European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday december 6,1988 Trade Lendl Becker in final of masters tourney from Page 21 Ager Roland Hemond said. It s not easy to Trade a player of Eddie Murray s Cali Ber but we must March on to do what is Best for the orioles. The players we Are gelling will gel an Opportunity to do what they might not have been Able to i los Angeles. Because Murray has spent All 12 big league seasons with Baltimore he needed to give his approval Murray was born and raised in los Angeles and had wanted to play for the dodgers. Murray asked for a Trade 2 a years ago when the orioles began to go downhill. They won the world series in 1983 but have finished last in the american league East for the past two seasons. The dodgers had expressed interest in Murray last year los Angeles knew it needed a solid first baseman and had also inquired loosely about Jack Clark and Joe Carter. They were Long negotiations an there was a time on Friday when i thought the Deal fell through. Dodgers general manager Fred Claire said. We feel the Deal is very important for the dodgers. He s one of inc Premier player sin inc  we acquired what i believe is an excellent fourth place hitter dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda said. He can i with Power a great Guy on the club and is a Good fielder. We believe we have a player that someday will be in the Hall of Fame Baltimore is in need of almost every thing particularly pitching. The orioles had a 4.54 earned run average the worst in the majors. There had to be some adjustments made Hemond said. Proposal counterproposal but we ended up with what we wanted. It s important to us in the restructuring of the orioles. The deeper you get in pitching it can Lead to other  Hollon 29, was exceptional in Middle Relief for the dodgers. The right hander was 7-3 Wilh a 1.70 Era in 45 games. Howell 28. Has been used mostly i Middle Relief throughout his major league career. A right hander he went 10-1 for class aaa Albuquerque postseason and was 0-1 with a 6.39 Era for the , 20, is the younger brother of to Ronto Star George Bell. Juan Bell will be Given every oppor Nily orioles manager Frank Robinso said. The official announcement of the Deal was delayed 4s minutes while orioles and dodgers officials were stuck in a atrium elevator at the Marriot Marquis. Nobody wanted to give me Mouth to Mouth resuscitation Lasorda joked. New York a Ivan Lindl peaked at the perfect time and Boris Becker ended the title Hopes of Jako Blasck sunday to reach inc masters ten Nis final Lindl rounding into lop form after a recent Layoff Defeated St clan Edburg 6-3, 7-6 7-4 to reach the championship match for the ninth straight Lime and Becker playing his Best on crucial Points beat Hlasek 7-6 7-27-6 o-3 in semifinal matches at Madison Square Garden Early in the tournament lend appeared Rusty from inactivity caused by september shoulder operation but he was in lop form against Edberg Pound ing deep ground strokes and serving five aces and 14 winners. The last four or five Days i be been hitting better and belter in practice but i could t do it in my matches lend said. Today was the first Day where my mind kept up Wilh my  Bui it was t a completely Happy Day for Lendl who is seeking his fourth Slraight masters title and his sixth Over All. He complained repeatedly about fans taking Flash photographs during the match and two spectators were ejected after ignoring warnings by chair Umpire Paulo Preira. When you toss up the Ball and some body flashes you see the Flash instead of the Ball Lindl said. It s very very Dis-tracting.". Becker and Hlasek who entered their match As the two honest players on the tour put on a sizzling display. The decisive Edge came in the. Tic Breakers. Hlasek made five errors in the first one and Becker won the second one with inc help of two spectacular running shots. I be played More crucial Points Thanh has said Becker who has won 21 of 23 matches since Wimbledon. I be been in three masters semifinals arid two finals and that was the difference  Hlasek who beat Lindl Tim Mayotte and Andre Agassi in route to the semifinals said he May have been overconfident before the match. I came into the semis thinking could  Hlasek said. I was thinking ahead to the  Hlasek who had reached the finals of his last three tournaments said the turn ing Point was his inability to hold serve Boris Becker talks with his manager Ian to Ria after defeating Jakob Hlasek with a 4-2 Lead in the second set that was the match right there in Swiss player said. I let him Back in the set and that gave hint  Lendl and Edburg stayed on serve in the opening set until Lendl broke Wilh a backhand return to take a 5-3 Lead. Edburg had a Chance to break Back inthe next game but made to unforced errors that allowed Lendl to get to  Lendl