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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 1sss stars and stripes Page 23 male Eva aces every in semifinal key Biscayne. Fla. A third seeded Manuela male Eva of Bulgaria beat sixth seeded Gabriela Sabati of Argentina 6-3, 6-2 Friday night in a Battle of two leaders of the 1cw pc of Ponien s Tennis stars at the $250,000 Virginia slims of ,t, for male Eva in the semifinals is Veteran Chris Evert Lloyd theto a Here. Evert whipped 12th-Sccdcd Stephanie rec 6-1,6-0 in an afternoon quarterfinal. The other semifinal will pit second seeded Steffi Graf of West Germany against fourth seeded Bonnie Gadusek. Graf beat eighth seeded Wendy turn Bull of Australia 6-1, 6-7 3-76-2 Friday afternoon and Gadusek downed unseeded Kathleen Horvath 7 5,6-0 in the other night match. Though Only 18, male Eva is much More experienced than her 15-year old opponent and it showed Friday night. I was very Calm male Eva said. Usually i m nervous playing her because you Don t know what she  male Eva had lost two of her pre Vious three matches against Sabatini including their most recent meeting in the quarterfinals of the 1985french open. Sabatini said this time she simply did t put much pressure on her opponent. I did t move my legs she said through an interpreter. I had Trou ble moving for  Evert 31, has lost Only five games in her three matches leading to sat urday s semifinals and the three matches have lasted Only about three hours. I be been playing real Well said Evert who grew up in nearby fort Lauderdale. Rene a 16-year-old from High land Calif., tried to beat Evert with a powerful Baseline game a tactic which Seldom works against the Sec Ond ranked player in the world. A lot of the younger players Are Hilling the Ball a lot harder these Days Evert said. I feel pressured to hit the Ball harder too. Also be cause i never want to be put on the defensive i m trying Early in the rally to hit the Ball with More in the Graf Turnbull match the 16-year-old West German blitzed her 33-year-old opponent in the first set. But Turnbull suddenly came to life Early in the second set racing to 4-1 and 5-2 leads. Just As suddenly Graf began to blast her service re turns and connect on her own serves again to come Back and Force a tie  Turnbull managed to pull out the tiebreaker 7-3, Graf was too much for her in the third set. Duran returns Kos Zambrano Panama City Panama a Roberto Duran who won three world Box Uig titles returned to the ring Friday night witha second round knockout of colombian middleweight Champion Manuel Esteban Zambrano. The knockout came at 2 57 of the round goals by Kerri Mcclelland help oilers smother flames from press dispatches Edmonton Alberta Jari Kerri and Kevin Mcclelland scored 41 seconds apart late in the third period Friday night to carry the Edmonton oilers to a 7-4 National hockey league Victory Over the Calgary flames. The oilers leading 3-2 after two Peri ods had been hard pressed to maintain the Lead until Kerri scored on a close in rebound at 14 28. Then Mcclelland made a Quick wrist shot at 15 09. Until then it appeared that Power play goals by Paul Coney Mark Messier and Glenn Anderson would enable Edmonton to skate to a narrow Triumph. Anderson and Charlie Huddy scored even strength goals to round out the Edmonton scoring. Wayne Gretzky had four assists giving him 101 for the season. Calgary got a Short handed goal from Perry Berczan Power play goals from Dan Quinn and Tim Hunter and an even strength score from Jamie Macoun. The Victory was Edmonton s sixth straight Over Calgary this season and improved their record Over the flames to 19 1-2 in the last 22 games. Coffey opened the scoring on the game s second shot a Low screened blast from the Blue line thai got Between the legs of goaltender re can a Mclin. Berczan tied the score with a Good individual Effort while killing off Calgary s second Penally. I be stated around three oilers before banking a Short angled shot into the net off the pad of goaltender Grant Fuhr. Messier used his muscle in front of the net to it the puck to Anderson who ii Ppd it Over  s shoulder and under the crossbar. Nil Roundup Messier s Power play goal on a Quick wrist shot that found a Small Hole Between a Mclin and the goalpost put Edmonton up 3-1 Midway through the second period. But the flames who played the oilers on fairly even terms throughout Cut the margin with Macoun s goal. Macoun scored with a Low screened shot after Berczan had again beaten Fuhr from the Side Only to have the puck Bounce off the oppo site goalpost. The flames who last won in Edmonton on dec. 20, 1981 twice fell behind by two goals in the final period. Each time they fought Back to within one both times taking advantage of Edmonton penalties. Anderson s second goal of the game his 12th Power play goal and 37th goal of the season at 8 09, appeared to have Given the oilers the room they needed. But the oilers were caught with too Many men on the ice at 9 19 and Hunter lifted a rebound Over Fuhr. Then just As it looked like the game was going to is settled in the final moment the oilers struck for goals 41 seconds apart. In other games Friday night canucks 10, North stars 5 Vancouver. British Columbia Tony Tanti and Stan Smyl scored two goals apiece and pc Lri Skripko added a goal and three assists