European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 18, 1986 stars and stripes Page 21 sports Auburn person Rock St. Johns by Herschel Nissenson a sports writer there will be a fresh four in the Mcaa s final four with the Southeastern Confer ence joining the tradition Rich Atlantic coast conference by placing a quartet of teams in basketball s Sweet sixteen As last year s dominant big East conference lost All four of its contenders. Sunday was not a Day to be in the top ten As fourth ranked St. John s was stunned by Auburn Sec 81-65 no. 5 Michigan lost to its old coach Johnny Orr and his new Iowa state team 72-69 after ninth ranked Syracuse had earlier discovered that Home in t always Sweet Digap Mcaa tourney pointing a Carrier dome crowd by dropping a 97-85 decision to no. 17 Navy. Cleveland state one of the tournament s two Cinderella teams stayed in the Mcaa Ball with a 75-69 Triumph Over St. Joseph s after Arkansas Little Rock a first round conqueror of no. 10 notre Dame bowed earlier sunday to North Carolina state acc 80-66 in double overtime. Auburn s Victory Over St. John s sent the tigers to the West regional in Houston for a thursday night game against no. 11 Nevada Las vegas which held off Maryland 70-64. The other game in Houston will match seventh ranked Louisville against no. 8 North Carolina acc thursday s Southeast regional at Atlanta pairs third ranked Kentucky Seca 71-64 Winner Over Western Kentucky and Alabama Sec which had nipped no 19 Illinois 58-56 on Terry goner s last second shot. The other game matches no. 6 Georgia acc and leu Sec. Friday night the East regional at East Rutherford n.j., sends no. 1 Duke acc Cavaliers 25-42 fire Karl Cleveland a George Karl who had been told his contract would not be renewed at the end of the season was fired sunday As coach of the Aba s Cleveland Cava Liers the club announced. Karl 34, has guided the Cavaliers to a 25-42 record so far this season. Gene Littles an assistant coach under Karl takes Over the duties on an interim basis for the remainder of the season. The firing came the Day after Cleveland lost 102-100 at Home sat urday night to the new Jersey nets. The Cavaliers have lost three straight games and five of the last six but remain the leading contender for the final playoff spot in the Aba Eastern conference. Cavaliers general manager Harry Weltman in making the announce ment said Karl was told last Mon Day that his contract would not be renewed after this season ended. On thursday of last week Karl interviewed for a basketball coaching position at the University of Pitts Burgh. Cleveland holds a Ivi game Lead Over the Chicago bulls for the eighth and final playoff spot in the conference. Auburn s Chuck person. 27 Points 15 rebounds against Depaul and Cleveland state against Navy. In Friday s Midwest regional at Kansas City no. 2 Kansas goes against no. 18 Michigan state and North Carolina state acc meets Iowa state. St. John s became the final member of last year s final four Villanova Georgetown and Memphis state were the others to bite the dust. The redmen joined big East colleagues Syracuse Villa Nova and Georgetown on the sidelines when Auburn thrashed them behind senior Chuck person s 27 Points and 15 rebounds. As i stated coming in i was very disappointed at not making any All american teams the 6-foot-8 Forward said after out scoring All american Walter Berry 27-20. It was very emotional for  Auburn built a 44-32 halftime Lead. The heavier tigers constantly got second and third shots on offence and used their defensive rebounding to trigger numerous fast Breaks. They looked much More physical than us St. John s coach Lou Carnesecca said. We looked anaemic. Nobody belted us like that and we played them  coming into the game we Felt like we could run on them because they Only play five Guys person  Don t look at this As an upset. I think we proved to everyone there s not Only football in  in other tournament action Cleveland St. 75, St. Joseph s 69 guard Ken mouse Mcfadden scored 23 Points and had a 70-foot assist late in the game As the Vikings a Surprise first round Winner Over Indiana recorded their 14th straight Triumph. Cleveland state also got 17 Points from Clinton Ransey and 16 from Clinton Smith whose slam Dunk off Mcfadden s Long pass with one minute left put the game out of reach at 71-59. St. Joseph s was led by Wayne Williams with 25 Points. Kentucky 71, Western Kentucky 64 All american Kenny Walker scored 32 Points on 11-for-11 shooting and Kentucky survived a late charge for its 13th consecutive Victory. The wildcats 54-38 Lead dwindled to 63-59 on Fred Tisdale s Layup with 3 55 to play. Western Kentucky getting Only its Sec Ond shot Ever at its intrastate neighbor