European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday january 21, 1386 Navratilova Kohide Kilsch meet in final Worcester. Mass. Up Martina Navra Liuva breezed into the finals of a s2so.qoo Tennis tournament sunday night rout ing doubles partner Pum Shriver 6-1,6 1 in 50 minutes. Navratilova. The top seed and no. 1 female player was to meet no. 4 seed Claudia to hic Kilsch in monday night s final in the Virginia slims of new England tournament. The Wisl German beat no. 8 Kathy Rinaldi 6-3. 6-4 in an afternoon semifinal. Navratilova dominated Shriver the no. 3 seed taking the first Sel in 17 minutes and during one so Rulch winning 17 of 19 Points. She s was t mating any mistakes and i was t playing Welt so River us id. Said Navratilova "1 did t serve thai great but i was mixing it up Well and volleying really Well. The pressure was on her and she was tentative which you can t be on my serve. And to 1 is getting a lot of outright winners off Hammond from Page 21 of her return. I was even picking the right Side of the court. I was getting her logo the wrong  Navratilova jumped to a 4-0 Lead in the first set before Shriver held serve in the fifth came then closed her out Al love in the final two games. She took a 5-0 Lead in the second set before Shriver held serve for Only the second time in the match. To hic Kilsch who has two career victories Over Navratilova broke Rinall six times including tour Breaks in the first set. Because she feared Rinaldi s passing shots the 6-fool to hic Kilsch did not attack slaying on the Baseline and exchanging ground strokes. Rinaldi s play was uncharacteristically erratic. That was maybe my Only Chance to beat her because she passes very Well said Kohide Kilsch. And sometimes i waited for her to come in because she s not Good at net. In he second Sel she played much better and maybe i should have gone to the net More but i m glad it worked out the 22-year-old West German had relied primarily on a serve and Volley strategy during her firs five years on Tju pro tour. Her game has become More developed she s a lot steadier off the Baseline and she s moving her shots More said Rinaldi of Martin Downs Flo but i Felt in both sets that 1 had some  after falling behind 2-0 in the first Sel Kohide Kilsch won five straight games taking three on service break. Rinoldi fought off two set Points in the eighth game to break to hic Kitsch but the West German broke balt la win the set. To hic Kilsch look a 3-1 Lead in the second set. However Rinaldi won the Nam iwo i Umes. At 5-4, Rinardi Cam melted iwo unforced errors on the final Points to lose her serve and the match. 91 holes and Competition Over four desert courses to achieve was Worth $108,000 from the Tola purse of 1600,000. Cook playing his Way out of a Simp thai has endured since his 1983 Victory in the Ca Nadian open also had a final round of 66, a bogey free Effort and had matched Ham mond s 90-Hojc local of 335,25 under Par. Hammond one shot Back with two holes la go Hil a Long Iron to within four feet of the Flag on the 17th and coaxed in the Puu  the Lead. He Wini in front alone briefly when he was Green High in two on the Par-5 18th and chipped to lip in distance. He then waited in the scoring tent beside the filth Green while Cook a resident of ibis desert resort area and a gallery favor tie played the final Hole. From the Fairway Cook put his second shot on the Green some is feel away from an Eagle thai would have won in. But he left that Pult Short then lapped in for the Birdie that sen it to overtime the fifth consecutive year this tournament has tired a playoff a the first extra Hole Cook s approach skipped through the Green while Hammond put his near the Flag. Cook chipped Back close marked his Ball and then watched As Hammond rolled in the right to left break ing Pult for his first Victory. Johnson works magic to cheer up Thomas a Pinto Donnic Hammond. It s just so  Pontiac Mich. A Isiah Thom As denying reports that he has considered retiring from professional basketball at the age of 14, is being helped through some trying times by Friend magic Johnson of the los Angeles lakers. Thomas a do Broil pistons guard scored is Points and was credited with 10 assists before fouling out sunday in the pistons 118-115 National basketball association Victory Over Johnson and the lakers. The Victory was Only the pistons1 seventh in their last 22 games. At times during the team s slump there have been reports that Thomas who is in the midst of a Long term contract with Detroit considered quilting. Thomas said Nufler sunday s game he is not thinking about retirement when you lose something s wrong. When you win everything s of said Thomas. When you win what else mat ters Over the last five six games we be been playing Good basketball. That All comes Down to mental preparation for the game. You have to prepare yourself to ploy hard every  Johnson Laid a lbs interviewer that he had considered quitting recently but that College from Page 1 free throw with 12 22 to play in the first half. The Cavaliers maintained that seven paint Lead at the half 31-24, and in creased it to 13 Early in the second half with four Points by Tom Sheehey and a Calloway jumper that made it 37-24 with 16 49 remaining. Maryland got As close As Cic it Points six limes