European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 a the stars and stripes monday january 13, 1992 tournament of champions Elkington leads by 2 shots Carlsbad Calif. Up australian Steve Elkington a bogey free round of 67, the lowest score of the Day vaulted him into a two shot Lead saturday with one round to play in the tournament of champions. Al Geiberger meanwhile took advantage of a bad Day from Lee Trevino to seize a three shot advantage in the senior portion of the years first tournament. Elkington Winner of the 1991 players championship rolled in a 30-foot putt at the Par-4 15th for his fifth Birdie of the Day to give him a 54-Hole total of 9-under 207 at the Lacosta country club. Rocco mediate Billy Andrade and Brad Faxon All participating in the tournament of champions for the first time were tied for second at 7-Undcr 209 while Fred couples was alone at 210. Mediate posted his second straight 68 after an opening round of 73. Quot i was mentally and physically ready to play this week a mediate said. A this course sets up Well for  Andrade the Only player to win Back to Back tournaments on the 1991 tour moved to a shot of the Lead at 8-under when he chipped in for a Birdie at the Par-4 16th. He had one Birdie on the front Side but picked up three on the backside including a 75-foot pitch shot into the to Leonine Par 4,423 Yard 16th Hole. Andrade put his second shot in the water at the Par-5 17th but was Fortu Nate to escape with a bogey. A i was very solid off the tee today a Andrade said. Quot i am sort of shocked Over How Well my game has come Back the from after being off for three  there Are 32 players competing the regular tour in this the 40th anniversary of this winners Only tournament. Only thirteen players Are under Par Mark of Meara and Paul Azinger were at 4-under 212 a Azinger firing a 3-Undcr 69 saturday after suffering a controversial two shot penalty during fridays round. Defending Champion Tom Kite who has not won since he captured this event last year was at 1-under after a 70. In the senior pea portion of the event Geiberger shot a 1-under 71 to stand at 7-under 209. He began the Day tied at the top with Trevino who stumbled to a 76 and finished Tat 2-under 214. That put Trevino in third place two shots behind Chi Chi Rodriguez. Rodriguez equated the Days Low round in the seniors division with a 3-under 69 for a 4-under 212, he birdied the final two holes to reach that total and finish As one of Only four senior players to stand under Par through 54 holes. A i made a few putts out there today a Rodriguez said. Defending Champion Bruce cramp ton was in fourth place at 1-under 215 after a round of 72. Steve Elkington. Unhappy after missing putt cars win 11th in Row by the associated press Richfield Ohio the Cleveland Cavaliers matched a franchise record with their 11th straight Victory saturday night beating the Philadelphia 76ers 108102 behind Brad Daugherty a 23 Points 16 rebounds and eight assists. Cleveland took control with a 20-7 run in the third Quarter keyed by eight Points from Mark Price. The cars then staved off a late Philadelphia rally when Larry Nance hit the clinching 18-footer with 12,5 seconds left. The 11-game winning Streak equals the team Mark set during the 1988-89 season the year Cleveland won a franchise record 57 games. Charles Barkley scored 23 Points and Armon Gilliam and Ron Anderson each had 22 for the 76ers, Price scored 20 on 8-for-10 shooting for  100, celtics 96 new York a Mark Jackson scored a season High 26 Points and had a key steal with 3.3 seconds left lifting the new York kicks Over undermanned Boston. The celtics were playing without their front line of Larry Bird Kevin Mchale and Robert Parish a All out with injuries a but kept the game close behind Reggie Lewis 33 Points and Kevin gamblers 23. Xavier Mcdaniel scored 29 Points giving him 10,012 for his career and Patrick Ewing had 18 for the  108, heat 99 Chicago a Michael Jordan scored 30 Points and Horace Grant had 16 Points and 18 rebounds saturday As Chicago Defeated Miami for its fifth straight Triumph. It was also the bulls 10th Victory in 11  101, jazz 96 Minneapolis Tony Campbell scored 21 Points including a key jumper Down the stretch As Minnesota beat Utah for the second time in 12 meetings. The win was the second in a Row for the Timber wolves who beat the celtics Friday night in  90, nets 86 Auburn Hills Mich. Isiah Thomas hit two free throws with 2.1 Sec Aba ones left giving Detroit a Victory Over new Jersey. Thomas who led the pistons with 23 Points stole the Ball from cookie Blaylock and drove the length of the floor before being fouled by Blaylock and hitting both foul shots for the Victory. Dennis Rodman grabbed 24 rebounds for the  blazers 115, hornets 93 Charlotte . A Reserve guard Danny Ainge scored 23 Points As Portland continued its Mastery Over Charlotte. The Trail blazers improved their record against Charlotte to 9-0. Johnny Newman paced the hornets with 24 Points and Kendall Gill had 22.bullets 107, clippers 96 Landover my. Harvey Grant scored 14 of his 29 Points in the fourth Quarter As Washington Defeated the los Angeles clippers. Grant then scored 10 Points in the first five minutes of the fourth Quarter As Washington stretched its Lead to 83-76. The clippers got no closer than five the rest of the