European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 06, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday septembers 1989 the stars and stripes my Mph him bal  a by he Nib Connors Routs no. 3 Edberg Lendl struggles Page 21 sports by Barry Wilner new York a Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lindl. Who have dominated inc . Open for the last two decades showed Why by gaining this year s quarterfinals but in varying manners Mon Day night. Connors bounced Back Strong after suffering debilitating cramps and dehydration in pulling out a Victory two Days ago by upsetting Stefan Edberg 6-2. 6-3. 6-1. The 13th seed and five time open Champion lost the first two games of the match then routed the no. 3-ranked swede. I played the kind of match everybody dreams of playing said the 37-year old Veteran the oldest player in the tournament. Connors dream was Edberg s night Marc. He played one of those matches like the one Mcenroe said he had like on that you would never want to have in your career Connors said referring to John Mcenroe s second round ouster to a qualifier Paul Laarhuis. Top seed Lindl pushed 19 the limit Byich attacking style of Andrei Chesnokov called on Alt his Power and guile rallying to beat the 16th seed from the soviet Union 6-3,4-6, 1-6,6-4,6-3. Connors needed medical treatment for More than two hours after his saturday win. But he was Vintage Connors against Edberg. Shrugging off three warnings from the Umpire for using abusive Lan Guage an incident which seemed to juice him up. The second game of the second set was awarded to Edberg and Connors then sat Down in his court Side chair rather than resume play. U. S. Open after talking with referee Gayl Bradshaw Connors conceded and resumed play. And he continued the Romp needing Only 102 minutes to move into the quarterfinals for the 16th time. For me it s great to come out an play like that Connors said. It s Excel Lent for my feeling to continue to go out and play like this. "1 love playing Here. I la always re member this place. I be played some of my Best Tennis  Lendl a three time Winner Here and a finalist every year since 1982. Slugged tout on the grandstand court with Chesnokov for 3 hours 45 minutes. They matched powerful forehand and madly spinning backhands before Lindl s break in the seventh game of inc final set proved decisive. Lindl 111-8 on hard courts since 1986, made an astonishing 73 unforced errors to 42 for the soviet player. In the end Lindl had won Only four Points More than Chesnokov. Sixth seeded Andre Agassi cased to a 6-1,7-5, 6-3 Victory Over Jim Grabb fora quarterfinal berth opposite Connors. Agassi wore Down Grabb. I think he was a Little tired from his last match he said. I played the percentages. I set the stage Early. If you re going to beat me you re going to hit a lot of balls and work for it. I be been working on my serve and come a Long Way with it. It s More of a weapon now. Before it was not a weak Ness or a strength just a Way to get the Point started. Now it has turned into a  Jimmy Connors 37, runs Down o forehand during his dream match monday night. George leads late rally As Zillini stun no. 5 us los Angeles a Jeff George threw two touchdown passes in the final six minutes of the game the last a 20-Yardcr to Steve Williams with 2 19 remaining to give no. 22 Illinois a 14-13 Victory Over fifth ranked Southern Cal monday night. Doug Higgins provided the winning conversion As George rallied the Zillini from a 13-0 deficit in the season opening game for both teams. After hooking up with Shawn Wax on a 53-Yard tipped scoring pass with six minutes to play George marched the Zillini 80 Yards to the winning score. The trojans got the Ball Back twice after the second Illinois touchdown but Rcd shirt freshman quarterback Todd Marinovich starting in place of injured Pat College football o Hara was unable to move the team. An interception off Marinovich by Henry Jones at the Southern Cal 44 with less than two minutes to play helped ice the Victory. Marcus Hopkins had Given Southern Cal a 10-0 Lead in the third Quarter when he blocked a punt scooped up the Ball and ran 37 Yards for a touchdown. Southern Cal kicker Quin Rodriguez provided the rest of the scoring in the defense dominated game. Rodriguez kicked a Field goal of 37 Yards in the second Quarter and another of 36 Yards in the third period. George who threw for 2,257 Yards last year finished the game with 27 completions in 43 attempts for248 Yards with one interception. Marinovich who got the starting Job when o har went out with a knee injury during a scrimmage completed 14 of 27 for 120 Yards in his debut with on interception. Neither team was Able to move the Ball on the ground. And until George struck for two touchdowns in the final Quarter neither quarterback was Able to generate any consistency on offence. The Zillini who finished last season with a 6-5-1 record had lost nine of 10 previous meetings with Southern Cal. The last Zillini Victory Over the Trojan was in 1935. Inside sports schedules and results for a new College season parc 23 nil "89 looks at the pfc Central division Page 23 nil kicks off sunday. Team by team schedules Page 26 giants cubs jays win As lose Page 26 Johnson loses  27 Sophab paces Colorado Over Texas Boulder Colo. A soph Omore quarterback Darian Hagan Mak ing his first collegiate Start ran and passed huh ranked Colorado to a 27-6 Romp Over Texas monday night. Hagan accounted for 116 Yards Rush ing including a 4-Yard scoring run Early in the final period and a 75-Yard dash that set up Colorado s first to. He passed for 95 Yards including a 5-Yard scoring toss to fullback George Heming Way in the first Quarter. The Colorado defense sacked Texas quarterbacks five times and forced the longhorns into numerous hurried throws. Hagan elevated to the Starling Job after senior Sal Agnesc was discovered to have inoperable stomach and lung can cer in the Spring staked the buffaloes to a 14-0 first Quarter Lead. On the game s second play from scrimmage Hagan darted off the left Side and ran 75 Yards before being hauled Down from behind at the Texas 2-Yard line. Two Pla s later. Eric  one Yard for a 7-0 Lead. The buffs made it 14-0 on the final play of the Quarter. Hagan completed Al four of his passes on the 80-Yard drive capped by the 5-Yardcr to Hemingway. The longhorns capitalized on Colorado mistakes to get two second Quarter Field goals from Wayne Clements. A fumbled punt return set up Clements 22-Yardcr,and a personal foul was a key play in a drive that produced a 29-Yardcr. Colorado s Ken Culbertson converted a 36-Yard Field goal on the final play of inc half for a 17-6 Colorado Lead Culbertson added a 29-Yardcr later in the third Quarter and Jeff Campbell s 33-Yard punt return set the stage for Hagan s score less than three minutes into the final Quarter