Down the stretch the last time us 34-46 on a Jeff Baxter jumper with 4 58 left to play. Thai was the terms last Field goal until Derrick Lewis scored with just 13 seconds remaining. Virginia outscored the terms 16-1 fal lowing Bailer s Basket to open up a 23 Point Lead 70-47, on a Calloway fast break Layup with 24 seconds remaining in in Ganji. Virginia out rebounded Maryland 34 25, with Kennedy grabbing 10, and used a variety of defences to limit Maryland to 39.6 percent shooting from the Field. The Cavaliers hit 58.3 percent of their shots. Purdue 100, Wisconsin 73west Lafayette ind. Soph Omore Forward Todd Mitchell s 19 Points topped five Purdue players in double Fig ures As the no. 19 boilermakers beat wis Consin to maintain a tic with no. 2 Michi Gan in the big ten conference race. The badgers who have lost 17 consecutive times to Purdue grabbed a 5-2 Lead in the opening minute before Pur due run off a 21-6 spurt to make the score 23-11 with 9 24 of action remain ing in the first half. Doug Lee contributed sin Points a the spurt during which Wisconsin went 5v4 minutes without a Field goal. Wisconsin whittled the Lead Down to 25 17 before Purdue exploded for six More unanswered Points to make it 31-17. The badgers never threatened again and ended the half Down 44-29. Lee finished with 12 Points before Leav ing the game Wilh 18 41 remaining Wilh ii bruised right knee. Mclvin Mccants had 16 Points for the boilermakers now 5- in big ten play and 16-3 Overall. Kip Jonis had 14 and Herb Robinson 1z. Wisconsin 1-4 in the big ten and 9-6 Overall got 25 Points cacti from Junior Forward . Weber and Sophomore guard Sheldon Smith career highs for both play ers. Smith declared academically ineligible was playing his Lasi game of he season whalers lose Francis at least 8 weeks Hartford Conn. A the Hart Ford we ulcers chances of making the Stanley cup playoffs were dealt a severe blow when Cenich Ron Francis i hair Captain and leading scorer was lost for Al least eight weeks due to a broken ankle and torn cartilage. Whalers spokesman Phil Langan said Sun Day the team Hopes to have Francis resume playing about three weeks before the playoffs begin. Francis had to be helped from the ice near the end of the opening period of sat urday s 5-2 Victory Over Quebec after twist ing his ankle As he fought for the puck along the boards. He had scored the whal ers first goal of the game at 11 17. At first the whalers believed Francis had just sprained the ankle but Langan said it swelled overnight and the Center was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Hartford Francis said doctors told him that they would be better Able to determine the sex Lent of the damage when the swelling goes Down and they change casts sometime this week. According to Longan the team is most concerned about the cartilage that was Lorn above the ankle. The five year Veteran is the whalers Lead ing scorer Wilh is goals and 42 assists for 60 Points in 44 games and ranks among the nil s top 20 scorers he had 12 goals and 26 assists in the past 26 games As the whalers completed their Best first half ver. His spirits were lifted when magic sent him some balloons. Thomas said Johnson told him Over the Telephone Don t you remember when we had nothing referring to their childhood Days and thorns said it was the Call that helped keep him from quitting. The inter View was shown before sunday s game and had been taped on saturday a pistons1 spokesman said. Thomas and Obrison a six year Aba Veteran Are close friends off the court. They conduct summer basketball Camps to Gether and often practice in the off season at Michigan stale University Johnson s Alma mater. Johnson said he and Thomas have talked often about the Piston guard s problems. He s been Low. When you re Low that i the next  Johnson said of Thomas. I Don t think he really Wanis to retired never want him to get to the Point where he wants to  Johnson said he does t believe Thomas is tired of basketball Only with losing. He s facing a thing where he s ired of losing Johnson said. They the Pistoni thought this was going to be their year and in has t happened. He s caught up in it writers Honor . S Mattingly . S Saberhagen new York a Don haltingly of the new York Yankees and Bret Saberhagen of the Kansas City royals were Hon ored sunday night Al the annual dinner of the new York chapter of the baseball writers association of America notable in part by the absence of two of its Primo attractions. Both commissioner Peter Ueberroth and new York mils Pitcher Dwight Gooden had been invited to attend but were no shows. Ueberroth was in Atlanta for a dinner honouring Martin Lush or King while goad in the National league by Young Winner attended the funeral of his grandmother on saturday. Before the awards presentations a Baa chapter chairman Jack o con Nell of the record in Hackensack no introduced several visiting dignitaries including National football league commissioner Pete Razelle. Let me say How Nice it is to have a commissioner Here o Connell said. Saberhagen 21-6 for the royals in 198i and an integral part of their world series championship was honoured As the Ameri can league by Young Winner while mat tingly who batted ,324 Wilh 35 homers and 145 Rols for the Yankees was honoured As the Al most valuable player