European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. April 8,19b9 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Trevino s 67 leads masters by Gordon s. White or. Augusta a. Not Twenty years after he swore he would never play in inc mailers scam. Lee Trevino shot ivc under Par 67 thursday in the first round of the 5 3rd masters to become at49. The oldest Man Ever to Lead the Field. In any round of this tournament. 1 "1 certainly did t expect to play As Well As did to Vino said. Tin not ready physically As lilt As the Golf swing is concerned now. But mentally i m ready. Thai s what got me through today but if 1 get anything Mil of this round it la be that there s still a spark in the fireplace. All i Sal to do is throw inc right Wood on it.". Tom Kite. 10 years younger than tre Vino and one Filic half dozen favourites in Thi 86-Man Field shot Par 72 and said Lee s not a Surprise the big Surprise is that he s not Doc it More  most spectators were surprised. And delighted when Trevino the Talka Tive and popular television commentator and part time golfer these Days grabbed a one stroke Edge Over Nick Faldo of England on a Windy but sunny Day ate Ardful Augusta National Golf club not Only arc Trevino s age and bad Back supposed to militate against him but his lasting la pc half relationship with the officials and course at Augusta National always scented to prevent him from achieving much in a masters. His Best score in 62 previous masters rounds was a 68 opening the 1984 tournament his Best finish was a lie for both twice. Shooting a Superb round without bogey. Trevino opened with five straight one putt greens had  of Only 26 putts on these fast greens and saved Paron the last two holes with spectacular Chip shots to get up and  despite never practising putts or playing a practice round on the course this week a he did in preparation was hit Over 2,000 balls on the Range monday through wednesday. Trevino played in his first twp masters in 9fisand 1969 and said after the l%9 masters Don t talk to me about the masters. I m never going to play there again. They can invite me All they want but i m not Goingback. 11 just not my Type of course he boycotted the masters in 1970 and 197 land again in 1974 despite rescuing an invitation to. Play. Jack. Nicklaus discredited with getting Trevino to return to the masters on a regular basis. Vet Trevino who is playing in his 18th masters has never hesitated in let Ting people know he disliked the course. For his style of game primarily the fade shots left 10  Trevino who grew up on Public Golf courses has never been comfortable at the wealthy. Augur i National Golf club. He Slit refuses to  shoes in the locker room and instead puts on his Golf spikes in the parking lot an rarely enters the clubhouse. Tom Watson a two Lime Winner of the masters who shot Par 72, said Leland t arc very Good friends. I m pulling for him. If can t win i want Lee to win. I m not surprised. He can play Well any where. A 67 on a Windy Day in Augusta is a great round of Golf. The masters ii the Only one of the four major championships that Trevino has not won. He took the 1968 . Open the 1971 and 1972 British opens and the 1974 and 1984 pea championships the 84 pea was Trevino s last Victory -. Faldo Winner of his National championship at the 1981 British open had on bogey with Sal the Lith that prevented him from tying Trevino for the opening Lead. But the englishman got an Eagle 1 on the 13th when he stroked a 220-Yard 2-Iron shot to the Green and rolled in a20-foot first putt. Scot l Hoch was two shots behind Trevino at 69, Andy bean and Don Hooley were at 70. Among the favourites in this masters sevc Ballestros shot 71 after driving into the water to get bogey 6 at no. 1 i Greg Norman posted a 74 Curtis strange had triple bogey 6 at the 12th on his Way to 74 Ben Crenshaw came in at 71 and Mark Calcavecchia had 74. Etre Iino reacts id lie crowd after Makler a Birdie Mclory Over the Washington capitals eve eng the Patrick division series at one game  Wash Egton s Dale h in Ler off for slash i no Goa lie Ron he stall Tim Kerr s shot from the lower Lef Circle hit Propp and deflected past goaltender i Cle peelers it was Propp s third goal in two games. Propp had tied the score with 8 35 remaining when he lipped Gord Murphy s shot from the fight goalpost past pc tors for a Power Plov Goa Washington opened the scoring on a Power play goal that went in Oil the skate of do Cie Carlesi As time expired in the second period the Green tight went on and the clock went to Zero but referee Rob Connall gave Washington a 2-0 Lead 2.40 into the final period before Keith Acton scored on a rebound far  won the opener b the same score. In other first round games thursday night penguins 7, ranked 4 Pittsburgh Kevin Stevens. Rob Brown and Jock Callender scored in a 9f-second Span to spark a lne goal first period for Pittsburgh which grabbed a 2 0 Lead in a playoff series for Only the fourth time m ils history. The penguins in their first playoff since 1982, won 3-1 in came 1.nhl scoring Leader Mano be Micov who had been held to one assist in the first two games after finishing the regular season Wilh 199 Points scored his first career playoff goal when he fired into an empty net with 1 06 remaining. Can Adneris 3, whalers 1 Montreal Bobby Smith s Power play goal highlighted a three goal outburst in the second period for Montreal which leads the Adams division series 2 0. Montreal won 6-2 wednesday. Montreal was on a Power play when Petr Syoboda s Point shot was blocked at the defence  by Mats Naslund in the Slot and fed across to Smith at the Side of. The crease. He slapped it past goaltender Peter Sidorkiewicz at 17 02 of the period. Bruins 5. Sabres 3 Boston Craig Janancy and Bobby Carpenter scored 48 seconds apart Early in the ibid period As the Bruins overcame a 3-0 deficit and evened la Weir Adams series at i-1.  lied the game 68 seconds into the final period after John Carter s 2fj-foot shot from the left Circle hit the right goalpost. The  Janancy in the slow and he beat goal tender Clint Malarchuk with a 10-foot shot --.-. Blues 4, North stars 3, of. St. Louis Rick mag her  second goal 5 30 incr overtime., giving the blues their second straight Layol overtime Victory Meagher s Backhander set up by Herb Raglan sent the Blue to Minnesota for weekend games in control of the Norm division. Series Brell Hull s goal in. Overtime won la opener by the same score wednesday. " blackha�ks5, Recti vib s4.ot Detroit Duane Sutler s goal at 1436 of overtime lifted Chicago nullifying a three goal game by the redwings Steve vat Man and give my the Blackhawk a split of Llie first iwo games of the Norris division series James 5, canucks 2 Calgary Alberta Joel our and Colin Patter son had a goal and an assist in the first period a Calgary rebounded from a first game upset with a solid Victory Over Vancouver in game 2 of the Smythy Divi Sion semifinals Otto opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal set up by Patterson 8 20 into the game  up Palter son s first Goa of the playoffs with one second Ream ing Inich period. Theoren. Reury and Doug Gilmour scored in the second period for a 4-0 Lead As the flames who loss the series opener 4-3 in overtime evened the series at 1-1. Games 3 and .4.will be played in Vancouver sat urday and sunday.  names who finished first in the Overall nil standings and 43 Points ahead of the canucks drove game i hero Kirk Mclean to the Bench after two periods beating him four limes on 2� show. Mike Vernon beaten in game i. Stopped .23 Shols for Calgary. _ _ Brian Bradley on the Power play and Ore Adam who picked up his second goal of the playoffs scored for Vancouver,.hakan Loob scored third period Power play goal for inc flame.-. -. Klncs5,oilirs2 Ingle Wood Calif. Chm Kont Shad Ashalm each period a los Angeles Beal defending Stanley cup Champion Edmonton to even their smythe division semifinal series atone game apiece. Wayne Grezky and Bernie Nicholas the Kings Torivo scorers added their first goals of this year s play offs and Kelly Hrudny returning after missing Hie scrips opener with the flu made 30-saves for los an Giles which out Shol the oilers 4421