European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 23, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Connors defaults in Lipton semifinal Boca Raton Fla. A Jimmy Connors of the United states enraged by what he Felt were incompetent line Calls was defaulted Friday for refusing to play in the fifth set of his semifinal match against Ivan Lindl at the Lipton International players championships. The czech born Lindl ranked no. I in the world and seeded first will meet Sec Ond seeded Mats Wilander of Sweden in sunday s title match. Wilander advanced when his opponent fellow swede Stefan Edburg retired Early in the second set be cause of a pulled stomach muscle with i Lander leading 6-4,1-1. The top two women s seeds were to play their championship match saturday with Chris Evert Lloyd of the United states defending her no. I seeding against Steffi Graf of West Germany. With Lendl up a service break and leading 3-2, 30-0 in the fifth set con nors made a half swing at a Lendl Volley that the left hander thought was Long. When the Ball was called Good giving Lendl a 40-0 Lead Connors stormed the Umpire s chair and shouted at Jeremy Shales. I m not going to play under these conditions Connors said. Connors then demanded that Shales Call out the tournament supervisor. Ken Farrar to discuss the situation. When Connors refused to return to action he was Given a Point penalty closing out the sixth game and increasing Lendl s Lead to 4-2. While Connors continued to argue the clock continued to run and he was Given under the rules a game penalty making Lendl s Lead 5 that also brought up a changeover during which time Farrar and tournament referee Alan Mills went on court. They attempted to get Connors to return to the court saying they could t Over Rule a judgment Call and told Shales to keep the 30-second clock running. When he still refused to play the next penalty a default was called. The official score was 1-6,6-1,6-2, 2-6, 5-2, default with Lendl advancing to the the second semifinal Between the Placid swedes promised no such fire works but did have an Odd  said he pulled a stomach mus Cle four or five Days ago and it has been getting steadily worse. He played de spite the pain but had trouble serving. He lost his serve in the second and 10th games of the first set but kept it close by breaking Wilander s serve in the Sev inf he nixed doubles title pairing Fri Day australians John Fitzgerald and Jimmy Connors. Refused to return to court Wendy Turnbull beat Graf and her teammate Emilio Sanchez of Spain. 6 4,7-5. Connors who earned $28,125 for reaching the semifinals was fined $5,000 for failure to finish the match. He faces additional fines ranging up to$20.000 and a suspension of up to one year. The Victory enabled Lendl to pull even in his career series against con nors. They have had 26 encounters. Connors 33, was playing his 19th set in nine Days. Lendl 25, needed three fewer sets to get to the semifinal. Lindl broke Connors serve in the first game of the final set then maintained that precarious Lead while hold ing off three break Points in his next two service games. In the women s final Evert Lloyd had a huge advantage in experience. At 31, she is 15 years older than Graf. Shehad won 143 professional tournaments while Graf had yet to win a women s tour event. Evert Lloyd had won All five of their head to head matchup never losing a set. When they met in the final of the Virginia slims of Florida just three weeks ago. Evert Lloyd won nine of the final 10 games to take an easy 6-3,6-1 Victory. Sampson hits 38 As Houston tops Mavericks from press dispatches Dallas with Houston Center Akcam Olajuwon sidelined by a strained knee ligament the Dallas Mavericks seemed to have a Good shot at beating the rockets and tightening up the Aba mid West division race Friday night. Ralph Sampson had other ideas. The main thing has been getting used to the Post position again Sampson said after scoring 38 Points and grabbing 15 rebounds in a 111-104 Houston win. Down Low i can really control the of sense he said. Friday night he controlled the game As Well. Moving from Forward to Center in Olajuwon s absence the 7-foot-4 Sampson dominated on both ends of the floor. When it was done Sampson had made16 of 33 shots from the Field played the full 48 minutes and left Dallas Center James Donaldson impressed. Nobody Ever said he forgot How to play Down Low Donaldson said. The key was that they made a big Effort to go to him. Put him at the Low Post and he s going to cause  trouble for the Mavericks began almost from the Start As Sampson s 22 first half Points helped stake the rockets to a 57-51 half Lime advantage. After a 12-Poinl Quarter by Lewis Lloyd enabled Houston to extend that Lead to 91-80 after three periods Dallas trimmed the margin to 95-88 on a Don Aldson