European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes thursday november 15,1990atp world championships Agassi destroys Sampras Frankfurt Germany a Andre Agassi remembers the mauling he received from Pete Sampras in the final of the . Open. But he Learned something from it. He realized he had to work on his serve. Since the three set loss that grand slam event Agassi has been doing just that. And when the two met tuesday opening Day at the at world championships the roles were reversed. It was Agassi who fired 10 aces in demolishing Sampras 6-4, 6-2 in just Over an hour. A i was not really out to prove i can beat Pete a Agassi said. A i was More out to prove that the . Open was just a Day out in new York. A after the . Open i realized what a tremendous asset the serve can be. If you can serve that big you done to need a lot of other things to win  Agassi said that a Victory in the at finals a which pit the top eight players in the world in a season ending $2 million event a would be some Consolation for losing two grand slam finals this year. He also lost to Andres Gomez in the final of the French open. A but winning Here would not make up for the loss of two grand slam finals a Agassi said. A to take that to my grave. But winning Here would maybe solidify in Peoples minds that i can win big  a it was a Complete opposite of the . Open a said Sampras ranked no. 5 in the world. A the played flawless  Agassi ranked fourth broke Sampras in the seventh game to take full control of a Andre Agassi slams forehand against Pete Sampras in tuesday at match. The match. In other first Day matches Ivan Lendl no. 3, beat seventh ranked Thomas Muster of Austria 6-3, 6-3, while top ranked Stefan Edberg of Sweden Defeated no. 8 Emilio Sanchez of Spain 6-7,6-3,6-1, Boris Becker the no. 2 who is chasing Edberg a spot was to make his debut wednesday against Gomez. Becker who has a mathematical Chance to overtake Edberg Tore a muscle in his left thigh 10 Days ago. But he said he trained for two hours tuesday and for the first time Felt no pain. In other matches wednesday Sampras was to play Sanchez and Edberg to meet Agassi. Edberg Agassi Sampras and Sanchez Are in one group while Becker Lendl Gomez and Muster Are in the other. After round Robin group matches the two top players from each group Advance to the  end tie beat Montreal by the associated press East Rutherford . Dave Maley and John Maclean scored 44 seconds apart in the third period tuesday night As the new Jersey devils broke a 3-3 tie and beat the Montreal canadians 6-3. Maley put new Jersey ahead 4-3 when he took a drop pass from Pat Conacher and drilled a snot Over the stick of Montreal goaltender Patrick Roy at 8 12. Maclean scored a close in goal and Laurie Boschman added a Short handed goal at 11 35. The devils out shot Montreal 17-9 in the first period and led 2-1 on goals by nil Roundup Alexei Kasat nov and Patrik Sundstrom Montreal pulled even on a Short handed goal by Russ Courtnell at 5 16 of the second period. Brendan Shanahan put new Jersey ahead again at 14 37 and Montreal a Mark Pederson tied it for the last time at 6 31 of the third period. Rangers 1, flyers 1 Philadelphia a new York s Jan Erixon and Philadelphia a Keith Acton traded goals Early in the second period a Derixon put the rangers ahead with a Short handed goal at 2 07. Penguins 4, North stars 1 Bloomington Minn. Goalie Frank Pietrangelo Back after a two game benching made 42 saves and Zarley Salapski scored a Short handed goal for a 2-0 Pittsburgh Lead. The North stars out shot the penguins 43-23. Blues 4, Nordques 2 St. Louis Brett Hull flipped in a. Rebound for his second goal of the game to break a tie with 1 46 remaining As St. Louis handed Quebec a club record 11th straight loss. The setback tied the franchise record set last  pits Louisville against Sec runner up by the associated press the fiesta bowl has decided How to fill its program on new years Day setting off a Chain of events that Means trouble for some other bowls. Quot who would have thought the fiesta bowl would have affected the Independence bowl it is a strange world we live in a Independence bowl chairman Brant Goyne said. On tuesday fiesta bowl officials announced that 20th-ranked Louisville 9-1-1 will play the Southeastern