European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 18, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Rice re injures on questions 49ers receiver Jerry Rice at monday s practice. Before injuring his ankle by Tom Friend the Washington Post Miami san Francisco s All pro wide receiver Jerry Rice reinsured his right ankle while running a pass pattern during practice monday. The team s Trainer listed him As questionable for sunday s super bowl Xxiii with the Cincinnati Beng als but quarterback Joe Montana disagreed. Hell play believe me Montana said. If he can t walk hell play. I la drag him out  the injury came exactly three months after Rice twisted the same ankle in an oct. 16 game against the los Angeles rams in Anaheim. He returned to his old form Only in the most recent playoffs five touchdown receptions in two games. Hampered earlier in the sea son he could be easily jammed at the line by pressing cornerback and the fear now is not so much whether hell play sunday but whether hell play with much aplomb. Trainer Lindsy Mclean said Rice s Basic problem is tendinitis More than anything else and the prescription is rest. The whole team was taking tuesday off and Rice is expected to miss workouts wednesday and thursday. Friday will be an important tune up Day. Rice was out with family members monday night and was not available for comment but the 49ers did t appear to be panicking. It could t have been too bad Montana said be cause i did t see him limping much. I Don t think any thing major happened. He ran a route caught it and continued upfield. Next thing he was walking  Rice said last week that the ankle was tender and this was apparently the first sign of tendinitis. It limits his jumping ability which is what normally separates him from the average cornerback. More than anything it s that Quick Jab step that he loses with the injury which is How he also separates himself from bump and run artists. In his place in practice coach Bill Walsh will Start third year player John Taylor a punt returner who has been labelled up and coming by opposing coaches. Mike Wilson will remain a starting split end. We have Good receivers Walsh said but Rice is one of the great players in the game. Of course we could carry on without  Walsh meantime made an attempt at describing what a less than 100-percent Rice is like. It the ankle has been haunting the coach said. He went through much of the year with the injury and was playing Well but not As a great player would. He s been Fine until today. He s played extremely Well the last six weeks but before that he was limited a Decoy More than anything  if Rice is reduced to just the average receiver More of the Load will land on running Back Roger Craig who has brought his masseuse Jennie Winters and his chiropractor Nick Athens As insurance. Craig paid for their trips although Montana uses Athens services As Well and helped Craig foot the Bill. Ill have treatment probably three Days this week Craig said. Asked if the Rice setback makes him a Little Ner Vous Craig said i m not going to put any extra pres sure on myself worrying about another  earlier in the afternoon before practice Rice was walking without a Limp by the hotel Pool As were Craig and other 49ers. Known More for their aesthetics this 49ers group is surprising some people with a newly released rap song entitled we re the 49ers." assisting them was Sheila e., the one time sidekick of Rock n Roll heartthrob Prince. Monday s practice was closed but Walsh said his team s work was Fine although two other 49ers Are injured and did not work out cornerback tory Nixon hamstring and tight end Brent Jones ankle. Nixon is questionable Jones probable. As for the Rice incident Walsh did express one More concern Rice s timing with Montana. In the two playoff victories Over Minnesota and Chicago Rice was charting precise patterns and seemed to gauge Montana s on Field thought process perfectly. Now it s possible that that exquisite timing could be lost with the missed Days of practice and the irritation of favouring his ankle. We d much prefer he d practice and have his time with Joe Montana the coach said. But Walsh kept pointing out his capable backups. Our team has much More skill than our 81 team he said referring to the squad that Defeated Cincinnati for the title seven years ago. Michigan Routs Ohio state in clash of big ten Powers by the associated press Ann Arbor Mich. Glen Rice Sank five 3-Point shots and scored 23 Points As sixth ranked Michigan beat no. 16 Ohio state 99-73 in big ten action monday night. Terry Mills also scored 23 Points and Loy Vaught added 22, giving the wolverines three 20-Point scorers in a game for the first time since the 1987-88 opener against Miami Fla. Michigan 15-2 Overall and 3-1 in the conference never trailed opening a 20 12 Lead in the first six minutes. The buckeyes 12-4 and 2-2, Cut the deficit to 27-26 on a Jay Burson Basket with 8 22 left in the first half. A tip in by Mark Hughes at 7 49 ignited a nine Point Wolverine spurt. After Ohio states Jerry Francis hit two free throws Michigan scored five More Points in succession on a Mills Dunk and the third of Rice s four first half 3-Point ers with 5 26 left. That Streak boosted Michigan s Lead to 41-28. Mills scored six of the wolverines last nine first half Points to give them a 50 35 halftime Lead. Mills helped Michigan put the game away Early in the second half scoring six Points in a seven Point run that gave the Cal tee basketball wolverines a 64-43 Lead with 14 16 to go. Rumeal Robinson had 14 Points and Sean Higgins 10 for Michigan. Perry Carter led Ohio state with 17 Points. Burson had 12, Well below his 23.9 average. In other games monday involving top 20 teams Missouri 104, Virginia tech 99 Blacksburg a. Byron Irvin scored 35 Points and no. 8 Missouri held off a late Virginia tech rally to defeat the  tigers who had led by As Many As 20 Points in the second half also got 19 Points from Anthony Peeler 14 from Doug Smith and 11 from Lee Coward As they extended their winning Streak to six games and pushed their record to 15-3. Virginia tech got 36 Points from Wally Lancaster who hit five 3-Point shots and extended to 61 his Mcaa re Cord of straight games in which he has hit at least one 3-Pointer. The homies 6 8 suffered their fifth straight loss the longest since the 1954-55 team lost 18 games in a Row. The homies also set a record by losing three straight Home games which they had not done since Cassell coliseum opened in 1962. Bimbo Coles scored 22 Points and Sam Cannon had 11 for Virginia tech. Connecticut 68, Syracuse 62 Hartford Conn. Cliff Robin son scored 24 Points and Phil Gamble had 21 As Connecticut nudged Lith ranked Syracuse. The orangemen who fell into last place in the big East with a 1-4 Confer ence Mark led for the last time at 39-35 with 15 07 to go on a 3-Point shot by Matt Roe and a Layup by Sherman Doug Las. But Gamble hit a 3-Point Basket and a three Point play to put the huskies Back in front for Good. Connecticut then hit 14 of 15 free throws in the final 5 31 to Seal the Victory. Tate George had 12 Points and five assists for Conn 10-4 and 2-3, before a sellout crowd at the Hartford civic Center. Syracuse 14-4 Overall was led by Billy Owens with 19 Points. Roe had 14 and Douglas 13. Seton Hall 78, Villanova 61 East Rutherford . Ramon Ramos took off his goggles and scored 10 Points in a decisive run and no. 12 Seton Hall Defeated turnover see Michigan on Page 23 Tennis great Ashe favors proposal 42 West Hartford Conn. A former Tennis Star Arthur Ashe spoke out monday in support of the Mcaa s controversial proposal 42, disputing Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson s Contention that the Rule is unfair to minority and poor students. The proposal approved last week at the Mcaa convention prohibits athletic scholarships for incoming freshmen who Don t have both a 2.0 Grade Point average in High school and a minimum score of 700 on the Scholastic aptitude test or a similar score on another test. It takes effect next year. If you want to play basketball or football or run track you be got to hit the books Ashe told Stu dents at the Kingswood Oxford school where he was leading a seminar honouring Martin Luther King or. Thompson contends that the sat contains a cultural Bias against underprivileged students. In protest of the Rule he walked off see Ashe on Page 23