European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 31, 19b6 stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Ramsden rebounds toward Safe Bob Abbott is sick with the flu. Ugh. He looks Pale kind of like a coach watching his player missa Dunk. Well not hot and. Abbott feels Good Noush to supervise his rms twin basketball practice. He feels Good enough to plan on joining his rams on their Safe Louincy journey to Tilburg sat urday. He feels better than last Friday when his rams started 0-2 in the Continental snorts con Terence positional tournament also played at Pitburg. For sure he feels Good knowing he rallied the rams to four  positional victories and the last Safe berth. I was sick after two losses says Abbott. Now that s sick. Kind of like How he Felt last year when he caught the flu at you guessed it bit Burg. After thai he could t even scout enemy teams at the Safe tourney and his rams flopped. It s getting to where i la blame Pitburg because that s where i keep catching it says Abbott. Don t gel Abbott wrong. He likes Pitburg s gym. He Calls it one of the Best in the Csc. He just gets ill watching the Barons play basketball. Like last week end when Pitburg routed Ramstein and four other teams at the positional meet. They have a great guard in Wallace Northcutt. That team is the Best hustling team in the league says Abbott. Even his players feel queasy about the Barons. They play the game the same Way when it starts and when the game ends. No mistakes says 6-foot-6 Forward Ben Kendrick. If there s a Mullice George Price Pitburg s coach replaces  they look very Good say 6-3 Forward guard Butch Martin. We know we have the Talent with them but they re executing. They re  remember that ram Stcin s fool Iii team Felt just As awed by Pitburg last full. The rums nut the Barons won Safe. Remember also that Ramstein is the Hist Csc team to win Safe. Yuu belter have a Good Mem Ory. Go Back to 1980, when he Ranis hosted the tournament and beat Tilburg 79-64 in the final. Abbott coached that team. He s so now. Nothing like a Safe title to cure the flu an recapture youth. If we play like we can he i says i feel confident Well be in the championship game. If we play like we have played at times we might not make the semifinals. T Don t know which Ramstein team is going to show  Ramstein actually outplayed i Pitburg in the regular season. I the rams went 17-5 for second 1 place. The Barons went 14-s for Bob Abbott fourth. Neither topped Owci Brocken. The warriors shocked the Csc with a 20-2 record Good for their first title in 15 years and an automatic ticket to Safe. Wei Bruecken griped recently that it gels no respect from Ramstein which won Csc four of the previous five years. True says Kendrick a. We Bruecken does t have a prayer. They win by two three Points All year. That s championship Quality to win the tight ones. But we know they in not As Lough As they teem. We be seen them not True says Abbott. He contends he liked Owci a Niesken s chances Back in november. We Bruecken beat ram Stcin 102-93 and �8-75 Dur ing the regular season. The rams had the services of Star guard Greg Byrd and 6-6 Forward Ruben Arthur Back Inen. No More. Both Are forced to i Safe for reasons of discipline Byrd and duty Arthur. A Bott s upset about he Lousy Liming of their look. Byrd s supervisor senior master sit Gail Hanson said i m sorry but he screwed up. The timing is just because it happened right  says Martin Early in the year we were really slacked. I never saw that much la Lent. Now we re a Little bit Short Byrd can t come and that i the main prob  with Byrd out Stan Harris switches to shooting Guai a and Greg Young fills the Point void. Willie slew Art joins Martin at Forward. Herman Smith a 6-7 for Mer bit Burger goes at Center. Abbott like thai lineup. His Guys arc to after their positional comeback. But can they Stop the Csc s slump at usafe7 can Pitburg or we Bruecken the Csc used to own Safe Bui in he last five Yean the Mediterranean sports conference won it thrice and inc . Twice. What goes "there1 always been a better team coming out of another conference says Abbott. I thought George Price did an excellent Job last year when Pitburg lost to in Ciurlik. He nearly won it without near As much Talent As now. And against Hill Nikon a realty Good team with a Good  that was Down in the dry lands of Spain. This Lime it la be in the wet mountains of Tilburg. Abbott Hope he and his rams feel Well by  Sun ind iwo.1 Aba from Page 21 game if i was with some other teams he said. Dallas cd needed a seven Point halftime Lead to 95-80 after three periods and built a 13-Pcjnt bulge in the final Quarter. In other Aba action jnzzl07,76en86 Salt Lake City Adrian Dantley scored 14 of his 30 Points in inc third period As Utah handed Philadelphia its third loss in 13 games. Dantley moved past Bob Cousy into 25th place on the Aba j All time scoring list. He helped the jazz attend 44-38 Holf time Lead to 77-64 after three quarters. The 76era Cut the deficit to 91-84 with three minutes to go but a three Point goal by Dantley sparked a 16-1 jazz spurt the rest of the Way. Moses Malone led Philadelphia with 21 Points. Pistons 107, Hawks 94 Pontiac Mich. Vinnie Johnson scored 18 i 24 Points while Detroit was outsco., no Atlanta 