European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday april 26, 1986 tigers trying to rebound minus Gibson Detroit a with Kirk Gibson out of action for four to six weeks the de troit tigers have adjusted their lineup. But general manager Bill Lajoie says it will take More than that to make up for the slugger s absence. You fill his spot on the roster but you can t Hope to replace him Lajoie said. The tigers put their Star right fielder on the 21-Day disabled list wednesday a Day after he sprained ligaments in his left ankle during a game with Boston. The tigers called up outfielders Pat Sher Idan and Brian Harper from their class aaa Nashville tenn., farm club and sent shortstop Doug Baker Down to the Nash Ville club to keep the tigers roster at 24players. Gibson who hobbled through Detroit s metro Airport on crutches wednesday said his absence will show what kind of charac Ter we have on the Gibson said he was confident his team mates would still be in the Chase for the american league East title when he re turns. He was the league s seventh leading hitter with a .359 average when he was injured. Or. David Collon the tigers orthopaedic consultant examined a rays taken at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston and said Gibson would be out four to six weeks. Gibson joins outfielder John Grubb and Utility Man Scotti Madison on Detroit s disabled list. Sheridan and Harper were expected to join the team Friday in Detroit. Sheridan 28, who grew up in Wayne and attended Eastern Michigan University spent several seasons with Kansas City be fore the royals released him during Spring training. He is a left handed Batter and is considered an excellent defensive outfielder. I Don t care if he does t hit at All. That s not what we got him for tigers manager Sparky Anderson said. If he hits. 100, that s Okas Long As he does the other Ayrton Senna of Brazil guns his Lotus Renault to a record time of 1 25.05 Over the 3.132-mile Lap in the Dino Ferrari Auto Rome. Senna leads bid for Imola pole Imola Italy a brazilian Ayrton Senna bidding for his third straight pole position shattered the Lap record at the Imola Auto Rome Friday. He clocked the fastest time in the first official practice for sunday s grand prix of san Marino formula one race. Senna a 26-year-old from Sao Paulo drove his Lotus Renault racer in 1 minute 25.05 seconds Over the 5.04-Kilometer 3.132-mile Lap of the Dino Ferrari Auto drome. That improved by 2.27 seconds his own record set in practice Here last year. His average Speed was 213.333 Kph or 132.559 Mph. Senna who could Clinch the pole sat urday continued his hot 1986. He started the season with a Victory and a runner up finish in the first two races. He said he was confident of doing even better in the last timed practice saturday but conceded that other Drivers and teams were also Likely to improve. Another brazilian Nelson Piquet was the second fastest at 1 25.89 in a Williams Honda. He said he liked the idea of an All brazilian Duel in sunday s race. I Hope for a replay of the brazilian grand prix Piquet said. In the opening race of the season at Rio de Janeiro Piquet edged his younger coun Tryman by 34 seconds. In the second world race in Spain april 13, Senna preceded Nigel Mansell the British teammate of Piquet by a few hundredths of a second at the finish line. Senna who leads the championship standings with 15 Points said he wanted to reach As Low As 1 24 saturday but added i will have to be More cautious in the race. At Imola consumption is High and you risk to run out of gasoline before completing the full defending world Champion Alain Prost of France had the third Best time of the Day in a Mclaren tag 1.22 seconds behind Senna. It s no problem starting behind in Imola. There is a lot of room for overtaking on this circuit Prost said. The idolized Home team Ferrari which did not finish the brazilian and Spanish grand prix made italian fans Happy by scoring the fourth fastest time with Italy s Michele Albreto and the seventh of swe Den s Stefan Johansson. Albreto trailed Senna by 1.37 seconds and Johansson by 2.44 seconds. My car is not yet perfect. But we Are working hard and should achieve decisive Progress later in the season Albreto said. Finland s Keke Rosberg who was sixth fastest behind Mansell said he was caught in the traffic and that his tires were wearing when he pushed hard for making the time. Australian Alan Jones drove the new Lola racer powered by a Ford Turbo charged engine into a 17th time More than five seconds slower than Senna. Sunday s race Over a distance of 302.4 Kilometres or 60 laps begins at 2 30 . Nefs tilted toward Wilt comeback by William r. Barnard a basketball writer thirteen years after his last Aba game word of a Wilt Chamberlain comeback still surfaces around the league. This time it s with the new Jersey nets. Nets president Bernie Mann found the idea intriguing. He offered Chamberlain 49, a contract for the last five regular season games and the playoffs. Nets coach Dave Wohl said he considered the offer a publicity stunt but Mann thinking of the team s sagging attendance at Byrne Arena said we probably could have filled the place. Wilt s in top shape. He might not be in top basketball shape but we Felt he could play eight or 10 the Money was incredible Chamberlain said. I could have made More Money playing the last five games for the nets than i made in the last season with the lakers an estimated $450,000 Chamberlain said he rejected the offer because he got Only 24 hours notice. If i had a month to get into basketball shape i might have done it Chamberlain said. I would guarantee this much. I d have grabbed at least five rebounds in eight minutes. And i know there s at least one 7-foot Center in the Aba who can barely do that in five that last statement is an apparent reference to Kareem Abdul Jabbar who broke Chamberlain s All time career scoring record. Around the Aba Julius Erving s 18.1 scoring average in 1985-86, marked the first time in his 15-year pro career that he \ \ " failed to score 20 Points per game. 7 Tena full Phol Erving s free throw misses in the final seconds of Wilt Chamberlain stands tall As in his la. Days Philadelphia s first playoff game with Washington were. With More time i might have done it an ironic twist to what happened less than two weeks before when the 76ers played Boston. On april 6, Larry Bird missed two free throws opening the Way for a Buzzer beating three Pointer by Erving. That broke the celtics 14-game winning Streak and assured that they would not equal the league record of 69 victories. Twelve Days later again at the spectrum Erving could have clinched a first game Triumph Over the bullets. He missed three times from the free throw line the last after a Washington Lane violation. When Dudley Bradley hit a Buzzer beating three Pointer climaxing an 18-0 Streak by the bullets they had a 95 94 Victory. The score of the celtics-76ers game also 95-94. While the new York kicks set another Aba record for most games lost to injury and several other teams struggled without key players in the playoffs the Dallas Mavericks continued to have phenomenal Luck in that department. For the past two seasons no Dallas player has missed More than three games because of injury. Jerry Sichting who had one minute of playoff experience in five seasons with Indiana has had a Radical change in perspective since moving to Boston. I used to hate the celtics the 6-foot-1 guard said. I wanted to beat them real bad. It seemed the Way they carried themselves was just cocky. Now i think it s just part of being on the team. Red Auerbach says Don t be retaliatory be instigators i think that s the team Veteran Forward Maurice Lucas did not have a outstanding season with the los Angeles lakers but coach Pat Riley says i Haven t pushed or prodded him. Know he is a playoff player. Besides he has been around Long enough to deserve the Benefit of the
