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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 10, 1986 the stars and stripes Paga 21 sports super bowl trip awaits stripes Reader who will win the fiesta bowl. Miami or Penn stale if you know the answer to thai one you May be headed to Pasadena calif., next month to watch the super bowl. The Winner of the fourth stars and stripes super bowl contest which starts in Friday s sports Sec lion will receive two tickets to super bowl xxi. The prize also includes round trip airline tickets for two. Ear rental and hotel accommodations for four nights Dur ing super bowl week. If football is your sport you Don t want to miss Friday s stars and stripes. Tollner out As coach at Southern Cal los Angeles a Ted Tollner has been dismissed As football coach at inc University of Southern California effective next month it was announced monday. Without gelling into specifics we considered All the areas involved with inc direction of the program and we decided we needed new leadership ath Letic director Mike my acc said at a Campus news conference. University president James Zumberge stressed that he thought the future of the school s football program would be Bel Ter served under a new coach. He called the decision a judgement Call and said Only time will Tell if it was the Correct move to  clearly disagreed with the decision. It s hard to face the reality right today because i am a Little bit in Addi Tion to being disappointed shocked be cause 1 personally think the decision is wrong based on criteria 1 think a fool Ball program should be judged on he said after the announcement. Despite the criticism he s endured for the past four years the 46-year-old Tollner said his experience at Southern Cal had been a Good  in Tollner s four years As head coach the trojans hada26-9-l record. Lendl sweeps Becker by Bob Greene new York. A after brushing Back a Young pretender to his throne Ivan Lindl said his Victory monday night was one More turn Lor he  even West Germany s Boris  fell 0 Lindl in straight sets in the final of the 1500.000 masters Tennis tournament agreed for tonight i have to take my hat and go Home the 19-year-old Becker said Ivan was too Good of a  it was teacher is. Pupil and Becker the student found he has a lot to Leam As Lindl pounded out a 6-4,6-4,6-4 Victory. At one Point completely befuddled by the world s top ranked player Becke asked the Madison Square Garden crowd does anybody want to play ten Nis for me undo standing at the far Baseline ready 1o serve again raised his hand in reply. It was another learning lesson for me Becker admitted. The Victory gave Lendl 26, his ninth title of he year but his first since sep tember when he won the . Open for the second straight Lime. Becker had come into the masters Riding a three tournament winning Streak. Ail those people ready to make Becker no. 1 will have to wait a Little bit More Lindl said. By systematically thrashing Becker Lendl settled any question As 10 who Isno. I in the world if any question existed. The 19-year-old from West Ger Many found out the hard Way the varied dimensions of Lindl s sol id game. The Victory in this Winner take All final was Worth s 100,000 for Lendl who earned a total of$2io,000 in this season ending event at Madison Square  collected $110,000 for the Victo Ries that got him into the  added the masters title o the eight other crowns he has won this year including the French open and the . Open. The Only major championship he lost in 1986 was Wimbledon which he lost to  was billed As a classic confrontation Between the Veteran who now makes his Home in Greenwich conn., and the youngster who entered the masters final Riding a 21-match winning Streak. Lendl made sure it was t a classic As he dominated the 2-hour, 20-Minutc clash. 11 was a domination of will and Lindl broke Becker s spirit Early in the match. He engaged Becker in Long Baseline ral lies and won them All. And when Becker did race to the net for his famous lunging Ivan Lendl in route to straight set win Over Boris Becker in masters final. Volleys he was caught leaning or lunging in the wrong direction As Lindl threaded passing shots at  it was Becker the player whose big serve carried him to the no. 2 rank ing in the world who found himself Al ways fighting to hold his service. Lindl on the other hand lost Only 12 Points on his serve the entire night. He never faced a break Point on his service and was taken to Deuce Only once in inc eighth game of the second  finished with eight aces but Lendl matched him in that department. Sea Hawks shut Down raiders 37-0 Lor a pair 01 touch towns Tun ran for two touchdowns and Seattle s de sense recorded a team record ii sacks monday night As the sea Hawks Kep their nil playoff Hopes alive with a 37-0 Vic tory Over the los Angeles raiders. With two regular season games remaining the sea Hawks and the. Raiders Are both 8-6 and Trail Cincinnatu 9-5, in the race for the last wild card playoff berth. The sea Hawks Victory also clinched the acc West championship for the Denver Broncos who Are 1m following sunday s loss to Kansas any. 11 was the first time the raiders had been shut out since oct. 11. 1.981, when they were blanked by Detroit Denver and Kansas City in successive games.  in ii i in i of Hawks grabbed a 2-m Lead Krieg com Ole cd 4 of 21 passes for 243 Yards and two touchdowns and also had five carries Wamer. Who rushed 21 times for 116 Yards scored on runs of 5 and 3 Yards. Norm Johnson kicked Field goals of s3, 5 land 46  kingdom crowd of 62,923 watched the sea Hawks record their third straight Victory and their second shutout of the season. It was the raiders second loss in 3 rhe sea Hawks recorded their 11 sacks against three raiders quarterbacks Jim Plunkelt. Marc Wilson and Rusty Hilger. The 39-year-old Plunkett who directed the  a 14-10 Triumph twice had to leave the game with injuries. He was replaced by Wilson in the second period after suffering a sprained foot but came Back to Stan the second  raiders failed to get a first Down in two series with flunked at the controls in the third Quarter. The sea Hawks sacked Plunkett six limes and Wilson four times in breaking their previous sack record of nine set against Randall Cunningham of the Phil Adelphia eagles in the kingdom three games ago. They got to Hilger once. The sea Hawks who have won three in a Row Afler dropping four straight intercepted Plunkett Wilson and Hilger once each. Kerry Justin had two of the interceptions and Eugene Robinson had the other one. Plunkett completed four of 11 passes for 61 Yards while Wilson was five of 10 for 5 5 Yards. Seattle scored touchdowns on its first two possessions for a 14-0 Lead at the end of the first Quarter. Krieg hit Largent with a 10-Yard touchdown pass capping a 74-Yard drive on Seattle s first Possession. The sea Hawks scored again after Rob Inson intercepted a pass by Plunkett and resumed it to the raiders 36. A 28-Yard pass from Krieg to la genl set up warn or s 5-Yard touchdown run. Johnson kicked a 46-Yard Field Goa with 4 17 left in the half to make it 17-0, and Krieg connected with Ray Butler for a 12-Yard touchdown pass with 45 seconds left to make it 24-0. Johnson kicked 51 and 53-Yard Field goals on the so Hawks first two posses Sions in the second half. Warner scored his second touchdown in the fourth Quarter to Complete the scoring  
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