As Vancouver beat Minnesota. Minnesota  Jon Casey and Don Beaupre who played the final two periods were Given Little help and often faced breakaways. The canucks who extended their unbeaten siring to five games including three wins moved into third place in the Smythy division with 39 Points one ahead of the los Angeles Kings sabres 5, rangers 3 Buffalo . Doug Smith had a goal and an assist in his first game with Buffalo As the sabres snapped a four game losing Streak. Smith obtained from the los Angeles Kings earlier in the week opened the scor ing for Buffalo Only 13 seconds into the game when he do cd Ranger goalie Glen Hanlon out of the net and scored his ninth of the season. Paul Cyr Don lever John Tucker and Gills Ila Mel also scored for the sabres. The Ranger marksmen were Rob whistle James Patrick and Crijo Ruotsalainen. Blues 6, red wings 4 Detroit Crnic pc Durko scored two goals and set up another to Lead St. Louis past Detroit. Detroit built a 3-1 Lead in the first period with All the red wings goals coming on Power plays. Warren Young opened the scoring at 3 20 on a rebound. St. Louis Doug Wick Canh Cisco tied the score with his first goal of the season at 6 51, but John Ogrodnick snapped the deadlock with his team Lead ing 26th goal at 11 51. Pct Klima returning to action after missing five games with a hip injury gave Detroit its 3-1 Lead on a 15-foot shot with 3 50 remaining in the first period. The blues out shot Detroit 9-4 and scored the Only three goals of the second period. Aba from Page 21 championship. After a Ron Anderson Layup with 8 32 to go in the first half. Xavier Mcdaniel who had 14 of his 16 Points in the first half Cut Seattle s deficit to four at 44-40 with 4 56 remaining in the period. Indiana answered the Challenge with a Slammer by Tisdale and a jump shot by Williams and went on to Lead 57-46 at half Lime. Seattle scored the first six Points of the final Quarter and pulled to within five Points several times. The supersonics trailed 97-92 on a three Point shot by Ger Ald Henderson with 16 seconds to play. Fleming who contrib cd 18 to an Indi Ana offence that put five players in double figures hit two free throws with 10 seconds left. Al Wood who led Seattle with 20, missed a three Point Effort and Fleming got the Loose Ball. Steve Stipanovich who had 11 of his 17 Points in the second half then made two free throws for the game s final Points with six seconds remaining. Hawks 116, pistons 103 Atlanta Jon Koncak scored seven Points in a 17-2 run that broke open a close game As Atlanta Defeated Detroit. Koncak a Rookie from Southern meth Odist University led the fourth Quarter Streak that sent the Hawks from an 86-85 Lead after three quarters to a 103-87 advantage with 7 28 to play. Dominique Wilkins topped the Hawks with 36 Points followed by Koncak s 20. Doc Rivers scored 18. It was Atlanta s 12th Victory in its past 16 games and 15th in its last 17 Home contests. Mavericks 107, Cavaliers 91 Dallas James Donaldson had 17 Points and 11 rebounds As the Dallas Mav Ericks raced to a 31-13 Lead after one Quarter and coasted to Only their second Triumph in their last 11 meetings with the Cavaliers. It was the fourth straight Victory for the Mavericks and the sixth consecutive toss for the Cavaliers who were led by Roy Hinson with 17 Points. Dallas led 65-39 at halftime and 86-64 a tar three quarters. Derek Harper and Rolando Blackman each had 15 Points for Dallas which held Cleveland s world b. Free to seven first half Points. Free who averages 23.4 Points per game sat out the second half of the game. Kicks ",7, suns 112 Phoenix . James Bailey scored 25 Points and Rookie cent r Patrick Ewing helped spark a fourth Quarter rally As new York beat Phoenix. The score was tied 22 limes the last at 104-104 with 3 48 to go in the game. Ewing then put the kicks ahead to stay at 107-104 on a three Point play with 3 36 left. A a 113, Kings 101 Salt Lake City Adrian Dan Ley scored 33 Points and Pace Mannion came off the Bench to add 19 As Utah downed Sacramento. Reggie Theus led the Kings with 37 Points and Mike Woodson had 24 for the losers. Lakers 134, 76ers 100 Inglewood Calif. Byron Scott s 24 Points led seven los Angeles players in double figures As the defending Aba champions dubbed Philadelphia. The loss was the 76crs second straight and third in their last four games. Prior to the slide Philadelphia had won 17 of 19 games. The lakers who never trailed broke open the game in the third Quarter by outscoring the 76ers 42-26 in the period to open a 103-74 advantage going into the last 12 minutes. James worthy scored 22 Points Mike Mcgee 19 and Michael Cooper added 18 Points and 13 assists for the lakers. Mau Rice Lucas had 16 Points and Kareem Abdul Jabbar contributed 13 Points be Appolo Utah s Adrian Dantley. 33 Points fore retiring to the Bench Midway through the third Quarter with four fouls. Charles Darkley scored 17 Points to Lead the 76crs, with scale threat adding 15 and Moses Malone and Maurice Cheeks each contributing 14 in the losing Effort. The lakers were in control throughout opening a 10-Point Lead in the first seven minutes and a 36-20 Lead after one Quarter. Philadelphia twice got within eight Points in the second period before the Lak ers took a 61-48 half time advantage  
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