European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes saturday september 29, 1990purdue Hopes Irish Luck ends South Bend i my. A notre Dames Talent poses enough problems for Purdue so coach Fred Akers is hoping the Irish have run out of Luck. Purdue 1-1whose Victory was against division i a Indiana state plays no. 1 notre Dame 2-0 on saturday. The Irish Haven to lost to a big ten team in four years and Are looking to extend an 18-game winning Streak at Home. Quot they arc finding a Way to win Quot Akers said.  Luck has been lighting the path. Make that the lady on the dome As notre Dame coach Lou Holtz likes to Call the Virgin Mary whose statue tops the University s administration building. A tipped pass grabbed by freshman receiver Lake Dawson and another pass caught by Adrian Jarrell after the Ball bounced off a defenders pads sparked fourth Quarter notre Dame comebacks against Michigan and Michigan state. Quot if there is such a thing As Luck you Hope it  continue or at least take a week off Quot Akers said. If it docs notre Dame still has quarterback Rick Mirer. In his two starts Mirer has trailed going into the fourth Quarter Only to Lead winning touchdown drives both times. But the Irish secondary took a blow when Holtz announced All american cornerback Todd Lyght might sit out the season with a hamstring injury. Lyght Hurt his right leg in preseason practice and reinsured it during the opening game against Michigan he did not travel to Michigan state. The notre Dame secondary gave up three passing first Downs on third and Long yardage against Michigan state. Holtz continues to tinker with the inexperienced Backfield naming freshman Tom Carter a probable starter in place of safety George Poorman. That could become a plus for Purdue quarterback Eric Hunter who passed Tor four touchdowns last week in the boilermakers 41-13 Victory Over Indiana state. But the Purdue offensive line crumbled at times allowing the sycamores to sack Hunter four times. Purdue and notre Dame have played every year since 1946. The Irish Lead the series 38-21-2, and under Holtz have taken four consecutive games. Purdue last won in 1985,35-17, at West Lafayette. Foyt eyes Early 91 return Indianapolis a . Foyt said thursday he planned to race again next year even though he still faces a second operation on his injured legs and months of rehabilitation. A i am not emitting. I plan to race indy cars in 1991, the 55-Ycar-old Foyt said from methodist Hospital. A four time Indianapolis 500 Winner Foyt is in fair condition with a broken left leg left Heel and right foot. He also broke several toes and dislocated his left knee and right Heel in a crash during the Road american race in Elkhart Lake wis., on sunday. The crash occurred when the brakes on his Chevrolet powered Lola apparently failed As he raced into a fast right hand turn at the end of a Long Straightaway. The car skidded Over an embankment and the front end was crushed in around his legs. A a it a been real rough but in a making real Good Progress Quot Foyt said. A i owe a lot to or. Terry Trammell and or. Steve Olvey and the cart safety Crew who treated me at the  Trammell an orthopaedic surgeon and director of medical services for cart said Foyt could he walking again within eight weeks. Following rehabilitation he said Foyt should be Able to race again by Early next year. Asked about the immediate future of the Foyt Gilmore team co owned by the Driver and his longtime Friend Jim Gilmore Foyt said his team would bypass a race at Nazareth a on oct. 7. A i still have to have another operation on my left foot. The people at team sponsor Copenhagen racing and Chevrolet Are More concerned about my situation than having the race car on the track and i appreciate their  he said his team planned to run the car at Laguna Seca in Monterey calif., on oct. 21, but that a Driver  be announced until Foyt discussed it with the sponsor a right now in a just trying to concentrate on getting this next operation Over with so 1 can get through my recovery and we can make plans to Start testing for next season Quot he said. Longtime Foyt protege Davey Jones an Simsa sports car Star and part time indy car racer is reportedly Foyto Stop Choice to drive the car at Laguna Seca and in the future when Foyt eventually retires. H a. Foyt. A i am not quitting new look nil ready to goal from Page 21 on two hits after allowing sync Sandberg s double Mark Grace s run scoring Frounder and Andre Dawson a 26th Miner in the first inning. He gave up five hits in seven innings. The left hander who throws with an unusual across the body motion has yielded two earned runs or less in nine of his 11 major league starts and pitched into the seventh in All but three. Tomlin 4-4 has a 2.38 Era and has Given up 10 earned runs in his last six starts. Tomlin was lifted for a Pinch hitter and was replaced by Vicente Palacios who got his third save in As Many opportunities since being called up earlier this month from class aaa Buffalo. The pirates 91-65who Are 26 games Over .500 for the second time this season got a run Back in the first against former pirate Mike Bielecki 7-11 on Wally Hackman s single Jay Belles walk and Bonillas rib single. Bonillas 117 Bis Are the most by a pirate since Dave Parker drove in the same number in 1978. Paul Waner set the club record of 131 in 1927. In other games thursday reds 4, braves 2 Cincinnati a Cincinnati reduced its magic number for winning the no West to two by beating Atlanta on Glenn Braggs two run Homer in the sixth. The reds sixth Victory in seven games opened their Lead to five games Over Idle los Angeles with