of the tie with Miller by getting four birdies on the first nine while Miller suffered two bogeys and made Only one Birdie to fall five strokes behind at the Halfway Point of the final finishing in a three Way tie for fifth with 2under 286s were Allison Cindy Flom and Ayako sharing eighth with 1under 287s were Chris Johnson and Amy Santos keeps his title defeats caries in Paris Paris a Carlos Santos of puerto Rico retained his International boxing federation super welterweight title Here with a 15round decision Over Frenchman Louis caries at Paris pare Des princes one of the worlds three super welterweight champions along with Thomas Hearns wac and Mike Mccallum had Little trouble disposing of the dominating throughout the  
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