European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes monday. January 26,1987 Edberg tops Cash for australian title Melbourne Australia a Sweden s Stefan Edberg escaping from a mid match letdown captured his second straight australian open men s singles Lilc Sun Day defeating Hometown favorite Pat Cash 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7.6-.1. The Victory by the fourth seeded Edburg ended the Hopes of Cash becoming the first australian to win the australian open since Mark Edmondson in 1976. But even in defeat Cash the hero of Australia s Davis cup Victory Over Sweden in december won the Admira Tion of the crowd with his Gritty performance As he rallied to win the third and fourth sets then fought off three match Points before finally succumbing. On saturday czechoslovak Hana Mandrikov upset top seeded Martina Navratilova 1-5,7-6 to win the women s singles Crown. Edberg captured the opening set by breaking Cash service at 15 in the eighth game then holding his own serve at love closed out the set with an Ace and a sharply hit Cross coun Volley Oft he australian s service return. The swede appearing to be in Complete command of the match broke Cash serve at 30 in the third game of the second set and eventually moved out to a 5-3 advantage. Then came the longest gome of the match a Duel that saw Cash tight through 11 deuces and slave off five set Points before he finally held serve on his eighth game Point. Edberg reached his fifth set Point when he pulled backhand service return Down the line. The Ball was called out but Umpire Jeremy Shales of Britain overruled the Linesman giving the defending Champion  Point. Upsel with the overrule Cash stormed to the Umpire s chair and told Shales i expect that Jeremy i jul expect that from you on a big Point like that How can you make an overrate the overrule Lia cd but Cash won the new three Points to finally hold service Edberg then held his serve easily to close out the second set the swede who now has won two grand slam singles titles both on the grass courts at Jooyong had to Light Oft a break Point in the seventh game of the fifth and final set before he held serve to take a 5-2 cad. Cash scrambling around the court and fighting for every Point quickly Feu behind 15-40 double match Point in the eighth game. Edberg obviously taut with tension could t take advantage As Cash finally held serve after fighting through four deuces and Stavin Gofta total of three match Points. But inc swede was perfect when he served for rematch. He took inc first two Points on service winners. And he reached his fourth match Point when Cash miss hit a backhand on a Ball that took a bad hop. The Blond right hander closed out the Erwich with forehand Volley into an empty court then threw his hands High in Victory nil from Page 23 cars net faked Rysch and dropped Backhander into the open net. Sabres 6, capital 3 Landover my. Buffalo s Tom Kurvers scored on a Power play at 13 00of the third period As the sabres beat Washington to snap the capitals five game winning Streak. Washington was Down 3-1 after Buffalo s Doug Smith scored his second goal or the night at 7 20 of the third  capitals rallied on goals by Craig Laughlin at 9 31, and Larry Murphy at11 36, to tie the score before Kurvers scored his game Winner for Buffalo. Whalers 3, Maple Pafso Toronto Hartford goaltender Steve weeks turned in his second shutout of the season As inc whalers Defeated to Ronto for their fourth consecutive Victory. Weeks made 18 saves in recording the sixth shutout of his career. Mike Mcewen scored in the first period and Dave tip pct in the second and the whalers smothered Toronto s of sense with determined checking at both ends of he ice. Ron Francis scared Hartford s third goal at 13 35 of the third period when begot behind the Leaf defense to Lake a pass from John Anderson. Francis fired wrist shot past goalie Al busier after bes ice fell Down trying to Check him. Oilers 4, penguins 2 Edmonton Alberta  set up three Edmonton goals Aid scared a controversial Short handed one to Lead the oilers Over Pittsburgh. Canadians 3, Black Huw Kal Montreal Mats Naslund scored his i7ih goal of the season and Patrick Roy slopped 19 shots saturday night lifting the Montreal canadians to a 3-1 Victory Over the Chicago Black Hawks. The Triumph snapped Montreal three game losing Streak. The Black Hawks Are 0-5-1 in their last six starts. Hhk3$,redwinis3 St. Louis defens Eman Rob a Mage scored his first two goals of the season helping St. Louis beat Detroit in a game marred by 164 penalty minutes. The blues Victory snapped a four game Detroit winning Streak. College from Page 21 with the 12lh-ranked Blue devils Victory Over no. 10 Clemson. The Blue devils rallied from a 13-Point second half deficit to tie the game Ai 92 at the end of regulation then out scored the tigers 13-11 in overtime. After the tigers Michael brow scored the first Basket of overtime Duke scored two with Center John Smith Mak ing a Hook shot from he Lane and for Ward Billy King scoring on a driving Ayup to Pul the Blue devils ahead 98 96. Ii was Duke s first Lead since the12 43 Mark of the first half after Clemson tied the score at 98 an then Ai 100, Duke s Tommy Amaker made a 3-Point jump shot with 1 39 left to give the Blue Denis the Lead for Good. Clemson fell to 17-1 Overall and 4-1 inthe Atlantic coast conference. Duke improved to 14-3 and 4-2 in the acc. Smith