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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes monday february 12,1990 Lemieux runs Streak to 45 straight games by Chi associated press Pittsburgh Mario Lemieux extended his storing Streak to -15 games with an assist and Phil Hou que s goal at 17 24 broke a 5-5 tic As the Pitts Burgh penguins rallied for a 7-6 Victory Over the  Angeles Kings t Lemieu v to is in games shy of Wayne Grucky s 51 game Streak set in the 1 133-84 season was held to a second period assist and Grezky also had Only one assisting the showdown Between the nil s two leading scorers. Kob drown had his second hat trick of the season for Pittsburgh and Luc Robitaille had two goals for the  other games saturday islanders 4, brains 3. Of Boston Randy Wood scored his second goal of the game at 2 13 of overtime As the new York Island ers rallied past  Patrick division leading islanders extended their a test unbeaten Streak to 4-0-1 and ended bos Ion s three game winning string. Red wings 7. Flames 5 Detroit Bernie pc Durko s goal Early in the final period broke a 4-4 tic and Sheldon Kennedy added his first nil goal 40 seconds later As Detroit snapped a three game losing Streak by beating Calgary. North stars 6, Blackhawk 4 Bloomington. Minn. Gaetan duchy inc s goal with 8 33 left in regulation Lime broke a 4-4 lie As Minnesota snapped a four game losing Streak. Rookie Don Barber and Mike Gartner each scored two goals us the North stars won before 15,196 at the met Center their the first sellout since Jan. 14. 1989. Against Calgary. Hitlers 6, Maple in ass 2 Hartford Conn Hartford centers Ray Ferraro and Ron Francis scored goals 4 21 apart in the second period As six whalers scored in a win Over Toronto. Dave Tippett and Dean  added Short handed goals 1 18 apart in the third period to also highlight the Hartford attack. Todd Krygier and Kevin do can also scored for the Walcis 26-25-6. Who moved one game Over .5 x for the 1 Ullh time this season. Blues 7, devils 0 St. Louis Gino Cavallini scored three goals and Vincent Rich Cau got his first career shutout As St. Louis Defeated new Jersey. Brett Hull the league s leading goal scorer got his 51sl and had an assist to tic two team scoring records and Rod Brind amour had two goals for the blues who pulled into a second place tic with Toronto in the Norris division. Cavallini. Who had t scored in his last 10 games earned his first career hat trick getting one goal in each period. His brother Paul had three assists. Hull extended his Point scoring Streak to 19 games tying a team record set by Blake Dunlop in 1981-82. Blues Dave Lowrey launches devils John Maclean. Canadians 7, Nordques 2 Montreal so Chanc Richer scored three goals two in a 54-second Span Early in the second period As Montreal handed Quebec its Lith straight loss. Douglas James Buster Douglas lands the decisive left on Mike Tyson sunday in Tokyo. From Page 21 Ward held upright in the embrace of ref Eree Octavio Meyran of Mexico. Tyson who was behind on Points on virtually everyone s scorecard except one judge at the finish went out like Many of his 37 victims battered by punches to the head. Los Angeles judge Larry to Adilla had Douglas ahead 88-82. But japanese ref Eree Ken Morita had Tyson ahead. 87 86, and the third ref rec Makalu Uchida had it 86-86. As a pro. Nothing like this has Ever happened to the Man some were already calling the greatest heavy weight Champion Ever. He had never been knocked off his feet let alone knocked out. His last defeat in the ring was a decision to Henry Tillman who beat the 17- car old Tyson twice at the 1984 . Olympic trials. T son nearly pulled i out in the eighth round however. He dropped Douglas with a hard right uppercut and whether or not Douglas beat the count at the end of the round was a subject of heated debate afterwards and will be re viewed in the coming Days. The president of the Japan boxing federation said videotape showed Douglas was Down for 12 seconds in the eighth round. But that was in the past when Tyson whose Knees and legs seemed to be unsteady and to tremble from the filth round on was sent out with a tremendous Douglas right uppercut to the Chin near Douglas Corner in the i oth. The Champion reeled backward and Douglas was on him instantly. Tyson was de senseless As Douglas smashed him with a right and left another right and finally a Long sweeping left Hook that put Tyson on his Back. As he hit the Blue Canvas his Mouth piece popped into the air. As he was counted out. He groped for it and stuffed it into his Mouth backward. As Mav on counted him out. Tyson s face was Slack and his Mouth open partially gripping the backward mouthpiece. His Gla de eyes were aimed toward the baseball stadium s Center Field Fence. Douglas a 29-year-old from Columbus. Ohio who barely beat unknown Oliver i Call on the undo card of last summer Styson Carl Williams fight in Atlantic City . And came in with a 29-4-1 record. Showed Tyson great respect in the first two or three rounds by jabbing busily and mov ing counter clockwise away from Tyson s right hand  changed that strategy right in the third round stood in there and ought him face to face. The reason because Tyson was just Loo easy Iconium this  in the  Douglas landed a Long Sirai Ghl right hand that sent spirals of sweat flying off Tyson s head  the Midway of the fourth to the finish. Tyson. 37-1, was on unsteady leg Sand the old aggressiveness was slowly fading from the 23-year-old Champion. But at the end of the fourth. Tyson landed his Best blows of the fight two hard chopping right hands with five seconds left. The fifth round was borderline Slaughter. Douglas began the round immediately with two scoring rights and followed them with a left uppercut in Side. Incredibly he was standing Flat footed in front of the one time indestructible Champion and throwing in your face  the eighth. Tyson s strength seemed to have gone. He cracked Douglas on the Chin with a hard right hand inside but the punch had nothing on it and Douglas did t even  the end of the round the bal erred. Shaky Champion nearly pulled it out. Doug Las had just rocked his foe with two right hands that had sent Tyson to the ropes. Ashis Corner men were going berserk. Douglas delivered a right to Tyson s Chin and drove him to the ropes , in the eighth it seemed As if the Miracle had arrived for Tyson. With his face Slack from Shock and pain his Mouth opened and his Knees trembling he caught Douglas with a powerful uppercut under the Chin and it put Douglas on the seat of his  it was Douglas who was Slack faced and shaky. Maeron did not appear to pick up the count from the timekeeper. One reporter s ringside Stop watch had Douglas going Down at 2 57 of the round but you can t be saved by the Bell in a title  came out hammering for the 10th round and Tyson s Eye. Partially closed when the round began was completely closed by the end of the round. In the Dimmg. Confused aftermath As reports flew All Over me building of protest meetings one thing was very Clear. Rocky Marciano s unbeaten 49-0 career record is Safe for the rest of this Century  
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