European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday june 3,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23 Capriati wins reaches a Sweet 16�?T by Larry Siddons Paris apr Jennifer Capriati a 14 Vear old with the Tennis skills of a scanned no made history today by reach a Ughe fourth round of the French open. Fadi Iati a 6-4, 6-4 Victory Over 12th-Jded Judith Wiesner of Austria made her the youngest woman to Advance so far in any grand slam tournament according to the women a International Tennis association. Capriati displayed the Power and agility that has Given her a 20-4 record and a110 open Iod-20 world ranking since turning pro in March As she beat Wiesner in 73 minutes in her first match on a grand slam Center court. ,.Capriati last years Junior women s Champion Here has yet to drop a set in her first senior grand slam appearance. A her game her ability a she is in the top 10,�?� Wiesner said. A with her size she does no to seem like a 14-year-old. She seems grown the United states was left with three men among the final 16 when fifth seeded Aaron Krickstein was upset by Karol no Vacek of Czechoslovakia 6-2,6-3,3-6,7-6. Krickstein saved two match Points in the 10th game of the fourth set but no Vacek took the tiebreaker 7-2, winning the last five Points. Top ranked Steffi Graf in a match postponed one Day by rain and darkness Friday evening also advanced in straight sets on the windblown Center court. She beat Italy a Sandra Cecchini 6-2, 6-3. The hottest player in Tennis meanwhile kept her winning Streak alive but needed two tiebreakers to do it. Second seeded Monica Seles beat Leila Meskhi of the soviet Union 7-6, 76, winning both tiebreakers 7-4. The 16-year-old yugoslav has won 28 consecutive matches Over six tournaments. Capriati showed All her shots coming Jennifer Capriati returns shot against Judith Wiesner in saturdays third round play. Back from a 3-1 deficit in the first set and refusing to crumble when Wiesner a 20-year-old with almost five yeas of professional experience made a late charge. With Capriati leading 5-2 and the eighth game at Deuce Wiesner ran off eight consecutive Points to pull to within 5-4 and 30-0. A i thought a of no done to let her come Back. I done to want to go to three sets. I want to close her out now a a Capriati said. The kid steadied and got the final four Points of the match. A she keeps going for her shots a Wiesner said. A a there a not one single shot she a not hitting. She a really different from other players that Way. Maybe its a question of age. I remember when i was 14 a that a a strength that she has. She a not showing any the Wita said the Victory Over Wiesner had moved Capriati up to 17th in the world. Next up for Capriati is Mercedes Paz the unseeded Argentine who pulled off one of the tournaments string of big up sets when she ousted defending women a Champion Arantha Sanchez Vicario in the second round. Paz won her third round match Over Celine Cohen of Switzerland 6-1, 7-5. Two americans seventh seeded Mary Joe Fernandez and unseeded Ann Grossman advanced to a fourth round matchup with victories today while Man Uela male Eva and Natalia Zvereva also moving into a meeting in the round of 16. Male Eva a youngest sister Magdalena was beaten by 16th-Seedcd Lauara Gilda Meister of Peru who gets Seles next. Gildemeister was the last player to defeat Seles some 2 i months ago. In the menus Field Goran Ivanisevic who upset second seeded Boris Becker in the first round advanced to the final 16 with a 7-6, 6-1, 7-5 Victory Over Patrick Kuhnen of West Germany. He next plays unseeded swede Niklas Kroon who beat Amos Mansdorf. Seventh seeded Thomas Muster struggled before beating Paul Laarhuis of the Netherlands and 15th-secded Guillermo Perez Roldan eliminated French favorite Yannick Noah in the completion of a match suspended Friday night by rain. Graf was the youngest women a player to win a grand slam match with a first round Victory Here in 1983, at the age of 13. She was eliminated in the second round that year. Capriati now has gone two rounds deeper and joins a select group of 14-year-Olds who have reached that Point including Tracy Austin Kathy Rinaldi and Fernandez. Graf who pulled out of the women a doubles tournament with sinus problems battled a Tricky wind As she beat Cecchini. The match was far from a classic featuring seven service Breaks including the first four games of the second set. But after losing serve in the third game Graf won four of the last five Gams breaking for 5-3 and serving out the sox. Whoever plays cubs by Mario Fox Chicago apr once called Lebanon by the Lake for its Council wars Chicago is still an embattled City. But now its baseball wars not politics that truly Divide this Windy