European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I tuesday june 4, 1991 the stars and stripes b / Pago 25french open Paris a top seeded Stefan Edberg getting stronger with each match crushed soviet Andrei Cherkasov in three sets today to reach the quarterfinals of the Trench open. A _. Cherkasov had beaten two other serve and Volley specialists in the Early rounds former Wimbledon champions John Mcenroe and Pat Cash. But Edberg who save his Power game can win on the Clay of Roland Garros stadium encountered no serious trouble in route to a 7-6 7-46-4, 6-3 Victory. �?o1 lungs Are looking Good at the moment a said eds Bera who has never won the French or . Opens. A it would be Nice to finish a career having won All four grand slams but there a still quite a was to go ,. I his is probably the toughest Tor  the 57-minute first set was the hardest Tor Edberg who said he was bothered by a Chilly wind. Cherkasov. Had set Point at 4-5 but squandered the Opportunity with a ground stroke that sailed past the Baseline. In the tiebreaker Edberg made several unforced errors but won the last two Points on service winners. In the final two sets he mixed his attacking game with Long rallies from the Baseline. In the quarterfinals Edberg will meet ninth seeded american Jim courier who downed american Quali tie Todd Martin 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. Martin was ranked 243rd in the world. A a a a a. In another fourth round match monday Between two unseeded players Argentina a Fianco Davin Defeated France s Arnaud Boetsch 7-6 7-24-6, 6-3, 6-1, Davin ranked 69th in the world will face 12th-seeded Michael Stich of Germany who routed promising French teenager Fabrice Santoro 6-3, 6-1, 6-2. The top seeded women moved into the quarterfinals sunday with Littky difficulty. Defending Champion and no. 1 seed Monica Seles was the first top woman to lose a set in the tournament but she rebounded to beat injured Sandra Cecchi 3-6. 6-3, 6-0. The other top women All won in straight sets including second seed Steffi Graf third seeded Gabriela Sabatini and fourth seed Mary Joe Fernandez. Arantha Sanchez Vicario the 1989 Champion and no. 5 seed this year and sixth seeded Jana Novotna of Czechoslovakia . A conc Luta Martinez the seventh seed eliminated 10th seed Jennifer Capriati 6-3, 6-3, then said she  understand Why some people considered it an upset. A. A. A a a people  give her so much attention a Martinez said. A a she a not the no. 1. She san  very Young anti she a a Good player but she a just one of defending Champion Stefan Odberg concentrates on a return monday during his Victory Over Andrei Cherkasov. Many Guiod players  no. 13 seed Nathalie Tauz iat of France had the most difficult match beating Naoko saw Matsu of Japan 75.26.12-10. A a for most of the favourites left in the tournament the a a High pressure matches Are yet to come. For Michael Chang they re becoming routine. Twice in three Days Chang strode on to Center court to find More than 16,000 fans rooting wildly for his rival. Each time he stuck to his game plan kept his poise a and survived. First 38-Vear-old Jimmy Connors excited the a roved with his play. But Chang half his age Hung on until Connors withdrew exhausted in the fifth set. Sunday the opponent was seventh seeded guv for get France s Best Hope Lor a title cheered  Hope Ful partisan fans. Chang won in tour  a i lie Road ahead gets no easier. Next up m a quarterfinal match tuesday is second seed Boris Becker playing excellent Tennis. If Chang beats Becker his semifinal opponent might be. Andr Agassi also in top form. A 1. A. A a a a a. A a a a Agassi ran Oil 15 straight Points at the end tit the lust set to begin a 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 rout of Alberto Mansmi m a fourth round match sunday. 