European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 6, 1986 stars and stripes Page 19 Blue devils no. J in up poll new York up before Duke focuses on the Mcaa tournament it must contend with a tournament that will shape its assault on the final four in Dallas. The Blue devils selected tuesday As the nation s top team by the up Board of coaches for the second straight week Are preparing for the Atlantic coast conference tournament which starts Friday at greens Boro . This tournament which traditionally produces an upset or two could be dangerous for Duke. A loss during the tournament could have a psychological effect on the players and will determine where and How High the Blue devils Are seeded in the Caas. Duke which closed the regular season at 29-2 with victories Over Clemson and North Carolina collected 39 of the 40 first place votes today for 599 Points. Kansas which retained its no. 2 ranking received the other first place vote and 544 Points. Total Points Are based on 15 Points for first place 14 for second Etc. Next week s up rating will be the final one this season. Filling out the top 10 were no. 3 North Carolina no. 4 Kentucky no. 5 St. Johns which climbed five places following its Victory Over Syracuse no. 6 Georgia tech which fell from its co no. 3 spot with North Carolina no. 7 Michigan which improved four places no. 8 Syracuse which dropped two Brad Ley which held at no. 9 and no. 10 Memphis state which slipped two notches after its loss to Louisville. Three acc teams Duke North Carolina and Georgia tech were in the top 10. The tar heels face a Tough opening test in the acc tournament going against Maryland one of four teams to beat them this season. A Consolation for North car Olina is that it May have starting guard Steve Hale sidelined for three games with a partially collapsed lung and Forward Warren Martin sprained foot in the lineup. Duke opens against Wake Forest wingless in the acc while Georgia tech plays Clemson. The rest of the top 20 were no. 11 Nevada Las vegas no. 12 Louis Ville no. 13 notre Dame no. 14 Indiana no. 15 Georgetown no. 16 Oklahoma no. 17 Texas Elpaso no. 18 Michigan state no. 19 Illi Nois and no. 20 Pepperdine. Braves land Simmons Atlanta a Ted Simmons is a Atlanta Brave. The National league team acquired the switch hitter wednesday by trading Catcher Rick Cerone and two minor league players to the Milwaukee Brewers. Cerone 31, an 11-year Veteran of the major leagues batted .216 last year his Only season with the braves. His career average is .226. Simmons 36, has been a Catcher for most of his 15-year career although Mil Waukee used him mostly As a designated hitter last year. During the 1985 season he played 28 games at first base and 15 at Catcher. Well use him mostly As Bench strength and occasionally at first base said braves spokeswoman Robin Monsky. Simmons an eight time All Star has a career average of .287, with 238 Home runs. He has batted .300 or better seven times in his career. Last year in 143 games with the Brewers he batted .273 with 28 doubles two triples 12 Home runs and 76 Bis. Monsky said Simmons will be used As a Catcher Only in emergency situations. Braves manager Chuck Tanner plans to use Ozzie Virgil As his primary Catcher with Bruce Benedict and Larry Owen As Back ups she said. The braves acquired Cerone in Decem Ber 1984 from the new York Yankees where his playing time was limited Over five years because of injuries including two Bro Aba from Page 17 Tillman beats Gross in 10-round decision. Atlantic City . A olym Pic heavyweight Gold medallist Henry till Jan boxing against a sluggish Reggie Gross compiled a lopsided 10-round unanimous cruiserweight decision tuesday night. Tillman 10-0 with seven knockouts discouraged Gross from attacking with a solid get to the head in the opening round. Gross of Baltimore became Content to Lay Back hoping Tillman would tire in his first 10-round test. Tillman of los Angeles had not previously gone beyond six rounds. Tillman out hustled Gross until the sixth round when he was stunned by a booming get to the head. Tillman answered with a series of solid rights to regain control of the fight. Gross fell to 18-4, with 13 knockouts. 22 Points while Chicago Rookie Mike Smrek had a season High 15 Points. In other games tuesday pistons 120, nets 103 Pontiac Mich. Isiah Thomas tossed in 28 Points and Kelly Tripucka scored 13 of his 25 Points in the decisive third Quarter to Lead Detroit Over new Jer sey. The Triumph ran Detroit s club record Home winning Streak to 15 games and lifted the pistons to their Lith Victory in 12 games. Kicks 119, bullets 83 new York Louis Orr and Gerald Wilkins had eight Points each As new York outscored Washington 31-17 in the third Quarter and the kicks coasted to Only their second Aba Victory in 13 games. The kicks who led Only 55-50 at half time held Washington to 33 Points in the second half and it was their big third Quarter that turned the game into a rout. Hawks 128, 76ers 121 Atlanta Dominique Wilkins scored 32 Points and Doc Rivers had a team record 21 assists to Lead Atlanta Over Philadelphia the Hawks sixth Victory in seven games. Randy Wittman scored six of his 24 Points during an 8-2 run As the Hawks moved to a 113-97 Lead with 5 31 left in the game. The Hawks led 30-28 after one Quarter and went on a 11-4 surge at the Start of the second period with Lorenzo Charles scoring four Points. Atlanta led 64-54 at halftime. Nuggets 128, rockets 115 Denver Bill Hanzlik hit 17 of 18 free throws while scoring 21 Points