European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse / Friday july 27,1990 the stars Ahafi stripes a a Pago 23 Goodwill games . Hoop sters Seattle api a . Menus basketball is alive at the Goodwill games and so is Carl Lewis incredible nine year string of Long jump victories. Scrambling to stay alive in the tournament the . Basketball team rebounded from a 92-85 loss to the soviets the night before with a 113-76 rout of Italy wednesday that sent America into the medal round. A we do have tomorrow Quot . Forward Billy Owens said after tuesday nights loss. And what an impressive tomorrow it was. Lewis meanwhile won his 64th straight Long jump with a less impressive Effort of 27 feet 6 inches More than a foot off his Best. But there were none better wednesday night Quot you always want to jump farther Quot Lewis said. Basketball the United states took a 21-Point Lead at halftime holding the italians to 27-percent shooting from the floor and coasted the rest of the Way. Italy got within 77-55 in the final 10 minutes but Kenny Anderson of Georgia tech scored six Points in a 10-0 run that ensured this would be a Blowout to the end. Anderson led the american team with 19 Points. Todd Day of Arkansas starting for the first time had 15 Points and held Italy Stop scorer Antonello Riva to 21 Points 10.5 below his Goodwill games average. A the largest . Lead was 113-72 on two free throws by Bryant Stith of Virginia with 30 seconds to play. Two years ago m Seoul the soviets beat the United states for the first time in 16 Yean in major International Competition that loss kept the americans from winning the old something they have done Here if they and not beaten Italy. I thought we reacted in a very positive manner after the soviet game Quot . Coach Mike Krzyzewski said. A we realized we re in a tournament and that game Wasny to for the olympic in Friday nights semifinals the . Meets unbeaten Brazil. Oscar Schmidt one of the most explosive scorers in International basketball had 42 Points in a 101-94 Victory Over Australia. A Brazil is As Good and experienced a team As there is in International basketball Quot Krzyzewski said. The soviets who play Yugoslavia in the semifinals lost to puerto Rico 99-84. Track and Field Mike Powell another american thought he could beat him. He also has jumped Over 28 feet and Over 29 on faults. But it was t his Day. It was Lewis Day As they All have been since he last lost a Long jump in 1981. Powell was second at 27-4vi, and Robert Emmiyan of the soviet Union who jumped last in the event could do no better than 27-0. Quot i Felt i could have had a Little better Effort Quot Lewis said a but it was a Little cold and the main thing was to win. It get some better jumps off later this Randy Bames won the shot put with a throw that was Carl Lewis goes 27-6 to stretch his 9-year string. More than 5 feet Short of his world record. He had Only two Legal throws after four fouls and his first toss of 70 feet 4 a inches was the Winner. H is record is 75-10. Jim Doehring who beat Bames at this years National championships was second at 69-3 be Back in Seattle Seattle apr Andrew gaze and Seattle have to Stop meeting like this the Emerald City has been the site of a number of important events in the life of the australian basketball Star. The kingdom was the site of the final four in 1989, the year gaze and his Seton Hall teammates made it to the championship game before falling to Michigan in overtime. It was the a bad a supersonics that gave gaze a tryout Only to make him one of the final cuts before last season began. And now gaze and his australian mates Are in the Goodwill games losing their first two qualifying games. Sounds like Seattle Hasni to been All that Good for the 6-foot-6 Sharpshooter. A i see Seattle As being very very Good to me Quot gaze said after monday nights opening loss to Yugoslavia. A some of the Hallmarks of my career have happened Here. The final four of we did no twin it but just to get that far was a fantastic experience. And once again with the sonics i was just glad with the Opportunity. That was the highlight of my career to be involved with a program like that even for a Short period of time. I Learned a hell of a gaze the second leading scorer at the 1988 olympics who scored 56 Points in the first two games in the Goodwill Competition jumped into the . Spotlight with his one year at Seton Hall. He averaged 13.6 Points on a team that Over achieved coming within two free throws by Rumeal Robinson of a National championship. He has been known Down under for quite some time. His father is one of Australia s Best known coaches and Andrew has been playing for the National team for six years. He plays professional basketball in Australia and is the country a highest paid player. He even has the endorsements to prove it. Quot i do some things for Pony and there a prison softball teams waiting to catch Rose Seton Halls Andrew gaze in 89with coach p. J. Carlesimo an Andrew gaze