European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday september 9,1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Lendl s notes pay off with . Open title czechoslovak1 inn lend. Wins trophy and $210,000 by the lob Angeles times new York it says plenty about Ivan undo hat he keeps a Book on every player an the men s Tennis tour and carefully Chart each match he plays. Thai s because lend is the nerd of Tennis. He s the bookworm who stays Home from the prom to study. He s the pockmarked faced bucked looted kid who has funny signs pinned to his Back but never knows it it says plenty about those kind of kids that the often grow up to run Fortune 500 companies and hire the former High school quarterback As head of parking lot maintenance. He who laughs last laughs All the Way to the Lendl Doroti t laugh in Public too much but he was milling As wide at he could stand sunday after beating Miloslav Mecir 6-4, 6-2, 6-0. In the men s singles final of the . Open at he National Tennis enter at Rushing Meadow. He also can Giggle some More with a 1210,00 Winner s was the Guy no one could figure out the player described As dangerous by every seeded player Hebert Here. The 22-year-old Mecir. Ceded 16th, had beaten no. 2 Matt Wien Der no. 7 Joakin Nystro Mand no. 3 Boris Becker to get to no. I Lendl in the him you never know what will happen Becker said bewildered after his loss to Mecir in the semifinals lend approached the Mecir match like a science project. He watched and took notes through a part of saturday night s acc scr Mccier semifinal upset Only because there were no videotapes of Mccier s other matches to study. "1 saw the first Tew games but 1 did t like what Lendl said of the Becker match. What he saw was Mecir running Becker around the court doing the oddest thin sat All the wrong limes and quite simply overpowering the Young bully of Tennis after that undo might have considered going Back to the books for a cram session on his countryman from Czechoslovakia. The Only instrument of help i had was my books on each player Lendl said while munching Abard in the Post match interview. I have played him two limes this year but i did t have much asked what was in hit Book about Mecir Lendl said something to the effect that hell disclose that when either he or Mecir retires it will be a Best seller a least to Wilander Nystrom and Book or books contain everything from what Lendl thinks he did wrong in a match to a comple analysis of his opponent s ground strokes. How involved arc the notes it depends on the match lend said. Id think it was a Lough match or 1 did t like something or i discovered something that really works Tor me it s pretty detailed. If the match was 6-1, 6-fl, against somebody there is not much write sunday s match was t much to write about either see open on Page 26 wild dazzle dazzle contest Broncos outlast raiders Denver a it was a wild Gam that featured a Little bit of everything including a safety a Fumble recovery fora touchdown and quarterback John Elway on the receiving end of a touch Down pass if you Don t like that kind of game you just Don t like football said Denver Bron co coach Dan Reeves whose team out lasted the los Angela raiders 38-36 Sun Day in an nil regular season threw two touchdown passes Ard in a bit of dazzle dazzle caught a23-Yard scoring pass from running Back Steve Sewell. That s tilt first time i Veever caught the Ball even in High school said Angeles running bade Marcus Allen finished with 102 Yards on 24 car Ries extending his Streak of 100-Yard Rushing games to 10 an nil record Allen originally was credited Wilt 98 Yards but an official scoring change Sev eral hours Are the game gave him 102. Elway s 7-Yard pass to running Bac Gene Lang with 9 49 left proved to be the Dincher. Giving Denver its first Lea since the opening minute of Ibe game. Denver capitalized on three critical Raider turnovers in the second half to gel Back in the game after trailing by As much As 19-7 at one scored his second touchdown of the game on a 2-Yard run Early in the third Quarter pulling los Angeles ahead 29-21. About four minutes later Alle was stripped of the Ball at the Raider 16 Yard line by Denver linebacker Ken Woodard who raced in with the Fumble recovery for a Angeles countered immediately As Marc Wilson tired Bis third to pass of the Day a 57-yarder to Rod Barksdale for a 36-28 in the fourth Quarter after a is Yard Rich Karlis Fidd goal bad Cut the