European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Eckersley adds map trophy by Jim Dona my new York a Oakland reliever Dennis Eckersley named the american league by Young award Winner last week was also selected the leagues most valuable player on thursday. Eckersley who led the majors with 51 saves in 54 chances is Only the ninth player to win both the by Young award and map honors in the same season. He joins Don Newcombe 1956sandy Kou a 1963denny Mclain 1968bob Gibson 1968vida Blue 1971rollie fingers 1981willie Hernandez Eckersley 1984 and Roger Clemens 1986. The 38-year-old right hander is Only the fourth reliever to win the map. The first was Jim Konstanty in 1950, followed by fingers and Hernandez. A part of me was waiting by the phone because i thought i deserved it a Eckersley said. A a it a hard to say because in a not that Cool to think 1 deserved an map. But if there was any time in my whole life 1 thought 1 deserved it this is the  Eckersley 7-1 with a 1.91 Era received 15 of a possible 28 first place votes and 306 Points in balloting by the baseball writers association of America. He was followed by Minnesota outfielder Kirby Puckett with 209 Points including three first place votes and Toronto outfielder Joe Carter with 201 Points and four first first place votes. Mark Mcgwire Dave Winfield and Roberto Alomar also received first place votes. Quot there a a lot of deserving Guys out there that have the everyday numbers a Eckersley said. A everything fell into place. These things come around once in a  the Al map was expected to be the closest of All the postseason awards but it did no to turn out that Way. In the Al by Young voting last week Eckersley received 19 of a possible 28 first place votes. In 80 innings this season Eckersley walked Only 11. For winning the map award eckers Ley receives a $100,000 Bonus bringing his 1992 income to $3.35 million. Puckett also got a $100,000 Bonus. Eckersley helped the a a win their fourth Al West title in five years but struggled in the playoffs against Toronto giving up Alomary a tying two run Homer in the ninth of game 4 at Oakland. Puckett hit .329 for the twins with 19 Home runs and 110 Bis. Carter helped Toronto win the Al East by hitting .264 with 34 homers and 119 Bis. Eckersley began his major league career in 1975 with Cleveland going 13-7 with a 2.60 Era and threw a no hitter on memorial Day 1977 against the California Angels. Alter being traded to Boston before the 1978 season he became the first red sox Pitcher in seven years to win 20 games. Things began to go downhill for Eckersley in 1981, and in 1983 his record was 9-13. A Trade to the cubs in 1984 turned things around but his growing struggles with alcoholism Hurt Nis pitching. In 1986, he had a 6-11 Mark. Eckersley was traded to the a a in 1987, and pitching coach Dave Duncan decided he should go to the bullpen where he saved 16 games with a 3.03 the stars and stripes november 21,1992 b Page 28 Era. Earlier that year Eckersley had joined alcoholics Anonymous to Battle his drinking problem. In the last five years Eckersley has been successful on 220 of 246 save opportunities. In 1988, he finished second in the by Young voting to Minnesota a Frank Viola after notching 45 saves in 54  win keeps at Hopes alive from wire reports Frankfurt Germany top ranked Jim courier kept his chances for teaching the semifinals alive at least for a few hours by beating Michael Chang 75, 6-2 at the at tour world championship on Friday. Despite his win courier 2-1 Wasny to to know until the last match of the Day Between Goran Ivanisevic 2-0 and Richard Krajicek 1-1 whether he has made it to the semifinals from his Rod Laver group. On the other Side of the draw Boris acc scr stormed into the semifinals on Friday beating Stefan Edberg 6-4, 6-0 and knocking the swede out of the tournament and from the race for the no. 1 ranking. Pete Sampras 3-0the defending Champion already was made sure of going through in the Ken Rosewall group while Petr Korda has been eliminated. The season ending event pits the top eight players in the world. They Are split into two groups. A a it a difficult to play someone who changes the Pace so much a said courier who could lose his no. 1 ranking to Edberg. A by about 5-4 in the first set 1 finally released and started to go for my shots a he said. That cause was t helped thursday when Ivanisevic his laser serve rattling the world s no. I player downed courier 6-3,6-3. A this was probably my Best career match a said Ivanisevic who slammed a half dozen aces. �?o1 can to play any  the croatian needed but 72 minutes to improve his record to 2-0 in the Rod Laver group. Courier dropped to 1-1 and needed to beat Michael Chang on Friday to reach the semifinals. A Ivanisevic next plays Richard Krajicek who improved to 1-1 after overcoming a knee injury to heat Chang 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 74. Krajicek Hurt himself in the sixth game but recovered to keep alive his Hopes of qualifying for saturdays semis. A it really Hurt a said Krajicek who look a three minute timeout and treated his knee with ice the rest of the match. �?o1 fell right on the knee and twisted it. It still is a funny feeling i Hope it is not a severe  Krajicek is the last seed in the elite eight Man Field. He qualified for Frankfurt after the withdrawal of Ivan Lendl and Andre Agassi. His Victory in the Rod Laver group lifted his record to 1-1 in the round Robin event while Chang fell to 0-2. Two players from each of the two four player groups Advance to the semifinals. Chang clinched the first set with Breaks in the third and fifth games. Krajicek rallied to take the second set after breaking in the eighth game. He pulled 54 ahead in the deciding set but failed to serve out. Krajicek then ran off five straight Points to win the tie breaker. In the final match defending Champion Pete Sampras rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the final set to a 3-6, 6-3,6-3 Victory Over no 6 Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia. The no. 3-ranked . Player had already clinched a semifinal berth with earlier impressive victories Over . Open championed Berg and Becker. Courier who has yet to win an indoor title and narrowly escaped Krajicek the previous night was dismantled by the worlds Best server before a sellout crowd of 9,000. Sampras finished round Robin play 3-0 to earn at least $260,000 $50,000 appearance fee plus $70,000 for each Victory and 195 world ranking Points. The win less Korda left Frankfurt with no Points and his $50,000 appearance fee. Seles Navratilova win new York it Wasny to easy but Monica Seles and Martina Navratilova event Jally did what was expected a both advanced to the semifinals of the Virginia slims championships. The top seeded Seles fought out of a deep Hole to overcome Jana Novotna 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 after Navratilova seeded fourth Shook off the mid match blahs to defeat Pesky Arantha Sanchez Vicario 6-1, 2-6, 6-2. A a in a Lucky 1 escaped today a Seles said. Pro Tennis championships world no. 1 Jim courier volleys against Michael Chang on Friday in Frankfurt. A