European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday january 8, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 25unbeaten cowboys Romp by the associated press Stillwater okla. A Oklahoma state is getting defensive about its perfect record. The third ranked cowboys opened big eight conference play monday night with a 72-34 Victory Over Kansas state the wildcats lowest Point total since a 50-30 loss to Oklahoma in 1947. Oklahoma state 13-0 led 32-11 at halftime the fewest Points it has allowed in a half since St. Louis had that Many on feb. 1, 1958, when the cowboys had a starting guard named Eddie Sutton. Sutton is the coach now and he was beaming about the defense. A that was a marvelous exhibition of Man to Man defense a Sutton said. A the first half especially the last 15 minutes the defense was just Kansas state 6-4 was missing its top two Point guards because of injuries and a Lack of floor leadership was evident As the wildcats missed 14 of their first 16 shots. Oklahoma state was in foul trouble College basketball Early As the three big men a Byron Houston Bryant Reeves and Randy Davis a each had three fouls by halftime. But it mattered Little except that Houston finished with seven Points breaking a Streak of 32 consecutive games in double figures Sean Sutton had 16 Points and Davis added 13 for Oklahoma state. Askia Jones led the wildcats with 11 Points. In other games monday night Duke 86, Florida state 70 Durham . The top ranked Blue devils 8-0, 2-0 led 13-4 3vi minutes in and were never threatened As Grant Hill and Brian Davis had career highs with 26 and 19 Points respectively. Hill was 10 for 12 from the Field and had 10 rebounds. The seminoles 7-4, 12 did no to have the same Luck they did when they played their first Ever Atlantic coast conference game last month a Victory at North Carolina. Sam Cassell led the seminoles with 20 Points. Wake Forest 74, Samford 45 Winston Salem . The no. 19 Demon deacons 8-1 led 35-17 at halftime and led by As Many As 34 Points in winning their 13th straight Home game. Rodney Rogers led Wake Forest with 15 Points while Bubba sheaf cd a 13 Points de the bulldogs 2-6. No Charlotte 99, no Wilmington 89 Wilmington . The no. 22 49ers 9-1 trailed by As Many As eight Points in the second half before Delano Ohnson hit a 3-Pointer at the Buzzer to Force the overtime. Neither team scored for the first two minutes of the extra period before the visiting 49ers pulled away for their ninth straight Victory. James Terrell led the 49ers with 24 Points while Keith Adkins topped the sea Hawks 6-4 with 24. Notre Dame 64, Southern Cal 58 los Angeles a Daimon Sweet scored 23 Points and Laphonso Ellis had be i rangers Mike Richter and Joe Cirella get piled on by jets Doug Evans during play in Madison Square Garden. Ellett s of goal lifts Leafs National hockey league by United press International Dave Ellett kept getting closer monday night until he finally missed the Iron and hit the net with nine seconds left in overtime. Ellett who earlier in the game hit a goal Post and then the crossbar rifled a 35-foot snapshot past goalie Curtis Joseph to give the Maple Leafs a 3-2 Victory Over the St. Louis blues in Toronto. Ellett took a drop pass from Glenn Anderson just inside the St. Louis Elueline before moving in to beat Joseph High to the stick Side. A a in be never hit so Many posts in my career a said Ellett whose ninth goal of the season capped a comeback from a 2-0 deficit after two periods and snapped a five game Toronto losing Streak. The Maple Leafs out shot the blues 41-25, dominated the third period and got the big save from Grant Fuhr when they needed it a on a breakaway by Nelson Emerson with 6 50 left and the score tied 2-2. Glenn Anderson who led the Maple Leafs with a goal and two assists started the Toronto comeback at 6 21, driving to the net to convert a behind the net pass from Gilmour. Rob Cimetta tied it at 12 36 on a wraparound after taking a feed from Anderson behind the St. Louis net. Brett Hull extended his goal scoring Streak to nine games and his Point Streak to 18 with his 40th goal to give the blues a 1-0 Lead after one period. Hull scooped up a big rebound and beat Fuhr with a wicked 30-foot wrist shot High to the stick Side. Emerson extended the blues Lead to 2-0 at 1 57 of the second period. In the Only other game monday rangers 4, jets 2 new York a Sergei nem chinos scored his 20th goal of the season and added two assists to lift the rangers who Are 10-3 in their last 13 games. New York moved into a tie with Washington for first in the Patrick division with 55 Points. The capitals have played one less game however. Pat a Lynnik scored two Power play goals for the jets. 21 Points and 15 rebounds in notre Dames upset of no. 23 Southern Cal. Sweet had 15 Points in the second half As the Irish 2-5 overcame a nine Point deficit. Harold Miner had 24 Points for the trojans 8-2who had a seven game winning Streak snapped. Tulane 88, Penn 74 new Orleans a the 24th-Rankcd Green wave 10-0 remained unbeaten and celebrated its first appearance in the rankings since 1949 with inc Home Victory behind solid defense which forced 31 turnovers. Kim Lewis had 17 Points and seven steals for Tulane while Jerome Allen led the quakers 2-5 with 22 Points. Navy 84, Drexel 71 Annapolis my. Nick Marusich scored 21 Points and Navy took advantage of near perfect shooting from the free throw line to defeat Drexel. The midshipmen 3-7 were 33 of 37 from the foul line. Tartabull pact finally opens yanks purse by Hal Bock new York apr the signing of Danny Tartabull to a five year $25.5 million contract by the new York Yankees Means two things first its almost certain general manager Gene Michael will be trading outfielders for help at other positions. And second somebody finally figured out the combination to the Safe at Yankee stadium. After laying Low All Winter the Yankees struck suddenly monday signing Tartabull to a contract that makes him the fifth highest paid player in baseball. The problem is he plays a position where the club already seemed Well stocked with Mel Hall Hensley meulens Roberto Kelly Jesse Barfield and Bernie Williams. That Sall right with Michael who a anxious to Deal for pitching Ana third base help. A a we re going to have to move players now for pitching a he said. A we have More things we can do. We have More flexibility and versatility now. We be anchored one Outfield the Yankees Anchor seem planted in mud All Winter As Michael operated without a bankroll a difficult thing to do in the current marketplace. Then after a meeting of the teams partners last week nominated Daniel Mccarthy to replace Robert Neder Lundgr As managing general partner Michael got the word to go after Tartabull. A i was somewhat surprised and Happy a the pm said. A before the financing was not As soon As he got the Green Light Michael called Dennis Gilbert Tartabull a agent. That was thursday. By sunday night the Deal was in place for the slugger who hit .316 with 31 Home runs and 100 runs batted in for Kansas City last season. A we got it done in a hurry a Michael said. A we knew we had made a great offer one that was substantial enough. We pressured them a California Texas and the Chicago White sox had been bidding for Tartabull. The newest Yankee who made $2,225,000 in 1991, gets a $1.5 million signing Bonus $5 million in 1992, $4.75 million in 1993, $4.25 million in 1994 and $5 million in each of the 1995 and 1996 seasons. The Deal was for about $1 million a year More than other teams were offering before new York became involved. In average annual value Tartabull trails Only Bobby Bonilla of the new York mets $5.8 million Jack Morris of Toronto $5,425,000roger Clemens of Boston $5,380,250 Ana Dwight Gooden of the mets $5.15 million. Mccarthy said the timing of his nomination to take Over Day to Day operation of the club and the Tartabull signing were coincidental. A a we be been working on a plan for some time a he said. A lining up financing from the Banks took Mccarthy said George Steinbrenner suspended majority owner of the team had been consulted on the tax implications of the Tartabull signing Quot not on the Choice of whether to go ahead with the
