European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes sports sunday november 1,1992 magic is ready to let his game do the talking by Tom Foreman or. Chapel Hill . A he stalked about aids and most recently he seven discussed politics. Now magic Johnson is ready to talk basketball and let his game do the talking. After playing in five of eight preseason contests Johnson is ready to embark on his return to the Aba with the los Angeles lakers. It comes one year after he retired from basketball after testing positive for the his virus. A i got my work in the work that i wanted a Johnson said after the lakers final preseason test a 103-92 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. A so now lets get  Johnson will be going next Friday night when the lakers play their Crosstown rivals the clippers and his first Challenge will be to improve his Rusty shooting touch. He hit 1 of 10 Field goal attempts against the Cavaliers at the Dean Smith Center finishing his five appearances with 14-for-39 shooting for 36 percent. Also the 6-foot-9 olympic Gold medallist handed out 59 assists when he Wasny to giving interviews to what he feels has been a surprising Media following. A in be been dealing with the Media for a Long time so whatever happens does no to really Surprise me a he said. A they have a Job to to everybody wants a Story. So be it. But i Deal with it its Fine because once you hit the floor its All about  _ although he is on the verge of the 1992-93 Seaton Johnson is already hearing questions about next season and whether hell be around. So far he is non committal and denies that this will be his Only year. A i did t say that i was Only going to play one season. I just said i would take one season at a time and play a he said. A a in la make a decision after this season and see if i want to come Back. I never said that this was just one  but it will be some season and Johnson says it will be More than just one Many a Effort to overcome a disease. A a in a making a statement but in a also playing to try to win a championship a Johnson said. A i just done to play basketball to play it. I play to win. In be always played it to win. I Only know How to do that. A anybody can go out there and say they re in the Aba but that a not making a statement. The real statement is what you do once you hit the  a team Trainer checks magic Johnson s Arm during an exhibition  borrows Putter grabs Lead by the associated press p1nehurst, . A sometimes ugly is Good. Or at least moderately effective. A a in a not making Mem All but at least in a a Little More comfortable a Paul Azinger said Friday after a borrowed Putter helped him to a one stroke Lead at the Halfway Point of the season ending $2 million tour championship. Azinger reunited with the Putter he said a looks like a fishing lure a scored an Eagle-3 in a round of 66 and kept alive his Hopes of extending his tour longest Streak of five years in which he has won at least once. A i have to win this tournament to keep my Streak going. In a just Happy that after two rounds in a still in Contention. I had a Chance to blow myself out of the tournament and i did no to do it a he said after reaching the tournament Halfway Point at 136, six under Par on the famed no. 2 course at Pinehurst. He had a Chance to blow it thursday when he Bent the Cigar shaped Putter with a rap on the ground after missing a Short putt. He had to putt with his Sand wedge the jest of the Day. The Peculiar instrument head borrowed from his next door neighbor was Back in his bag for the second round however and he converted a 10-foot Eagle putt on the fourth Hole a wide breaking 20-footer on the eighth and accounted for a two putt Birdie on the 16th that put him in the Lead alone. South african David Frost dropped a 30-foot putt for an Eagle-3 on the 16th, shot 68 and was second alone at 137, Jay Haas holed out a 162-Yard 7-Iron shot for Eagle-2 in a 66 and was tied at 138 with Dan Forsman and John Huston. Forsman shot 67, Huston 68.albus pacts senior tourney Kaan Pali Hawaii a Jim Albus who has played More Golf than any other player on the senior pea tour this year shot a 6-under-Par 65 on Friday for a one stroke Lead in the $500,000 Kaan Pali classic Over George Archer and defending Champion Jim Colbert. Seven players were at 67, two strokes off the Lead. Albus 52, a former club pro from Long Island has placed every round of each official tournament this year a feat unmatched by any other player. This is his 35th event. Albus birdied All three Par-5 holes during a bogey free round and closed with six straight pars. He had six birdies. Colbert birdied three of the last four holes to join the Hunt for the $75,000 first prize and his second straight win. He had six birdies in his round to offset a single . Women Lead Japan Azu Mamura Japan a Danielle Ammaccapane and Meg Mallon won their second match in As Many Days in helping the United states to a 10-6 Lead after two Days of play in the $500,000 nichiren International tournament. Ammaccapane and Mallon who fashioned a 63 in a six stroke Victory on Friday teamed for a 66 saturday in beating Japan a Kumiko Hiyoshi and Akane Hoshiro by three shots. Michelle Mcgann and Dana Lofland beat Sciko Kashi Wado and Hiromi Takamura for their second Victory and Brandie Burton and Florence Descamps improved to 2-0 by beating Aki Nakano and Lee Young me. Betsy King and Barb Mucha tied Japan a Huang Bie Shyun and Tuai you 66-66. Japan earned four Points As Fusako Nagata and Mayumi Murai beat Sherri Steinhauer and Colleen Walker 6568, Chieko Nishida and Yuko Moriguchi edged Beth Daniel and Deb Richard 66-67, Ikuyo shiotani and Junko Yasui Defeated Missie Berteotti and Donna Andrews 66 67, and Michiko Hattori and Kaori Harada beat Liselotte Neumann and Ayako Okamoto 67-70. Sixteen golfers from each Lyga tour played two rounds of Best Ball match play and wind up with individual matches on sunday. Each Victory counts As one Point and each tie one half  retains Lead in Spain Sot Grande Spain a Sandy Lyle Sank a 75-foot Bunker shot for a Birdie on the 15th Hole and held a one stroke Lead saturday after three rounds of the Volvo masters tournament the Scot finished with a 1-Over-Par 72 and a three round total of 1-Over 214, second was Christy of Connorjr. Of Ireland who shot 71, Eduardo Romero of Argentina Tony Johnstone of Zimbabwe and Bernhard Langer of Germany shot 70s. They were the Only players to break Par at the 6,920-Yard Valderrama Golf  leads Lark cup Toj Ocho Japan a Naomi Chi Ozaki overcame a double bogey to shoot a 1-under-Par 71 saturday and take a one shot Lead going into the final round of the $1.7 million Lark cup. Paul Azinger misses putt but is up by a shot