European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday decembers 1987 Gretzky s 5 goals Lead oilers Romp from press dispatches Edmonton Alberta Wayne Gretzky scored rive goals to Pace the Edmonton oilers to a 10-4 Victory Over the Minic Soia North stars Sun Day night. Tirel by scored three limes in the first period and once in each of inc second and third periods to give him 25 and the nil goal scoring Lead ahead of Idle Mario la Mioux of Pitts Burgh. It was inc 43rd time Gretzky hat scored three or More goals in a game an nil record and the fourth time he had scored five goals. Gretzky. Who now has 568 goals five behind the new York islanders Mike Bossy in fifth place on the All time list had a sixth goal disallowed in inc third period. He deflected a pass behind Don Beaupre but the Minnesota goal land or quickly scooped the puck out. Re plays showed the puck clearly across the line but referee Paul slew not Over ruled the goal judge and disallowed it. Gretzky also had one assist to give him 69 Points in 28 games and 1,589 lifetime one Back of Phil Esposito who is third on the All time list. Nil standing summaries on Pyrc 22. Lend is. Wilander new York two time defend ing Champion i vim Lendl will have to beat a familiar foe to win a record fifth masters Tennis title. After defeating Mats wiling or inthe French and . Open finals Lendl was to face the third Seede swede again in the 1300,000 championship Al Madison Square Garden. I Hope i can pull it out again Lendl said after beating no. 8 Brad Gilbert 6-2, 6-4 sunday to Advance to monday night s Besl of five set final. I think Mats will try to put a lot of pressure on me but As Long As 1 conserve Well and Don t make too Many errors i think i have a Good Chance of  Wilander Defeated swede Stefan Elbirg 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in sunday s first semifinal. Lendl has a 44-1 record in new York Over the past three years losing Only to Yannick Noah at the 1986tournament of champions. Clemson kickers win Clemson so. Paul Rutenis scored Midway through the first half and Richie Richmond added a goal with 41 seconds remaining sunday 10 Lead a ranked Gemson to a 2-0 Victory Over no. 20 son Diego state in the Mcaa men s soccer championship game. A school record crowd of 8,322 watched the tigers win their second Mcaa title in four years. In 1984, Clemson beat Indiana in the title game. The tigers Are the third Allan lie coast conference team in the last four years to win the National title. They replace 1986 Champion Duke. To win the National championship is the most Beautiful feeling in the world Clemson coach . Ibra him said. What you do at the end of the season is what people  the tigers 18-5-1, swept five play off games to dominate the 24-team Mcaa Lou Mamont. Clemson advanced with victories Over no. 14 Evansville no. I Indiana no. 6 rut Gers. To. B North Carolina and san Diego state. The aztecs playing Semson far the first Lime ended their season 20 6, and suffered Isdr first shutout in sports wire 47 games. Who would have thought that the fifth place team from the acc would win the National championship Sai Ibrahim whose tigers posted a 1-5-1 record against league opponents. Who would have nought that the 23rd seed and the 24lh seed would play for the National championship Jettison which Defeated Nonh Caro Lina 4-1 in saturday s semifinals Bruit s 9-2 advantage in shots in the first half sunday. The tigers 15- at Home this year constantly kept Possession and asserted offensive  the Start of the game they were Down our throats san Diego slate s Kyle Whittemore said. They beat us to every Ball. They came out hard and  Bruce s Farewell Columbus Ohio Earle Bruce said goodbye to his last Ohio state football team sunday but vowed to continue coaching elsewhere Possi by Al Kansas or sum speaking after a private football banquet at the University s new prac Tice facility Bruce said he had Bee contacted by Kansas and Southern methodist about their vacant head coaching positions i have talked to two people. I talked to sum and Kansas and that s All Bruce Aid. That does t mean much. Those jobs could be filled tomorrow and i would t know about  won t play football until 1989 because of Mcaa rules  was tired nov. 16 by the University president Edward Jennings after a 5-4-1 Start. The buckeyes the closed their season with a 23-20 Victory Over Michigan. Bruce said he was through wit being emotional after his firing. I m Over thai. There s a lot of Money but what can i do Bruce said. My career is Over at Ohio state and i be got to gel onto something else. I m anxious to gel going. Now i looking Forward to getting something to do. I dam l Ever want to be Unzem , when addressing the team Bruce said it was t in his nature to gel