32-1b in the fourth Quarter. The Hawks started the final Quarter with a 76-75 Lead. They were still in the game Midway through the period before Johnson scored nine consecutive Points to spark a 15-4 Streak that gave the pistons a 93-89 Lead with 2 26 left. Bill Laimbeer added 20 Points for de troit while Atlanta s Dominique Wilkins led All scorers with 30. Suns is clippers i of los Angeles Walter Davis and Larry Nance combined for All of Phoenix s Points during a 19-11 run in the fourth Quarter that turned a one Point deficit into a 113-106 Lead with 1 20 to play against los Angeles. The Lead changed hands sin limes in a Span of 1 33 before Davis connected on a pair of free throws to give Phoenix the Lead for Good at 102-100 with 4 57 left in the game. Davis scored 3d Points and Nance 24 for the suns. Rory White hit a career High 32 for los Angeles. Pacers 92, bullets 88 Indianapolis Indiana scored Only 16 Points in the fourth Quarter but still Defeated Washington by holding the bullets to 13 in the same Span. The game was lied 10 times and there were 26 Lead changes before Steve Stipano Vich s Layup with 6 40 left gave the pacers the Lead to stay at 83-81. Washington was Only 1 for 1 from the Field in the first nine minutes of the final Quarter. Herb Williams who led Indiana with 25 Points hit two free throws with 2 13 to go and a Baseline jumper with 1 47 left to give the pacers their biggest Lead of the game at 69-84, Jeff Ruland coming Back after missing 24 games with a fractured ankle and Gus Williams led inc bullets with 18 Points each. Eagles look to Ryan As nil s next Lombard Philadelphia up1 Philadelphia eagles owner Norman Braman has High expectations for his new coach former Chicago bears defensive Genius buddy Ryan. He s an individual i honestly expect to be the nest Vince Lombard in the National football league Braman said of Ryan who was named wednesday As the eagles head coach. Braman has been known to expect a lot from his football team he expected this year 7-9 squad to be a playoff contender but his goal appear no More lofty than Ryan a though Ryan was t ready to classify himself As a Genius like Lombard. I be been to three super bowls with three different Ball clubs and we plan to go with a fourth Laid Ryan. He was with the new York jets Minnesota Vikings and bears when they appeared in the nil s biggest game. Ryan whose eagles face a 1986 schedule that features 10 teams that won at least 10 games last year said he does nol Lake losing Well. In this business lasers Are weeded oui and i Don t want to get in that category he said. Ryan s aggressiveness a praised by both Braman and eagles general manager Harry Gamble who said that his approach to the game was the main reason he was selected for the Job. I think buddy Ryan offers something to this game urn Man said. He s an innovator and approaches the game with an attack  Ryan however was Quick a shirk the Genius Label which he said probably be longed Only to san Francisco 49crt coach Bill Walsh. He s just a hard working Guy who has a bit of a personality and can gel greatness out of his players Ryan said in describing himself. When asked Lial bean coach Mike wished me  Ryan said he knew thai he would be the next Couch of he eagles three weeks ago despite published reports that former Balti More stars coach Jim Mora bad been offered the Job. Mora became the coach of the new Orleans saints on tuesday. Owner says giants will stay at candlestick in 86 san Francisco a san fran Cisco giants owner Bob Lurie who vowed after last season that his team had played in last baseball game in candlestick Park said the team will play ils 1986 schedule in the much maligned stadium. Last october 1 believed nothing could convince me to stay at candlestick Park for another year Lurie Laid in a statement released by the team. Two things have occurred which have caused me to change my mind. First i firmly believe an agreement is within reach that will Lead to construction of a new downtown stadium. Second Al Rosen the new president and general manager and new manager Roger Craig have brought a Promise of excitement to the team that Bay area fans deserve to see Lurie said. I m delighted to hear the news that the giants will remain at candlestick Park for the 1986 season mayor Dianne Fri mucin said. Let s All wish the team a great year. Negotiations with the giants will  the giants finished the 1985 season with a 62-1 do record the worst in the franchise s history and third worst in the major leagues for the year. Lurie who bought he giants in 1976, put them on the Block after the 1984 sea son but took them off the Market last win Ter. He s been involved for months in discussions with City officials and others on a variety of schemes to replace candlestick with a downtown stadium. Candlestick located on san Francisco Bay generally is scorned around the league because of the Chilly winds and fog that routinely blow through the Apen air stadium sending Fly balls in strange directions and icing Down fans. The team gives away a Tongue in Cheek award called the Croix de candlestick to fans who stay and watch the end of a night game that goes into Eitra innings. The giants open inc season on uie Road april 8 at Houston. Their Home opener is against the astros april 15