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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 13.1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Hawks pin 94-93 loss on kicks by he associated press new York. Spud Webb s tic breaking 12-fool jumper with 24 seconds left lined the Atlanta Hawks to a 94-93 Aba Victory Over the wingless new York kicks wednesday night. Dominique Wilkins who scored 33 Points hit two free throws to no Roundup give the Hawks an 88-83 Lead with 2 39 remaining. Bui a Basket by Ray Tolburt two missed free throws by Atlanta s Kevin Willis and a three Point Field goal by Gerald Wilkins Dominique s younger brother tied the score at 8 r with 45 seconds left. After Webb s go ahead Basket the kicks missed a Chance when Patrick Ewing who led new York with 26 Points dribbled the Ball out of Bounds along the Baseline. Two free throws each by Domin ique Wilkins and Scott Hastings in the last nine seconds enabled the Hawk to withstand Mark Jack son s Buzzer beating three Pointer. In other games wednesday bulls ids Nett 96 East Rutherford . Michael Jordan scored 31 Points including 13 of Chicago first 15 Points in the fourth Quarter to Lead the bulls past new Jersey for their third straight Victory. Jortian sparked a is-10 spurt that put the bulls ahead 95-80 with 4 s2 left new Jersey Neverseena on Page 25 Clemens wins second Al by Young award new York a Roger Clemens of the Boston red so became the drat american league Pitcher in More than a decade id win consecutive by Young awards claiming the 1987 trophy wednesday despite a Spring training holdout and a 4-6 Start. Clemens 20-9 with 256 strikeouts in jul a innings received 21 of 28 first place votes and 124 Points in balloting by a panel or baseball writers association of America members. Jimmy key of Toronto 17-8 with a league leading Era of 2.76, had four first place votes and 64 Points u finish second. Clemens who had the league s third Best Era of 2.97, was the Only Pitcher in either league whose name appeared an each ballot. Steve Bedrosian the Phila Delphia Phillies reliever won the nation Al league by Young award in a close Battle with Rick Sulci Ltd of Chicago and Rick Ruschel of san Francisco. The last american league Pitcher to win consecutive by Youngs was Jim Palmer of the Baltimore orioles in 1975 76. Denny Mclain won the Al by Young in 1968 and shared in with Mike Cullar the following year. Clement became the third american league Pitcher to win a by Young for a team placed As Low As fifth. Dean Chance with he 1964 California Angels and Gaylord Perry with he 1972 Cleveland indians also won the award with fifth place teams. Following key in the balloting were Dave Stewart of Oakland. 32 Points Doyle Alexander of Detroit 8 Mark Langston of Seattle 7 Ted Higuera of Milwaukee and Frank Viola of Minnesota 5 each Jeff Reardon of Minnesota 4, and Jack Morris of Detroit 3. Stewart at 20-13 the Only other 20 Cou can of move offer tackle Blackmon eyes future after chilling injury by Howard Ulman Foxboro mass. A Don Blackmon Lay on the Field unable to move his arms and legs. It s the ultimate scare a football player has he said. New England s outside linebacker re gained feeling within minutes but the emotional effect of the injury 11 Days ago lingers. Suddenly his profession in t so important. When i went Home after i left the Hospital and was Able to run around and hug my kids that s a lot More important than tackling a running Back Blackmon said wednesday. If 1 can provide for my family whether it s a Bug or a kiss without Hay ing to have somebody lift me up to do in that s a lot More important Blackmon 29, has two daughters and an Uncertain future in the nil. He said wednesday he can t resume playing without Oeck surgery and in t sure hell play after on operation. He has t decided when to have in and said he would be sidelined the rest of the season. The patriots placed him on injured Reserve wednesday. Blackmon a Lurter since his second nil season in 1982, was Hurt trying to make a tackle with 1 04 left in new eng land s 26-23 Victory Over the los Angeles raiders nov. 1. Or. Bertram Zarins the Pai Riols team physician said wednes Day Blackmon suffered a ruptured disc in the neck that caused the temporary paralysis. It was his third neck injury in College and pro