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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 6,1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 Miami mauls Florida Miami a Sieve Walsh passed for 234 Yards and one touchdown and Miami s defense intercepted Florida quarterback Kirwin Bell three times sat urday As he loth ranked hurricanes College football rolled past the no. 20 gators 31-4 in a College football season opener Walsh a Sophomore who inherited the quarterback Job from Heisman trophy Winner Vinny Tesla verde completed 17 of27 passes in his first College Start. The Hurricane defense shut out the Florida offence while sacking Bell five times. The interceptions of Bell came in the second half when Miami broke the game open with 13 Points within a seven min Ute Span of the third Quarter. The Hurri canes also picked off a Pep Liscano pass to Stop a Florida drive that reached Miami s 13-Yard line in the final three minutes. Linebacker Randy Shannon returned one of the  off Bell 41 Yards for a touchdown to give Miami a 24-2 Lead Midway through the third Quarter. Cleve land Gary ran 14 Yards for a fourth period to that completed the rout before an Orange bowl crowd of 77,224, Bell a senior completed is of 33 passes for i Fig Yards in his first appear see College on Page 23 Harvey glance left and Dennis Mitchell get ready before helping win 400 relay heal. Navratilova Connors sweep sports Lewis Golden in jump Rome a -. Carl Lewis of Houston won the Long jump and Sergei Burka or inc soviet Union took the pole vault Ai the world track and Field championships saturday but both missed shots Ai world records. Lewis took the Lone jump Gold with a meet record 28 feet Fth inches. Coming or his first attempt and equated on his third it was a solid performance but Well shy of the world record 29-2 a by Boh Beamon Thill Lewis has been chasing Tor More than four years. Robert Emmiyan of the soviet Union who has the world s longest jump this year was second at 28-0, with Italy s Giovanni evangelists third at 27-6. Bubka who holds the world pole vault record of l9-9 shattered the old meet Mark of ass i set on a Windy Rainy Day in Helsinki four years ago. He won the Competition at l9-2vi when Thierry Vignoron of France and Rodin cataulin of he soviet Union missed at that height. Bubka then had the bar raised to 19 now. An Inch above his world record. Bui Bubka knocked the bar off with his first jump went under the bar on his second and passed on inc final Effort. Franc so Panulla was the local hero of inc next to last Day of the championships Panulla won the 3,000-Metcr St epic see track on. Page 25 new York a defending women s Champi on Martina Navy Alimova and Jimmy Connors the top seeded american in the men s division coasted into the fourth round of the . Open Tennis championships saturday. Navratilova needed just 43 minutes to beat Lisa Bonder 6-2,6-1. Connors ousted Jim Grabb 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 at the National Tennis Center. Navratilova has not lost a set in six career matches against Bonder the Seth ranked player in the world. She can t Hurt me Navratilova said. If she hits a Short Ball the Point is pretty much  Navratilova beat Bonder in an exhibition tournament near Philadelphia last week 6-3, 7-5. Afterwards Bonder questioned whether Navratilova could regain the no. 1 ranking she recently lost to Stem Graf. She was saying i was too old to gel Back to no i and i was t the player 1 used to be said Navratilova who turns 31 next month. It gave me a Little incentive to show her that maybe i m not that old and that i pm still get Back up  Navratilova the no. 2 seed has lost Only nine games in her first three matches but said she was not worried about a Lack of playing time heading into the final rounds. Ill get my practice on the practice  she said. Ill get tested  Connors seeded sixth never lost his serve against Grabb. A former All american at Stanford. Thai s three Guys in a Row that i be never pm Alixi before Connors said. I m getting used to  Connors has not won a tournament in three Yean. But he said he has been playing Well since the French open where he lost to Boris Becker in the quarterfinals. "1 changed my Altitude in Europe he said. "1 said. Forget about it not winning. Play hard have fun enjoy Paris then 1 went to London placed a link ten i and had a vacation. It Arclie Ted the  also advancing to the fourth round were i lib seeded Henri Loco Nile and no. 16 Anders Jarryd. La cont beat Nduka Dizor of Nigeria 6-7 3-76-2, 6-1, 6-2. Jarryd Defeated Amos Mansdorf of Israel 6-3, 6-2, 6-2, in women s play sixth seeded Helena Sutkova no. 9 Claudia Kohide Kilsch and no. 12 Bettyna Bunge won their third round matches Sutkova Defeated Isabel Cuculo of West Germany 7-6 ii-96-1 Kohide Kilsch downed Sandra Cecchini of Italy 6-4, 6-3 and Bunge downed Ann Henri Kesson of Mahtomedi minn., 6-3,6-4. On Friday Chris even became the first woman to win 1,200 matches when she posted a 6-0, 6- Victory Over brazilian Nice Dias in the second round. It was even s 90th open singles Victory More than any other player has Ever won. I did t realize thai was a record until i heard it from of Guys even told reporters. I am always surprised when i hear inc statistics i be Sci a lot of records which i know will be Bro Ken Evert an open Semi finalist every year since 1971, added. Martina Navratilova has already Bro Ken some. But i d like to hold onto a few of them. It would be Nice to have some after i  Navratilova has 1,057 victories. A soft spoken Indian and a liitle known australian also made news at the open on Friday. Unseeded Racsh Krishnan used his Crafty touch to beat no 10 Joakim Nystrom. Qualifier Mark Wood Forde won three tiebreakers to eliminate no. 12 Tim Mayolle. The 26-year-old Krishnan Kepi Nystrom off balance with a mix of off Speed  angled volleys and backhand passing shots in a 6-t, 7-5, 6-2 Victory. The average Guy seems to respond to big booming serves and  did Krishnan who father. A Manahan a a semifinal us at Wimbledon in i960 and 1961. But you have to Realise there Are other ways of getting your message  Woodforde. Who won three qualifying matches to gel into the main draw Siun cd Marouc 7-h, 7-6. .1-6, 2-6, 7-6. The tiebreaker scores Here i. 7-5 and 7-5. Also advancing id he third round of re no. 5 i Lav Mcc Irand no. 14 Emilio Manchiv. Com  nuns 1,200th match and Glim third round  
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