European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 b the stars and stripes Friday february 22, 1991 commentary comebacks set the stars apart sports seems like one big comeback i George Foreman coming Back from the dead. Jim Palmer coming Back from anger. Joe Montana coming Back from a broken Finger. Akeem Olajuwon coming Back from an elbowed a Eye. A a \ a a a a a. A a. A no athlete can stand staying Back. So he comes Back. No matter what. No matter if he a a race car Driver whose Arm was torn off and sewn Back on which is the Case of Alessandro Nari Nini. The italian who steered formula one cars before his helicopter crash of last year says look out. He a coming Back a done to look Back. Come  greed yes. Jim Palmer sees a Jim Gott making $1.7 million and says you re Gott danged right its comeback time. Palmer is in Jive Hall of Fame. Gott might make the Hall closet. Comebacks can be deeper than that. They can represent a trait that sets stars apart. Some athletes who miss the Arena like crazy when they re locked out actually care. You better believe Larry Bird wanted Back badly during his injury enforced hiatus last month. You can bet Isiah Thomas is going mad sitting out with his bad hand. And those Are two Guys getting paid no matter if they sit out the Aba season. Martina Navratilova sounded euphoric coming Back to win last weeks Virginia slims of Chicago title. No matter that she had already won $16 million in her Tennis career. She still had something to prove namely overcoming knee surgery. She came Back and showed she is still one of the Best in Tennis. Navratilova is 34. You expect a woman her age to go in for frequent repairs. This Isnit Golf. Tennis is a grind. Its for the Young. Which is Why teen agers a Monica Seles Jennifer Capriati Pete Samotas Goran Ivanisevic a win big. Yet Navratilova is hardly alone on the Tennis comeback Trail. Its filled with bodies thrown from the circuit and fighting to get Back on. There a Boris Becker and his bad thigh. Seles and her bad shoulder. Steffi Graf and her bad father. There seven Bjorn Borg and his bad investments and Jimmy Connors and his bad wrist a both dreaming of the 1970s. Of it might be a dream but admit it. You la watch Borg Connors Over Sampras Agassi. Out of curiosity. The Borg Type comebacks a a Tough to stomach. Too full of mopey. No fiber. They re Aaron Pryor groping for another round. Pathetic. The greatest comebacks belong to Fellows like Thomas Muster. Now there a a Man with a Backbone. Not to mention a knee that miraculously recovered. Thanks to that Muster is the no. 9 Tennis player in the world. Muster a 23-year-old austrian came Back on one Long and bumpy Road. The ghastly bump came in april 1989. He had just beaten Yannick Noah in the semifinals of the Lipton players championships in key Biscayne fla., and was retrieving his Wallet from a tournament car. That a when disaster struck. A drunk Drivers amps Ken George Austria a Thomas Muster sets up for forehand in his 6-2,6-3 loss to Spain a Sergi bruguera at  Fox smashed into the car and Muster was battered. He suffered monstrous ligament damage in his left knee. There went his title Date against Ivan Lendl. His career almost went with it. Amazing that Muster can walk after that crash. Walk Muster is one of the quickest players on the at tour. He started his comeback in Vienna Austria where he had surgery. He had a special chair designed so he could practice. Others might be been Happy to stand up from that chair. Muster planned to run from it. Straight to a Tennis court. This is a Guy who has said he lives for  proved he had extra spice. Less than a year after his key Biscayne horror