European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 1 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 27blackhawks, blues remain close at wire by the associated press Bloomington Minn. A Jon Casey made 27 saves As the Minnesota North stars ended Chicago a 10-game unbeaten Streak and kept the Blackhawk from clinching the no la a Overall Point title and the Norris division championship with a 2-1 Victory. Brian Fopp opened the scoring 4 11 into the second period and Brian Bellows provided an insurance goal with 4 18 left in the game. Damn he Creighton ended Casey a shutout bid with 16 seconds left in the game. The loss coupled with St. Louis 5-2 Victory Over the Toronto Maple Leafs left the  with a one Point Edge Over the blues for both the Norris division and nil Overall titles. That Battle was to be decided sunday when the Blackhawk hosted Detroit and North stars were at St. Louis in regular season finales. A a blues 5, Maple Leafs 2 St. Louis a Brett Hull scored his 85th goal and Adam Oates had three assists As St. Louis won its sixth straight game beating Toronto fora franchise record 46th  4? penguins 4. Pittsburgh a Kjell Samuelsson scored with 2 13 remaining in the third period to give Philadelphia a tie with surging Pittsburgh which lost leading scorer Mark Recchi to a knee injury. Recchi who has 40 goals and 113 Points third in the nil injured his right knee when he collided with Philadelphia a Mark Pederson. Red wings 6, rangers 5 Detroit a Kevin Miller scored two goals and Steve Yzerman netted his 50tb of the season As Detroit closed its most successful Home ice season. The red wings posted a 26-14 Home ice record one Victory better than the 25-11-3 of the 1971-72 club. Sabres 5, whalers 5 Hartford Conn. A Uwe Krupp had buffaloes final two goals  four goal third period As the sabres tied Hartford. Islanders 5, Bruins 3 Uniondale . Goaltender Mark Fitzpatrick won his first game in nearly a year and Tom Fitzgerald and Hubie Mcdonough each scored twice leading new York past Boston for the islanders first win in nine games capitals 4, devils 0 Landover my. Don Beaupre stopped 21 shots for his second straight shutout and Washington clinched third place in the Patrick division by blanking new Jersey. It was the nil Best fifth shutout of the season for Beaupre canadians 4, Nordques 3 Montreal a Guy Carbonneau and Shayne Corson scored during a five minute Power play to give Montreal a Victory Over Quebec on a noisy Farewell night for Guy Lafleur. Lafleur 39, the former canadians a great in his second season with Quebec was Given a five min. Ute 50-second standing ovation in a pre game ceremony by the 17,664 forum spectators. Pugh Mexico City a Jim Pugh and  Leach Defeated Jorge Lozano and Leonardo Lavoiie in a Long difficult doubles match saturday giving the United states a 2-1 Lead Over Mexico in the Davis cup world group. A a the american team won the 4-hour 24-minute match 6-4, 4-b. 7-6, 6-7, 6-4. The match included tie Breakers in the third and fourth sets. Play was often interrupted by sports wire longhorn swimmers earn 4th straight men s Crow from wire reports Austin Texas a Texas swimming program has joined some elite company by winning a fourth consecutive menus. Mcaa swimming and diving championship. A Texas became the fourth school to win four Mcaa titles in a Row joining Indiana Michigan and Southern California. Texas amassed 476 Points to 420 for runner up Stanford Florida was third with 313, followed by Southern California with 312, Tennessee 249, Michigan 245, Arizona 195, Southern methodist 183, Arizona state 179 and Urcla 168. It was the second consecutive year that teams from Texas and Stanford finished 1-2 in both the menus and women a Mcaa swimming and diving meets. Senior Shaun Jordan was the catalyst for the Texas Victory. He won five Gold medals and a Bronze scoring 55 Points in the three Day meet. Texas also became the fifth school to win five or More titles joining Ohio state 11michigan 9southern California t9 and Indiana 6. Reese has been the coach for All of the championships the first coming in 1981. A royals put Gubicza on do Haines City Fla. A Pitcher Mark Gubicza will Start the season on the disabled list the Kansas City Royal  eligible to return april 14, is recovering from arthroscopic shoulder surgery last aug. 2. The royals said saturday they will put the right hander on the disabled list to continue his rehabilitation  Grinders rout soviets Helsinki Finland a the football was american but the ones to play with it were soviets and finns with Only one exception. Quarterback Mike Horton helped roosters fuel sink rout Moscow swans 44-14 sunday in the first official tournament game played by a soviet club team. The roosters advanced to a final qualifier in june against the champions of Sweden or Norway with the Winner making the final four of the eur bowl. The eur bowl is one of two official european competitions. The european championships for National teams will be held in Finland in August. Horton 23, a quarterback from new Jersey was released by the Phoenix