European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 11,1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 Lougan a Mitchell keep titles Orlando a. Up de fending champions Greg Louganis and Michele Mitchell fought off challenges saturday to retain their . Platform titles in the final Day of the . Diving championships. Louganis of Boca Raton Fla won his fifth consecutive . Championship. He amassed 655.20 Points despite spectacular performances from several other divers pal Evans of Cincinnati earned 9.5s in the first round and remained in the Lead for seven dives. Evans who qualified second to Louganis in the preliminaries scared a 10 on his fourth attempt an arms land somersault Pike. He relinquished his Lead after Over rotating on his eighth Effort a Back 3 i somersault tuck scoring Only 3.5. Evans dropped to sixth and finished ninth with 549.03 Points. Louganis earned 90 Points on his eighth dive a Back 3 a somersault Pike which holds a 3.4 de Gree of difficulty to Clinch his 41st National litle. Watson finished Sec Ond with 640,62 Points Dan wat son of Askland ky., scored 8.5 and 9s in the final round and finished second with 640.62. Olympic Silver medallist Bruce Kimball of Ann Arbor mich., received two ios on his sixth dive an Arou tand reverse 1 somersault tuck. The Siv Liik . Platform Champion was fourth at 613.87. Mike Wantuck of Colum bus Ohio was third with 633.s7. In the women s finals Mitchell of Boca Raton ra., fought off in consistency and a Challenge from newcomer Cokie Smith of Ann Arbor to earn her fifth consecutive . Platform title with 439.26. In her second National championship finals. Smith dived Well enough for a shot at the title. She earned 8s on her final dive to Fin ish second with 408.21. Becker Lendl Roll into final As Mcenroe Connors lose Stratton Mountain it. A Boris Becker solved the swirling winds the rain delays and the sparkling play of John Mcenroe to capture a third set Lieb Casc saturday and Advance into the final of the Volvo International ten Nis tournament. The West German teen Ager will face top seeded Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia in the sunday s title match of this Nabisco grand prix event a rematch of the Wimbledon final which Becker won. Becker eliminated Mcenroe 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 after Lendl Defeated third seeded Jimmy Connors 6-4, 3-6,6-2. I Don t have to prove anything to him Becker said. I had to prove some thing to myself and 1  he proved he could solve the Multi tude of problems that Mcenroe presented. The Veteran melted up the Speed and spins keeping Becker slightly off balance throughout the match. In the first set i played better than i did in the second set Becker said. He just played in the beginning some unbelievable Points. It s very difficult because you never come into your game. It s difficult to keep your control because there s so Many weird Bath and Ball changes he said. Despite Bis Victory which put him in the final of the $313,000 tournament for the second straight year Lendl was upset with his play. "1 usually take Pride in being Able to play in the wind and 1 had trouble today he said. Becker and Mcenroe have won the last four Wimbledon singles titles Mcenroe in 1983 and 1984 and Becker the last two years. But until saturday they had Only met once and that was before Becker ascended to the grass court throne in 1985. And on saturday it was almost a Clas sic confrontation Between he old King playing in his first tournament in nearly seven months and the Young Champ testing his Power game against the touch and placement of Mcenroe. It s always special to beat Mcenroe whether it s in a first round somewhere or in the final of a grand slam Becker said. To me he i the greatest  Mcenroe Drew first blood in a contest a photo Ivi i Lendl. Upset with his play filled with posturing by Bolh players. But when it was Over it was Becker giving a thumbs up sign to his coach while Mcenroe s Bride of one week actress Tatum o Neal wept Becker won the toss and elected to receive. Then As Mcenroe started to serve to begin the match Becker turned his Back on the court. Mcenroe waited until Becker was ready then prepared again to serve. And again. Becker turned around and walked away causing Mcenroe to just shake his head and Wail some More. Later following a 41-Minule rain delay in the Singh game of the match both players were at the net when Mcenroe smashed the Ball at Becker s feet and walked away As Becker glowered it him. Becker said he Felt it was intended to intimidate. "1 did t verbally abuse him at the of Lect if the  Mcenroe said. I just told him to respect  the fifth game of i he Middle set. Becker hit four straight volleys before finally winning a Point that brought him to Deuce. With Mcenroe looking Al him. The Young redhead went into his Becker shuffle in celebrate winning the Point. But it a his play not his posturing. Thai finally a Java Becker the Victory Al though Mcenroe exploited a weakness thai other players May use against the Strong right hander. Time and again. Becker was viable to handle a Ball hit to his backhand sending it into the net or Down the line wide ii must have been especially gratify ing therefore for the game Winner to be a backhand passing shot Down the