six games left. Cincinnati was handcuffed on four hits through five innings by Steve Avery 310who was protecting a 2-1 Lead while pitching with a Blister on his hand. But the Rookie walked Eric Davis to open the reds sixth and Braggs hit the next pitch Over the left Center Wall. It was his sixth Homer this season. Tom Browning 15-9 settled Down after pitching erratically in the first three innings. The left hander allowed seven hits a All in the first three innings a and struck out two in seven innings. Acts 6, expos 0 Montreal new York stayed three games behind Pittsburgh in the no East As Ron Darling turned m his second straight solid Start to help the mets beat Montreal. The acts swept the three game series from Montreal and have six games left including the final three games of the season at Pittsburgh. The expos who were eliminated wednesday have lost seven straight games after sweeping consecutive three game series from Pittsburgh and new York. Phillies 4, cardinals 3 Philadelphia Jose Deleon of St. Louis lost 19 games in a season for the second time in his career As John Kruk doubled in two runs for Philadelphia. Deleon 7-19 lasted Only innings As he lost his fifth straight decision to Philadelphia. In those five games he has Given up 18 runs and 25 hits in 15 innings. A Deleon was 2-19 in 1985 for Pittsburgh. By Ken Raporort a hockey writer with Denis Savard in Montreal Scott Stevens in St. Louis and a flood of dynamic Young czechoslovakian players in North America the nil will Nave a different look this year. Those Are Only some of the new wrinkles As the league opens its 1990-91 season next week following a hyperactive summer that included the movement of Many of its High profile players several changes in management and coaching and the bizarre double switch in ownership of the Minnesota North stars. The new season which opens thursday with nine games also features a widespread new age of megabucks salaries for players with names other than Gretzky Lemieux and Yzerman. And the Edmonton oilers who lost one of their greatest players to free Agency will try to win another Stanley cup in a will balanced league where parity has never been More evident. Without Jari Kerri the no la Sall time Leader in playoff goals the oilers wont be the same team that dominated the league for most of the past decade. Given the strength of such teams As Calgary Boston Chicago Buffalo and Montreal along with Edmonton this years Stanley cup race figures to be wide open. Savard was among the biggest names to change jerseys in the off season. A trading Blitz saw such Well known players As Dale Hawer Chuk Chris Chelios Joey Mullen Phil Housley. Brad Mccrimmon Bobby Smith and Claude Lemieux join new teams. Savard one of the no la Stop centers moved from Chicago to Montreal for Chelios one of the leagues top de Fen semen Hawer Chuk went from Winnipeg to Buffalo in a multiple player Trade involving Housley Pittsburgh picked up Mullen in a Trade with Calgary and Bryan Trot tier As a free agent from the new York islanders Calgary sent Mccrimmon to Detroit and Montreal sent Smith to Minnesota for later draft choices and Lemieux to new Jersey for Sylvain Turgeon. But it was Stevens signing with St. Louis that was the stunner ushering in a new Era of free spending in the nil. The longtime Star defens Eman of the Washington capitals took the free Agency route to sign a $1 million per season contract with St. Louis starting a trickle Down effect for other players. Before Stevens signed the contract no defens Eman in the league was making More than $500,000 Ana Only a few players made As much As a million a year. But suddenly such players As Bostons Ray Bourque and Calgary a a1 Mclnnis were boosted into the millionaire class and Paul Coffey was expected to be made a millionaire by Pittsburgh. All three Are defens Emen. In addition the Bruins made right Wing Cam Neely a millionaire Philadelphia right Wing Rick Tocchet signed a contract that will earn him about a million a year and flyers goalie Ron Hextall could make More than a million with incentives. Quot in a not pleased a said Boston pm Harry Sinden Quot because i got in a situation created by other people and i had to capitulate. In a talking about what St. Louis  the blues were among the biggest spenders in the league first rocking the nil salary boat when they signed right Wing Brett Hull to a contract in excess of $1 million a year. These players joined such previous millionaires As los Angeles Wayne Gretzky Pittsburgh a Mario Lemieux and Detroit s Steve Yzerman in that elite category. Edmonton a Mark Messier was also making a million a year a but Only in deflated Canadian dollars. The league will feature a flood of imports from Europe particularly czechoslovakian this season. More than 30 czechoslovakian went to training Camp with nil clubs including such highly regarded prospects As Bobby Holik Jaromir jagr and Peter Nedved. Boston Detroit St. Louis and Winnipeg Are the Only clubs without a czechoslovakian on the roster. Nedved defected to Canada As a Junior two years ago and went second Overall in the june draft to Vancouver which also picked up czechoslovakian defens Eman Iri Sieger. Jagr a right Wing went fourth Overall to Pittsburgh. Holik a highly rated Center was the lot Overall pick in 1989 and joins the Hartford whalers As does his compatriot defens Eman Jergus Baca. Chicago go goalie Dominec hasek and defens Eman Frantisek Kucera. Calgary picked up Center Robert Reichel. New Ersey signed Forward Odeno Ciger. The oilers meanwhile had a player going the other Way when Kerri left to sign with the Milan devils in Italy