and Alex English had 25 Points and Calvin Natt 21, leading Denver past Houston. The Victory pulled the nuggets within one game of the first place rockets in the Aba s Midwest division. The game was tied 28-28 with 1 27 left in the first period before a 10-0 spurt led by Danny Schayes put Denver ahead to stay. Clippers 106, Cavaliers 101 los Angeles Franklin Edwards starting at Point guard in place of the injured Norm Nixon scored four of his 18 Points in the final 15 seconds to help the los Angeles clippers defeat Cleveland. The clippers took a 78-77 Lead into the fourth Quarter but fell behind almost immediately and did t pull even again until 4 14 remained when Kurt Nimphius made a pair of free throws to tie the score 92-92. The Lead changed hands seven times be fore the clippers went ahead to stay 102 101 on an 18-foot jump shot by Nimphius with 45 seconds remaining. Kings 94, jazz 92 Sacramento Calif. Eddie John son scored 13 of his 19 Points in the final Quarter including four in the final minute lifting Sacramento Over Utah. Johnson Sank a pair of free throws with 57 seconds left to give Sacramento a 91-90 advantage. With 26 seconds left Johnson hit an eight foot jumper to put the Kings up 93-90. A photo Dominique Wilkins. Scores 32 for Atlanta the jazz tried two three Point shot at tempts one by Pace Mannion and the other by Rickey Green in the next 18 seconds but were unable to convert on either try. Utah led 78-69, its biggest Lead of the game with 10 21 on a 15-footer by Karl Malone who led the jazz with 36 Points. Warriors 129, spurs 126 of Oakland Calif. Purvis Short scored seven Points in overtime and totalled 33 to Lead Golden state Over san Antonio handing the spurs their seventh consecutive loss. Short s 10-foot jumper sent Golden state ahead to stay 122-120, with 1 14 remain ing and he made two free throws to make the score 124-120. Eric Floyd made five foul shots in the final 15 seconds for the warriors. San Antonio s Jeff lamp who signed with the team two weeks ago scored 21 Points including six in overtime. His three Point shot with two seconds left in Regula Tion play tied the score 112-112. San Antonio s leading scorers were for Ward Mike Mitchell with 25 Points and guard Alvin Robertson with 22. Golden state Center Joe Barry Carroll scored 24 Points and blocked four shots. But Carroll had Only five Points in the first half. Blazers 102, pacers 99 Portland Ore. Kiki Vandeweghe scored 22 of his game High 30 Points in the second half giving Portland a Victory Over Indiana. Herb Williams led Indiana with 29 Points and Forward Wayman Tisdale had 10 rebounds. Kenny Carr led Portland with a game High 13 rebounds and Mychal Thompson had 11. Ken thumbs and disagreements with owner George Steinbrenner. Cerone s Best year with the Yankees was 1980, when he hit .277 with 14 homers and 85 Bis in 147 games As new York won the american league East. After 1980, Cerone played in no More than 89 games. After being traded to the braves Cerone competed with Benedict for the regular catching Job. The minor leagues traded with Cerone to Milwaukee Are David Clay 26, a right handed Pitcher who had a 4-5 record and 3.57 Era at Richmond during his fifth season in the minors last year and Flavio Alfaro 24, a shortstop who batted .193 at Durham during his first season in the minors in 1985. Mets Wilson injures Eye to miss action St. Petersburg Fla. A Moo Kie Wilson Center fielder for the new York mets was struck in the right Eye by a base Ball wednesday and is expected to miss the Start of the season. Wilson participating in a base running Drill was hit by a Ball thrown by shortstop Rafael Santana. The 30-year-old outfielder who missed much of last season after undergoing Shoul Der surgery was hospitalized at the St. Petersburg medical Center. He was being treated by an ophthalmologist or. Gail Givert. Or. John Olichney a member of the mets medical staff said the glasses worn by Wilson shattered on Impact and that Wilson suffered lacerations above the right Eye and Hythenia in the Anterior chamber meaning there was blood behind the eyeball. It was not known whether there was any Glass in the Eye. Olichney said because of the blood in the Eye he was unable to determine the extent of the damage or How badly and How Long Wilson s vision would be impaired. He said it would take three or four weeks for the blood to Clear out that Wilson would not be Able to prepare for the mets april 8 opener in Pittsburgh and that for now the Best treatment would be bed rest. Wilson cannot engage in workouts because of the danger of further damage he said. Wilson batted .276 with six Home runs and 26 Bis in 93 games last year. When he was out of the lineup Len Dykstra played Center Field. In 83 games Dykstra hit .254 with one Home run in his first major league game and 19 runs batted in. Jets sack Long May shift Ferguson Winnipeg Manitoba up the Winnipeg jets tuesday fired Barry Long As coach but said he would remain with the losing club As an assistant to general Man Ager John Ferguson. Ferguson was expected to take Over coaching duties in time for wednesday s Home game against the new York rangers a team spokesman said. Following a talk with Long on tuesday Ferguson announced that the former coach would immediately assume duties As an assistant to the general manager and that Ferguson would replace Long behind the Bench. The announcement by the club which is in last place in the National hockey league s smythe division came one Day after the jets suffered a 6-1 loss to Toronto