European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes Friday March 27,1992commentarygolf could be grounding Jordan for All his exploits Michael Jordan Isnit the first to get burned wishing for More. France Wasny to enough for Napoleon who had to Rule Russia. Building ships Wasny to enough for George Steinbrenner who had to own the Yankees. Being the heavyweight Champ Wasny to enough for Mike Tyson who had to swagger through the streets. And now playing basketball on a trampoline Isnit enough for Michael Jordan who thinks he can play Golf too. But at $1,000 a Hole he apparently is losing More than he a winning. Checks totalling $108,000 signed by Jordan or drawn on an account used by his Proser management firm were found by attorneys and the police in the estate of a bail Bondsman Eddie Dow recently slain outside his North Carolina Home. According to the attorney handling Downs estate one of the checks for $77,000, was to be shared by Dow a local contractor named Dean Chapman Ana three others who won the Money from Jordan playing Golf poker and Dice. A a in a no Pete Rose a Jordan has said. A i Wasny to involved in any Point shaving or betting on basketball  he a no Jack Nicklaus either. He a not even Fred couples who is making Golf look too easy these Days. He a also no Amarillo slim the legendary poker player. He a just air Jordan As in airhead. According to Federal agents he wrote a $57,000 Check last year to James a a slim Bouler described by the internal Revenue service As a a suspected cocaine  Bouler has described the Money As a a a loan to Purchase land for a Golf driving Range. In defending his gambling losses the Chicago bulls guard insisted that he had a a right to be associated with whomever i  but even with his millions he could be Hoosier. And he Hasni to realized that its not always As easy to putt a Golf Ball into a cup 4xh inches in diameter As it is to slam Dunk a basketball through a hoop 18 inches in diameter. Jordan has talked of an eventual second career on the pea tour but he a nowhere near that level. He occasionally shoots in the Low 70s, but last August in the Crucible of a Quality tournament the Western Amateur he shot 85-81. That  qualify for most club championship flights. In Hilton head s.c., where he has a Home and where his gambling losses occurred Jordan a reputation is that of a golfer with an expansive ego that a created an expensive problem. With a Handicap system designed to equate scores Golf is a betting game. Most duffers win or lose a few dollars. But the larger the ego the larger the bet. At $1,000 a Hole which is whispered to be Jordan a preferred bet that ego can be costly. Hustlers prey on egos. Years ago the late titanic Thompson pounced on golfers who thought they could play. A uti never beat you by More than 1 up a remembered Fred Scrutchfield now a new York Golf marketing executive. A a he a Tell you he hit a 4-Iron and he had but he had angled it like a 6-Iron. A to break your concentration he talked about anything but Golf. And if he did no to get you playing Golf he got you playing Gin Rummy. And if he did no to get you playing Gin Rummy he had his key  in an Oklahoma City hotel one night Scrutchfield remembered Thompson holding up his room key. A it was an old fashioned Iron key like a Skeleton key a Scrutchfield recalled. A i was there with some Oklahoma Oil men who had played Golf with us that afternoon and to told them til bet you $10,000 i can sit on the bed Here and toss this key into the Keyhole in the  the Oil men laughed and took the bet then to flipped that key right into that  those keys and those keyholes hardly exist now. But beware Michael Jordan. Even if you win at Golf and you win at poker done to get smug. If one of those poker players wants to bet $10,000 he can throw his room key into the Keyhole done to fall for it. All the Hustler has to do is go to a basketball court and throw his room key into what used to be known As the Keyhole. The a York Tim _ a Michael Jordan a Golf a a career has an unsavoury twist Monarch Galaxy styles Are worlds apart by Rob Staggenborg staff writer saturdays London monarchs Frank Furt Galaxy game is a contest of contrasts. It is a tale of two cities a London the flashy dazzling cultural Mecca and Frankfurt a White Collar Trade Center on the rumbling main River it is a tale of two men with differing styles. There a Frankfurt general manager Oliver Luck a Rhodes scholar a quiet unassuming Man. Then there a Billy Hicks a thirty something Bachelor a Man who loves the limelight. Lives for it. It is a tale of two teams. There a London coach Ray Willsey a air attack with quarterback Stan Gilbaugh piloting the