European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes ports february 14,1991 b Page 24 Gruber Davis to get. A. A a a. A a by Ronald Blum _ a sportswriter new York a Glenn Davis and Kelly Gruber joined the $3 million club tuesday As nine players in salary arbitration agreed to new contracts. Davis and Baltimore settled at $3,275,000, the midpoint Between the first baseman a request and the orioles offer. Gruber became the highest paid third baseman in baseball when the to Ronto Blue jays agreed to a three year $11 million Deal.  that makes 36 players apr above the $3 million Mark a level first breached in november 1989 by Minnesota outfielder Kirby Puckett. In another Deal St. Louis infielder Jose Oquendo agreed to a four year $8.5 million Extension through 1995. The cardinals also signed free agent Catcher Rich gedman to a minor league contract. Thirty seven players remain in salary arbitration. V right hander Tim Belcher and the los Angeles dodgers had a hearing tuesday before arbitrator Reg Alleyne. Right hander Doug Drabek and the Pittsburgh pirates were scheduled for a hearing wednesday in Chicago. Gruber 28, who made $1.25 million see baseball on Page 18suns Down lakers 99-95, s n a 16 win by the associated press Phoenix a the Phoenix suns ended the los Angeles lakers 16-game winning Streak tuesday night beating them 99-95 As Kevin Johnson scored 10 of his 35 Points in the final 8 13 and Tom Cham ers hit a decisive Hook shot with 28 seconds left. A a a a a a a a a a a  Jeff Hornacek had 23 Points for the suns while Chambers finished a with 18, giving him 16,008 in his nine year Aba a career a a it a v a \ the win was the first in the last three seasons for the suns in which they scored fewer than 100 Points breaking an 0-21 dry spell. A a Sam Perkins paced los Angeles with 26 Points. James worthy had 21 and magic Johnson had 14 Points and 15 assists for the lakers who last lost at Seattle on Jan. 8 by a 96-88 margin. A a. Perkins turnaround jumper tied the game for the 10th time 95-95 with 36 see ones remaining. Chambers then Sank a 10-foot left handed Hook to put Phoenix ahead to stay. Dan Majerle a two free throws with 0.4 second left completed the scoring. In other Aba games tuesday. Magic 129, nuggets 122 Orlando Fla. A Scott Skiles scored 33 Points and Jerry Reynolds and Otis Smith had 26 each As Orlando Defeated Denver for the first four game winning Streak in the magic a two year history. Denver took a 92-87 Lead into the. Final period but Skiles who had an Aba record 30�?~assists in his last game against the nuggets on dec. 30, scored 12 Points in the fourth Quarter and Reynolds had 14. The nuggets who got 35 Points from Chris Jackson led 110-106 in a Hook shot by Joe Wolf with 6 18 remaining but the magic outscored Denver. 23-12 the rest of the Way. Hornets 100, Mavericks 92 Charlotte , Johnny Newman scored 21 Points and Charlotte used an 11-2 run at the beginning of the second half to beat Dallas snapping a four game losing Streak. Mike Gminski had 18 Points and 14 rebounds As the hornets beat the Mavericks for Only the second time in cd get games. Trailing 50-46 at halftime after Rolando a Blackman Sank a 35-foot shot at the Buzzer Charlotte got four Quick Points from Gminski to tie the game at 50-50 and went on to Lead 69-63 in the third Quarter. Kicks 114, pacers 110 Indianapolis a Patrick Ewing had 29 Points and Kiki Vandow Che broke a tie by scoring new Yorkus final four Points in the last 20 seconds. Quot Vandow Che scored 21 Points while Chuck person led the pacers with 24 and Micheal Williams had 20, including two free throws with 1 08 left that  a 110-109 Lead Ewing converted one of two free throws to tie it. Before Reggie Miller was called for an offensive foul. The turnover resulted in an uncontested Layup by Vandeweghe with 20 seconds left. Detlef Sci Trempf was stripped of the Ball by Ewing with 15 seconds remaining and Vandow Che was fouled with 7.3 seconds to go. He made both attempts giving the kicks their winning margin. Cavaliers 94, heat 78 Miami a Brad Daugherty had 25 Points and 15 rebounds and Cleveland overcame 19 first half turnovers and snapped a three game losing Streak by defeating Miami. The Cavaliers opened the second half with a 10-2 run that featured two baskets and two assists by Daugherty and took a 51-41 Lead with 6 39 left in the third period. They extended the margin to 20 Points Midway through the fourth period As Larry Nance had 10 of his 20 Points in the Quarter. A. A a a ,. A a a bulls 122, Hawks 113 Chicago a Chicago beat Atlanta for its 14th consecutive Victory at Home. The win was the third in a Row for the bulls who Are 19-3 at Home. The defeat was. The seventh in a Row on the Road for the i Laws who have won 18 straight in Atlanta. A a a a a a Dominique Wilkins scored 37 Points and Spud Webb had a career High 30 for the Hawks who rallied from an 11-Point deficit Midway through the fourth Quarter to Trail 107-105 with 4 35 left. The bulls responded with consecutive. See Aba on Page 18 Dan Mii Jerle of Phoenix fulls to the floor As he grabs a Loose Ball tuesday night. Syracuse tops Providence by the associated press Syracuse . A seventh ranked Syracuse this time showing no ill effects from its recent off the court turmoil switched strategy tuesday night and beat Providence 101-83. In their first Home game since seven players were suspended the orangemen disdained their Power game. Instead of relying on the front lint of Billy Owens College basketball a a Quot a a a. Leron Ellis and Dave Johnson Syracuse matched its Best Ever three Point Effort by making 10 shots from Long Range. A we just came out to play and we started hitting threes. Then it was just one after another a a guard Michael Edwards said. Quot i done to even know where the 3-Point line is. I just shot when the shot w As  Owens finished with 25 Points and Johnson and Edw Ards each added 19 As the orangemen boosted their record to 21-3 Overall 8-3 in the big East. Providence is 14-9, 5-7. Last saturday a Day after Owens and six others were suspended and then reinstated Syracuse struggled for a one see College on Page 18 inside sports Al 11 players on same team ejected a Page 23 George Foreman Isnit joking a Page 22 where will astros play in 1992? Page 22 Albert Schweitzer tourney is off a Page 21 j a