served an Ace Edberg netted a backhand return to end the set Edberg broke to take a 2-0 Lead in the second set but Lindl broke right backhand they battled on even terms until the tiebreaker. Edberg took a 3-2 Lead in the tiebreaker but then made six consecutive errors to dose the two hour match. Although it was the third straight year. Edberg has. Lost in the semifinals the swede said he was Happy with his show  i. Y. -. When i look Back on this tournament i will be quite pleased with the Way i played Here said Edburg who also has been plagued with injuries since winning Wimbledon "1 did t expect to do so  Lindl wins the masters it will be his first major title of the year. He failed to win a grand slam event and lost his no. 1 ranking to mais Wilander at the . It s not going to save my year if i win the masters Lendl said. But it would give me a great Start for a Cal  Becker served 10 aces Ana seven Dou ble faults against Hlasek who Rose from no. 43 to no. 8 in the rankings after recovering from a broken wrist that Side lined him for four months Early this year. He had nothing to lose Becker  was just Happy to be  Becker lost his two previous master finals to lend in straight sets. He s coming Back into top shape and he s played Well under pressure Here Becker said. I just Hope t gel off to Good Start because it s Oest of five nil frompaga21. -.-". Goal on which Holder Greg Coleman threw out of Bounds Lohmiller made the winning kick. Vikings 45, saints 3 Minnesota s stingy defense in Rcd offensive too As Carl Lee and Jesse Solomon returned interceptions for touchdowns. The Vikings extended their string of not allowing a touchdown to 17 quarters in winning their fifth straight game Minnesota has pulse Ord its last four opponents 123-9 and its last five 167-26., " " " the Vikings 10-4, reached double figures in Victo pics for the first time since 1976, when they made their fourth and final super bowl appearance. They Nee done Victor 1 in their last two games to qualify for the playoffs. A -. New Orleans 9-5, lost its second straight and four thin six games. The saints fell into a tie Wilh san fran Cisco for first place in the pfc  Wilson passed for 215 Yards and three touch Down including is and 68-yarders to Hassan Jones. Raiders 21, Broncos 20 the raiders win threw the acc West into a three Way tie at 7-7. Denver and Seattle also have that re Cord a. ". " Greg Townsend resumed an interception of a pass by John Elway �6 Yards for a touchdown and sacked the Denver quarterback twice. Townsend also recovered a Fumble for a touchdown last week at Seattle Townsend s touchdown with 9 24 left in the third Quarter gave the raiders a 21-d Lead. The Broncos battled Back and made it 21-20 on Elway s second touchdown pass to Clarence Kay a 4-Yardcr with 10 13 remaining. But the raiders kept the Ball Tor All but the last six seconds of the final 7 29. It was the i Ith straight year one team has swept the raiders Broncos series los Angeles also won 30-27 in overtime at Denver. Chiefs 38, jets 3j new York stopped Kansas City on three running plays from the i then James Saxon scored with two seconds to play to win in. Saxon s run came three plays after Bobby Humphery was called for pass interference in the end zone. The chiefs tried two running plays and a quarterback sneak by Steve Deberg without scoring. On fourth Down they went for the touchdown and Saxon got it capping a 68-Yard drive. Deberg threw three touchdown passes for Kansa City 4-9-1, which had lied the jets 17-17 earlier this year. Pat Ryan threw for two touchdowns and Johnny Hector ran for two More for the jets 6-7-1, who were eliminated from playoff Contention y Braiu 24, cowboys 21 at Cleveland the Browns sent Dallas to a team record 12th defeat this season and 10th in a Row Bernic Kosar passed for 308 cards and three touchdowns including two less Iha Niwo minutes apart in the fourth Quarter. With Dallas ahead 14-10, Kosar threw a 14-Yard touch Down to Herman Fontenot. Then Clarence Weathers made a spectacular diving 36-Yard reception Kosar completed 19 of 27 passes offsetting Huschel. Walker s 134 Yards on 25 carries fat the cowboys who were penalized 17 times for 142 Yards. Penalties wiped out two Roger Ruzek Field goals one a 40-yarder that would have tied the game with 1 38 to play. He Hen was Short on a so Yard attempt the Brawns 9-5, can t win a fourth straight acc Centra title but Are alive for a wild card berth. Lions 30, packers u Devon Mitchell went 90 Yards with an interception the nil s longest interception return of the season As Detroit improved to 2-1 under interim coach Wayne ponies. The Lions Are 4-10 Overall the Lioni scored on a 21-Yard reverse by Pete Mandley and also had a 2-Yard touchdown run by Garry James. It was the first time this season the Lions have scored two Rushing touchdowns in a game