European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february in 1967 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports rockets of a Uwon up Dallas by the associated press Houston All Star Kacem Olajuwon and unheralded Sieve Harris the last Man off the hous ton Bench helped the rockets tighten their nil a Midwest Divi Sion rivalry with Dallas on Mon Day night. Olajuwon scored 36 Points grabbed 16 rebounds and made he key defensive play of the Fame while Harris banked in a jump shot with 35 seconds to play to Noa Roundup give Houston the Lead for Good As the third place rockets won 105 100 and pulled within five games of the Pace setting Mavericks. They Are the division leaders and tonight s Victory helped us a lot said Harris a second year pro from Tulsa. We just kind of relaxed tonight and it helped us play a better  Harris look a shot Hal was in tended for Olajuwon bul the Rock Els Star Center was t Digap  i was going to take the shot said Olajuwon who blocked a shot by Dallas Rolando Blackman with 13 seconds left that could have put the Mavericks Back in the Lead i was Happy he made it. After Olajuwon s key Block Cedric Maxwell made two free throws with nine seconds left and added two More with four seconds remaining. Olajuwon s Basket with 4 36 left gave the rockets their biggest Lead Ai 96-91. The Mavericks regained the Lead 100-99 with one minute to go on a Basket and free throw by Blackman who had 22 Points. The rockets held Dallas to 17 Points in the fourth Quarter and Olajuwon said it was just hustling a no aggressive  Olajuwon and Dallas James Donaldson dulled in the first half see Aba on Page 26 Mattingly awarded record $ 1.975 million in arbitration by the associated press Don Mattingly of the new York Yan Kees tuesday was granted the largest Sal Ary arbitration award in the 13-year his tory of he procedure winning a j 1.975 million one year contract. I m very Happy and very pleased with the decision Mattingly said through his agent Jim Krivacs. I m Happy thai it s  Yankees owner George Steinbrenner had offered si.7 million to Mattingly his Alt Star first baseman who had a ,552 batting average last year with 113 Bis and 31 homers. Mattingly s Case was heard monday in new York by arbitrator vivid Anderson. We had talked ail along with or. Steinbrenner working on a Multi car contract Krivacs said. We just could t come to terms. The negotiations were very upbeat and very positive. It s just the Way the system works. There were no dans thrown from their Side to us or from our Side to them during the negotiations Krivacs said Mallin Gly was in route Home to Evansville ind., when he spoke to him via Telephone at an Airport. He s getting ready to play. He feels just tremendous. This is the business pan of if. We just wanted to get by it. He s hop ing to gel a real hot Start this year Kri vacs said. The previous highest arbitration award was the $ 1.85 million granted to Pitcher Jack Morris or the Del Oil tigers last week. From the standpoint of the largest Sal Ary Mattingly trails Jim Rice of the Boston red sox Eddie Murray of the Baltimore orioles and Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies who Are All believed to be earning More than 12 Mil lion a year. Mattingly said through Krivacs that he Tell it was in the Best interests of the club to gel on with  he said he was Happy with the outcome bul his big concern was just gelling Down there to Spring training. At the same time outfielder Kevin Mcreynolds of the new York met lost his arbitration Case while the other Case j App Tralo Dan Mattingly. Happy that it s Over heard monday that of is. Louis Cardi nals Pitcher Danny Cox still was Pend ing. Mattingly and the Yankees avoided arbitration at the last minute a year ago when they agreed on a si.375 Mil lion contract. In a bid to Settle before monday s hearing the team offered the slugger a two year 13.5 million Deal which haltingly s agent Jim Kri vacs rejected. Mattingly a Gold Glove Winner set Yankee club records with 238 hits and 53 doubles last year. Mcreynolds acquired by new York from san Diego in december was looking for an 1825,000 contract after hitting .288 with 26 Home runs and 96 runs batted in for the padres last year. The mels countered at j62s.ooo. Cox 12-13 with a 2,90 earned run average for the cardinals last year asked for jb75.00q while St. Louis came in at 1600,000. Meanwhile two pitchers Cleve land s Ken Schrom and Ted Power of Cincinnati Tost their arbitration arguments leaving management with 11 victories in the 18 cases decided so far. Arbitrator Richard Bloch who on Fri Day had awarded the 11.85 million con tract to Morris chose the figures submitted by the clubs in the cases of Power and Schrom. Power had sought 1610,000 