European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes ports May 4 1991 Page 28 world hockey tournament applaud not boo com backers no hit Ryan hits his routine Ruddock Tyson battling a Page 22 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 jazz douse suns Hawks tie Piston Sta is Shock oilers by Mike Nadel the associated press. Edmonton Alberta the no. 1 team do it. The no. 2 team could t Doit. The defending nil champs arc having a hard Lime doing it. Can anybody Stop the Minnesota North stars the no la a 16th-Best team continued to make a farce of the regular season thursday night defeating the oilers 3-1stanley cup playoffs at Edmonton for. The first time since Jimmy Carter was president. Minnesota spent the Early going giving the oilers a 1-0 Lead and too much credit. A we did no to look like we had our legs or our Confidence Quot Dave Gagner said. A we had the jitters before the game started and we stood around and watched. I Don t know if we were a Little in Awe or what but we got settled Down and played see stars on Page 22inside sports by the associated press Salt Lake City the Utah jazz got Back at the Phoenix suns and got Back into the second round of the Aba playoffs. First round losers the last two years the jazz moved into the next Western conference round with a clinching 10193 Victory Over the suns thursday night that gave the jazz a 3-1 Victory in the Best-of-5 series and vindication for last years knockout by the suns. A your Guys wanted this really bad a Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. A your Guys have taken a lot of heat in recent years for not competing Well enough to get to the next level. But we Hung in there and got the Job in other playoff action Atlanta beat Detroit 123-111 to tie their Eastern conference series at 2-2 and Seattle beat Portland 101-89 to tie their Western conference series at 2-2. A a a a. Karl Malone scored 11 of his 38 Points in the fourth Quarter As Utah pulled away from Phoenix. Jeff Malone had 1.9 Points and John Stockton added 14 Points and 13 assists for the jazz. Jeff Hornacek led the suns with 30 Points and Tom Chambers scored 22. /. A a a a a. A a Hawks 123, pistons 111 Atlanta a Glenn Rivers scored 34 Points and Sidney Moncrief 12 of his 23 in the final five minutes As Atlanta beat the pistons and sent the series Back to Auburn Hills Mich. V the pistons Are trying to become the third team in history to win the league Crown three years in a Row. The Minneapolis lakers did it from 1952-54 and the Boston celtics put together eight consecutive championships beginning m 1959. The Hawks won at the free throw line hitting 44 of 51, while the pistons made Only 14 of 22. Dominique Wilkins added 24 Points for the Hawks who never trailed after John Battle broke an 80-80 tie by hitting one of two free throws with 59 seconds left in the third Quarter. Vinnie Johnson led the pts tons with 26 Points and Joe Dumars and James Edwards each added 19. Supersonics 101, Trail blazers 89 Seattle a Eddie Johnson scored 34 Points As the supersonics evened their series with Portland. By taking games 3 and 4 of the Best of a series in Seattle the sonics sent the series Back to Portland for game 5 on saturday. The blazers missed seven of 10 free throws in the fourth Quarter. They made Only 20 of 39 in the game. Aba playoffs pistons Bill Laimbeer and John Salley 22 Box in Hawks Spud Webb thursday. Nate Mcmillan put the sonics ahead to stay by putting in an offensive rebound for an 86-84 Lead with 4 55 to go. Seattle out scored Portland 17-5 in the final five my utes. Jerome Kersey had 20 Points Foi so free will try to break 3 jinxed by de Schuyler or. A racing writer Louisville by. A Fly so free was already set to make a spectacular bid to break two Kentucky Derby jinxed. Now hell have to break another one. He will be trying to become the first favorite and first 2-year-old Champion to win the Derby since spectacular bid in 1979. And it could indeed take a spectacular Effort. On thursday Fly soft ree Drew the no. I Post position a spot where Only Ferdinand in 1986 has won since 1963. Fly so free will go into saturdays 117th Derby at Churchill Downs off a loss in his last Start the Blue grass stakes but he was made the Early 5-2 favorite to beat 15 other 3-Ycar-Olds. Fly so free sizzled a half mile in under 47 seconds on wednesday and did it easily. After that Trainer Scotty Schulhofer Wasny to con Kentucky Derby lineup Odds air time on Page 25. Corned about the rail. A at least we wont have to worry about getting to the rail Quot he said. A a we la be Able to save some Best Pul who would be the first gelding to win the 1�?T/4-mile Derby since Clyde Van Dusen in 1929, Drew the no. 15 Post. _ that Means he will be one of two starters in the auxiliary Gate. The main starting Gate holds 14. Swale won the Derby from the no. 15 Post in 1984. A a you be got the big four and you put the rest of them in a barrel a and we re one of them a said Phil Gleaves Trainer of 50-1 shot Happy jazz band. The big four Are Fly so free Hansel 3-1best pal 7-2 and strike the Gold 4-1. Fly so free had a five race winning Streak Snappy when he finished second three lengths behind strike the Gold in the Blue grass. Schulhofer instructed Jose Santos to rate Fly St free off the Pace so the Colt would have something left when strike the Gold made his move. But the strategy backfired when Fly so fret seemed to resent being choked Down so what instructions will he give Santos on sat urday v a a in a not saying anything a Schulhofer said. A i n going to let him handle another review will be the Only Derby starter no on medication. 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