European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 07, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday june 7, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary Agassi to slam Becker s Chance if Boris Becker wins this French open he could Boom his Way to Tennis grandest prize the grand slant. A \ -. A a. A there. Finally wrote it. Kept forgetting to ask Becker about his shot at the grand slam a sweeping the australian open French open Wimbledon and . Open no one else in last week s packed Becker news conferences in Paris asked hint about the grand slam either. A even if no reporter thought of it Becker has to like his chances of becoming the first Man to net the grand slam since Rod Laver in 1969. Three reasons 1. Becker is the. Only Man who can go grand in 1991 he won the australian open in january 2, Becker is playing wonderfully at Roland Garros stadium maybe better than the three other players left in the tournament Andre Agassi whom lie plays Friday Jim courier and Michael Stich. 13. The French open is Beckers toughest obstacle toward a grand slam. He has never won a tournament on Clay. If he wins sunday s final he would be Halfway to glory with the last two biggies winnable. He already owns three Wimbledon titles and one . Open trophy. Then again there a that semifinal with Agassi. This is the player who bashed Becker in the . Open semifinals last september. For two weeks in Paris Agassi has been returning shots with Power that a not possible for a dude 5-foot-11, 175 pounds. Whereas Michael Chang ran Down Beckers missiles Only to Dink them Back to the service line in tuesdays quarterfinals Agassi will fire them Back to the Baseline. Therefore my prediction is Agassi Over Becker in five sets with Agassi winning the firral Over his enemy courier. Agassi will shed his choke lag just a Bucky Fox did in basketball two Mouths ago. That would wipe out Becker s grand slam Hopes. What does this mean not much. 1 saw Paul i Laar Huis destroy Goran Ivanisevic in the second round and said. Quot i icy. This Guy a Anthuis could win he lost the next round1. To Toddi a mind a Guy you would t know if he walked in your room. Y same thing happened wit h him crush Martin Jaite in the second round and oust Marian Vajda it vice third round and said Quot hey this Guy Davin could win i in lost weakly to Stich in the quarterfinals. That s what happens when you float around 15 Roland Garros courts looking at a weeks Worth of Tennis. Its dizzying. Other head Turners a Don t forget Davin. He a 2l a pro since he was 15. Has the prettiest strokes on the planet. Of. He a from Argentina which seemed to have a player on every court at once. A Jimmy Connors. Goes four hours and splits Lour sets against Chang before saying to nuts. As Tine observer put it a think about doing anything for Lour and at 38 years old. Connors said he had to surrender because a i have a body that s been through about four the at doctor said that body better quit the Steak soda intake and Start fueling up on carbohydrates. A Chang. He a still a teen Ager. And ust us Gutsy As. When he won the French in 1989, he ran into am Bushes against Connors and Guy forget a a in tic Middle of a Center court jammed with fans rooting for Chang to a it be. He advanced both times. A Ivanisevic fast year this yugoslav was is and cocky and beating Becker Iti the French open and reaching the . Now he a 19 and a nervous wreck. He not Only gave lip on his serve against Haas Huis Tii also simply gave up. Head melted in his press sessions that a Ifni losing a lot of. Confidence. Becker came lock from two sets Down to beat Todd Avo Davidge. That a Why lies no2 in the world. Maybe l us missing that. It you done to believe Iti yourself you done to hit your his a mos accurate shot was spitting toward a Linesman in Iris first Rimml Victory asked if the umpires. Warning was punishment enough Ivanisevic countered a i can spit anywhere i of. Ivanisevic did say hell Bounce Back at Wimbledon. Stay tuned a the Best looking players among the women Stolfi Graf. Absolutely the Best body of any woman athlete. Among the men Alberto Mancini. A the dump esl looking players Conchita Martinez and Horst Skoff. It would help trashed his Thrift shop ensemble. A various women players w ant prize Money equal to the men. What a joke. Outside of the top players a a Graf. Monica Seles. Gabriela Sabatini Arantha. Sanchez Vicario Jana Novotna and a few others the women play Lollipop Tennis. Moon the Baseline. Its downright Boring. The menus Quot Side was filled with marvelous five setters involving peripheral players a. Forget is Mulivai Washington Aaion Krickstein is. Eduardo Masso Davin is. Vajda the men deserve a of i tic Bucks. A Tho Star and Stripe a bullish As a by Mike littw1n the Baltimore Sun Chicago