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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 2, 1985 the stars and stripes sports air Force verses Pul step 48 air Force Academy Colo. A quarterback ban Weiss ran for a first Quarter touchdown and payed 60 Yards to halfback Kelly Pittnan for another As air Force crushed turnover and penalty prone Texas Elpaso 48 saturday in the College football opener for both teams. Weiss scoring run and his Long pass to Pittnan put the Falcons Bead 14 less than seven minutes into the Western athletic Confer ence game. Two subsequent step turnovers set up air Force Field goals. Late in the first Barf . Scott intercepted a Sammy Garza pass to set up another Falcon score a 1-Yard plunge by Randy Jones for a 27 halftime bulge. Pittman ran 10 Yards for a third Quarter touchdown and the air Force second and third team Offen Sive units each contributed another score in the second half. Jeff remo step s backup quarterback got the miners Lone score Early in the final period. He ran 10 Yards on keeper with 1 2 1 8 left but was sacked on the two Point conver Sion attempt. Mcenroe has smooth win Becker struggles to Victory new York up John Mcenroe and Boris Becker took another step closer to their Date with destiny each winning in straight sets saturday to reach the fourth round of the . Open. Mcenroe the defending Champion Dis played his smoothest performance of the week using one service break in each set to beat Bud Schultz. 6,6,6. Becker though ran into unexpected trouble struggling through two tie Breaks in Cool Windy conditions before i spec -., of Keith Evernden 7 7-26, 7 9-7in a match that took 2 hours and 54 min utes and ended under the lights. Evernden a Gritty 23-year-old new Sealander who has Only one lung and is ranked a lowly 144 in the world had three set Points in the final set tiebreaker before sending a weak forehand into the net to finish Bis chances. It was Good for me Becker said of his Strong workout. The other matches were easy and this time i had to  Mcenroe next plays no. 16 Tomas Smid while Becker the 17-year-old Wimbledon Champion and no. 8 seed faces no. 10 Joakim Nystrom before their eagerly awaited quarterfinal meeting could take place. Nystrom took Only 39 minutes in racing to Victory Over Dan Goldie who retired in the third set of their night match with a pulled leg muscle. Nystrom was leading 66,1. Chris Evert Lloyd and Martina Navratilova sharpening their games for the stretch run each won in typically Quick fashion. Evert Lloyd swept the first eight games from Grace Kim and went on to a 6, 6 Victory that carried her into the fourth round and Navratilova required a Mere 41 minutes to rout Lisa Bonder 6, 6, to gain the third round. Second seed Ivan Len the losing finalist to Mcenroe last year also continued to impress completing a 6, 6, 6 Victory Over Bill Scanlon and no. 3 mat i Lander survived a scare to beat Paul Anna Cone 6,6 2-77 9. 6. Annacone a Quarter finalist at Wimble Don last year had two set Points in the third set blowing the first one while serving to 5 4 when he pushed a forehand out. Mcenroe had eight aces against three double faults and on Only one occasion did he allow Schultz to reach break Point against him. I feel i m improving with each match Mcenroe said. Physically i m feeling much better. I m just trying to get Back to playing Gooden takes a fall a tog Agate the san Francisco giants record is my. My Best. If i do that i Don t care who i m playing  Schultz a former basketball player at Bales College in Maine has lost twice to Mcenroe in less than a month and said of the world s no. 1 player he s one helluva Tennis  Becker never could shake free from Evernden who was hitting angles with Good Success. Evernden served for the opening set at 5 before Becker could break Back and Force the tie break. Becker used a break in the first game to win the second set and then had to go into another tie break in the third set following an Exchange of Breaks in the first two games. Evernden won the first three Points of the final tie break and twice served for the set without Success. Evert Lloyd a six time open Champion dropped Only seven Points in the opening set and suffered Only one dry spot when Kim won two games in a Row to even the second set 2. But Evert Lloyd then swept the next four games with the loss of Only three Points. I be always played better the More i m pressed said Evert Lloyd who next meets Nhin White a 1, 6, 6 upset Winner see open on Page 23 giants finally end Gooden s Streak from press dispatches Jim got had not won since july 2 and the san Francisco giants were in last place in the National league West. But they were Good enough saturday to break Dwight Gooden s 14-game winning Streak and beat the new York mels. Going up against someone who s won 14 straight you want to be the Guy Stop Ping him said Gott who broke a five game losing skid As the giants downed the mets 3. Gott 5-10, pitched seven innings and gave up one unearned run on five hits. Gooden 20. Gave up two runs on six hits Over six innings. I enjoyed it while it lasted said Gooden who had not lost since May 25. He is tied with St. Louis Joaquin Andujar National league for the major league Lead in victories. Gooden struck out seven and raised his major league total to 219. His Era of 1.81 is also the Best in baseball. The loss left the second place mets two games behind St. Louis in the no East. Houston beat the cardinals 3 saturday night. Gott and Mark Davis combined on a six hitter. Davis worked the last two innings for his seventh save. The giants opened the scoring in the first on Manny Trillo s double and Ron Roenicke s single. They made it 2 in the second As Bob Brenly and Brad Wellman see no on Page 26 Blue jays whip Chison 6 with 4-run eighth Appolo by United press International Lloyd Moseby tripled in the go ahead run and Ranee Mulliniks followed with a two run Homer to highlight a four run eighth inning saturday As the Toronto Blue jays beat the Chicago White sox 6 2. The Blue jays eighth Victory in their last ii games boosted them to 33 games Over .500, a franchise record. The Victory kept Toronto five games ahead of second place new York in the East division. Gary Lavelle 4, worked the final two innings to earn the Triumph. With the score lied 2, Joel Davis 1, walked Tony Fernandez to Lead off the eighth. Damaso Garcia sacrificed and Moseby then drilled a 3 delivery off the amen can league right Field Fence for a run scoring Riple. Mulliniks then blasted a shot off the right Field foul pole for his 10th Homer. With two out Al Oliver doubled and after Jerry go cation relieved Willie Upshaw singled to score Oliver. Oliver s double tied him with Frank Robinson on the All time two base hit list with 528. In other Al games Yankees 10, Angels 4 new York Mike Pagliarulo and Ron Hascy each clubbed a three run Homer keeping the Yankees hot on the see Al on Page 26  
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