European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a the stars and stripes thursday november 8,1990 a Points and 12 rebounds. The cars also got id 13 assists from Mark Price whose 3-Pointnba from Page 21 son with 23 17 Points Anc _ shot put Cleveland ahead by 9 Early in the fourth Quarter and set the stage for a 13-2 surge. Nick Anderson led Orlando with 20 Points but the magic shot a franchise record Low 34.4 percent. Mavericks 96, kicks 91 new York a Rolando Blackman scored 20 Points including a go ahead Layup with 37 seconds remaining As Dallas rallied from a 16-Point deficit to Deal new York its second straight Home loss. Roy Tarpley led Dallas with 29 Points Patrick Ewing had 26 for new York. Bucks 106, heat 94 Miami a Frank Brickowski and  combined for 13 Points during two third period runs. Leading 54-32, the Bucks scored the next 12 Points four each of Brickowski and Sikma and led 66-52. Later in the third period two baskets by Sikma and a three Point play by Brickowski sparked an 11-3 spurt that made it 79-60 with 3 58 remaining j Alvon Robertson paced the Bucks with 27 Points including 15 consecutive Milwaukee Points in the first Quarter. He also had 12 rebounds eight steals and eight assists. Jay Humphries scored 20 for the Bucks. Hornets 113, nets 105 Charlotte . Muggsy Bogues ignited a fourth Quarter surge As Charlotte handed new Jersey its 31st straight Road loss. The hornets led 93-92 when Bogues began a 12-4 spurt with two free throws and followed with two layups including a three Point play that gave Charlotte a 105-96 advantage with 3 30 to go. Bogues finished with 11 Points and eight assists. Armon Gilliam scored 27 for Charlotte and Reggie Theus led the nets with 26. The league record for consecutive Road losses is 32 by Baltimore in 1954. Pacers 98, Timber wolves 96 Indianapolis a Indiana won on Vern Fleming a tip in with three seconds remaining. Indiana which trailed by 15 Points in the first period tied the score 8484 with 5 45 remaining on a three Point shot by Reggie Miller who had 29 Points. Fleming had four baskets Down the stretch including the Winner. Trail blazers 125, lakers 123, of Inglewood Calif. A Terry Porter tied the game with a free throw with 29 seconds left in overtime then hit a jumper from the top of the key with 11 seconds remaining lifting Portland Over the los Angeles lakers. Porter who finished with 23 Points scored the final five Points of overtime As Portland rallied after trailing 123-117 with 2 25 remaining. Clyde Drexler had 27 Points for the Trail blazers. The loss in the lakers Home opener overshadowed a 24-Point, 22-assist performance by magic Johnson. Warriors 130, clippers 109 Oakland Calif. A Chris Multin scored 26 Points and Mitch Richmond added 21 As Golden state won its a Nicks Charles Oakley goes to the hoop. Over Mavericks Derek Harper Home opener Over the los Angeles clippers. Golden eld los Ange Quot a a a 5 02 Span in the third Quarter. State held los Angeles to 2 Points while scoring 19 Over Ken Norman scored 30 Points and to Kimble added 20 for the clippers who lost their first Road game after opening the season with a pair of victories at Home including a 109-107 sunday Victory Over the warriors. Hawks 102, Kings 85 Sacramento Calif. A Dominique Wilkins scored 24 Points and Atlanta scored 19 consecutive Points in the first Quarter As the Hawks went on to beat Sacramento. Moses Malone added 16 Points and Glenn Rivers for the Hawks who have won All three of their games this season. Wayman Tisdale scored 26 Points and Travis Mays 14 in his Aba debut for  pay in baseball up by 19.8% by Ronald Blum new York apr the average baseball salary this season skyrocketed 19.8 percent to $586,816, according to a study by management a player relations committee. It was the largest increase in one year since 1982. The study showed that the Kansas City royals had the highest payroll in baseball paying their players a total of $23,617,090. The Boston red sox were second at $22,713,698, followed by the san Francisco giants $22,456,224the Oakland athletics $22,274,834 and the new York mets $22,154,333. Tie mets had the highest payroll in 1989 at $21,300,878. At the other end the lowest payroll belonged to the Baltimore orioles at $8,087,702. Next lowest was the Chicago White sox at $11,118,810, the Seattle mariners $12,591,199 and the Texas rangers $12,753,035. The study was distributed tuesday at a meeting of general managers at Scottsdale ariz., and a copy was obtained by the associated press. The study includes prorated shares of signing bonuses and All earned performance bonuses but does not include any extra Money from postseason awards. The royals spent big Money on free agent pitchers Mark Davis and storm Davis last Winter and that pushed their payroll to the top from their 1989 total of $17,101,047. It did no to help Kansas City on the Field however As they finished sixth in the american league West with a 75-86 record. The world series Champion Cincinnati reds had the 16th-highest payroll at $15,751,395. According to management a figures the average salary jumped a record $97,277 