European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 12, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports k. Green Kratzert Lead masters by de Shearer Augusta a. A Tom Kite called them the fastest greens he had Ever seen but they certainly did t faze Ken Green and Bill Kratzert. I made about four or five no brainers today Green said thursday after sinking four Birdie putts of 35 feet or More in com posing a 4-under-Par 68 that gave him a share with Kratzert of the first round Lead in the 50th masters Golf tournament. I putted today probably As Well As any one could putt Here and i Don t say that boastfully Kratzert said after starting the Day with a 60-footer for Birdie on the first Hole. I guess i just woke up with a Good touch  just How fast were the greens Gary player the three time masters Champion from South Africa four putted the ninth and had a 77. British open Champion Sandy Lyle of Scotland who won his first tournament in the United states last week at the greater Greensboro open three putted twice an had a 76. Bernhard Langer the West German who won this major title last year also three putted twice in his round of 74. The greens were so fast you could t Stop the Ball Langer said. It kept going going and  Johnny Miller putted from the Back fringe into the water on no. 12 and took a triple bogey six. He finished with 74. Kite said his playing partner Curtis strange once had a 15-footer that he just touched. On any Ordinary Vanilla Green it would t have gone six inches Kite said. This one went six feet  the Lush Augusta National Golf club course is known for its fast greens but they were faster than usual thursday because of swirling northwesterly winds that lasted throughout the Day. The wind also left the elite International Field of 88 wondering about club selection. You had to make your mind up what the wind was doing and go with it Krat Zert said. It was a difficult Day to  it was like guessing what a Pitcher will throw Tom Watson added. Gary Koch wingless since claiming two victories in 1984, and Taiwan s . Chen who led the . Open after three rounds last year were one shot behind the leaders with 69s. Watson a two time masters Winner headed a group of six at 70 that also included australian Greg Norman Tommy Nakajima of Japan Dave Barr of Canada and americans Kite and Bob Tway. Seve Ballesteros seeking his third Mas ters title in seven years was among seven players at 71, a group that also included 1984 masters Champion Ben Crenshaw and pea Champion Hubert Green. Ballesteros who has seen Little action this season because of his 1986 suspension from the professional golfers association tour said he Felt comfortable All Day and that makes me confident because today it was very  Jack Nicklaus who has five masters crowns among his record 17 major professional championships had a 74 and Arnold Palmer who has won this event four times shot 80. Calvin Peete the Only two time Winner see masters on Page 26 whalers Surprise Nordques again by the associated press for the second straight night the Hart Ford whalers shocked the Quebec Nordi ques and the lowly Toronto Maple Leafs upset the Chicago Blackhawk thursday in the National hockey league playoffs Tak ing commanding leads in their first round series. In winning 4-1 Over the highly favored Nordques the winners of the regular sea son Adams championship with the fourth Best record in the nil the fourth place whalers went Back to Hartford for games 3 and 4 on saturday and sunday with a 2-0 advantage in their Best of five series. The Maple Leafs meanwhile Defeated the Black Hawks 6-4 to go up 2-0 in their Norris division series despite four goals by Denis Savard. The Maple Leafs had the worst record of the 16 Stanley cup playoff teams and the 19th worst record in the league Overall during the regular season. Whalers 4, Nordques 1 Quebec Paul Macdermid scored two goals and Mike list turned in his Sec nil playoffs Ond consecutive Strong performance in goal to Lead the whalers Over the Nordques. Stewart Gavin and Torrie Robertson also scored for the underdog whalers. Macdermid who had Only 13 goals this season scored what proved to be the Winner at 8 51 of the first period. The right Wing added an insurance goal against Quebec goaltender Clint Malarchuk at 8 22 of the second. Maple Leafs 6, Blackhawk 4 Chicago Walt Poddubny s tie breaking goal with 56 seconds remaining lifted Toronto Over Chicago. Savard s four goals set a Blackhawk playoff record erasing the Mark of three held by Many and fell one Short of the league playoff record of five. Maurice Richard of Montreal Darryl Sittler of Toronto and Reggie Leach of Philadelphia share the modern record of five goals in a playoff game. Canadians 3, Bruins 2 Montreal