out of  everything goes your Way the Way you would like it to he said. But if you get hit hard you get up and do it again. Football has been my whole life35 years of coaching. I had some one Call me the other Day and say coach the Best thing you can do is walk away and not say anything but  the kind of Guy thai when you get hit hard you hit Back harder. I m not going to Stop. I think those lessons Are  Kings fire Murphy los Angeles Mike Murphy who compiled a 20-37-8 record Dur ing his in seasons As coach of Tholos Angeles Kings has been fired the team announced  Felt we had no Choice said Kings general manager Rogic a Chon who made the announcement in Washington d.c., where the King lost to the capitals 10-3 sunday  have the worst record in the National hockey league we Are nine games below .500 and our record tates that we make the move before we fall too far behind to recover said Vachon. Bears top vikes to Clinch Crown in pfc Central Minneapolis a Mike Tomc Zak came off the Bench to throw a 38-Yard touchdown pass to Dennis Gentry with 40 seconds remaining sunday night As inc Chicago bears clinched their fourth straight pfc division title with a 30-24 Victory Over the Minnesota Vikings. Leading 24723. Minnesota 7-5, was stopped four limes inside the 2-Yard line and failed to increase its Lead with 4 57 remaining. The teams traded punts the last a 33 yarder by Minnesota s Greg Coleman giving the bears the Ball at of Cir 39 with t2s left. Neat Anderson rushed for 20 Yards on first Down and three plays later Tomc Zak who replaced Jim Mcmahon be cause of a hamstring injury with 11 01 to play dumped the Ball to Gentry. He evaded a Tacker at the 35, faked safety Steve Freeman Al the 20 and went inc rest of the Way to the end zone untouched. Chicago 10-2. Has the Best non strike record in the nil at re. Wade Wilson came off the Bench to give Minnesota the Lead with three touchdown passes including bombs of60 and 35 Yards to Anthony Carter with Minnesota trailing 20-7 in the third Quarter Wilson who entered inc game for the injured Tommy Kramer late in the first half hit Carter at mid Field. Carter split Mike Richardson and Dave Durson broke Todd Bell s tackle shed Richardson again at the 20, and sped Down the sideline to make it 20-14. Of Pwu Mike tomczak.,. Game winning to after the bears had to punt Wilson capped a six play 65-Yard drive with his 35-yarder to Carter who Oul leaped Bell and pc Sec Jackson in the Comer of the end zone for a 21-20 Minnesota Lead. Minnesota s Chuck Nelson and Chi Cago s Kevin Butler traded fourth Quarter Field goals after the Vikings took the Lead. Undefeated Arizona nips Pepperdine 73-68 Tucson Ariz. A Tom Tolbert scored 17 Points the last two on free throws with 12 seconds left As ninth ranked Arizona held off Pepperdine 73 68 sunday to remain among College basketball s unbeaten teams. The visiting Waves who had railed by 11 Points with 2 54 left outscored the wildcats 9-1 in two minutes cutting the deficit to 71-68 with 25 seconds leu on Levy Middlebrooks Short jumper. After Arizona s Craig Mcmillan missed the front end of a l-and-1 free throw situation with 17 seconds left Tol Bert grabbed the rebound and was fouled with five seconds left. Arizona 5-0, had built a 16-Point Lead Only to have the Waves reduce it to 66 59 when Middlebrooks banked in a jumper with 6 06 left. The wildcats led for most of the first half and took a 43-31 Lead into the looter room after scan Elliott hit two foul shots with eight seconds left. Elliott had eight of his 14 Points in the second half Pepperdine s Craig Davis led All scorers with 20 Points. Tom Lewis added 17 for the Waves 3-1. Tolbert had 13 of his Points in the first half As Arizona used a 16-5 run in the final five minutes to Lake a 12-Potnt half time Lead. The Waves hit Only one of their last 14 shots of the half and missed another four at the Start of the second half. Anthony Cook had 13 Points and lied his career High with 12 rebounds for Ari Seguso Mcneil capture mixed doubles tournament Indian Wells Calif. A Rob Ert Seguso and Lori Mcneil downed Ken Flach and Joanne Russell in straight sets sunday to win a $100,000 mixed doubles Tennis tournament. Seguso. The world s top rated men doubles Placer and Mcneil ranked fourth among women s doubles players won nine straight games in route to a 6 2, 6-2 Victory in the final of the eight team mixed doubles tournament. We had very Little Chance said Flach who Learned with Seguso to win Wimbledon this year and the . Open in 1985. They re better  Seguso and Mcneil took control after falling behind 2-1 in the first Sel. They won the next five games to capture the set and Ihnn jumped to a 4-0 Lead in the second set. They limited Flach and Russell to just 37 Points in the 16 games