European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday. December 6 1987 Lendl Wilander Edberg Advance new York top seeded Ivan Lindl and no. 3 Mats Wilander clinched semifinals berths with victories at the masters Tennis championship Friday. Second seeded Stefan Edberg also made the semifinals of the round Robin tournament when fellow swede Wilander Defeated no. 7 Pat Cash of Australia in the opening match. But no. 5 Boris Becker s chances of reaching the semis were severely dam aged when no. 8 Brad Gilbert beat him for the third straight time. The Only Way Becker can Advance to sunday s semifinals is to beat Lindl in straight sets in the final round Robin ses Sion saturday. If he does to Gilbert will gain the last semifinal berth. In the first match Friday night i Lander beat Cash 7-6 7-36-3. Lindl won the next match when no. 4 Jimmy Connors retired because of illness after falling behind 4-3 in the first set. Gilbert who upset Becker at the . Open beat him again in the Nightcap 4 6. 6-4, 6-4. Connors who has been suffering from a cold and ear infection had already lost his first two matches in the $500,000 tournament and had virtually no Chance of making the semifinals. Wilander and Edberg arc 2-0 in the eight Man tournament. They were to play each other in the final round Robin session saturday but both will Advance to Sun Day s semifinals regardless of the outcome. However under the complicated Mas ters format the Winner of the Wilander Edberg match probably won t have to play four time Champion Lendl in the semifinals. Aba from Page 21 in the Eastern division finals last season. Thomas scored 12 Points and Denni Rodman had eight in a 21-12 run that saw the pistons pull away to a 66-47 Lead with 2 11 left in the second Quarter. Adrian Dantley was High for Detroit with 21 Points. Larry Bird had 27 Points and Kevin Mihalc had 20 for Boston. 76ersll8,sonlcsl05 Philadelphia Charles Barkley scored 36 Points As Philadelphia rallied to defeat  139, nets 102 Atlanta Reserve guard John Battle scored 27 Points 16 of them in the second Quarter As Atlanta won its fourth straight. Cavaliers 108, pacers 90 Indianapolis Brad Daugherty scored 16 of his 28 Points in the third Quarter sparking Cleveland Over Indi  Cavaliers overcame a 12-Point deficit in the third period behind Daug Herty and Phil Hubbard who scored 20 Points. Clippers 98, Kings 84 los Angeles Quintin Dailey scored seven of his 19 Points during a fourth Quarter rally and the los Angeles clippers revamped defense held Sacra mento to 34 Points in the second half in route to  clippers winners of two in a Row for the first time since april 2, 1986, took the Lead for Good on Larry Drew s eight footer from the left Baseline with 4 47 left. It sparked a 16-5 run that gave them an 87-77 Lead.jazzl04,knicks92 Salt Lake City Thurl Bailey to photo Utah s Thurl Bailey. Career High 31 Points scored a career High 31 Points an blocked five shots to Lead the Utah jazz to a Victory Over the new York kicks. Mavericks 116, warriors 95 Dallas Mark Aguirre scored six of his game High 28 Points in a 12-0 third Quarter run As Dallas coasted Over Golden stale. Nuggets 105, bulls 89 Denver Alex English scored 21 Points As Denver beat Chicago. The nuggets increased their first place record in the Midwest division to 10-5. Chicago fell to 12-4 and lost for just the second time in 11 Road games. Wings Bury Chicago by the associated press Detroit Tim Higgins scored three goals As the Detroit red wings extended their National hockey league winning Streak to five games with a 12-0 Victory Friday night Over Chicago the worst margin of defeat in Blackhawk history. The loss which tied the Blackhawk record for most goals allowed in a game extended their current wingless Road string to 13 0-12-1. Steve Yzerman added a pair of goals and Brent Ashton had one and two assists As the red wings handed the Black Hawks their fifth straight defeat. In Friday s other nil game nil Roundup islanders 6, capitals 4 Landover my. Mikko Makela scored two of his three goals in the third period to Lead the new York islanders Over Washington. The capitals rallied to tie the game 3-3 before Pat Flatley scored on a rebound shot 4 03 into the third period for what proved to be the game Winner in the first Meetin Between the two teams at the capital Cen Ter since last year s memorable quadruple overtime Stanley cup playoff game. Makela then scored twice in a period of 2 10, giving him six goals in his last four games and 14 for the season. South african leads in Challenge match from press dispatches Sun City South Africa Fulton Allum of South Africa the Longshot inthe eight Man Field shot a 3-under-Par 69 Friday to build a three stroke Lead Midway through the Winner take All million Dollar Challenge. Allem Shook off a double bogey 6 on the eighth Hole and finished the second round at 9-Undcr-Par 135, the Best 36 holc total Ever in the 6-year-old