European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 19, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 25 Aba tickets a hot item in Charlotte Charlotte . A ticket sates Are so hot Tor this non existent Aba franchise that the would be owner is trying to temper local in Lusiam. On april 2, an Aba expansion Commilee recommended that Char Lotte a City of 325,000, be Given franchise beginning in the 1988-89 season. Since then season ticket sales have risen from 8,500 to 13,500."the people out there Are very elicited there s no question about that said George Shinn a Char Lotte businessman who organize disc City s bid. Shinn 45, says he actually has been trying to slow the March to ticket Booths because a final Deci Sion on expansion won t come until wednesday when the league s own ers meet in new York. I be made live speeches this week and at each one i was introduced As the Man who will own the new Aba learn in Charlotte Shinn said i Tell them i appreciate it but i Don t own it yet1 All indications arc the owners will follow the expansion committee s recommendation that Charlotte Bethe fint of three new expansion Cit ies but Shinn is trying to remain conservative in his enthusiasm the owners Are very Independent thinking people he said. No one mates up their minds for them t Hope they follow the advice of the committee but until then i m tip toeing so 1 Don t  the same Lime Shinn admits he feels Good about the Way season tickets have been Selling. That figure 13,500 should reinforce the committee s recommendation for Charlotte. That Smy opinion he said Shinn s cautious optimism has t helped quash the fever Pilch of fan support in an area that hashed a Long standing love affair with College  Monroe ., Bob Goodall president of a supermarket Chain bought 300 season tickets. We have a lot of employee asking us what we re going to do with them he said. There in Tany question that Union county will support the franchise . Coasts past czechs in Schweitzer meet debut  sports editor Mannheim Germany the were rough around the edges but the players representing the . In 14th Al Bert Schweitzer basketball tournament displayed some glitter saturday with relatively easy 89-65 Conquest of Czechoslovakia. The us players treated More than1,200 Benjamin Franklin sports Arena fans to some excellent basketball As the opened defense of their 1985 championship and launched a bid for their Sut title since 1973. The Triumph was the americans 47lh in their last so games of this biennial tourney. But they also showed that they were youngsters youngsters who arc prone to make mistakes and coach Dic Mccann noted that following the Victo  were times Oul there today especially on defense that we played some truly excellent basketball and then there were those other limes Mccan said. But considering that we have had Only a few Days of playing together an the kids Are still adjusting at International rules we did t fare too  the first half was More Nigger than backyard pickup game with players from both teams battering each other and . Drawing the most attention from the officials 15 Calls against the americans and six against the czechs. The fouls were going against the big Guys. Sii-foot-l1 Clay Buckley and 7-0 Jeff Roulston were assessed three apiece before the game was three minutes old. The War under the boards was Fero Cious but Steve Grant seemed to like it. He came off the Bench when Buckley an Roulston encountered their foul difficulties and did a Yeoman Job grabbing 12rebounds and blocking two shots. We were in deep water in the first half because of fouls Mccann said it was really rough out there. But that s International basketball there s More con tact allowed much More Contact. Grant really helped us out a lot. He just would t be intimidated and came up with several big rebounds when the were threatening  John Gwynn a 6-0 guard from Dema tha High school in Hyrtl svelte md., who did t Tiave a foul in the first half and Only one in the game look the pressure off the big Guys with scintillating shoot ing. The , enjoyed several spurts that Saa Piru by Lyndi w. Awta Steve Grant. 