European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes sunday april 14, 1991 shoots 68 for 2-stroke Lead the stars and stripes ports april 14,1991 Page 24 by Denne ii. Freeman Augusta a apr Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus made it a Day for the masters memory Book while Nick Faldo would like to forget what happened to his history Book aspirations. Watson and Nicklaus stirred flashbacks to the 1977 British open at turn Berry during an amazing Back nine stretch along Rae a Creek among the Brilliant azaleas and dogwoods. Watson shot a second consecutive 4-Undcr-Par 68 on Friday to seize a 2-shot Lead Over Mark Mccumber 71mark Calcavecchia 68and Ian Woosnam 66 at 8-Undcr 136. Faldo hoping to become the first golfer to win three consecutive masters All but the masters shot himself out of Contention with a 73 that left him nine shots behind Watson a two time Winner at Augusta National the theatrics Between Watson and Nicklaus took Center stage on a wild Friday that Mccumber described As a train wrecks and Apollo launches an emotional Watson said it was a Day hell never forget. A it was something special a Watson said. A Augusta always brings out the weirdness the excitement the special Nicklaus made a quadruple bogey 7 on see masters on Page 18 Tom Watson salutes masters gallery. After Birdie on 16 North stars win pushes Hawks to the icy Brink head Over heels Houston Catcher Craig Biggio tries to Snag a pop foul of the Bat of san Francisco a Kevin Mitchell. Biggio caught the Eye of a camera woman but not the Ball. The astros won 3-2 at Houston Friday night. See baseball roundups on Page 22. By the associated press. The Chicago Blackhawk the no la Stop team during the regular season Are having a hard time just keeping Yip with the Minnesota North stars in the playoffs. And Friday night the mighty Blackhawk got pushed closer to playoff elimination with a 6-0 loss to Minnesota a team that finished. 38 Points behind the Norris division champions the Victory gave the North stars a 3-2 Lead in the Best-of-7 Norris semifinals. Meanwhile the St. Louis blues and Calgary flames stayed alive in the playoffs with clutch victories. 7 the blues beat the Detroit red Wiigs 6-1 in a Norris division semifinal game and the flames stopped the Edmonton oilers 5-3 in the smythe in sudden death circumstances. Los Angeles downed the Vancouver canucks 7-4, giving the Kings a 3-2 Lead in their smythe series. The red wings and oilers still Lead their respective Best-of-7 series 3-2 with game 6 set for sunday stars 6, Blackhawk 0 Chicago a Brian Bellows assisted on Minnesota a first four goals for the North stars. Minnesota can win the Norris division semifinal series at Home sunday. The North stars broke a team record with five playoff Power play goals their Prev Ous High was four against Chicago in 1982 and Edmonton in 1984. Brian Propp = scored twice and Mark Tinardi Dave Gagner Bobby Smith and Neil Broten had a goal each Tor Minnesota. Blues 6, red wings 1 St. Louis _ Adam Oates scored his first career hut trick and added two assists As St Louis routed Detroit in a fight filled game with 308 penalty minutes a an nil playoff record for both teams the old record was the combined 267 in a 1981 series Between the new York hangers and los Angeles Kings. Oates scored twice during a first period three goal Blitz then got his third goal and fourth of the playoffs on a Backhander at l0 33 of the second. Brett Hull added two goals and to o assists and Paul Cavallio also scored for Stanley cup playoffs the blues who led 5-1 after two periods to Chase goaltender Tim Che veldae. Flames 5, oilers 3 Calgary Alberta a Carey Wilson scored twice to Lead Calgary. The flames also got goals from Al Mclnnis Rick Nat Tress and Joe Nieuwe Dyk a the last into an empty net in the final seconds. Glenn Anderson Adam Graves and Mark Messier scored for the oilers. The flames built a 2-0 Lead on goals by Mclnnis and. Wilson before Anderson and Graves tied it for Edmonton. Wilson and Nattress scored 71 seconds apart to restore the flames two goal Lead Midway through the second. Kings 7, canucks 4 Inglewood Calif. A a Luc Robitaille scored two Power play goals As the los Angeles offence picked up where it left off in game 4. A a a the Kings who shelled the canucks in a 6-1 Victory wednesday night in Vancouver scored three straight goals in the second period. The Kings pelted Vancouver goalie Troy Gamble with 38 shots to the canucks1 33/ skating with a sixth attacker on a delayed penalty the Kings broke a 4-4 tie at 13 27 of the second period on a goal by Brad Jones. A a a. A inside sports Thomas leads pistons past bulls a Page 18 saturdays High school results Page 20,21 twins Tapani Blank Angels Page 22 Wiesbaden forces dec showdown a Page 23 a
