European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 a a a the stars and stripes thursday March 8,1990 gathers Bruins sweep flyers from Page 17 show inc Aba scouts that he was big  gathers died sunday after collapsing near mid court in a West coast conference tournament game against Portland. He was pronounced dead at Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital about 90 minutes later. Gathers had a pulse immediately after collapsing according to Chip Schaefer the head Trainer at Loyola Mary mount. His heart stopped beating after he was carried off inc court. Quot at first after his collapse he Felt responsive and you Don t perform car on a person who has a pulse Schaefer said. Quot or. Benjamin Schaeffer the team physician said a let s move him somewhere where to can Monitor and treat  Quot the team doctor connected gathers up to a defibrillator a machine used to Shock a failing heart into a Normal rhythm. The machine had been purchased after gathers first fainting incident on dec. 9 in a game against Cal Santa Barbara. Schaefer kept it court Side and carried it with him to All Road games. A the first Lime that we hooked him up on the defibrillator he did no to have one a pulse a a Schaefer said. A the machine then told us to Shock and we did. We shocked three times but he never regained his  team physician Schaeffer said everything was done correctly but would not comment on the specifics of the incident. The new York times also citing a physician it did not identify reported wednesday that gathers was diagnosed with a potentially fatal heart condition called cardiomyopathy which features a thickening of heart Muscles. Arrhythmia is a condition where the heartbeat is irregular and is often a symptom of cardiomyopathy. After gathers returned to the team on dec. 30, team officials began carrying the defibrillator at All times said Barry Zepul Loyola Mary mount sports information director. By the associated press Philadelphia a Bob Gould a goal with 41 seconds left in regulation gave Boston a 2-1 Victory Over Philadelphia tuesday night As the Bruins completed a three game sweep in their season series with the flyers. Gould tapped Dave christians shot past goalie Ken arc get in the crease after Christian stole the puck from de fens Man Terry Carkner at the Blue line. Christian skated in with the puck but hit the Post with a wrist shot that deflected Back to Gould. The defeat tied the flyers club record of 16 Home losses set in the 1968-69 season Philadelphia last in the Patrick division is 14-16-2 at Home this season. Boston which holds the league s Best Overall record at 42-22-5, improved its league leading Road record to 21-12-3. In other games tuesday whalers 4, islanders 2 Uniondale . A Kevin Dineen scored three goals As Hartford won its fourth straight game by beating the nil Roundup slumping new York islanders. Dineen broke a 1-1 tie at 2 26 with a Power play goal and swatted in a rebound at 18 15 to drop the islanders to 0-8-2 in their last 10 games. Hartford a Peter Sidorkiewicz made 23 saves. He has won All four career decisions against the islanders allowing Only seven goals. Devils 2, blues 1 East Rutherford . A John Maclean and Doug Brown scored second period goals and Chris Terreri stopped 16 shots As new Jersey Defeated St. Louis and snapped the blues three game winning Streak. The blues who rarely threatened Terreri and did not score until Paul Maclean scored his 26th of the season 9 13 into the third period. Sabres 1, capitals i Landover my. A Pierre Turgeon scored a Power play goal at 6 46 of the third period to lift Buffalo into a tie with Washington. Washington is fighting for a playoff spot in the Patrick division and trails new Jersey and the new York islanders tied for third by one Point. A Turgeon a goal came just after Washington defens Eman Bob Rouse was called for boarding. Buffaloes Phil Housley a shot from the Slot deflected off Washington defens Eman Rod Langway to Turgeon a stick. His shot from a Sharp Angle went in for his 34th goal. Oilers 4, penguins 3, of Edmonton Alberta a Craig Mac Tavish scored his 20th goal of the season at the 1 17 Mark of overtime to give Edmonton a Victory Over Pittsburgh. Mark Lamb had scored late in the third period to pull the oilers even with the penguins. Lambs goal came Only 84 seconds after Kevin Stevens had Given the penguins a 3-2 Lead with Pittsburgh a first shot of the period. N. Stars Deal Gartner to rangers a by the associated press in a move they Hope will Lead to their first championship of any kind since 1942, the new York rangers acquired High scoring right Wing Mike Gartner from the Minnesota North stars on tuesday for Ulf Dahlen. The rangers Lead the Patrick division by six Points Over Pittsburgh with 12 games remaining. The penguins have 13 games left. The 30-Ycar-old Gartner was Minnesota a second leading scorer with 34 goals and 36 assists. In 11 nil seasons with Washington and the North stars Gartner has 438 goals 23rd on the All time list and 335 assists the Trade was announced shortly before the no la a Trade deadline. The 23-year-old Dahlen also a right Wing has 18 goals a 13 on the Power play a and 18 assists. Dahlen the rangers first round draft pick in 1985 and the seventh Choice Overall in the nil draft has 71 goals and 60 assists in 188 games. In addition the