European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Mclain gets 23 years in prison a Denny major league baseballs last 30game was sentenced thursday to 23 years in prison by a Federal judge who chided him for not accepting his conviction on Racke extortion and drug dealing District judge Elizabeth Kovachevich cited the former Detroit tigers pitching sensations failure to admit to yourself your own As Well As his involvement with drugs As important factors affecting her de who sat through most of the stood in the packed courtroom As she ordered him to serve eight years each for conspiracy and extor with the sentences to run con she then tacked on the maximum 15 years for his attempt to Deal three Kilos of cocaine in and fined him Mclain probably will serve one third of his sentence eight years before he would become eligible for the government ill pay for my conviction the rest of my Ive gone through a lot of shame and Mclain told the Reading from a prepared the lessons Ive Learned in the last 13 months have prepared me for the rest of my defense attorney Arnold who conferred with his client in a holding said Mclain was destroyed by the length of the i think that time was in called i didst have any quarrel with the eight Levine but i thought the consecutive was too said he will ask that my lain be allowed to go free on Bond while he appeals the a hearing is expected to be set he expects Well be successful on Appeal and hell be out in about 10 Levine who compiled a 316 re Cord and led the tigers to the world series in was convicted March 16 following a 14week code pendants Seymour Sher and Frank Cocchiaro received maximum 20 year prison terms for conspiracy and assistant attorney Ernst Mueller said Mclain was part of a racketeering scheme that charged loan shark victims exorbitant inter est rates booked on sports events and used threats of violence to collect illegal i think Justice was Muel Ler said outside the i think the court on the matter of drugs cocaine in this Case was sending a Bird b by the associated press Larry playing despite a painful right scored 34 Points including four free throws in the final minute thurs Day night to Send the visiting Boston cel tics to a 117115 Triumph Over the Cleve land Boston won the first round series of the National basketball association playoffs three games to i want really hampered by the Elbow at said who missed the celtics loss to the Cavaliers tuesday because of persistent bursitis and Bone chips in the once i got in the i think the excitement drove me Over the Audie a Seldom used Power for scored on a driving Layup with 22 seconds to then Sank a 10foot base line jumper with one second left in the game to give the Portland Trail blazers a 115113 Victory Over eliminating the Mavericks from the the who won the Besto five opening round series face the los an Geles lakers in the Western conference semifinals saturday in los Bird hit seven of eight free throws in the final the last two snapping a 115 115 tie with 23 seconds to Lead series 31 Aba playoffs he also led the celtics with 14 rebounds and seven which committed 40 person Al fouls to 28 for missed three shots at winning or tying in the final Sec John Bagley missed badly on a three Point Mark West failed on a tip in world frees three Pointer was blocked by Dennis who grabbed the Ball As time ran the Cavaliers led 6663 at the half but fell behind 9489 As Robert Parish hit eight Points in the final of the third Johnson scored to open the final opening up a 9689 celtics their largest of the free then went on a 10point and Cleveland outscored Boston 124 to go up 10198 with to firing up the sellout coliseum crowd of but the celtics Hung close and took the Lead Back at 115113 on Birds free throws with 51 seconds Phil Hubbards Basket tied it 15 seconds but free fouled Bird to give him the winning foul free scored 30 Points and Hubbard 23 for Johnson scored 24 for Cleveland forged its 6663 halftime Lead behind 14 Points from free and 12 from backup Center Edgar Bird scored 17 first half Points to keep Boston Trail blazers Mavericks 113 a Sel doused was an unlikely hero for the foul plagued Brad Davis of Dallas Sank a pair of free throws with 15 seconds to play to tie the score at the blazers then got the Ball to Clyde and he found Norris for the Gam winning Mark who scored 39 for missed a desperation jumper at the Dallas shot out to a nine Point Lead in the first Quarter before the blazers rallied to pull ahead by who scored seven Points in the final was forced into action be cause both Portland Sam Bowie and Mychal fouled Kiki Vandeweghe led the blazers with 27 Drexler scored 18 and Jim Pax son Rolando Blackman made Only two of 13 Field goals but still scored Sam Perkins had 21 Points and 10 rebounds for Dallas before fouling Black Hawks tip North stars from press dispatches Darryl suiters goal into the second overtime thursday night lifted the Chicago Black Hawks to a 76 National hockey league Victory Over Minnesota and a 31 Lead Over the North stars in the Norris division game 5 of the Besto seven Stanley cup series will be played sunday at Chi the Winner of that series will play in the Campbell conference championship series against the Edmonton who nil playoffs completed a 40 smythe division sweep of the Winnipeg jets with an 83 Victory Sutler tapped in a rebound of a shot by Tom who stole a pass from Minne sofas Neal Chicago tied the game 66 on Denis Sawards second goal of the game with to the score resulted in Minne Sota coach Glen Sonmor pulling goaltender Don Beaupre in favor of Gilles me Tony Mckegney staked the stars to a 65 Lead on a Power play when he took a pass from Dennis Maruk beat Chi Cago goalie Murray Chicago Bill Gardner tied the game 5 5 with to play when his snapshot from the Point deflected off Marks skate and past goals by Craig Hartsburg and Randy his second of the in the last of the second period brought Minnesota Back from a 42 Minnesota took its first Lead of the game into the third period when Gordie Roberts picked up a Loose puck and stuffed it be Hind islanders flyers 2 Mike Bossy 82nd Stanley cup which tied him with Maurice Richard As the nil All time playoff led the new York islanders past keeping new Yorks playoff Hopes Bossy also had two putting him in fifth place on the Al time scoring list with 152 As the islanders won their first game against three losses in the Pat Rick division the islanders drove goalie Pelle Lindbergh from the net and avoided being swept in a playoff series for the first game five of the Besto seven series will be sunday in the islanders grabbed a 20 Lead on first period goals two minutes apart by see nil on Page 23 up photo Darryl Sutter ices it for Black Hawks orioles Dixon 3hits tribe for 1st win in majors from press dispatches Baltimore Rookie Ken Dixon said he was glad to break the ice with his first major league Victory by three hit Ting the Cleveland indians in Baltimore 71 Victory thursday the 24yearold right hander Hopes the Victory is the first in what a Long that first major league win is what you play your whole life said amen can league who walked two and struck out the first one is always Nice to break the but now in just looking to improve on who was 01 in two starts last year and did not have a decision in his Only previous appearance this Al Lowed Only one hit Over the first eight in Cleveland hits were three singles one by Pat Tabler with two out in the fourth inning and one each by Pinch hitter Otis Nixon and Julio Franco to Start the Dixon retired 13 batters in a Row before Nixon Nixon went to third on Mel Halls Fly Ball and scored on a grounder by Andre who was making his 1985 debut after knee the orioles scored an unearned run in the fourth inning and erupted for six runs in the sixth As Eddie Fred Lynn and Rick Dempsey All Cleveland Rookie Jose had a no hitter through four innings before Baltimore chased him in the in other Al games see Al on Page 23