European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 12, 1986 the stars and stripes pages new York up playing with abandon France s tannic it Noah upset top seeded inn Lendl 6-j, 7-5 on saturday and advanced to a till Maich showdown against Veteran Guillermo Vilas in the i615.000 Scarson leh Man Brothers tournament of champions. Tic 33-year-old Vilas displaying the form of vis youth earlier eliminated fellow argentinian Martin Jamie the no. 9 seed 6-3.6-3. The Winner of sunday s final at the West Klc Tennis club will culled , the loser Hilf that amount. "1 Juss could t do anything Wilh the Ball lend said after Liis loss Only his second this year. "1 had trouble trying to do something and i did everything wrong,1 Noah at the lop of his aggressive Clay court game controlled every Point either from the Baseline with High topspin ground Ron or from the net Wilh diving crowd pleasing volleys. And when the Frenchman was serving Leodel was forced so far Back of the Baseline he was almost silting in in islands played my natural Type of game Noah mid. T mixed the game hit the Ball with spin. I hit a lot at High balls and Short ones. I play the Way to does t like which is my natural  this was the first time Noah and Lindl have met on Lay since Noah won a quarterfinal match in the 1983 French open Noah seeded fourth broke Lendi s service in the third game and the two traded Breaks in the sixth and seventh games Noah who now lives in new York served a love game to draw out to a 5-3 Lead then won the set by breaking Lindl at 15. Noah began the second set with an Ace and wok the first game Tilove and took a 2-1 Lead by winning the third game with an Nee. Lindl saved four match Points in winning the 10 to game but Noah had two aces in inking a 6-5 Lead. Lentil won the first Point of the 12th Garn but Noah ran off the new four Points winning the match when a Lindl Back hand went wide. In the wound set Lindl said he was hoping for some kind of Miracle. 1 was hoping to set to a tiebreaker. I m not playing As Well As i like Anil it s frustrating. Vilas displayed much the ii inc form that carried him to the . Open championship in 1977 on he same court. He patiently waited Al the Baseline for to opportunities. And when he found the openings he rocketed Winne Down the line or Cross court. At limes he rushed lot Hienei to Pul away a Volley. On the first Day people asked whether 1 could win this tournament Vilas said. I jus go out there and once i Pul a Racket in my hand i Don t think about time and Nget in 21-year-old jail fought Back gamely and broke Vilas serve three times in the match. But he Buenos Aires native could not hold his own service As Vilas broke him is limes. -.-. It took Vilas eight Maich Points to finally end the match. But he closed out the Victory when Jalec s Cross court backhand sailed wide. Jaite beat his former Heru 6-0, a in their Onu other meeting last year in the third round of the us. Clay courts championships. Vilas who has made Only occasional appearances on the Lour in the last two years reached a singles final for the first time since oct. 9, i98j, when he  Sweden s Mats Wilan Cral Barcelona Spain. .,.tjh-i.n j. A Dolfl jubilant Yamrick Noah -. Defeats Ivan lend 6-.v 7-5 indy from Page 21. Ihl year. Overall Penske has had 1 8 cars out of a jews sick 48 Start on the front Row since 1971,Sullivan had predicted cars would sur pass his own performance. In my heart i want w keep the pole Sullivan said. But � Rick s the Best Ora Driver i be Ever  the. Qualifying process was somewhat slower than in recent years with a number of Drivers waving off their first attempt be cause they fell the four Lap Speed would not be High , the speeds they were running after three laps were generally much higher than speeds u took to make this race i previous years. The average Speed for the 23 Drivers completing qualifying runs sat urday was 21 0.884 Mph. The average Speed of the 33 triers in 1985 was a record 208,1 38 and the slowest qualifier was Tony Bettenhausen Al 204.824. A record 27 cars qualified on the first Day last  Dick Simon was the first Driver 10 take he Green Flag for a qualifying run saturday. He called off his attempt alter averaging More than 207 Mph Tor three laps. That Speed would have Given him from Row Sun three years ago. That was t the end of his bad Luck forthe Day. Simon 52 and the oldest Man in each a the last two indy races later completed a qualifying run at os.9". His teammate and protege Raa Boesel of Bra til ran a qualifying set at 209.362. However. Both later were disqualified when their Lolas failed to pais Post qualifying inspection because Ofilley Al Popoff valves the Popotte valve controls the amount at a so tech reaches the engine hereby control Ling the amount of horsepower  curs will be allowed to make another qualifying attempt if the infractions Are corrected. Simon has Only one of his three allowable attempts remaining in his car while Boesel till has iwo. Michael Andretti the 1984 indy Rookie of the year took the outside spot on the from Tow with four Lap Over 214 and an average of 214.522, with raw Al 2lmario Andretti Michael Flthe Baylor s or Sparks red sox Over a s from press dispatches Oakland Calif. Don Baylor hit a two run Homer in the 10th inning saturday As Bruce Hurst and the Boston red