City. On the North Side the cubs Are playing Lousy and that makes South siders real Happy. Almost As Happy As they already Are about their own White sox a Good fortunes. A a there a a song about the South Side Irish. It goes a we Root for our favorite clubs the go go White sox and whoever plays the cubs a a says Veteran sports columnist Bill Gleason a South Side irishman himself. A whenever i hear of a person rooting for both teams i know he a not a real baseball fan. It does no to work that Way a says Gleason. A some families Are divided mostly by families like Bob Skolnik a. He became a sox fan like his Mother while his dad a bom a West Sider a follows the cubs. A i spent my childhood rooting against the cubs. I was Happy to see the mets with former sox a1 Weis and Tommy Agee beating the cubs in 1969,�?� says Skolnik a former South Sider who lives in suburban Willowbrook. Only mayor Richard m. Daley a a die hard sox Tan like his late mayor father Richard j. A tries to show support for both teams. A its wonderful when both teams win a says Daley the skilled political. But sox reliever Donn pall who grew up in the Southwest suburb of Evergreen Park warns a the real sox fans just hate the cub fans meantime Are Down in the dumps about their teams fifth place performance this year alter winning the National league East last season. What makes matters worse is that the White sox Are doing Well a says Jerry Pritikin a bleacher regular at Wrigley Field. But a cubs fan seems to tolerate the White sox More than a White sox fan does the cubs. A we understand Why there Are sox fans. There is another league. They Are american league fans a says Pritikin a self employed promotions Man. Pritikin even plans to attend a White sox game this year because its the final season for 80-year-old Comiskey Park. A if the sox win the Pennant it would be great for the City and great for sox fans a he insists. Cub fans also differ from sox fans in that they go to the Park even when their team is a loser. A there is a new generation of cub fans who Are getting into the habit of supporting the team no matter that they do a says Pritikin. The City is divided North and South by Madison Street and that slices up the baseball loyalties As Well. But More than geography comes into play in baseball wars. White sox fans have been Blue Collar working folks from the South sides once dominant steel Mills chemical plants and the now closed hog butchering stockyards. They have had Little time for yuppies those White Collar types who populate the Wrigley Ville neighbourhood around the cubs Park. What better sign of working class habits than Beer drinking. A vendors Tell me sox fans drink More Beer a says Gleason. These Days White sox officials say their Job of filling Comiskey Park is made harder because they insist the cubs Are the Darlings of Chicago Media and Power brokers. They cite the Tribune ownership of the cubs. A the cubs Are just the dominant team in Chicago a says Rudy Schaffer former business manager of the White sox. But Gleason does no to buy that argument. A Check the press coverage. Check their attendance. They both go with the Winner a says Gleason. But on tuesday night the two teams played night Home games for the first time in Chicago baseball history a the cubs having added lights Only two years ago a and the second place White sox were outdraw 28,925 to 15,353, although they had a far better record. When Bill Veeck ran the sox the larger Comiskey Park often outdraw Wrigley no matter which club was ahead in the standings. Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn took Over from Veeck and although they brought an Al West Flag to Comiskey Park in 1983, they also were guilty of some blunders that alienated Many fans. They put sox games on pay to they let broadcaster Harry Caray slip Way in 1982 to the cubs and they threatened to move the team to Florida in 1987 until they got a publicly financed new stadium. A we suffered from an image problem a general manager Larry Himes said. A when it looked like we were moving to St. Pete that did no to set Well with a lot of sox but Gleason thinks the teams biggest mistake May have been made in 1969 when the leagues were divided and White sox were a a suckered into the Al West. A the sox lost their rivalries of seven decades with the Yankees red sox indians and tigers. They were always big draws a he says. Even some White sox players have an inferiority Complex about the cubs popularity in Chicago. A no one Ever talks about the White sox and i done to blame them. This has been a last place team a shortstop Ozzie Guillen said. But bullpen Ace Bobby Thigpen says a a it a brought up All the time that the cubs Are More popular. But its up to us to get people to
