European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. February 28.1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 Baltimore trades Knight to Detroit up photo Hull Tim coach Start sch Suha finds a hotter Way in catch at the astros training Camp. Miami a the Baltimore Ori Oles traded third baseman Kay Knight to the Detroit tigers for Pitcher Mark Thurmond on saturday. In his Only season with the orioles Knight 35, hit .256 with a career High 14 Home runs and 65 runs batted in. Knight the 1986 world series map with the new York acts had been signed by Baltimore As a free agent just before Spring training last year. Thurmond a 31-year-old left hander has a 35-31 record in five seasons in the major leagues. He came up with san Diego in 1983 and pitched for the padres until he was traded to the tigers Midway through the 1986 season. Thurmond was 0-1 with five saves and a 4.23 Era for the tigers last year. Knight who started 127 games at third base for the orioles last year was informed less than an hour after he re ported to the orioles training came. The i Lycar Veteran began his major league career with the Cincinnati reds under manager Sparky Anderson now the tigers manager. I have tremendous respect for Sparky Knight said. Of All the manag ers i be played for he ran a Ball club More smoothly than  around the Spring training Camps Eddie Murray and Pedro Guerrero worked out for the first time Friday. Baseball Roundup Guerrero who arrived thursday at the los Angeles dodgers Complex in Scro Beach fla., pronounced himself fit and ready Tor a productive 1988, particularly since the dodgers have added Kirk Gibson and Mike Davis from the to last year s punch less lineup. Guerrero who finished last season at first base after starting in the Outfield said he does t care where he plays. "1 feel Good said Guerrero who finished second in the National league in batting last season with a .338 , who batted .277 with 30 Hom ers and 91 Bis for the Baltimore Ori Oles also appeared to be in Good spirits after arriving in Camp thursday Al though he was t talking to the press. Manager Darcy Johnson of the new York acts said Dwight Goodwn will be his opening Day Pitcher against the Montreal expos april 4. The exhibition pitching rotation announced Friday has Gooden 15-7 last year after missing 11 starts in drug rehab Lillion. Starling the second exhibition game on March 8 against Boston. Montreal outfielder Tim Raines has tendinitis in his right shoulder and won t throw for about two weeks. Raines said he suffered the injury working out wit High school players near his Heathrow fla., Home two weeks ago. Tomba comes from behind for 2nd Gold mount Allan. Alberta a Italy s. Mix no Toisha. The baby Bull of hold Mia. Charged from third place after the first run with a is Ling second heal to overtake Frank Woerndl in the olym Pic men s slalom saturday and become the first italian skier Ever to win two Gold medals in an olympics. Tom a Winner of the giant slalom two Days ago. Put together a clean confident second run to make up a first run deficit of .63 seconds. Tomba. 21. Had a second run of 47.85 seconds compared to first run Leader Woerndl s Lime of 48.54. To finish with an aggregate time of i minute. 39.47 seconds. Woerndl. Of West Germany was at 1 39.53 to capture the Silver medal. The Bronze went to Paul Frommelt of Liechtenstein in 1 39.84. Austria s Lernhard Gstrein. Despite a v ild finish was fourth in 1 40.08. In Acmar Stenmark of Sweden a Distant i lib after the first run. Recaptured som of Hin past glory by clocking the quickest second heat. 47.51. He wound up fifth in 1 40.22. Sweden s Jonas Nilsson. In second place just .45 seconds behind Woerndl after the first run. Faded to sixth place at 1 40.23. Pirmin curb Rifgon of Swit or land was seventh in 1 40.48. In saturday s other medal events. Gunde Svan of Sweden took the Lead Early and dominated the rest of the Way winning the men s 50-Kilometer freestyle Cross country ski race by i minute. 5.5seconds for his second Gold medal of the Winter olympics. Svan had a time of 2 hours. 4 minutes 30. Seconds in the endurance test Over can orc nordic Center s brutal course which featured a vertical climb of a bit Over a mile. Mounlio de Zolt of Italy who won inc 50k in last year s world championships at Oscr Sudorf West Germany when Svan was sidelined by illness was second in 2 05 36.4. The bronc medal went to Switzer land s Andy Grinnen Feldor in 2 06 01.9. Winter olympics Italy s Alberto Tomba flattens a Marker during his first slalom run on saturday. Olympics on to sunday an 6 . Women s 5,000-meter Speed skating bobsled hockey nordic combined. German first program 8 30 an saturday s highlights 4 . Gangs retrospective.  an second program 5 10 . Nordic combined bobsled hockey 7 10 pm i Lockey women s 5.000-Nwter Speed saluting. Champions exhibition figure skating. Monday an 1  i Lockey 4-Man bobsled champions exhibition figure slating.  Prog ram 6a.m. And 1 15 . Sunday s highlights wrap up. Starling fi9ih out of 74 skiers. Svan controlled the Pace from the outset i winning Cross country skiing s Blue rib Bon event. He became the Only double Champion in the men s Cross country  15 Kilometres into the race. Svan had already taken a commanding Lead of almost 50 seconds Over  through inc race. Svan led by 67.5 seconds Over . The world s Premier Cross coun try skier in the 1980s, turned i disastrous olympic Slart Inlo a Success in the final iwo freestyle events. The 26-year-old swede had placed Only i oth in the 30kand 13lh in the i5k last week a victim like inc rest of the swedish team of poor Wax selection. Bui Svan bounced Back to Lead Sweden to the Gold in the the 40-Kilomcler relay the first event in which the freestyle or skaling. Slep was Al Lowed. Skating allows a skier to use in ski much like a skater uses the Blade of a Skale and the effects of waxing Are neg  Gold was the fourth for Svan who won two in the 1984 Winter games Al Sarajevo Yugoslavia. He also won on Silver and one Brone four years ago. And his career local of six leaves him three medals Short of the record nine won by fellow swede six Len , the most successful Winter olympic skier won four Gold three Silver and two Brone medals in three olym Pic starts from 1956 through 1964.Svan. Nicknamed wonder Gundic in Sweden also owns Ihrcke world cup Overall lilies and Ihrcke world championship  soviet Union which had dominated the Cross country events in these games was shut Oul of the medals forthe first time. The soviets nonetheless finished Alop the Cross country medal standings with five golds five silvers and three  s other nordic event the ski jumping portion of the nordic Combine Competition was postponed because of Gusty winds raising the possibility thai the event May have to be cancelled out right