European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. April 9,1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 corf icentary . S Gibson won t Dodge anyone in a was. Watching Kirk Gibson in baseball is like watching 3 rare siberian Liger in a rage. It s like John " Ajic Rtia Yini a Butler. An Eagle in Abird Bash. A Mustang locked in a Corral. A shark in the gel the feeling it s Loo confining far him. He wants to bust Loose. You want to untie him. In Cahim set him free. It s Loo cramped for him. Lite Caruso forced to sing Irving Berlin Heifetz doing Turkey in the Straw. He s full of this restless Energy. He looks As if he s just itching to bust something. Or someone. He seems to get irritable Juil standing there. Look at him As he knocks a Home run in the world series with men on. Some Guys tip their hats. Some a tips give their teammates High fives. Gibson almost Breaks their wrists. A Gibson High five is just easier to take than Dempsey s left was. Gibson s problem is intensity. Calling Kirk Gib Ion intense is like calling the Johnsio Wii Pood wet. He is to intensity what Katharine Hepburn is so in dependence. He did t invent it he just took it 10 slept further. Kirk Gibson never does anything by halves. He gulps his food. He walks fast. He runs fast. He talks fast. Gibson s motor is always running lie always seems 1o be on the move like the great while shark. No one Ever caught him lying Down. He admits Pecan t sit through a movie unless there s non Stop action. Gibson wants to run someplace. Hot s a Superb a Lelic specimen. Michelangelo would have drooled. At 6-foot-3 and 213 pounds he s As lean As a 1-Iron, As supple As a Fly Rod. Fat can t keep up with him. He s As untamed As a Timber Wolf. Or a big cat. You look at a Kirk Gibson and you Don t know whether to play with it or Hunt it from the Baek of an elephant. The last time something this sleek and reckless came along it had stripes. And claws. Gib son almost looks As if he just escaped a circus. The eyes Are the Lawny yellow of the Hunting or hunted animal. If you saw them staring out of the High Brush you d swear they Inid a Tail. He probably should have played football. Or rid Den horseback Wilh a sword and a fur hat. You figure this kind of raw Energy should be running into peo ple knocking things around making fur Fly he was an outstanding football player. His biggest decision was whether to play for the Detroit Lions or Detroit tigers. Actually the football cardinals wanted to sign him. He ran the 40 under 4.3. Beloved the Contact and the Michigan state spartans new dodger Ouhl Der Kirk Gibson i m an emotional person. I gel the adrenaline going and i Nanlyn c won the big ten championship when he was there but probation kept them out of the Rose bowl. A wide receiver Wilh Good moves he caught 112 passes for 24 touchdowns and 2.347 Yards. Gibson chose baseball for the most unusual of reasons he considered it More of a Challenge. It was t the injury football you can play Wilh pain ind Hurt he says. You break a Finger you tape it to the not still do. I m an emotional person. 1 get the adrenaline going and i want to Gibson surged to become one of the most danger Ous Hilt is in the tame. His Bat obliterated the san Diego padres in the 1984 world series. He played the game lustily usually Wilh a two Day growth of Beard and the hard running style of a fullback on a 2 Yard line or a Bull in a would think he would be the last Man in the world to pull a practical joke on. It would be better to give a hot foot to a hungry Leopard. Bui sports Camps Are the citadels of Schoolboy pranks. Cayenne Pepper in the Coffee is a sure fire boredom easer. Dempsey loved to put lighted matches in the soles of sleeping Camp mates. Sending Rook is out for left handed bats is a Way to while away the dullest of afternoons. But teasing Gibson is like pulling the ears off a pit Bull or scaling a Volcano. When he found that someone had loaded his out Field do with Lampblack the air turned purple and the Ocul thing anybody knew the dodgers million Dollar cleanup hitter was out of uniform and almost out of town. Relief Pitcher Jesse Orosco the prankster apologized to Gibson. Gibson never apologized to any body. Muttering darkly something about How if he wanted to dress Wilh a Bunch of clowns he would have joined the circus Gibson resumed to the club. No one dared ask can t you take a joke Gib son might cat him. Klima s 3 goals Pace wings by Leafs by the associated press Detroit Petr Kama became the first Detroit player in 23 years to score three goals in a playoff game As the red wings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2thursday night evening the Norris Divi Sion semifinal series at la. Klima skated on Detroit s lop line Wilh Bab Probert and John Chabol re placing Jim nil who had played left Wing on that line wednesday night when Toronto stunned the divisional champions 6-2. The red wings jumped to a 4-2 Lead at 10 22 of the first period and. Two min pics later Ken Wreggit replaced Allan Hester in the Toronto goal. Bosler win Ner of inc first game was 2-0-2 against the red wings in the regular season. In other Fini round playoff games thursday night Bruins 4, Siburn 1 Boston Bruce Shoebottom scored his first nil goal and Glen Wes Ley got his second of the playoffs As the Rookie defens Emen led Boston Over Bui Falo for a 2-0 Lead in their playoff series. The next two games of inc bust of nil playoffs seven Adams division semifinal arc scheduled for this weekend in Buffalo. Devils 3, islanders j un1ondale, . Mirk John son s lie breaking goal at i s6 of the third period gave the new Jersey devils the in franchise history beating the new York islander in game 2 of the Patrick division semifinals. The Devil who lost 4-3 in overtime wednesday in their first playoff appear. Ancs since moving to new Jersey in 1982,broke a 1 3-game win Lesi Streak at Nassau coliseum the Victory was Only inc second in franchise history at the coliseum dating Back to Colorado and Kansas City. Before thursday night s game the devils were i 35-3 at the coliseum. The Only other playoff appearance for the devils franchise was in 19 73. When they were swept in two games by the Philadelphia flyers. Landover my. Peler Simov irom scored a Short handed goal Wilh i i4 left in the second period to snap a 3 3 tic and Washington went on to defeat Philadelphia evening i hair Rairick Divi Sion semifinal series at one win each. Game 3 in the series is scheduled for saturday night in Philadelphia b1u3, Blackhawk Al St Louis Rookie Bretl Hull s lie breaking goal at 1 09 of the third period gave St. Louis a Victory Over Chicago and a two game Lead in their Norris division semifinal playoff. Hull s goal on a setup from Crnic pc Durko came during a delayed Penally after pc Durko had been pulled Down from behind by Dan Vincil cute , Kings 4 Calgary Alberta John Tonelli scored the winning goal on a third period Power play and added an assist As Cal Gary Defeated los Angeles for a 1-0 Lead in Itier a Myloc playoff series. Tonolli s goal was set up by a disputed Penally of Kings goalie Glenn Center Joel Otto was skating near the los Angeles net when he suddenly crumpled to the ice clutching his eyes. Referee Terry Gregson who had not in naked a penalty consulted Linesman Gerar Gauthier Andrj penalized mealy for High clicking nine minutes into the third television replay indicated scaly had hit Otto with the butt end of his stick Tonelli scored 33 seconds later on a bul let like snapshot from the right of accost Cir Cle. Cuiadiens7,whaltrs3 Montreal Mats Naslund set up four goals including two Deau As Montreal look a two game Lead in i hair Adams division semifinal series by beating s first goal gave the canadians a 3-2 Lead Early in the second period and i second off a perfect setup from Naslund made it 6-3 Midway through the final period. Ohen3, Edmonton Alberta Craif Simp in scored Wilh 65 seconds remaining giving Edmonton a Victory Over inc Winni Peg and a 2-0 Lead in i hair smythe division playoff Scanu appeared headed for Over time after More than 20 minutes of scoreless play when Simpson had the puck Bounce in on his knee
