European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes monday april 14, 1986 Jarryd wins act Crown Dallas a Sweden s Anders Larry a late tournament entry downed injury plagued Boris Becker of West Germany 6-7, 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 Sun Day to win the Buick act finals. Jarryd s $150,000 prize was the big Gest of his career. He would t have been in the tournament if Ivan Lendl s knee injury had t kept him from play ing. Lindl is the world s no. 1 player. Jarryd qualified by being the no. 9 ranked player in the world although he had t won a tournament this year. The second seeded Becker gave a courageous performance on an injured leg but could t overcome Jarryd who had lost to Becker in their four previous meetings. Jarryd who lost to Becker in the 1985 Wimbledon semifinals led 5-1 in the 1-hour first set before his first serv ice deserted him. Becker scrambled to win the set on a 7-3 tiebreaker. Jarryd helped by a swedish cheering Section in reunion Arena had t lost a set in the tournament until. Becker first set rally. The match turned when Jarryd broke Becker s service six straight times Tak ing the second and third sets almost without opposition. Becker 18, seeking to become the youngest act Winner had his right thigh wrapped after the fifth game of the third set. Instead of helping it limited his mobility. He battled hard in the fourth set and fought off three match Points before netting a backhand to give Jarryd the match. Becker the no. 4 player in the world who is known for his attack style had to resort to a spin first serve and could t charge the net effectively. Jarryd said this is my Best win Ever. Boris could t serve Well and a photo Sweden s Anders Jarryd. Wins $150,000 could t hit the Ball hard because of  it was Becker s third match in 48 hours arid the fatigue showed. Becker was tired Jarryd 25, said. It was better for me to have a Day off. It was Tough for  Becker said it was t fair to have to play three straight  however he refused to blame his in jury for the loss. Becker who won $80,000 for second place said my injury in t Why i lost. Jarryd played a very Good match. I gave it my  in his semifinal Victory Over Sweden s Stefan Edberg on saturday Becker used Power serves and acrobatic volleys to win a 3 /2-hour match 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 7-6. The first set which took an hour to Complete was decided by a 7-5 tie breaker As Becker nailed the set Point with a diving backhand Volley that the 20-year-old Edberg could t handle. Becker jumped to his feet and raised his fists in Triumph. The second set lasted 50 minutes and again went into a tiebreaker As both Becker and Edburg held their service. Becker settled the tiebreaker at 9-7 with a lob that Edberg could t reach. Edberg who qualified Here by win Ning the australian open cracked Becker s service twice to take the third set but Becker won the fourth set tie breaker 7-2. Becker said his match with Edberg was of better Quality than our match in the Davis cup final. It was exciting. Usually Stefan wins the tiebreakers Buti did  Edberg said Becker goes for the winners on the tiebreakers. He never plays it Safe. I had my  Becker Defeated Paul Annacone in straight sets on Friday night in the quarterfinals. Jarryd won his semifinal 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 Over top seeded Mats Wilander on Fri Day night. Oilers sweep canucks capitals eliminate islanders from press dispatches un10ndale, . The washing ton capitals got Power play goals from de sense Man Rod Langway Scott Stevens and Larry Murphy and a Strong performance from their defense to beat the new York islanders 3-1 saturday and Complete a three game sweep of their first round nil playoff series. In beating the islanders in their Best of five Patrick division semifinal the capitals moved into the division final starting thursday night against the Winner of the Philadelphia new York rangers series. The first round knockout marked the earliest elimination Ever in the Stanley cup playoffs for the islanders who won four straight championships from 1980-83 and had Defeated the capitals in the playoffs the last three years it was also the first sweep suffered by the islanders in 35 playoff series stretching Over 12 straight nil postseason tournaments. The capitals who won the first two games by 3-1 and 5-2 scores followed the same pattern in the series clincher by scor ing first and then bottling up the islanders with a Tough Back checking defense. In other games oilers 5, canucks 1 Vancouver British Columbia Wayne Gretzky scored a goal and added two assists saturday night to Lead Edmon ton Over Vancouver and a sweep of their Best of five opening round Stanley cup no playoffs playoff series. Mark Messier Mike Kru Shelyski Esa Tikkanen and Dave Hunter each scored goals for the oilers. Thomas Gradin scored the Lone canucks goal. In an otherwise lacklustre game Gretzky surpassed new York islander Denis pot Vin s career playoff record with his 103rd assist. He owns or shares 12 playoff re cords. Maple Leafs 7, Blackhawk 