European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes saturday March 31,1990boston nips Hartford for Adams title by the associated press Boston a the Boston Bruins wrapped up the Adams division title and clinched the no la a Best record As Well when Craig Janney scored with 3 09 left to give them a 3-2 Victory Over Hartford. Boston which has had the Best record in the league and the Adams division Lead since mid january is 46-25-7 and has 99 Points. Calgary with 95, can match that but Boston would win a tiebreaker because it would have More wins. Buffalo 43-27-8 after beating Minnesota 4-2 thursday night is in second place in the Adams i nil Roundup vision with 94 Points. All three teams have two games left in the regular season that ends sunday the last time Boston had the no la a Best record was 1983. Its last Adams Crown came the following season. In other games thursday capitals 2, flyers 2 Philadelphia a Geoff court Nally a goal late in the second period allowed Washington to Clinch a Patrick division playoff spot with a tie that dimmed Philadelphia a Hopes. Canadians 5, Nordques 2 Quebec a Russ Courtnell scored once and added three assists As Montreal kept alive its chances of finishing second in the Adams division with a Victory Over Quebec. Sabres 4, North stars 2 Buffalo . A Scott Arniel tipped in a shot from the Point to break a tie with 5 51 remaining leading Buffalo past Minnesota. Arnica redirected Uwe Krupp a turnaround slap shot Over the shoulder of North stars goalie Kari Takko who kept Minnesota in the game while making 39 saves. Blackhawk 4, Maple Leafs 2 Chicago a Chicago clinched the Norris division title As Doug Wilson and Jocelyn Lemieux scored Early goals in route to a Victory Over Toronto. The Blackhawk clinched their first division championship since 1985-86, beating out the St. Louis blues three Points behind the Blackhawk with one game to play. Blues 5, penguins 4 St. Louis a Rod Brindz a mourns tie breaking goal Early in the third period gave St. Louis a Victory Over Pittsburgh preventing the penguins from clinching the final playoff berth in the Patrick division. Brindz amours goal his 26th, ended the blues six game losing Streak and assured them of finishing second in the Norris division. Devils 6, rangers 4 East Rutherford . A soviet defens Eman Viacheslav Fetisow scored a goal and set up four others in his Best game in the nil As new Jersey Defeated new York to Clinch second place in the Patrick division. Jets 1, Kings 0 los Angeles a Winnipeg spat a Lynnik scored in the first period at 5 58 on a Power play for the Only goal of the game. Mavericks Down spurs for 6th straight Victory by the associated press san Antonio a Rolando Blackman scored 28 Points including 13 of Dallas final 15, As the Mavericks posted their sixth straight Victory with a 109105 decision Over the san Antonio spurs on thursday night. San Antonio led most of the Way and had a 16-Point bulge in the first Quarter. Poor free throw shooting by the spurs 23 of 37 allowed the Mavericks to get Back in the game. David Robinson scored 33 Points to Lead the spurs and Terry Cummings added 17. The Mavericks took their first Lead 9493 on a three Pointer by Sam Perkins As the shot clock went off with 3 21 left in the game. A turnaround jumper by Blackman made it 96-93. San Antonio went almost 5 Xhu minutes without a Field goal Midway through the final period. The spurs Only Points Between the 7 39 and 2 11 Marks were three free throws by Rod Strickland and a pair by Anderson that gave the spurs a 99-98 Lead. But Blackman hit four straight jumpers including a three Pointer in the final 1 31. The spurs led 55-50 at halftime. In other games thursday night rockets 120, Bucks 94 Houston a Houston a Akeem Ola Juwon became the third player in Aba history to record a quadruple double a 18 Points 16 rebounds 10 assists and 11 blocked shots a in leading the rockets to a Victory Over Milwaukee. With 2 50 left Olajuwon got his 10th assist when he passed to Lewis Lloyd who hit a jump shot. Olajuwon a performance came less than four weeks after he was credited with a Aba Roundup Rolando Blackman. 28 Points for Dallas quadruple double in a game against Golden state on March 3, Only to have it withdrawn by the Aba. Olajuwon had been Given a 10th assist when the rockets staff looked at the game film. After the league ruling Olajuwon wound up with 29 Points 18 rebounds and 11 blocked shots but Only nine assists. The other two players to record quadruple doubles were Nate Thurmond of Chicago with 22 Points 14 rebounds 13 assists and 12 blocked shots on oct. 18, 1974, and Alvin Robertson Thenny Antonio with 20 Points 11 rebound assists and 10 steals on feb. 18,19 pacers 111, Kings 101indianapolis a detlef Schret inf powered a fourth period surge with k his 25 Points As Indiana beat sacrament for its fifth consecutive Victory a. Streak matches the pacers longest of k season a feat they accomplished twice the Kings trailed 83-80 with just under 10 minutes to