Defi Cit to 36-31, Raider Rookie Napoleon Mccallum fumbled on a Kickoff return an Denver had Possession at the Raider 39. Helped by two los Angeles penalties the Broncos scored Hugo ahead touchdown in nine plays with Lang beating safety Slace Tyoran on the 7-Yard pass play then with 3 24 left Raider receiver Dokie William fumbled after a 16-Yard reception to the Denver 10-Yard line. Losangeles had one final Possession but end Rulon Jones sack of Wilson ended the threat As time expired. The raiders scored on four straight possessions in the first half and even scored on one occasion when they did t have the Ball As the defense forced Elway out of the end zone for a safety. Before that flurry Elway got Denver on the scoreboard first with a 35-Yard pass to Sieve Watson less than two min utes into the game. Midway through the opening Quarter Denver s Gerald Willhite fumbled on a punt return giving los Angeles posses Sion at the Denver 30. Allen caught a Short pass from Wilson and raced 24yards for the tying score. Moments later Wilson hooked up with Williams on a 53-Yard pass to reach the Denver 16, where Wilson hit Tig tend Todd Christensen fair the to. On the next series Raider end Greg Townsend rushed a scrambling Elway and forced him Oul of the rear of the end zone for a safety and a 16-7 Lead Chris Bahr s 43-Yard Field Goat put Laup 19-7eariy in the second Quarter. Denver went 77 Yards for a Scon on the next series capped by Elway s to reception. Elway handed off to Sewell and the running Back ran la i right then stopped and threw bade to the left tide 10 a wide open Elway. Following another Barr Field goal Denver Cut the deficit to 22-21 at die half on Lang s 1-Yard run. Bears outrun Cleveland 41-31 Chicago up Walter Paylon rushed for 113 Yards and scored twice sunday to help the Chicago bears to a41-31 Victory Owr the Cleveland carried 22 times. He ran 2 Yards for a touchdown during Chicago b21-Point first Quarter and caught an 11 Yard scoring pass from Jim Mcmahon Midway through the third Quarter. It was payt Orrt 74th career 100-Yard Kosar connected with Brian. Brennan on a 15-Yard touchdown Pas with 5 55 to play to bring the Browns within 34-31 after the bears had failed on an onside kick. The bears put the game away when malt Suhey scored on a 6-Yard run with 2 01 remaining to Cap a i play 72-Yarddrive directed by Reserve quarterback Mike Tomczak he came in during the fourth Quarter when Mcmahon injured Bis defending super bowl champions posted their seventh straight Victory Dat ing Back to last year and their Lith straight Triumph Ai Soldier Gentry returned a Kickoff 91 Yards for a touchdown la lie the score 7-7after the Browns Ai Gross recovered a fumbled snap in the bean end zone. On the play the officials used an instant replay to confirm Gross had Possession of the bal before he Slid Oul of the end zone. This u the Fust season officials Are using instant replays to help decide some Calls. Wilbur Marshall returned a Kosar interception 58 Yards for a score to give the bean a 21-7 Mack scored on runs of 3 and 14 Yards for the Browns who were 4-0during the preseason. Jets Down Bills spoil Kelly debut Orchard Park . A Ken o Brien threw two Long touchdown passes As the Newyork jell beat die Buffalo Bills 28 24 sunday raining the nil debut of Bills multimillion Dollar quarterback Jim Kelly Kelly the former United state football league s most valuable player signed a five year is Mil lion contract with Buffalo on aug. 18. He rallied the Bills with two fourth Quarter touchdown passes but the jets also scored twice inthe fourth Quarter. Kelly completed 20 of 33 passe for 292 Yards and threw touch Down pass to Greg Bell andr Reed and Pete Metzelaars. The Bills other score came on a 19-Yardscott Norwood held goal. O Brien completed 18 of 23passes for 318 Yards. He threw a 46-Yard scoring strike to a Troonin the second Quarter and a 71 Yard touchdown toss to Wesley Walker in the fourth Quarter. The jets other touchdowns came on a 2-Yard plunge by Tony Paige and a 1-Yard run by Johnnie Hector. Kelly gave the Bill a 17-l4leadin the fourth Quarter when Reed made a one handed catch on a 55-Yard touchdown pass. The jets an swered with Hector s touchdown plunge and o Brien s scoring strike to Walker to make it 28-17. Kelly marched the Bills 53 Yard sin five plays finding Meu dears with a 4-Yard scoring strike wit just under five minutes to play. But new Yort controlled the bal the rest of the Way
