European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. February 13, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 19 Pete Rose no personal goals to reach by John Nelson a baseball writer Cincinnati Tycobb s record Tell and life returned to Normal for Pete Rose except for one thing. I really Don t have individual goals anymore because i m already no. 1 in hits the 44-year-old Rose says. I really Don t know what kind of goals to set  it was indeed an unusual situation for Rose Holder of 17 major baseball records who has always planned his season by the Book the record Book. Now As player manager of the Cincin Nati reds he is focusing his attention on a strictly team oriented goal winning games. Ill have More time to concentrate on playing the game of baseball and Man aging the game of baseball Rose said reflecting on his High profile Chase of Cobb s hits record. Wot that i m complaining about last  sept. 11, 1985, in Cincinnati Rose got the 4.192nd hit of his career a typical opposite held single that broke a record set by Cobb in 1928. It culminated a sea son of Rose watching during which Rose in Pursuit of the record was pursued relentlessly  probably set a record last year for a Guy who had the most number of Media Guys stand All night at his House Over the course of the summer Rose said in a recent interview. But that was Fine be cause the Media handled it very Well As far As i was  cooperated with me they had a lot of fun with me and i had a lot of fun with them Rose said. And i was Happy that the Media thought it was a big thing that they had that much coverage of it. All i could do was  the time Rose said he thought he handled the situation Well. In retrospect he admits it probably had a negative effect on his  it or not 1 thought i was hav ing a decent year last year he said. I was up Over .300, and All of a sudden time sports illustrated and Newsweek they Al came in and did their interview Sand got their pictures for the big event and i dropped to .270 and stayed around there the rest of the  finished the season with a ,264 Aba from Page 17 Span of the second Quarter As Clevelan ended an eight game losing Streak. John Bagley scored a season High 22 Points and had 1 5 assists for Cleveland. Bulled 124, Trail Blazen 116 Portland Ore. Jeff a tone scored a career High 43 Points to Lead Washington past Portland. Washington never trailed after it took a 37-25 first Quarter Tad on Malone 14pointsand Manuto pts five blocked shots. The Victory broke a five game losing Streak for the  120, suns 112. Los Angeles Rookie Benoi Tamin and Veteran guard nor Nixon Points As los Angeles of  testy outscoring the suns 19-8 during a batting average bringing his career figure Down a Point to .304 with 4,204 career hits. He also scored 60 runs and hit 12 doubles in 119 games last season inching closer to two More major league records. He has scored 2,150 runs in his career,95 less than Cobb s All time record 2,245 and 24 fewer than babe Ruth and Hank Aaron who Are tied for second at 2,174. Rose s career doubles figure is 738, 55 less than Tris speaker s record of 793. He May be within striking distance of the runs re Cord. I think it might be kind of hard to reach that Rose said. That particular record he says would mean something to him though because there Are three things in this game i be always tried to accomplish win games get hits and score  although he will be 45 years old a week into the season the switch hitting Rose says he plans to Start 1986 the Way he finished 1985 Plato Ning at first base with Tony Perez. I have to think that based on statistics of what we both did last year we deserve another shot Rose said. He s 43, Andi m 44, and we have no Young phenom to play first base so we re not standing in the Way of anybody. One of the things i want to do is Claymore games than i did last year Rose said. Re think i missed almost 50 games last year. I d like to be no. I in runs. I d like to win Over 2,000 games he currently has participated in 1,950 winning games. I really Don t know what to set  guess As a team we would like to win More games than anyone else in the West Ern division and then go to the playoffs and win our last game there and try to be the world champions. The ton shot reds who were last in the National league West two of the three previous years finished second in 1985, games behind the los Angeles Dodg  he chased Cobb s record the ques Tion arose could he As manager be play ing himself More often than another Man Ager might just to get the record it was t a matter of whether i d break the record. It was a matter of who it was going to be off and where Rose said. Smith notches shutout Cincinnati player manager Pete Rose. Can now focus All his attention on winning games Lendl Evert Lloyd prevail Boca Raton Fla. A to seeds Ivan Lendl and Chris Evert Lloyd played through their problems tuesday something Pam Shriver could t do inthe first round of the $1.8 million Lipton International players championships Tennis tournament. Lendl escaped a serve banging Battle against John Sadri with a 6-2. 