2 Toronto Russ Courtnell scored two Goa s and set up another As Toronto stunned Chicago completing a three game sweep of the Blackhawk in the Norris division semifinal and advancing to the Sec Ond round of playoffs for the first time in seven years. Rick Vaive Tom Fergus Miroslav fryc or Wendel Clark and Walt Poddubny also scored for the Leafs who rest until Friday when they begin the division final in Minnesota or st. Louis. Canadians 4, Bruins 3 Boston Bob Gainey scored a Short handed goal Midway through the third period eight minutes after he had tied the game giving Montreal a Victory Over Boston and a 3-0 sweep of their playoff series. It was the 17th consecutive series in which the canadians had beaten Boston since the Bruins last postseason Triumph Over Montreal in 1943. It also was the third straight year in which Montreal eliminated Boston in the first round of the Adams division playoffs. Gainey s winning goal at 8 58 of the third period was a Solo Effort while Rick Green was in the penalty Box for hooking. Whalers 9, Nordques 4 Hartford Conn. John Anderson Kevin Dineen and Ray Ferraro each scored two goals leading a relentless attack that gave Hartford a Victory Over Quebec and a sweep of their opening round playoff series. Anderson added four assists and Dineen three for the whalers hockey s hottest team with just one loss in their last 14 games. Hartford also got a goal each from Dave Tippett Ron Francis and Ulf Samu Elsson in eliminating the Fiat Nordques. Flames 4, jets 3 of Winnipeg Manitoba Lanny Mcdonald scored at 8 25 of overtime to lift Calgary Over Winnipeg to sweep the smythe division semifinal in three straight games. Rangers 5, flyers 2 new York goals by Jim Wiemer Bob Brooke and Ron Greschner in a Span of 38 seconds capped a four goal third period that gave new York a Victory Over Phila Delphia a 2-1 Lead in the Best of five Patrick division semifinal. Blues 4, North stars 3 st. Louis Bernie Federko scored two goals Early in the third period to lift st. Louis Over Minnesota giving st. Louis a 2 1 Lead in the Stanley cup playoff series. Wilkins nabs title in scoring from press dispatches Atlanta Dominique Wilkins claimed the Aba scoring title saturday night with 34 Points As the Atlanta Hawks Defeated the Indiana pacers 108-91 in the regular season finale for both teams. Wilkins raised his average to 30.33 Points per game. His closest competitors were Alex English of Denver and Adrian no Roundup Dantley of Utah neither of whom played in their teams final game in Denver. Dantley ended the season averaging 29.83 Points per game and English aver aged 29.80. The Victory was the 50th of the season for the Hawks tying the record for the club since it has been in Atlanta. The Hawks also were 50-32 in 1979-80. In other Aba games saturday suns 110, rockets 92 Houston Reserve guards Cedric Toney and Bernard Thompson scored 22 and 18 Points respectively and Reserve for Ward Mike Sanders added 20 More to Lead Phoenix Over Houston. The Midwest division Champion rockets finished the season with a 51-31 record As Akeem Olajuwon led All scorers with 23 Points. The rockets raced to a 33-19 first Quarter Lead powered by Olajuwon s 15points. With reserves playing in the second Quarter for both teams the suns outscored the rockets 29-22 to Trail by seven at half time. Thompson scored 12 Points to Lead the suns in the Quarter. Bucks 116, kicks 78 Milwaukee Craig Hodges hit four three Point shots and scored 20 Points to Lead Milwaukee Over injury riddled new York in the final regular season game for both teams. Only eight kicks made the trip to Mil Waukee. Seven others were out with injuries and Ken Bannister did t make the trip with the team for an undisclosed Persona reason. It was the Bucks 14th consecutive Victory Over the kicks dating Back to Decem Ber 1983. Jazz 117, rockets 99 Denver Rickey Green hit All eight of his first half Field goal attempts and 11 of 12 Overall to finish with a season High 27 Points As Utah Defeated Denver in the regu Lar season finale for both teams. The Victory gave the jazz a 42-40 season Mark while Denver dropped to 47-35. Lakers 105, Kings 92 Sacramento Calif. Byron Scott scored 22 Points to Lead the los Angeles lakers Over Sacramento. It was the lakers 19th consecutive Triumph Over the Kings. The lakers were playing without Center Kareen Abdul Jabbar who has a respiratory infection and Forward Kurt Rambis who is nursing a bruised knee. Sonics 121, warriors 101 Seattle Rookie Xavier Mcdaniel scored 26 of his 36 Points in the second half to Lead Seattle Over Golden state. The win gave Seattle a 31-51 record identical to its 1984-85 record and one game ahead of the warriors in the Pacific division. Golden state wound up in the division s basement for the second straight season but its 30-52 record was eight games better than last season. Clippers 115, Mavericks 108 los Angeles Marques Johnson scored 12 of his 30 Points in the fourth Quarter to lift los Angeles Over Dallas. The clippers have won six of their last eight games while playoff bound Dallas has dropped four of its last five