European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 21, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Cincinnati gets Gullickson in 6-player Deal with expos Cincinnati a the Cincinnati reds striving to strengthen their front line pitching for a 1986 run at the National league Pennant obtained Pitcher Bill Gul Lickson thursday in a six player Trade with the Montreal sex pus. Part of the Price the reds had to pay was parting with pitchers Jay Tibbs and John slip or. To get Quality you be got to give up Quality reds manager Pete Rose told re porters As the club announced the Trade. The reds obtained Gullickson 26, and Reserve Catcher Sal Butera from Montreal in Exchange Tor right handed pitchers Tibbs Stuper and Andy Mcgaffigan and backup Catcher Dann Bilardello. Reds general manager Bill Bergesch who worked until 2 . Thursday to wrap up the Deal said he thinks it will wrap up Cincinnati s off season trading. You never say you re not going to make another Deal because you never know what will happen tomorrow Bergesch told re porters. But Pete and i think this will con clude our trades until Spring  the Trade created two More openings on Cincinnati s 40-Man Winter Rosier for a total of three open spots. Bergesch said one of those will be filled when the reds re sign Veteran free agent first baseman Tony Perez and the other two slots will be kept to protect coveted Young prospects. We were very concerned about our pitching depth and we fell we had to have More expos general manager Murray Cook said in Montreal. We feel we be acquired three Quality pitchers along with a Catcher who will give us Good offence and  Gullickson a six year Veteran with Mon Treal joins the Cincinnati starting staff of right handers Mario Soto and John Denny and left hander Tom Browning who finished with a 20-9 record in 1985. The reds obtained Denny from the Philadelphia Phil lies in a Trade last week. The reds finished second to the pitching Rich los Angeles dodgers in 1985 and Are trying to strengthen their starting staff to Challenge the dodgers in 1986. Rose said he has not decided whether to go with a four or five Man starting staff which could include right hander Ron Rob Inson next season. But he said the front four pitchers will complement the reds bullpen duo of right hander Ted Power and left hander John Franco. We got a Pitcher we think who can help  Rose said of Gullickson. They got a couple of pitchers who can help them. There s no question Jay Tibbs is an Excel Lent Prospect. But Gullickson in t an old  Rose who played with both Denny and Gullickson after leaving the reds following the 1978 season rated them both As hard workers. I know Bill s been trying to get out of there for a couple of years because he knows they re not going anywhere Rose said. Whether we win it or not you can Sec we re on the Way up and those Guys like to come to a club like  Gullickson had a 14-12 record and a 3.52 earned run average for the expos in 1985 and has averaged 14 victories Over the last four seasons. Butera 33, batted .200 in 67 games for Montreal in 1985 and has had major league service with Minnesota and Detroit. Tibbs 23, had a 10-16 record with the reds in 1985 and was 1-2 with Cincinnati s see Cincy on Page 23 Fife photo Bill in Luluon. Was anxious for Trade English hits 44 to lift nuggets past blazers from press dispatches Denver Alex English scored 10 of his 44 Points in a key three minute stretch late in the game to help Denver defeat Portland 123-118 in National basketball association action thursday night. The nuggets 18-9, moved into a tie for first place in the Aba s Midwest division with Houston. English had Only one Point in the first Quarter when he missed All seven of his shots from the Field but his 19 Points in the third period moved Denver into the Lead for Good. Jerome Kersey sparked Portland to within a Point at 102-101 with 5 47 to play no Roundup before English scored eight of 10 straight Nugget Points As Denver jumped ahead i1m01 with 3 11 logo. The blazers defense forced three straight steals in the last minute and Cut a 12-Point Denver Lead to 120-116 with 32 seconds still left before Denver put it away at the foul line. Wayne Cooper who had Denver s first 13 Points of the game and Calvin Natt both had 19 Fos the nuggets. Mavericks 120, Hawk 108 Atlanta Rolando Blackman scored 31 Points and started a 12-Point, fourth Quarter Dallas surge that gave inc Mavericks a Victory Over Atlanta. The Mavericks took the Lead for Good when a Blackman Basket gave them a 91 90 advantage with 10 41 remaining. Dallas Forward Mark Aguirre who scored All 12 of his Points in the first Quarter refused to re enter the game after a second period incident in which he said coach Dick Motta benched him for help ing an opponent to his feet. Shortly after he was put in the game with 5 02 left in the second period Aguirre collided with Wilkins. Play continued after the collision but Aguirre went to Wilkins and helped him to his feet. He was removal from the game Rishi after the incident. I ran into Dominique Wilkins very hard Aguirre said. Dominique is a Friend of mine and 1 thought i had really hurl him because i m a pretty powerful Young Man. For me to be snatched out of the game just for picking someone up is really disturbing to me and 1 can t play under those kinds of  asked about the incident Motta said see Aba on Page 26 holds nil Field goal record Stenerud quits after 373 books Jan Senerad la is Green by Days. Introduced soccer style kicking Eden Prairie Minn. A Minnesota Vikings kicker Jan Ste crud who holds the National football league record for Field goals with 373 during his 19-year career announced thursday that he will retire at the end of the 1985 season. He was one of the Early soccer style kickers in pro football and at 43. The oldest Active player in the league. When you get older you re not going to be As Good As you Are at 25 and that s a fact said Stenerud. The Odds of coming Back and having great years just in t  Stenerud also holds nil records for his 17 Field goals of 50 Yards or More and for playing 13 seasons in which he kicked at least 20 Field  holds the super bowl record for the longest Field goal a 48-yarder for Kansas City against the Vikings and has played in six pro bowl games. Last season he was Minnesota s Only representative in the pro bowl. In 1984, Ste Enid succeeded on 20 of 23 Field goal attempts for an 87 percent Success ratio. This year be has hit 15 of 26 for a 58 percent Success ratio. Despite his slowdown however Stenerud holds several Minnesota records. His 54-Yard Field goal a a club record Bis five Field goals in one game tied a Vikings record and his 1984 Field goal percentage is the Best in team history. Ste Enid emphasized that Nis performance in last sunday s 14-13 loss in Atlanta was not the deckling Factor in his Deci Sion. In that game he missed three Field goals and the extra Point attempt that would have pulled the Vikings into a tie. Other players blamed poor Field conditions for the kicking problems in Atlanta. Punter Greg Coltman who holds the ban for Ste Nenus kicks said the grass via rough and full of Boles and it was difficult to keep the Ball up out of the grass. But to Stenerud who has Bren with the Vikings for two seasons after 13 years with the Kansas City chiefs and four years with the Green Bay packers it was part of a slowdown he began noticing earlier in the season. It became evident to me two months ago that i was t doing As Well As i had in the last five or six years he said. I decided at that time that this would be my last  it has been a Long and full life for Stenerud since he kicked his first football on a Fluke one Day at Montana stale univer sity where he was attending school on a ski jumping scholarship. In my Junior year in 19641 just happened to kick a football one Day. I kicked a Tew with my toes like everybody else does. Then i tried kicking at an Angle. The football players got cd Cilcy and ran and got the coach Stenerud said. About two weeks later he tried kicking again and three of five balls went through the goalposts. They convinced me if 1 went out for the team maybe i could be Lucky enough to have a career As a kicker said Stenerud a native of Fet Sund Norway. He continued ski jumping for another year winning a fourth straight big sky championship. But after that i sold my skis in 1966 because ski jump ing was too dangerous for a kicker. I Don t intend to go Back to it now Stenerud said with a laugh. The year after be sold his skis Ste crud began his nil career with Kansas City. And because of his instant Success soccer style came into Vogue and straight on kickers became rare