European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes february 1981 blues take nil Point Lead with win Over rangers by United press International the Louis blues took Over the the nil Point Lead sunday with a Victory in Madison Square card in the scene of Louis general manager Fenile the cat Francis professional Low taking the league Lead in this building Doest mean anything said fran Cis after the blues used a pair of Power play goals by Blake Dunlop to beat the new York rangers 54 and take a two Point Lead Over the new York islanders atop the league standings with 80 its very satisfying to take Over first no matter where we would have done who was fired As rangers pm in nil Roundup january he joined the blues three months later and began a rebuilding process that saw Louis fans suffer through seasons of 53 and 48 Points before last seasons respectable 80point in particularly proud of coach red our Young kids and our who stayed with us when we took quite a few Francis id be less than honest if i didst admit weve come on faster than i thought we Dunlop and Perry Turnbull scored in the opening period and second period scores by Brian Sutler and Dunlop staked Louis to a 40 Lead before the rangers mounted a comeback bid against Allstar map Mike the blues ironman Eddie Johnston scored twice within a 3minule Span late in the the Sec Ond one a shorthanded tally after a rink Long the diminutive Allstar right Wing also set up Anders Herb cogs goal with 27 seconds left in the also with the rangers a Man Louis Tony Currie and new Yorks Ulf Nilsson traded third period goals be fore the blues walked out of the Garden where they had won Only once entering this season alone on top of the in other Winnipeg edged que Bec Philadelphia deadlocked Treal Hartford tied Chicago Minnesota blasted Vancouver 72 and Buffalo tied Edmonton jets Nordques 3 Winnipeg Rookie Center Dave Christian scored twice to Lead the jets to a Home Victory that snapped Quebec six game winning canadians flyers 5 at Ken Linseman scored at of the third period to Complete the flyers comeback from a three goal Defi Linseman gained control of the puck after Montreal goalie Denis Herron failed to Stop it behind his Linseman skated out and fired in a Short shot into the open Reggie Leach scored twice for the whalers Black Hawks 4 Pat Boutotte scored on a breakaway into the third period to give Hartford its fifth tie in its last 10 which led 41 Early in the second extended its Home undefeated string to 12 North stars canucks 2 Tom Curt Giles and Dino Ceccarclli scored on Power plays in the second period to help Minne Sota to a Victory at Home and Send Van Couver Down to its sixth straight sabres oilers 2 Pat Price scored a Fluke goal with left to lift Edmonton to a tie at benched by fatigue baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays the say hey kid of the new rests in his Atlantic City hotel suite York and san Francisco giants is a after collapsing from fatigue while give Public relations representative of new ing a speech at a new Jersey elementary Jersey gambling up photo Birdsong score clutch baskets continued from Page 21 period before a 174 burst put the nets on the nets trailed by As Many As 16 celtics nuggets 118 Birds Gam winning Basket provided Bostons Only Lead of the second Bird wound up with 28 Points while teammate Cedric Maxwell had a season High Dan Issel led Denver with 27 Points and Alex English added 76ers Hawks 98 Julius Erving scored 27 Points and Phil Adelphia held Atlanta scoreless for the last while running off the games last 10 John Drew had 24 for which lost Dan Roundfield and tree Roll ins to fouls in the final pacers bulls 107 George Mcginnis scored a season High 27 Points and pulled Down nine rebounds to Lead the who led by 16 Points with saw their Lead shrink to three with but four free throws by Johnny Davis sealed the the pacers had six players in Dou ble Reggie Theus led Chicago with lakers Mavericks 99 Kareem Abduljabba scored 16 of his 35 Points in a second half surge by los after Dallas tied the game 6262 Midway through the third Abdul Jabbar scored 16 of the lakers 24 Points in the next nine minutes and los Angeles moved out to an 8676 Jamaal Wilkes scored 23 and Norm Nixon added 20 for the Oliver a former led the Mavericks with 19 but dal Las still lost its 13th consecutive kicks suns 101 campy Russell scored a season High 36 Points to Lead new York to its eighth straight Russell scored 14 Points in the third period As the kicks opened an 8771 the suns trailed by Only 6867 with six minutes left in the third period before Russell and Bill Cartwright hit for eight Points apiece As new York ended the period with a 194 Trail blazers jazz 84 Billy Ray Bates and Kelvin Ransey combined for 44 Points to Lead after a first Quarter in which the teams swapped the Lead 20 the blazers outscored Utah 184 in the final eight minutes of the second period to take a 56 38 halftime then they started the second half by outscoring the jazz Mcenroe tops Vilas for grand slam net title Boca a John Mcenroe Shook the Challenge from Guillermo Vilas to win the Pepsi grand slam of Tennis sunday it took three hours and 15 minutes for Mcenroe to win the grueling a re peat of the 1979 Consolation event Here in which Mcenroe beat Vilas in straight Mcenroe won and Vilas earned in the Consolation match Brian teacher beat Tim Gullikson who became the second ranked Tennis player in the world largely on the strength of a Serveant Volley stayed on the Baseline sunday and punished Vilas with accurate ground Mcenroe game plan was in contrast to Vil ass style of the 4ranked rushed the net throughout the match and held a 42 Lead in the first set before Mcenroe settled Mcenroe emerged As a slight favorite in this four player tournament when top ranked Bjorn Borg of Sweden pulled out on Friday after he came Down with the Vilas is a Cla court specialist and Mcenroe had said he favored faster Vil As appeared in control of the Tempo of the match in the first set As Mcenroe was Visi Bly upset by the catcalls from some in the crowd of at a resort Community Here where the match was twice during the first Mcenroe asked Umpire Florence Blanchard to re quest that the crowd Calm Mcenroe got Back into the match in the fifth game of the second set when he broke Vil ass Mcenroe had seven service while Vilas had the 1980 open Champion and third place finisher Here for the last two won a crucial Battle in the ninth game of the second set when Vilas floated a backhand Long Over the Baseline to put Mcenroe ahead Mcenroe then breezed through the next seven games to close out the the Consolation match actually amounted to an since teacher had been assured of the third place prize Money when Vitas Gerulaitis pulled out of the tournament after a semifinal loss a Las minute replace ment for had not Given the tournament a commitment to play sunday and left for new Borg had won the tournament four years in a did get the designated for the fourth place a Vida sponsor of the said the company agreed to pay the Winner of the Consolation match inserted into the four player lineup for Geru did not receive any prize the Teache Gullikson match was marred by at the end of the second tournament sponsors announced that the players would play a 12point tie continued on Page 25