European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday May 23,1987 Aba from Page 21 said. Isiah was fatigued and we were in foul  the defense really did the Job by sticking will Isiah Boston coach . Jones said. It looted like Isiah and Dantly were going to beat us by them selves. Detroit s 69-56 Lead Early in the third Quarter As biggest of the game Shook the celtics out of a mediocre stretch. We came Back with n vengeance Mchale said. I could feel the level of play Rise with  the Victory was the celtics 34th in 35 games at Boston Garden. Detroit is 0-16there since winning on dec. 19, 1982. The Best of seven series moves to Pontiac mich., for games saturday and sunday. It s going o be Lough in our building too Daly said. The celtics arc a proud team and i m sure they feel they can win in our  we were Lucky to escape this one Jones said. We were going Well Early inthe game and then we began to Mishan dle he Ball but we battled Back in the third period and weathered the storm he added. Our offence was a Little belter in the second  Larry Bird Ted Boston with 31 Points but was scoreless in the fourth Quarter when the celtics substitutes contributed. The celtics led 82-81 going into that Quarter they opened ii with a 1s-7 run to go ahead 97-88 with 3 47 left. Then Detroit came Back. Rick Mahorn hit a free throw and afield goal and Vinnie Johnson Sank a Juniper making the score 97-93 with 2 551ert. Boston s Jerry Sichting and Detroit s Vinnie Johnson traded baskets before Robert Parish hit two free throws for the celtics and Bill Laimbeer Sank a 15-foot jumper his Only two Points of the game for do Broil. That Cut Boston s advantage to 101-97 with 1 14 to go. A Layup by Parish stretched the Lead to six Points. Parish then fouled out when he hit Thomas whose two tree throws made it 103-99 with 49 seconds left. Seldom used Greg Kile who replaced Parish made a Layup with 38 seconds to play. The six Point Lead forced Detroit to foul and the celtics closed the game with a 7-2 run started by Kile s Basket. Thomas led All scorers after making just six of 24 shots and scoring 18 Points in tuesday night s 104-91 Boston Victory. Daley added 24 and Joe Dumars 18for the pistons. For Boston Parish scored 20 Points Mchale 19 and Dennis Johnson 18. Detroit stretched a 59-54 halftime Lead o 65-56 with 9 58 left in the third Quarter. Then Boston charged Back with an 18-6 run with Bird getting Sevenpoints to take a 74-71 Lead with 4 26 left in the period. Detroit was trailing 48-17 before Thomas sparked a 12-6 run with seven Points As the pistons look their five Point halftime Lead. Thomas had 16 Points in the second Quarter when the pistons outscored the celtics 36-22. Detroit had erased a 35-23 deficit Early in thai Quarter with a 16-4 spurt in which Thomas and Daniley had seven Points each. Thomas capped the rally with a three Point Field goal that tied the game 39-39 with 7 41 to play in the Quarter. Boston had turned a 22-21 Edge into a32-23 Lead after the first period by scor ing 10 of the last 12 Points six of them by Bird who had 13 Points in the Quarter. Thomas had been instrumental in cutting the Lead to 22-21 As he had seven Points in an 11 -4 Detroit surge. Clippers hire Shue los Angeles a Gene Shue the fourth winning est coach in National basketball association history ashamed thursday As the head coach of the los Angeles clippers he league s worst team this season. The injury plagued clippers fired do Chancy on april 22, a few Day after icy compiled a 12-70 record the second worst in Aba history and failed to qualify for the Aba playoffs for the ii h straight year. The clippers were 63-132 in two plus years under Chaney who replaced Jim Lynam As head conch late in 1984-85. We Are very excited about having Gene Shue As our head coach said Elgin Baylor the clippers vice president of basketball operations. With his ability and experience we Are confident he can turn this team around. He has proven his ability to have an immediate Impact with each team he has  terms were not disclosed. The Losangeles Herald examiner reported ear Lier thursday thai Shue signed a three year contract with the clippers on wednesday night Shue 55, was unavailable for com ment. The clippers have tentatively scheduled a news conference tuesday to introduce him As their coach. It is Shuc s second stint with the clip pers. He coached them from 1978-80, when they played in san Diego. The club had its Only winning record 43-39, in 1978-79, and was 35-47 the following year. Shue most recently was the head coach of the Washington bullets where he took Over before the 1979-80 season and coached until being replaced late in 1985-86. He has been out of coaching since that Lime. In 20 years As an Aba coach Shue s learns Are 757-768. He has been name the Aba coach of the year twice. Before he became a coach Shue was an outstanding player. An All american guard at the University of Maryland Hev played id years in the Aba Starling in 954, and averaged 14.4 Points per game. He was an ail pro performer twice and played in five Aba All Star games Shue began his head coaching career with the Baltimore bullets in 1966-67, and was honoured As the league s top coach in 1969 after leading them to a 57 25 record. Shue left Baltimore following the 1972-73 season to become head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, who had a 9-73 record the worst in Aba history in the season prior to his arrival. A photo Crne shoe. 20 years in Aba Gooden still lacks consistency Norfolk a. A Dwight Gooden still struggling to gain consist ency allowed nine hits in six innings thursday night for the new York