European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 5,1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Montana takes loss in stride Honolulu a i was an unlikely end 10 the san Francisco 49er�season, being upset by the Minnesota Vikings while quarterback Joe Montana finished the game on the Bench. Montana however seems to have taken in All in stride. A of of strange things happen in football the 49crs pro bowl Quarter Back said. They say that s Why the fool Ball s shaped shut Way. It takes some real funny  the 49cfs had the nil s Best regular season record 13-2, and appeared Des tined for the super bowl but in heir first playoff game the 49crs were ambushed 36-24 by the Vikings and san Francisco coach Bill Walsh replaced Montana with Sieve Young in the third Quarter. However Montana in Hawaii to make i is fifth pro Bow appearance sunday said he s not concerned with any possible quarterback controversy pent season. I m not even going to think about it he said. Thai s something for other peo ple to worry  there has even been speculation that Montana 31. Might consider retiring but he emphasized that he plans 10 return next  of his 49crs teammates said there s no doubt Montana is still the club  despite winding up the i9s7 Campaign on the sidelines. They the Vikings were teeing off on Joe pretty Good said san Francisco running Back Roger Craig a second Lime nil All Star selection for the pro bowl. We put Steve in to iry to spark some things. Bui Joe s still going to be the no. I quarterback. La was Juil one of those games. Minnesota played very Well. Still we had the Best regular season re Cord Craig added so we be got nothing to be ashamed of. We can come  record Selling wide receiver Jerry Rice the Only player to receive a unanimous vote from his Peers around the league for the pro bowl this year said he thinks the 49ers will come Back is rung. After making a league record 23 touch Down receptions and leading us nil in scoring Wilh 138 Points. Rice was checked by the Vikings in the playoff loss. I think i just worked too hard the week before the  Rice said. I buried myself out during practice and did t have anything left for the game. The 49ers at the pro bowl like most of the Oiher players certainly Don i in tend to bum themselves out during prac Tice for sunday s game. I m headed Down to the Beach later to eel one of those Long boards hos huge surfboards Montana said. The Csc Are the Only kind 1 Ean stand  Redskin Celebration president Reagan losses football wednesday during a Cele bration that attracted 6001om fans honouring the str bowl Champion Washington Redskin i. From left is Quarter Bael Doug Williams defensive end Steve Hamilton and general manager Bobby Beilharz. The Ball was Cwi Ghl by hide receiver Ricky Sanders who ran of of the Pic Lurt. Michigan surges in 1 St half to rout Hawk eyes 120-103 by the associated press Ann Arbor Mich. Gary Grant clan Rice and Terry Mills led a torrid first half Michigan surge and the i Ullh ranked wolverines routed no. 13 Iowa 120-103 in a surprising dig ten mis match wednesday night the total was 16 More Points than Michigan had Ever scored against the Hawk eyes in their 67-year rivalry. Grant Hilling four 3-Potnl shots among seven baskets scored 18 first halt Points. Rice added 14 and Mills 12 As the wolverines rolled to a 61-26 half Lime Lead. Rice finished with 35 Points and Grant Wilh 29. Mills and rum Al Robin son had 18 Points apiece for Michigan. De Morton had 22 Points for Iowa 13 in the second half. Teammates Michael Reaves had 17 Points and Bill Jones 16. The wolverines who have won their last seven games against the Hawk eyes unfriendly Crisler Arena maintained a share of first place in the big ten at 7-1 College basketball and improved to 18-3 Overall. The Hawk eyes. Whose five aame winning Streak was snapped dropped to 5-3 in the conference and 15-6 Overall. In other lop-20 games wednesday Purdue 86, Wisconsin 62 West Lafayette. Ind. Todd Mitchell scored a at his 17 Points and Troy Lewis All of his 16 in the first Halfast no. 6 Purdue whipped Wisconsin to remain tied for first place in the big ten. In was the boilermakers 21 is consecutive Victory Over the badgers who have lost 16 straight games at Mackay Arena. Danny Jones topped Wisconsin with 23 Points and Trent Jackson added 16 for the badgers. Wisconsin fell to 9-9 and 3-5. Dust 78, Georgia tech 65 Durham. . Danny ferry scored 22 Points As fourth ranked Duke overcame a first half offensive lapse. Duke s Man to Man pressure snuffed out Georgia tech s inside combination of Duane Ferrell and Tom Hammonds and helped the Blue devils take a 28-9 Lead with 10 33 left in the first  Itic Blue devils hit just four of the last 11 shots in the half and despite hit Ling Only five of 12 free throws in the last 5 17 and 6 of6 in inc half the yellow jackets closed to 38-30 at the  Strickland scored 16 Points As the Blue devils improved to is-2 Overall and 5-1 in the acc. Ferrell had is Points and Hammonds 15 for Georgia tech. 14-6 and 2-4.Kentucky 94, Mississippi 65 Lexington by. Rex Chapman scored five Points in a 15-0 run Midway through the second half that sparked no. 10 Kentucky Over Mississippi in a South Eastern conference  raised its record to 15-3 Overall and 7-3 in the Sec old miss dropped to 8-10 and 2-7.winston bin Nult led five Kentucky see College on Page 26 surgery might have saved Maravich s life los Angeles a doctors who reviewed Coroner s documents be Lieve pole Maravich still might be alive today had the former basketball Star undergone an operation similar to com Mon bypass surgery. Maravich College basketball s All Lime leading scorer and a member of the Aba Hall of Fame collapsed Afier Adena Church Jan. 5. He died shortly Taler. The documents also revealed for the first time that Maravich. 40, had complained of Chest pains in the final sin months of his life the los Angeles times reported in its thursday editions. Or curious reports had indicated Maravich also complained of intense pain in his right shoulder. The combination of Chest and Shoul Der pain could have led to the ordering of a stress test in which the patient Wal son a Treadmill while instruments Monitor heart function doctors said. The los Angeles county Coroner s office file which contains the official written results of Maravich s autopsy and other Posl Portem tests confirmed that his heart was missing one of the major arteries that normally supplies oxygen Rich blood to heart tissue. Or. Paul Thompson of Brown univer sity and or. Jeffrey Isner of Tufts University both mid a Treadmill suns lest could have produced results that might have led doctors to order additional test hat would have discovered that strange inherited anomaly. Incr. A specialist in heart disease processes has reviewed the Maravich Case with Coroner s officials. The Only procedure that definitely could have diagnosed Maravich s heart defect is cardiac  in which a wire is introduced into the arte Ries while a Ray machinery assisted by Dye injected into the blood projects Pic lures of the organs on a television screen. The  is commonly used to determine if bypass surgery is Nec Essary