he was a Tennis terror again. He won three tournaments in the first half of 1990 and finished the year ranked no. 7. Musters secret a i try a he said with a shrug. A a that a  Muster spoke about his perpetual comebacks after his latest setback. He lost tuesday to Spanish Hotshot Sergi bruguera in the first round of the Stuttgart classics. Muster hardly looked hot. He lacked his zest for reaching balls. He lacked patience in rallies. Muster Wasny to worried. He pointed out that the Stuttgart classics Isnit a crucial tournament. He did no to figure to win it anyway what with his two month Layoff. He had missed the australian open with a bad Elbow. He liked finding his rhythm. A a in be had enough rest a he said. A a it a time to  a.  a a a a a. A a a. He sounded tired of his physical problems. He said a a in be been Back too Many  he also said a a in a a mess. My body is a  bodies try to mess up Tennis plans. Not just musters. A. A a Quot. A a a a a. A a a j a. Jacob Hlasek a 26-year-old Swiss almost finished his sporting life by falling asleep while driving on a French Highway three years ago. Hlasek drove into a truck and was Lucky to walk away with Only a broken wrist. The four month break actually helped Hlasek. It gave him a fresh Start. He finished 1988 at no. 8 in the world. Now he a ranked 16th and one of the fit test looking players in  that experience he liked musters comeback chances. A Thomas is a hard working personality a Hlasek said after winning his first round match at Stuttgart. A the Layoff did him Good. What he has accomplished Isnit really a Surprise to  a similar Layoff did Emilio Sanchez Good too. Not that he liked it. He missed two months of the 1989 season with a busted leg muscle. The 25-year-old spaniard has since come Back for a no. 10 ranking but he remembers the pain mental pain. A for me it was a difficult moment when i realized 1 could lose everything i had built a Sanchez said. A what i want and what i like is to play and to  like tuesday. He had just swept Amos Mansdorf in the first round at Stuttgart. The Sanchez comeback was on the right track the Start and strip scoreboard local sports air Force basketball Safe men s tournament Pitburg a Germany a results in the Safe men s basketball Hampton ships thursday Pitburg 94, Medenhall 60 Pitburg elevens 6 70 19. James 5 5 5 16. Paul 6 1-213. Baltimore 8 3-3 Curn Mirtys 01-4 0 Mcshan 4 4-4 12. Williams 4.2-2 10, Taylor 0 0-0 0 totals 33 24-30 94. A Milden Hau Jetton 2 w 4, a Carswell 5 4-4 15 Pitts 8 2-2 20, Uelmen 1 4-5 7, Ingram 4 0-0 8, Hall 1 1-2 3, Epps 0 0-1 0. Johnson 2 1-2 5. Totals 23 12-1662.-Halftirne-Bitburg Barons 48, Mii Dunball maraud. Ers 33.three-Pomt goals 7� a Mif men. James Carswell. Total fouls Pitburg 8, Den Hall 21. A. Ramstein 71, Lakenheath 68 Ramstein Daye 8 3-522. Battle0 2-2 10. Samuels 4 0-0 8. Jordan 0 0-0 0. Smith 4 22 .12, Williams 4 0-3 8. Griffin 3 5-6 1.1-Totab 27 12 8 71.Lakenheath Mart 7 f 21. To or 6 0-0 12, Jordan 8 4 8 12. Booker 4 2-4 j1. To 3 a 1 Burr 1 0-0 2. Mabry 0 0-0 0. Total. 30 8-15 68. Half Irne Lakenheath eagles 39. Rtse lt12s 38 three Point goal Marr 5, Daye 3. Smith 2 . Total Toub ram Stem 16. Laken Heath 14. Fouled out Marr. Late wednesday Lakenheath 88, Chicksands 82 Lakenheath Mabry 2 2-2 4, Patrick Johnson 0 0-0 0. Jordan 7 0-0 14, Allen 6 0-0 12, Man 4 3-613, Taylor 12 7 9 31. Booker 4 2-2 10, Coles 10-0 2, birr 10-02. Totals37 14-21 88. Chicksands Wilkerson 8 0-0 18. Gaines 9 6-9 26, Winston 2 2-3 7, Mcclendon 7 5-8 17, Moore 1 2-2 4, Walston 0 0-0 0, Nobles 4 0-0 8 Many 1 0-1 2. Total 32 15-23 82. Half Tirney Lakenheath eagles 40, Chicksands Chicks 39. Three Point goal Wairtes 2, Wilkerson 2, Marr 2, Winston. Total touts Lakenheath 19. Chicksands 17.army basketball. V corps men Eastern Region a w t. Pet  7 5 583 6 7 462 2 7 4 11 �?T267 4�?T-j 3 11 214 5. Western Region Darnstadt 1 2_ h57 1t Wiesbaden. 