European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Survday january 3> 1993 sports the stars and stripes b Lagasi to 9-2 Victory Over by the associated press Landover my. A Al Iafrate Dale Hunter and Alan May scored in the opening 6 08 to pro eel the Washington capitals Over the new Jersey Levils 92 in the Only National hockey league game  had two goals for Only the third time in his career and Don Beaupre stopped 31 shots for the capitals 701 in their fast eight Home games. Washington is 6-q-l against Patrick division opponents since nov. 28 after starting the season 17 a including three losses to new Jersey it was the most goals scored by the capitals since a 10-3 Victory at Quebec in november 1991. New Jersey lost by its biggest margin this season. In thursdays games penguins 3, Maple Leafs 3 Pittsburgh a Mario Lemieux had a goal and an assist giving him the second fastest 100-Point season of his career and Pittsburgh rallied to tie Toronto. Kevin Stevens second goal of the game and the period tied it for Pittsburgh at 18 39 of the second but the Maple Leafs snut out the nil s highest Soor Fig offence after that Lemieux needed one Point to reach 100 Points for the eighth time a and he got it on a shorthanded goal 17 30 into the game. Lemieux 37 goals and 64 assists in 37 games ties him for the fourth fastest 100 Points from the beginning of an nil season. Wayne Gretzky did it in 34 games in 1983-84 and in 35 games in 198485 Lemieux reached 100 in 36 games in 1988-89. Gretzky and Lemieux Are the Only two players in nil history to teach 100 Points from the Start of a season in fewer than 40 games. Jets 3, oilers 2 Winnipeg Manitoba Evgeny Davydov s tie breaking goal at 3 26 of the thud period gave Winnipeg a Victory Over  6, whalers 2 Hartford Conn. A Scott Pearson scored twice and Mats Sundin added his 25th goal of the season As Quebec beat Hartford and moved into first place in the Adams division. Red wings 5, senators 4 Detroit a Sheldon Kennedy scored 28 see ones into overtime As Detroit handed Ottawa its 19th Road loss in As Many  5, canadians 3. Calgary Alberta Michel Petit returning to Calgary s lineup for the first time since oct. 22, scored the tie breaking goal Midway through the third period As the flames beat  stars 5, Bruins 3 Bloomington Minn. Dave Garner keyed a second period spurt with a goal and an assist before being ejected from the game As Minnesota extended Boston s losing Streak to three  11, rangers 6 Buffalo . Alexander Moguy recorded his third hat trick in his last nine games and Yuri Kim lev also scored three goals As Buffalo trounced the  5, islanders 1 St. Louis Brett Hull stopped on a first period penalty shot still scored twice and Curtis Joseph stopped 40 shots As St. Louis ended a three game Home losing Streak Blackhawk 5, lightning 0 Chicago red Belfour routed by Tampa Bay in the lightnings first Ever game atoned by stopping 22 shots for his league leading fifth shutout canucks 4, Kings 0 Vancouver British Columbia a Pavel Bure scored two sensations goals running his total to 32 in 36 games to spark the streaking canucks to their sixth straight Victory. From wire reports. Alos an Pelvis a Larry Smith who guided Southern Cal to the Rose bowl three times in six seasons resigned Friday under pressure following an embarrassing Freedom bowl loss to Fresno state during an evening news conference an emotional Smith broke into tears saying he was pressured into leaving but no understood the expectations a a Victory Over Fresno state would have Given me another year a Smith. Said. Quot the Bottom line is you gotta win 89 percent of the time. I came into it with my eyes open. Its one of the realities of the  the 53-year-old had to compose himself near the conclusion of the Brief press gathering. His wife Cheryl gave him a hug of support and encouragement. A my biggest regret a he said a is that i wont be Able to coach this team next year because i was realty looking Forward to  outgoing athletic director Mike Mcgee said Friday night the school would try to pick a replacement As soon As possible. A a a _ a this resignation comes after discussions the past two weeks with Larry about the future of the program Given the circumstances and the concerns we had Mcgee said in a statement. A a firing Larry was not an option reassignment was a Mcgee said at a news conference. A a Larry was fully aware of the erosion of Confidence in the program Here on  a Quot a v a v a a. Quot a Smith said he was sorry tie did no to have a Chance to talk to players before us announced his departure. Smith compiled a 44-25-3 record in his six years at us. A coming off a 38 record Uscz a worst in 34 years the trojans opened this season 5-11. But the team faltered losing big games to Urcla and notre Dame to finish 6-5-1. The 24-7 thumping at the hands of Fresno state was particularly embarrassing to Many fans who had openly scorned the bulldogs before the game. Smiths teams were also widely criticized for not defeating notre Dame in six  los Angeles api a John Robinson is returning to his old Job As football coach at Southern California according to reports saturday. 