European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 6,1987 the stars and stripes Page �5 Lendl Wilander reach final Paris up Ivan lend of Czechoslovakia and mais Wilander of Sweden Friday humbled their opponents in straight sets to reach the final of the French open Tennis championships for the second time in three years. Top seeded Lendl the defending Champion thwarted fifth seeded compatriot Miloslav Mecir i Tricky counter punching game to win 6-3, 6-3,7-6 7-3 and reach the final at Roland Garros stadium for the fourth straight time. Fourth seeded Wilander served hard and played near flawless Tennis to eliminate second seeded Boris Becker 6-4,6-1, 6-2 for his 17th straight match Victory. The Lindl Wilander final sunday with the si95,000 Winner s prize at stake is a repeat of the 1985 final won in four sets by Wilander. Lendl Defeated swede Mikhail perfors in last year s final. The women final Between top seeded Martina Navratilova of the United slates and second seeded Steffi Graf of West Germany was to be played sat urday two time Wimbledon Champion Becker 19, re Mains without a tournament Victory on Clay despite practising two months on the surface. Lendl who pounded Mccier in the . Open final last year and beat him again in straight sets in the final at Hamburg last month said he took velocity off his shots by hitting mainly slices to the forehand to keep Mccier from going to the net and to upset his deceptive approach shots. I think the match was very Tough although it May not look like that from the score said lend 27, who showed he has healed from knee surgery two months ago. You have to go Oul on the court prepared to do a lot of running against him and we were on the court for nearly three hours. It Felt like i was doing wind sprints for three hours Lendl said. Lendl said a Victory at Roland Garros would compensate for what has been a disappointing season. He has won Only at Hamburg this year. It does t matter How you Are doing up to then. If you lose everything and then win the French All is forgotten. But if you win everything and lose the French it s the same thing inc other Way around Sweden s Mats Wilander whacks the Ball Back to Germany s Boris Becker during Wilander a semifinal Triumph. Lendl said. Wilander the hottest player in Tennis coming off victories at the Monte Carlo and italian opens in the past six weeks fell behind 4-2 in the first set and then won nine straight games dazzling Becker with an excellent first serve and flawless passing shots and lobs when Becker tried logo to the net. Wilander won the 1982 French open at 17, but lost the final the next year to Frenchman Yannick Noah. Lendl beat John Mcenroe in the 1984 final for his first Victory in a grand slam tournament. Against Mccier Lendl broke twice for a 3-1 Lead. Then Lendl battled to hold his own As Mccier broke Back and tied the first set at 3-3. The two Lime Champi on then ran off three games in a Row for the first Sei. Moses from Page 21 Columbus Ohio Princeton no. And Turin , bom in Torrance calif., was a three time Mcaa Champion at Iowa state. He won the 400-meter titles at then Caa outdoor championships in 1984, 1985 and 1986 and was rated third in the world behind fellow americans Moses and Andre Phillips in the most recent world rankings. Harris who went to High school in Perris calif., set the National High school record in the 300-Mclcr Low hurdles in 1983, then broke the world Junior recording the 400-meter hurdles five times including a Best of 48.02. During three years at Iowa state training under assistant coach Steve Lynn Harris competed in 17 finals and won them All. Harris time was the Best of his career. Only Moses Schmid and Phillips have run faster. Urcla s Connolly captures decathlon in Mcaa meet decade Long win string proves Moses greatness  Baton Rouge la. A going almost 10 years without a loss in the 400-meter hurdles was testimony to Edwin Moses consistency and greatness. The siring of 107 victories in finals and 122 Overall including preliminaries and semifinals finally ended thursday. Moses last previous toss had been aug. 26, 1977, to West German Harald Schmid at Berlin. During the 10 undefeated years Moses usually won by sizable margins while fac ing the Best opposition All Over the world. He won olympic Gold medals in 1976 at Montreal and 1984 Al los Angeles and was denied a Chance at winning a third Gold in 1980, when the United states boycotted the Moscow games. He won the Gold medal in the inaugural world track and Field championships at Helsinki Finland in 1983. He set world records including the present Mark of 47.02 at Koblenz Ger Many on aug. 31, 1983, he passed the intermediate hurdles re Cord of 40 straight finals victories june 23, 1930, winning the olympic trials at Eugene Ore. He reached the magic number of 100consecutive victories m finals aug. 11. 1986, winning Al Budapest Hungary in47.76. Moses was proud and protective of the Streak. Whenever and wherever i run it s on the line no Mailer who is in he race he said earlier this year. I could trip and fall running by myself. But As Long As i m healthy and training Well i la be difficult to beat even on a Good  but there was a sign recently that Moses Streak might be nearing an end. On May 18 at Princeton no. He trailed Randy con of Penn for five hurdles before rallying to win. Usually Moses went to the front quickly and stayed there. After that he won one More race be fore thursday s loss. Baton Rouge la. A Urcla s Jim Connolly the son of two former olympic champions won the de Cathlon title in the Mcaa outdoor track and Field championships thurs Day night with the Best performance of his career. Connolly 24, a senior from Culver City Calif completed the Loewit two Day Competition with 8,121 Points beating two ump Mcaa Champion Rob Muzzio of George Maion. Connolly s parents arc Harold con Nolly the 1956 olympic Hammer throw Champion and Oiga Fik Otova a native of Czechoslovakia who won the Gold medal in she women s discus at the 1956 Melbourne games. Connolly did not Lake the Lead from Muzzio until the ninth event the Jave Lin with a throw of 229 feet 7 inches. That toss however was Only Sec Ond Best As Louisiana stale s Mikael Olandor of Sweden broke his world Best with the new javelin with a toss of 247-11. Munio the 19s4 and 1985 Mcaa de Cathlon Winner finished second with 3,061 Points followed by pc ill Robin win of Brigham Young with 7,967 and Olandor with 7,940. Connolly s previous Best was 7,771 Points. Earlier Butch Reynolds the sensational Ohio state Junior shattered the stadium record in the 400-meter dash. Reynolds who has run the fastest sea level 400 in history 44.10 seconds Las month Al Columbus Ohio was timed in 44.43 in a semifinal heat. The previous Mark at Bemie Moore stadium on the Campus of Louisiana state of 44.58 was set by beit Cameron of Jamaica in 1981. Runner up Tony alien of Texas Chris Tian was clocked in 45.53 More than a second behind Reynolds. Stadium records also were broken in several other even is. In the women s 400 semifinals 1984 olympian Ilire Leatherwood King of Alabama won her heat in 51.3s, smash ing the stadium Mark of 51.69 she set in1984. Jackie Humphrey a Junior from East Ern Kentucky broke the stadium record in the women s 100-meter High hurdles clocking 13.06 in a preliminary heat. The previous Mark of 13.22 was set by Rhonda Blanford in 1985. And Houston s Frank Rutherford the Mcaa indoor Champion in the triple jump improved the stadium record to 56 feet 6v inches in the qualifying for saturday s final. Steve Hanna of the Bahamas held the old Mark of 55-11, established in 1981. Earlier Stefan Jonsson a Washington stale Junior who is trying to make amends for two poor performances in the Mcaa championships led the Hammer throw qualifiers. The 23-year-old Jon so i from Mai to Sweden needed Only one throw reaching 234 feel 2 inches. It was 12 feet farther than the second Best loss 220-2, by Manhattan College Junior Gary Halpin a native Oft Cland. The Hammer throw final will be held saturday Arkansas Chance for completing a track and Field triple Crown winning the Mcaa Cross country indoor and outdoor titles vanished in the 1,500 meter heats when its four entrants failed to Advance to saturday s final