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29 Looking ahead A disappointed i.Doug Flutie plans his options, with Canada the likely stop. Page 35. mrnmimmammiKimmmm Also Today More sports 28 Scoreboard 36 THE BOSTON GLOBE SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1990 ox trade 1 Miidks unit hi for i i cIoMjcf Celtics LEE SMITH Now a Cardinal lansky Bv dealing veteran Move strengthens lineup, but starting pitching is still weak New York forces Game 5 By Steve Fainaru GLOBE STAFF By Peter May GLOBE STAFF NEW YORK What seemed iftSBiTOilMliLfeWfiiWM Vi i rrVi 1 1 imnlnnciikl -5 1 1 c-i civ days ago, when the Celtics slugger, Cardinals get help for their bullpen By Nick Cafardo GLOBE STAFF OAKLAND, Calif. The Red Sox yesterday filled their secondary need, sending their major trade bait and most expendable player Lee Smith, to the St. Louis Cardinals for outfielder Tom Brunansky.

Brunansky, 29, will become Boston's starting right fielder, presum-ably supplanting Dwight Evans. The swap which the Red Sox felt was the best they could manage for Smith, considering most teams were unwilling to give up a quality starter was consummated at 4 p.m. EST after Cardinals general man- ager Dal Maxvill phoned Sox GM Lou Gorman, resurrecting the trade that had been discussed and nearly completed a month before. It ended a 507-day drought in the trade market by Gorman, who was unavailable for comment because of a speaking engagement at Stonehill 'College. The deal was a swap of potential free agents.

The Cardinals, in need of a closer with Todd Worrell not due back until July and with lingering doubts as to his effectiveness when and if he returns, needed someone like Smith. It was learned that earlier in the day, the Red Sox turned down a two-for-one swap for Smith involving At-TRADE, Page 33 OAKLAND, Calif. In 1988, following a surprising world championship, the Minnesota Twins traded Tom Brunansky to the Cardinals for the second baseman they thought they needed, Tommy Herr. The move was significant for the Twins because Herr, who never wanted to go there, played horribly and was subsequently traded again, and because the departure of Brunansky started the breakup of one of the tightest-knit clubhouses in baseball. "He was one of the most well-liked guys on the team," said reliever Jeff Reardon, who was with Minnesota at the time.

"He'd hit 25, 26 homers a year, and he was a gamer. He'd drive in RBIs in the 80s, but I guess they wanted more from him. They wanted a second baseman, but I guess they didn't realize that Tommy Herr didn't want to play there." The Twins never really recovered from that deal, and now the Red Sox, who acquired Brunansky for Lee Smith yesterday, are hoping that the right fielder, at least for one season, will give them the righthand-ed power in the middle of the lineup that Nick Esasky provided when he passed through Boston last season. Because both Smith and Brunansky are eligible for free agency ANALYSIS, Page 33 If ft I I i were setting records and the Knicks were in rapid retreat is now a stunning Depending on your point of view, that reality is either disturbing or a source of exhilaration. The Celtics left Madison Square Garden last night after absorbing a 135-108 blowtorch-ing that stripped them of whatever shred of invincibility they may have had.

The third-worst defeat in the Celtics' long playoff history enabled the resurgent Knicks to tie the series, 2-2, and force a deciding fifth game tomorrow afternoon at Boston Garden. "You don't like to be embarrassed," Robert Parish said. "I don't like to be embarrassed. But we were embarrassed. That was an old-fashioned butt-kicking." The Knicks had everything while the Celtics were exposed as old, impatient and lackadaisical.

Patrick Ewing again was a leviathan inside, scoring 20 of his 44 points in a set-the-tone first quarter. Teammates Gerald Wilkins (20 points) and Johnny Newman (24) helped turn the game into a dunk-o-rama over the last 10 minutes. Mo Cheeks (15 points, 12 assists) was his redoubtable self running the show as the Knicks shot 59 percent and set team playoff records for points, assists (43) and points in a half (70). The Celtics? They were awful. Said coach Jimmy Rodgers, "No one on our team was sharp.

We didn't have it any way, shape or form." Most glaring among a litany of shortcomings was an astounding 26 turnovers, which led to an even more astounding 46 New York points. The basics of ball control completely eluded the supposedly smart, savvy, experienced Celtics, who only sue days ago looked unstoppable after racking up 157 points to take a 2-0 series lead. CELTICS, Page 34 A's tag Sox, Clemens By Nick Cafardo GLOBE STAFF GLOBE STAFF PHOTO TOM HEROE Dennis Johnson can't bear to watch the proceedings. OAKLAND, Calif. -Great teams rise to meet great chal They're old hands at this situation Ewing: He was at the center of the comeback.

Page 34. seventh, Jose Canseco launched a monstrous 416-foot three-run homer off reliever Rob Murphy, followed immediately by Terry Steinbach's blow to left-center, completing the seven-runs-in-seven-batters onslaught The loss was Boston's 13th in its last 15 games at the Coliseum. Jose's third homer of the year came on a 3-2 belt-high fastball shortly after Clemens' 100th pitch. Clemens, who totaled nine strikeouts and was responsible for six runs, was trying to pitch effectively with a groin problem. For five innings, he did and was beating the A's, 2-1.