cardinals of the nil after performing for University of new Haven. Navy Crew wraps up 2 trophies Princeton . A Navy a varsity heavyweight Crew opened its 1991 rowing season on saturday afternoon with a convincing Victory Over Princeton and Columbia capturing two trophies in the same race. In past years Navy and Princeton traditionally opened their seasons competing for the Navy Princeton rowing cup and Columbia and Navy later held a race for the Stevenson cup. On saturday the two events were contested in the same race and Navy by virtue of its first place finish in the varsity race ahead of Princeton and Columbia took both trophies. Barber runs away from Trevino Kurimoto Japan a Miller Barber celebrated his 60th birthday sunday with a four shot Victory Over Lee Trevino in the grand slam seniors Golf championship give . Barber had the Days Best score a 5-under-Par 67, Tor a 54-Hole total of 202. 14 under Par Over the 6,657-Yard, Par-72 Oak Hills country club course. Barber had six birdies and Only one bogey. Trevino fired a 71 for 206. Barber earned. $77,01 0 from the total purse of $429,000. For Brand rallies in Florence Florence Italy a Sweden Sanders for Brand on sunday came from 10th place and five strokes backs to win the $63,000 top prize in the $350,000 Volvo. Open of Florence Golf tournament. He shot a 65 on the final round for a 14-under 274, one stroke ahead of third round Leader Barry l Ane of  leads Shore by 7 Rancho Mirage Calif. Amy Alcott playing some of the Best Golf of her 17-Ycar Lyga career shot a 4-under 68 saturday As she threatened to turn the Dinah Shore tournament into a runaway. A Alcott the front runner for the entire tournament moved to 11-under-Par 205 through 54 holes. She held a 7-stroke Lead Over a group of four players a Patty Sheehan with a third round 7.0,. Green Martha nausea Dot tie Mochrie were at 212.azinger sets Pace in pc Ponte Vedra  Paul Azinger fired a�3-Uiuler 69 saturday to maintain a a stroke advantage Over fuzzy Zoeller after three rounds of the players championship. Aging cry a round gave him a 54-Hoic total of 12-under 204 at the $1.6 million tournament. Tied for third three strokes Back were Tom Watson Anil Bob Lohr Seles Graf reach final san Antonio a Monica Seles and Steffi Graf advanced saturday to the final of the . Wom ivs a i lard court championships setting up the first encounter of the year Between the worlds top women players. Top ranked Seles held off a semifinal Challenge from Manuela Malleva Fragniere 6-2, 2-6, 6-2graf exhibit my near flawless form had an easier time dispatching Julie Lalard 6-0, 6-1 in Only 41  stars in . Prep meet san Angelo Texas a Iliya Martinov set a record of 47 feet 9v4 inches in the triple jump saturday and his team placed third Overall As the soviet Union sent what is believed to be its first delegation to a. . High school track meet. San Antonious Converse Judson with 84 Points was the division i winning team after rain and lightning ended the san Angelo relays Early. Temple Texas had 66 Points followed by the soviets with 51. Young wins twice in Fla. Relays Gainesville Fla. Danette Young won both the 400 arid 200 meters saturday and Keith Brantly took his second Everit in two Days for map honors at the 48th annual Florida  the top ranked . Female sprinter in the 200, had an easy time saturday winning the 200 in 23.10 and the 400 in 53.07. Brantly edged Iowa states Jon Brown by .03 seconds to win the 1,500 in 3 46.02. Brantly also Wori fridays 5,000. Over rowdiness from the crowd and protests Over Calls mostly from the mexican players against australian referee William Mckewan. At one Point chief referee Richard Long of Britain threatened to penalize the mex Ica team one Point because of Lavalley a often heated arguments with Mckewan. Lavalle was to play Jim courier and Luis Enrique Herrera was to tace Brad Gilbert in the final singles matches on sunday. Davis cup the United states needed one More Victory to take the series and meet Spain in the next round. In Rennes France Henri Leconte and Guy forget put France in the quarterfinals with a 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 doubles Victory Over israelis Amos Mansdorf and Gilad Bloom. The Victory a gave France an insurmountable 3-0 Lead in the Best of five match. At Berlin Boris Becker Januj Michael Stich each posted straight set victories in their singles matches saturday against Argentina in the world group quarterfinals. The germans clinched the match sunday when Stich and Eric Jelen beat the Argentine pair of Javier Frana and Christian Miniussi 75, 6-7, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4. A. Stich beat Martin Jaite 7-5, 63, 6-4. And Becker ranked Sec Ond in the world completed the opening sweep by defeating Jav Ier Frana 6-3, 6-4,. 6-4. At Prague Goran Ivanisevic clinched things for Yugoslavia on sunday when he Defeated Karel Novacek of Czechoslovakia .6-3, 3-6, 7-6 7-4 3-6, 6-4 to a give the yugoslavs a 3-1 Lead saturday Ivanisevic and Slobodan Zivojinovic beat Milan Grejber and Petr Korda 7-6 756-4, 6.-4 in 2 hours 12 minutes