Way. Michael Adams had 22 Points including a pair of 3-pointers, giving him a franchise record 53 for the  119, supersonics 115 Houston a Hakeem Olajuwon and Vernon Maxwell scored 23 Points apiece and Houston held off a fourth Quarter rally to defeat Seattle. The supersonics trailed by 13 Early in the fourth period but closed to 110-107 with 2 18 left. Houston then hit seven free throws including three by Otis Thorpe in the final two  138, Hawks 115 Indianapolis Reggie Miller scored 30 Points and Indiana had seven players in double figures against Atlanta which saw its six game win Streak snapped. Vern Fleming hit a pair of layups and Rik Smits converted a three Point play with 6 20 to go in the second period starting a 17-3 surge that gave the pacers a 49-35 Lead with 4 50 left. Fleming had eight Points in the run and 10 Points in the period. The Hawks got no closer than eight Points in the second  96, nuggets 85 Denver a Rod Strickland scored 22 Points and David Robinson 20, and san Antonio withstood a Denver rally. The spurs led by As Many As 16 Points several times the last time at 61-45 with 7 54 left in the third period. They were ahead 67-53 when the nuggets went on a 12-0 run closing to 67-65 with 10 40 left in the game. The rest of the game belonged to the spurs who rebuilt their advantage to 81-71 and stayed comfortably in front As Strickland had 10 Points in the fourth  106, Bucks 105 of Milwaukee a Lionel Simmons free throw with 4.8 seconds left in overtime gave Sacramento its third Road Victory of the season. Alvin Robertson a last second 20-footer, which would have Given Milwaukee the Victory bounced off the backboard. The Kings Are now 3-17 on the Road after snapping a 43-game Road losing Streak earlier in the season. Simmons who had five of his 24 Points in overtime Sank two free throws with 1 05 left to give the Kings a 105-103 Lead. Moses Malone scored on a rebound Layup to tie the score 105-105 with 26 seconds to go but Simmons was fouled by Robertson while driving and Sank one of two free  130, warriors 118 Phoenix a Jeff Hornacek and Tom Chambers put on a two Man show scoring 31 Points each As Phoenix beat Golden state. The outcome stretched the suns Home winning Streak to 12 and made it 12 in a Row Over the warriors Here. It also tightened the Pacific division race leaving Golden state just one half game ahead of Portland and one game ahead of Phoenix. Hornacek broke the warriors with 14 Points in the third Quarter when the uns pulled away from a 71-65 halftone Lead to take a 104-95 Lead. Islanders upended by blues by the associated press Uniondale . Brett Hull increased his Point scoring Streak to 21 games with a goal and an assist As the St. Louis blues won their second Road game in their last nine tries a 6-3 Victory Over the new York islanders on saturday night. Hull also eclipsed his own previous team Point Streak record of 20 games set nil in the 1989-90 season. Hull had a 10-game goal scoring Streak snapped thursday night in new Jersey. The blues swept the three game season series from the islanders scoring 19 goals in the process seven by Hull Bruins 5, flyers 1 Boston a Cam Neely scored his sixth goal in five games since returning from a leg injury As Boston beat Philadelphia. Neely who missed the first 38 games of the season with an injury suffered in the 1991 playoffs tallied his goal on a Power play at 2 29 of the third period to make the score 3-1.oilers 5, red wings 5 Detroit a Vincent Damphousse scored with less than two minutes to go in regulation and Bill Ranford. Stopped 47 shots to earn Edmonton the standoff with Detroit. Steve Yzerman broke a 4-4 tie at 6 05 of the third  Leafs 4, devils 3 East Rutherford . Wen Del Clark scored his third goal of the game with 1 06 to play giving the Toronto Maple Leafs their Victory Over new Jersey and breaking the devils four game winning  3, whalers 2 Montreal a Russ Courtnell returned from a three month injury Layoff to set up Mike Mcphee for two goals As Montreal downed Hartford. The whalers playing their 1,000th game since entering the nil in 1979, held the Lead on goals from Murray Craven and Doug Houda going into the final  7, Nordques 2 Quebec a Tim Kerr scored a goal in his return after a 39-game absence and Mark Messier had three assists helping the new York rangers to a Victory Over Quebec. The Victory moved the rangers Back into a first place tie with Washington in the Patrick division. The loss was the fifth in a Row for the Nordques. The injury plagued Kerr who played in Only five games before undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder nov. 13, whipped a wrist shot past Ron tug Nutt at 8 58 of the second period to give new York a 3-0  stars 7, Sharks 4 Bloomington Minn. A Dave Gagner continued his hot Streak with a goal and two assists and the Minnesota North stars completed a three game season sweep of san Jose. Seven of the 11 goals in the game came on the Power play including four by Minnesota which lost 24 players to san Jose last Spring As part of a player dispersal agreement Between the two teams. Gagner Ulf Dahlen Brian Bellows and Mark Tinardi each had Power play goals for the stars who scored four times in five Power play chances. David Bruce scored twice and Doug Wilson and Perry Berezan also scored for san Jose which fell to 1-21-1 on the Road