after a 10-fi season with a 3.70 Era in 56 games last year. He will play instead Tor the reds figure of 1300,000. Schrom who wanted $545,000 after going 14-7 with a 4.54 Era in 34 games was awarded the indians offer of$450,000, among other players who settled their salary disputes before arbitration hear Ings were pitchers Dwight Goodwn of the mils Mike Smithson of Minnesota and Bob James of the Chicago while sax. And i Fidder pal Tabler of the Cleve land. Gooden the former by Young award Winner accepted a $1.5 million Deal after going 17-6 last season. Thai s a raise of $180,000 Over last season in the settlement that just avoided arbitration. For the third straight year Goodwn 22. Will command the highest salary at the youngest age for any player in base Ball. I think its Best not to go through any thing More that s negative said Gooden who has been in the headlines recently More because of his problems with the Law than for baseball matters. Ill just Lum the Page and look Forward to the 1987  Smithson 13-14 last season with a 4.77 Era will get $540,000 plus incentives that could add another 5100,000. The settlement just beat his monday Date with the arbitrator. He had asked $625,000 and the White sox had offered $500,000. James and the White sox compromised Between the $575,000 the Pitcher wanted and the $455,000 offered by the club. By signing James the White son avoided arbitration with any of their players this season. Tabler had asked for 1650,000, com pared to the indians offer of $500,000. Indiana nips Wisconsin in 3rd overtime from press dispatches Madison wis. Dean Garry to hit a follow shot with four seconds left in the third overtime As second ranked Indiana escaped with an 86-85 big ten Basket Ball Victory Over Wisconsin monday night. Garry to. Who led All scorers with 21 Points grabbed a rebound Oft a missed shot by Joe Hillman and put it in off the backboard . Weber scared 20 Points far Wisconsin before fouling out in the second overtime. Mike Hineman also had 20 for the badgers. Steve Alford scored 13 Points to become Indiana s All Lime leading scorer. The hoosiers similarly surprised Al week by Northwestern before winning 77-75, improved their record to 21-2, including 12-1 in the conference. Wis Consin dropped to i l-15and 1-12. Trent Jackson who scored is Points for the badgers hit a jumper from the Corner to give Wisconsin an 83-82 Lead with 1 39 left in the third overtime. Follow ing a charging foul on Garrelt Rod Ripley made two free throws to extend the Lead to 85-82 with 48 seconds left. Keith smart who scored is Points hit twp free throws with 37 seconds left to bring ind Iana within 85 84. Shyllon Smith missed two free throws with 26 College basketball seconds left setting up Garrett s shot. A Ford missed a lean in shot from the Side with four seconds left and Steve Eyl missed a shot at the Buzzer in the first overtime. Alford had another Chance to win the game in the second overtime but his lean in shot from the Lane with two seconds left also missed. Ripley had tied the game for Wisconsin in the Sec Ond overtime with a three Pointer with nine seconds left. Indiana overcame a four Point Wisconsin Lead in the last two minutes of regulation 10 Send the game to overtime. In other lop 20 games Depaul 88, Monra Outh 53 Rosemont Iii. Terence Greene and Kevin Edwards each scored 18 Points As fourth ranked de Paul bombed Monmouth. The game was billed a Gross mismatch but the Visi tors from new Jersey 7-15, kept the score respectable until a 31-8 run at the Start of the second half gave Depaul a 74-38 Lead. The Hawks of the Recac metro fell apart in the second half scoring Only eight Points in 11 minutes. Ernest Dix had 14 Points and Ken Henry chipped in with 10. For Depaul 23-1, Rod Strickland scored 12 Points and Stanley Brundy had 10. The Blue demons have won seven straight since suffering their Only loss Jan. 25 against Georgetown. Temple 84, Zuqi Wonc 56 Pittsburgh Nate Blackwell scored 24 Points and Ramon Rivas had 14 Points and ii rebounds As fifth ranked Temple ran its winning Streak to 13 games by routing Duquesne in an Atlantic 10 conference game. The owls scored 17 consecutive Points late in the first half to build a 44-23 halftime Lead then cruised to their 24th Victory in their last 25 games to Clinch a tic for the Atlantic 10 regular season title. Jerome Dowdell came off the Bench in the second half to score a career High 14 Points including nine on three Point Field goals. The owls Are undefeated in 15 conference games and Are 26-2 Overall. They Haven t lost since Jan. 8. Pete Freeman and Brian Shanahan each scored 12 Points for Duquesne and Mark beavers added 11. The Dukes leading scorer senior Emmett Sellers was held sea College on Page 26