European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes tuesday March 3, 1992 couples rebuffs love with Birdie in sudden death los Angeles a Fred couples was the Darling of the huge gallery at the los Angeles open sunday with Davis love Iii seemingly cast As the villain. The two matched stroke for stroke for the final five holes of regulation and one playoff Hole before couples rolled in a 10-foot Birdie putt on the second playoff Hole to win his second l. A. Open in three years. The majority in the crowd of 52,200 at Riviera country club seemed to be pulling for couples. "1 done to think anyone out there Ever roots against somebody a couples said. A i think the fans were for me but i done to think they were against Davis at All. A the last two or three years in be done Well Here and in be gotten a Good  love who just missed a 35-foot Birdie try on the second playoff Hole that would have kept the playoff going said he did no to like some of the comments from the crowd. A the noise did no to bother me. The Only thing that did were the people who were verbally pulling against me a love said. A it did no to make me play bad but it is upsetting to have people come to a Golf tournament and outwardly pull against somebody is . Open specially in a playoff. A there were at least five or six times that i heard people pulling against me when id miss a putt. It was like when somebody would miss a putt against Jack  couples winning putt coming after he hit a 6-Iron on the Par-3 Hole within Good Birdie Range ended a six Hole stretch where he and love were in lockstep. Tied since the 14th Hole they both parred Down the stretch to finish regulation at 15-under-Par 269. Couples had a closing 70 and love shot 69. Love also used a 6-Iron on the 180-Yard no. 14, the second playoff Hole hitting his tee shot onto the fringe some 30 feet from the Hole. He gave the putt a Good Roll but the Ball rimmed the cup and Slid out. Both had birdied the first playoff Hole with couples sinking a 6-foot putt and love knocking in a 2-footer. The Victory was Worth $180,000 and the first of the year for couples who has won seven times since joining the tour in 1981. He finished third on the Money list last year with $791,749 in earnings. Davis love i right congratulates . Open Winner Fred couples on  saves win As . Loses 6 of 8 matches from wire reports Sarasota Florida a despite winning just two of eight stroke play matches sunday the United states held on to defeat the International team 54-46 for its fifth consecutive Victory in the $600,000 Chrysler cup for pea seniors. The United states entered sundays play with a 3913 advantage after the first two rounds Over the 6,763-Yard, Par-72 pc at pre Stancia course. The internationals won the first four singles stroke play matches sunday to narrow the Gap to 39-37. Tommy Horton shot a 3-under-Par 69, three strokes better than Jim Dent Bob Charles 69 was two shots better than Lee Trevino Gary player shot a 68 to Edge Dale Douglass by one stroke and Harold Henning tired a a under 71 to beat Chi Chi Rodriguez by two strokes. Mike Hills 2-under 70 was two shots ahead of Bruce Crampton and gave the . Team some breathing room. Jim Colbert then clinched the cup shooting a 71 for a five shot Victory Over Billy Dunk. Chrysler cup Bruce Devlins 70 edged Miller Barber by one stroke id match As each shot 70. And George Archer and Simon Hobday halved the final a a in a really proud of our Guys a they buckled up their belts and really played some Good Golf coming in a american team Captain Barber said. International team Captain players final round 68 was Low round for the Day earning him a new car. The United Stales received $400,000 for the Victory. Each player earned $45,000, As the team voted to share its earnings with Gene Littler who withdrew prior to the event with Back spasms. Dent replaced Littler. The internationals received $200,000, with each player earning $25,000. The . Side took a 15-5 Lead after fridays first round winning three of four matches Worth five Points each pitting pairs in four Ball stroke play. They opened a 26-Point advantage after winning two matches and tying two in saturdays alternate shot pairs format Worth eight Points each. Canucks tag flames with 11-0 humiliation by the associated press Vancouver British Columbia a while the Vancouver canucks spent the Day jumping for Joy All Calgary a Gary Roberts could do was sit quietly and shake his head. A we just caved in a the All Star right Wing said on sunday after the flames most one sided loss Ever an 11-0 rout by the Vancouver canucks. A they put us in a Hole and the Hole kept getting bigger and  while it was a 60-minute horror show for the flames it was the Best of times for the canucks. The 11-goal difference was the largest margin of Victory by Vancouver in franchise history and tied the team record for most goals in one game. Six Power play goals also tied a club record set in 1983 against Minnesota. Goalie Kirk Mclean stopped 30 shots for his fifth shutout of the season. Mclean also got his 33rd Vic tory of the season breaking the team record of 32 set by Gary Smith in 1974-75. In other games sunday oilers 4, jets 2 Winnipeg Manitoba a Norm Maciver a goal at 13 07 of the second period broke a 2-2 tie As Edmonton handed Winnipeg its seventh loss in nine Home games. Scott Mellanby Craig Simpson and Bernie Nicholls also scored for the oilers. Maple Leafs 6, North stars 2 Toronto a Joe Sacco had his first two nil goals As Toronto routed Minnesota to move five Points behind the fourth place North stars in the Norris  1, Sharks 0 Daly City Calif. Ron Hextall made 30 saves for his third shutout of the season and Mark Freer scored on a deflection with 3 18 left in the first period As the flyers won at the cow  9, whalers 4 new York Paul Broten scored three goals for his first nil hat trick and Sergei nem chinos added two As new York extended its Home unbeaten Streak to 9-0-2 and increased its Patrick division Lead Over Washington to six  3, sabres 1 Buffalo . Jeremy Roenick set up a third period goal by Rob Brown that broke a scoreless tie then scored the Winner three minutes later As Chicago moved into a tie for second place in the Norris division with St.  4, capitals 1 Landover my. Barry Pederson and Dave Poulin scored second period goals less than two minutes apart As visiting Boston won for the third time in five games. Norris Taylor schedule May bout san Diego apr wac super welterweight Champion Terry Norris has agreed to terms for a May 9 fight against Aba welterweight titlist Meldrick Taylor a newspaper reported monday. Norris manager Joe Sayatovich confirmed sunday that arrangements were completed saturday. The bout will be staged at the Mirage in Las vegas and will be televised by Home Box office the san Diego Union Tribune said. Norris burst into the National picture in february 1991 with a decisive defeat of sugar Ray Leonard who then retired. He successfully defended his wac title for the sixth time on feb. 22 with a nine round Victory Over Carl Daniels in a nationally televised fight. Norris tentatively had been scheduled to fight former Champion Aaron Davis in Paris on May 31, but Sayatovich said that bout has been scratched if favor of the More lucrative arrangement with Taylor who fights out of Philadelphia