3-6, 7-6 Victory winning the tense tiebreaker 8-6.Lloyd beat Susan Sloane 6-4,6-4, despite being slowed by a stopped up nose. But Shriver the no. 3 women s seed in this two week grand slam sized tournament was t As Lucky losing to Kate gom pert 6-3,3-6,6-4 alter a mysterious third set collapse. Shriver led 4-1,40-15 before falling apart in the last set. I m still kind of in Shock Shriver said after the match. I was Down 4-1 in the third and All of a sudden i won said Gompert. The no. 11 seeds in each bracket also were upset. Michil schapers of the Netherlands outlasted Johan Kretik 7-6, 4-6,7-5, and Ros Fairbank of South Africa bounced Australia s Wendy turn Bull 6-3,6-4. Sixth seeded Yannick Noah of France held off Jay Berger of nearby Plantation Fla., 4-6,6-4,6-3. In another key match. No. 15 Andres Gomez of Ecuador beat Emilio Sanchez of Spain 6-7,6-3,6-4. Islanders Stop canucks Streak at 7. Seattle Jack Sikma scored 19 Point and grabbed 19 rebounds to. Help Seattle snap a four Sacramento Victory that ended Bostons with a 19-Point advantage. From press dispatches un10ndale, . Bryan Trot tier scored the game s Only goal and Billy Smith recorded his first shutout of the season As the new York islanders beat Vancouver 1-0 tuesday night and halted the canucks National hockey league unbeaten Streak at seven games. Trottier connected on his 29th goal of the season at 7 20 of the second period and the islanders defense and Smith took care of the rest As new York won for the fifth time in its last six games. Smith made 25 saves including a Beauty on a breakaway by Petri Skripko with 22 seconds left in the first period. And he had to withstand a two Man Vancouver Power play in the final 51 seconds of the game. Vancouver goalie Richard Brodeur playing in Lus Lith straight game matched Smith save for save stopping 25 shots. The Victory was the seventh in the last eight starts Lor Smith one of the league s hottest goalies. It was the 20th shutout of Smith s 13-year professional career. Trottier scored from the Bottom of the right face off Circle after Brodeur went Down to Block a shot from the other Side by John Tonelli. The puck skipped across the Slot to Trottier who took it in the Circle skated to about 10 feet from the net and found an open spot to beat Brodeur. Nil Roundup in other nil games tuesday oilers 3, red wings 2 Detroit Jari Kerri scored his nil leading 42nd goal of the season on a breakaway with 8 10 remaining m the third period to snap a 2-2 tie and Lead Edmonton past Detroit. After Detroit s Reed Larson tied the game with a Power play goal at 5 50 of the final period Kerri took a pass from Wayne Gretzky out skated the Detroit de sense and Slid a shot Between the feet of red wings net minder Mark Laforest. Edmonton s Mark Messier collected assists on the oilers first two goals running his career Point total to 500. Messier reached the Milestone in 470 nil games. Gretzky the nil s scoring Leader failed for the eighth straight game to get goal Matching the longest goal scoring drought of his career. However he has collected 17 assists in the same Span. North Stan 4, Maple Leafs 2 Toronto Minnesota right Wing Dino Ciccarelli fired a 35-foot snapshot past Toronto goaltender Ken Wreggit Early in the third period for the winning goal As Minnesota oot dulled  Hartsburg Kent Gibson and Keith Acton also scored for the North stars who received a standout 44-save performance from goalie Don Beaupre. Miroslav Fryer and Brad Maxwell scored for Toronto. Wahakn 4, blues 4 St. Louis Rookie defens Eman Dana Murzyn blistered a 20-foot snapshot past St. Louis goaltender Greg Millen with 16 13 remaining to give Hartford a 4 4 tie with St. Louis. Murzyn s goal his third of the year helped Hartford snap a seven game losing Streak two thy of the dub record. Hart Ford goalie Mike list making his first appearance against Stlouis since being traded by the blues to the whalers a year ago kicked out 34 shots. The whalers have not won since a 7-2 decision Over Winnipeg on Jan. 25. Buckhanas 5, Bruins 4 Chicago Denis savant scored Midway through the final period to allow Chicago to nip Boston. Savard s goal came on a rebound shot from Lin mate Al Secord who earlier scored twice within a 27-second Span. Boston losing for the fourth straight time had tied the score 4-4 with second period goals by defens Eman Mike o con Nell and Charlie simmer