European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and Stripe s monday May 11, 1987 Gomez stuns Becker gains final new York a Ecuador s Andres Gomez playing a classic Clay court game stunned top seeded Boris Becker 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 saturday to join Yannick Noah of France in the final of the s615,000 tournament of champions at the West Side Tennis , the defending Champion who was seeded Sec Ond in this 64-player grand prix event earlier in the Day eliminated no. 12 Slobodan Zivojinovic of Yugo Slavia 6-3,7-5-thc Winner of sunday s final at Forest Hills will pocket $30,000.Gomez utilized All of his Clay court tricks against Becker the two time Wimbledon Champion who has never won on the slow surface. The South american s drop and Chip shots brought Becker to he net. Then with Hie West German teen Ager camped there Gomez bund the Range with perfect lobs that touched jus inside the Baseline. The big serving Becker failed to get an Ace in the match while Gomez whose Best results have come on Clay had four aces. I was the better player All the Way Becker said defiantly. "1 had so Many shots i though was easy but i made them All  of that had to a with what Gomez was doing on his end of the court changing spins and speeds slicing sometimes hitting with lop pm at times then hitting hat. Becker could never find his Rhy Rihm and consequently the court with his shots. Gomez began the match by breaking his 19-year-Oldopponent. The two then held serve until the eighth game when Becker began a three game Streak that closed out the first set. Becker broke Gomez in the eighth game when he ripped a forehand passing shot. After holding at 15, he closed out the set with a backhand passing shot Dow the line. The second set began like the first with Gomez breaking Becker s serve. And when Gomez double faulted to drop his own serve in the second game he broke right Back again to take a 2-1 Lead. Although they traded Breaks in the eighth and ninth games Gomez held at 5 in the i oth to level the mat Chat one set apiece. Again Becker could t hold serve to begin the  he returned to his chair at the changeover Becker angrily slammed his Racket to the ground where i bounced up and hit him in the Chin. Becker however was not overwhelmed by the playoff Gomez and immediately broke the left hander s service in the second game just As he had done in the second set. From the Baseline i was better than he was said Becker who was not impressed with his opponent de spite the loss. I could t Volley today and my serve was  a Tot of his volleying problems could be attribute to Gomez who kept the Ball Low to German Becker continually was having to dig the Ball off the court while close to the net although Becker pulled even at 1-1, it was lobe thelast time that Gomez with the crowd solidly behind him was o lose his serve on this yarn Windy Day. Indy from Page 21 Aba from Page 21 second qualifying attempt of the Day when he got too Low going into the first turn spun and hit the outside Wall. He had made an earlier qualifying try but was waved off after three saps above 205.Mears was the first Driver to Complete a qualifying run despite running out of fuel on his last  set aside his peruse pc 16 in favor of a year old March after lie was unable to get enough Speed from the new car during the week. The March in which mean set a North american closed course record of 233.934 last november at Michi Gan International Speedway arrived Here thursday and was on the track for the first time Friday  came off turn four and he car stumbled said Mears who joined Andretti and Rahal on the front Row. I was just hoping we d have enough to get to the end. We were very  Rutherford a three time Winner Al most lost control on a turn in hit third up. Which was his slowest at 206.873. These Little cars Are getting real tense to drive said Kulber turd. But that just the nature of the beast. We be been struggling Here real hard and about the Only things my Guys Haven t changed on the car is the color and the  Luyendyk of Holland also driving a new March lapped the Wall with his right Sida tires on & warm up Lap and decided not to take the Green lag. Rookie Stan Fox also hit the Wall sat urday in practice prior to the qualifying period. He was not  of the incidents including the crashes by Crawford and Fox involved the new marches but no sing Factor could be blamed. Several of the Drivers said the cars just suddenly moved to the Wall. There was not even a hint that any thing was wrong and suddenly the car just went to the Wall said Tom Niiva. The 1983 Winner who walked away from e crash on Friday. It s probably a combination of things and we re just going to have id find the  driven said conditions never really did get much belter but . Foyt the Only four time indy Winner qualified for Bis record 30th consecutive Start Here at 210.935, the Best no of the final hour Danny Sullivan the 19s5 Winner who loss a Coin toss to teammate Mears in the decision on who would switch from a Penske to the older March got into Thefield with a disappointing run averaging 205.288. Earlier he was waved off after three laps in the 106  driven who got into the Field saturday on second attempts were Roberto Guerrero of Colombia Michael an Dresti and Arie Luyendyk of Holland. Guerrero who has finished second third and fourth in his three indy starts qualified in the final two hours at 210.680. Tuesday night Chambers hit 13 of 