basketball and i write some columns for newspapers Quot he things could be better however of he were to make it in the Aba but that does no to seem to be in his plans right now. A i m Loving life Back in Australia right now and its been that Way since the experience at Seton Hall. Its become a fantastic environment Quot he said. A i can do More for australian basketball playing in Australia because really if i did make an Aba team it would be right at the end there As no. 12. Quot that a Nice and All and it would be a tremendous thrill for me to do that but when All is said and done i think i would be of More value Back in Australia. In a a role Model Back there and i feel really Good about playing would gaze have liked a Chance at a second season with Seton Hall a school he never returned to once the final four ended a seemed i got razed a bit by the press when i got Home for leaving but the hard cold facts were i Wasny to eligible a he said. A i mean 1 would have loved to come Back a Marion 111. Apr Pete Rose will be arriving soon at a Federal prison to begin a five month sentence and that a Welcome news to the inmates. They re already taking bets on whether they can sign him up for a prison softball team. A everyone Here wants to meet him and talk to him Quot said Mark Bailey an East Chicago ind., native finishing the last two weeks of a seven month sentence. A we Are betting on whether he will be in the rec department a Bailey said referring to the inmate staffed recreation department. A we done to know if we want Pete Rose on the team. The other teams Guys might quit Quot said William a Catfish Haas an inmate who manages the u undertakers one of five or six prison softball teams. Rose 49, was sentenced to the prison after his conviction on two counts of filing false income tax returns. He failed to report More than s 350,000 in income from gambling autograph signing and baseball Memorabilia sales. The former Cincinnati reds manager and baseball a career hit Leader must report to the Camp by aug. 10. His attorneys have said Rose wants to report As soon As he heals from the knee surgery he underwent Friday. No arrival Date has been set said assistant Warden Randy Davis. Rose spokeswoman Barbara Pinzka said tuesday in Cincinnati that the reporting Date will not be announced. Rose initially was expected to be sent to a new Federal prison in Ashland ky., but it wont be open in time. The Federal prison Camp at Marion where Rose is headed adjoins but is separate from the nations toughest Federal Penitentiary. The Camp has a softball Diamond weight room and Tennis handball basketball and bocce Ball courts. About 200 inmates Are housed in a year old Art Deco style dormitory surrounded by manicured lawns with umbrella shaded Patio furniture Flower Beds a wildlife Refuge and no fences. The air conditioned dormitory which looks More like a summer Camp than a prison sleeps two men in each of its spartan cubicles. Ceiling fans Whir Over head and the men move freely about the Aqua and yellow walled building. But Bailey said a a it a not easy time when you re away from your visitors on an approved list Are allowed fridays through mondays Davis said. No conjugal visits Are permitted. No special considerations will be Given to Rose who is the most famous inmate to stay at the Camp Davis said. Many inmates predicted it will take about two weeks for Rose to adjust to prison. During that time he will be interviewed by prison staff to determine his work skills then assigned to one of about 35 possible prison jobs such As Kitchen duty grounds maintenance or electrical work Davis said. Poll favors Rose for jail Hall new York apr while americans overwhelmingly believe Pete Rose deserved jail time for cheating on his taxes most also say he should be allowed to work in baseball again. And two thirds say he deserves to be elected to the Hall of Fame. Eighty one percent in a National associated press poll said it was right for Rose to be sentenced to Federal prison last week for failing to report 5350,000 in income. He got five months. But respondents went easier on Rose in relation to baseball. Fifty six percent said he had not harmed the game s image and among those who said he had Hurt baseball one third said the damage was serious. Nearly two thirds Overall said Rose baseball s All time hit Leader and former manager of the Cincinnati reds should be allowed to work in baseball again. He was banished from the sport for life last year for gambling but can apply for reinstatement. Despite the banishment and his felony tax conviction two thirds said Rose 49, should be elected to the Hall of Fame. Rose who had 4,256 hits in 24 years will become eligible in december 1991 for election by sports writers to the Hall of Fame. He was assured of the Honor before he ran afoul of the baseball commissioner and the Law. His chances now Are less certain. The poli did not specify an election Date for Rose asking Only if he should be named to the Hal of Fame at some
