European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday june 19, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 35 team minded Olajuwon assumes share of blame analysis by Bill Barnard a basketball writer new York a Hakeem Olajuwon was outstanding offensively As usual. Unfortunately for the Houston rockets As is becoming All too usual his teammates did no to give him much help. Olajuwon led the rockets with 27 Points on 12-for-21 shooting Friday night but Houston fell behind 3-2 in the Aba finals with a 91-84 loss to the new York kicks. Patrick Ewing had 25 Points and a record tying eight blocked shots for the kicks but the Bottom line was that he got plenty of scoring support from his teammates while Olajuwon a supporting cast was just 21 of 60 from the Field. Otis Thorpe was the no. 2 scorer for Houston with 14 Points. Besides Ewing three kicks scored 14 Points or More. Olajuwon who had eight turnovers blamed himself for the loss and refused to criticize his teammates. A a we re a team a Olajuwon said. �?o1 done to sep the debate a a. E mis takes and that a the nature of the game. We have to Settle Down and Houston guards Vernon Maxwell Kenny Smith and Sam Cassell again were ineffective As a group with a total of 20 Points on 7-for-20 shooting. Kicks guards John Starks and Derek Harper scored 19 and 14 Points respectively. A a they re playing Well and we re struggling Quot Maxwell said. A right now that a the difference in the series. We be got to get it a i done to publicly criticize my players a Houston coach Rudy Tomjanovich said when asked about the performance of his backcourt. The rockets who fell behind 17-2 before losing game 4 on wednesday stayed close in the first Quarter this time but Tomjanovich was not Happy with his teams Start. A we have to Start competing earlier a Tomjanovich said. A we came out Strong on defense but the turnovers and the patience on offence was a 22-5 second half run brought the rockets Back from a 13-Point deficit and gave them a 65-61 Lead Early in the fourth Quarter but they missed 11 of their last 12 shots. Hakeem Olajuwon Walls off Patrick Ewing on in Berlin by the stars and stripes Berlin a the 50th and final Berlin open Golf tournament came to a close Friday with Span Dah lems Norm Phillips Matching Par to retain his championship. The Par 72 gave Phillips a 5 Over 293 and a 4-stroke Victory Over Berlin wants Eek a Ralf Eberstein who also closed with a 72. Rhein Blicks George Bowler who posted the Low Amateur score with a first round 69, finished third at 298. For the first time in its half Century history a professional flight was staged and Heidelberg a Ted Long who posted the tourneys Low round a first round 67, walked away with an easy Victory with a closing 72 and 2-Over 290. Wan seems Gary Burch finished with 301, five strokes better than Ramstein s Marco Spellacy. Local knowledge proved valuable to the Berlin gaiters who won three of the other four flights. Branko Schotland took first flight with 309, Ralph Tullys 338 won third flight and Claus Lang took fourth flight with 367. Ramstein a Larry Wininger won a second flight sudden death playoff Over fellow Ramstein golfer Robert Moore after both posted 327s. Joe Schmidt a Corporal with the 82nd airborne division won the first Berlin open an 18-Hole tournament with a 72 in june 1945, scarcely a month after be Day. Enough of the Golf course survived the world War ii bombings of Berlin to establish a 6-holc course which was played three times to constitute a round. The american course which adjoins the nine Hole wan see course will be returned to German control oct. 1, forming a 27-Hole Complex. After that Date americans possessing id cards May play the �04" bind course. / Pierce drops out of Wimbledon from wire reports Wimbledon England French open finalist Mary Pierce pulled out of the Wimbledon on saturday for a reasons beyond her Pierce and her Mother Yannick met with officials of the All England club and told them she was withdrawing. Pierce who has never played at Wimbledon was seeded no. 7. In a written statement she said a for reasons far beyond my control i have decided not to participate in the most prestigious tournament in the former world no. 1 Tracy Austin also withdrew from Wimbledon saturday