European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday May 18, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 25 m commentary Nicks shot ended in the dark if you re into self torture cheer for a mediocre team. Like the new York kicks. Great Center in Patrick Ewing. The Best really. And nothing else. No outside shooting. No Bench. No youth. No direction. Going nowhere punctuated by their 95-84 loss to Detroit tuesday night. The kicks lost the series 4-1. All that a left is next season. More of Gerald Wilkins Kiki Vandeweghe Kenny Walker Johnny Newman. Unless the kicks Trade them for the future. If not new York hoops fans Are in for the crash of�?T91. Without Ewing the kicks Are the Sacramento Kings East. Even with him they masqueraded As the Kings the last two months of the season. From first place in the Atlantic division in March they were dunked to third place by seasons end eight games behind Philadelphia. Those 76ers Are the Guys new York swept in the first round of the 1989 playoffs. So much for ascension. It be so miserable if the kicks simply stunk. Miami a fans done to sweat out the season because they know their heat cools off fast. The a Nicks problem is they entice us. They came Back from 0-2 and yielding 157 Points and losing 26 straight at Boston a and beat the celtics. If you heard of a bigger Aba upset write to the record Book. The kicks suddenly looked like team Buster Douglas. Which is Why Knick fans in Europe stayed up to hear game 5 at Detroit in the wee hours of wednesday. And Why new York radio analyst Walt Frazier predicted a this one will go Down to the Frazier must be meant barbed wire in which his Guys would become caught during the third Quarter bloodletting. Still the a Nicks comeback against Boston gave reason for Hope even though they entered the pistons Palace Down 3-1. Tip off came across an radio at 2 . For a Nicks fans it was Good to hear the Madison Square Garden network team of Jim Karvellas and Walt Frazier. Bucky Fox up Isiah Thomas and his pistons stood taller in the end than Patrick Ewing and his fellow kicks. It was even better hearing them describe Vanda Wegher a 3-Pointer that shot new York ahead 23-9. Kiki hitting from downtown Stop the presses. Frazier sounded like he was reliving game 7 of the 1970 finals. That was the glory night he scored 36 Points and dished out 19 assists As his kicks Kos a . For their first Aba title. Frazier a High pitched Jimmy Carter like voice was downright poetic As the kicks nipped at the reigning Aba champions. He said a the pistons Are baffled and befuddled by a very formidable kicks he said after Mark Jackson scored off a Ewing feed a the kicks Are cohesive coherent and he said after Ewing scored with James Edwards Riding him a Edwards was hanging in vain in he said after a Maurice Cheeks steal and Charles Oakley tip in a the kicks Are tenacious even Karvellas leaped in with a another Ewing doing during the centers 18-Point first half. Yet Karvellas knew when to douse flaming Hopes. As Detroit Cut it to 28-24, he intoned a not that Ewing Isnit a great player but the knickerbockers Are looking for him on every trip Down the floor and the pistons Are leaning on Karvellas spotted the turning Point Early a the Story of the first half is indeed Mark Aguirre came off the Bench to score 17 Points in the second Quarter on 8-for-10 shooting. He finished with 25. Shades of his Dallas Days. Karvellas praised Bill Laimbeer a defense which helped limit Ewing to l-of-7 shooting in the third Quarter including an air Ball to end the period. That accounted for new Yorkus 69-63 deficit which its one Man offence could t Dent in the final chapter. If there were Light at the end of new Yorkus Tunnel. Cheeks switched it off by missing a Layup with his team Down by 12. Said Karvellas a the kicks Are 2 40 away from a it was 4 . In Central Europe. Time to celebrated for Piston fans. Time to sleep for Knick fans. And dream of what life would be been like had Tarry Brown accepted the a Nicks coaching offer in 1987. New York would be the spurs of the moment. The Start and stripes Pryor Kos Jones in 3 Madison wis. Apr a Long Day of bureaucratic red tape and court hearings ended where former Junior welterweight Champion Aaron Pryor hoped it would a in the ring standing Over a knocked out opponent. Pryor who has impaired vision in his left Eye and a history of drug and personal problems returned to boxing wednesday night for an unimpressive third round knockout of former sparring partner Daryl Jones. After a 17-month Layoff it was obviously not the same Aaron Pryor who once ruled