shot with 9 27 to play. Sampson keyed a 6-1 rockets spurt with a powerful Dunk and the Mavericks never Drew closer than 8 Points again. I was worried about Ralph coming into this game said Dallas coach Dick Motta whose team lost its second straight an dropped to 29-25 despite 28 Points from Mark Aguirre. He s not like the Way he played tonight when he is at the Forward spot Motta  Olajuwon due Back in a few weeks Houston coach Bill Fitch will once again have the Happy problem of having two of the league s Best centers. Friday night s game pointed out what a luxury that  s the Beauty of having two of them said Fitch whose team improved its division leading record to 36-20. You can go to War every Day or you can go to no Roundup War every other  this one. Certainly was Sampson s Day. It was of but i really did t play the Way i wanted to he said. From the Dallas Mavericks perspective it was close enough. In other games Friday Kings 118, suns 110 Phoenix Ariz. Eddie Johnson scored 20 of his 36 Points in the fourth Quarter As Sacramento rallied to Cal Pho  Kings Down 50-47 at half Lime and by 13 in the third period lied the score at 79-79 on Johnson s Layup with 15 seconds remaining in the third Quarter. Rod Fos Ter s three Point goal with 10 seconds left gave Phoenix an 82-79 Lead entering the final , who scored 20 straight Kings Points at one stretch in the second half online Field goals and two free throws put the Kings ahead to stay at k5-k4 on a Layup with 9 59 to go in the game. Nets 121, lakers 106 East Rutherford . Mickey Johnson scored 21 Points in his first Start of the season and Mik Gminski and Albert King each added 20 As new Jersey snapped a four game losing Streak with a Victory Over los Angeles. The nets led by As Many As 20 Points but had to scramble for the Victory after the lakers tied the score 88-88 on a jumper by Byron Scott at 10 32 of the fourth Quarter. New Jersey roared Back to score inc next seven Points in a Row and open a 95 88 Lead. Gminski started the spurt with a three Point play and Micheal Ray Rich Ardson and Johnson added jumpers. A Arcco Abdul Jabbar who tied Lilvin haves record for games played Al 1,303 and led los Angeles with 28 Points pulled the lakers within 97-92 on a sky Hook. The nets reeled off 12 of inc next 14 Points eight by Buck Williams in open a 109-94 Lead. Kicks  104 new York new York on the verge of their second eight game losing Streak of the season finally found the see Aba on Page 23 sabres skate to 5-1 Victory Over islanders from press dispatches Buffalo . John Tucker scored twice and Phil Housley had three assists As the Buffalo sabres snapped a four game win less Streak with a 5-1 decision Over the new York islanders Friday night. Housley set up the first three goals for Buffalo As the sabres put 20 shots on is Lander goalie Billy Smith in the first period and took a 3-1 Lead. In addition to Tucker s goals his 27th and 28th of the season Buffalo got goals from Doug Smith Dave Andreychuk and Paul Cerf the Lone islander goal was scored by John Tonelli. The Victory gave the sabres 62 Points and moved them into third place in the Adams division one Point ahead of the nil Roundup Boston Bruins. Buffalo jumped into the Lead a Little More than a minute into the game when Housley started a 3-on-l Rush. He passed from the left Wing to Norm Lacombe on the right Wing who dropped a pass to Tucker whose 20-foot shot from the Slot beat Smith easily. Two minutes later Tonelli evened it up on an islander 2-on-l. Using Bob Bourne As a Decoy he ripped a 15-foot shot that sailed by Buffalo goalie Tom Barrasso. Buffalo then added two Power play goals both set up by give and go passes from Housley. On the first one Doug Smith fed hous Ley in the right Corner and then took a return pass in the Slot before steering the puck Over the islander goalie. In other games Friday night penguins 7, red wings 3 Detroit Mike Bullard scored three goals and Mario Lemieux added two As Pittsburgh trounced Detroit. The Victory extended Pittsburgh s unbeaten Streak to six games 5-0-1 while the red wings fell for the sixth straight time. With his performance Lemieux set a club record by running his consecutive game scoring Streak to 17. Blackbanks 5, jets 2 Winnipeg Manitoba Chicago Center Troy Murray scored the Winner in inc third period and Denis Savard tied a club scoring record As inc Blackhawk beat Winnipeg. Savard s 40th goal of the season mid Way through the third period lied a team record for centers set by Stan Mikita in 1967-68. Names 4, canucks 0 Vancouver Joel Otlo scored two goals and Rookie Mike Vernon recorded his first nil shutout As Calgary skated past Vancouver. North stars 5. Nordques 2 Bloomington. Minn. Goals by Scott Bjugstad Dennis Maruk and Craig Hamburg in a 4 17 Span of the second period carried Minnesota Over Quebec