European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 32 the stars and stripes sports monday november 29,1993 skins game couples wins most on 1st Day by Dob Green Palm desert Calif. Apar Nold Palmer did everything but win a skin while Fred couples Sank a 5-footer Worth $90,000 saturday in the first half of golfs skin game. Couples ninth Hole Birdie provided the bulk of the $150,000 he won Over the front Side at the Bighorn Golf club. But the principal drama in the four Man two Day event overs 18 holes occurred one Green earlier. And it was an exercise in frustration for the 64-year-old Palmer and his legion of . Palmer misread an 8-foot putt for a Birdie that would have been Worth $60,000. Fie did some muttering after the putt broke out of the Hole dropped his Putter and then stalked after the Ball his face filled with anger. "1 won t have Many chances like that. I should have made it said Palmer a re placement for the suspended John Daly. I misread it Palmer said. It looked like a pretty straight putt and i tried to shove it in. I should have lagged  the putt broke left and out of the Hole resulting in a first Day shutout Palmer was trying to avoid against three opponents who had not been born when he started winning pea tour titles in the 1950s. Payne Stewart who has won the last two skins games gained three skins Worth $60,000 while Paul Azinger Trou bled by an ailing Back came up empty. Honestly in my heart i did t think i d be Able to play today when i woke up this morning Azinger said. The final nine holes with $330,000 at stake were to be played sunday with Azinger and Palmer trying to avoid shutout couples in the Money Lead and Stewart looking for a third consecutive Victory. I took advantage of some Good shots Early Stewart said. When you be won some skins it enables you to relax and free wheeled  islanders Stop Ranger Streak a Arnold Palmer drops Putter when Poten tial $60,000 putt does t drop. Yeah i free wheeled it right out of Bounds a couple of times couples said. But he More than made up for those lapses with a 15-foot Birdie putt Worth $60,000 on the sixth Hole and the Little one on the ninth that put him in the Lead. Perhaps his biggest putt of the Day was to save  and halve the seventh Hole when Palmer appeared on the verge of winning with a two putt for . Couples hooked his tee shot into a lat eral Hazard took a penalty drop and then hit his 8-Iron third shot within about 30 feet. Stewart and Azinger also fouled up shots while Palmer was on in two with an 18-footer for a Birdie. Couples however dropped his Long  putt and Palmer took two to get Down. Stewart won $40,000 with a wedge to two feet on the second Hole and another $20,000 with a Little Chip to three feet for Birdic-4 on the third. Palmer scored two birdies for the Day but halved the first with couples and the fifth with Azinger. From wire reports Uniondale . The new York rangers 14-game unbeaten Streak ended when Steve Thomas sixth career hat trick led the new York islanders to a 6-4 Victory saturday it also extended to 15 the number of games the rangers have played at Nas Sau coliseum without a Victory. They Are 0-12-3 since winning 4-1 oct. 28,1989. The islanders extended their unbeaten Streak and that of goaltender Ron hex tall to five games 4-0-1. Hextall has stopped 37 shots in a raucous game Fea Turing 36 penalties for 116 minutes. Benoit Hogue Travis Green and Derek King also scored for the islanders. In other games saturday canadians 4, Kings 0 Montreal Pierre Sevigny scored his first nil goal and added an assist As Montreal handed los Angeles its fifth straight loss Gilbert Dionne broke a 16-game scor ing slump to ignite a three goal third period burst. Oilers 2, canucks 1 Edmonton Alberta Doug weight and Shayne Corson scored ased Monton beat Vancouver in Glen Sather s coaching comeback. The oilers won for just the second time in 22 games and stopped a Home ice losing Streak at nine games. Sather the team s president and general manager took Over As head coach on thursday. Maple Leafs 4, Bruins 2 Toronto Wendel Clark scored his league leading 23rd goal in his 23rd game leading Toronto Victory Over bos ton. Bob Rouse Rob Pearson and Syl vain Lefebvre also scored for Toronto. Brian Smolinski and Dmitri Kvarta nov scored for Boston. Flyers 4, lightning 3, of St. Petersburg Fla. Kevin i Cen s goal 34 seconds into overtime lifted Philadelphia Over Tampa  flyers Mikael Renberg scored twice Gwing him the Lead among rookies. Brian Bradley had a goal and an assist for the lightning. Penguins 2, senators 2 Pittsburgh Jaromir jagr scored with 2 30 left in the third period to give Pittsburgh a tie with Ottawa despite 47 saves by Rookie goalie Darrin Madeley. Jagr s