European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. July 12. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 1 commentary can the Stilt Cut it in today s Aba the offer was a compliment if nothing else. With seven games left in the National basketball association season the new Jersey nets contacted Wilt Chamberlain s agent and diplomatically inquired As to whether the big fellow might be interested in playing a Little basketball. The fee would be sizeable $362,500, half of the salary the nets were not paying Micheal Ray Richardson who was under suspension for drug problems. For seven games an the playoffs. Not bad. Understand this is the same Wilt Chamberlain who will eel berate his 50th birthday next month the one who scored 31,419 Points in 14 Aba sea sons who averaged More than 50 Points per game 25 year Sago and scored 100 Points in one game the year after that. Chamberla inthe one who had been retired for 13 years. That Wilt Chamberlain. Now really. Be realistic. It is real inc Chamberlain said. I workout with pro athletes All the time. I know what my body can do and what i can  then 7-foot-2 Wilt Chamberlain looked Down his sleek body encased in stretch leotards As he pre pared for a volleyball clinic at the Mobil big Appl games. I work out every Day he said. Sometimes i swim sometimes i run. I do aerobics calisthenic. I lift weights three or four times a week. I play volleyball and racquetball. I m 25-30 pounds lighter now than when i  he glared Ever so slightly. What do you think do you think i could do it at that particular moment he looked like he could do any old thing he wanted to. So How about it. Wilt. Why did t you take the nets Money i did not consider it at All Chamberlain said evenly it sounded like a ploy a joke to ask a Guy in the last part of the season without any consideration to the effect on the team. It was not a fair proposal. They did t ask what kind of shape i was in whether i had a cold or a Toothache. I respect pro basketball players too much to think i could go out and be competitive with them after they be been playing All season doing what they do better than anybody else in the world. You Don t take a Guy and throw him out there with nine others four on his team five playing against him and expect anything like you used to get but Given the proper circumstances. It s an Honor that someone thinks you re capable of doing it he said i stopped playing because i was no longer mentally capable of going out there every Day. I Don t want to play. I m quite Happy doing what i am  Chamberlain operates his own film and video production company in los Angeles. He produces and writes and has acted most notably in the Conan the barbarian films. In the next few weeks he Hopes to embark on a project that will take him to Africa with comedian Dom Deluisi. Chamberlain watches Aba games with understandable interest and says he sees nothing that he has not seen before including the lowering of new giants like Ralph Sampson in Houston. The big Guy dribbles the Ball behind his Back and Ople say wow a 7-4 Guy dribbling behind his it Tiack rain said cd one ill Etu Amof Sampson. It s been1 Chamberlai done before. I did  and what was the reaction when he did i got kicked in the butt by my coaches Andy teammates he said. Even at 50, the competitive fire Stilt bums Brighton Chamberlain and he toys with trying out for the . Olympic volleyball team. How about the ? if i wanted to play he said i d go out an make conceited  and and i d  audom Preu botox nip Angels 8-7 on balk in 12th by the associated pit Boston a dropped Fly a bad throw and a wrong move by a Pitcher who never pitched and Dwight Evans trotted Home with the winning  night s meeting of the Amer ican league s division leaders ended inthe 12th inning with a balk by California Pitcher Todd Fischer enabling the bos ton red sox to defeat the Angels 8-7. The red sox undid a three run rally by California in the top of the 12th by scoring three Normal looking runs and one weird one. In baseball but least explain this Sai Boston s Rich gedman who tied the score 7-7 with a two out single in the 12th.twelve pitchers were used in the game though Pitcher no. 12, Fischer never threw a pitch. The Normal part the red sox fell be Hind 3-1 in the first three innings then went ahead 4-3 in the sixth. The Angel tied the game in the eighth and it went into extra  things began getting a Little Al Roundup weird. Steve Crawford. Boston Pitcher no. 4, got the first two batters out in the top of the 12th, Hurt his shoulder and left the game. Pitcher no. 5, Mike Brown was Al Lowed As Many pitches As he wanted to warm up but apparently not As Many Ashe needed. Wally Joyner tripled on his second pitch. Brown s next delivery Wasa wild pitch and Joyner scored. Two walks a single and a double later Brown was gone Tun Lollar finished the inning and the Angels were three