4 Robinson who left the trojans after the 1982 season to coach the los Angeles rams agreed to a Multi year contract at Southern cat the Orange county Register reported. _ lbs sports Robinsons employer in 1992, also reported that the 57-Vear-old coach was returning to Southern Cal where no won three Rose bowls an was 67-14-2 from 197682. Southern Cal sports information director Tim Tessa Lone said saturday that no agreement had been stalled but that Robinson was the favorite to succeed Lany Smith. He resigned under pressure Friday. A at this Point there Are several candidates. Obviously John Robinson is a leading candidate a said Tessa Lone who added that an official announcement was expected a very soon probably within  Robinson did not immediately return a phone message left on his answering machine. The return of Robinson would follow the same route Bill Walsh took at Stanford moving to the pros and then returning to the College ranks at his old school. Robinson resigned from the rams in 1991 under much the same circumstances facing Smith. He had a 79-74 record a the winning est coach in franchise a but came under pressure to step Down because of recent failures and questions about the teams future. Athletic director Mike Mcgee said the school would try to pick a replacement As soon As possible. Recruits visit the Campus Jan. 9-10 and Jan. 16-17. Prospects have until feb. 3 to hand in letters of intent. Mcgee who had hired Smith away from Arizona in january 1987 to replace the fired Ted Tollner announced nov. 30 that he was resigning to become athletic director at South Carolina. Davis key to stalled nil talks los Angeles apr los Angeles raiders owner Al Davis reportedly was the key figure in stalling an agreement Between the nil owners and the players association. A one of the negotiators who sat at the player owner conferences in new York last week told the los Angeles times a Al led the charge that kept us from implementing a permanent agreement to replace last week s temporary Grcic Menton principle. A a both sides had of d the proposed exceptions to free Agency. Al wants More  Davis who in the past has favored free Agency was not available for comment on Friday and there was no answer at the raiders Headquarters in Al Segundo Calif each Side in the negotiations blamed the other for the breakdown. A hard line owners came to new York to kill the Deal made by nil commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Dan Rooney on behalf of the owners a Jim Quinn the players negotiator said in a statement. A these hard line owners made new demands to gut the joint agreement in  the league however claimed the players were responsible for breaking off negotiations. Davis apparently has taken the stand that football would be mined by Large numbers of free agents such As in baseball. The issues that apparently still Divide the owners and players Are inc number of free agent exceptions and the period of time to allow negotiations Between owners and free agents. Canadian skaters Clinch Junior title Gavle Sweden apr Cortada trounced wingless Japan 81 to Clinch the world Junior hockey championship saturday with one round left in the round Robin event. Jeff bes a Center from the Guelph storm led Canada with two goals and two assists. Martin Lapointe and Jason Dawe also scored twice. Other Canadian scorers were Nathan Lafayette and Tyler Wright. It was the sixth Junior title for Canada which has dominated the tournament in the Early 1990s, also winning in 1990 and 1991. But last year Canada finished Only sixth despite having Eric Lindros. The other Canadian Junior crowns came in 1982, 85 and 88. The United states helped Sweden Clinch the Silver medal by defeating Russia 42. The americans 33, moved to fifth in the standings but could still finish third Matching their previous Best finish from last year. / 1 correction Lindsey air station will Host the final wrestling meet of the season on Jan. 9. Due to reporting errors in the Jan 1-2 edition Rhein main was listed As the site of a two Day meet. A ports on the air a a a /  / an television and radio nil playoffs a Houston at Buffalo 6 30 . Sunday Philadelphia at new Orleans 10 . Sunday