Claude Lemieux s Sec Ond Power play goal of the game with 2 27 left in the third period led Montreal Over Boston. The Victory gave the canadians a 2-0 advantage Over the Bruins As the series headed Back to Boston. Lemieux who was the recipient of a Cross Check by Kraig Nienhuis that gave Montreal the manpower advantage at 15 44, was alone in front of Bruins Rookie goaltender Bill Ranford. He redirected Mats Naslund s pass into the net. The canadians led 2-0 until the Bruins struck for goals 52 seconds apart by Barry Pederson and Keith Crowder to tie the game Midway through the third period. Flyers 2, rangers 1 Philadelphia Ron Sutler and Brad Mccrimmon scored 11 seconds apart in the first period to trigger the flyers Over the rangers. The Patrick division Champion flyers who were upset by the fourth place rang ers in the opener wednesday night showed Why they were the top defensive team in the league holding new York to 12 shots while peppering goaltender John Van Biesbrouck with 44. Flyers goalie Bob Froese who led the nil in goals against saves and shutouts and tied for most victories 31 with Van Biesbrouck in the regular season won his first playoff game in his four year career. He had lost four including the opener of this series. Capitals 5, islanders 2 Lan Dover my. Def Ensman Scott Stevens had one goal and two assists and Bob Gould scored twice to Lead Washington past the islanders for the second straight night. After assisting on Washington s first two goals Stevens snapped a 2-2 tie with a slap shot from the Blue line at 18 35 of the Sec Ond period just nine seconds after Bryan Trottier scored for the  Gould added a goal for the capitals just 58 seconds into the third period when he see nil on Page 26 leads race for scoring title Wilkins 57 paces Hawks a photo Milwaukee s Ricky Pierce commits foul. On Cleveland s world b. Free by the associated press fun is scoring 57 Points As Dominique Wilkins did thursday night for the Atlanta Hawks. Not so much fun is having to win a game at Boston Garden which the Cleveland Cavaliers needed to do. Wilkins Laid waste to the new Jersey nets As he posted the highest individual scoring performance of the National basketball association season in a 126-117 defeat of the nets. It s something that i m enjoying because it s just a fun thing to be involved with Wilkins said of the Chase for the scoring title. He leads with a 30.3 average to 29.8 per game for Utah s Adrian Dantley and Denver s Alex English. Dantley and English face Uphill struggles if they Are to overtake Wilkins in the last weekend of the regular season but it s nothing like the Barrier standing Between Cleve land and the final Eastern conference playoff berth. Thursday night s 102-101 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks dropped the Cavaliers a game Back of Chicago in the Battle for the 16th playoff spot in the 23-team Aba. Cleveland hosts Chicago in sunday s regular season finale but by then it May be Over. That s because Friday night the cars were to visit Boston Garden where the celtics have lost Only once in 39 games this season. Bucks 102, Cavaliers 101 Richfield Ohio Cleveland lost its sixth straight after cutting a 10-Point Buck Lead to 102-101 with 35 seconds to play on world b. Free s three Point shot. Hawks 126, nets 117 Atlanta Wilkins who sat out 10 minutes of the highest scoring game of his career equated the franchise scoring Mark established by Bob Pettit of the St. Louis no Roundup Hawks in 1961 and tied by Atlanta s Lou Hudson in 1969. It also surpassed the season s previous single game High English s 54 against Houston on nov. 11. New Jersey got 35 Points from Center Mike Gminski. Nuggets 115, suns 113 Denver Danny Schayes Layup with one second to play ended a wild fourth period which featured eight ties and 15 Lead changes. English had a big night with 37 Points. Although he lost ground to Wilkins he Drew closer in percentage Points to Dantley in second place. Dantley averages 29.83 to 29.80 for English. Lakers 117, rockets 113 Inglewood Calif. Magic Johnson scored 26 Points and dished out 16 assists for the lakers who triumphed in a Battle of division champions. Houston the Winner of the Midwest had a six game winning Streak snapped despite 34 Points by Akeem Olajuwon. Jazz 119, Kings 108 Sacramento Thurl Bailey scored half of his 22 Points in the fourth period to help the jazz pull away from Sacramento. Dantley managed Only 18 Points. Mavericks 115, supersonics 109 Seattle Mark Aguirre and Rolando Blackman scored 19 Points each to help Dallas snap a three game losing Streak. Trail blazers 115, clippers 100 Portland Oie. Clyde Drexler scored 26 Point for Portland. Drexler added eight rebounds seven assists and three steals for the blazers