from the 1989 average of $489,539. The study showed the sharpest increase was for players newly eligible for salary arbitration those with Between three and four years of major league service at the Start of the 1990 season. Their salaries jumped 48.1 percent from $398,525 in 1989 to $590,127 in 1990. Another Large jump was for those players with Between six and seven years of service a group that includes a Large number of players who signed free agent contracts following the 1989 season. Their  33.5 percent from $753,238 to $1,005,275. In All baseball players were paid $448,847,050 this season not including award bonuses which probably will increase the total slightly. The payroll total includes $17,537,206 in termination pay a Money teams gave players whom they had  hand oilers 7th straight defeat ii by the associated press St. Louis a Vincent Riendeau stopped 23 shots before being injured late in the game and Brett Hull scored his league leading 17th goal As the St. Louis blues Defeated Edmonton 2-1 tuesday night for the oilers club record seventh straight loss. The oilers the defending Stanley cup champions have been shut out twice and have scored Only seven goals during their losing Streak. They averted a third shutout when Glenn Anderson got his first goal of the season with 7 17 remaining. Edmonton got few solid scoring opportunities against Riendeau who extended his unbeaten Streak to 6-0-1. But Riendeau working on his second shutout in nine Days was knocked out of the game when he apparently took a High drive from Charlie Huddy off his mask with 7 41 remaining and Anderson broke through soon after when he knocked the puck m off Curtis Josephus skate. Geoff Courtnell added his ninth goal for the blues who Are 8-1-1 in their last 10 games. St. Louis also beat Edmonton 5-2 on oct 16 and has beaten the oilers twice in a season for the first time since 1983-84. Edmonton fell to 2-9-2, last in thenal Roundup smythe division with a league Low 32 goals. The oilers also fell to 0-4-1 on the Road and Are one of Only three teams that Are wingless on the Road. Penguins 6, flames 5 Pittsburgh a Paul Coffey scored a Power play goal with 14 seconds left to Cap a three goal third period and give Pittsburgh a Victory Over Calgary. Pittsburgh was on its sixth Power play Opportunity after Doug Gilmour was caned for hooking with 50 seconds left. Coffey a shot from the left Point went Over goalie Mike Vernon a shoulder to give Pittsburgh its fifth Victory in six games. The penguins were out shot 38-20. The penguins tied the score with 2 56 left in regulation when Bob erred tipped in John Cullen s it a a a a boards for his fifth it ass from the right win a Oal. Joel Otto score a Power play goal 57 seconds earlier to give the flames a 5-4 Lead. Whalers 1, Blackhawk 1 Hartford Conn. A Pat Verbeek scored at 2 31 of the third period to give struggling Hartford a tie with Chicago Verbeek a goal enabled the whalers 48-3, to earn their first Point since a 3-1 Victory at Toronto on oct. 17. During a seven game wingless slide Hartford has been outscored 26-8. Whaler goal tender Peter Sidorkiewicz stopped 29 shots with Steve Thomas scoring the Lone Chicago goal. Rookie goal tender Dominik hasek making his first nil Start turned aside 28 shots. Islanders 4, Maple Leafs 3 Uniondale . Randy Wood scored twice As the new York islanders beat Toronto in a meeting Between two of the no la a worst teams. The loss extended the Maple Leafs latest losing Streak to four games and was their eighth defeat in As Many Road games this season. Their 214-1 record in the worst in the nil. Capitals 4, Nordques 1 Quebec a Peter Bondra scored two goals As Washington handed Quebec its seventh straight loss. The Nordques were shut out by capitals goaltender Mike list until Lucien Deblois converted a pass by Aaron Bro ten for a Short Range goal at 14 40 of the third period. Flyers 4, jets 2 Winnipeg Manitoba a Rick Tocchet scored the winning goal and then set up some insurance As Philadelphia scored twice in the third period to beat Winnipeg. Tocchet a 11th goal of the season capped a furious flyer assault that saw the team out shoot Winnipeg 11-0 in the opening six minutes of the thud period. The right Winger lifted a rebound Over fallen Jet goaltender Stephane Beauregard at 6 01 to break a 2-2 tie then fed Lin mate Ron Sutter on a 2-on-l at 14 42 to sink Winnipeg a comeback Hopes. Canucks 6, red wings 3 Vancouver British Columbia a Power play goals by Trevor Linden and Doug Lister sparked a Vancouver comeback in the third period for a Victory Over Detroit. The usually impotent Vancouver Power play struck for three goals in nine attempts As the improved canucks boosted their record Over .500 to 8-7. The canucks were ranked 20th among 21 teams on the Power play before the game. Linden scored at 12 40 of the third with a two Man advantage to tie the game 3-3. Ulster added another 41 seconds later with Detroit one Man Short. Dave Capuano and Steve Bozek capped the Vancouver comeback Bozek scoring into an empty net. Brian Bradley and Garth Butcher also scored for the canucks Bradley on the Power play