conference runner up a no. 14 Tennessee 5-2-2no. 15 Mississippi 8-1no. 24 Auburn 6-2-1 or a ranked Alabama 5-4. Top ranked notre Dame and no. 8 Virginia already turned Down the fiesta bowl because voters in Arizona Defeated a referendum that would have made Martin Luther Kings birthday a paid state Holiday. The fiesta bowl is played on new year s Day in Tempe Ariz. The Sec Champion goes to the sugar bowl also on College bowl Roundup Jan. 1, and will play Virginia 8-1. That leaves two other bowls the Jan. 1 Gator and dec. 29 peach with the third and fourth place finishers in the Sec. The Gator will match the Michigan Ohio state Winner against the secs no. 3, while the peach gets Indiana against the secs no. 4 team. There is a possible catch though. Some Mississippi players have said they done to want to play in the fiesta bowl because of the politically explosive situation touched off when the nil said it would move the 1993 super bowl out of Phoenix. The school has decided to wait until after saturdays game against Tennessee before taking a stand if its necessary. Bowl invitations can to officially go out until nov. 24, but a lot of schools already have made their intentions Clear. The cardinals decision to play in Tempe became known on monday when they told All american bowl officials in Birmingham ala., they were withdrawing from an Oral agreement with them. Louisville a bowl Day earnings immediately jumped from $600,000 to $2.6 million. No. 25 Southern Mississippi stepped in to fill the a american bowl void on dec. 28, creating another void in the Independence bowl on dec. 15 at Shreveport la Southern miss 8-3 probably Wilt play North Carolina state 6-5 in the All american. The Independence now plans to invite Baylor 5-3-1 to play again t per-1 haps Louisiana state 4-5 or South Carolina 5-4 while the fiesta was having its troubles another Art Zona bowl the Copper bowl at Tucson breezed through its selection process. California 6-3-1 Iii play Wyoming 9-2 in that bowl on dec. 31. I a your players Are As sensitive to this Issue As anybody could be but there a a Strong feeling that we should go Cal athletic director Dave Maggard said. A we could Call attention to this Issue and bring about change that  Aba from Page 21 from Sikma and kept rolling building the Lead to 22 at the half and to 34 with 38 seconds left in the third Quarter. Suns 112, lakers 111 Inglewood Calif. A Phoenix overcame 36 Points by James worthy and took advantage of his missed free throw with one second remaining to defeat struggling los Angeles. The suns got 24 Points from Kevin Johnson and 20 from Tom Chambers to run their record to 4-1 and record their first regular season Victory at the forum in 18 attempts bulls 84, jazz 82 Salt Lake City Michael Jordan a jumper As time ran out gave Chicago the Victory Over Utah. A Basket by Mark Eaton gave the jazz an 82-80 Edge with 2 52 remaining but the jazz never scored again and John Paxson a jumper tied it with 1 35 left. Karl Malone who scored 28 Points for Utah missed shots on Utah a last two possessions. Jordan led All scorers with 29 Points. Warriors 128, spurs 124 Oakland Calif. A Mitch Richmond scored 31 Points and Tim Hardaway and Chris Mullin had 24 apiece As Golden state outlasted san Antonio. The Effort by the warriors Trio overcame a 32-Point, 18-rebound Effort by spurs Center David  its 90�?T umber wolves 88 Houston Quot David Wood tipped in a ass from it c. 11-Pomt halftime deficit against Mineso of s Basket gave Houston an 89-88 Lead after Vernon maxwells missed free throw was rebounded by Thorpe who finished with 20 Points and 13 rebounds. Phrti1/?�?T155�?T nu8sets 129. Portland Ore. A Clyde Drexler had 39 Points 11 rebounds and 12 assists As undefeated Portland beat wingless Denver. Orlando Woolridge the  second leading scorer with a 31.8 average had 30 Points for the nuggets 0-7. Portland jumped to an 81-59 halftime i Lead. The blazers 6-0the a bad a Only j unbeaten team connected on a team record 38 of 56 Field goals 68 percent in the first half surpassing their previous High of 35. Kicks 116, super sonics 110 Seattle Trent Tucker hit a 3-1 Point Basket and Patrick Ewing Sank two free throws in the final minute of Over time giving new York its first Victory Seattle since feb 5,1985