European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 9,1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 is athletes of the year named Mannheim s no an Pitburg s Tolbert cited Bilbury s Mike Tolbert. All Europe  Home fans helps celts come Back Boston a Boston coach . Jones stopped to the podium in an inter View room packed with reporters sunday. We Are gathered Here on this Momen Tous occasion he said with a smile. We won a  such a thing hardly seemed possible after the los Angeles lakers destroyed the bellies in the first two fumes of the Aba finals both at los Angeles. But Back in Boston Carden where the celtics had lost just two of their last 86 fames the celtics revived with a 109-103 victors that Cut the lakers Lead in the Besl of seven championship series to 2-1. They Pla cd a great game los an Geles coach vat Riley said. Anytime a team loses mice on the Road they have to keep it in the right perspective. The celtics did and it has to give them  the unusually quiet Demeanour of bos ton fans Early in the game seemed to show thai they perhaps expected another burial rather than a resurrection. They carried us at the end sunday but not Early but we got into it and we got them into it. 1 think the reason they were so quiet is because they thought the lakers would come in Here and sweep us not All of them but a fair bit. We have a very Good basketball team he said. Right now we Are a lot better at Home than on the Road. The reason we Are better at Home is our  los Angeles guard Michael Cooper agreed that having the crowd on their Side pumped up the defending champions. Even time you get a rebound and the crowd yells for you it has to motivate  he said. However. Luker Center Kareem Abdul Jabbar added. Playing Here was a Factor for them Bui 1 Don t Iliin the crowd bothered  games 4 and 5 will be at the Garden on tuesday night and thursday night. If the celtics Are still Alue after that they must go Back to los Angeles for game 6 by Ben Abrams prep sports editor Darmstadt Germany Regina Nolan and Mike Tolbert they Are the Cream of the crop. Mannheim s Nolan the first Bison to be selected and Pitburg s Tolbert have been chosen the 1986-87 stars and stripes athletes of the year. Each is a three sport luminary Nolan in volleyball basketball and soccer Tol Bert in football basketball and track and Field. Fifteen girls and 15 boys were nominated for consideration to succeed Bonn s Alix Ronka and Kaiserslautern s Eric Barcla As athletes of the year and it took the panel several hours to make the final decisions. The panel was composed of Owci Bruecken volleyball coach Betty Nilsson  principal Terrence Kacik Hahn athletic director Tom Richards and prep Pickin s. Nolan s credentials Are Blue Chip All the Way. The senior was All aaa Confer ence and All big schools tournament in volleyball All conference Aji mourn Arnonl and stars and stripes All ii rope in basketball and All conference in her first year of soccer. How Regina goes so goes the team a rival coach said of Nolan in basketball. Mannheim coaches feel that applies in other sports too and hat it was reflected throughout 1986-87. Regina Nolan is the Best All around female Athl Elc i have Ever watched or coached said boys basketball coach Bill Mitten Wey who coached girls Basket Ball at Heidelberg for several years prior to transferring to Mannheim. Besides her obvious individual athletic ability Regina has a sense or a game awareness unmatched by any other girl i have seen or  Mittenzwey said one volleyball coach in aaa exclaimed she is so Good i d pay to see her  Mittenzwey agreed she is that Good. Nolan averaged 17 Points and 12.3 see athletes on Page 25 Kun rcom Abdul Jahbar lofts a sky honk Over the outstretched hand of Robert and. If necessary. Game 7. Boston has dropped its Hist six games on the Road by an a Conige margin of 15.7 Points. We Hac to win both games Here he cause we re not a great Road  Inird said. To w in the series. Boston Forward Kex in Mclatc said tic celtics must do Mere than step onto Licu   Fluor. We rely i our Home court Loo  lie said. We lunch to Mart rely ing on  file photo Mannheim s Regina Nolan. Blue Chip performer Mattingly out 2 weeks with injury Milwaukee a the new York Yankees clinging to a half game Lead Over the Toronto Blue jays in in american league East apparently will have to do  All Star first baseman Don Mattingly for the next couple of weeks because of Back problems. Mailing resting and undergoing Ira Clion at new York University Hospital was to be examined monday before a Delerm Nalion is made on his playing status. But the new York times quoted Yankees manager Lou Piniella alter Sun Day s 5-3 Victory Over Milwaukee As say ing thai Mattingly is Likely to be placed on the 15-Day disabled Lisl. I feel a lot More encouraged after talking with Donnic today sunday than i did yesterday Piniella said. He said he was comfortable still in traction and that the swelling had gone  the Yankees said mailing was Hurt while Fielding grounders before last thursday s game with Milwaukee. But the Star Ledger of Newark quoted an unnamed source in ils sunday editions As saying that Mattingly suffered the Back injury in a Friendly wrestling match with Pitcher Bob Shirley before the game. Mattingly denied the Repon and Piniella supported his Star player. I doubt it. 1 really  Piniella said of thai report. I was Here Early for extra hitting. He took it and came Back Wii me to the clubhouse. He did t notice the Back was sore unlit he was catching ground balls during infield practice. He said thai his Back caught on  no Way echoed Yankees outfielder Claudell Washington. There is no Way that that happened in this clubhouse. I would have known about it. I was Here Early thursday and i did t Sec  a report in the new York daily news on sunday suggested thai  had slipped discs in ins Back and could miss the rest Ollic season. 1 he Yanu is eat tur lost Star outfielder Rickey Henderson who was placed on the disabled list last week