European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday december 3,198h Abc from Page 21 hornets win Ling the Barcelona rights. Asked thurs Day if his earlier remarks were meant As a trap in the bidding for Barcelona Wai son smiled puffed on a Cigar and said it was t a bad  Abc which did t bid on the Albert Villa games bid in both rounds for bar Celona. We Are disappointed but we congratulate Abc on the acquisition Abc sports president Dennis Swanson said. For its 5401 million Abc bought All . Rights. The network will resell Cable rights and Wilt announce its partner in 7 10 Days Watson said. Watson said the partner already had been selected. Television Industry sources indicated hat sport Schanne America which last summer won the rights to nil games most Likely had been chosen. The Cable rights Are expected to sell for Between Iso million and j75 million. Michael Cisman executive producer of Abc sports said he was a Little bit surprised thai Abc won. The first Call after j found out was to Terry Ewort our coordinating producer at Seoul Weisman said. I said i sure Hope you saved All your notes be cause i threw mine  Bryant Gumbel who anchored abcs prime time telecasts from Seoul said i think it s terrific news especially for the Guys who worked in Seoul i m a Little surprised though. I naturally assumed that lbs had the inside  Abc said it expected Gumbel would Anchor the Barcelona games. Abc lost an estimated $73 million at Calgary. Abc said it made a modest profit in Seoul although it was. Much lower than expected due to disappointing ratings that forced the network to give sponsors free advertising. Unlike Seoul prime time coverage from Barcelona will be taped because of the sin hour time difference with the Eastern . Lime zone. But that draw Back May be offset by the july 25 Start ing Dale of the 1992 games. The Seoul games opened on sept. 17, and had to compete with football and the final weeks of baseball s Pennant races every olympics has its own feel and i think Barcelona will have a totally Dif Ferent look than Seoul Cisman said i think we re in a very Good position having done the Seoul olympics. We were very proud of what we did in Seoul but i would be less than honest if i said Idin t expect to do this one belter of the 1401 million Abc is spending $40.1 million goes to the . Olympic committee $96.24 million to the Ioc $72.18 million to the Barcelona olympic organizing committee and $192,48 Mil lion is distributed to National olympic committees by the Ioc. Watson said that As part of the Deal Abc agreed to spend s10 million to pro mole he City of Barcelona. By the associated pm . The Charlotte Harriet. Actually have put together a winning Streak. Kelly Tripucka hit a Layup with four seconds left lifting the hornets to a 109-107 Victory Over the Philadelphia 76ers thurs Day might. That gave the expansion Hor nets 4-iq, consecutive wins they beat fellow expansionist Miami tuesday night. Tripucka said the hornets recovery from adversity marked an important growth step. Finally he said "1 think we kept our composure it takes making big plays. We made them at the end of the  the biggest came at the Buzzer when Charles Barkley drove the Lane and leaped Over Rex Chapman for a Layup. As 2 1 ,7 1 i fans wailed november s Aba player of the month was called for game ending offensive foul. "11 was a bad Call Barkley said. Even if it was a charge you can t make a Call like that at the end of the  we played perfect defense said Charlotte coach Dick Harter of the Deci Sive play. We earned the Call. When you hold your ground in the Middle against a 270-Pound drive you have to get the Call. But 1 would have expected it to go against us in that  Tripucka s game winning Baske thwarted a torrid second half rally by the Charlotte look a 59-46 Lead into half time and opened the second half with 10straight Points. Michael Holton s Layup capped the bunt providing a 69-46 Lead with 9 33 left in the third period. Aba Roundup however the 76ers responded with a 12-0 run. A Layup by Mike Uminski brought them to 69-58 with 6 50 left. A Dunk follow by Barkley gave Phila Delphia an 82.81 Edge with 10 32 left. With 3 38 left Barkley s Short jumper gave the mixers a 102-96 Lead. Charlotte then responded with a 9-2rally, taking a 107-104 Edge following Chapman Layup with 1 18 left Barkley who finished with 31 Points scored on a three Point play to tie the game with 28 seconds to go. Ron Anderson scored 30 Points for Philadelphia and Gminski added 23. Tripucka paced the hornets with 25, and Chapman added 19 Points. In other games thursday Hitti 117, ballets 115 Atlanta Dominiaue Welkin put the Hawks in front and kept them there most of the night with 36 Points a Atlanta beat Washington for to sixth straight Victory at Home game. Wilkins scored four Points in an 8-0streak Early in the first Quarter to give Al Lanta a 14-4 Lead but the bullets fought to a 32-32 lie at the end of the period. Wilkins 11-foot Baseline jumper with 8 11 remaining in the second Quarter put the Hawks ahead for Good. Atlanta got its biggest Lead of the game when Moses Malone hit a Layup to make the score 82-69 with 7 49 left in the third period. Washington Cut Atlanta s Lead to six Points 105-99, on baskets by John Wil Liams and Jeff Malone four minutes into again he fourth Quarter. But Wilkins answered with five Points As the Hawks went up 111-99 with 5 08 left. Atlanta also got 23 Points from Malone 21 from Reggie Theus 12 from John Battle ii by Glenn Rivers and 10 by Clift Levingston. Williams led the bullets with 30 Points.  