European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes May 11,1994 Page 36 Dallas a Tim Finchem a ministration and the current Deputy commissioner of the pea tour will succeed Deane Beman As commissioner june 1 Finchem was a unanimous Choice of the Tours tournament policy Board to succeed Beman who announced March 1 that he would not seek another term for the Post he has held for 20 years. He said his immediate plans Are to play on the senior pea tour and become involved in Golf course design. Finchem will be just the third pea tour commissioner. A a a it a a Good fit a Beman said. A i think the tournament policy Board has made a Good and Wise Choice in  under Bemant a leadership tour purses Rose from $8 million in 1974 to their current level of More than $100 million on the three Tours the pea oversees a the pea senior and Nike. In addition pea tour assets have climbed from $730,000 to More than $200 million. Finchem 47, joined the tour As vice president for business affairs in 1987,and in 1989 became Deputy commissioner and chief operating officer. Quot Deane is leaving the tour in excellent shape a Finchem said. Quot the tour is Suc  and competitively. We look Forward to building on that solid  Beman 56, succeeded Joe Dey who was commissioner from 1969-74.rangers reach East nil playoffs devils win take 3-2 Lead by the associated press for the first time in eight years the new York rangers Are in the no la a semifinals. Brian Leetch set up new Yorkus first three goals and scored the Winner with 3 28 left monday night sending the rangers to a 4-3 Victory Over the Washington capitals a a a \ Mike Richter preserved the Victory with 15 seconds left stopping Kevin hatchery a shot through a screen from the left Circle. The rangers won the series 4-1 and will play new Jersey or Boston in the Eastern conference final. The devils Lead that series 3-2 after beating Boston 2-0 in the Only other game monday night. A Vancouver and Dallas were to play tuesday night with the canucks leading 3-1. In the other conference semifinal Toronto and san Jose also played tuesday night with that series tied 2-2. Adam Graves scored two goals arid Esa Tikkanen had one for new York All in the first period. Kevin Hatcher Shawn Anderson and Sylvain Cote scored for Washington Leetch broke a 3-3 tie when he took a pass in the Slot from Sergei Zubov skated in and beat Rick Tabaracci with a forehand shot. It was the first goal scored against Tabaracci who made 24 straight saves after relieving starter Don Beaupre. A a a a a. A a a a a a new York Hasni to been to a conference final since 1986, when the rangers lost to  2, Bruins 0 at East Rutherford n.j., Martin Bro cur stopped 22 shots making his coaches goal ending Gamble pay Corey Millen and Bob Carpenter scored in the second period As the devils won their third straight after trailing 2-0 after the first two games. New Jersey can Advance to the second conference final in its history by winning wednesday at Boston or at Home Friday night. Bruin goalie Jon Casey sprawls in front of net after making save on a comic Nicholls shot in mondays game. Instead of sticking with goaltender Chris Terreri a a the Winner of games 3 and 4 a new Jersey coach Jacques Lemaire went Back to the Rookie and Brodeur came up with his first career playoff shutout. He had four Point Blank stops including two in close in the first period to keep the game scoreless. Millen scored 1 23 into the second period the Bruins never got the puck out of their zone and Carpenter got a Loose puck near the end boards. He found Millen in the right face off Circle and Millen banked it of the goalpost past Bruins goalie Jon Casey. New Jersey got another goal with 22 seconds left in the second period when Bruins defens Eman Ray Bourque tried to keep the puck in the devils zone and failed sending Lemieux and Carpenter away on a 2-on-l. Lemieux carried the puck into the Boston zone and sent a Cross ice pass that Carpenter one timed Between Casey a legs from the top of the right face off Circle. Houston apr Rudy Tomjanovich did no to spend much time lobbying for Hakeem Olajuwon As Aba defensive player of the year. A i done to get into comparisons but i feel awkward trying to sell Hakeem a the rockets coach said monday after Olajuwon picked up the award for the second straight year. Quot its like Selling a Rolls Royce and having to go out there and talk about its interiors a Tomjanovich said. A this actions have spoken loud  Olajuwon was hoping the award can propel a rockets comeback against the Phoenix suns who took a 1-0 Lead in rockets blast fans a see Page 33 their Best-of-7 Western conference semifinal playoff series sunday. Quot maybe this will motivate me to play defense on wednesday night a Olajuwon joked. A but i take Pride in playing defense. I like to score but defense is my first love.�?�. \. Olajuwon was second in blocked shots and fourth in rebounding in the regular season. But he was far from a runaway selection. He beat san Antonio Center David Robinson by Only one vote with Denver Center Dike be Mutombo a close third. Olajuwon had 23 votes Robinson 22 and Mutombo 19 from a National panel of sports writers and broadcasters. Seven other players received at least one vote. Olajuwon came close to winning the award in 1989, when he lost to Utah a Mark Eaton by one vote. Olajuwon is the fourth two time Winner of the award. The others were Sidney Mon chief 1983 and 1984eaton 1985 and 1989v and Dennis Rodman 1990 and 1991, a a in a honoured and very Happy but in a also surprised a he said of the award. �?o1 did no to think you could win the award Back ing to Back so i was pleasantly surprised. A i respect David Robinson and Mutombo has improved tremendously this year especially in shot  Olajuwon led the rockets to a franchise Best 58-24 record while finishing with an average of 3.71 blocks and 11.9 rebounds. The rockets allowed Only 96.8 Points per game the Best in the teams 27-year history. Houston held the opposition to a .440 Field goal percentage also a franchise record. Quot he s at peace with himself and i think it has a lot to do with his spiritual beliefs a Tomjanovich said. Quot i Admire him for the Way he handles All of this  246850