22 shots from the Field while Ellis who was limited to 12 Points in Houston s Victory thursday night was 14 for 26, including three of four from three Point Range. Houston s twin towers Akeem Olajuwon to and Ralph Sampson who dominated the sonics in game 3 of the Best of Ven series thursday night were in foul trouble throughout the game. Olajuwon finished with 20 Points but was limited to 27 minutes and just 10 in the first half. Me had four fouls in the first half and picked up his fifth foul with 5 29 left in the third period. Samp son who had is Points played Only 33 minutes before fouling out. Rodney Mccray also had 20 for the rockets. The sonics who led 86-79 after three quarters put the game away Early in the final period. As Olajuwon sat on the Bench Seattle followed Sampson s Peri Oak Penang Dunk with eight unanswered Points including a three Point Field goal by Ellis to Lead 98-83 with s 3fi left. The sonics were bolstered by the re turn of 7-foot Center Alton Lister who had not started since breaking a Bone in his right fool with seven games Coplay in the regular season. Lister making his first Start in 15 games grabbed 17 re Bounds and helped Slop Houston Suirong inside Gams. Houston Cut the deficit to 104-96 with 4 14 remaining but Xavier Mcdaniel made four straight free throws for a 108-96 Seattle Lead with 2 54 left. The sonics took advantage of Laju a on and Sampson s foul troubles to Lead 62-55 at halftime. Olajuwon was charged with his fourth personal foul with 4 37 to go in the first half and Sampson got his third foul with 9 09 left in the second Quarter. Olajuwon picked up iwo fouls in the first 2 33 of the first Quarter and Sal out the remain Der of the period. A two Seattle Tom Chambers. Too much for rockets no from Page 23 five scoreless innings for the Victory. In other games saturday Phillies 4, reds 2 Cincinnati Mike Schmidt Hom ered twice to drive in three runs and Kevin Gross went the distance to get his first win As Philadelphia beat Cincinnat Ito snap a four game losing Streak. Schmidt hit a two run Homer in the first inning and a Solo shot in the six Hoff Bill Gullickson 4-2, raising his career Arlota Losos. It was the 42nd multiple Homer game for Schmidt who ranks 14th on the All Lime Homer list six behind Mel Oil. Schmidt said he had been unhappy with his swing in the last few games an decided to relax saturday. "1 did my Best to try to get the tension out of my swing he said i knew the Best Way out of it was to relax swing easy swing smooth. If 1 was going to be Zero for four i was going to have four relaxed  braves 5, arts 4 Atlanta Dale Murphy hit his seventh Homer and singled in another run and Gene Garber Gol out of a bases loaded Jam in the ninth As Atlanta beat new York. It was Atlanta s fourth straight Victory Over the mets after a loss in their first meeting. Expos 3, astros 1 Montreal Reid Nichols hit his first National league Home run and Bob Sebra allowed four bib in seven innings for the expos. Sebra 2-4, tied his career High with nine strikeouts and walked three As Mon Treal recorded its first Victory against Houston in five Start this  4, cardinals 2 los Angeles Fernando Valen Zuckla pitched a sex Hiller and Ken land Reaux had two hits and scored twice leading los Angeles Over St.  5, padres 1 san Diego Leon Durham hit two Solo Home runs and Andre Dawson and Jody Davis also homered accounting for All of Chicago s runs As the cubs continued their Road Success with a Victory Over san Diego the win improved the cubs away re Cord to 11-3, their Best Start on the Rodin franchise history and boosted them into first place a half game ahead of St. Louis the 1946 cubs opened the season with a 10-4 Road record. Al from Page 23 second Complete game. Yankees manager Lou finiello was ejected by Home plate Umpire Dan mor Rison in the third inning after an argument in which Piniella had to be re strained by Umpire Ken Kaiser. Orioles 15, White sox 6 Chicago Eddie Murray became the first major league player to hit Home runs from both sides of the plate in consecutive games As Baltimore hit six Hom ers in beating Chicago. It was the eighth Lime in his career that Murray homered from both sides of the plate in one game. That moved him ahead of Reggie Smith and into second place on the All Lime list behind Mickey Mantle of the new York Yankees who did it 10 times. Royals 4, indians 0 Cleveland brat Saberhagen. Who was 7-12 last season and spent Timeon the disabled list with a sore shoulder pitched a two hitter As Kansas City Defeated Cic Viand for its sixth consecutive Victory. Saberhagen who won the Al s by Yound award in 1985 with a 20-6 record and went on to become the world series map is now 6-0 with a 1.59 earned run average. He gave up a single to Brett Butler leading off the seventh inning and a single o Pinch hitter Andre Thomson with two out in the ninth. He struck out nine and walked none in pitching the fourth two hitter of his career  1 Boston three run homers by Wally Joyner and Rookie Devon while led California Over Boston for ill fifth Victory in six games. Rookie Willie Fraser 2-1, allowed five hits in pitching his first Complete  8, tigers 7 Detroit Pinch hitter Ron Cey hit a two run double after Tony Phillips two run Homer As Oakland rallied for four runs in the eighth inning to defeat Detroit. Blue jays is rangers 4 Arlington Scias George Bell hit two Home runs and a triple Ana drove in a career High seven runs As Toronto Defeated Texas