European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday March 3,1987 Gec Des wins Kemper Golf in playoff princev1lle. Hawaii a Jane go docs on stroke off the Pace to begin the Day bog cd the first Hole or sudden death sunday but still managed to capture the women s Kemper open Golf Lour lament go docs and Cathy Gerring completed the regulation 72 holes atthe Prince Villa Moka oof course on Kauai Island lied at 12-under par276. On the first playoff Hole the Par-4, 3i5-Yard j 5th, Geddes and Gerring landed their second shots in the leh Bunker. Geddes Man aged to hit her next shot on the cringe 20 feet Short of the pin White Gerring put her third shot into the right Bunker. Geddes then two pulled for bogey. Gerring chipped up to two feet from the pin but ook two strokes to sink it giving Geddes the Victory and $45,000. Maybe it was t meant to be my tournament Ger ring said alter her double bogey. The putt on the playoff Hole to be honest i was thinking about the i6lh tee and was t thinking hard enough about the  Geddes who went into he final round one stroke behind Gerring. Birdied the Par-5, 480-Yard third Hole and Cag cd the Par-5, 445 Yard sixth Hole making the turn at 3-under 33. On the Back nine she birdied no. Ii but bogeyed the 13th and 16th holes to finish the round with a 70. Gerring who has yet to win in three sudden death playoffs led the first three rounds Antic tournament. Season wins from press dispatches Boston Kevin Mchale scored 14 of his game High 38 Points in the fourth period As the Boston celtics Defeated the Detroit pistons 112-102 sunday night to become the first Aba team to win 2,000 regular season games. The Victory was the 10th straight for the celtics against the pistons at Boston Garden. Detroit s last win on the celtics Home court was in december 1982, since 1946, when the celtics scored their first Aba Victory Over the Toronto huskies they have a franchise career Mark of 2,000-1,125. Mchale scored 13 Points in the first period but was held to a total of 11 in the second and third quarters before turning it on in the final period Boston s Larry Bird had 19 Points in the first half but was held in Check Dur ing the second half with one Basket and two free throws for 23 Points. Detroit guard Vinnie Johnson pulled the pistons to within three Points mid Way through the final period but Mchale s Effort put the game out of reach. The celtics opened a 31-18 Lead with two a minutes left in the first period but the pistons Bench led by Johnson Rick Mahon and Dennis Rodman Cut the celtics advantage to 63-59. Isiah Thomas led Detroit with 20 Points. Johnson had 17. In other games sunday 76e 102, rockets 97 Houston Tim Mccormick scored 26 Points including a pair of free throws with eight seconds left and Mau Rice checks added 17 Points to Lead Phil Adelphia past Houston. Roy Hinson scored 13 of his 15 Points in the second half and Charles Barkley finished with 14 for the mixers who Wadkins from Page 21 strokes of the Lead with birdies on the 13th and 16th, Ball Coleros twice a masters Champion and a two time Winner of the British open and one of the world s greatest scramblers got his drive on the 17th be Hind some Palm Trees in the left rough but played a spectacular Hook around the Palms and put the Ball within four feet of the cup he needed that putt to close to within two shots but he missed it and the Only major Challenge to Wadkins was Over. It was apparent that no one was put Ting any heat on him said Tom Kile who has a history of Strong play in the tournament. I missed three Short putts of about three feet that really Hurt the Way Lanny was playing i needed to make  Kite had a Birdie Birdie finish for a 68 that lifted him into a tie for second with Ballesteros and Don Cootey at 280. Ballesteros had a closing 68, Pooley a 70. David Edwards was alone at 281 after a 67. Bruce Lietzke . Snead and Fred Cou Ples lied at 281 Lietzke moved up with a 69, Snead had a 70 and couples a 71. Masters Champion Jack Nicklaus. Never really in the Hunt had a last round 70 and finished at 286. Tom Watson was two strokes better at 284 alter a 71. . Open Champion Ray Floyd struggled to a 77anda294iotal. Brabham from Page 21 shed third in a Mustang Ftp when Chip Robinson and Derek Bell of eng land the Daytona 24-hour winners ran out of fuel on the final Lap Robinson and Bell who finished fourth made Only one pit Stop for their porsche each driving half the race. But the strategy allowed them Only to climb As High As third because thai one pit Stop came out of sequence with the other leaders and Cost them a Lap. Earlier sunday Bob Earl got through a first turn Melee in which Steve Millen was injured and went on to win the International motor sports association Ftp Gnu race in downtown Miami. Mien suffered a broken left leg in a crash in the first turn moments after the Field took the Green Flag for the Start of the 45-minute Simsa Camel it series event the new Sealander who started next to pole Winner Scott Pruett went wide through the turn trying to grab the Lead. He got out front but lost control and was struck broadside by Pruett. Millen was conscious and Alert when taken from the battered car and was Sii Kly transported to Jackson memorial Ospital where his condition was de scribed As serious. In Ioctl the defending to division Champion suffered Only bruises to his Chin and shoulders Aba Roundup snapped a four game losing Streak. Rod Ney Mccray