European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Earns by Walt Morrissette special to the stars and stripes Atlanta a just when you thought it  get any better for Ron George it docs. Sunday past the former Heidelberg Star and two time All Pac 10 linebacker at Stanford sacked Jim Everett his first and blocked a Field goal to help his Atlanta Falcons shut out the los Angeles rams 13-0. It was the Best game of his Short career. His Reward he starts at right outside linebacker tomorrow on National television against the super bowl Champion see Page 28 for nil predictions news Dallas cowboys in a sold out Georgia dome. �?o1 was told during out first practice wednesday that i would be starting a George said in a Telephone interview thursday night. His first thoughts Quot am i up to the Challenge am i ready is it a mistake in a really excited. Half of me is really nervous the other half of me is very elated a George said. Quot i feel for Darion Connor and his personal problems Connor nil Start who had been the starting role was dropped from the roster after his dui arrest monday morning but we have a Jot of talented linebackers on this club. They Lould have picked any one of them to Start in his place but they chose  coach Jerry Glanville will take advantage of George s Speed by starting him on the outside. If the cowboys stick to their plans to Start Bemie Kosar until Troy Aik Many a hamstring fully heals. A yeah a George who tied for the Pac-10 Lead with 15 sacks in 1992, said. Quot Bemie does t move too Well. So if its him i have a Good Chance to get  rockets go to 8-0 Aba by the associated press Indianapolis Otis Thorpe scored 16 of his season High 24 Points in the third Quarter thursday lifting the unbeaten Houston rockets to their eighth Victory 99-83 Over the Indiana pacers. Houston a 8-0 Start matches its franchise record set in 1984. The a bad a leading defensive team the rockets have yet to allow 100 Points in a game. Hakeem Olajuwon had 19 Points 10 rebounds and five blocked shots for the rockets and moved into third place on the Aba career list with 2,476. Pacer guard Reggie Miller did not play because of a sprained left ankle. Although his Streak of 345 straight starts ended he still figured in the Box score getting a technical foul and an ejection for Yelling at an official from the Bench late in the game. In other games thursday Trail blazers 120, bulls 98 Portland Ore. Rod Strickland had nine Points and six assists during a second Quarter offensive explosion and Portland went on to its most one sided Victory Ever Over Chicago. The blazers shot 68 percent from the Field and outscored the bulls 35-15 in the second Quarter to take a 64-36 halftime Lead. Portland led by As Many As 37 Points in the third Quarter and 36 in the fourth. Clippers 88, Mavericks 84 los Angeles Ron Harper scored 28 Points and los Angeles overcame the fourth Quarter ejection of Stanley Roberts to beat Dallas for the eighth straight time. Warriors 103, lakers 76 Oakland Calif. Chris Gatling came off the Bench to score 19 Points leading the Golden state Over los Angeles for its first Home  warriors outscored the lakers 8348 in the final three quarters turning a 28-19 deficit into a 74-61 Lead by the end of the third period. The lakers hit just 12 of 39 shots in the Middle periods. The stars and stripes sports november 20.1993 Page 32 Pierce Kos Tennis Indiana a Dale Davis gets Glass while blocking rocket Otis Thorpe a shot thursday. Jordan reportedly retiring at full pay Chicago a Michael Jordan will be paid his full 1993-94 salary of $4 million apparently in a gesture of gratitude and possibly to protect the bulls option to sign another player for $2 million published reports say. Team owner Jerry Reinsdorf also is expected to Honor an additional $11.7 million remaining on Jordan a Deal the Chi Cago Sun times reported Friday. Jordan who announced his retirement oct. 6 after nine seasons with the bulls was scheduled to make $3.85 million in each of the final two seasons. A source close to the team said Jordan has received the $4 million and was Quot stunned and delighted to receive it a the Sun times said. The payment is an apparent gesture of gratitude since Reinsdorf was under no obligation to make it the Sun times and Chicago Tribune said. Operations chief Jerry Krause had told the Sun times earlier Quot by carrying Jordan a $4 million salary which we Are doing we also retain rights to use half his salary to sign another player if we so  from wire reports new York a they turned up the Power in women a Tennis and turned out a former Champion. Mary Pierce one of the biggest hitters in the game and Steffi grat whose big forehand started the trend powered a into the semifinals of the Virginia slims championships on thursday night. Pierce ousted the sports biggest Winner Martina Navratilova 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 and grass 6-2, 6-2 Victory Over Amanda Roetzer made her the biggest single season Money Winner in Tennis. Guaranteed $53,000 for reaching the semifinals a the Winner collects $250,000, with $120,000 to the runner up a Graf has earned $2,624,337 in 1993, surpassing the $2,622,352 won by Monica Seles last year. The menus record is $2,363,575 by Stefan Edberg in 1991. Sampras reaches at sails Frankfurt Germany a world no. 1 Pete Sampras of the United states stopped Stefan Edberg of Sweden 6-3,7 6 7-3thursday night to qualify for the semifinals at the $2.75 million at world championships where he will meet Andrei Medvedev of Ukraine. A the sixth ranked Medvedev rallied from a 2-6, 1-4 deficit to a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 Triumph Over no. 7 Michael Chang of the United states to win second place in the Stan Smith group in his debut appearance at the year ending event. Picking up Friday where he left off thursday Sampras continued his impressive run through the at tour world championship by beating Sergi bruguera 6-3,1-6,6-3. Sampras finished the round Robin portion of the tournament with a 3-0 record. Bruguera the French open Champion who was playing the tournament for the first time finished 0-3. In saturday s semifinals Sampras will meet Andrei Medvedev the Rookie from Ukraine who rallied to beat Michael Chang 2-6,6-4,6-2 thursday