alien 99, bocks 96 Milwaukee Mark Price hit ago ahead 3-Point jumper with 29 second left and Ron Harper scored 28 Points Tor Cleveland. The Cavaliers matched their 9-3 Start of 1977-78, their Best  s 3-Pointer made it 93-90 and his two free throws with 16 seconds to go gave Cleveland a 95-92 Lead. Milwaukee s Jay Humphries then made a Long jumper with 13 seconds left it was ruled a two Pointer and Harper and Rad Daug Chrly made two free throws each in the final seconds to Seal the Vic tory. Jack Sikma had 22 Points for the Bucks White Ricky Pierce and Terry gumming had 30 each for the Bucks. Daugherty added 22 for the cars. Nagged 133, Kings 126 of Sacramento Calif. Lafayette lever hit a 3-Point Basket at the end of regulation to lie the score then Matte three free throws in the final 15 seconds of overtime As Denver beat Sacramento with the nuggets leading 128-124 Andis seconds remaining in overtime. Lever made one four shot. Two second later Alex English who had 34 Point Wai fouled and converted his free throws with five seconds to go lever made two  end Montreal skein with tie by Ibe associated press Philadelphia Mike Bullard had a goal and an assist in his second game with Philadelphia As the flyers played to a 2-2 tie with Montreal thurs Day night ending the canadians three game winning Streak. The lie continued Montreal s nearly four year regular season via less Streak at the spectrum. The last regular season Vic tory for Montreal in Philadelphia was dec. 16,1984, when they beat the flyers 3-2.Philadelphia came Back from a 2-0 deficit when Bullard acquired tuesday from St. Louis scored his second goal As a flyer with a lip in of a Gord Murphy shot at 1 51 of the second period. Bullard later found Brian Propp Operon a 2-on-l breakaway and Propp passed the puck Over canadicns1 goalie Patrick Roy at 11 50 of the second period to tie the game at 2-2. Philadelphia could not capitalize on a 4 13 Power play in the overtime period. Montreal s Bob Gainey was assessed with a five minute High stick penalty at 19 13 in the third period after he hit bul lard cutting him in the face. Bullard left for the remainder of the third period but resumed with three minutes to play in overtime. In other games thursday nil Roundup blues 8, isl Joden 0 St. Louis chit Ronning had two goals and an assist and Greg Millen re corded his second shutout of the season As the St. Louis blues snapped a five game Wonless Streak with a Victory Over the new York islanders. The blues who entered the game with an nil Tow 73 goals in 22 games matched their biggest single game output of the season arid recorded the second biggest margin of Victory in the fran Chise s 22-year history. Detroit Steve Chiasson scored one goal and assisted on three others As Detroit gained in 10th Victory in 12 games by beating Quebec. The red Wing had a 4-5-4 record before their current Streak improved them to 14-7-4 and moved diem to the top of the Norris division. Quebec last in the Adams with an 8-17-2 record dropped its fourth straight game and fifth in ils last six. V North stus 4, Bruins 1 Boston Minnesota defens Eman Marie Hardy scored on a 90-foot wrist shot to break a 1-1 tie in the second period As the rejuvenated North stars Bear the ruins for their fourth straight Victory after winning Only four of their first 24 games. Flames 6, re Utterb 3 Calgary Alberta Joe Lieuwen Dyk scored two goals As the Calgary flames kept their unbeaten record at Home alive with a Victory Over the new York rangers. With the win Calgary extended its undefeated Streak to nine games and is the Only club still unbeaten at Home this sea son with an 11-0-3 record. The flames Lead the nil standings with 38 Points on a record of 17-4-4,. K1ngs9,mplelcfi3 Inglewood Calif. Bernie Nich plus continuing an amazing season open ing burst look Over the nil scoring Lead by notching two Mala and assisting on six others As los Angeles Defeated Toronto. Nicholls already the nil Leader with 30 goals took Over the scoring Lead with 63 Point 10 61 for Pittsburgh s Mario Lemieux and 60 for the Kings Wayne Gretzky the nil assist Leader who had five thursday night. The eight year vet eran set it club record by reaching 30 goals in his 26th game four fewer games Han Charlie simmer needed to reach that plateau in the 1980-81 season. Hlasek from Page 21 Many easy chances and i did t Lake advantage of  under the round Robin format lend still has a Chance to reach the semifinals. With a Lille bit of Luck lean make it he said. "1 just have to win some of these close  a loss Lobecker who beat Wilander wednesday night would have virtually eliminated Edberg. At least now 1 feel i have a Chance he said. But i m playing Mats Wilander next and that s Tough. Edberg moved much belter than he did in his opening loss to Leconte. The swede did not seem to be bothered by sore Knees that kept him out of action for almost a month before the masters. I did t play very Well against Henri he said but i knew i would do better tonight Becker went in the opposite direction. After serving 13 aces in an impressive Victory Over Wilander be had Only four against Edberg while double faulting five times "1 was t As motivated or psyched up in the first couple of games As i should have been and thai Cost me the match Becker said. I thought the first set was terrible. I could have beaten him three times and it would have been an easy match Becker holds a 9-6 Edge Over Edberg but has lost four of their last six matches. The West German broke Edberg to take a 5-3 Lead in the first set but the swede broke right Back and they remained even until the tiebreaker. After falling behind 5-4 in the tiebreaker Edberg served an Ace Becker hit a Back hand wide and Edberg cracked a winning service return to take the set. Becker grabbed the Lead again in the second set and this time he held it Edberg had two break Points in the eighth game but then made four straight errors to fail behind 5-3. His erratic play continued in the next game which be lost on a double fault television College football army n. Navy it Biu Delph 8 . Saturday College basketball loom he to. In Diana 1 in. Sand notre Dune n. Kentucky 3 39 in. Sund. Radio College basketball Urcla at Bruj Ham Young 4 in. Sunday