European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday october 16,1990 Tway gets Lucky in vegas to win playoff Over Cook Crampton shoots 69 for Victory Abilene Texas apr Bruce Crampton shot a 3-under-Par 69 on sunday to win the Gatlin Brothers Southwest senior classic by four shots Over Lee Trevino. Crampton had three straight sub-70 rounds for a 12-under-Par 204 on the Par-72, 6,843-Yard Fairway Oaks country club course. The win was Crampton a 17th in a five year career on the senior pea tour. He won $45,000 from the $300,000 purse. Chi Chi Rodriguez and Terry Dill were at 6-under 210, two shots behind Trevino. A it Wasny to a precise shoemaking round like the other two rounds said Crampton who had rounds of 67 and 68 to enter the final Day with a three shot Lead Over Robert Gaona. The final two Days were played in winds that gusted More than 20 Mph. Crampton never led by less than three shots after starting the round with a pair of birdies. Gaona pulled to within three on the fifth Hole with a 25-foot Birdie putt and Crampton Sank a 20-foot Par putt on the same Hole. Crampton pulled away from Gaona on the seventh when Crampton birdied and Gaona bogeyed. Trevino also got to within three shots but he bogeyed the 17th Hole to end any Chance of winning his seventh tournament of the season. It was Trevino a sixth runner up finish this year. Longer tops Wadkins in austrian playoff Salzburg Austria apr Bernhard Langer of Germany won a sudden death playoff on the third Hole to defeat Lanny Wadkins of the United states who let a four stroke Lead slip away in the final round sunday of the $475,000 austrian open. Langer and Wadkins who entered the final round tied shot 4-under 68s to finish at 17-under 278 after four rounds on the 6,806-Yard gut alte Tann course near Salzburg. In the playoff they parred the first two holes. But on the Par-5 18th Hole Langer put a Bunker shot three feet from the pin and got a Birdie to capture the $82,000 winners purse. Des Smyth of Ireland finished third at 280 after shooting a course record 62, the Best score of his 16-year professional career. He had eight birdies and an Eagle. Las vegas apr John Cook gambled and lost. Bob Tway two putted and won. Tway accepted the gift of a Ball that  stay in the Hole sunday in his playoff Triumph Over John Cook in the Las vegas invitational. A unlucky for John Lucky for me a Tway understated. Cook hit a 95-Yard Sand wedge shot into the Bottom of the cup on the first playoff Hole and for a second appeared to have won the tournament. But the Ball somehow bounced out of. The Hole and spun Back to the front of the Green some 15 feet away. Tway went on to a routine two putt Par to score his first Victory of the year. A How can you be Happy and disappointed at the same time a Cook asked after duplicating his playoff loss to Tom Kite at Memphis earlier this year. A a in a disappointed that i played so Well and did no twin. But in a Happy that in be come so far in such a Short time a said Cook who missed almost All of the 1989 season because of career threatening hand surgery. Cely France apr Cathy Gerring fired a one stroke Victory sunday in the Lyga world championship denying Beth Daniel a win and the player of the year title Clinch to go with it. Gerring 29, won the $325,000 tournament with a one under Par final round of 71 Over the 6,156-Yard cely course. She finished 10-under Par Overall at 278 a a single shot Clear of the top ranked Daniel. Daniel celebrated her 34th birthday sunday but the loss forced her to keep the Champagne for player of the year on ice. A a in be had a lot of pressure to Clinch the player of the year and can to quite seem to do it a the South Carolina native remarked. It was Gerringa a third title this year. Her $100,000 winners Check boosted her seasons prize Money to $463,493. She remains in fifth position on the Lyga Money list. A a in a real proud of leading a Field of the Best players in the world right Down to the wire a Gerring said. The combative Gerring led from the 18th Hole on the first Day. She started sunday with a three stroke advantage and increased it to seven shots with four birdies in was he disappointed upset or angry about the Ball that disappeared in the cup for the Winner then came out a not in the least. Not in this game. These things happen a he said. Tway the Leader by three shots at the Start of sundays final round of the five Day 90-Hole tournament said he a struggled All Day. I was fighting  and by the eighth Hole his Lead was gone. By the 11th, when Cook birdied from 10 feet Tway was behind. It stayed that Way until Cook made his first mistake of the Day three putting for bogey on the 16th. That put Cook and Tway Back into a tie. Playing together in the final group on the Las vegas country