European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes monday. February 9,1987 Bird Jordan win preliminary events Seattle a Larry Bird and Michael Jordan had liners when the games Are played for keeps sat urday showed thai they can also steal the spotlight when the Aba gives a party. The Boston celtics Bird and the Chicago bulls Jordan both started slowly Bird in the three Point shootout and Jordan in the slam Dunk contest the swept lessor known competitors aside to win 112,500 each in the Aba s tribute to specialized skills. The events preceded sunday s 37th Aba All Star came which had Bird and Jordan in he storting line up for inc Eastern conference. I was Lucky to get in the semifinals Jordan said after winning the slam Dunk contest. "1 barely made in in. It was somewhat similar to Bird barely making in tothe semifinals in inc shootout. Then we both went on to  Jordan got Only 41 of a possible so Points on Bis first Dunk in the first round then got no less than 47 Points on each of his last seven attempts. He got two perfect scores of 50, including one in the semifinal round in which he twisted his body at a 45-Dcgree Angle before slamming the Ball with one hand. Semifinalist Terence Stansbury of Seattle called that the greatest Dunk i be Ever  Jordan beat Jerome Kersey of Portland 146-140 inthe final round with scores of 48,48 and 50. Kersey entered Lite contest Only on Friday when he was named As a replacement for Dominique Wilkins of Atlanta who skipped the contest because of a Back problem. He said he had Little time to prepare and had nothing creative to offer in the final round. Michael is a Little More flashy than i am Kersey said. He has a certain Charisma that goes with being Michael Jordan. It s always a thrill to watch Michael just to see him in something Tike this where he can exhibit his Talent to the highest degree is a real  the adrenalin that started pumping through me is unexplainable Jordan said. I Felt i was really High with my jumps. Thai s the highest i be been in a while Bird had to survive a three Man Runoff with Date Ellis of Seattle and Craig Hodges of Milwaukee for the fourth and final berth in the three Point shootout semifinals. He hit six of 10 shots in the 24-second Runoff. After advancing to the final round against Ditlef Schrempp of Dallas Bird shooting first hit the first eight of his 25 attempts and finished with 16 Points. Schrempf whose first round total of 19 Points was the highest of the Day. Then missed nine of his first 11 tries before rallying. He would have forced a playoff by making his last shot but in went Long from the far Corner. Can you imagine detlef had one $12,000 shot and missed?1 Bird said. Bird who also won the Long distance event last year when he hit ii straight three pointers in the final round said he did t shoot As Well As i would have liked to. But it was Good enough to  Bird said he was spurred on by a heckler during the final round. A Guy from Seattle or maybe Dallas was sitting behind me Yelling you re going to miss. You re going to choke i knew i was going to make that  in the annual old timers game three former Seattle players delighted the Hometown crowd As the West Defeated the East 5443. Fred Brown led All scorers with 16 Points including four three pointers Spencer Haywood had 11 Points and Slick Watts had seven Points and six assists Dou ble the number of anyone else. Fora while out there 1 thought it was real Watt said. I wish i could always have the feeling of running Down the court with the crowd screaming. Fred Browband i really had it going but Walt Frazier summed up the feeling of the re tired Aba stars when he said we Are a Shadow of what we once were. But this was like a family  s what this is All  also on saturday the Aba Board of governors me with Boris Stankovic Secretary general of the International basketball federation the sport s Amateur governing body to discuss open tournaments Bette Eneba teams and International teams possibly As Early As next fall. College from Paga 21 five to key a rally As the Hawk eyes Over came a 13-Poinl deficit. Kansas 88. Oklahoma state 63 Lawrence. Kan. Danny Man Ning scored a game High 28 Points Andt tin ranked Kansas opened the game with a 17-0 run to rout big eight rival Oklahoma slate. Dep Mil 68, Dayton 65 Rosemont. 111. Senior Center Dallas Comegys blacked a career High 10 shots and scored 15 Points to Lead to Fly ranked Depaul Over Dayton. Purdue 84, Northwestern 60 West Lafayette ind. Troy Lewis scored 17 Points and Todd Mitch Ell added 14 in no. 7 Purdue s Victory Over Northwestern. Navy 78, Miami fun 62 Baltimore David Robinson scored 25 Points grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked four shots to Lead Navy Over Miami Fla. Illinois 99, Wisconsin 74 Champaign Iii. Senior guard Doug Alle Beiger scored 24 Points and All five Illinois starters reached double figures As the i4lh-ranked Latini romped Over  59, Connecticut 53 Syracuse . Sophomore guard Sherman Douglas Korea tour of his 16 Points in a 6-0 run late in tire second half to help Stop a Connecticut charge As no. 11 Syracuse went on to take a big East conference Victory. Georgia 7s, Auburn 71 Athens. A. Chad Kessler hit eight straight free throws in the final 2 35 As Georgia withstood a second half rally by album to Edge