led Duke with a career High 28points,Center Horace Grant scored 33 Points to Lead the tigers n. Carolina 91, Georgia tech 55 Chapel Hill . . Reid and Jeff Lebo scored 16 Points each to Lead second ranked North Carolina to its sch straight win an Atlantic coast con Ference Romp Over Georgia tech. The Victory by the tar heels combined with loth ranked Clemson s 105 103 overtime loss to no. 12 Duke earlier in the Day gave North Carolina a 1w game Lead Over Clemson in the acc tit Lechase. North Carolina is 6-0 in the league and Clemson is 4-1. Auburn 85, Mississippi 61 Auburn Ala. Jeff Moore an Chris Morris sparked a 19-4 burst at the Start of the second half to help no. 17auburn build a 21-Poinl Lead and coast to a Southeastern conference Victory Over Mississippi. The Triumph snapped a two game lot ing Streak for the tigers now 11-4 Ctver-alfand4oinlhesec. Indiana 77, Minnesota s3 Minneapolis Steve Alfor scored 10 consecutive Points during a 21-2 first half spurt in leading third ranked Indiana Over Minnesota. Alford who finished with 24 Points f. File photo Indiana s Sten Alford. 2nd in career scoring with 2,064 moved into second place on the Indian career scoring list with 2,064 Points three More than Mike Woodson. Indiana 15-2 Overall and 6-1 in the big ten pulled into a tie with top ranked Iowa an 80-76 loser to Ohio slate on saturday and Purdue atop inc conference standings. Oklahoma 81, Kansas St. 78 Manhattan Kan. Senior guard Tim Mccalister scored 34 Points including two free throws with 16 seconds left to preserve a Victory for ii in ranked Oklahoma Over big eight opponent Kan Sas stale. Syracuse 64, St John s 63 Syracuse n. V. Syracuse facings John s for the first time since a one Point loss in the big East title game last season remained unbeaten in the Confer ence with a Victory in another classic Battle at the Carrier dome. A crowd of 30,529 saw Syracuse 17-1overall, 6-p in the conference open a 46 29 Lead Wilh 15 minutes 43 seconds left. But St John s 13-3, 4-3playing a fran tic Man to Man pressure defense Cut the deficit to 50-43 with 10 29 to go. The Rcd men lied the game at 61-61 on Athree Point Basket by Mark Jackson and again at 63-63 on a pair office throws by Jackson with 1 18 remaining. Pittsburgh 80, Boston College 62 Boston Junior Charles Smith and Sophomore Jerome Lane each scored 18 Points to Lead i6lh-ranked Pittsburg hover Boston College. Alabama 82, Tennessee 71 knoxv1lle, Tenn. Forward Jim Farmer scored 22 Points and Center Der Rick Mckey added 16 As 1sth-ranked Al Obama beat Tennessee in Southeastern conference Acton. The Crimson tide improved to 15-2overall with its i2lh consecutive Victory and brought us Sec record to 8-0.  is now 9-7 and 3-4. Urcla 63, notre Dune 59 los Angeles Reggie Miller Cli maxed a 26-Point performance by hitting a i rec Point shot with 10 seconds left Asula overcame an 11-Point deficit late in the game to nip notre Dame. Notre Dame had opened a 37-46 Leadon a Layup by Mark Stevenson with Jess than Yah minutes to play. The Bruins using a full court press that forced Notredame into repeated turnovers then out scored the fighting Irish 12-2 to Pul within one 59-58, on a Dunk by Miller with 21 seconds left. After calling time Oul the Bruin forced another notre Dame turnover and Miller launched a 28-foot jumper from the right Side that hit nothing but net to give the Bruins a 61-59 Lead. Mon cd Hatcher scored on a driving Layup with two seconds left for the Bruins final Points. Univ 85, new Mexico St. 58 Las vegas Nev. Freddie Banks rebounding from one of the worst games. Of his career scored 24 Points to Lead no. 4 Nevada Lai vegas to a Pacific coast athletic association Victory. Banks who scored Only five Points in univ s Triumph Over Cal state Long Beach on thursday scored 16 of his Points including four straight three Point shots to help the rebels take a 45 25 halftime Lead. Forward Armon Gilliam added 17points for the rebels who improved to 18-1 Overall and 7-0 in league. Aba from Page 23 10-2 spurt to pull ahead 91-84 with eight minutes left. San Antonio which is 12-29 after an8-25 Start got 20 Points from Alvin Robertson while Rookie Walter Berry added 19, Patrick Ewing led new York with 24and Gerald Wilkins had 20. Cavaliers 114, bulls 84 Richfield Ohio Phil Hubbard scored 23 Points and Rookie Ron Harper added 22 As Cleveland beat Chicago. Cleveland dominated every phase of the game. Its starting front court out ored Chi Cago s starting front Trio 44-7 in the firs three quarters. Michael Jordan the league s leading scorer had 27 Points. Rockets 115, bullets 92 Houston Akem Olajuwon collected 28 Points and 13 rebounds an Ralph Sampson had 27 Points and 20 rebounds to carry Houston Over Washington. Allan Leavell added 17 Points for the rockets who improved to 22-19 with their 12lh Victory in their last 14 games. Washington dropped to 20-20, nuggets 132, bocks 122 Denver Alex English scored season High 46 Points and Lafayette lever recorded his seventh triple double of the season 25 Points 15 rebounds and 12 assists As Denver Defeated Milwaukee. It was inc fifth straight Hom court Vic tory for the nuggets while the Bucks lost for the  in their last 10 games. Kinu 138, Piston 113 Sacramento. Calif. Reserve Forward Eddie Johnson scored 27 Points and Sacramento hit its first 35 free throw attempts to defeat Detroit the Kings were perfect from the line until Center Joe Klinc missed with 21 seconds left