European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 b the stars and stripes commentary sportsmanship dying in the 90s not All bad boys grow up to be bad men if Only because some bad boys never grow up at All. In Case you missed it the two time defending Champion Detroit pistons bowed out of the playoffs monday with a performances petulant it almost had to be seen to be believed. If you missed Iti consider yourself one of the Lucky ones in the morning newspaper there is a photo of the Detroit s Mark Aguirre walking off the floor near the end of the game alongside Bill Laimbeer and Isiah Thomas with an draped Over the shoulder of the top of the Frame Dennis he seen standing in front of the Bench All you glimpsed was that picture and the final score you would think Detroit a Little dynasty came to a Graceful end. But the picture remains poignant Only so Long As you Don t rend the copy below it. Rall. Throughout the Eastern conference final the pistons pushed shoved punched elbowed tripped and taunted the bulls. They collected 30 personal fouls one of them flagrant enough to Merit further review by league officials. Quot we knew they would conic out and do anything to get a win a said Chicago a Scottie Pippen who required stitches to close a Gash ii his Chin after being the victim of that flagrant foul. A whether that meant taking somebody Down or somebody but even that Wasny to enough the pistons also cursed the heavens bitched and moaned at the officials Good for four technical wailed and whimpered and whined to . And then nearly to a Man even before the final Buzzer had formally sealed their Fate they filed Pas the Chicago Bench without so much As a goodbye and Good Luck. There were a few notable exceptions. Detroit coach Chuck Daly was diplomatic it in his pos game comments and John Salley made a Point to seek out Michael Jordan to offer congratulations. Joe Dumars Jim Litke Chicago a Horace Grant and Michael Jordan enjoy their series clinching Victory Over the pistons. Yelled the same As he trotted off the floor and James Edwards and tree Rollins wished a few friends on the Chicago Side Well. But noted bulls coach Phil Jackson a that s about All. I Wasny to very cold stuff., not simply what the pistons did but the fact that did no to expect anything else there was a time when graciousness in defeat or a finely developed sense of fairness revealed on the playing Field , a sign of both character and strength. Quot in the 18% games a French cyclist named Leon flaming stopped arid waited while the hike of his opponent was repaired before resuming the race. In 1912, after decathlon and Pentathlon Winner Jim Thorpe was stripped of his medals for having earned $25 a week playing minor league baseball several years earlier the runners up in both events refused to accept the Gold medals. In 1964, eight time world Champion Eugenio Monti of Italy removed an Axle Holt from his own two Man sled and gave it to a Bril ish pair who went on to win the is not entirely coincidental that the most memorable of these displays arc drawn front olympic lore they Are drawn from decades Long since past. But the Point is not to celebrate Amateur sports or some bygone Era because there Are enough examples of cheating Back then and of exemplary behaviour now even among the ranks of the professionals. The Point is that what once earned an athlete the. Label sportsman would Cam him the Label chump one competes in a sport for the express purpose of making excuses or a gracious Concession speech. But being Able to make a passable one used to be thought of As a consequence of losing a lesson in responsibility. It is unfair in. These times to ask each individual athlete to stand As a role Model but not unfair to sex Peet them to serve in that role at least As a team. It is riot just the winners after All who Are supposed to Benefit from All this game playing. That is the reason we still make Little league teams line up at the end of every game and shake hands. Because adults nobody is going to win them All and learning How to lose a and lose Well a is a big part of what growing up is All about the associated pros Becker from Page 24. Suffered while leading Italy s Gmar campy Orese and l Ith seeded Emilio Sanchez another spaniard with Success this year on Clay was. Ousted by Switzerland a Jakob Hlasek 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 7-5. Sanchez earlier this month won the italian open. Bruguera heat Becker in the Monte. Carlo open final last month and a year ago1 ousted Stefan Edberg the top seed then and now. From the French open. Edberg faces a second round match thursday against austrian Horst Skoff. The other survivor from the men s top four night. 4 Andre Agassi breezed into the. Third a round Wilva. 6-1 6-2, 6-2 Victory Over Petr a Korda of Czechoslovakia he next plays John Mcenroe a younger Brothers Patrick who beat Austral Ian a Jason Stoltenberg 7-6 7-16-3, 6-4. Quot also advancing after difficult matches were Juth seeded Michael Chang the "1989 Champion and Frances Best Hope Quot no. 7 seed Guy forget. Chang outlasted. Sweden a Lars Jonsson 7-6 7-44-6, 6-4. 3-6, 6-3, raising his Ca Vrecar. Record in five set matches to a remarkable 8-l.me wasted three match Points at a the end before w in Ning Whon the Umpire overruled a line Call in his forget cheered by a noisy Center con it crowd survived a scare against american Jimmy Arias the Frenchman won the first two sets easily dropped the third and trailed 1-4 in a fourth set tiebreaker before two unforced errors helped him to a 6-3,6 25-7,7-6 7-4 Victory. The top seeded women continued Quot their. Easy marches through the Early rounds led by no 2 Steffi Graf. She de Mol is he d Petra la Notova a 20-Yca a old czechoslovak ranked 80th in the world 6-0, 6-1, in just 45 minutes. Fourth seeded Mary Joe Fernandez downed Germany a Sabine Hack,�6-4, 60 no. 11 Katerina male Eva beat Japan a Akiko Kij Imuta 6-2, 6-3 and no. 13 Nathalie. Tauz iat beat Nathalie Guc Rree 6-2,6-l. Graf repeatedly attacked Lan Grovas a weak serve and said she was especially eager to play Well Quot after a relatively difficult 6-3 7-6 first round Victory Ove r Magdalena male Eva. Her ultimate goal Here. In a championship that could reclaim the world no. 1 spot from 1 top seeded defending tit list Monica Seles. A Seles was off wednesday and plays South african Maria an de Swart on thursday. 80,000 fans celebrate penguins Victory Bash Pittsburgh a the Pitts Burgh penguins held a Victory party for 80,000 fans on the guest of Honor gleaming brightly from a Impromptu a hath in Mario la Mieux saw jamming poo was the Stanley cup. Duotone of the unlikeliest championship teams in recent sports. History the penguins held a 45-minute Celebration at a Down Tow n Park to cd 1c Bra the their Stan by gup clinching 8-0 Victory Over the Minne. Sot ii North stars. And the whole City was invited. A. Many of the Banner waving fans were among the estimated 40,000 who showed up at 3 30 . Sunday at greater Pittsburgh International Airport to Welcome the penguins Home. Quot when we were coming Back we heard you All the Way from Minnesota a coach Bob Johnson said. A a we kept hearing about the North stars fans but where were they in october and november when they had 2,000 in their building a Forward Bob Erroy said. A the re a i fans a re he re. You Guys Are 1 Quot the penguins sold out their final 21 Home games and ave raged nearly 16,000 fans a game in the 16,164-seat civic Arena. The fans showed up again tuesday to Toast the penguins. _ the. Penguins intern saluted the fans. 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