the no. 20 tigers. Duke 76, Maryland 67 Durham . John Smith scored a team High 22 Points and grabbed nine rebounds As no. 15 Duke rallied from a 10-Point deficit in the  Ond half to beat Maryland. Oklahoma 81, Missouri 78 Norman okla. Tim Mccalister hit a three Point shot with six seconds left to lift eighth ranked Oklahoma Over big eight foe Missouri. Clemson 74, South Carolina 52 Clemson . Horace Grant Fowhl off a bout Wilh the flu to score a game High 24 Points and lend no. 13clemson Over South Carolina. Temple 78, St. Jos Fps 69 Philadelphia Nate Blackwel scored 24 Points and Tim Perry added 17 Points and 17 rebounds to Lead fifth ranked Temple by St. Joseph s. Stadler s 62 gives him 1 stroke Lead in Hawaii Honolulu a Craig ladle matched the Waialae country club course record with � 10-under-Par 62 saturday to take a one stroke Lead overhaul Azinger after three rounds of the $600,000 hawaiian open. Ii was a positioning Day. And i got myself in position where second in t going to be very Good Stadler said looking ahead to sunday s final round inthe Chase for a $ 108,000 first prize. It s All or nothing said Stadler former masters Champion who has t won in 2vt seasons it s been so Long since i be been in position to win a Golf tournament 1 can play Back and let somebody catch me. I be got to make birdies  me made 10 of them in the Ideal play ing conditions saturday including a string of five in a Row and completed54 holes in 200,16 shots under Par. The 62 lied the course record set by Hale Irwin and Nick Faldo of Britain in 1981. In could have been better in could have been anything. But i la definitely take what i got said Sadler who finished off hts live Birdie string with a pair of 30-foot putts followed by a Chip inform 25 to 30 Yards on the 17th. With the course robbed of its natural defences by the absence of wind even Stadler s record tying Effort was t enough to open appreciable distance from the Resl of the Field. Azinger who scored his first of Gator Victor in Phoenix last month moved into second place with a 65 hat put him at 201. Fred couples who shared the second round Lead battled Bock from a double bogey and salvaged a 68 that left him at 201 Curtis strange John Cook sad Lenny r Wadkins were next at 204. Wadkins Hada 67 saturday and Cook had 10 birdies. While carding a 64, strange also had a 64, which included a bogey six on the final Hole where he took two to gel out of a bad tie in a Bunker. Craig Stoufer. Matches course record whalers top canadians 3-1 from press dispatches Hartford Conn. Dean Evason scored one goal and set up another by Sylvain Turgeon within two minutes in the second period saturday night 10 spark the Hartford whalers to a 3-1 Vic tory Over the Montreal canadians. After a scoreless first period the whalers struck first when Evason fired a shot that hit the backboard and bounced off Stewart Gavin to a trailing Turgeon who beat Patrick Roy from the Slot at 15 59 of the second. At 17 51, Evason s shot from 25 feel bit Roy s pads and trickled into the net to give the whalers a 2-0 Edge. Montreal retaliated 20 seconds later when David Malcy lipped a shot from the Point by Rick Lieen past goalie Mike list to Cut Hartford s Lead to 31. The canadians pulled Roy who made 34 saves Wilh 46 seconds remaining. But Kevin Loineen scored into an empty net Wilh 27 seconds left to Seal the Triumph. List stopped 23 of 24 shots to help the whalers slay in first place in the Adams division three Points ahead of runners up Montreal and Boston. In other games saturday nil Roundup devils 3, flyers 2 East Rutherford no. Kirk utter and Andy Brickley scored Short handed goats and Aaron Broten added the clincher As new Jersey beat Phila Delphia handing the flyers their fourth straight loss. Philadelphia which leads the Patrick division opened the scoring in the first period when Tim Kerr scared Bis 42nd goal of the season on a Power play at 8 04, putting Brian Propp s rebound past Gellender Alain Chevrier who finished the game with 41 saves. Propp was playing his first game after missing 27 contests with a knee injury. Penguins 4, bulk Baoju Pittsburgh Craig Simpson scored two goals to help Pittsburgh end Athree game losing Streak with a Victory Over Chicago. Simpson scored his list goal of the season Al 5 19 of the first period taking Center Mario Lemieux s pass at the Chi Cago Blue line skating by defens Eman Gary Nylund and beating goalie Bob Surv con the Short Side from 25 feel. Lemieux set up another Simpson goal Al 8 28 of the second period leaving pass in the Slot. Simpson hit a wrist snot Over Sauve s Glove. Flames 4, Blanden 1 Calgary Alberta Calgary s Joey Mullen scored one Power play goal an assisted on another to Lead Calgary past new York red wings a North Stan 3 Bloomington Minn. Goals by Darren Veitch Gerard Gallant and Tim Higgins in the first 6 27 of the third period rallied Detroit Over Minnesota. . Rangers 5, Washington 4 of Landover my. Tomas Sand Stom s second goal of the game Al 4 20 of overtime gave new York a Victory Over Washington. Bruins 8, Maple Leafs 5 Boston Cam Necly scored three goals for his first nil Hal trick and de Lens Man Michael thrive scored twice powering Boston Over Toronto. Quebec Michel Gould a and Peter Stastny scored two goals each to give Quebec a Triumph Over Buffalo