a Michael Jordan and America discovered the Chicago bulls on wednesday is not a shoe commercial. Its not one Guy dunking through a voiceover. No it s a lot of Guys dunking. Its the Roar of the crowd As a John Paxson shot comes flying from the Corner a a the mar goes up and the shot goes Down. It was Jordan who broke the game open 11 was Jordan making the unlikely look almost Ordinary playing the game Over everyone else a head a Heck even Over his own head a making 13 often incredible shots in a Row. This was not your routine exhibition. This was an Epiphany. I kept looking for to part i know the Earth moved or the Earth under Chicago stadium which rocks like no place to which you be Ever been. The fans Here turn the volume up to 11. In the second half when the bulls broke the game open and Jordan scaled the Heights the place went completely nuts. For Jordan none of the adjectives starting with incomparable begins to work.-.,. I have to Tell you about one shot Jordan driving the Lane Ball in his right hand looking As if he were going for the Dunk except he shifts in midair to the left hand and scoops the Ball off the Glass. You la see it on highlights for Only about a Hundred years and he did it a bless him a just to show off. This was basketball. This was Art. But the real Beauty of this Ganie was that it Wasny to Only Jordan. U. Was Paxson who hit All eight of his Field goal attempts. It was Lorace Grant who. Had 10 Points in the first Quarter a four More than he had scored in All of game 1 it was even Bill Cartwright. Jordan got everyone going and then he tools Over. That show you get a 107-86 Blowout. In the first Quarter Jordan took Only commentary two shots. Honest to gosh. A i thought the tone in that first Quarter and Paxson was on lire a magic Johnson said. A they did what they had to do. They got the crowd involved and after that it was just their game. A Michael can do the unbelievable and lie smelled the win we know All about Michael but Here a one More thing this from his coach plus Jackson a Michael is a Challenge Type of Guy. He a Northc Type who a going to go Mise rate and put an Over and car around son Teone a shoulder. Ties going to say step up chump and make some a a Quot a Alet me introduce you to some of the chumps in Case you missed them in game 1. They were the ones who Jordan said were nervous. Maybe they were. No team since the 77 Portland Trail blazers has won an Aba championship its first year in the finals. A. But no one not even Jordan w As going to win w without them. We can begin with Horace Grant who usually goes by the much improved Horace Grant. He a the Power Forward whose presence made possible the bulls emergence As legitimate contenders. He had 14 Points at the half Hilling on seven of nine shots Many of them Power dunks. It was dear Early that the bigger hut slower. Lakers weren t going to overpower the bulls this Lime around. A i need More a Grant had Viii. And then there a. John Paxson. Remember John Paxson he a the us shooting guard who hit 55 percent of his shots in the regular season. And when he knocked in the shots wednesday night All from Long Range the game looked remarkably easy. You spread the Hall around everyone eels in the flow everyone does his Job local Michael Jordan a Back in the Hunt. Against Byron Scon and you win games particularly when you shoot 61.7 percent. In the first game Jordan outscored the other four starters 3736. This time they got him 68-33. The bulls won 61 games in the regular season and 11 More in the playoffs playing that Way before running Abdul of the lakers in game i. But this time the bulls were the bulls. The. Defense stepped up starting. With Grant and Scottie Pippen who guarded Johnson for much of the game. Everything worked and everyone worked. That was the key a that everyone had to be involved. Before the game Jordan did no to seem As sure of the message or of As lie likes to Eal them his supporting cast. Quot you get them started Jordan said of. His teammates. Quot you come out and see it they get Over their nervous period and eel themselves involved in the offence. This is something they be got to want to a. Jackson also likes Jordan to he Jordan. Quot i had to find a Way to get him More involved in the scoring Quot Jackson said. That really Isnit much of a problem. Its like trying to persuade Madonna to Bowling by the stars and stripes Bowling upwards of in prize Money to he awarded in the second annual Tilburg no tap Bowling Tournai menu scheduled 13 2.1 at the Pitburg Bowling Center. I Here will be menus and women a disk sums with team doubles and singles events. It is not imperative to compute in All. Three events. The menus teams must have live a a 7. Members the women Lour. I he is $2 1. 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