aerials. Then there a Jack Elway a Savage defense frothing at the lips so Good it shut out Barcelona 17-0 last sunday and sacked dragon quarterbacks Scott Erney and Tony Rice five times. Predictably the War of the words broke out tuesday a people want to beat Billy because he a flamboyant a Luck said. A a he a trying to Tell his players they re the . Raiders of the world  touche the monarchs Are the reigning Kings of the world league a 9-1 record last year and a world bowl trophy to their credit. London beat the new York new Jersey knights 26-20 in overtime in its season opener last sunday. A we done to have to be the raiders of the world league because we re the monarchs of the world league a Hicks shot Back.  league Frankfurt finished the 1991 Campaign in third place in the european division. Controversy is not new to this fledgling Frankfurt London rivalry. London beat Frankfurt 24-11 in the first Ever world league game last year. In that game London a coach to quarterback helmet communication system failed and both teams had to play without it. Galaxy officials were upset because Elway and Perez had practice the entire week before the game Fine tuning communication Only to have the artery pulled just minutes before Kickoff. Then there a the season finale stir. Frankfurt needing Only a Victory Over the 2-6 Sacramento surge or a London Victory Over Barcelona to ice a playoff berth watched As the Rug was yanked. The Galaxy fell 24-13, and then the impossible happened. Barcelona bested the undefeated monarchs 20-17 to steal Frankfurt s playoff spot. A they did no to want to have to play us a Frankfurt running Back Tony Baker said assuming his Galaxy would have advanced to the world league final. A nobody cares about last season now a Galaxy offensive lineman Gerald Olszewski said. Olszewski an operation discovery player will be the first discovery to Start a game at the line of scrimmage. A a Frankfurt a got a Good team. We re not taking them lightly a Hicks said. A helluva defense  a. Frankfurt racked up 30 tackles including the five sacks forced four fumbles recovered two of them and linebacker Willie Don Wright fell on a Fumble in the end zone to Seal the win. Defensively for London the knights run and shoot chewed up 369 Yards and scored 20 Points on it. London led the league last year in fewest Points allowed with 12.1 per game. Where London a defense is suspect so is Frankfurt a offence. A we started slow and Sloppy a quarterback Mike Perez said a but we bounced Back and showed a lot of character in the second  Perez and co. Ground out 237 Yards of total offence in the second half last weekend. A they kept their Cool and produced the big plays when we needed them a Elway said. Saturdays game will also reunite Wright who spent last nil season on the Phoenix cardinals practice squad and Gelbaugh who played for Phoenix when Timm Rosenbach went Down with a leg injury. A Stan is a Good quarterback and a Tough competitor a Wright said. A we will have our work Cut out for us but i am looking Forward to giving him a personal greeting just a Friendly one. Well maybe not so  a a Frankfurt a a real solid team a Hicks said. A the trick will be to solve their defense. They Send a lot of Guys at  a you always want to beat the Champ no matter who it is a Luck said. A if we can come Back to Frankfurt 2-0, Well be sitting pretty Good i  a one of the toughest things about us Frankfurt and Barcelona playing each other twice this year is that we re going to be knocking each other off a Hicks said. A but that a Good for the fans and Good in establishing these  release guard Voorhees Barcelona Spain a the Barcelona dragons waived guard Barry Voorhees at his own request this week allowing the Redding calif., native to return Home and face a history of drug problems that include a conviction for cocaine trafficking and Selling steroids. Voorhees 28, was Cut late monday and left without talking to reporters or in most cases even his teammates the news of the former Cal state Northridge stars drug addled past broke on March 18 when the los Angeles times published an extensive article in which a judge characterized Voorhees As a a giant dope  according to the Story author Tes say Voorhees amassed a Small drug Empire in the late 1980s that included real estate and vehicles. He a currently out on bail and awaiting Appeal of a dec. 17, 1990, conviction for Selling cocaine. Voorhees was sentenced to four years in prison and has already had one Appeal rejected. In addition Voorhees has been subpoenaed to testify april 7 in the trial of Walter f. Jekot a West los Angeles physician who has been indicted on 27 counts of illegally distributing steroids