club course both birdied the Par-5 finishing Hole Cook with a two putt and Tway with a Good up and Down after his 3-Iron second shot missed the Green Well to the left. They finished 90 holes at 334,26 under Par. Cook had a closing 67 and Tway a 70. On the first playoff Hole the Par-4 12th, Cook pulled his tee shot behind a tree and had to play out. With 95 Yards to the Hole he hit his Sand wedge shot into the first five holes. But she then saw her Lead shrink Over the Back nine where she bogeyed three times. Gerring went through the 14th Green to drop a shot then missed the 15th Green to bogey again. A i tried to play Safe. That a not in my repertoire a she said. A playing the 16th, i saw Beth was Only two shots Back. I went Way left but made a fantastic Chip to a foot for Par. That won  Daniels 68 final round pulled her up into second place at 279. V her $52,000 Check swelled her record breaking seasons winnings to $863,578 on the Lyga Money list $138,161 ahead of second place Patty Sheehan. Defending Champion Betsy King fired a 72 to finish third at 282 and collect $31,000. Cindy Rarick and Dottie Mochrie both carded 70 and tied for fourth with Sheehan who shot 68 to total 284. The four Points in the Lyga player of the year contest that Daniel collected Here brought her to 82 Points total. Arch rival Sheehane a two Points take her to 73. The Hole. When it came out Tway was still alive. He reached the Green in two and two putted for the Par that became the Winner when Cook missed a 15-footer from the front fringe. The Victory the sixth of Tway a career was Worth $234,000 from the purse of $1.3 million. It pushed Tway a winnings for the year to $421,951 and secured him a place among the top 30 Money winners for the year and a place in the Field for the year ending Nabisco championship. A second place  have done it a Tway said. A but second place Worth $140,000, was enough to assure Cook of a place in the same Nabisco Field. Corey Pavin and Phil Blackmar missed the playoff by three strokes at 337. Pavin came from a tie for 15th with a bogey free 9-under-Par 63. Blackmar had a 67 that included a three putt Par on the 18th. Mark of Meara who led through the second and third rounds  get anything going and drifted Back to a tie for fifth at 338 with Nolan Henke. Of Meara shot 71 Over the final 18 holes and Henke moved up with a 64. A Lyga Winner Cathy Gerring. Lining up winning putt nil Roundup Robifaille nets 200th goal As Kings win by the associated press Inglewood Calif. A Luc Robitaille scored his 200th career goal and goaltender Kelly Hnidey turned aside 42 shots As the los Angeles Kings Defeated the St. Louis blues 4-1 on sunday night. Robitaille gave the Kings their 4-1 Lead with his third period goal he grabbed a pass from Todd Elik and backhanded a 15-footer past blues goalie Curtis Joseph with 5 45 left in the game. Hrudney was steady in the net for his second win of the season. The Only shot that slipped past him was a first period Power play goal by Geoff Courtnell. The Kings raised their record to 4-1-1. The blues lost their second in a Row dropping to 2-3. Each team took advantage of a Power play in route to a 11 tie after one period. The blues struck first with court Nally a goal a 35-foot slap shot at 10 25 that went off crud Eye a Glove and into the net. Dave Taylor tied the game for the Kings with his first goal of the season a 20-foot wrist shot with 6 16 left in the period. Tomas Sandstrom got the Only second period goal on a t j t o a Uia jiul Uii Ucucu Oueill 9 Gull give in ill 11 10 Points in the last three games and leaving him seven Points shy of2,000. In the third period Bob Kudelski got his fourth goal of the season at 8 40 to make it 3-1, and Robitaille finished it for the Kings. Flames 3, Blackhawk 1 Chicago a Joel Otto scored his first goal of the season at 8 49 of the third period to snap a 1-1 tie and lift Calgary Over Chicago. Otto knocked in a rebound from from Point Blank Range after goalie de Belfour stopped defend Semans a Jamie a counts slap shot from the left Point. Paul Ranheim added an empty net goal with one second remaining for the final margin. _ Chicago defens Eman Chris Chelios broke up a Goa tend ing Duel Between Belfour and Rick Wamsley with a Power play goal at 2 24 of the third period shovelling Jeremy Roe Nicks rebound into the net. The flames tied it at 4 57 when Gary Suter Sank a rising slap shot from the Blue line during a Power play. Canucks 5, oilers 4, of Vancouver British Columbia a Petri Skripko scored at 1 32 of overtime to Complete a Vancouver comeback and give the canucks a win Over Edmonton. Skripko lifted a rebound High into the net after Oiler goaltender Bill Ranford stopped a close in shot by Igor Larionov. A Gerring Victory stalls Daniel bid for title