European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 7, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 Lencl perfors of Meef in finals by Larry Siddons Paris a tap seeded Ivan Lendl und unseeded miracl pc Runfors reached he men s championship Tennis match or the French open Friday with victories As differ ent As the conditions in which they were played. Lend of Czechoslovakia breezed past Johan Krick 6-2.6-1, 6-0, in a contest the a Cairn american called 3  perfors a swede who won Mcaa championships at the University of Georgia he pail two years needed All or his game to beat eighth seeded Henri Leonle of France 2 6,7-5,7-6,6-3. Lend and perfors will meet sunday for the men s championship a title Lendl won in 1984. They Bav never played each other. On saturday the women s title in the world s top Clay court tournament will be decided Between ton seeded Martina Navratilova and defending Champion Ana second seeded Chris Evert Lloyd. It will be their 69th meeting. Pern fora is the first unseeded player to reach the French open men s finals since mate Wilander of Sweden in 1982, the year he won he title for the first Lime. The last unseeded player in a men s grand slam final was Boris Becker of West Germany winning Wimbledon n year ago. The Lendl kick match was played in miserable weather Rainy Windy and temperatures in the 50s. The pern fora Leonle match started under Cloudy skies was interrupted twice by rain and ended in Brilliant Sun Shine on Center court although it got colder. Players could tee their breath and spectators bundled in blankets and Sweden s Mitil per non. On the Road to French open Victory heavy Coats. Perfors started his comeback after the first rain delay which Las cd about 2v1 hours lie trailed 3-4 after breaking Leonle j service just before the rain began held after inc interruption and broke for a 6-5 Lead then held fur the set in the third set tiebreaker pc Runfors in .1 new Black and Bluc outfit he changed into during the second rain delay trailed 3-4 when lie hit a forehand Long. Thai was the last Point he lost finishing out the set with a Beautiful backhand shot Down he line As Luconte charged to at net. Perfors broke Leconti s serve in Ike second game of the fourth set. With the Paris crowd chafing Hen ree Hen ree the two held serve from there and pc Runfors won the match at love when Leonle hit a forehand Inlo the net. The swede with a hit of a Georgia drawl pumped his arms like a Boxer working the heavy bag smiling and shouting waiting for lend. The top seed played Well but Riek has Defi Nilly had belter Days. Today is the Day 1 should t have even Woken up said Kriek who was booed Al the end of the match. Lendl who won the . Open last september said he waa right in schedule for he final. I came Here Wilh the Hope that i could win seven Malch  he said. I be won Sii i be got one More to  Lendl played the entire match in Blue warm up pants and a Short sleeved sweater. Krick started in a warm up jacket which he inter discarded. I m freezing he shouted at one Point. But As bad us the weather was Kriek s Tennis May have been worse. Lend broke Kolck in the first and third games of the match and was never in trouble. Out of 84 paints Lendl scored 51 came on unforced errors by Krick. Kriek had four double faults to one Ace and Lendl won five of the 18 games at Sivc. Krick served 11 limes and was broken on eight of them lie won just 2ft Points on his serve. Kriek had Only one break Point in the entire contest in the eighth game of the first Sci and could not capitalize. Lendl playing Well on key Points rallied and won the set when a Krick backhand went Long. Kriek a Surprise semifinalist spent much of his time talking to himself and never displayed the Power game he used in a thrilling quarterfinal Victory Over Guillermo Vitas tuesday. By the Middle of the second set. The crowd at Roland Garros was whistling derisively at every shut Krick missed. He dropped that set on his serve Lendl breaking at love on 11 a Ricc double  s a  Kriek shouted to himself at one Point and 1 lie fans who half filled the 16,500 scats could t have agreed  on. Krick Lendl can t take in any More one a nolo czech Ivan Lendl. Heads for third grand slam title fan shouted during the third set. Those six games took just 19 minutes. Fittingly Lendl won the match on a service break Al love moving there when Kris pc double faulted and gelling the final Point when Krick slammed a Volley into the net. The crowd booed As the two players Shook hands at the net. Disaster Krick said. "1 beat myself. The Guy did t have an  four nil players visit european troops by j. King Huger . Bureau London four Grid cars from the National football league players association Are embarked on the association s first Ever tour of us military installations in Europe. The we Klong tour began in London on tit Urszuy and will take Ihm to Navy and Marine installations in England Scotland Italy and Spain before the players Jet Back to the