European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 21.1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 commentary i athletes bring video games to life when Deion Sanders aka Neon Sanders intercepted a pass and ran it Back a Long Way for the a Tanta Falcons on a recent sunday. He proceeded to engage in a whoop of exultation that on the Street would have brought a screaming ambulance carrying men with a White coat to the scene. A week before. Randal Hill a wide receiver fro the University of Miami snared a pass against notre Dame and then leaped up and ran around beating his Chest so that the fans would not mistake who had caught the Ball. When a few teammates tried to embrace him. He shoved them away he looked like he would have fought them off with his fists and his helmet if head to so that they would t hog his limelight and the Light of the National television camera that he knew was focussed on him As Well. These were Only a few of the examples of the self  growing common in sports. We see whole choreographic routines like the icky shuffle and acrobatics like the Gizmo jump and people running around in the end zone spiking balls dunking balls Over the goal Post and people racing to the stands and pointing and waving wildly in order either to Call Allenton to themselves or after a Long run. To gel the Eye of the soft drink Vendor. All that remains is for them to run into the Stan Sand Plant Juicy smooches on the foreheads of fans. In basketball. Mark Jackson of the kicks has made believe after scoring a Basket that he was an air plane. In Tennis Andre Agassi hits a Winner and rebounds around Madison Square Garden head thrust Back arms stretched High in another setting twas the kind of dance that might have brought rain. We live it is becoming increasingly apparent in a Ira Berkow video games Era. The athletes seem to View them selves As living counterparts of those Odd Little Fig ures that hit around video display terminals. This also seems to be the latest manifesta Tion of a trend that developed in the 1950s. It began in the Early Days of television and with the wrestlers particularly that caped. Perfumed and Goldy locked grappler gorgeous George. Beyond anyone else gorgeous popularized that phenomenon More Hollywood than pure sport on the Home screen. Muhammad Ali loved gorgeous saw the Atten Tion he Drew and the Money he made and in the 1960s modelled himself after him. Down to the re tassels on the boxing shoes and the Patter. Remember the heavyweight Champion was known almighty Mouth. Then came Joe Namath. And his fun Manchu mus tache his Long hair and his White football shoes. This was a culture Shock to Many since it followed on the heels of an age in which the greatest quarterback hero was the modest Johnny Unitas Crew Cut. High lop Black shoes and with All the panache of a Man going to work with a lunch pail. Unitas was Cut from the Mold of stars like Joe Dimaggio who moved with Grace and Reserve and before my. The Yankee first baseman whose biography by Frank Graham was called Lou Gehrig quiet  a Book with a subtitle like that could t get published today. In recent times athletes have produced tomes with titles like. They Call me Assassin or Reggie or. In the Case of Namath i can t wait until tomorrow. Cause i get better looking every  Namath unlike Ali. Did not taunt opponents Burthen Ali also believed that was the Way to sell tickets and perhaps also psyche out his opponent. Before their first title fight for example. Liston thought Ali was genuinely loony. The closest Namath came to pc game Braggadocio was when he guaranteed the pcs Victory Over the Colts in the 1969 super bowl. But that seemed More to rally his troops 19-Poinl underdogs than to incite the rivals. In previous eras there have been incidents of. Touse modern Slang hot  the most famous was the moment when babe Ruth pointed or did Point before hitting a Home run in the 1932 world series. And the Best known self aggrandize or of that Era was dizzy Dean. But both the Ruth incident and the Dean character stand out As exceptions. One danger in demonstrating is that it might inspire an