In the sixth, he walked Canseco, who stole his second base of the game and came home with the tying run on Steinbach's single to left Two RED SOX, Page 33 lenges. So the Oakland A's, faced with a 2-0 deficit against a powerful Roger Clemens, waited patiently for fatigue and the Red Sox ace's groin problem to become factors. Once they did, the A's left the Red Sox gasping for air as speed, power and good pitching came back to blitz the Red Sox, 8-3, last night. This rather sedate game was a pretty good pitchers' duel between Clemens and Dave Stewart in their sixth career meeting, then turned into a home run fest. Felix Jose's two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth off Clemens e(4-2) gave the A's a 4-2 lead, in the in EW YORK HERE COME THOSE fears again.

The Celtics are too old. The Celtics can't create off the dribble. The Celtics can't beat aggressive defense. Jimmy Rodgers has the urday, but last night they were graybeards. The greyhounds must have been on strike.

This was a major spanking. The mister-frisky New York Knicks beat your Celtics by 27 points, forcing a fifth and final game in Boston Garden tomorrow afternoon. In anticipation that the end could be near, there will be no shortage of nervousness and hysteria from the New England fandom and media. The C's have been listening to this doomsday stuff for most of the season, but Larry Joe Bird last night admitted, "I really can't blame 'em now." SHAUGHNESSY, Page 34 History. It's with Celtics in deciding games.

Page 34. Jazz roll: Utah beats Phoenix, forces Game 5. Page 34. worst rotation this side of Joe Morgan. Dennis Johnson can't keep up with players born during the Johnson administration.

The C's were greyhounds when they won by 29 Sat 7 think both teams left the building maybe feeling they didnt have their best MIKE MILBURY The Kentucky Derby. Purse: $756,000 (if all 1 5 start). For 3-year-olds, Grade I. One mile and one-quarter. All carry 126 pounds.

Approximate post: 5:35 p.m. (ABC-TV. Ch. 5). PP Horse Jockey Odds Don't count Lukas out of the running Each of his 3 Derby entries could score It's no time for a letdown By Ron Indrisano GLOBE STAFF 13 Summer Squad Day 8-5 5 Mister Frisky Stevens 7-5 8 Unbridled Perret 12-1 11 Thirty Six Red Smith 10-1 10 Silver Ending McCarron 12-1 14b land Rush Cordero 8-1 12a Burnt Hills Valeroueta 20-1 6b Real Cash.

Sons 8-1 9 Pleasant Tap Desormeaux 30-1 4 Video Ranger Hansen 30-1 7 fighting Fantasy Sellers 50-1 2 Killer Diller Bruin 50-1 1 Dr. Bobby A. Santagata 50-1 15b Power Lunch Romero 8-1 3a Pendleton Ridge Pincay 20-1 Some doubt Galley's sprained left knee may keep him out of lineup tonight Page 31. Chicago's turn; Wilson's goal provides winner as Blackhawks pull even with Oilers. Page 31.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. If D. Wayne Lukas can't beat you with quality, hell try to beat you with quantity. Such is the case for today's 116th running of the Kentucky Derby. Lukas' best 3-year-old, Grand Canyon, is recovering from an injury, but the trainer remains undaunted and wfll start a three-horse entry of Land Rush, Real Cash and Power Lunch in the 1V4-mile classic.

The Lukas entry boasts enough potential to have been rated an 8-1 third choice in the program behind favorite Summer Squall and Mister Frisky. Grand Canyon ran second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile for Madden searching for omens to pick winner. Page 30. colts in November, then captured the Hollywood Futurity in December. He set a world record for a 2-year-old in the Hollywood Futurity, going a mile in 1:33.

But he was injured in a freak accident after the finish as the outrider's pony bumped into him while he was DERBY, Page 30 By Nancy L. Marrapese GLOBE STAFF The Bruins got away with one. Actually, they got away with two periods of somnambulant hockey. Their one period of overdrive, the third, added up to a 5-3 win over the Washington Capitals in Game 1 of the Wales Conference finals, but coach Mike Milbury would like to see a little more consistency tonight, please. Milbury has been saying he's worried that the Bruins can't handle prosperity.

The players themselves have said they have trouble playing with a lead. In Game 1, they took a 1-0 edge just 78 seconds into the game on a goal by defenseman Garry Galley, then had to battle back from a 3-2 deficit with three goals in the third. Two Washington goals were unassisted and came on Boston miscues masquerading as clearing passes goalie Andy Moog and defenseman Ray Bourque coughed up the puck near the net, leading to scores by John Tucker and Kelly Miller. BRUINS, Page 31 SUMRE SQUALL Has overcome a host of problems to get to the Derby and may be good enough he hoWs together. They dont come any gamer.

MSTEI FWSCT Has won 16 straight and is BKety to be favored by the public. Will be tough to catch if winging aay on the lead. UN88IDU9 Has been training weU and could pick up the pieces if the top two falter. TWrrT sn KB Has a big heart and has a chance he is contention through the stretch. Gann 4 B.

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