play but Manid Only a 15-footer by Vinny Del nes Over the next 6 i minutes while the pacers outscored them 16-2. Schr Cluj had six Points in that spurt. Chuck person also scored 25 Points for Indiana and Reggie Miller added 21. Sacramento Santoine Carr had 26 Points. Suns 105, hornets 92 Charlotte . A torn Chambers scored 29 and Kevin Johnson had 25 As Phoenix took advantage of cold second half shooting by Charlotte. The suns broke open a tight game Midway through the third Quarter and Johnson gave them a 79-69 Lead with 3 3-Point shot from half court at the Buzzer. Charlotte missed eight of its first nine shots in the fourth period and the suns clinched the Victory with a 12-2 run Over a four minute Span. Trail blazers 112 Hawks 106 Portland Ore. A Buck Williams 18 Points led eight Portland players in double figures As the Trail blazers beat Atlanta. Warriors 128, jazz 123 Oakland Calif. A Chris Mullin scored 29 Points and Golden state made 55 of 65 free throws to break a 38-year-old club record and beat Utah spoiling a 49-Point performance by Karl Malone of the jazz. Winfield 0 for 3 in Yankee win by the associated press Dave Winfield trying to make a comeback from Back surgery returned to the lineup thursday and went 0 for 3 with a walk in the new York Yankees 10-3 exhibition Victory Over Baltimore. Winfield 38, started As the designated hitter. He popped out on an off Speed pitch in his first at Bat then sandwiched a groundnut and a Force out around a fifth mining walk. He is expected to make his first Outfield appearance sunday with a Start in left Field against the new York mets. It was the first time Winfield has played in a game since sept. 27, 1988. Winfield says hell be ready to Start on opening Day april 10, in Cleveland. A no problem. No problem a Winfield said. A i guarantee you. You la  the 12-time All Star downplayed his first game Back. A i guess the first step is always important but nothing significant happened one Way or another a he said. Winfield was the major leagues rib Leader with 1,017, for the 10-year period preceding the first major injury of his 16-year career. Pirates 14, Blue jays 7 at Bradenton Light hitting Jay Belles three run Homer highlighted a six run sixth inning As Pittsburgh beat Toronto. Billy Hatcher Wally Backman Jeff King and Andy Van Slyke also drove in two runs each for the pirates who won despite making four errors. Red sox is 5-9, tigers is 3-9 at Winter Haven Billy to Robidoux seeking to regain a major league Job sin Spring training Roundup led Home the tie breaking run to Lead Boston past Detroit. In another split squad matchup at Lakeland Ellis Burks and Scott Cooper each hit two run homers for Boston and Lou Whitaker had a two run shot for Detroit As the red sox and tigers played a 9-9 tie in a split squad game. Cardinals 7, Phillies 4 at St. Petersburg Milt Thompsons three run Homer in the ninth inning broke a 4-4 tie and gave St. Louis its first Victory of the exhibition season. Reds 4, twins 2 at Plant City Paul of Neill drove in a pair of runs with a triple and a single to Lead Cincinnati past Minnesota. Cincinnati scored three runs in the first two innings off loser Roy Smith who allowed five hits and struck out three. Minnesota managed six hits off five Cincinnati pitchers. Braves 2, mets is 1 at West Palm Beach Lonnie Smith doubled and later scored on Dale Murphy a sacrifice Fly in the eighth inning to lift Atlanta past the mets. Murphy gave the braves a 1-1 tie with an rib infield single in the sixth inning. Dodgers 5, mets 4 at port St. Lucie Juan Samuel traded by the mets Over the Winter to los Angeles had three hits and drove in two runs to Lead the dodgers. Indians 6, Brewers is 4 at Chandler Cory Snyder a two run double capped a three run fifth inning As Cleveland beat a split Milwaukee squad Brewers is 6, cubs is 4 . Surhoff went 5 for 5 and drove in two runs As. Milwaukee beat Chicago in a split squad game. Mariners 5, cubs 4 is 11 innings at Tempe Mickey Brantley singled Home Edgar Martinez with the winning run to lift Seattle Over the cubs. Doug Dascenzo had three hits for the cubs. Giants 4, athletics 0 four san Francisco pitchers combined on a four hitter As the giants shut out Oakland in a world series rematch. Angels 13, padres 8 at Yuma Lee Stevens hit a grand slam and John Orton added a Solo Home in the seventh inning As California be san Diego. White sox is 10-1, rangers is 2-2 at port Charlotte Frank Thoma had three hits and three Bis in a 13ht Cago attack As the White sox beat a a Chicago scored five runs Arnsberg in the third inning highlight by a two run Homer by thong a son. Three run Homer by Tracy to White sox starter Jerry Reuss. ,71�?T in Lowed just one hit and struck out four innings to earn the Victory. In a night game at Saras a ing no Moyer pitched five innings Alio g runs and two hits As the Ranger a braves is 2, expos 1 at West Palm Beach Joaquin an Jar who pitched in the ?e2v Anta beat was the losing Pitcher As at Montreal. Andujar allowed one i