tournament. Tied for second were Ian Woosnam of Britain and Bomhard Langer of West Germany with 138s. Langer won a $50,000 Bonus for the Day s Best round with a 68. Woosnam alone in second after the first round had a 71. In fourth place was British open Champion Nick Faldo of England whose 71 gave him a 139 total. David Frost of South Africa had a 140 after two rounds of 70. Tied at 141were Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain whose 73 was the first Over Par round of the tournament and american Curtis strange who shot 69 Friday. Last was american Lanny Wadkins who shot 72 for a 143 total i under Par for the 7,665-Yard course designed by South african golfer Gary player. Black Coe take Lead Largo Fla. Ronnie Black and Dawn Coc overcame Windy conditions to shoot a 6-Undcr-Par 66 Friday for the second round Lead in the mixed team Golf classic. Black and Coc graduates of Lamar University had a 36-holc score of 12-Undcr-Par 132 for a two stroke Lead Over Robert Wrynn and Rosic Jones who shot a 67 Friday Steve Jones and Jane Crafter and Mark Mccumber and Debbie Massy. First round leaders Kenny Perry and Sally Little shot a 73 and were in a pack of six teams at 135. Devlin leads by 1 Mauna Lani Hawaii Bruce Devlin fired a course record 9-under Par 63 Friday to take a one stroke Lead after two rounds of the Mauna Lani seniors Challenge. Devlin had nine birdies and no bogeys and finished with a 36-holc score of 137, one shot better than Bob Charles. For the second straight Day Charles birdied his last two holes. His 70 Friday left him at 6-under 138. Astros still undecided Houston the Houston astros have not yet decided who will become the team s fourth general manager in seven years team officials said Friday. Team owner John Mcmullen said four people Are on the list of names to succeed Dirk Wagner who quit six weeks ago. He would not identify them. He has not set a timetable to announce it team spokesman Rob Matwick said. Blair misses record Calgary. Alberta american Bonnie Blair barely missed a world record in the 500-meters Friday Dur ing the first world cup Speed skating race held in the new olympic Oval. Blair from Champaign. 111., was timed in 39.44 seconds .01 behind her world record of 39.43. Christa Rothenburger of East Ger Many was second .04 of a second be sports wire Hind Blair and Karin Kania of East Germany was third at 39.99. The biggest cheers of the Day went to Shelley Rhyad who finished six thin 40.71 beating the previous Ca Nadian record of 41.48, set last year by Anne Girard. Blair said she would have broken the record if she had t stumbled near the Start. She predicted a time under39 seconds will be needed to win the olympics. Firing now official Columbus Ohio trustees of Ohio state University on Friday officially approved the nov. 16 dismissal of football coach Earle Bruce by University president Edward Jennings. The Board also approved unanimously a $471,000 settlement of a$7.4 million breach of contract suit that Bruce had filed against the University. The trustees did not publicly discuss the reason for that either. Rick Bay who resigned As athletic director in protest of Bruch s firing was not mentioned but the Board for Mally approved Jennings motion to hire James Jones associate athletic director to succeed Bay. $10,000 theft alleged Dallas at least $10,000 May have been stolen from Southern methodist University s athletic department by a former employee amid the school s football scandal an assistant attorney general said Friday. John Vasquez said he plans to sub Mit evidence to a Dallas county grand jury within two weeks against a former athletic department employee for what Vasquez termed misapplication or theft of the funds. The revelation of missing Money came exactly one year after the Resig nations of sum s top athletic depart ment officials in the Wake of the scan dal which prompted the Mcaa to ban sum from football this year. Nordques fire Savard Quebec saying he had no alternative. Quebec Nordques general manager Maurice Filion fired Rookie coach Andre Savard Friday and re placed him with Ron Lapointe coach of the team s top minor league affiliate. I was worried about Savard s  Filion said at a news Confer ence that Savard did not attend. He gave himself completely to the team but it did not work out. We had no Choice but to make  Filion hired Savard 34, last june 19 to replace Michel Bergeron who left to become coach of the new York rangers. Savard s tenure lasted 24 games during which the Nordques went 10-13-1. Earnhardt honoured new York Dale Earnhardt whose sponsor has called him one Tough customer had a hard time keeping his composure Friday after receiving the accolades that accompany the Diamond ring and Crystal Tro Phy signifying his selection As Driver of the year. Later Friday he was to accept checks totalling More than $700.000 at the annual Black tic Nasca Winston cup awards banquet