European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sports May 24, 1992 c Page 32diverse group lines up by Steve Herman Indianapolis a its a race with a lot of favourites. Ana that makes today a Indianapolis 500 a race with no favourites but a lot of possibilities. Its a lineup that includes the fastest qualifier in the history of the Speedway in Roberto Guerrero driving a still unproven car with an engine that has indy 500 on an seb 5 . Ceton 7vand radio a a a race Day at the Brickyard see pages 28-29�?� a Complete starting Grid see Page 27chicago sweeps past oilers into nil finals never won a race. Its a lineup that includes the most consistent Driver this season Bobby Rahal starting in Row 4. Its a lineup that has a record 10 former winners including the first Trio of four time winners none of whom was within 8 Mph of Guerrero. Its a lineup in which the winning est team in indy history Penske racing was shut out of the first two rows. Its a lineup with seven rookies including four who have never driven an indy car race. And there Slyn St. James the second woman starter. A it makes a very interesting Field a said former Winner Emerson Fittipaldi one of the Trio of Penske Drivers. A it will be in a sure the quickest indy 500 in history and it will be very competitive. But 1 can see a lot of track problems happening a he said after thursday s final two hour practice. A the difference Between the leaders and the Back is great. I think that la make a lot of moving and overtaking situations critical in the  Guerrero qualified at a record 232.482 Mph breaking the record of 225.301 set by Fittipaldi two years ago. But Guerrero and teammate Jim Crawford who had the fastest unofficial Lap in indy history at 233.433 Mph during practice Are using the unproven Buick whose reliability is still in question. The most popular engine still is the Chevrolet which has won 39 consecutive indy car races Over the past three seasons. But Fittipaldi and his Penske teammates Rick Mears and Rookie Paul Tracy Are using the new Chevy a engine and their speeds have been nowhere near As competitive. The fastest qualifier with a Chevrolet is former Winner Danny Sullivan who will Start from Row 3. A if you look at the Speed we gotta think we re an underdog a Sullivan said. A but we also do know a and this is the Only one fact we do know a the Chevrolet has finished and won More than one 500-mile race and the other ones Are not a proven Quantity  Edmonton Alberta a the Chicago Blackhawk Are heading for the Stanley cup finals for the first time in 19 years and they re taking a playoff record 11-game winning Streak with them. The Blackhawk earned their first trip to the finals since 1973 Friday night when they completed a four game sweep of the Campbell conference finals with a 5-1 rout of the Edmonton oilers. Brian Noonan scored twice As the Blackhawk put the game away with four second period goals to Advance to a meeting with the Wales conference Champion either Pittsburgh or Boston. The defending Champion penguins Lead Boston 3-0 and can Advance with a Victory on saturday night. The Blackhawk Are seeking their first league championship in 31 years. Chicago has won 11 straight since losing games 2 and 3 of their Norris division semifinal series to St Louis setting an nil record for most consecutive victories in one playoff year. The previous Mark was 10, set by Boston in 1970. The oilers who upset los Angeles and Vancouver to win the smythe division title had no answers for the hard hitting Blackhawk who dominated play throughout the series. They scored Only two goals after the first period in the four games and were As outmatched As some of the teams they dominated during their own dynasty years of the 1980s. The Blackhawk took a 1-0 Lead 9 35 into the game when Rob Brown converted the rebound of Steve Smiths shot for his second playoff goal and second in two games. But Edmonton a failure to score was ominous. The oilers came into the game having scored six of their seven goals in the first period. The oilers then fell apart in the second period under the weight of penalties. Bernie Nicholls got a five minute major at 3 44 for blooding Brian March mentus Mouth with an Elbow and Norm Mclver made it a two Man disadvantage when he Cross checked Chris Chelios in Edmonton s Scott Thornton right checks Chicago a Dirk Graham on Friday. The head. Chicago capitalized quickly on the two Man Edge when Jeremy Roenick who scored the overtime Winner in game 3, rocketed a slap shot from the left Circle that caught the far Post at 4 59. Noonan made it 3-0 when he tipped in Browne a pass at 7 35 and Mike Hudson a diving deflection of Igor Kravchuk a pass at 8 46 gave Chicago a four goal Lead. Noonan scored on a breakaway at 10 37, continuing Chicago a second period dominance. In the four games the Blackhawk out scored Edmonton 10-0 in the Middle period. Kelly Buchberger a goal 1 23 into the final period served Only to break up de Belfoure a shutout bid. Postage due mailman zips jazz Over blazers by Bob Mims Salt Lake City a Karl Malone is no slacker when it comes to keeping his promises. The mailman As his fans Call him delivered 39 Points in Utah a 97-89 Western conference playoff series Victory Over Portland Friday paying off on a pregame Promise that head go to the hoop whenever he got the Ball in the paint. But Malone who made 14 of 23 shots and 11 of 13 free throws insisted he Wasny to the reason Utah was Able to Cut the Trail blazers series Lead to 2-1. A i think our defense won the game for us tonight a he said. A but its one bal game. As far As in a concerned its Over. They will be ready to play sunday in game 4 Here. Portland coach Rick Adelman praised Malone but hinted the officials May have been too kind to Utah Sall Star Power Forward. A the played a great game. He san aggressive player. We have to adjust to the a Karl Malone rules a a Adelman said. Malone laughed when asked about Adelmann a comment. A Are there Karl Malone rules that a a Good one. I did no to know i was writing Les a he said. John Stockton had 14 Points and 10 Asru Kings name St. Jean a see p. 25 lists and Jeff Malone and Mike Brown added 11 Points each for the jazz which ran its Aba Best Home record to 44-4. Utah has won seven straight playoff games in the Delta Center and can even this series 2-2 with another Home Victory on sunday. Game 5 is next tuesday. Clyde Drexler and Jerome Kersey each scored 26 Points for Portland which routed Utah in the first two games of the series at Portland. Terry Porter who had 41 Points in game 2, was held to 13 Friday on 3-of-13 shooting. Portland which led 55-45 Early in the third Quarter following two straight baskets by Kersey watched its Lead disappear under a 21-8 jazz run. Karl Malone scored 11 Points during the spurt which gave Utah a 71-69 Lead going into the fourth period. He added 8 Points Over a seven minute Span of the final period to push the jazz Lead to 83-75. Portland got no closer than 91-87 with 2 04 to play. From the Start the game pitted Utah a inside attack against Portland a perimeter shooting. Karl Malone repeatedly drove to the Basket on the Way to scoring 10 Points in the first Quarter but Drexler answered by popping jumpers from the perimeter for 10 Points of his own. The jazz led 20-19 with two minutes left in the period but two baskets by Danny Ainge and Drexler a fast break Layin off Buck Williams steal from Utah a Jeff Malone gave the Trail blazers a 25-20 advantage. Mike Browne a two foul shots closed the Gap to 25-22 at the end of the Quarter and Browne a three Point play seconds into the second period tied it. Portland answered with a 14-6 run to Lead 39-31 with 5 34 left until  sports no la a Ziegler May be on Way out a Page 25 Munich girls shape boys top soccer a Page 25 Mcaa regional baseball results a Page 26 Connors draws Stich in French a Page 31