me s class aaa Tidewater farm club in an International league game against Maine. Gooden gave up three runs Only one of them earned but was helped by four Maine runners being thrown out at Home plate. He struck out seven and walked two. The 1985 National league by Young award Winner showed a Good curve for the first Lime in three minor league starts since undergoing cocaine rehabilitation yet his fastball was not impressive. The guides a Philadelphia farm team hit several balls hard against him including a pair of Long doubles. Gooden left the game with Tidewater leading 5-3. He threw 105 pitches 68 for strikes. The Meu had said Gooden would throw Between so and 90 pitches. In his first two starts for Tidewater and class a Lynchburg Gooden had thrown almost exclusively fastballs. Against Maine he recorded several strikeouts with his curve. He was raving about his curve. That s what pleased him most met spokesman Jay Horwitz said after sneak ing with Gooden. Acts pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Able to watch Gooden for the first Lime this month because new York had an of Day admitted the Ace Pitcher had no rhythm Early in the game. But i thought he had a plus fastball and his curve was the Best at this juncture Stoit Lemyrt said. Gooden was discharged from new York s Smithers alcoholism and treat ment Center on april 29 after a 28-Daystay. The mets Are treating his return like a Spring training period and Hope he can resume pitching in the major league during the first week in june. Baseball commissioner Peter Ueber Roth will not allow Gooden to return to the mels until june 1. The team would like Gooden to make his first Start june 5 Al Home against Pittsburgh. Indy from Page 23 Diana Polis rookies. The fastest qualifier among Ihm Davy Jones the youngest Driver in the Field at 22, said i m not going to do anything crazy. The main thing is to keep Oul of trouble at the Start and just let the Pace of the race get  the Field average of 207.194 Mph was Down from the record of 210.358 a year ago bul Rabat s race record of 170,722 Mph could be in jeopardy if the dire predictions Are wrong and Lite caution Peri ods Are minimal. Foyt stretching his Mark to 30 consecutive starts Here will be trying to add to another personal record four Andy Victo Ries. The 52-year-old texan liked the omens particularly the fact that the Only other times he has started fourth 1967and 977 he has won. But he suffered a setback thursday when he crashed during the final practice before the race. Foyt was unhurt but his Crew had to scramble to get the wrecked Lola Back in shape. Emerson Filli Paldi a two Lime for Mula one Champion and one of eight foreign driven in the Field was not As fortunate. He too walked away from a crash on thursday but his primary car which had been qualified on the inside of the fourth Row had to be  will Start 33rd in a backup March. Usually when everybody is expect ing the worst we have a Good clean race Foyt said. I Hope that 5 the Way it goes this year but whichever Way it goes i think i can win  Leo Mehl director of racing for Good year agrees with Foyt assuring everyone who will listen that the new steel belted radial is not a problem bul a solution. It s a More consistent tire and much More difficult to puncture Mehl said. It s going to help the Leams thai have the setup figured out to run a Mare consistent race. When they change a set of tins there won t be As much of a differ ence As in the past. The Guy who is going to win this race is the Guy bal s going to be Able to adjust the Chassis and the tires to a Racetrack hat starts with a Tot of grip while it s cooler and has less rubber on it and changes dramatically through the  Rafael will be trying to become the first to win in consecutive Yean since Unser in 1970 and 1971. But Andretti who qualified with a four Lap average of 215.390 Mph including a fast single Lap of 216.320, is the favorite to win Here for the first time since 1969. You have to perform on the race track Andretti said. A game plan is just thai a plan. You can never count on anything or predict  except that is Roberto Guerrero. Count on him to finish the race. If he does to it will be the first Lime. Guerrero has finished 59 8 of 600 laps the East three years while finishing second third and found. This year he starts from the mid dle of the second Row next to year old Dick Simon the oldest Man in the Field for the fifth straight year. There will almost certainly be More than the usual attention to the weather forecast. Last year the race was postponed for six Days because of rain. The Erly forecast was for a 20 percent Chance of Thunder shows on sunday bul at indy forecasts before sunday morning Are about As reliable a engines. There Are lots of different engines threatening to end the domination by the English built co Worth which has pow ered every 500 Winner since 1978. The Field win include 21 co Sworths live new Chevrolet Elmore four flick ass two hondas and one Chevrolet v6. Andretti gave the Chevrolet Tilmor in first Victory in the indy car season opener it Long Beach. Bul the engine also being used by ii Tipaldi Cogan. Mean and Sullivan has never gone a full 500 mile race. For that matter 21 of the 33 driven have never gone indy s full 500 Miles and Only three who have did l win Cogan Guerrero and Gary Bettenhausen. Roseboro joins dodgers los Angeles a John Roseboro a four time All Star and Catcher on three los Angeles dodgers world championship teams has rejoined the organization As a minor league catching instructor it was announced thursday. The contract is fora three month period the dodgers said