European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 13,1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 . Cagers becoming Hoya fied by Michael Wilbon of the Washington Post Washington the players Wear Usa across their jerseys and they come from towns and schools across the nation. But from the first Day of the trials through the beginning of october prospective olympians Are getting a crash course in basketball and life the Georgetown Way. If you turn on your television this weekend As the . Team is playing groups of Aba All stars in Charlotte n.c., and find that the olympic hopefuls Bear some striking resemblance to the Georgetown hoyas it s not by Accident. From the Way the olympians play defense to Mary Fenlon sitting on the Bench to the Way coach John Thompson regulates Public and Media Access to his team the olympic basketball program has been Hoya fied. This is hardly the first time that the olympic team is the signature of the head coach. In 1976, four of Dean Smith s University of North Carolina players graced the team and Smith operated much As he does during any College basketball season. In 1984, it was the Bob Knight show All the Way. As Thompson said earlier this summer it would be stupid for me for any coach for that matter to All of a sudden go away from what he or she has been doing. The people who pick the coach realize that when they pick that person they re also picking a  Michael Adams the Denver nuggets guard and bos ton College alumnus said after facing the olympic hopefuls on sunday in Providence r.i., it was sort of like playing Georgetown  Georgetown games rarely Are aesthetically appealing offensively. More fouls More tipped passes out of Bounds Stop the clock and help create longer games. Less shooting fewer patterns to the games. Some of the Best played games appear Sloppy because the emphasis is on stopping the opposition from doing what it normally does. There is a frantic almost desperate tone to every play of the game. Prospective olympian Dan Majerle May have played his College Ball at Central Michigan but his game is strictly Georgetown big East. Majerle on Sun Day was everywhere. Every Day every single Day Thompson said beaming Over Majerle s consistent relentlessness. A lot of coaches would fret if their outside shooters had coach John Thompson stresses Georgetown style As poor a showing As the olympic hopefuls did in provi Dence but not Thompson. He did say we will have problems if we sit around and play half  but he quickly added if we get enough layups Well be All right and that the team s own Tempo of play May Hurt the outside shooters until they get completely adjusted. Playing the Georgetown style could be instrumental in the olympic team s Success. Chuck person the Indi Ana pacers Star who was Cut during the 1984 olympic trials said the 88 team has a limited number of scorers no Power Rebo unders and Only one shot Blocker. If so the olympians will have to do something to compensate and with Thompson that something Al ways has to do with defense. We could t scout this team very much said bos ton celtics coach Jimmy Rodgers who coached the Aba squad the olympians faced sunday but with John Thompson coaching we knew they d get after us  Thompson was asked recently if he would take the approach of having designated three Point shooters players whose primary role on the team would be to work free for the Long jumpers As some of the foreign teams do. I m More concerned with identifying the Gilder takes first round Lead in pea with a 5-under�Par 66 by Bob Green Edmond okla. A Bob Gilder took the first round Lead in the 70th pea National championship thursday then criticized the Caliper of the Field of contestants. How to be tactful mused Gilder when asked about the Quality of the 150-Man lineup that teed off in the last of the year s grand slam events. You have 40 club pros and that makes it a weak Field the 37-year-old Veteran said after shooting a 5 under Par 66 on the Oak tree Golf club course rated by the . Golf association As the most difficult Par 71 course in the country. That s nothing against the club pros Gilder added. Some of them Are my friends. But they Don t live to play tournament Golf and that s the  Gilder who also led the first round of the . Open two months ago did not make a bogey in the hot still weather that helped produce some exceptionally Low scores. Paul Azinger who has recovered from Back prob lems that made him a doubtful starter earlier this week was tied with Chip Beck John Cook and  Faldo of England for second at 67. You could t ask for better conditions Gilder said. You won t find a better Day for scoring Azinger agreed. When the wind in t blowing no matter How hard the Golf course is it s  the game s top players made the most of the Ideal conditions As More than than two dozen broke Par. However Jack Nicklaus Holder of a record five pea titles was not among them. He took a double bogey on the ninth and finished with a 72. Neither was . Open Champion Curtis strange nor Tom Watson who needs a Victory in this tournament to become the fifth Man to make a career sweep of the masters . And British opens and the pea. Both shot 72s. Seve Ballesteros of Spain the British open Champion matched Par. Greg Norman Craig Stadler Ray Floyd Mike  Rocco mediate australian Peter senior and Florida club pro Jay Overton were two strokes off the Lead at 68. I m very Happy and very excited about my performance after the Layoff said Norman who is coming off a two month absence due to a wrist injury suffered in the . Open. That 68 would feel like a 62 under other Circum  Floyd 45, a two time pea Winner had an Eagle 3 on the 16th Hole where he hit a 3-Wood second shot to within 15 inches of the Flag. Stadler had a share of the Lead at 5-under until his foot slipped on his tee shot off the 18th, leading to a double bogey that dropped him two shots Back. Defending Champion Larry Nelson and Ben Crenshaw were in a Large group at 70. I pretty Well kept it in play and gave myself a lot of chances. That s what you have to do and i was Able to do it Gilder said. Gilder who has t won since 1983, missed four Bir die chances from 10-12 feet and was in danger of Mak ing a bogey Only once. That was on the ninth one of the three greens he missed. That was a Tough Chip really Tough he said. But he got it to within 18 inches of the Flag and made the Par saving putt. Azinger a Winner earlier this season and the 1987 player of the year said he suffered Back problems last week and was surprised to be playing. I had to withdraw after the first round last week with a sore Back and muscle spasms he said. People who can contain the three Pointer prevent the other team from going hog wild Thompson said. Hersey Hawkins a player Best known for his offence but an accomplished defensive player in College spoke for Many olympic hopefuls when he said i be never had to play defense like this not every single minute. I Don t think most of these Guys have had to. As an offensive player the last couple of years i be been Able to rest a Little bit on defense. Here the Way coach Thompson asks you to play defense you d think you might be Able to rest a Little bit on offence. But that s not the Case. You have to give every drop of sweat on offence and defense and come out if you get tired. That s a different thing for a lot of Guys who Are used to staying on the floor and pacing themselves through a  there Are other similarities to the Georgetown pro Gram ones that have nothing to do with is and of. The support people surrounding Thompson Are familiar to anyone who has followed Georgetown. Fenlon is an assistant coach and the hoyas academic coordinator. Also on the olympic team Bench is St. Peter s athletic director Bill Stein who helped recruit Patrick Ewing As Thompson s assistant during the Early 80s. De Spriggs Ewing s predecessor is Back in Mcdon Ough Arena with a whistle around his  after a Lour of duty at St. Peter s under Stein. To has said he has subscribed to a theory that particularly in an olympic year because of the system we have in the . And because of the Lack of time no coach can afford to spend a lot. Of time getting familiar with new people or vice versa. It s almost necessary that a coach work with people who Are familiar with him those who have seen the 1988 team believe that the Georgetown influence Only will help in Seoul. There is definitely a personality resemblance Dick Vitale the television analyst for Abc sports and esp said. This does t appear to be a great great olympic team. They re a Little Short at Point guard a Little Short on outside shooting. But being a John Thompson coached team they la make it All up. Their style of play like the great Georgetown teams the explosiveness the relentlessness on defense the ability to do on defense what John wants them to do that will take them straight to the Winner s Circle for the Gold  a pea Leader Bob Gilder. Lining up putt on 16th Hole Early this week 1 did t think there was any Chance i d be Able to  he said a series of treatments solved his problem and i was Able to play  i m very pleasantly surprised. I guess i m Lucky. 1 know my attitude is going to be Good. It s almost an every thug to gain