European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday May 1, 1978 Bryan Trottier of the new York Island a hits the ice after a Check by Lanny Mcdonald of the Toronto Maple Leafs the stars and stripes Page 21 a Check bounces him at the Nassau coliseum in i Londale ., saturday night Mcdonald later scored an overtime goal to give the Leafs a 2-1 Victory in this final game of the Best of seven series and Send them into the nil playoff semifinals. A Mcdonad s of goal tips islanders a of put Leafs info playoff semis by Frank brow Uniondale A with 6 05 led in overtime last tuesday Toronto Jet Wing Lanny Mcdonald had the puck his feet an empty net Mere feet away id a Chance to give his Maple Leafs a i loft Victory Over the new York Island he hit the goal Post and less than two nutes later Bob Nystrom had won the me for new York. Saturday night Mcdonald redeemed self at 4 13 of overtime. He took a pass from defens Eman Iann Tribull sneaked around the islanders Ark Gillies and sent the Maple Leafs into National hockey league playoff Semi it Las with a shot that gave Toronto a 2-1i Mph in the decisive seventh game of " All i had to do was get it on net and i new it was in said Mcdonald whig topped his gloves and leaped into Theis of his teammates As the islanders d Miner vacation m very tired. But very Happy said Ronto defens Eman Brian Glennie whoa med himself for the fifth game loss in Wertime because Nystrom went around pm to score the winning tally. It s a shame some team had to lose Ter a series like this Glennie added re bring to the fierce penalty filled seventies that saw 10 bruises for every goal was a shame indeed to new York Al Arbour whose islanders had won Patrick division Crown and were head favored to beat the Leafs a Promise was there said Arbour first season was very successful be we finished in first place but the Bond season was a whole new the islanders lost that one. The writers and everyone were Down us said Toronto Captain Darryl Sitt i. They had the islanders winning it right off the Bat and going to Montreal forthe finals. That Hurt our Pride a Little and the Leafs wounded Pride helped them end new York s season suddenly. Turnbull passed into the new York zone then Mcdonald sneaked the puck away from Gillies and lifted a 20-foot shot Over goalie Glenn Resch and gave the Maple Leafs the deciding seventh game of the fiercely fought Best of seven series. It was the third consecutive overtime at Nassau coliseum but the islanders had won the other York had an excellent Chance to Vin the game just 2 15 into the extra ses Sion when right Wing Billy Harris took the puck away from Glennie and had an uncontested 15-foot shot at goalie Mike Palma Teer. But Palmateer s left leg pad flashed out to thwart the drive and keep the Leafs alive then Mcdonald frustrated by numerous missed scoring chances through out the series converted the Chance that sent Toronto into the semifinals which open tuesday night at the Montrea forum. As had been the Case in game 5 of the series defens Emen Denis Potvin of new York and Turnbull of Toronto traded goal for the 1-1 tie that was carried into the third s tally his fourth of the play offs came at 3 42 of the second period to deadlock the contest. Center Jimmy Jones got the puck behind the new York net an skimmed it to Turnbull whose 35-foot shot beat Resch and tied the defens Eman with Rick Macleish of Philadelphia for the playoff scoring Lead. Both have 11 islanders won just two of the game s first 10 face offs but then Bryan Trottie beat Sittler on a draw in the Neutral zone to Start the play that led to Potvin s opening continued on Page 241 royals tap Brewers for 11-2 Victory by United press International Hal Mcrae knocked in three runs and Willie Wilson scored four times to help carry the Kansas City royals to an 11-2 Victory Over the Milwaukee Brewers sat urday night. Dennis Leonard scattered 13 hits in lipping his record to 3-3 with his fourth Complete game of the season while Jerr Augustine the first of three Milwaukee pitchers suffered the loss and fell to 3-3.larry Hisle knocked in both Milwaukee runs with a first inning single and a seventh inning Home run his eighth of the royals scored three runs in the first on just two hits using the first of two Sacri Al Roundup flee Flics by Al Cowens a throwing error and an rib double by John Wathan to take a 3-1 other games saturday Minnesota beat new York 3-1, Oakland Defeated Cleveland 5-1, Texas downed Boston 4-1, Baltimore beat Chicago 5-2. Californi blanked Toronto 5-0 and Detroit White washed Seattle by the same 5-0 3, Yankee 1 Geoff Zahn 2-0, yielded just five single Sand retired 19 straight batters at one Point in leading the twins Over the Randall s rib double keyed a two run seventh inning s 5, indians 1 Mario Guerrero currently batting .349,drove in four runs with a pair of singles to Lead the a s to their 13th Victory against just five losses. Pete Broberg upped his record to 3-0 with ninth inning Relief help from Bob Lacey. Rangers 4, botox 1a perfectly executed squeeze bunt by Jim Sundberg keyed a Texas rally in the sixth inning and opened the Way for the rangers fifth straight Victory. Orioles 5, cd lox 2lee May s fourth Home run of the season a shot off the Heitfield upper dec facade leading off the sixth inning broke a 2-2 tie and led the orioles to Victory Over the White sox. May s 1,700th major league hit made a Winner out of starting Pitcher Jim Palmer 3-1. Angels 5, Blue jays 0nolan Ryan fired a two hitter and struck out 11 waiters to notch his first win of the season Ana his 35th career shutout. Ryan now 1-1, bar not won in four previous Start but he vend his frustration by striking out More that. 10 batters for the 108th time in his career. Ron fairly hit a two run Homer in the first 5, mariners 0 Milt May s two run fourth inning Home backed up Dave Rozema s seven hitter to increase the tigers Lead Over Boston to three games in the Al East. Meets Solomon in finals of vegas net Meef \ stops up setter Pfister Las vegas Nev. Up1 Italy s Cor Rado Barazzetti ended Hank Pfister s upset Streak with a 6-2, 4-6. 6-2 semifinal win and no. 6 seed Harold Solomon up ended no. 3 seed Raul Ramirez 3-6,6-4,6-2saturday to gain the finals of the 1250,000 Alan King Tennis , the tournament s no. 4 seed took advantage of High winds to Knock of the unseeded Pfister who reached the semifinals after upset victories Ove Arthur Ashe top seed Jimmy Connors and no. 5 seed Roscoe said at the conclusion of the match the wind did t help me game is to serve and Volley and hit a lot of overhead shots. The wind hurts that sort of style the in the second set with the crowd cheer ing him on Pfister adjusted to the wind. He began spinning his first serves which slowed Down Barazzetti s returns and enabled Pfister to come to the net More effectively. Pfister broke his opponent s serve in the ninth game of the second set with a Strong serve and Volley the Little italian revved up his pass ing game in the final set and broke the 24-year-old Pfister s serve four times while Pfister was Able to manage Only on break. Barazzetti said he was comfortable wit the court s outdoor surface which was slow and similar to the Clay court surface he was trained on. Ramirez who last year was runner Upin the event to Connors was in control of the match through the first set but go himself into trouble when he tried to match Solomon s accurate placement from the Baseline later on. Solomon was ahead by Only one service break in the final set when Ramirez inexplicably seemed to give up in the final two games. I thought he kind of conceded the Las two games said Solomon. He just started hitting everything As hard As he could going Tor broke. It s sort of like Dou bling Down on the