11 is quarterfinal opponent is unseeded Jakob Lla Lask. A Strong Swiss player. A is Chang the Winner Here in 1986, getting accustomed to huge crowds cheering against him a a in a not getting used to it hut i am preparing myself when i know it might  Chang Send. I Irv to concent a on the opponent anti the Ball.  wins grand prix in Montreal Montreal a Nelson Piquet of Brazil won the 23rd Canadian grand prix on sunday after runaway Leader Nigel Mansell of Britain developed Gearbox trouble and slowed Down on the 69th and Piquet the 1982 and 1984 Winner of the Canadian race finished the 69 laps of the 2.8-mile circuit Gilles Villeneuve in. One hour. 36 minutes 27 seconds. Piquet a Thice time world Champion. Trailed Mansell by 57 seconds when the British Veteran s Williams Renault slowed and pulled out. Piquet cruised in to Victory in his Bennaton Ford. A. A v. A Stefano Modena of Italy was second in his Tyrrell Honda and Mansell s Williams Renault teammate Riccardo Patrese of Italy who started from the pole position was third. Buffalo lost in expansion shuffle by John f. Bom att1. T he associated press a Buffalo . Imagine a base Ball player who is too Good Lor the Larm team but not Good enough for the big leagues. I hat describes Buffalo s position in the National league expansion race. A Bob Rich jr., the charismatic catalyst behind tills City s quest fur a  team has worked diligently. But consensus opinion says that Buffalo will be bypassed when major league owners vote on monday. J. A i would say it looks that  said Anthony Violanti whose Book a Miracle in Buffalo chronicles the revival of baseball in this City. Every thing Points to the fact they re not going to get it Quot in 1983,.Rich bought a struggling class a  a group of citizens a including mayor James d. Griffin a who had banded together to bring baseball Back to Buffalo after an eight year absence during the 1970s. One year later he moved up a. Rung on baseball a ladder purchasing a class aaa franchise and moving it to Buffalo four Vears after that the 856 million baseball stadium he d pushed Lor was finished. By the time that 19ss season was Over 1.186,651 fans had paid to see Rich s team play a Only the second time a minor league team had a paid attendance of More than 1 million. And the bosons did it again in 1.9.89. Becoming the lust Moor league team to sell More than 1 million tickets m two straight years. 1 hey also did it last veal and Are on course to do it again. I lie my s Bullaro Bills have set league attendance records in each of the last two seasons and the nil s Bullaro sabres have averaged 97 percent of   tit hit twij.,->ti.i>oii.>. But tin. Bis Yms have the Best facility of the three. Built downtown in a historic pc Etva Tion District. Pilot Field has a Back dated exterior draped Over a state Ofa lie Art Interior. There is a food court offering eve cry thing from Chicken wings to egg Rolls televisions at the Concession stands so that fans won t miss the action a Plush restaurant luxury boxes and a batting Cage in the basement. A one of the bad things about playing Here in Buffalo is that the facilities Are so Nice that you can really gel. Contend playing  said Pitcher Roger Mason. Quot obviously you always Vyant to get to the big leagues but this is not the worst place to  the other big Selling Point for Buffalo is Rich a Community Leader whose family owns the largest a privately held Frozen foods company in tile country and has an estimated Worth of approximately 840 1 million. A following a blueprint established by former commissioner Peter Ueberroth Rich built an open air. Baseball Only Sta Diu with a grass held ami., marshalled the support of the area s political and business communities. A we be played by the rules in the expansion Derby Rich said. We be tried to present a Good ease Lor out Eiliv. Expansion committee chairman Douglas Danforth of the Pittsburgh pirates who had Little bad to say about any of the. Six expansion finalists probably Quot addressed the main stumbling Block when the committee visited Buffalo a you can t do anything about it and we can t do anything about it. But it. Would be great if you had another million people living Here a he said. Of the six finalists Only Orlando has a smaller metropolitan area but the population in that Florida City has been Ris ing steadily. The population in Buffalo s Intro put Itan area Erie and Niagara counties has declined steadily to just under 1.2 million. Although approximately 3 million people live within 75 Miles  of them Are canadians. The numbers seem to work against Bullaro As does something less . The City a National image As a snowbound relic of the rust Belt. A believe baseball Lias sane serious problems that they have got to conf Ion a to make baseball affordable not just Lor Buffalo but for about 18 of the other 26 cities Quot he said. .