European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports thursday january 19, 1995 Apps top 25 by tie associated press Syracuse has won 13 consecutive games to tie Connecticut for the nation s longest current winning Streak. The last three however have been close a mentally we just have to come prepared a Lawrence Moten said tuesday night after scoring 21 Points As no. 6 Syracuse held off St. Johns 91-87 tuesday Nighti a we got lackadaisical in the second half. In order for us to be a Good team we have to play for 40 minutes. We Haven to been doing that lately. The Only successful thing is that we be been getting the victories Quot the orangemen 13-1, 6-0 big East have won their last three games by a combined seven Points but there have been enough wins to tie no. 2 Connecticut atop the conference standings. The two play monday night in Storrs. A. A. A a a a. A a a a a a  a. A a. Syracuse which lost its season opener 111-104 in overtime to George Washington was almost upstaged at Home by St. Johns freshman Felipe Lopez who matched the Carrier dome record for Points by an opponent with 35. He had 29 Points in the second half As St. Johns 85, 2-4which lost us fourth in a Row nearly erased a 19-Point second half deficit. A i was playing with a lot of Confidence. I was saying a ill take the shot if in be got it a a said Lopez who matched the opponent record set by Navy a David Rob Inson in the opening round of the 1986 Mcaa tournament. A a a a or a a jays place ads in newspapers for ballplayers by Ben Walker new York apr the ads Are showing up in sports sections although maybe they should be in the a help wanted columns. A could you make it in the major leagues a say the bold Type notices appearing in several Southern newspapers this week. They re being placed by the Toronto Blue jays who like every other team in the majors Are scrambling to find players to  major  Blue jays Are holding a tryout Camp for potential replacements this saturday at their Spring training Home in Dunedin Fla. Toronto is trying to attract As Many players As possible to the workout and trying different ways to do it. The team is putting the ads in newspapers in eight cities including Atlanta and Knoxville Tenn. On monday the advertisement appeared on Page three of the sports sections of the news amp observer in Raleigh n.c., and the Birmingham news in Alabama. The Blue jays Are looking a to discover new baseball Talent a said the ads both two columns wide and five inches deep. According to the. News amp observers rates that space  $765. / a a a a potential players must be Between 19 and 25 years old and bring proof of age along with their spikes gloves and uniforms it said. Players cannot be under contract to another professional team and cannot be in High school or Junior col lege or be from a four year College and have eligibility remaining. The advertisement lists the phone number of the teams scouting department in Dunedin and is signed a the Toronto Blue  a a we be gotten quite a few phone Calls already Quot Blue jays spokesman Howard Starkman said monday night. On tuesday a woman answering the phone at a the Blue jays offices in Dunedin said the Calls had continued late into the afternoon. A a we be gotten quite a few today a she said. A the scouting department has gotten most of them. They be gone Home already. Must be been All those phone  the Blue jays had scheduled a pair of tryouts for California last weekend but they were postponed because of heavy Rains. To 13 a we tried to get it one Basket at a time. We kept our Pace and came out a lot stronger defensively. We have to stay Strong for 40 minutes.�?�. St. Johns closed to 85-82 with 32 seconds to play on a three Point play by Charles min lend but Syracuse was perfect on eight free throws in the last 39 seconds. A in the first half we guarded some people and rebounded a Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. A in the second half we just did no to do the Job defensively and we stopped rebounding. That s what got the game into a close  in other games involving ranked teams on tuesday night it was no 22 Georgia tech 67, no. 15 Wake Forest 65 Michigan 69, no. 20 Illinois 59 and no. 25 Pennsylvania 90, la Salle 71.john Wallace scored 24 Points for Syracuse which led 51-32 two minutes into the second half. St. Johns chipped away behind Lopez but never got close than three  we were very tentative and we played that Way. We played like we were intimidated a St. Johns coach Brian Mahoney said. A what we have to do is put two halves  so docs Syracuse. A we have to prepare ourselves to deliver the knockout blow All the Way through a said guard Michael Lloyd who scored 13 Points and made half of Syracuse free throws in the final minute a a it a a matter of being focused. We can deliver the knockout blow any time its just a matter of us doing it and keeping it on them Quot no. 22 Georgia tech 67, no. 15 Wake Forest 65 Drew Barry had 18 Points