European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes monday May 4,1992 cars club celts by Michael Arace the Hartford courant Richfield Ohio smack. The Boston celtics had their hands Down and took a right on the Chin from the Cleveland Cavaliers who hammered out a 101-76 Victory in the opening game of the Best of seven Eastern conference semifinal series saturday. What will this loss do to the celtics who had won 18 of their previous 19 games including 11 in a Row is the first time they be been pretty hard in awhile a celtic Ris Ford said. A a it la be interesting to see How they react  monday at 8 . Is game 2, also at the coliseum. The celtics had not lost since april 3, in Indianapolis. And that loss was avenged with a 3-0 series sweep Over the pacers in the first round of the playoffs. Then smack right on the Chin. The celtics were held to their lowest Points total of the season. It was Only less futile than May 7, 1991, when the celtics lost 86-75 to the Detroit pistons in game 1 of the conference semifinals. The Cavaliers on the other hand were at the height of their game saturday belittling the celtics before a crowd of n b a Layol a this slapped Chicago goalie de Balfour Center makes a diving save on Detroit a Steve yzermans shot saturday As Chris Chelios tries to assist. Blackhawk open series with 2-1 win Over wings 17,496 below the 20,273 capacity and a National television audience. A we do prefer to have Only one Dav off in Between a Cav coach Lenny Wil kens said. A a with that you can keep your  lets talk rhythm or Lack thereof. The cars held the celtics to 43.4 percent shooting turned 15 turnovers into 23 Points and through a succession of stifling double teams shut Down the celtics Low Post. Center Robert Parish who left late in the third Quarter because of an ankle injury had four Points Forward Kevin Mchale 12 and forwarded Pinckney six. The cars had a 45-37 Edge in rebounding and had 21 second Chance Points to the celtics 11. Quot they got us Good. Their front line was very impressive a Parish said. A we did not bring the same intensity they  Brad Daugherty a intensity was Worth 26 Points including 13 in the third Quarter and 17 rebounds. Larry Nance had 24 Points nine rebounds and three blocks. Point guard Mark Price another Allstar controlled the flow he had 16 Points and seven assists and saw to it that the cars held their turnovers to eight. Detroit a a play the Chicago Blackhawk practice in the morning won the game saturday night. Jocelyn Lemieux broke a tie with 7 27 remaining to give the Blackhawk a 2-1 Victory Over the Detroit red wings in the first game of the Norris division finals. Stephane Matteau also scored for Chicago. Yves Racine scored for Detroit. Lemieux beat goalie Tim Che veldae to the Short Side with a slap shot from the left face off Dot for his third goal of the playoffs. Brent Sutter set up the play with a perfect dump in that chromed off the end boards right to Lemieux. A it was a great dump in a Lemieux said. A the puck came out Flat. The Only thing i thought about was done to get a nil playoffs strike. We do that in practice. Every building is different. When you get your chances you have to Bear Down. A it was a great Effort by Brent to make the puck come out like  Chicago coach Mike Keenan said the Blackhawk worked on the play at the urging of associate coach Darryl Sutter. A the remembered that we got an overtime goal by Duane Sutter about three years ago in Detroit on that play a Keenan said. A it was something we practice this  game 2 of the series is scheduled for monday night at Joe Louis Arena. Play then shifts to Chicago stadium for games 3 and 4 on wednesday and Friday nights. The red wings who appeared a step slow after overcoming a 3-1 series deficit to eliminate Minnesota in the first round were out shot 29-24 by the Blackhawk who were 1-5-2 against the red wings in the regular season and were wingless in four visits to Detroit. A we looked tired a Detroit coach Bryan Murray said. A we stayed in the game Only because of Che veldae. We did no to play with much drive. A Chicago played smart. They held us up just like Minnesota did. But we just did no to play with much Energy. It was an emotional  Leblanc rebounds Blanks Poland Bratislava Czechoslovakia up a with a 5-0 thrashing of Poland team Usa kept its quarterfinal Hopes alive sunday at the world hockey championships in Czechoslovakia. The win the americans second in four outings left them with four Points in the standings of preliminary group a. World hockey Ray Leblanc became the first goaltender of the tournament to Register two shutouts. He blocked 26 shots and made some crucial saves in the second period when the poles were at their Best. Once he stopped roman Steblecki on a clean breakaway. David Jensen had his first two goals of the tournament for the americans who also got goals from Todd Copeland Chris Winnes and Jim Johannson. Even More one sided was the Days first group a game in Bratislava where Russia clobbered France 8-0 to put a firm lock on , Galaxy fall to North american foes by the associated press Birmingham Ala. Mike nor Seth threw for 227 Yards and a touchdown and Tracy Sanders returned a pass interception 70 Yards for another score As Birmingham beat Barcelona 19-17 in the world league on saturday. Birmingham 4-2-1 led 10-0 after Phillip Doyle a 36-Yard, first Quarter Field goal and Sanders interception return with 8 29 left in the half. Cut it to 10-7 on pass to Tony Moss with 1 21 left in the half. Doyle kicked a 20-Yard Field goal 4 21 into the third period after Birmingham the dragons 5-2 Scott Erney s 16-Yaraworld league stalled at the Barcelona 2. Erney left the game with an ankle injury late in the third and was replaced by former notre Dame quarterback Tony Rice who threw an interception and lost a Fumble on his first two possessions. The fire built a 19-7 Lead in the fourth on a 54-Yard touchdown pass from Norseth to halfback Steve Avery. On its next Possession Barcelona got to 19-14 on Rice a 3-Yard run with 7 03 to play and Teddy Garcia kicked a Field goal with 3 32 to play. In the Only other world league game on saturdays schedule Ohio 20, Frankfurt 17 Columbus Ohio a Jerry Kaurich a 46-Yard Field goal As time expired lifted Ohio Over the Frankfurt Galaxy for its first Ever world league Victory before 41,853 at Ohio stadium. The glory in its first year in the world league had lost its first six games. It was the first Victory Ever for the franchise which went wingless last year As the Raleigh Durham sky Hawks. Robbie keen had kicked a 45-Yard Field goal to give Frankfurt a 17-17 tie with 44 seconds left. But the glory came Back with a 76-Yard drive. Quarterback Pat of Hara hit two passes for 34 Yards and Frankfurt a Kevin Wolfolk was called for a personal foul for slapping the helmet of of Hara on an incomplete pass moving the Ball to the 28. Kauric whose 24-Yard Field goal earlier in the final Quarter Back put Ohio ahead 17-14, then kicked the game Winner. Chris Cochrane just three weeks ago the glory a practice team quarterback threw two to passes against his former teammates. The Large crowd was treated to a concert by the Beach boys before the game