slates on thursday the players Shaun Gayle Corner Back for the Chicago bears Steve Grogan quarterback for the new England patriots Nat Moore wide receiver for la Miami Del Phinni and Don Hasselbeck ought end for the new York giants landed in London thursday morning and then a jailed with Quilon Aid marines at the us. Navy european Headquarters and the nearby Marine Barracks and followed thai up with a softball game with sailors. Gayle who plans on playing for the super bowl Champion bears in their ski Liori clash against the Dallas cowboys Al Wembley stadium on aug. 3, said most of his teammates Are looking Forward to com ing to London and playing the game but none of them like the disruption to the team s Normal summer training program that the game will bring about. The bears will Start Camp on july 15, one week earlier than usual in order to prepare for the game in London. The game against the cowboys adds a fifth game to their Normal preseason Calendar of four exhibition contests. Hasselbeck thought most of the nil s players would warmly Welcome the Chance to play preseason Oihi Oikion Barnes on a regular basis in Europe providing that the games did nol add to the usual four game eth bilion Calendar or disrupt the Normal summer training schedule. Bui he said he thought thai anyone playing for an nil team thai would be based in Europe the establish men of an nil franchise in Europe has been rumoured would be playing with a disadvantage. Being a new York based team the giants already have problems Wilh distance and Lime. When we have to go to the West coast to play a game inputs a big Strain on us said Hasselbeck. The Way the football season is structured there Are Only 16 games that count during the Eaton and then you go into lie playoff series. Every one of those 16 games is so important. We have five Days or sometimes four Day in the week to prepare ourselves la play the next opponent if you travel Tike we do to play in los Angela or san Francisco thai travel Lime eals into our preparation time and Hurt us. And when we come Back we have a acclimate ourselves again to East coast Lime said the id year nil Veteran. Hasselbeck said there also has been a lot of talk about putting a team in Hawaii. Sure in would be neat w live there or in London and a lot of Guys would enjoy that but it sure would Pul a lot of stress on us. Now the nil has games on mondays and thursdays. It s great to get the exposure on those nights but it puts a real Burden on your team to play in those games. All the players would Welcome the Chance to come and play anywhere in Europe d ing Ilic regular four game preseason schedule but not if it Means adding  said wins twin. We have 1,000 retired players and 1.500 Active players so we have a lot of Guys we can Call upon to make these Tours he  preseason game to the schedule As. F ii has pm the bears and Dallas. In the the players split up into two groups afters Larling the tour in London. On Friday ire and Gayle visited the naval Wear facility at St. Mawgan in Cornwall nil each player has Only so Many games in him. If you add another game that s not a whole lol of fun said the ft-foot-7 245 Pounder. When you have another _ game you re More Likely to have an  Gayle said the question he is most often asked by fans is How weird is Jim Mcmahon the bears free spirited quarterback ? the answer to Hal one is whal you see on to is what it really is. Whal you see is whal you get. He likes to have a Good time and be himself. He does t care what people think. On our team we have a Tot of charac Ter but we get along and that t whal counts.1 according to Kal Weinstein the a Flea s director of special events who is accompanying the players in Europe their tour to military installations is being done to say thanks to and to give recognition to american service members who Are serving their  feel thai for Many years they have not gotten the recognition we feel they should. So we in the nil players association Houghl we would show our appreciation by visiting them at their bases and Camps. We have been doing in in the United states and now we arc Starling id a it overseas. In is a Long Range program and we Are going to be making these trips la visit the troops in Europe an a regular Sartu Moor on f while Grogan and Hasselbeck went to the Navy s submarine base at holy Loch Scot land. On saturday Moore and Gayle were to Start a two Day visit to the naval sup port activity at Naples Italy while the other two carried on to the naval Security group activity at Edzell Scotland. Grogan and Hasselbeck Are scheduled to visit the Navy base at Rota Spain on Sun Day and monday while Moore and Gayle Maddalena Sardinia of monday and tuesday respectively. Television baseball Houston astros Al los Angeles dodgers 9 . Saturday. Horse racing the Belmont slide tape delayed i . Sunday. Auto racing the International Rice of champions tape delayed 2 . Sunday. Radio baseball Baltimore drinks Al new York Yankees 7 30 . Saturday