could never get closer. Kannard Johnson led Western with 20 Points. Don t give me All the credit said Walker. Roger Harden and the other Guys were Able to deliver the Ball to me for those  Iowa state 72, Michigan 69 Jeff grayer scored 16 Points and Ron Virgil added 14 As Iowa state built an 11 Point Lead and held off a second half Michi Gan rally. The Triumph was a Sweet one for Orr who coached Michigan to a final four appearance in 1976 when current Wolverine coach Bill Fri Der was his assistant. It has to be my biggest Victory Ever said Orr. I took a program Iowa state that did t do anything six years ago. Everyone thought i was  Iowa state led 46-35 with 16 17 to play but Roy Tarpley scored 14 of his 25 Points in the last 16 minutes to pull Michigan within one Point on two occasions. Elmer Robinson s Dunk and six free throws Down the stretch clinched the Victory. Univ 70, Maryland 64 Anthony Jones held to one Point in the opening 15 27, scored 17 of his 25 Points in the second half. Jones the Pacific coast athletic association s player of the year seemed frustrated before finally scoring his first Field goal with 4 33 left in the first half. But the Basket seemed to give him new life and univ overcame a Brilliant performance by Maryland All american Len Bias who scored the terrapins final 13 Points and finished with 31. Maryland s a Tough team to shoot on Jones said. They be got a lot of Good leap ers. But you can t let it get you Down when you miss. You just have to keep shooting it and Hopes it draws  takes $60,000 top Money in Milan lend whips Nystrom in a Fraight sets Milan Italy a reigning Tennis King Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia Over whelmed Young swede Joakim Nystrom in straight sets sunday to win the first prize of $60,000 in the final of the fila trophy in door tournament at Milan s sports Palace. It was Lendl s 21th consecutive Victory this year and his fourth in As Many matches against Nystrom. It also was the third Triumph in the 1985 grand prix tournament for the Lendl the no. 1 in world rankings who has amassed nearly $9 million of prize Money in his Ca reer. Lendl who lives in Greenwich conn., Defeated the second seeded swede 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 in two hours and 15 minutes keeping the match under control throughout. The 26-year-old native of Ostrava win Ner of the new York masters tournament in january displayed precise serves and powerful backhand shots which caused serious trouble to Nystrom. Lendl said after the game i played Well i played better than Nystrom. For the first time since the masters i had a Good  the swede admitted that he was no threat to Lendl in sunday s final watched by a sold out crowd of 4,000. It is very difficult to beat Lendl on fast courts. I should play More aggressively but volleying from the net is not the kind of Tennis i can play now Nystrom said. The next appearance for Lendl will be a grand prix circuit tournament in fort Myers Fla. Lendl said he Felt he can play equally Well on Clay synthetic and hard surfaces at a photo Ivan Lendl. In control All the Way present. I will think about grass by Wimble Don he said. His engagements on Clay courts this year include the italian and French open championships in Rome and Paris. He will not play Monte Carlo How Ever. The Only time Nystrom was ahead in the first set was the very first game. Then Lendl broke his serve twice in the third and fifth games to sail to 6-2 in 33 minutes. In the first game of the second set which went to deuces Lendl repeatedly quarrelled with judges and the Umpire for some disputed Calls before losing it to the swede who ranks eighth in the world. There were three dubious Calls in a Row and i have Long Learned to defend myself and my Points on court Lendl said later. After breaking Nystrom s serve in the third game and losing his own in the follow ing one Lendl fired a string of Cannon balls and volleyed successfully from the net to break the opponent s serve twice again and repeat the score of the previous set. In the third set both players held their own serve to 4-4. Nystrom netted some easy balls to lose his serve in the ninth game and then Lendl exploited the second of his three match Points to win the final of the $385,000 com petition. Lendl served eight aces during the match while Nystrom had six aces All of them in the third set. Lendl had downed czechoslovak born Swiss Jakob Hlasek in the semifinals. Nystrom Defeated fellow swede and ers Jarryd. Lendl who succeeded John Mcenroe in the books of the fila trophy did not lose a single set during the Milan tournament. Bjorn Borg the retired swedish Tennis Star delivered the trophy to the Winner on behalf of the fila officials