European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday january 29, 1991 sports wire it from wire reports Honolulu a Jack Nicklaus Sank a 35-foot Eagle putt from the fringe on the second playoff Hole sunday to earn $285,000 in the seniors skins game. Nicklaus collected the Only paycheck on the second Day of the two Day event As he and four other Golf legends a Gary player Arnold Palmer Lee Trevino and Chi Chi Rodriguez a managed ties on the Back nine of the Francis Brown Golf course. On the first playoff Hole the Par-5 no. 10, Nicklaus h pay a and player both parred to know la out Palmer Trevino and Rodriguez. Player put his second shot on the Green 60 feet away and Nicklaus left his on the fringe 35 feet from the pin. Player missed his putt and Nicklaus knocked his in for an Eagle and All the Money. For the event Nicklaus took Home $310,000, Trevino $125,000, Palmer $15,000. Rodriquez and player were shut exempt for . Open Minneapolis Minn. A Jack Nicklaus a fou time Winner of the . Open on saturday was granted one of eight exemptions from qualifying for the 1991 . Open at the Hazeltine National course in Chaska Minn. The other exemptions went to foreign players a Rodger Davis and Mike Harwood of Australia Bernhard Langer of Germany Mark Mcnulty of Zimbabwe jumbo Ozaki of Japan Ronan Rafferty of Ireland and Ian Woosnam of Wales. Henke wins Phoenix open Scottsdale Ariz. A Nolan Henke birdied the final Hole to win the Phoenix open sunday by one stroke Over Tom Watson Curtis strange and Gil Morgan. A a. A a a a a a a a a a a a. Henke shot l-over71 and 16-under 268 for his second pea tour Victory. His birdies sunday were on the third sixth 10th and 18th holes. His bogeys came on nos. 2,13,15 and 16.Sainz leads Monte Carlo race Zubenas France a world Champion Carlos Sainz of Spain in a Toyota remained the Leader in the Monte Carlo rally sunday. He led by 39 seconds Over Francois Delecour of France in a Ford after the second Day. Defending Champion Didier Auriol of France driving a Lancia dropped out after seven Miles of sundays first Eagle putt stage. Oil leaked onto the brakes of Auriol a car causing the breakdown of the engine. Delecour who finished third in last years French championship won two of the six stages while Sainz also won team wins 4-Man bobs Breuil Cervin a Italy Switzerland a no. 1 team won the Gold medal in the four Man event at the world bobsledding championships sunday. After clocking the Best time of the Day a 1 minute 1.36 seconds in the first run a Switzerland is Crew of Gustav Weder Bruno Gerber Lorenz Schindelholz and Curtin Morell had a second run of 1 01.63 for an Overall time of 2 02.99.ghedina takes downhill Saalbach Hinte Glemm Austria Kristian Ghedina was fastest in the downhill portion of the menus combined event monday at the world Alpine skiing championships but two time defending Champion Marc Girardelli was Well positioned to win the title. Ghedina a time of 1 minute 42.52 seconds was .9 faster than that of Switzerland a William Besse while Jan Eina Thorsen of Norway was third in 1 43.55. No Bruins beat canadians it boost Lead by the associated press Montreal a Ray Bourque scored 12 50 into the third period and Ken Hodge scored into an empty net with 11 seconds left sunday As the Boston Bruins Defeated the Montreal canadians 3-1. The Victory increased the Bruins Lead in the Adams division to five Points Over the canadians. Montreal already Hurt by injuries lost goaltender Patrick Roy to a sprained left knee at 3 16 of the second period. Dave Christian gave. Boston the Lead at 13 27 of the first period. Shayne Corson tied the score with a Power play goal at 12 19 of the second. In other games sunday capitals 5, islanders 4 Landover my. Kelly Millers second goal of the game with 39 seconds left in overtime capped a comeback Victory for the capitals. Ken Sabourin a first goal with the capitals at 10 26 of the third period tied the score after Miller had pulled the capitals to 4-3 with 16 07 left. Derek King scored two goals and Brent Sutter had three assists for the islanders 0-4 against the capitals this season. Washington is 2-41 Over its last seven games. Flames 5, sabres 4 Buffalo n y. Al Mac Innis broke a 3-3 tie with a third period goal and Doug Gil tour added what proved to be the deciding goal. Buffalo had overcome a 3-1 on goals by Dean Kennedy in the second period and by Alexander Mogiln at 1 25 of the third. Oilers 3, jets 2 Winnipeg Manitoba Kelly Buchberger scored his first goal of the season with 1 40 remaining in the third period converting a Goalmouth pass from Ken 1 Anseman just four minutes alter Winseman had tied the score. A a lakers Down celtics Boston apr on super bowl sunday magic