12 rebounds opened up wide gaps but twice the americans faltered and the czechs fought Back reducing an 11-2 disadvantage to 13-11 Early and coming Back from 33-19 to 37-32 later in the half Richard Petruska was a Thom in the americans sides for most of the half. He scored ii of his is Points before inter Mission. But Tike Buckley and Davis he encountered foul problems Petruska fouled out with 11 52 remaining in the game but he had been shut off from the goal by Grant and Dale Davis As Wynn and Drew kept All kinds of pressure on his teammates. Gwynn popped in two three pointers to Cut off he comeback. The americans went on to construct a 49-36 halftime advantage As Gwynn wound up with 19 Points with five Ordinary baskets an three bombs away three pointers. Gwynn added four More baskets in the second half but his principal assignment was 10 handle the Ball As Mccann experimented with different combos. Bos photo by Lyndis. Spirt scan Green .13 Points Gary Wattes and scan Green notched nine Points apiece in the second half with Gwynn Selling up five baskets with super passes. The americans harassed the czechs into turnover after turnover with their Quick handed defense. Green followed Gwynn in the Ameri can scoring Parade with 13 Points. Grant wound up with 12 and Waits finished with 11. The americans finished with 38 baskets in 80 shots but they compiled much More Glossy record in the first half when they tallied on 21 of 36. Pavel Becka who picked up Slack when Petruska got in trouble tallied 13for the lasers and pave Bennik and Jan Polomsky scored 11 apiece. The czechs connected on 24 of 65 shots quite a few of them rebound layups. Before Grant decided to take control of the boards. The american team faces Greece Sun Day at 8 . At the Bov sports Arena Here. In other Schweitzer scores saturday Yugoslavia Defeated Bulgaria 79-60 and Poland beat France 84-76. Sweden clips . 6-2 in world hockey Vienna Austria map Sweden beat the United states 6-2 and the soviet Union whipped West Germany 7-0 sat urday As last year s finalists both posted impressive second Day victories in the world hockey championships. But . Coach Dave Peterson said too Many penalty Calls by soviet referee Niko Lai Morozov severely Hurt his teams chances. The United slates was called for 11 penalties to four for Sweden. The ref racing was very poor to say the least. He Only saw the team in while Peterson said of Morozov. The americans who Losi 3-1 to Canada Friday used a combination of College players and players from learns Oul of the National hockey league  optic its said earlier their chief aim is to remain in group a of the world championships. Sweden which Gol four goals in the Sec Ond period look the Lead against the . At 2 24 of the first period with a goal by Robert Nordmark seconds after the americans failed to convert a Power play. The . Team missed its Best scoring Chance Al 17 50 of the same period when Craig Woronin of the new Jersey devils hit a swedish goalpost from close Range. Sweden which last to the soviets 3-2 in last year s final made it 2-0 44 seconds into the Middle session with a Long Range goal by Bengl Ake Gustafsson. Tom Eklund scored again at 7 09 and mallipaunaal9 2l, Bryan Erickson of the los Angeles King scared from Point Blank Range at 9 40 of the second period. But a Power play goal by Mats Kihlstrom at 15.29 of the second period made it 5-1. The Oiler . Goal was scored by Ron Wilson on a Power play with less than eight minutes remaining in the match. It was followed by Eklund s second and the final goal for Sweden at 16 12 on a five against three advantage. Despite defeats by Canada and Sweden Peterson refused to concede his lean had Little Chance of making the last four. There is still a Chance to qualify for the final round. We still have five matches to play and theoretically even eight Points would be enough Peterson said. In Friday s . Game Canada s goals came from Troy Murray of the Chicago Blackhawk at 14 12 of the first period Harry i Ederson of the Vancouver canucks a minute into inc second and Keith Quinn one of four Pillsburg penguins on the learn Al 12 24 of the final period the Lone . Goal was by Tom Kur Vars of the Buffalo sabres at 10 56 of the third period the defending Champion soviet Union recovered from a sluggish Star saturday against inc West germans scoring three times in the second period and Lour limes in the third after a scoreless first period. In the first match of the Day Finland edged Switzerland 3-2, overcoming a Stalwart performance by Swiss goalie Oliver Anken who made an astounding is  finns Poulshot Switzerland 84-29, getting off 34 shots in the firs period alone 33 of them slopped by Ankun. Chavez retains Crown n1mes. France Al jul Julio Cesar Livacz of Mico saturday retained his world boxing Council super Frather weight Lille for inc eighth time when inc referee slopped his scheduled 12-round fight with Brazil s Francisco Tomas a Cruz with 29 seconds remaining in the third round