10 3 a a a  3 ./t>0 2 bad Kreuz Nach 6 q q Mainz a 1 9 -.100 8 saturday s result. Wiesbaden 103, Hanau 81. Sunday s results Baum older 110. Wil Flecken 92 Giessen 94. Hanau 74 wild Tecken Hanau Frankfurt Giessen saturday s game Baum older at Wiesbaden 3 . Sundays game Wil Flecken us Hanau 4 . A women Eastern Region. W l pet go Hanau 9 1 1 900 a Giessen 9 3 750 1 Frankfurt a 3 9 250 7 Wil Flecken a 0 11 .250 9 i Western Region. R. Baum older 8 3 72? a bad Kreuz Nach 7 4 636 1 Darmstadt 6 6 .500 3 Wiesbaden 3 8 .273 5 dropped from league. Saturday s result Hanau 68. Wiesbaden 01 sunday s results Baum older 89. Wil Flecken 35 Hanau 75. Giessen 69 Wiesbaden 75. Giessen 37 saturday s games Baum older at Wiesbaden. 1 p a. Hanau at Giessen. 1pm sunday s games Wil Flecken at Hanau 11 a in. Darmstadt 70, Wiesbaden 56at l arms taxi Wiliie Odayl halftime Darmstadt lady demons 26�?�Wiesbaden lady Agtos 22. Top scorers wr., Phyllis Lillard 1-1. Robin b books ii. Tisha Fly .10 to a Judy Tucker 18,  Hughes 18 Tanya Omen i 3. Hockey wednesday s nil sums whalers 5, canadians 3 Montreal. 2 0 1r3 Hartford i. I.3 11-5 first period of Hartford Krygier 10 Samuelsson holik7 21. 2, Montreal Mcphee 17 Courtnell Daigneault. 8 04. 3, Montreal  20 Lefebvre p.lebeau11.18 up. 4, Hartford Verbeek 34 Francis brown11 46. 5, Hartford Tancill 1 evason13 06  second period --6, Hartford Krygier 11 Holik tomolak14 21. A. Third period-7, Montreal Savard 20 Chorske. Daigneault11 58. 8, Hartford Verbeek 35 Francis. 13.26. I shots on goal a a Montreal 10-10 5-25. Hartford 10-7-13-30 a a. Goalies Montreal Racicot 5-52 30 shots-25 saves.  7-5. Sidorkiewicz 21-17-5 11 18 first 18-17. A 12,555.north stars 5, oilers 1 Edmonton. O 0 a 1 Minnesota. 1 2 2�?5 first period .1. Minnesota. Propp 20 Gagner. Mondano7 19 2. Edmonton. Lirra 30 Tikkanen. Murphy. 12 47 up second period 3. Minnesota Bellows 26 Moda no. Gagner6 45 4. Minnesota Modano 18 Gagner. Broten. 16-26 up. Thru period a 5, Minnesota. Modano 19 Bel tows. 10 10 6. Minnesota Roehlen 14 Broten my rae18 46. Shots on goal Edmonton 5-0-12-17 Minnesota 14 1. 8 34gcal.es Edmonton Flolo d. 24-23 3 34 shots 29 saves. Minnesota Casey 16-16-8 17-16a�?6,195. R canucks 5# jets 5 Vancouver.1 1 Winnipeg.,. .3 1 1�?5. First period�?1/Winnipeg, Olczyk 20 Carlyle evans46. 2, Winnipeg. Osborne 9 Numminen olczyk8 57. 3,. Vancouver Diduck 3 Lan nov10 42. 4, Winnipeg Mcswain 11 Sykes steen17 37. A second period-i5, Vancouver Adams 19 Lidster mazur7 26. 6, Winnipeg Donnelly 2 eagles Olausson ,9 11. Third period�?7, Vancouver Quinn 14 Kurvers linden39. 8, Vancouver Adams 20 lumme11 40. 9. Winnipeg Olczyk 21 Housley Essensa. 18 59. 10, Vancouver Bozek 12,19 53. Overtime none. Penalties none. A shots on goal Vancouver 10-13-17-7�?47. Winnipeg 8-13-13-0�?34. A a goalies Vancouver Gamble 20 shots-16 save Mclean 9 21-3 17 21 second 14-13. Winnipeg Essensa 15-16-6 47-42. A�?11.832.kings 6, Nordques 1 Quebec./.1.0 0�?1 los Angeles .3 2 1�?6 first period �?1, los Angeles Robitaille 34 Elm Blakel 6 35. 2. Los Angeles Gretzky 35 Granato. Mcsorley-10 00. 3, los Angeles Tonelli 13 Ben Ning. Mcintyre. 13 54 4, Quebec. Lat Leui 8,17.17 a second period -5. Los Angeles. Robitaille _35 Mcsorley. 4 32. 6, los Angeles j Miller 8 duchesne16 43. Of third period�?7. Los Angeles. Sandstrom it grel2ky. Granato9 51,. Shots on goal Quebec 7-7-8�?22. Los Angeles 19-17-12-48 _ goalies Quebec Cloutier. Los Angeles Bethiaume a �?16.005. J