European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 the stars and sthip6s saturday. April it 1987 Mccray Poy vers rockets past Kings from it dispatch Houston Rodney Mccray was Happy Wilh his triple double performance thursday and the Hojlo rockets Forward also was hoping his Success will continue into the playoffs. Mccray scored 10 Point grabbed 13 rebounds and handed out 10 assists for hit second trip la a cubic performance of inc season Lei help Lead the playoff bound Rock ets to a 112-102 Victory Over the Sacramento Kings. The triple double was Nice Mccray said. The important thing is to get this team ready Tor the play offs. You have to play your Best in the  Rodney was called on 10 play a lot of guard tonight. That is the magic role for him rockets coach Bill Fitch said referring to los Angeles lakers guard magic Johnson who leads the league in triple doubles. Houston guard Robert Reid who led his team with 26 Points also was pleased with Mccray s performance. If Rodney handles the Ball enough like he did tonight he will get a lot of triple doubles Reid said. Nabaro Knoup the Rock Cut led 5mj Al halftime. But the King battled Back to tie the game Al 67, Only to see Reid score 14 of the rockets next 20 porn to counter he Kings Rush. We played so poorly in the first half caught up and just ran out of Gas in the fourth Quarter uld Kin Point guard Reggie Theus who tossed in 19 of his 21 Points in the second half Sacramento Forward Otis Thorpe led All scorers with 30 Points. Houston Center Akem Olajuwon scored 20 Points. In other games thursday Cin Llera 111, pacers 99 Richfield Ohio Rookie Ron Harper cared 26 Points and Phil Hubbard added 20 to Lead Cleve land past Indiana. Indiana fell to 38-38 and trailed the Washington Bullet by one game in a Bailie for the ii Cly pm in the Eastern conference playoffs. Thow learns were to meet Friday at Washington. La a i in. Clipper 100 los Angeles magic Johnson scored 28 Points and Kareem Abdul Jabbar added 17, All in the first three quarters As the los Angeles lakers completed a six game season sweep of inc Las Angeles Clipper with their eighth straight Victory. Mark it 125, Warrior 100 Oakland Calif. Rolando Blackman scored 21 Points to Lead Dallas Over Golden state. The win was Dallas fifth straight and 13th in its last 14 meetings with the warriors. Suns i28, Trail Blazer 122 Phoenix Ariz. Larry Nance scored 34 Points and Walter Davis had 10 of his 24 in the final 3 26 As Phoenix beat Portland Tor if sixth straight  win also kept the suns slim playoff Hopes alive As they continue to Chase Denver for the eighth and final Western conference berth. Masters from Page 21 went to an old Puller one be used to win the 1978 . Amateur championship. It went Back in his bag a couple of weeks ago after his clubs and bag had been lost during a flight to new Orleans. Maybe it was a Blessing in disguise Cook Sid. While the majority of the Field was talking of fear slopping just Short of out right complaint Nicklaus the defending Champion and Watson applauded the difficult conditions frankly t like the Golf course this Way said Nicklaus. Al the Only six time Winner of one of golfs most Revere events. You be got to be composed Nick Laus said. You be got to be  be got to be Able to take some lumps because you know you re going to get them. And you be got to be ate to come Back from those lumps the Best players can do that said Nicklaus who had a 74 thai included what tie called a couple of bad Breaks that led to a seven on the 13th and a six ont Helseth the greens Are the Best they be eve been by a Long shot said Watson who birdied two of his last three holes for a71, he called it a darn Good score add ing four of them might win the Golf  this is the Way the Golf course is sup posed to play Watson said it makes you really think your Way around. There Are certain shots you have to play. You can t just Fly it in  some of golfs great names could t handle the demands of one of the world most famous courses. Arnold Palmer 57, who built much of his legend around his four mailers Victo Ries struggled to an s3. He was t alone in hts difficulties. Ray Floyd the current . Open Champion and a former Winner Here Hada 7s. Another former Champion fuzzy Zoller shol76. Sandy Lyle of Scotland recent Winner of the tournament player championship had a 77. Bob Tway the current pea title Holder was at 78. Lee Trevino. Who has a history of trouble in this tournament had an 80. Hearns Leonard rematch hits negotiation round Phoenix Ark. A the manager for Thomas Carns the world boxing Council Light heavy actg he Champion says negotiations Are running for a possible Carns re match with sugar Ray Leonard in september. Leonard stopped Hearns in the 14th round of their september 1981 fight in Las vegas for the undisputed world welterweight championship. Fighting for the first Lime in three years and Only the second time since retinal surgery