and Travis Best 16, including three free throws in the final 20 seconds As the yellow jackets 10-5, 2-2 Atlantic coast conference won despite blowing an 8-Point Lead with 3 45 to play. The visiting Demon deacons 9-3, 2-2 had two chances after Best made it 67-65 by making one of two free throws with 10 seconds to play. Randolph Childress who finished with 22 Points missed a 3-Pointer and Travis Banks tip in at the Buzzer  69, no. 20 Illinois 59 the wolverines 10-6, 4-1 big ten won consecutive Road games for the first time this season and tied the ii Lini 13-4,4-1 for first place in the conference. Ray Jackson had 16 Points to Pace Michigan which held the Illint to 34 percent shooting and deprived coach Lou Henson of his 400th Victory at Illinois. I Wane Garris and Richard Keene scored 19 Points each for Illinois which has lost seven straight to . 25 Penn 90, la Salle 71 Scott Kcal or had 19 Points to Lead six double figure scorers for the quakers 9-2who were coming off a 33-Point loss to top ranked Massachusetts. Penn look a 5431 halftime Lead by making eight of 14 3-Point attempts while holding la Salle 8-5 to 33 percent shooting including 3-for-15 from 3-Point Range. Pennis leading scorer Jerome Allen was held to two free throws and committed six turnovers Kareem Townes led the visiting explorers with 36 Points.suns7 37s bum nuggets Aba a by the associated press Dan major la can to break into the Phoenix suns starting lineup and Charles Barkley plays just half the game. A a a a. A a its enough to make the rest of the Aba cry. Majerle came off the Bench to hit six of 13 3-Point shots and the suns made a franchise record 14 3-pointers in beating the Denver nuggets 129-113 tuesday night. A a. A Quot a a a a. A a a while Majerle is a Phoenix Reserve he is second in All Star voting for Western conference guards. If he finishes that High he will Start in the All Star game in Phoenix on feb. 12. A that might be my  to get Back into the starting lineup Quot said Majerle who finished with 32 Points. A with the suns finding the Range from Long Range the inside game opened for Barkley who scored 14 of his 26 Points in a 51-Nijnute stretch of the fourth Quarter putting the game out of the nuggets reach. A a in a Only Good for two quarters now so in a trying to make it the first and the fourth a said Barkley who had 10 Points in the first period and did no to score again until 59 seconds into the fourth Quarter. \ a a it a not often you shoot 59 percent and get blown out but we were pretty Good offensively a Phoenix coach Paul Westphal said of the suns 54 percent shooting. Mahmoud Abdul Rauf scored 27 Points As the nuggets suffered their second straight loss since Dan Issel resigned and interim coach Gene Littles took Over Rodney Rogers scored 19 Points and Reggie Williams had 17 Points and 12 assists. It Wasny to of enough. The suns had six players make at least one 3-Pointer. A most teams have Only two Guys at the top who can shoot but their whole team can Burn you a Littles said. A a they be got so Many 3-Point shooters Majerle Danny Ainge Wesley person Danny Manning Barkley. You can just go right Down the line and they All shoot the 3,�?� in other games tuesday night Kings 95, Trail blazers 80 Brian Grant had 26 Points and 16 rebounds both career highs and Sacramento used a late 15-0 run to defeat visiting Portland in a game marred by a fight and three ejections. Mitch Richmond had 29 Points for the Kings. Rod Strickland of Portland and Olden polynice of Sacramento were elected in the second Quarter after a fight that cleared both benches. Cliff Robinson who led Portland with 22 Points was thrown out for getting two technical in the fourth  115, Cavaliers 91 Detluf Schrempf scored 21 Points and Gary Payton added 20 As Seattle stretched its winning Streak to a season High seven games. Celtics David Wesley drives by spurs Chuck person five sonics scored in double figures As they won their 16th straight game at the Tacoma dome and ended the Cavaliers seven game Road winning Streak. Terrell Brandon scored 20 Points to Lead the cars. Magic 109, hornets 98 Shaquille of Neal outplayed Charlottes Alonzo mourning scoring 35 Points and grabbing 15 rebounds in Orlando a Home Victory. Of Neal scored 16 Points in the fourth Quarter six of them in an 8-0 spurt that gave the magic a 14-Point Lead with nine minutes left. The hornets did no to get closer than 10 the rest of the Way. Mourning led Charlotte with 33 Points and 12 rebounds while Larry Johnson scored 21 Points extending his Streak of 20-plus games to 10. Spurs 101 celtics 92 Chuck person scored 24 Points Dennis Rodman grabbed 18 rebounds and san Antonio put together a 16-2 fourth Quarter spurt to win at Boston. David Robinson added 18 Points for the spurs who snapped a two game losing Streak. Dino Radja had 22 Points and 15 rebounds for the celtics in his Best performance since returning on Jan. 9 from a hand injury that sidelined him for 15 games