outs away from a 7-4 Victory that never happened. Mike Cook California Pitcher no. 5,started the Bottom of the 12th. Marty bar rett singled but Cook retired the next two batters before Jim Rice hit his ninth Homer of the season to make the score 7-6.now for the really weird part Don Baylor Pepper up for what looked like the last out of the game but Rick Burle son dropped the Ball. Evans walked an gedman singled tying the game with the runners going to second and third on Joyner j throwing error. On came Fischer the last Pitcher who never pitched. Home plate Umpire Joe Brinkman called a balk waved Evans Home and ended the 4-hour, 27 minute game. Yankees 11, twins 1 Minneapolis new York score nine runs in the sixth inning to break open a 2-1 game. Thirteen batters went to the plate and the. First 10 reached base. Dave Winfield and Gary Roenick Ewere 2-for-2 in the sixth. Roenicke Mike easier Mike Pagliarulo Rickey Henderson and Winfield hit run scoring singles. Easier and Butch Wynegar also homered earlier. Dennis Rasmussen 10-2, gave up four hits in 7 4 innings As he won his fifth straight decision. Orioles 5, White sox 3 Chicago Baltimore s John Shel by broke i i ninth inning tie with a bases loaded triple then scored on a fielder s Choice making a Winner of Mike Flanagan who gave up one run in eight innings. Bloc jays 8, a s 4 Toronto Jesse Barfield s double broke a 3-3 tie in the seventh and Dama so Garcia s fourth single of the Gam brought in two runs one on an error keying a five run inning that carried Toronto past Oakland. Garcia had his 1,000th career hit in the third inning. Oakland s Dave Kingman hit his 20thhomer of the season and the 427th of his career moving him past Billy Williams into 19th place on the All time list. Indians 9, rangers 6 Cleveland Indian rookies Cory Snyder and Andy Allanson hit consecutive two run singles in a five run fifth inning and Ken Schrom 10-2, won his seventh straight game. Makitten 4. Brewers 1 Milwaukee Seattle and Mil Waukee actually finished their game after three rain delays totalling three hours and 44 minutes. The game ended shortly after 1 30 a.m., six hours after the scheduled Start. Ojeda hurls mets to 5-1 Victory Over braves by the associated press new York despite an excellent season so far Bob Ojeda has generally been overshadowed on a gifted Newyork mets pitching staff dominated by Dwight Goozen and Sid Fernandez. But thursday night Ojeda was the stopper when he pitched the mets to a 5 i Victory Over the Atlanta braves. We have two Fine pitchers going tothe All Star game Gooden and Fernan Dez. Well be Well represented. I m no that disappointed that i m not going Ojeda said after scattering seven hits to help the National league East Leaden break a three game losing Streak. Ojeda improved his record to 10-2with his fourth straight Victory and Low ered his earned run avenge to 2.24, third est in the league. The mets were led by George Foster s no Roundup three run double and Gary Carter s Solo Homer off Zane Smith 7-10. The Only hits Ojeda allowed were by Terry Harper who went 4-for-4, Ana Dale Murphy who was 3-for-3. In other no games padres 4, cardinals 3 san Diego Tony Gwynn an Kevin Mcreynolds hit consecutive Home runs off St Louis starter John Tudor in the eighth inning to Lead san Diego Over the cardinals. Tudor 6-5, who has not won since june 7, allowed nine hits struck out five and walked one before he was relieved after Mcreynolds Homer. Gwynn tied the game 3-3 with his ninth Homer to Lead off the eighth. My Reynolds followed with his first Home run since june 14, his 13th of the year. Craig Lefferts 6-3, the third padres Pitcher worked two innings to gain the Victory in Relief of Dave Dravecky. Giants 6, pirates 3 san Francisco Bob Brenly three run Homer and Rookie Randy Ditcher s Solo shot highlighted a five run fifth inning for san Francisco As the giants Defeated Pittsburgh. Kutcher also doubled and scored inthe third As he extended his hitting Streak to eight games. His Homer was his fifth in 87 at bats for the giants. Vida Blue 6-4, pitched five innings and worked out of several jams to gain the Victory. Expo. 8, reds 6 Montreal Vance Law s two run triple highlighted a six run fourth inning All with two out that carried Mon Treal Over Cincinnat Winner Bryn Smith 7-5, gave up seven hits in seven innings and Jef Reardon put Down a Cincinnati rally in the ninth for his 20th save. Dodgers 11, cite 4los Angeles Ken Landreaux s two run double highlighted a five run first inning that helped los Angeles de feat Chicago. The dodgers sent 10 Bat ters to the plate in the first while chasing Rookie Jaime Moyer 1-2. Orel Hershiser,8-6, was the Winner. Astros 11, Phillies 4houston Rookie right hander Mark Knudson 1-3, won his first major league game Glenn Davis drove in four runs and Denny Walling was 4-for-4, including two doubles leading Houston Over Philadelphia