European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 15,1990 the stars and stripes Page 21gilbert, Sampras move into semis Munich Germany apr Brad Gilbert outlasted Aaron Krickstein in an error filled match to win 6-7 5-76-4, 6-3 and reach the semifinals of the $6 million grand slam cup Friday. In the last quarterfinal Ivan Lendl was to play David Wheaton later Friday. Pete Sampras and Michael Chang reached the semifinals thursday. Gilbert was the Only player Able to hold serve in the third set with both players repeatedly breaking each other. Krickstein dropped his serve i grand slam cup his last five service games. Serving for the match Gilbert wasted his first match Point by hit. Ting a forehand Long. A spectacular return Down the line gave Krickstein the advantage but a passing attempt that hit the net and a Long forehand gave Gilbert his second match Point. He converted Quot it with his Lith Ace and finished the match after 2 hours and 41 minutes. Quot a. Quot a. Gilbert had 41 unforced errors while Krickstein committed 36. In thursdays late match Pete Sampras battled Over three Tough sets to beat Goran Ivanisevic 7-6,67,8-6 to reach the semis. Sampras serving for the match in the second set suffered his Only break and went on to lose the tie breaker. But he rallied for his Victory in 2 hours 24 minutes. With no tiebreaker in the decisive set Sampras the . Open Champion fought off four break Points in the ninth game and then broke the yugoslav in the 14th game to Clinch the match. Ivanisevic double faulted on the second match Point. A semifinalists earn $450,000. The Champion will collect $2 Mil lion. A a a a a a a a a. A. A a map Pete Sampras digs out a backhand thursday in route to Victor Over Goran Ivanisevic. Jackson miss a Mississippi state president Don Aid Zacharias told the state College Board on thursday that an exhaustive background Check was made before the school offered Jackie Sherrill its football coaching Job. A the hiring of Sherrill and of Jeff Bower As football coach at the University of Southern Mississippi were unanimously approved by the Board at its regular monthly meeting. Sherrill a 13-year coaching Veteran with a 105-45-3 record Kad resigned his position at Texas a amp a in december 1988 following an internal i Vestiga sum likes Atlanta aide p. 27 Tion of the schools football pro Gram. The aggie were placed on Mcaa probation for two years but Sherrill was never implicated of any wrongdoing. A we did reference checks on him and discussed with Many people his background and experience a Zacharias told the Board. A a faculty member on our athletic Council also checked with individuals who knew Sherrill and we Are extremely proud of our Opportunity to employ Jackie Sherrill Holt season Green Bay wis. Map Green Bay packers quarterback Don Majkowski underwent surgery thursday to repair a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder and. Will miss the rest of the season. Coach Lindy Infante said surgeons who performed the operation in san Diego did not characterize the injury As. Career More on nil on Page 23 threatening but said Majkowski would not be Abie to throw for three to six months. A doctors feel very Good about his chances for full recovery. There was no mention of career ending or anything re Motly like that. The prognosis is a Good one. They feel the repair is successful a Infante said. He said or. Gary Losse and or. David flood initially were performing an arthroscopic procedure la repair an impinged nerve but then discovered a via Inch by a Inch tear in a Tendon in the rotator cuff. The doctors then made a separate i Inch incision to repair the tear in a 90-minute procedure. The rotator cuff is a group of Muscles covering the shoulder joint that connects the upper Arm Bone to the shoulder Bone. It controls shoulder rotation a key motion to a quarterbacks passing. Although Infante said doctors believe Majkowski will make a full recovery radio station extra am in san Diego quoting sources reported thursday that doctors considered the injury potentially career threatening. It did not name the sources. Majkowski 26, was injured nov. 18 at Phoenix and has not played since the second Quarter of that game when he was tackled hard by Cardinal lineman Freddie Joe Nunn. ?. V a \ a a a second year a Reserve Anthony Dilweg has started in place of Majkowski and will continue the rest of the season Infante has said. Last week Dilweg completed Only six passes in a loss to Seattle and was replaced in the second half by third string quarterback Blair Kiel. Notre Dames Lou Holtz. Not a looking to leave Philadelphia despite his denials notre name football coach Lou Holtz has intensified his interest in head coaching positions with the Tampa Bay buccaneers and the Minnesota Vikings according to a published report. Columnist Paul Domowitch of the Philadelphia daily news on thursday quoted sources As saying the impetus for Holtzm a Job _ Hunt is the no aah a 2v-year investigation of the University of Minnesota where Holtz coached in 1984 and 1985. The Mcaa investigation focused on reports of payments to Minnesota athletes including about a dozen football players by Luther Darville former athletic department administrator. Darville was convicted in november 1989 of stealing almost $200,000 of University funds and giving it to athletes. Holtz was implicated by a former school academic adviser who said the coach once gave him Money to give to a player. Holtz is in the final year of his contract at notre Dame he denied wednesday that he is a looking to leave the school. But Domowitch speculated that notre Dame probably would not want Holtz if he is tainted by the investigation