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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday september 10,1989 Graf bears Navrat ova new York a it was t a grand slam. It Felt just As Good. Steffi Graf won her third major tournament of the year saturday beating the heat and Martina Navratilova 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the . Open final. The Only blemish on the top seed s record in slam events this year was a final round loss to Arantha Sanchez Vicario in the French open. It s very difficult to play in the four major tournaments and do the Best you ran Graf said. I m very Happy i won another three. That s  in men s play Boris Becker advanced to the final with a methodical 6-4, 6-3,6-4 Victory Over Aaron Krickstein. Grass match ended with an Ace on he second serve. She then sprinted to the court Side boxes to hug her father and several others. Graf has won seven of the last eight majors the third woman to do so and first since Marga ret Smith court in 1969-70 while Navratilova has t won one since the 1987 open when she beat Graf for the title. It was really just a matter of a couple of Points Here and there said Navratilova who received an enormous ovation from the crowd at the trophy presentation. Ill keep trying until those Points go my  the 20-year-old Graf has won each of the grand slam titles twice. She even was up a set and a break but wilted. Graf broke four of six service games in the Sec Ond and third sets. Navratilova has been beaten by Graf the last three times they be met although Navratilova holds 7-6 lifetime Edge. It was grass first win Here Over Navratilova. The first set went on serve through seven games. Graf had three break Points in the third game but Navratilova saved them and held with an Ace. She broke Graf in the eighth game at love and then held serve at love to take the opening set. Navratilova serving superbly hit 82 percent of her first serves in the set. Navratilova blew a break Point in the first game of the second set then broke in the third ame after once again easily holding serve. Guf could t take advantage of two break Points in the next game but she did break in the eighth game to make it 4-4. At 6-5 for Graf Navratilova fell behind 0-40. She saved one set pop. Then put a backhand approach into the net. It was the first set Navratilova had lost at this open she had at least one 6-0 set in each of her first five wins. With Graf leading 2-1 in the final set both players left the court during a break. Graf re Lumen quickly and waited about a minute before Navratilova came Back. But Martina might have left her game behind her. Moments later Graf was in charge breaking when Navratilova double faulted. She broke again in the sixth game and an exhausted Navratilova could Only wave at the clinching Point even on a second serve. Graf 69-2 this year won $300,000 for her 11 the tournament win this year. Navratilova earned $150,000. Pin stomps Boston College Newton mass. A Pittsburgh s defense dominated Boston College As carnal Smith scored on a 57-Yard Fumble return and Marc Spindler set up 10 Points with a blocked Field goal and a forced Fumble for a 29-10 Victory saturday. The 23rd-ranked panthers built a 20-0 halftime Lead before giving up their first touchdown of the season after allowing just two Field goals in seven quarters. Coming off a 38-3 Victory Over Pacific Pitt. 2-0, spoiled the eagles season opener in the Battle of inde pendent schools. Spindler a safety tackle and Smith an end ganged up on quarterback Mark Kamphaus giving Pitt a 20-0 Lead 2 23 before halftime. With a third-and-4 at the Pitt 38, Kamphaus was hit in the pocket by Spindler. The Ball popped out of Kamphaus hand and Smili caught it in the air run Ning for the 57-Yard touchdown. After Brian Lowe s 30-Yard Field goal in the third Quarter and de Toner s 1-Yard touchdown dive 26 seconds into the fourth Cut the Lead to 20-10, Smith tackled Kamphaus for a safety with 9 06 left in the game. Spindler also set up Pitt s first score a 25-Yard Field goal by de Frazier 10 07 into the game. Spindler blocked Lowe s 50-Yard Field goal attempt and the Ball rolled All the Way to the Boston College 17, where the eagles Kevin Lyles recovered. Frazier kicked his Field goal seven plays later. The defense also set up Pitt s first touchdown As Alex Van Pelt and Curvin Richards connected for an 18-Yard score on a screen pass. Jeff Esters batted Kamphaus pass into the air at theline of scrimmage and defensive tackle Tom Sims intercepted it. That gave Pitt the Ball at the eagles 26 and the screen pass on which Richards ran the last 15 Yards made the score 10-0 five plays later. Frazier added a 20-Yard Field goal with 5 35 left in the first half. Pitt finished the scoring with 3 28 to play on Van Pelt s 5-Yard touchdown pass to Henry Tuten. Syracuse thrashes Temple 43-3 Philadelphia a Bill Scharr completed 14 of 20 passes for 154 Yards and no. 14 Syracuse beat Temple 43-3 saturday for its fourth consecutive Victory Over the owls. John Biskup became the first Syracuse kicker to miss an extra Point in 11 years ending the Orange men s Mcaa record Streak at 262. Syracuse playing its season opener had not missed since Dave Jacobs failed against Boston College on nov. 18,1978. Michael Owens gained 91 Yards on 15 carries and scored one