rangers Are sending Minnesota the los Angeles Kings fourth round selection in this years draft. Several other teams were Busy on tuesday too. In a Trade announced several hours after the deadline the new Jersey devils got a much needed goal scorer by acquiring Peter Stastny from the Quebec Nordques for defens Eman Craig Wolanin. The devils also sent defens Eman Reijo Ruotsalainen to Edmonton for minor league defens Eman Jeff sharpies and Veteran left Wing Jim Korn was sent to the Calgary flames for a fifth round draft Choice. St. Louis acquired right Wing Rich Sutter younger brother of blues coach Brian Sutter and 35-year-old defens Eman Harold a nests from the Vancouver canucks in Exchange for a minor league Prospect Adrien Plavsic and two High draft picks. Mike Gartner stalled baseball talks begin a intense explorations by Richard Justice the Washington Post new York a a meeting of baseball a owners scheduled for thursday in Dallas was abruptly cancelled tuesday night As the stalled labor talks resumed with what one source described As a a couple of intense Days of trying to reach an  after a Day of internal meetings on both sides negotiators for the players and owners had their first formal lace to face meeting in 11 Days tuesday night. Sources on both sides cautioned against Reading too much into tuesdays developments especially since these talks have already had so Many false starts. But it s at least Clear the players and owners intend to find out if an agreement is possible in time to save the scheduled april 2 Start of the regular season. Both sides believe players must be in Camp by monday to have any Chance of doing that. The decision to cancel thursdays Dallas meeting comes after five of the six members of the player relations com Mittee a the ownership group charged with reaching a new agreement a met for four hours with commissioner Fay Vincent and other officials involved directly in the talks. A we Felt in the world of priorities wed be better off staying Here a said Milwaukee Brewers owner Bud Selig chairman of the pc. A what could possibly have a higher priority than this i done to know whether there a going to be Good news or not. 1 do know we re Here and Well try to get something done. At the moment its nothing More than making a geographical  he would not say if any new proposals had been discussed. He would say Only that the owners and players would meet tuesday night and that the pc tentatively would meet again wednesday morning before going into another session with the players. Vincent Deputy commissioner Steve Greenberg and Chuck of Connor have handled most of the negotiations but tuesday nights meeting also included Selig and Fred Wilpon of the new York  Page 17 Mormance by Dominique Wilkins who now has 123 Points in his last three games. Tom Chambers led Phoenix with 31 Points Kevin Johnson had 24 Points and Eddie Johnson 20 for the suns. Moses Malone had 21 Points and 16 rebounds for Atlanta. Pistons 101, Kings 91 Auburn Hills Mich. A Joe do Mars and Bill Laimbeer scored 25 Points apiece to Lead Detroit to its 19th Victory in 20 games. The pistons 28-3 at Home have a six game winning Streak. Detroit struggled in the third Quarter As Wayman Tisdale scored 18 Points including All six during a 6-0 spurt that gave Sac Ramento its biggest Lead of the Quarter 7570. The Kings led 77-74 after three periods. Tisdale also had 14 Points in the fourth Quarter finishing with 40. The Kings were without their second Best scorer Danny Aings out with a bruised thigh. Bulls 114, Bucks 105 Milwaukee a Michael Jordan scored 35 Points including six in a closing 10-0 run As Chicago extended its winning Streak to nine games. The winning Streak is the bulls longest since 1973-74 and was their 11th Victory in the last 12 meetings with Milwaukee. Horace Grant added 21 Points and Scot tie Pippen 18 for Chicago which started its winning spurt with 2 41 remaining. Alvin Robertson led Milwaukee with 33 Points and Jay Humphries and Ricky Pierce added 19 each. Pacers 113, bullets 98 Indianapolis a Chuck person scored 36 Points As Indiana broke a three game losing Streak. There was no hint of the ill feelings that spilled Over on the court when the two teams last met on feb. 18 in Baltimore. Rik Smits backed person with 24 Points for Indiana and Reggie Miller added 17. Jeff Malone led six bullets in double figures with 19 Points. The loss was Washington a third in four games. Supersonics 95, Cavaliers 90 Seattle a Reserve guard Jim Farmer made All four of his shots in the fourth Quarter helping Seattle hand Cleveland its fifth straight loss. Seattle led 75-71 before Farmer scored eight Points and Derrick Mckey four during a 12-6 run that gave the supersonics an 87-77 advantage. Cleveland later scored six straight to close to 89-85 with 32.5 seconds left but Dana Barros who led Seattle with Points made four free throws Ana Mckey two sealing the sonics win. John Williams led the Cavaliers won 20 Points while Mark Price and Larry Nance had 18 each. Nuggets 122, hornets 96 Denver a Dan Schayes had a perfect shooting game scoring 23 Points an grabbing 12 rebounds to Lead Den Over  hit 7 of 7 shots and 9 of ? r throws for the nuggets who won u third straight game. Alex English and 18 Points and fat lever and a Davis had 15 apiece for Denver. Rex Chapman had 22 Points to Charlotte