European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday March 22, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary posh Frosh Reid has heels stomping presenting the cuss of 1990. And the class of that class . Reid. There arc freshmen and Here i . He it in hit first year academically at North Carolina but he s clearly an upperclassman when in comes itt Basket Ball. The Mcaa tournament is a Lime for seniors Young men who play each game at if in is their last one. Because in just might be exactly that. When it s crunch Lime hot s when you want your seniors with to Mcball. Unless you happen to have a freshman like inc 6 foot-9,24 5-Poundreid. . Was Lawless Down the stretch thursday night. He scored 31 Points hitting his last 10 shots and scoring 16 of Carolina s last 17 Points in a 74-68 Mcaa East regional semifinal Victory Over Noire Dame he hoped to do similar damage against Syra Cuse saturday night. Reid was t perfect against the Irish. He missed three of his in shots from inc Field. He even blew a foul shot during those final eight minutes when the tar heels held off Noire Dame s last thrust. I thought . Put on a great show said notre Dame coach Digger Phelps showing a flair Tor the understatement. He plays with a lol of Confidence for a or a Sophomore or a Junior or a senior for that matter. He is a basketball . Reid s contributions go beyond raw Points. He docs things that Clon i show in the Box score things Tike banging inc Ball off an opponent s knee to save a Possession forcing fouls affecting the other team s offence. He is a lower of strength underneath a Ibric that urns names. He has a Man s body said teammate pave pop son who guards him in practice there Are certain positions where he s almost uns Toppa notre Dame noticed. We did what we wanted to do said Irish guard David Riv ers but not Well enough to Slop this was supposed to be a showdown by Iwen the Point guards Rivers against unc s Kenny Smith. But Smith being a Clever senior recognized what Carolina s , Reid kind of night Reid was having and Cpl feeding the Ball to the big Guy. Smith wound up with 12 assists. Pushing his career total to 750 and breaking i Hil Ford i school record. When , gels the Ball in a certain position he knows what to do with in Smith said. He s Nul indecisive. You make an extra Effort 10 gel him the Ball. . Has a Man s mind and a Man s Down the stretch when notre Dame crept within Ihrck Points the Man look Over. Time after time Down inc court he wound up with the Hall and it wound up in the Basket. On one sequence he drove from hair court climaxing the play with a rim Rel Iling Dunk. It just happened that Reid said. I got the Ball in Good position tonight. After i thought about it i should have Given up the Boll on the half court play. But when the game is in Progress you go on his instincts arc Good. Reid has o nose for the Ball and an Eye for the hoop. He plays with an intensity thai belies his age Rushing around on defense always there on offence. He is after All just 18 years old. He Only plays older. Are his dunks impressive they re easy really coach Dean Smith said admiringly. Of course. I can say that because i can t Reid s Pat lop haircut makes him look like a Marine recruit i swear North Carolina state coach Jimmy Valvano is fond of saying. "1 saw him playing at Camp Lej Cunt in i %8." or was it a final four Tyson Bruno renew acquaintance in London London a world heavyweight boxing Champion Mike Tyson Friday renewed his acquaintance with the fighter he sparred with As a 15-year-old who swept the floor of Cus d Avalo s gym. The next time Tyson meets Frank Bruno in the ring in probably will be to put hit titles on the line. The 20-year-old american is Here to watch Bruno right James "quick1 Tillis Ai Wembley Arena tuesday. British promoter Mike Barrett has promised Bruno that an impressive Vic tory will mean a shot at Tyson s world boxing Council and world boxing association lilies at Wembley soccer stadium in the summer Tyson went to the Casi London gym where Bruno is in raining under the guidance of Britain s top boxing manager. Terry Lawless. Bruno already had completed his workout for the Day when the Champion arrived. The two heavyweights exchanged Friendly words posed for photographers and signed autographs. It looked like a meeting of two old friends said Lawless whose gym in London has been made famous by Bril Ain s most popular to soap opera Easton dvrs. This is very much a Tyson area and i Csc Are Tyson Lawless said As the Champion was mobbed by British boxing fans Bruno sparred with the Len age Tyson when the briton went to the United states for experience Lawless recalled Hal the 15-year-old Tyson who was under the Wing of the late d Amato in the catskills had to sweep the floor of the gym after the training session. He was a big powerful kid even then and you could see the potential,1 Lawless said. Bruno s previous attempt to win the world title ended in an 11 round Stop Page by Tim Wilch spoon Ai Wembley stadium last july. Bruno refused to talk about the Prospect of fighting Tyson although barrel already has earmarked the same venue and pencilled in Dales for what would be Britain s richest fight at 10 million pounds $ 16 million. I fancy my chances against Bim Bui i m not fighting him. I m fighting James Tillis next week the newly bearded Bruno said. We will talk about Mike Tyson after tuesday but he knows that we arc going to get together business Wise some Day Tillis went the distance with Tyson in a non title fight last May. Asked if Tyson gave any advice on How to handle his countryman Bruno said he told me a few things but they Are pm photo new York Center Patrick Ewing. Slipped is. Pacers bad knee knocks out kicks Ewing new York not Patrick Ewing s Latsi injury a sprained ligament in his left knee will Force him to miss the remainder of the season the new York kicks announced Friday. Swing s injury is the latest among Sev eral suffered by the team s big players Iti is season. Jawann Oldham Iff knee and pal Cummings torn ligament in right hand arc also out for the season. Bill c not Wright. Who has not played Tor a month is on a Day to Day basis suffering from tendinitis. Depleted by injuries the kicks said they were exploring the possibility of sign ing two players from the Continental Bas a Cimball association. The kicks finish the regular season april in and have virtually no Chance at making the playoffs. Ewing injured his left knee with 9 35 remaining in the opening Quarter of the 111-105 overtime Victor 1 Over the Indi Ana pacers thursday night in Madison Square Garden. The 7-fool Center full twice on a Wei spot on the court created by perspiration. Steve Stipanovich the pacers Center. Who was guarding him. Fell on lop of Ewing. Who slipped a second lint after Stipanovich got up. Ewing did a split As he fell the second time and wound up lying on his stomach before he got up with inc help of Trainer Mike Saund Iti. Rozelle admits resentment toward Davis Kaan Pali Hawaii a nil commissioner Pete Rozelle said thurs Day that he does t discriminate against Ai Davis los Angela raiders but he still holds personal resentment toward Davis for what he called personal attacks on him by the raiders owner. I m Only Ria Kllc said. "1 can hardly say thai Ai is my favorite per son. Bui i treat his like any other Koz Kllc s statement came in response to comments by nil owners that they sensed a conciliatory Davis earlier this week. Cleveland owner Art Modill one of Roc Lac s closest allies in league mat ters said tuesday that Davis was More interested in Unity than in the past. The problems Between Rozelle and Davis began seven years ago when the raiders sought to move from Oakland to los Angeles. They finally moved without nil approval and Davis won an anti Trust suit against the league for blocking the move a Casesi ill on final Appeal in the courts. Roc Lac rarely has attacked Davis personally although he has described him in Public As a charming put yourself in my Ron Fly said Friday citing attacks by Davis that included suggesting thai he commissioner scalped super howl tickets and wanted to Reserve i lie Angeles Market for his own franchise after he a tires As commissioner. I became the front Man for his at tacks Sci Auu i was commissioner tie could t attack the other owners so he attacked in Ella Laid. Davis was no Lunger in Hawaii
