European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tar heels visit Giessen dec. 27 by the stars and stripes basketball a legendary North Carolina coach Dean Smith will bring his tar heels to Giessen dec. 27 As part of an exhibition european tour. Organizer Bern Roder announced that Smiths squad will play mtg Giessen a first division German club at Giessen a Ost Halle with tip off at 7 30 . The 7-1 tar heels led by seven footer Eric Mon Tross left Jacksonville fla., late wednesday night to embark on a three Stop european tour. North Carolina edged Jacksonville 98-97 wednesday see Story on Page 22 other stops on the exhibition tour include a games in the Canary islands and in Barcelona. A the asked me for a game because they were going on this european tour a Roder said. A a we be already sold 1,500 tickets in Giessen the tar heels will arrive in Germany on Christmas Day and will work out at the Rhein main a gymnasium on the 26th. Roder did not know whether the workout would be open to the Public. Smith returns to the place where he played Safe basketball with Fursten Fol Dubruck near Munich in the 50�?Ts. Local Agenda Dean Smith file tickets arc available at the Waehaus Karstadt in downtown Giessen for do 20. Advance tickets Are $11 at the sports offices in Giessen Kirc Goens Friedberg and Pitburg a. F6r additional information Contact Tony tee in Giessen at 343-6497 or 0641402-6497. For Pitburg ticket information Call the Mike Mark Field House at ets 453-7377. A Karlsruhe a Christmas tournament runs dec. 27-29 at Smiley gym. Entry fee is $85 for the first 12 teams to enter. Mail payment to cd sports car 424, Apo 09164, for More information Call 3766332. A the Frankfurt Christmas classic for both menus and women a Community level teams will be held dec. 26-30 at the Falcon and Gibbs fitness Center. Mannheim the defending women a will be on hand to defend its Crown against 11 other challengers. Bad Kreuz Nach will defend its menus title against eight other teams. Racquetball a Las vegas is the site of die in guaral military racquetball classic a feb. 17-20. At the Las vegas sporting House. The tournament is open to All Active duty retired military members of Active Reserve units and family members in the women a category Only. Participants Are eligible for letter and age categories with a limit of two events. The entry deadline is Jan. 15, 1992. The entry the stars and stripes december 19,1991 b Page 24 fee includes hotel accommodations and tournament entry fee. Players travelling alone will have to pay $216, while those bringing a partner will charged a rate of $125 each. Commanders May authorize permissive try which would entitle a military flight to the states. Applications can be obtained by contacting Tom Burkette at 480-6736 or 6587. Lakers Shock bulls in Chicago 102-89 Chicago apr the los Angeles lakers made a Happy return to Chicago tuesday night. In their first meeting with the defending Champion bulls since losing the final four games of the Aba finals last june the lakers got 25 Points from James worthy and 19 Points and 10 rebounds from Sam Perkins overcoming a 19-Point first Quarter before winning 102-89. A we got off to a very poor Start a coach Mike Dun Leavy said. A i made a couple of substitutions and talked to some people while they were on the Bench. They went Back in and played extremely Well. Elden Campbell was too passive to Start but went Back in and was More 1 he defeat was Only Chicago a second in 19 games Cava break a a marginal record a other Aba games on Page 22 and snapped the bulls Home winning Streak at eight. The bulls whose previous season Low was 99 Points Are now 9-2 in the Chicago stadium. At the half the lakers were shooting 41 percent to the bulls 49 percent but Chicago led Only 45-41. Michael Jordan led the bulls with 21 Points but was 6 for 20 from the Field. Scottie Pippen scored 19 for Chicago which was out rebounded 61-49. Worthy took Over in the third Quarter scoring 13 Points including nine straight in one stretch. His three Point play with 3 15 gave the lakers a 66-62 Lead. The bulls scored the next six Points to regain the Lead 68-66, but Perkins scored five Points in a Row for a 71-68 Edge and the lakers held a 73-70 advantage going into the final Quarter. Los Angeles gradually pulled away in the fourth Quarter opening an 83-74 Lead when worthy hit a 17 footer with 7 23 remaining. With 6 07 left Perkins converted two free throws for an 87-76 advantage and the closest Chicago could get was eight Points. With the bulls trailing 87-79, Jordan stole the Ball from worthy at mid court and went in for a Dunk but the Ball went off the rim. A a it a the most embarrassing thing that a happened to me for a while a Jordan said. A that could have changed things. . S defense stopped us in the second half. But you Nave to throw this one out the worthy a 16-footer with 9 22 left in the third Quarter gave los Angeles its first Lead 49-47. Jordan a 18-foot jump shot with 3 58 left in the second Quarter gave Chicago a 39-31 Lead but the lakers closed the Gap to four at halftime. The bulls had a 25-19 advantage at the end of one Quarter after shooting 57 percent to the lakers 37 percent. Magic Johnson received two thunderous standing ovations from the sellout crowd at Chicago stadium in his first Road appearance with the lakers since he retired. Johnson was applauded when he came on the court and again when his name was announced to a crowd of nearly 19,000 prior to the bulls lakers game. Johnson sat at the end of the Bench and did not speak to the fans. A you miss games like this a he said before the game. A a in a sweating right now and in be got Goose pimples like in a still Johnson 32, retired nov. 7 after testing positive for the virus that causes aids. He has attended lakers Home games and last week attended a game Between the new York kicks and Seattle supersonics. Tuesdays appearance was the first with the lakers on the Road since he announced he is his positive. Bulls Horace Grant dunks Over lakers Elden Campbell. Vau Puc acc blockbuster offer threatens bowl Alliance inside sports penguins blast past Sharks Page 21 a town shootout results a Page 21 tar heels slip by Jacksonville a Page 22 Valvano May get nets Job a Page 23 by Tim Layden new Day the proposed Alliance of major College football bowls and conferences six months and 18 meetings old was to be signed into reality at a meeting scheduled for wednesday in Dallas and instead remains endangered by a 10-year, $86-million offer from the blockbuster bowl to the big East and Atlantic coast conference. Big East commissioner Mike Trang hese presented the blockbuster bowls offer to the conferences athletic directors at a meeting tuesday at a Newark n.j., Airport hotel along with the final draft of the Alliance proposal. The ads requested More time to consider both options. The Alliance would bring together the Orange Cotton sugar and fiesta bowls with the big eight Southeastern conference big East acc notre Dame and two other teams in attempt to bring order to the chaotic bowl system and enhance the possibility of a National championship game each year. But last week the blockbuster bowl offered the big East and acc champions $4.3 million annually for 10 years. Some Alliance members Are Angere that Tranghese and acc commissure Gene Yungan the two chief architects of the Alliance a would consider such an offer since if would effective loll the Alliance. A if this thing happens the Alliance i dead said Jim Brock executive vie president of the Cotton bowl. Under the terms of the Alliance exist my conference tie ins would remain by Champion to the Orange bowl Sec to the Cotton and Sec to the remaining teams would be a a draft eds bowls As opponents beginning with the highest ranked conference team