and Akeem Olajuwon each scored 24 Points for Houston White Rob in Reid finished with 22. The mixers held a 79-70 advantage entering the final period but were out scored 10-4 Over the first 3 53, a pair of Reid jumpers pulled the rockets to with in 85-84 with 6 40 left in the game. After Hinson hit a jumper for Phila Delphia and Olajuwon countered for Houston Mccormick completed a 3 poin play and Hinson added another Field goal to put the mixers up 92-86 with just Over five minutes left Houston pulled to within 3 twice in he final 1 1, but Andrew Tonry hit a Juniper with 17 seconds left and Mccoy Miek Sank a pair of free throws with eight seconds left to Seal the Victory nets 105, bulls 95 East Rutherford  Mike Gminski had 25 Points and 16 rebounds and Buck Williams contributed 21 Points and is rebounds to Lead new Jer sey Over Chicago. Michael Jordan the Aba s leading scorer paced the bulls with 30 Points on 10 of 23 shooting. Tony Brown and Leon Wood held Jordan to 7 Points below his average. With the score tied at 78 and 9 35 left in the game Kevin Mckenna hit a 3 Pointer to put new Jersey ahead to slay. After sedate threat scored for Chicago new Jersey received consecutive baskets from Ray Williams Ben Coleman and Buck Willians to make it 87-80. Chicago reduced the margin to 93-89 with 4 39 left but Brown hit a drive and Gminski a Layup to give the nets an 8-Poinl Lead. New Jersey led 31-29 after one Quarter. The score was at 56 at halftime and Chicago held a 74-73 Lead after three pc ords. Threat scored 15 Points for Chicago while Gene Banks added 14 and John Paxson 13, including four 3-poimers. Ray Williams who was picked up by the nets last month started and scored 15 Points and a same High .7 assists. Wil Liams played 35 minutes in place of Rookie Dwayne Pearl Washington who was benched. Paters 122, kicks 115 of Indianapolis Herb Williams hit a jumper for the of ahead Basket and then came up with a key steal As the pacers scored an overtime Victory Over new York. Williams Basket gave Indiana a 110 108 advantage and after the steal he passed to John Long who was fouled and made two free throws with 3 16 led in the extra period. Chuck person who finished with 35 Points followed with a rebound and Layup and the kicks never Drew closer than four again. Long added 30 Points for the pacers. Williams had 20 Points and 10 re Bounds to help Indiana rally from a 17 Point first half deficit handing the kicks their fifth consecutive loss and their ninth in 10 starts. The kicks were hitting from the Field at a league record Pace through the open ing minutes of the fourth Quarter having made 40 of5s attempts. But new York missed 10 consecutive shots As it went More than six minutes without a Field goal in the fourth period. A Dunk by Patrick Ewing who led new York with 28, gave the kicks a 99 91 Lead with 7 37 left. A 13-1 Streak put Indiana ahead 104-100, but a 3-Potnler by Trent Tucker and Rory Sparrow s jumper with 13 seconds left forced the overtime. Navratilova beats Sabatini to Advance in pc tourney key Biscayne a. A top seeded Martina Navratilova whipped Argentina s Gabriela Sabatini in straight sets to reach the women s quarterfinals and Ivan lend and Jimmy Connors crushed third round opponents to make the a fun s round of e 6 sunday at the $1.8 million International Flay ers championships. Navratilova playing her first tournament since losing the final of the australian open to Hana Mandrikova in Jan uary pounced on the Lola a tided Saba Tini from the Start and was never seriously threatened. The 6-1, 6-3 Victory Over the 16-year old she beat in the semifinals at Wimble Don in 1986 gives Navratilova a 5-0 life time record Over Sabatini who was seeded i oth in this two week grand slam sized tournament. Lindl the men s defending Champion came from behind for the second straight match and beat Austria s Thomas mus Ter 3-fi, 6-4, 6-0. 6-2. Connors the no. 6 seed advanced to the fourth round with a 6-3, 6-3. 6-1 Victory Over Australia Darren Canill. Navratilova said her domination of Sabatini was not a inic indication of the Dif num Liton Ferenec Between the abilities of the players. The Argentine ranked 10th in the world did not serve Well at the Start of the match and Navratilova suggested that set the tone. She did t play As Well As she could and i did t have to play As Well As i can Navratilova said. I think what Lei her Down was her serve she added. She hits the Ball so hard and goes for broke so much that if she does t Slart Oul Well it makes it  Sabatini made a Brief run at Navratilova coming Back from a 3-1 deficit in the second set to 3-3. Navratilova broke the Argentine s serve in the seventh game to regain the advantage however and closed out the match with another serv ice break two games later. I think i need More experience said Sabatini who trains on key Biscayne and was backed sunday by a pro Sabatt in crowd i m a Little Young and need to play with the top players  Navratilova was one of three women advancing to the quarterfinals during the Day session at the International Tennis Center Steffi Graf the women s no 3 seed from West Germany also won. She beat Kathrin Kcal 6-0, 6-1. Nathalie Tauz iat of France Defeated West Germany s Silke Meier 6-0, 6-3 to move on to a quarterfinal meeting with Navratilova. Len the men s top seed took control of his match Midway through the second set and finished the demolition of Muster in two hours 38 minutes