sox beat the Oakland a s 4-2. Jim Rice singled with one out in the 1 old off Oakland reliever Steve Ontiveros 0-1. It was Rice s 2,000th career hit. Baylor followed Wilh his fifth Homer of the season Hilling a full count pitch 10 rows deep Mlo the left Field seats. Huret 3-1, pitched a Complete game giving up 10 hits and striking out 11. He walked one. Hurst escaped a Jam Wilh run ners on second and third with one out in the ninth. He ended the game a retiring slug Ger Jose Canseco on a deep Fly to cent Erwith runners on first and third. The Victory was Boston s fourth straight and second consecutive extra inning Triumph Over Oakland in two Days. The red son beat the a s 9-6 in 10 innings Friday night. Oakland tied in at 2 in the eighth on Tony Phillips two out rib single. Phillips drove Home Mike Davis who led off the Al Roundup inning with a Fly to Short left Field that glanced off shortstop de romeros 8 and was ruled a double. The a s had a Chance to win in the Bot Tom of the ninth putting runners ill second Ami third with one out but Hurst got Rickey Peters to ground out w Romero and struck Oul Davis. The red sox sacred Isicc in the second inning off Jose Rijo who gave up four hits in eight  other games saturday mariners Blue jays 7 Seattle Bob Kearney singled off Dennis lamp with two oui in the Bottom of the i eth to drive in the winning run and lift Seattle by Toronto. While sox 4, indians 0 Cleveland Carlton risk s two tue single highlighted a four run Lith in Ning and Neil Allen and two relievers combined on a three hitter to give Chicago a Victory Over Cleveland. Fisk was making his first Start of the year at Catcher. The Veteran Hud been play ing in left Field bul Jerry Hairston started there saturday and Fisk moved tack be Hind the  4, Angels i Anaheim Calif. Billy to Rob Idoux s two run double in tic sixth inning erased a 2-1 deficit and Roo Vic left hander Juan Nieves hurled three hit Ball through six innings is Milwaukee but California. Oriale 5, royals 1 Baltimore Mike Boddicker activated from the disabled list earlier in i Heady pitched three hit Ball for eight innings and Fred Lynn hit his first Home run in a month As Baltimore beat Kansas  4, a air cars 3 Arlington Texas Butch Wyno Gar singled Home Ken Griffey for the tie breaking run in the eighth inning and Ron Guidry struck out ii in seven innings As new York beat Texas. Twins tigers i Minneapolis Steve Lombardozzi hit a three run Homer to Cap a five run first inning. Minnesota smacked 17 hits four of them homers to trample Detroit. Mets beat reds for 7th straight win his 2 1st Start Here. From press dispatches new York Ron Darling pitched three hit Ball for eight innings and George Foster and Gary Carter homered leading the new York mels to their seventh straight Victory so Over the Cincinnati reds saturday. The mets Are 20-4, the Best record in the major leagues and have won 18 of their last19 games the reds. 6-19, have lost 14 of their last is games. Darling 3-0, did not give up a bit until buddy Bell led off the fifth inning with a Sincle. He struck Oul four and walked three. Jesse Orosco worked the ninth completing the combined three hitter. Darling lost his shutout in the seventh after Man Venabl beat out it taint single for the reds second hit. Venable went to second when Darling threw the a into right Field took third on a Fly Ball an scored on a grounder by Dave Concepcion. The run was unearned. Reds left hander Tom Browning. 0-4,managed to Pel through the first inning without allowing a run for Only the second no Roundup Lime in seven starts this year. In fact it was t until there was one Oul in the fourth that Foster homered to left. The Homer was the second of the season for Foster who was robbed of a second inning Homer by reds Center fielder Eddie Milner the mels Mude it 2-p in the fifth. With one out Kevin Mitchell doubled w the Wall in right Center. Keith Hernandez followed with an rib single. Carter connected far his fourth Home run of the season in the eighth inning against Joe Price. Carter s Homer came after Hernandez led off the inning with a single his third hit. The mets added another run in the eighth when cookie Wilson Drew a bases loaded walk from Ron Robinson Wilson made his first Start of the season for the acts playing Center Field and going 1 for 4 with a triple in the third inning along with his rib walk. Wilson bad Bee with the mets Tidewater farm club recovering from shoulder surgery and an Eye in jury sustained during Spring training. In cd her games saturday expos 3, dodgers 2 Montreal Herm Winningham singled Home Al Newman from second base with nobody out in the Bottom of the huh inning As Montreal beat los Angeles for its seventh straight Victory. Cute i padres 5chicago Pitcher Dennis Eckersley and Catcher Jody Davis hit two run homers end Keith Moreland also homered to Lea Chicago Over san Diego. Astros 6, pirates 3 Pittsburgh Glenn Davis hit two homers and a double and Bob Knupper be came the National league s first six game Winner As Houston beat Pittsburgh. Braves 3, Phi i 1 Atlanta Claudell Washington and Terry Harper both hit Solo Home runs As Atlanta beat  6, go mils 3 St. Louis Pitcher Ray Burris drove in three runs with a bases loaded double and recorded his first Victory of the year As St. Louis downed san Francisco