touchdown. He also threw a 37-Yard pass that set up another score and punted for 34 Yards on a third Down Quick kick. Rob Moore caught five passes for 116 Yards and a touchdown. Victor Lay completed 10 of 23 passes for 71 Yards for Temple 0-2. Lay became a starter after Matt Baker s separated his shoulder last week against Western Michigan. Qadry Ismail s 56-Yard Kickoff return set up Scharr s 1-Yard touchdown run on Syracuse s first drive. Greg Walker made it 14-0 later in the Quarter on a 1-Yard run after Owen s 52-Yard run on a pitch out. Bob Wright s 43-Yard Field goal pulled Temple to within 14-3 Early in the second Quarter and Fred Cunt or blocked Biskup s 28-Yard Field goal attempt with 6 11 left in the half. But Temple failed to get a first Down punted and Scharr s 33-Yard pass to Moore set up Duane Kinnon s 5-Yard touchdown run with 1 47 remaining. Following Biskup s missed extra Point Rob Thom son intercepted a Lay pass and returned it 45 Yards for a touchdown for a 26-3 halftime Lead. Syracuse scored third Quarter touchdowns on Owens i Yard run and Scharr s 6-Yard pass to Moore. Biskup kicked a 42-Yard Field goal in the fourth quart Wolf pock outruns yellow jackets Raleigh . A Shane Montgomery passed for three touchdowns and ran for another sat urday leading no. 25 North Carolina state past Georgia tech 38-28. Georgia tech trying to win its first Atlantic coast conference in two years has lost 19 of its last 20 games against division 1-a opponents. The Wolf pack 2-0, made turnovers on their first two possessions but led 17-7 at halftime after Mont Gomery scored on a 4-Yard run in the second Quarter and threw a 5-Yard touchdown pass to Todd Varn. Montgomery s third touchdown pass a 4-Yard toss to Mike Kavulic followed the last of Georgia tech s six turnovers and gave the Wolf pack the 38-28 Lead. North Carolina state turned two of Georgia tech s mistakes in scores. Georgia tech closed to 17-14 in the third Quarter when Ken Swilling intercepted a pass and re tuned in 95 Yards for a touchdown. But Reserve tailback Tyrone Jackson capped a 56-Yard drive with a 3-Yard touch Down run at 7 12 for a 24-14 Lead. Georgia tech took advantage of a poor snap and Preston Poag s punt of minus-3 Yards and drove 47 Yards to close to 24-21. Shawn Jones 5-Yard touch Down pass to Jerry Mays capped the drive with 14 56  Carolina state came Back with Montgomery s 21-Yard touchdown pass to Chris Williams with 12 26 left. But . Edwards 41-Yard Kickoff return set up Mays 13-Yard touchdown run that closed the yellow jackets to within 31-28 with 9 46 left. Harris Sparks Mountaineer win College Park my. A major Harris and Garrett Ford ran for second half touchdowns saturday As no 17 West Virginia capitalized on a pair of turn overs and Cal Maryland 14-10. The mountaineers 2-0, trailed 10-0 at halftime but rallied with an interception and Fumble recovery by safety Darrell Whitmore. Maryland 0-2, lost to a top 25 team for the second straight week. Harris who completed 11 of 19 passes for 150 Yards and rushed for 64 Yards on 14 carries pulled West Virginia to within 10-7 on an 8-Yard touchdown run around right end with 9 08 left in the third Quarter. The mountaineers touchdown capped a nine play 65-Yard drive set up by Whitmore s interception. Safe pair advances to interservice Wright Patterson fab Ohio two Safe golfers earned spots on the air Force team that will compete in the interservice championships Here this week after finishing fourth in their respective divisions in the air Force tournament. Berlin s Richard Butler shot a final round 75 Friday on the Par-72, 6,750 Yard men s layout to finish with a 295 in the men s open Competition. His fourth place was matched by teammate Robert Williams of Chick Sands in the seniors division. Williams finished with a 70 on the final Day for a 305 total. Another fourth place finisher for Safe was Ramstein s Georgia Catoe in the women s Competition. Catoc wound up with a 78 on the Par-72, 5,601-Yard women s course to card a 342 in the tournament. Catoe was named As an alternate to the air Force team at interservice. Other Safe golfers in the men s open were in Ciurlik s Clay Carter who had a 79 Friday to finish at 311, and hell Nikon s Mark Mikus who fired a 76 to wind up one stroke Back of Carter in the seniors Safe s Harold Sharbor of Ben Waters carded a 72 Friday for a 311 total and teammate Peter Konowicz of Ramstein finished with an 83 to end up at 319. The Only other Safe golfer in the women s division was Ramstein s Eliza Beth Holcin who shot a 90 Friday to Fin ish at 367. Air training come won the team title with a total of 2,522 strokes. Military Airlift come was second at 2,533, Fol Lowed by unified come at 2,546, us afe s 2,562, logistics come s 2,578, Pacas 2,611, strategic air come s 2,628 and systems come s 2,638. The interservice championships Start tuesday and run through Friday at Wright Patterson. Policeman sues de on Sanders fort Myers Fra. Deion Sanders became a millionaire this week and an auxiliary police offi cer who scuffled with the Atlanta Falcons cornerback last december wants him to pay for their confrontation. Elmer Tony Call has asked for an unspecified amount of Money for injuries he suffered Dur ing an altercation at a shopping mall in fort Myers  
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