because of an injury to her right triumphs Eastbourne England Meredith Mcgrath won the Battle of unseeded americans on saturday to take the Eastbourne grass court championship witha 6-2,6-4 Victory Over Linda , swede in final Halle Germany a top seed Michael Stich of Germany marched into the final of the $500,000 Gerry Weber open grass court Tennis championship with a straight sets Triumph Over australian Wally Masur. Stich scored a 6-3, 76 7-3 win Over Masur and in sundays final faces in form swede Magnus Larsson who Defeated talented russian Yevgeny Kapelnikov 7-6 7-37-6 7-2 in the other semifinal of the pre Wimbledon wins first Manchester England australian Patrick Rafter notched the first Victory of his career saturday when he beat South african top seed Wayne Ferreira in the final of the Manchester open menus Tennis tournament. Rafter 21, named newcomer of the year by his Fol world notes Low professionals Friday edged Ferreira 7-6 7-57-6 7-4 Popov sets Mark Monaco a Alexander Popov of Russia set a world record of 48.21 seconds saturday in the 100-meter freestyle swim breaking the six year old Mark of american Matt Biondi. Biondio a record of 48.42 was set aug. 10, 1988 at Austin snares pole Brooklyn Mich. Loy Allen jr., overcoming a Wall of heat and hum Unity that hampered the qualifying efforts of some of s biggest names earned the pole Friday for sundays Miller genuine draft 400. It was the third pole for the 28-Ycar-old Rookie breaking the record he shared with the late Darcy Allison who was a Rookie in 1987 and whose event record Allen also broke with a Lap of 180.641 Mph. Allison set that Mark in june 1992.champ takes stage Lugano Switzerland a defending Champion italian Marco Saligari led the final sprint saturday to win the fifth leg of the 10-stage tour do suisse Road cycling race. Ten cyclists crossed with the of 5 hours 33 minutes 44 seconds after the 129-m i a leg that passed from Scull through St. Moritz and then crossed a Corner of Italy by Lake Como. Finishing second with the same time was Gianluca Pierobon of Italy whose six Bonus seconds enabled him to close the Gap Between him and Overall Leader Pascal Richard of Switzerland who was fifth in the stage. Richards Overall Lime was 18 hours 42 minutes and 25 seconds. Pierobon is 37 seconds Back. Vladimir pol Nikov of Ukraine a steady top performer in this years tour was third in the stage and moved up a notch to third Overall. American Lance Armstrong finished fourth improving his Overall standing to fourth As Well. Three time tour de France a Winner Greg Lemond finished 18lli, 2 02 off the Pace. He was 31st tops seniors Nashville Tenn Dave Stockton shot a course record 10-under 62 Friday for a on stroke Lead Over Jim Dent in the opening round of the $1 million Bel South senior classic. King nears Hall Rochester. N y. Betsy King moved a step closer in the Hall of Fame on Friday shooting a 4-under-Par 68 to take a one stroke Leaden the second round of the Lyga Rochester Cut Malone Philadelphia the Philadelphia 76ers waived Veteran Center Moses Malone on Friday. Malone 39, a three time map finished the season third on the a bad Sall time scoring list with 27,360 Points and third in the leagues list of games played with 1,312.. Ruggers win Wurzburg Germany Bill Marshall scored three tries and notched four conversions saturday to Lead the . Army a Marne dogs of Wurzburg to a 3320 Victory Over a British team and the nato forces european Rugby championship. Billy Howard added two tries for the dogs who earned their trophy Over the 1st regt air corps from Gutersloh. World cup on Cable joins broadcast schedule sports on an Central european time television Auto racing a Lascar Michigan 400,7 . Sunday. Baseball a Boston at Toronto joined in Progress from 1 30 .1 45 . Tuesday. Golf _ . Open final round joined in Progress around 10 . Sunday. Aba finals a game 6, new York at Houston 1 .,monday. A radio baseball a Seattle at Kansas City 8 30 . Sunday Texas at Chicago 2 . Tuesday. Aba finals a game 6, new York at Houston 1 . Monday. World cup on eur sport Central luf Ottn Tim sunday Belgium Morocco 6 . Norway a Citco 10 . Monday Cameroon Sweden 1 30 . Brazil Russia 10 . Tuesday Hulland saudi Arabia 1 30 . 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