opponent. Wall Frazier. The former Knick Star had a theory that it was Buller to let sleeping dogs  speedy Duncan a kick Clurn specialist for the redskins in the 1970s, saw it the same Way. I know these Guys coming Down on me been eating nails an stuff for breakfast he said. I know icy want to cat me alive and toss the Bones on the sidelines. So who should i make them madder than they already Are Many of today s athletes however seem untroubled by disc Clion. To them a momentary boo Gallo on the video screen is Well Worth any risk. The a York t1m� panthers beat eagles to gain berth in final Kaiserslautern West Germany the hosting Kaiserslautern panthers shut Down High scoring Lamar Odin an charged to an 89-77 Victory or the Wiesbaden eagles wednesday night in a winners bracket showdown at the Kai  Christmas shootout. The panthers Victory lifted them into the final scheduled for i . Friday. Wiesbaden dropped into the losers bracket. Alex Goodman scored 26 Points an Shelby Brooks recorded a triple double to Pace the panthers. But the assists an steals by Tony Robinson and the defense of Tony Marsh and Linnic Stovall also keyed the  Triumph. Robinson was credited with 21 assist Sand seven steals including three key steals Down the stretch that enabled the panthers to shake off the rallying eagles. Wiesbaden trailed until tying the game at69 with about 10 minutes left. Marsh and Stovall held Odin. Who had averaged 38 Points in the tournament to 20 Points. Though Oden s scor ing was  came up with 19 rebounds High for the game. Brooks scored 21 Points and grabbed14 rebounds while dishing out 10 assists. Marsh had 16 Points and 10 re Bounds and Robinson scored 15. Good Man also had 11 rebounds. Eddie Tucker with 10 Points and 10 rebounds and Harold Richardson with10 Points also sparked Wiesbaden which trailed 45-38 at halftime. Earlier wednesday Ansbach eliminated Mannheim and  popping in. Ansbach 116, Mannheim 115 Michael Churchwill scored a game High 35 Points for the winners and Wil Bur Jordan added 27. Reginald Travis led Mannheim with32 Points. Michael Grimes had 24 and is Scott a minx Ansbach s Vincent Scott uses hands on defense against Mannheim s Michael Grimes wednesday in the Kauer Slauter tourney. Burleigh Miller 22.Ansbach trailed 53-48 at the half. But Churchwill scored on four straight posses Sions the last one with 11 07 left in the game to put Ansbach ahead for Good at 78-77. Nord deutschland 112, Gap Pingen 94 the Northmen stayed alive despite playing the tournament with Only five players. Darrell Handley led nil s Iron five with 28 Points. Adrian Mcgee. James Strong and Carl Williams had 21 apiece and Corey Randle added 20.james Brachum led popping in with 32. David Smith scored 25 and Jeffery Woods tallied 12.ndl led by As much As 17 Points in the first half led 55-48 at the half an never trailed. In tuesday s late games Wiesbaden 82, numbers 75odcn won the Battle of the boards with Nurnberg s Goliath Yggins by bag Ging 30 Points and 21 rebounds to yug gins 19 Points and 17  Jackson backed Oden with 18 Points. For Nairn Borg Leonard Thomas had 17 and Willie Gray 12. Wiesbaden had a 40-35 halftime Lead but Nairn Borg surged to a 10-Point Lead Early in the second half. Sylvan Freeman hit two three pointers to Cut the Lead to four and Jackson converted Back to Back slam dunks getting a three Point Plav off the second Dunk to put Wiesbaden ahead 76 75.Oden ended the scoring with six free throws Down the stretch and finished 8-for-8 from the line for the game.  120, Pir Masens 119 Brooks was on fire from the outside for the panthers with six three pointers among his 37 Points. His free throw with five seconds left was the Victory  stole the in Bounds pass at the other end of the court to Clinch it Fork town. Goodman scored 20 Points. Marshand Robinson had is each Greg Merrill 10 Points and 18 rebounds and George Bennett 10 Points. A town nearly blew a 27-Poinl 69-42 halftime Lead. Pir Masens came Back by hitting to three pointers in the second half five by Lamar Williams. Darnell Arbet had 28 for Pir Masens Van Brooks and Grant Robinson had 23 each Williams 19 and Kin Wilson 13