Power play goal stretched Pitts Burgh s unbeaten Streak to a season Best six games 3-0-3. Nordques 2, sabres 2 Quebec Mike Ricci banged in a rebound with 3 52 to play capping a two goal Quebec comeback. Dale Hawer Chuk had scored for the sabres late in the second period before assisting on Alexander Mogiln s goal that moved Buffalo ahead 2-0 at 6 25 of the third period. Sharks 1, mighty ducks 0 san Jose Calif. Bob erred scored on a Power play at 2 23 of the second period to lift san Jose Over Anaheim. Todd Elik started the play with a shot that bounced off of defens Eman Bobby Delias skate to Pat Falloon on the left Side of the net. Falloon fanned on his first shot then hit the goal Post on his second. The puck flew to erred who was All alone Back on the right Side. He fanned once then swatted the puck past goalie Guy Hebert. Red wings 10, stars 4 Detroit Mike Sillinger and ser Gei Fedorov scored two goals apiece As Detroit cooled off Dallas to reach the .500 Mark for the first time since the opening week of the season. Whalers 4, fathers 0 Hartford Conn. Jeff Reese stopped 31 shots to record his first shut out in Over a year to spark Hartford Over Florida. Reese who started the season with Cal Gary earned second win in As Many games since coming to Hartford. Michael Nylander scored the Only goal the whalers needed Midway through the first period. Rockets Streak hits 13 sonics lose first by the associated press los Angeles the longer the Houston Rock ets winning Streak pets the More difficult the victories become. Houston s 13th Victory 82-80 Over the los an Geles clippers on saturday night leaves the rockets As the Aba s Only undefeated team. Their last three wins have come by a combined seven Points. We dodged a  coach Rudy Tomjanovich said after his team blew a 22-Point Lead and escaped with the help of Hakeem Olajuwon s jumper with 22 seconds  had 15 Points and 15 rebounds and ver non Maxwell scored 17 Points for the rockets. Danny Manning activated saturday from the injured list after missing six games with a cracked ring linger on his left hand led the clippers with 2 Points. In other games saturday Aba  10 sit a Wilh i Siple ii with the new Oik i tunes Loi the . The Hawks h1,76ers79 cookie i idiot ills a Iii a i Iula i us a us Wade blk in Hawk Iusi 15 Points 10 re he led Atlanta to in the second ,  Doe Kiers now  the teat tour a-,1 tune in 1%  Cavaliers 101, supersonics 90 Kohl 1m Ohio i Lucia jul handed Seattle its Fuir la 1. 1 the in a of season As Vihn Hattle scored of a Khints and Maik. I live tuck no tit l blown the stint a. I he Suviks win Hen hot 10 games the in Ond Best Start in franchise history behind a 12-game Streak at the opening of the 1982-83 season. Battle s 26 Points marked his High in three seasons with the Cavaliers. Shawn Kemp had 26 Points and 14rebounds for the sonics who trailed 59-40 at halftime. Gary Payton scored 13 of his 26 Points for Seattle in the third period. Heat 114, hornets 100 Miami Glen Rice scored 29 Points and Matt Geiger had nine during a 16-0 third Quarter run that enabled Miami to defeat Char lot if. The hornets who closed to 86-83 Early in the fourth Quarter before Miami settled the outcome with tvo 6-0 runs. Bullets 112, magic 110 i an Dover my. Michael Adams scored 24 Points including the go ahead Basket in the fourth Quarter As Washington extended its Home winning Streak to Rue games. Nick Anderson scored 35 Points for Orlando and Shaquille o Neal added 23 Point. Lakers 96, Timber wolves 92 Minneapolis vide  had .""0 Points and in Rebou Iun and i of  stilled a Laic run by Minnesota. Chilian i Attner led the sol is  11 Points despite Tor a shooting. Spurs 104. Maverick 80 sanan1omo l j. Id k in a.  in on the lust three . Soiled 2s  in in Anto Nio s 12th consecutive Victory Over Dallas. The Maver icks lost their eighth consecutive Outing falling to an Aba worst 1-11. Suns 120, jazz 98 Phoenix Kevin Johnson scored 26 Points in the first three quarters and Charles Barkley had 25 Points and 12 rebounds Over the same Span As Phoenix beat Utah for its fifth consecutive win. Darkley held Utah s Karl Malone to 13 Points and six rebounds forcing him into five offensive fouls. Nuggets 111, nets 89 Denver Rookie Rodney Rogers scored a Ca reer High 23 Points boosting hot shooting Denver past new Jersey. The nuggets hit 70.8 percent of their first period shots while building a 38-19 Lead and they never trailed after that. Knocks 112, pistons 85 new York Anthony Mason had season highs of 10 Points and 12 rebounds and new York used a 14-0 third Hurter burst to beat Detroit. Charles Smith  Nis test appearance Sinee Sutler Iii a Letl knee in Kuiv nov. A and had is . 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