European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fielder s pact sets Mark by the associated press Detroit Scecil fielder agreed to the largest single season contract in baseball history on tuesday while Oakland a Mark Mcgwire took a rare payout for a player in salary arbitration. Fielder who had 95 homers and 265 Bis during the past two seasons settled with the Detroit tigers at $4.5 million. He had asked for an arbitration record $5.4 million while Detroit had offered $3.2 million. According to fielder tigers president season ends for Wilkins Atlanta a Dominique Wil a Kins was closing in on a Milestone achieved by Only 16 Aba players when his i season came to an abrupt end 25 Points shy of the 20,000-Point plateau. The 32-year-old Wilkins ruptured his right Achilles Tendon in the second Quarter of the Atlanta Hawks 110-109 Victory Over the Philadelphia 76ers tuesday night. A i just have to do whatever i have to1 do to get Back a said the 10-year Veteran who was named to the Eastern conference All Star team for the seventh time earlier in the Day. He had hoped to Cap the Honor by scoring the 33 Points he needed to reach 20,000. A a a it a disappointing that i Wasny table to1 reach the 20,000-Point Mark this year but it just Means that ill have to come Back and do it next year a Wilkins said. Or. David Apple the team physician said Wilkins will be sidelined for six to nine months but that he expects him to play again. The injury is a rupture of a major Tendon that allows him to run and jump and even walk a Apple said. A the operation will be performed in the next couple of Days. The cast is usually on eight to 10 weeks and then a Brace supported shoe for the rest of the  Wilkins who has missed Only 18 games because of injuries during his career was enjoying one of his better All around seasons. He was second in the Aba in scoring at 28.6 Points per game. He was averaging 7.1 rebounds 3.8 assists and 1.3 steals. A the injury was a Fluke a Apple said. A forces come together that exceed the strength of the Tendon and it  the injury came Midway through the second Quarter. Wilkins was dribbling in the front court when his right foot hit the floor at an awkward Angle. He hopped on his left foot to the Atlanta Bench then dropped to the floor writhing in pain. A i saw him a Atlanta coach Bob Weiss to Schembechler pushed for a one year Deal in recent Days. A the was very Adamant about talking to my agents All of a sudden a fielder said. A the Felt that a Deal definitely needed to be worked out. He started feeling i think a Little bit of pressure from the people of  the Deal which makes fielder no. 10 on the salary list by average annual value tops the previous High for a single season contract Nolan Ryan a $4.4 million 1992 salary with the Texas rangers. Fielder 28, is eligible for free Agency after the 1993 season. In 1991, he hit .261 with 44 homers and 133 Bis. Mcgwire saw his salary decrease from $2,875,000 to $2.65 million Halfway Between his request for $2.85 million and the athletics offer of $2.45 million. Among other signings tuesday reliever Mike Maddux and san Diego settled at $510,000, a $400,000 raise. Pittsburgh outfielder first baseman Lloyd Mcclendon agreed at $465,000, a $190,000 raise. The stars and stripes january 30,1992 b Page 24 Dominique Wilkins of the Hawks is carried off the court after suffering a ruptured Achilles Tendon against the 76ers on tuesday. Said. A the just stopped. He turned around and said to me a did somebody kick me a that a when i knew he was  he was taken from the floor on a Stretcher and then to Piedmont Hospital where a cast was placed on the right leg and foot from just below the knee Down. A i wish i could find the words to Tell you How disappointed i am a Wilkins said. A a in la be  Wilkins has been remarkably injury free throughout his pro career. He broke his right leg during his freshman season at the University of Georgia. Dike be Mutombo the Denver nuggets highly celebrated Rookie was among the seven Western conference reserves named tuesday and will be the Only first year player in the Aba All Star game feb. 9 at  7-foot-2 Mutombo the first Rookie chosen to play in the All Star game since san Antonious David Robinson in the 1989-90 season was one of 14 reserves named by the leagues head coaches. Mutombo who will be on the West team leads All rookies with 18.5 Points and 13.3 rebounds per game. Also selected As reserves for the West team were Otis Thorpe and Hakeem Olajuwon of Houston Jeff Hornacek and Don Majerle of Phoenix James worthy of the los Angeles lakers and John Stockton of Utah. Also picked for the East team were Scottie Pippen of Chicago Reggie Lewis of Boston Dennis Rodman and Joe do Mars of Detroit and Brad Daugherty and Mark Price of Cleveland. In addition to Mutombo those making their first All Star appearances will be Lewis Thorpe Hornacek and Majerle. Inside today s paper a stars and stripes Magazine Winter olympics schedule Sites tips on travel and ticket spurs halt Bull s 13-game winning Streak inside sports hoosiers Romp Over boilermakers a Page 21 blues Hull Milestone hits 50-in-50 a Page 22blazers nip warriors for Pacific Lead a Page 22sex test adopted for olympics Page 23 san Antonio a Terry Cummings and David Robinson dominated Chicago a front line tuesday night As the san Antonio spurs ended the bulls bid to match their club record 14-game winning Streak. Beating the bulls for the fourth time in their last five meetings the spurs emerged with a 109-104 Victory. Cummings had his Best game of the season hitting 13 of 17 shots and finishing with 30 Points and 11 rebounds. Robinson had 21 Points and 13 rebounds and eight blocked shots. A your teams not 37-5, but we re playing Well a Cummings said. A they played Well even though they lost but it meant other Aba games on Page 22 we played a Little bit  despite 39 Points from Michael Jordan and 21 by Scottie Pippen the bulls 37-6 were unable to avoid their sixth loss in Jordan a seven trips to South Texas. A this Means a lot to us a Robinson said. A coming in i know they were ready for us. But we played with a lot of Effort intensity and  san Antonio nearly blew the bulls out in the first half building an 18-Point Lead. A the Early part of the game was when we lost it a Jordan said. A they blocked a lot of shots and that initiated the break. Their defense was their  the bulls who never led shot just 43.8 recent from the Field against the a bad Seader in that department. But the outcome was not decided until the final 11 seconds. Pippens tip in with 30 seconds to play pulled the bulls to 105-104. Then Robinson hit a driving Layup to give san Antonio a three Point Cushion with 21 seconds remaining. Stacey King missed from close Range and Sean Elliott who scored 18 Points hit two foul shots to make it 109-104 with 11 seconds left. Jordan missed a Long 3-Point attempt and the bulls Streak was Over