in 1982, Leonard Wona 12-round split decision Over mar Velous Marvin Halter monday night in Las vegas to take Hagler s wac Belt Carns won his wac Light heavy weight title on March 7 on a in try round knockout of England s Dennis Ari Drics Emanuel Steward Carns manager said his fighter would like to de fend the title against Leonard. It s the most logical fight out there Steward said thursday. The most logical Dale would be sept 10 in la  according to Steward Lei i and Leonard would be guaranteed $15 million each for the bout. Leonard made a guaranteed $ 11 million from his fight with Hager. Steward Here to prepare another of his fighters Milton Mccrory for his april 19 bout against world Box ing association Junior middleweight Champion Mike Mccallum said he has talked to Leonard s manager Mike Trainer about a rematch with Carns Leonard has not announced publicly thai he wants to fight again but Steward believes he does. I had breakfast with him the morning after the fight and he was Happy. He asked me what 1 thought of the fight i told him he did a fantastic Job. He got All he could out of body and his  Steward said. He sucked it up when he was tired and went on and did what he had 10 to win the  As for Hagler Steward said "1 Don t think the future looks too Bright for him. A Young fighter loses and he can come Back. An old fighter loses and people Don t have Faith in him. The general observation of him just listening to people is that old age has set  Jack s pack cheers As Nicklaus gets 74 by Hallock Augusta a. A through bogeys and birdies the applause thundered around Jack Nicklaus on thursday As replayed his first round of competitive Golf at Augusta National since winning his sixth masters championship. On a Beautiful Sun splashed Spring afternoon Nicklaus followed masters tradition when As defending Champion he teed off for the first round with the . Amateur Champion. Buddy Alexander the Golf coach Al Ltd Alexander s cordon of fans wore buddy s Bunch battens but they were swallowed up in the huge Nicklaus Gal Lery. We re Jack s pack one fan said after Nicklaus dropped a neat putt for a Birdie on no. 2, and Jack s Back As Nicklaus walked Down the Fairway she has dominated As no other golfer be fore him the pattern was always i sesame loud applause from the fans wailing at each Hole saluting one of the game s greatest players. Sometimes the applause came from adjacent galleries and fans watching the action on other holes who suddenly be came aware of Nicklaus following his drive Down the Fairway behind them. Nicklaus1 Day started with some difficulty wearing a red Pullover Vest he was introduced to the fans with no particular flourish. Fore please the mar shall Ai no i said Jack Nicklaus  Nicklaus pulled his first shot left out Side the ropes and into an adjacent Fairway. He recovered nicely with an approach shot that put him in Range of the cup a Pult of perhaps 10 feet was urge Don by the fans who shouted co in Ball go co the shot came up Short As thebans groaned at the bogey. He recovered the stroke with a Birdie on no. 2. Walking Down the Fairway after his drive he stopped momentarily to practice his swing with his Caddy son Jackie then he hit his second shot. Of he just missed i one fan groaned. Look where he ended up,though." nicklaus1 Ball was positioned Between two Sand traps that guard the cup at no. 2. His Pilch shot fell perhaps eight feet from the Hole. Thank god a Spectator sighed. He dropped the next shot for the Birdie. Nicklaus was Back in trouble on no 3 when his first shot landed just off the Fairway in the gallery. With fans circling him he studied the problem. Let s see he said to no one in particular with everyone in general listening. I be got Roget it by the tree Lien get it to Slop and slice  first the crowd laughed at what seemed s Lille joke. Then it roared As \ a . Finishes 2 Over Par Nicklaus recovery shot settled no More than five feet from the Hole. He missed the putt for a Birdie but rescued a Par from what might have been a disastrous Hole. There was another Birdie at no. 8, putting him in sub Par red on the scoreboard for the first Lime. He stayed that Way for four holes before running afoul of the treacherous amen Corner. He bog cd no. 12 and then double bogeyed no. 13 logo two Over Par a Birdie Ai no. 14 got one stroke Back but Nicklaus bogeyed the next Hole be fore pairing out the rest of his round to finish at 74,2-Over for the Day. That was nine strokes More than he shot in the final round a year ago to win the Tournai  started off not hitting the Ball Well he said i got that under control and was in Good  1 took a seven on no 13, Bir died the hem Hole and look four to get Down on no 15. The two Best shots i hit All week and 1 got seven and sin for those holes i d like the five shots Back thai i gave away on those two holes. If i had hem i d be in the Lead and Jack s pack would have gone Home much happier