European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Woosnam uses amen burst to capture Lead masters Lan Woosnam hits his second shot at no. 18 from the Trees at Augusta National. By Jaime Diaz the new York times Augusta a. A the Back nine at the Augusta National has Long been golfs most dramatic stage and saturday afternoon diminutive Ian Woosnam of Wales put on a Bravura performance at a amen Corners to take a 1-shot Lead into the final round oif the masters. Hitting Brilliant Iron shots the 5-foot-4 /2-Inch Woosnam out dulled playing partner Tom Watson to shoot a 4-under Par 33 and Cap off a round of 67. It put him at 11-under 205 for 54 holes one shot better than Watson and three ahead of Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain and Lanny Wadkins. Woosnam exploded with birdies at the augustan a make or Brcak turn the 12th, 13th and 14th a plus another at the 15th a to wrest the Lead from Watson who had began the third round with a 2-Strokeedge. Woosnam had a Chance to stretch his advantage but failed to make Short Birdie putts on the 16th and 17th. He bogeyed the final Hole when he pushed his drive into the Trees and missed a 10-foot putt. Although he has won 26 tournaments around the world the 33-year-old woos Nam has never won a major championship. He has never led in one after three founds. A was a front runner in regular tournaments i have an excellent record a said Woosnam who finished second to Curtis strange in the 1989 . Open. A a As a front runner in a major i done to know. The Only thing i want to do right now is win a major  Watson has won eight and saturday he looked As if he could take another. He often out drove the powerful Woosnam the stars and stripes ports april 15,1991 Page 28 and matched the younger Many a birdies on the 13th and 14th. But Watson missed Short putts on the 12th and 15th, raising the ugly Specter of the putting problem that has plagued him for the last several years a i was a Little nervous Over some of the Short puts today a admitted Watson who is seeking his third masters title. A but i m very Happy with the Way i played. God in a looking Forward to tomorrow. Its going to be  meanwhile what began saturday As a tightly bunched Field started to spread out. The lightning fast greens and treacherous water hazards were made slightly More difficult by. A Light but steady wind nonexistent the first two Days. Behind the top four were former Champion Larry Mize he shot the Low round of the Day a 6-under 66, for a 7-under total of 209, one shot further Back Are former see masters on Page 22inside sports Kaiserslautern throttles Wiesbaden for dec basketball title a Page 25 another Oakland Rookie stands tall in Mound debut a Page 25 Bilec Kje a usually dormant Bat boosts cubs Over pirates a Page 26 blazers end lakers nine year reign As Pacific champions a Page 27 Caps Bruins canadians Advance to division finals by the associated press Quot the season ended for the new York rangers Hartford whalers and Buffalo sabres with losses in the nil playoffs on saturday night. The Pittsburgh penguins avoided elimination with a clutch Victory in new Sacramento trims16-10 Olaf by the associated press a Sac ram unto Calif. A Mike Elkins sent Sacramento ahead with a 33-Yard touchdown pass to carl1 Parker tale in the first period and the surge went on to heat the Frankfurt Gal uxry 16-10 saturday night. It was the first time in the month old world league of american football that a .-based team bad beaten one  three european clubs the. Europe based teams won the first a eight games against american teams Sacramento 2-2 event ahead 13-7 on Parker s scoring catch which capped a drive that began after Tom Gerhart intercepted a pass by Mike Perez of f Frankfurt 2-2. The surge added to the Lead in the second Quarter on Mike Trainor a 46-Yard Field goal. Frankfurt s Stephan Maslo kicked a. 31-Yard Field goal late in the fourth period. The Galaxy threatened see Olaf on Page 22 while the Washington capitals Boston Bruins and Montreal canadians ousted the rangers whalers and sabres respectively. Game 6 Battles the penguins Bat tied Back with a 4-3 Victory Over the devils to tie their Patrick division semifinal series at three games apiece the penguins who wort the regular season Patrick championship now have the Opportunity to win the Hest-of-7 series monday night at Home where they were 4-0 Over the devils during the regular season. Meanwhile saturday night capped another season of frustration for the rangers who were beaten 4-2 by Washington in the other Patrick Quot semifinal. It marked the 51st consecutive year that the rangers lost their Chance to win the Stanley cup. The division Champion Bruins and canadians advanced As expected in the Adams. The Bruins Defeated the whalers 3-1 and the canadians whipped the sabres 5-1 to Advance to the division final starting a wednesday night in Boston. The playoffs were to continue sunday night with games in the Norris and smythe  division penguins 4, devils 3 East Rutherford . A Kevin Stevens scored twice and referee Bill Mccreary nullified an apparent game tying goal As Pittsburgh forced a seventh game against the devils. Quot Stanley cup playoffs new. Jersey had hoped to avoid the trip to Pittsburgh and might have had Mccreary not waved off a goal by Laurie Boschman with 1 32 left in the second period which would have tied the game 4-4, but Mccreary ruled that Boschman directed the puck past an Perangelo with his skate. The replay showed he deflected the pass by Claude Lemieux with his stick and then it went off his stake. Pietrangelo subbing for the injured Tom Barrasso and making his first playoff appearance made the Lead stand up thereafter making 28 saves. Was a Good goal but it does no to matter now a devils coach Tom Mcvie said of the disputed new Jersey goal. A now Well have to do it the hard Way. We did no to Start playing until we were Down 3-1 and eve said before that catch up hockey is losing  4, rangers 2 Landover my. A the capitals knocked new York goalie Mike Richter out of the net by scoring on three of their first four shots. The capitals won the final three games of the series to eliminate the rangers for a second straight year it marked the first  1971 that new York lost a Best-of-7 series  2-1. Richter had compiled a 2.19 goals against average Over the Fust five games of the series but goals by soviet did a Iri a Stich and  rangers Kelly Miller and Mike Ridley m the opening 7 06 put him on the Bench. New York coach Roger Neilson replaced Richter with see cup on Page 22