his division for five years. Looking Paunchy at 154 pounds and Rusty Pryor Felt his Way through the opening round then knocked the 37-year-old Jones a who had not fought in two years a Down twice in the second round. He finished him off at 1 15 of the third round ending the fight with a four punch flurry punctuated by a right. A i can see i can fight. Here i come again a claimed Pryor who has been banned from boxing in four states because of his Eye condition one that necessitated surgery for a Cataract and detached Retina in january 1988. He nearly did no to get a Chance to fight in Wisconsin. A state licensing Bureau initially cancelled the boxing card because promoter Diana Lewis had applied for a permit without having her boxing company incorporated. But John Ahlgrimm a Reserve judge in Dane county circuit court ruled that the state abused its discretion by cancelling the fight and ordered that Lewis be Given the permit. And so on with the fights at the 1,200 ., Canadian forces tie 2-2 in Tae Wondo a Aaron Pryor celebrates Victory. Over Daryl Jones seat masonic Temple where an estimated crowd of 400 showed up to see if Pryor could still Box. Pryor legally Blind in his left Eye appeared to be boxing by touch at times waiting for Jones to make Contact so he could gauge distance and depth perception. Jones hit him twice in the opening round with left hands to the right Side of the face. He later hit Pryor several times to the damaged left Eye. A the hit me a few times. After he hit me in my Eye i did no to want to get hit no More a said the 34-year-old Pryor who is 38-1. His last fight came in december 1988 when he knocked out he minion Morales. Pryor said he tested his left Eye against Jones by exposing it but take that risk when he fights again maybe june 2. A i think he will be Champion again a said Jones who says he has a 17-13 record. Tae Wondo a the army tied a Canadian armed forces team 2-2 in the North american Friendship Exchange recently at fort Indiantown Gap a. A couple of Soldiers stationed in West Germany competed. Dwayne Lopp of Dex him won the heavyweight title and Luis Torres of Schweinfurt lost at middleweight. Softball a an a slow pitch regimental softball tournament will be held june 15-17 at Tompkins Barracks in Schwet Zingen. The tournament is open to All personnel service companies postal units bands and division agg a shops affiliated with the a. The entry fee is $75 per team and the deadline is june 1. Further information can be obtained by calling Donal Williams at ets 3797620/7806 or at his Home after 6 . At 06221-762101. A Aschaffenbur will hold its memorial Day slow pitch tournament May 26-27. Entry fee is $90 per team. Deadline for entry is May 23. Call Randy Miller at ets 323-8869. Triathlon a the Multi sports fanatics at Baden Are running an ironman race at 10 30 . June 24. The event consisting of a 500-meter swim 20-Kilometer Bike race and 5-k run will take place at Sand Weir West Germany. For More information Call Karen Blom at 07229-678646. Applications May be obtained by writing Myles paker 52 Haup Strasse 7571 it Igersheim. Volleyball a the air Force won the menus and women a armed forces championships recently in san Diego. It was the second year the air Force has taken both round the air Force men beat the Navy in a four game tiebreaker match 15-2, 15-5. 10-15, 15-11 after both teams had finished regular scheduled play with records of 5-1. The army men had a record of 2-4 and the marines were 0-6. Todd Stehman of Hahn a was one of the key players on the winning air Force team. The air Force women beat the army 15-10, 15-9, 13-15, 6-16, 17-16 in the title match. The air Force women finished at 5-1, with the Navy second at 42, the army 3-3 and the marines 0-6. The army in Europe was Well represented on the women a Side with Julie Powers of Munich Jeannine Jean Pierre of Wurzburg Sina Tiloa Hernandez of Mannheim and Marcia my covers of in Ornburg scoring Points in various games. All Star teams Are competing in the Nationals for men and women this week at Raleigh n.c., and will go to the world military championships july 1020 in Taormina Italy. Bowling a the Young american Bowling Alliance european championships will begin a three Day run next Friday at the Hessen bowl in Hanau West Germany. Entries closed with 630 bowlers in four age categories signed up to vie for eight trips to Detroit for the Yaba worldwide tournament aug. 1620. Play begins at 4 . May 25 with Middle school Handicap championships and concludes with the High school scratch championships at 3 . May 27. For More information Call ets 3797703