Johnson was super perfect. Johnson scored 22 Points had 15 assists and grabbed 9 rebounds As the los Angeles lakers broke open a close game in the third Quarter and routed the Boston celtics 104-87 for their 11th consecutive Victory. It was the Only Aba contest played sunday. Johnson admitted that he missed his usual Duel with Larry Bird sidelined with a Back injury. But he added that former celtic Dennis Johnson a was always my most difficult a a in a like to have had him in there a Johnson said when asked about Birds absence. A a they re a different team without him. He adds so much just his presence on the floor. I miss him the fans miss him i think the whole country misses the celtics who have lost six of their last seven games had won eight straight games on super bowl sundays. Boston is 4-6 since Bird injured his lower Back. A the biggest thing for us today was our defense a los Angeles coach Mike Dun Leavy said. A your defense is the main reason for us winning. Hopefully Well Peak by the playoffs. There Isnit any team in the league we can to los Angeles was without its leading magic Johnson leads lakers to Victory scorer James worthy who jammed his right foot Friday night. Still the lakers sent Boston to Only its fourth loss in 21 Home games. A they were doubling Down on Kevin Mchale and Robert Parish a Kevin Gamble of Boston said. A the spacing Wasny to Good. Sometimes it looks so easy out there but it gets All clogged up. And . Knows How to get chief Parish and Kevin off the blocks because they be been playing them for so Many there were 10 ties and the Lead changed 21 times in the first half which ended with los Angeles ahead 53-51. Then the lakers pulled away As John son fed Byron Scott for a medium Range jumpers. After Gamble scored on a Layup Sam Perkins and Johnson scored on drives. Boston managed to remain in Contention As Brian Shaw scored half of his 20 Points in the third period. Los Angeles led 79-72 going into the final Quarter. After Boston closed within six Points with iov2 minutes remaining the lakers went on an 11-3 run. A the lakers played very Well a Boston coach Chris Ford said. A a they re on a Roll. We played Well for 24 minutes and then we did whatever they wanted us to do. We settled for the shots they hoped we would Perkins had 18 Points and Mychal Thompson playing his 900th Aba game scored 17 for the lakers who Are 30-11 at their Halfway Point. Vlade Divac scored 16, and Scott and . Green had 12 each. Quot a by a a a Quot. A a Mchale and Gamble scored 15 Points each Reggie Lewis had 12 and Parish 11 for the celtics also 30-11 by the associated press. Chapel Hill . Malcolm Mackey converted a three Point play with three seconds left sunday and Georgia tech rallied from a 16-Point deficit to upset seventh ranked North Carolina 8886. A Mackey scored 18 of his 24 Points in the second half As the yellow jackets 12-5 42 Atlantic coast conference snapped a five game losing Streak in the Smith Center and won their first game at Chapel Hill since the 19x4-85 season. The tar i Lee is 14-3, 5-2 led 56-40 after two free throws by Hubert Davis with 17 35 remaining. From there the Georgia tech rally began with a three Pointer by Jon Barry at 16 45. Lynch got a Layup but the yellow jackets responded with a 19-1 run and led 62-59 after Brvan �1 Lilly a Dunk with 12 09 basketball Matt Geiger got a Dunk and Brian do Malik scored at the Buzzer a the clock was reset to one second or time apparently had expired a to Cut the halftime Lead to 45-34. Barry finished with 20 Points for Georgia tech Geiger had 17 and Kenny Anderson 14. Rick Fox had 20, George Lynch added 16, Pete Chilcutt scored 15 and Davis and King Rice scored 11 each for the tar heels. No. 21 Georgetown 83, no. 17 Pitt 78 i 11sburgh a Georgetown coming Olf an uncharacteristic three losses in its previous five games is an entirely different team when 7-foot-2 Dike be Quot Mutombo and 6-10 Alonzo mourning Are on the floor together. And no. 17 Pittsburgh Isnit the same when Brian Shorter is out of the game. Mutombo scored 21 of his 23 Points in the second half with Pittsburgh a entire front court in foul trouble and Georgetown rallied from a 16-Point deficit to upset the panthers sunday. The hoyas 12-5, 4-3winning their fourth straight Over Pittsburgh trailed by As Many As 11 Points in the second half but outscored the panthers 17-11 after Shorter fouled out with 6 20 to play. Shorter had 24 Points and 14 rebounds. In a physical game in which the two teams were whistled for 61 fouls Shorter and 6-7 Chris Mcneal fouled out for Pitt and Georgetown lost Robert Churchwell. Ten players finished with four or More fouls As Georgetown made 33 of 38 free throws and Pitt made 31 of 45
