European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday november 19, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 Pew slate s by Isom splashes Down on a Muddy Field u by is tackled by notre Dame s Tim Brown after returning an interception. Penn state s one sided Victory evened a score with notre Dame state College a. A Penn state coach Joe Palerno insisted that re Venge was t the motive after his Kittany Lions had beaten notre Dame 36-6. But his words belied his Contention. Still saturday s Triumph in a steady rain with a wind chill Factor of 20 degrees evened a score with the Irish who had humiliated Penn state 44-7 last year. We really Felt at the end of last year that two teams notre Dame and Pitts Burgh really gave us a beating Paturno Saint after the unbeaten Nita try Lions the nation i top ranked College football team had won their 10th game of the season. I really thought it was important for Penn state football that we went out and played a Good notre Dame despite a mediocre 5-3 re Cord coming into the game but Riding a four game winning Streak was considered a Tough lest for the Lions. Penn state not Only won but the score was indicative of How the Lions dominated the game. The defense in particular came up Strong with three pass interceptions two Fumble recoveries and a blocked punt. Notre Dame s offence managed Only 90 Yards Rushing. The school s career Rushing Leader Allen Pinkett was held to 61 Yards on 12 carries. In three previous games against Penn state Pinkett had gained 476 Yards and scored nine touchdowns. Penn state scored on seven straight pos sessions to build a 36-0 Lead after three quarters. Paturno then inserted his reserves. Next up for Penn state is Pitt which beat the Lions 31-11 last year. A Victory Over Pitt saturday probably would set up a National championship game in the Orange bowl new year s night against the Winner of next week s game be tween Nebraska and Oklahoma for the big eight conference title and the Host spot in the Miami . Massimo Manca kicked five Field goals against notre Dame tying a Penn stale record set in 1981 by Brian Franco. Notre Dame threatened Early marching to the Penn state 21 on the game s opening series. But the drive stalled and the Irish set up for a Field goal. However there was a bad snap from Center and the Holder Hal von Wyl threw an incomplete pass. Penn state then took control of the Ball and the game. Gerry Faust the beleaguered notre Dame coach whose Job reportedly is in jeopardy said one Ball game does t mean the end. A Day like this happens every so often. You Don t like to see it. A win sure would have made things a lot of Penn slate Faust said they certainly played like no. Pinkett said. The Bottom line is we got whipped. We killed Penn state linebacker Shane Conlan said Well find out How Good we Are at the end of the season. Well be up More for Pitt than we were this Lendl tops Becker in 5-set final Wembley England a Ivan , the world s no. I player took five sets and almost four hours sunday to Wear Down Wimbledon Champion Boris Becker 6-7 6-86-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 and retain his title at the $375,000 Benson and Hedges Tennis championships. Lendl the reigning . Open lit Lisl who is unbeaten in grand prix play since mid August dug deep into his reserves of stamina and experience in the last two sets to grab the initiative and end the tenacious Challenge of the 17-year-old West German. Lendl s prize of 160,000 boosted his earnings for the year in grand prix tournaments to Over $1 million. Becker collected $30,000 As runner up. At the end of the thrilling championship match at the Wembley Arena in North West London the 25-year-old czechoslovakian paid tribute to his teen age opponent. You arc improving Day by Day Lendl told Becker the youngest Ever Wimble Don men s Champion to inc Delight of the 9,300 capacity crowd. "1 barely beat you today and i m getting too old to both players agreed later that the turn ing Point came toward the end of the fourth Sci when Becker was leading 4-3, 0-30 and needed two More Points to break the de fending Champion and serve for the match. But two Becker errors and an Ace from the server helped Lendl pull out that game and he suddenly gained a new lease on life taking 20 of the next 23 Points. He played three games of Tennis that i have never seen before a despondent Becker ranked no. 5 in the world told reporters. You always have and Downs in a five set match. I had my Down Al the end of the fourth set and it proved crucial. I think i played better today than at any time during Wimbledon. I played the world s no. I player on the top of his form. It definitely was one of my Best Ever match in an epic final on the indoor supreme court Lendl began by missing two break Points in each of Becker s first two service games As the German struggled to find his rhythm. The misses proved costly As Becker gradually got into his stride showing the same Youthful enthusiasm and Confidence that won him the Wimbledon title. He got a Little tired and that s Why i won. It s As simple As that said Lendl. Nil Czar talks about league s problems drug abuse biggest fan concern Rozelle by Dave Raffo new York Dpi nil commissioner Pete Rozelle sunday said that drug use is the problem that pro football fans seem most concerned about. Drug Issue is the biggest concern of the fans Rozelle said during a live inter View with Bob Cosla during Abc s nil 85" show. They want to have a clean sport. I get letters from parents who say you come into our living rooms in that Box television they Don t like it drug use among pro athletes. I think it s a problem in All sports and All of society. We re taking All the Steps we can. Of course we re limited in some ways by the Basic player in a far ranging interview Rozelle addressed All the league s problems including gambling officiating move ment of franchises sparked by los an a Clos raiders owner Al Davis moving his club from Oakland without gaming league approval the $1.3 billion Usel antitrust suit and future television con tracts. Rozelle said gambling is not the major Factor generating inner Sci in football and he fears legalized gambling would ruin the credibility of the game. This has nothing to do with morality it s a selfish Atti tude Rozelle said. We want the fans to have a healthy in Terest in sports As not As a gambling inter est. Legalized Gam pole Rozelle bling would put More pressure on the players coaches and fans. I Don t think it s a big Factor in our popularity. The print Media and television gives a lot of time to it. We know it s there but we Don t think it s As big of a Factor As everybody Rozelle continued to Suppon his league s game officials i think the officiating is Good he said. In a Given game there s 160 plays with 22 players on each play. There s Over 3.500 instances officials have to Call and they re Oflyn screened by Large Rozelle said while the nil takes inc Usel s suit seriously his league has taken All precautions to guard against monopolistic actions. Public ally and privately i said for Over a year and a half that there would be a suit Rozelle said. That always happens with two leagues in the same sport. We had Legal guidelines every step of the Way. We fully anticipated the suit. Rozelle said speculation that the nil s next network television contract would pay less than the current one primarily comes from the three net works. We Cali a we re nol going to gel 21 or 3 limes our current contract. But i think Well get More than inc current contract the show the first nil pc game show taped before a live audience was considered a Success by Abc officials who allowed Rozelle to answer some questions from the audience. Nil 85" producer John Filipelli said he plans to use the live format again later in the season. Davis and Indianapolis Colis owner Robert Irsay have been invited to join Costas on the show later in the season. Filipelli said sunday s show was a change from the sameness that pervades nil pre game shows. If you want to Label it an Experiment than the Experiment was a Suc Cess he said. We want to break out of that pregame genre that s existed for 20
