European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday february 13, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 drag racer flying with one tire flying High above and Trail Day s chief Auto parts a internationals setting a record before the mishap ing a Parachute the drag racer of Eddie at the los Angeles county Fairgrounds in crawled out of the wreckage and told his Hill careens toward a crash Barrier in Fri Pomona Calif. Hill who came close to Crew chief to get him another car. Hoy As upset by Pitt by the associated press visiting Georgetown needed to win for prestige. Pittsburgh needed to win for survival. Jason Matthews scored 24 Points and Pitt held the second ranked hoyas to College basketball eight Points in the final 10 minutes sat urday for a 79-74 upset. Pitt12-10 and 5-6 in the big East is in peril of failing to get its third straight bid to the Mcaa tournament. But the panthers improved their chances with their fourth Victory Over a top ten teaming the last five weeks. I still think we can make it if we reach 16 or 17 wins and we be got a Chance. Beating Georgetown gives us a better Chance Pitt coach Paul Evan said. Georgetown is 18-3 and leads the con Ference at 8-2. We re not talking about a season we re talking about one basketball game we lost Georgetown coach Joh Thompson said. In other games involving ranked teams no. 3 Missouri beat Kansas 93 80, no. 7 Illinois downed Northwestern 86-69, Wisconsin beat no. 8 Iowa 65-54, no. 9 Syracuse stopped St. John s 92-69, Minnesota beat no. 10 Michigan 88-80, no. 11 Seton Hall got past Villanova 83 77, no. 14 Duke beat Maryland 86-60, no. 15 West Virginia beat Penn state 100-67, no. 16 Ohio state Defeated Michigan state 81-75, and no. 20 see College on Page 26 Ellis wins shootout Walker top Dunker Houston a with perennial champions Larry Bird and Michael Jordan sidelined by injury two new champions and one old favorite dominated the Aba s Glitz and Glamour events on saturday. Dale Ellis won the 3-Point shootout and Kenny sky Walker the slam Dunk contest. Earlier former Houston Star Calvin Murphy electrified the crowd in the legends game. Walker who stayed in the slam Dunk event despite the death of his father three Days before took advantage of the absence of past champions Jordan Domin ique Wilkins and Larry Nance. Ellis the runner up when Bird won the 3-Point con test for the third straight time in 1988, had a final round score that would have beaten the injured Boston celtics Star a year ago in Chicago. Ellis said Bird s absence affected the 3-Point Competition. You be got to expect the defending Champion to win again after three years in a Row Ellis said. I Felt my chances to win were Good with him not Ellis was a Model of consistency scoring 19, 18 and 19 Points respectively in the three rounds. He beat Craig Hodges a loser to Bird in the 1986 finals 19-15 in the championship round. Last year Ellis lost 17-15 to Bird in the final round. His three round total of 56 was one Short of Bird s Best of 5 7 last year. Walker a Reserve Forward on the new York kicks did plenty of sky walking to win the slam Dunk title. Favouring a variety of 360-degree spin dunks Walker started slowly with 42.5 Points out of a possible 50 on Nis first Dunk of the Day. All Star saturday after that he was Given scores of 48.8, 46.9, 49.5, 48.9, 49.6 and 49.6. No one else in the Competition had a score higher than 47.8. I was not sure i d make it Walker said referring to his doubts about competing because of his father s death. I talked with my Mother. Her advice was life goes on. You have to go on i Felt like he was with me. There was a motivation to win it for Clyde Drexler reached the finals against Walker and failed to put the Ball in the Basket in his first two attempts of the last round giving Walker the Victory. Walker credited Drexler with helping him during the Competition. I was tentative coming out and then Clyde told me to move my legs More and move the Ball Down More Walker said. The first 360 got a real Good Drexler in the slam Dunk contest for the fifth time in six years could t believe that Walker had not been invited to the event in his first two years in the Aba. Where s he been he has t been invited that s amazing Drexler said. Drexler twice missed dunks after running almost the length of the floor and taking off from just in front of the free throw line. Dominique and Larry Nance were saying try it from the free throw line they were helping me out right Drexler said. The first one Felt pretty Good but i missed it. The second one just slipped out of my the slam Dunk judges were Warren Moon of the nil Houston oilers and four retired Aba players Julius Erving Bobby Jones Earl Monroe and Nate Archibald. Jones Monroe and Archibald played in the legends game dominated by Murphy. Playing in front of a Home town crowd a week after being named the Houston rockets shooting coach Murphy scored 26 Points including a game winning 3 Pointer at the Buzzer As the West beat the East 54-53in the legends game. Murphy s Point total was eight More than the lat Pete Maravich scored in 1984. Murphy was 4-for-6 from 3-Point Range prompting questions about whether the 5-Fpot-9, 40-year-old still harboured dreams of still playing in the Aba. There s always a part of you that says you can still play Murphy said. Ego is All we have Murphy said his main goal was to make an impression on the rockets players. I could t Embarrass myself just after getting a jobs shooting coach Murphy said. At a news conference before saturday s events Aba commissioner David Stern said that the Denver nug. Gets would be the league s representative in the third annual Mcdonalds open from oct. 20-22 in Rome Italy. The italian league champions and two other foreign teams will meet the nuggets at the event. Boris Stankovic Secretary general of Fiba International basketball s governing body predicted at the news conference that Fiba would vote to allow professionals including Aba players to appear in the 1992 olympics. The Fiba Congress meets at Munich West Germany on april 7. The Aba All Star game was to be played sunday
