European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday. September 8.1988 Agassi t 8, faces Connors 36  new York Andre Agassi say hello o Jimmy Connors America say hello to your Tennis past and future. Which Tine owns the present might be decided thursday night in the quarterfinals of the . Open. Agassi run let fourth in the world and the hottest player on the men s tour beat 16-year-old Michael Chang 7-5, 6-3. 6-2 tuesday night. The in year of sensation fro Las vegas. Ncv., Winner of six tournaments this year and Riding 22-match winning Streak will Lake on Connors at 361 he Prantil old Man of the game. In Mirs Hill cd Jorge to Ano of Mexico 6-1, 6-2, 6 0 on . The five Lime open Champion has been inc Sie Jurii St of the remaining men s seeds. " Giu is if you sit Baek and look at it Agassi said with Alt the Upens and Wimbledon a he has won it is new Vunah used. But he s still very capable out  Connors and Agassi have never played an official match Lam year. Connors quit in the first set of an Canh bilion because of heat exhaustion. But when Agassi was 4 years old his birthday pre sent was a session of hitting balls with Connors. If i played with him when he was 4. Great i had a Good Lime playing with him Connors said. If he is18 now i will have a Good time playing with him  the Only non american to Advance to the quarterfinals on tuesday was top seed Ivan Lendl a native of czechs Lovalia who lives in Greenwich conn., and is seeking . Citizenship. Lend beat Jakob Flasck of Switzerland 6-4, 5-7.6-2.6-4. I m on and off said Lindl who is after an unprecedented fourth consecutive open Crown. I hit the Ball extremely Well for a couple of games und then for a handful of games i Don t hit it that Well. Rut. On the other hand i m still fit and Quick and i m compel ing  lend faces Derrick Rostagno of bran Wood. Calif., in the quarters. Rostagno beat Ronald Agnor of Haiti 6-2, 3-6. 6-1,6-3 on tuesday in men s quarterfinal play wednesday no. 2 mat Wilander of Sweden faced Emilia Sam he of Spain and Aaron Krio Sicin he other remaining american continued his comeback against Darren Cahill of Australia. Women s quarterfinals included no. I Steffi Graf against no. 14 Kal Crina Malcova of Bulgaria no. 2martina Navratilova against Zina Garrison third seed Chris Evert is. No. 6 Manuela Jalecya of Bulgaria and no. 5 Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina against no. 16 Larisa Savchenko of the soviet Union. Graf is just three victories from completing the first grand slam since 1970. Agassi and Chang s combined Ages Don t equal that of Connors in fact Chang finds it strange that Jimbo is still on tour. Jimmy s weird he said the Guy is 36, his feet Are killing him and he s Mill out Here in the . Open quarters. That s so uncommon. I guess it s his love for the game that is so  Chang never got into the match with Agassi. Still he termed his second open u  think i be improved a lot and. I you had seen me last year you would notice the improvement he  serving has improved my volleying conditioning have improved  Are More solid. There s no Tell ing How Good i can , who has gotten so Good that i is the Young est american Ever ranked in the top live said he understood Why the crowd of 20,805 the open s big Gest night session this year favored Chang "1 can t blame the  Agassi said. I think it will be More for Jimmy too because of How Long he s been Here the respect they have for  Agassi Chang Connors and Krickstein getting most of the attention As americans surged at their optional championship Rostagno seemed to sneak into the final eight. It is the Best showing in a grand slam event for the 22-year-old."a lot of my friends told me i could get to the quarters or  he said. I Lake a match at a Tim and go on from in arc. If the seed does t lose Iii play him. If not i la play he Guy who won after tuesday s play there were eight men remain ing half were americans the Best Effort since 1983. Maybe the Talent has been out there All along. Connors said. And now ii s just  no from Page 17 Lowed three hits and one run in 7vj innings. With one out in the eighth Mike Davis hit a Pinch double and moved to third on a Fly Oul. Smith walked Pinch hitter Chris Gwynn and Assn Machor relieved. Kirk Gibson then tied the score to with an infield single to first. Pintle 3, Mats 2 Pittsburgh John Smiley allowed five hits in 8/j innings and Glenn Wilson hit a two run double in the first inning As Pittsburgh Defeated new York. The loss Cut inc mils Lead to nine games Over Pittsburgh in the no East. The pirates Are 5-11 against the acts ill is season salvaging one game in each of the five series played Between the two teams this year. They will play their final two games at Shea stadium next week. Smiley 11-9. Won for Only the second Lime in 10 starts since the All Star break. Gregg jct Ferias led off inc ninth inning with his third Home run to make it 3-2, and two outs later Jim Golt relieved and earned his 26lh save Cardinal 1, sex Post St. Louis Jose Deleon pitched a three hitter and struck out 12 to Lead  past Montreal the right hander also had two of the cardinals three hits and he scored the Only , 10-s, walked Only one As he Uuttu Clad Dennis Marline 15-11. Mar Lincz yielded three hits and the one run he allowed was the first earned run he has permitted to inc cardinals in 34 innings this season. Phillies3, cobs 2 Chicago Juan Samuel drove into runs and Marvin Freeman won in he majors for the first Lime in two years As Philadelphia Defeated Chicago 3-2.freeman, 1-2, allowed four hits in seven innings including Andre Dawson s 22nd , who spent the entire 1987 season in the minors was 2-0 the pre Vious year after being recalled from read ing in september. Up docs 4. Giant 3san Francisco Tim Flannory s two out Pinch double in the ninth inning scored Roberto Alomar from first base Logie san Diego a Victory Over san fran Cisco extending the padres winning Streak to five  i arcs who have won nine of their last 12 games look Over fourth place in the National league West percentage Points ahead of the giants who lost their fifth straight  scored when Flannory hit a drive into the left Field Corner Oft reliever Scott Garrelts 5-8. Flannory was hitting for winning Pitcher Denn is Rasmussen 13-s. Mark Davis gel his 26th save by Piteh ing the ninth giving him a Streak of 27 consecutive scoreless innings in Relief. Al from Page 17 mils turn Twiefel is taken out of an 8th-Innins double play by pirates John cant Tosi. 10th and 1 Ullh Home runs in the fourth and seventh  to Yankees 0 new York Greg Swindell pitched a three Hitler and Ron Kittle it his Iklo Home run to Lead Cleveland Over new  Leiter 4-j. Making his first appearance since june 21, gave up three hits in five innings throwing so pitches. He allowed a Lead off Homer to Kittle in the fourth inning. Swindell. 15-13, struck out eight and walked three. Mariners 8, twins 3 Minneapolis Harold Reynolds drove in three runs As Seattle Defeated  Campbell 6-8, allowed five hits and two runs in 6j innings for the Victory. Mike schooler pitched the final 1% for his Lith save allowing no hits and striking out three. Royals 3, Angels 2 Kansas City to. Frank White s single up the Middle scored two runs to give Kansas City its Victory Over  the Angels had scored twice in the top of the ninth to go ahead the Roy als loaded the bases on a single by George Brell a double by Willie Wilson and an intentional walk to Bill Buckner. The loser was Greg minion 3-4, who relieved Terry Clark who gave up Only five hits to Start the ninth. Rangers 3, Allt tics 1 Arlington Texas Charlie Hough struggling with a 3-s record since july 4, scattered seven hits Over 8% innings id Lead Texas past Oakland breaking a six game losing Streak for the , 12-15, had command of his Knuck Ball which has been erratic Over the last two months. But he is 15-5 lifetime against Oakland and unbeaten in his last eight decisions against the athletics