line that Mcenroe volleyed into the net. It s just a matter of who s mentally stronger who can play the big Points Al the right Lime Becker said. And i did it  the comeback began in the final game of the second set when Becker finally was Able 10 solve Mcenroe s baffling serve and break his opponent. That levelled the match at one set All and set up the spectacular end ing. The Start of the Lindl Connors match was delayed As rain continued to plague the we Klong tournament. But when it did begin Lendl immediately broke Connors  two traded service Breaks in the eighth and ninth games. And when tin czechoslovak right hander held through three deuces in the 10th game he had won the opening set. With the crowd solidly behind the 33 year old Connors the Veteran left hand or stepped up his attack aided by inc Strong swirling winds that raked the de co turf ii courts identical to he surface to be used in the . Open which be gins in two weeks. The wind seemed to affect Lindl s heavy topspin game much More than it did Connors attacking style. Several limes in the second set the Ball Richo Cne cd off Lindl s Racket and into the stands. It was Lindl s i oth consecutive Victory Over Connors. Tomczak leads bears Over Pittsburgh by the associated press any concerns about the effects of a trip across the Atlantic can be disregarded in the Case of the Chicago bears. The nil champions who beat the Dallas cowboys 17-6 in London last week showed they weren t thrown off stride by thai journey belting the Pitts Burgh sleepers 33-13 saturday night in a preseason  by third string quarterback Mike Tomczak s three touchdown passes including a 61-Yard fourth Quarter throw to Thomas Sanders the bears handed the spelers their first loss in 16 preseason  feel like if i can just gel a Little Confidence i la feel like i can play in this league Tomczak said. When some one s nol playing Well around Here coach Mike di4a will let you know about it. He did to  got on Tomczak this week because he had t been doing the Little things Dilka said. I m very Happy for Mike. He did some very Good things for us. Now we have to take the Best from this game and go with  completed 17 of 23 passes for 238 Yards and Hil on his final nine passes of the first half As the bears look a nil Roundup 16-6 Lead. He completed to passes of 24 Yards to Ken Margerum and four Yards to Brian Baschnagel after the Sterlen climbed to 19-13 with 12 01 remaining Tomczak connected on his 61-Yard scoring throw to Sanders who beat Reserve comeback Anthony Tugglt Down the left sideline. Lew Barnes extended the Lead to 33-13 when he returned a punt 54 Yards for a touchdown with s 09 to play. In other games saturday Browns 19, Bills 17 Greg Allen scored on a 2-Yard run with 50 seconds to play capping a Cleve land comeback from a 17-6 deficit. The Bills led 17-6 after Rookie Carl Denim  two Yards for a touchdown less than a minute into the fourth Quarter. But quarterback Mike Pagel pulled the Browns within 17-12 when he  one Yard for a score with just Over eight minutes to play. Pagel obtained in an ofis Tsoa Trade with Indianapolis then drove the Browns 57 Yards in 12 plays for the winning score. Faget finished with 12 completions in 16 attempts for 114 Yards. Card lib 26, sues 10 in a game delayed 50 minutes by an intense thunderstorm that temporarily rendered the scoreboard clock inoperable Niko Noga and Lionel Washington returned interceptions for touchdowns and John Lee booted three Field goals for St. Louis. Tampa Bay quarterback Sieve Young had a rough night completing Only six of 18 passes for 54 Yards. He was intercepted twice and lost a Fumble then suffered a mild concussion while scrambling. A Klags 30, dolphins 16 with Dan Marino Miami s two time All pro quarterback silting out the game third Stringer Jim Jensen was the victim of two key interceptions in the third Quarter by Chris Poleman and Neal Guggemos that stifled Miami s comeback chances. Tommy  Amer hooked up with Mike Jones on a 56-Yard touchdown pass in the first half. Packers 38, a is 14 Gary Ellirson a second year running Back who played at Wisconsin celebrated his Homecoming with a pair of touchdown runs Ellerson scored from six and 35 Yards As the packers built a 21-0 halftime Lead at Madison s Camp Randall Field where a crowd of 73,959 attended. It was the biggest Home crowd in learn history. In All Ellirson rushed for 71 Yards in 12 carries. I was ready to play from the very Start he said. "1 think everybody had a Good  chief 20, bengals 0 Todd Blackledge threw a 22-Yard touch Down pass to Anthony Hancock and Nick lower kicked two Field goals in the second Quarter for Kansas City. Ethan Horton scored on a 2-Yard plunge in the third Quarter for the chiefs final Points. Chargers 10, cowboys 0 Buford Mcgee and Tim Spencer each scored on 2-Yard touchdown runs to guide san Diego. Dallas which was beaten by Chicago 17-6 in their exhibition opener in London last week has failed to score a touchdown in two games. Host san Diego led 20-0 by halftime. Saint 10, Broncos 7 Morten Andersen kicked a is Yard held goal with 6 01 left to play to lift new Orleans to Victory in Denver. An Dersen s Field goal capped a 16-Yard drive by the saints after Joe Kohlbrand recovered Denver running Back Gerald Wilhite s Fumble at Midfield