football. Zarins said the disc must be removed and the two surround ing vertebrae fused but there is no urgency for the operation in the very near future. We Are not taking football into consideration he said. That football play ing decision will be addressed during the Oil season if 1 Don t have the operation i can t come Back at All Blackmon said. We re not discussing this from a stand Point of football. We re discussing this from a standpoint of everyday life. The doctors feh surgery was Nec Essary because of common accidents. You can slip on the ice or the stairs he added. They Don t know How much pressure it would take to cause a further  whether he would play after surgery Boston s Roger Stanciu. Overcame slow Start game Winner in the league besides Clem ens had two first place Voles. Alexander had the other. Balloting is done by a panel comprised of id a Baa members from each league City they Are asked to name the top three candidates with five Points awarded for a first place Vole three for second and one for third. Clemens earned $150,000 for winning. Dan Buckmon. Hugs or a Mackic has to be evaluated in my Home and among doctors Blackmon said. Blackmon a seven year Veteran said he does t feel any pain in his neck now. He said he has t even thought about How Long he would be sidelined if he had surgery. Although he faces an Uncertain future i d be lying if i did t say i m Happy standing Here right now Blackmon said. When 1 got hit i did t know if i d be Able to gel up or  in addition $150.000 will be Adak a in the right hander s i9b8 salary of ji.2 million As a result of his commit negotiated last april. Clemens the major league s dominant Pitcher in 1986 Willi a 2-1-4 record 3.48 Era and 238 strikeouts was written off Early this year to rep civil As the by you tip Winner. After holding out the entire exhibition season in a salary dispute he rejoined the red sox a week before the season started. Clemens insisted the holdout had nothing to do with a Start that saw him go 4-6 with a 3.5i Era in his first 13 appearances going into mid june. I m going to get Tough he promised. My figures Are about the same As Las year except for inc won loss column we re not folding our  still Many Felt he was not inc Over powering Pitcher he was in ill36. When he started 14-0 and set a major league record with 20 strikeouts in a game against Seattle. He proved them wrong. Starting with a 4-0 shutout at Cleveland on june 17. Clemens went on a spree. He finished inc season 16-3 with a 2.66 Era in his final 23 starlings. He capped the year with a 4 Piz sri Seoul Victory Over Milwaukee in Humon. Except for his won lost record and his Era. Clemens had a better year than in 1986 despite pitching for a poorer team. He led the majors with 18 Complete games and seven Shu Louis compared with 10 Complete games and one shutout in 1986. When Boston won the Pennant. His 256 strikeouts were second in the league to Langston s 262, and Only Char lie Hough of Texas with 285 i. Pitched More innings. Hoosier fans can t get into football spirit Bloomington ind. Apr while Indiana s football learn plays its biggest game in 20 years on saturday the big concern on Campus is Seal location far inc upcoming basketball season. A Victory at Michigan stale and an other the following week against Purdue would earn i5th-ranked Indiana its first Rose bawl trip since 1967. As inc hoosiers prepared for their big ten conference showdown with no. 11 Michigan state thousands of students stood in line for More than an hour on wednesday for the tickets that would Lell them where they would be scaled for six of Indiana s basketball games. Wilh the exception of a few signs encouraging the hoosiers to Spear inc spartans there was Little indication of Rose bowl euphoria visible on Campus. That bother me. I Don t think they re  senior flanker Emit Jones said. I think Over the Yean they be looked Ai Indi Ana As a basketball school. But we be got a football program  students a decades of losing football produced apathy. There s a lot of excitement around Here for football but winning id Basket Ball has been around for a lot longer said lira Hiland a Sophomore from Gayton. "1 guess students Are waiting to see what happens saturday before they think about the Rose bowl  
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