European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A a a. A. A. A a rain comes too late to bail out Mcenroe by Steve Wilstein a Tennis writer Wimbledon England the cursed rain intruded again on this wettest of Wimbledon too late to save John Mcenroe from a Stormy exit and too soon to suit Martina Navratilova. The rain pelted Centre court on tuesday just As Navratilova was scratching Back against a fusillade of forehand by Jennifer Capriati the girl with a look of a future Champion. Capriati Calls the nine time Wimbledon Winner a a a Leger but certainly did no to play in Awe of her in taking the first set 64 before falling behind a break at 3-2 when the rain  Edberg had Long since endure Wimbledon Mcenroe a foul mouthed tantrums and rare moments of artistry to beat the three time Champion 7-6,6-1, 6-4. A Brouhaha developed Over whether Mcenroe would be fined for abusive language toward a Linesman that was broadcast albeit with bleeps on British television. The Only punishment Mcenroe received during the match was from de bergs serves and volleys. Jim courier and David Wheaton the Vanguard of a new generation of americans making their Mark in menus Tennis joined Edberg in the quarterfinals along with Michael Stich. Guy forget led Tim Mayotte 4-3 in the fourth set and Thierry Champion led Derrick Rostagno 4-1 in the. Fifth set  rain hit. Steffi Graf the women Stop seed had already taken off after reaching the semifinals for the fifth straight year with a 6-1,6-3 Victory Over no. 7 Zina Garrison. The american beat Graf in the semifinals Here last year before losing to Navratilova. Mary Joe Fernandez the women a fifth seed reached the semis Here for the first time beating fourth seeded Arantha san Chez Vicario 7-5, 3-6, 6-1. Capriati 15, displayed As much Power and poise As the 34-year-old Navratilova but offered a contrasting style. Whereas Navratilova charged the net at every Opportunity Capriati slugged from the Baseline and came in Only when she had Navratilova very deep and off balance. Capriati a most effective weapons proved to be her return of service and forehand passing shots. After an Exchange of Breaks in the eighth and ninth games of the first set Capriati broke Navratilova again with two forehand returns on the final two Points. Navratilova complained about the last Point a Crisp pass Down the line because she thought the serve had been Long. The Brief argument got her nowhere and she had to regroup quickly to stay in the match. Three time Champion John Mcenroe reacts to being a a outplayed by Stefan Edberg. The stars and stripes july 3,1991 Page 28 Capriati started out the second set with a service Winner and an Ace. Navratilova pounced Back with four straight Points to break her and nearly got another break in the fifth game. But Capriati survived four break Points to hold to 3-2. Edberg said he could see a the greatness out there in Mcenroe a wrist flick volleys and sweeping serves yet knew the 32-year old american  keep it up. Mcenroe histrionics and complaints started Early a sure sign he was headed for trouble. Angry with himself for hitting a backhand wide with Edberg serving in the sixth game of the match he dropped his Racket and pouted then went on to lose see rain on Page 22u.s. Routs Guatemala in soccer Pasadena Calif. Up Bruce Murray extended his National record with his 15th career goal and added an assist monday night to spark the United states to a 3-0 rout of Guatemala in the con Cacao Gold cup soccer tournament. Brian Quinn and Eric Wynalda also scored and goalkeeper Tony Meola needed to make Only two saves As the . Team won for the second time in As Many matches in the eight nation event. With its most lopsided Victory in 22 contests the . Squad improved to 3-13 under Bora Milutinovic. It is unbeaten in its last five matches under its new coach. In the evenings first match at the Rose bowl Trinidad and Tobago got a Fluke foal from Reserve Alvin Thomas in the 9th minute for a 2-1 upset of Costa Rica. A crowd of 6,344 watched the doubleheader. With one set of first round games remaining the United states leads group 3 with four Points. Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica have two apiece and Guatemala has none. The top two teams Advance to the semifinals Friday night at the los Angeles coliseum. Today at the coliseum the United states plays Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago faces Guatemala. Honduras and Mexico Are 2-0 in group a and have already clinched semifinal berths. The championship match is scheduled for sunday at the coliseum. Murray appearing in a .-record 59th International match beat Jorge Marotta from close Range in the 11th minute to open the scoring. That gave the Washington born midfielder a goal in each of the last two games. Quinn gave the tournament hosts a 2-0 Lead in the first minute of the second half with a 35-Yard kick. Murray a pass then put Wynalda in position for another goal in the 52nd minute. Conc Acaf is the confederation of North Central american and Caribbean association  s Bat pops pirates Streak inside sports Aba draft overlooks dream a Sleeper a Page-22 preview of 78th tour de France a Page 25 yanks Back to Back blasts bomb indians a Page 26 73-year-old athlete lookup to dad a Page 27 Chicago apr just when the Chicago cubs needed him most there was Ryne Sandberg. With the cubs facing a 5-2 deficit in the eighth Sandberg hit a two run Homer that along with Jerome Walton a Homer in the ninth forced extra innings. Then in the 13th, Sandberg punched a single to right to drive in Damon Berryhill with the run that gave the cubs a 6-5 Victory Over the streaking Pittsburgh pirates. Cubs manager Jim Essian called it a a great emotional win. The Guys were excited and cheering in the  a it was a great ballgame a pirates manager Jim Leyland said. A but it had a freakish end. With two outs you think you re other monday baseball on Page 26 out of the inning. Then a Guy gets hit with a pitch then a walk and Sandberg fought off a Good pitch. He a a Tough  with two out in the 13th, reliever Stan Belinda 3-2 hit Berryhill with a pitch Mark Grace walked and Sandberg got his fourth hit of the game to drive in Berryhill. Bob Scanlan 3-3 got the Victory As the cubs stretched their winning Streak to three games  the pirates five game win Streak. Bob walk bidding to improve his record to 7-0, left after five innings with a 4-2 Lead that the Pittsburgh bullpen could not protect. Neal Heaton pitched a scoreless sixth and seventh before Grace walked to open the eighth. Vicente Palacios relieved and Sandberg greeted him with a two run Homer his 13th. The cubs tied it 5-5 in the ninth on Walton Sladoff Homer off pirates Relief Ace Bill Landrum who blew his first save Opportunity of the season in 16 chances. Andy Van Slyke had four hits including a Home run and drove in three runs for the pirates. Van Slyke singled in a run in the first inning broke a 2-2 tie with his seventh Home run in the fifth and singled in another run in the seventh