European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday August 31, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 25 Connors offers advice to Mac by Steve w1lste1n new York a Jimmy Connors has some unsolicited advice for John Mcenroe done to quit. Connors four Days shy of 39 and in the third round of the . Open says Mcenroe is Way too Young to think about retiring next year. A the is 32 years old and if he thinks that he has passed his prime i wish he would come sit Down and talk to inc because i played my Best Tennis my absolute Best Tennis when i was 31, 32 years old a Connors said. A i won Here twice in a Row and i won Wimbledon. A i think you re just really reaching your prime when you Are 30, 32, 33 years old. I really do. Tennis Wise maturity Wise concentration Wise. You Are Able to Click on and off a Little better instead of just going on a float for a couple of Connors waved his fluorescent yellow Racket like a Wand and brought his magic Back to the open on thursday night. He frolicked like a teen Ager in his 21st open with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 Romp Over Michiel schapers. Though it was Only a match Between a wild card ranked no. 174 a Connors a and a qualifier ranked no. 430 a schapers a this was another of those special nights for the More than 19,000 fans packing the stadium. Certainly the match lacked the drama and brilliance of Connors comeback from two sets Down against Patrick Mcenroe in the first round. But at a tournament that Connors has won five times the crowd of nearly 20,000 roared for him with affection from the moment he stepped on the court. Connors once armed with a cold steel weapon entered now with his oversized yellow Racket and responded to the cheers by raising it overhead. He played . Open to the crowd throughout the match even leading it to Waves around the stadium after he won the second set. Connors smacked 42 winners 18 More than schapers and rarely made mistakes. But Connors next faces a tougher opponent in no. 10 seed Karel Novacek and even Connors son told him he a concerned about getting past the Early matches to make an Impact on a tournament. Connors lost in the third rounds at both the French open and Wimbledon this sum Mir. Pete Sampras 20, barely strained himself on the court to reach the third round thursday. On a Day when fans and players were collapsing in the heat and humidity Sampras breezed in the Shade of the grandstand when his opponent Wayne Ferreira quit with a sprained ankle while losing 6-1, 6-2, 2-2. The abbreviated match lasted about As Long As Sampras first Rounder a straight sets Romp against Christo Van Rensburg. Ferreira was one of four players who quit in mismatch Cor. Different reasons. Court Side temperatures Over 100 degrees took a toll on Sweden a Christian Bergstrom who retired because of heat exhaustion in a match against Frances Arnaud Boetsch. Aaron Krickstein who upset Andre Agassi in the first round reached the third round when Jaime Yznaga suffered a strained right knee while losing 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 3-2. Thierry Champion retired with a pulled stomach muscle while trailing Anders Jarryd 7-5, 6-2,1-1. Boris Becker continued to look Strong reaching the third round with a 6-0, 7-6 7-46-1 Victory Over Alexander Volkov. Capriati Rolls again Jimmy Connors shows dutch foe Michil schapers his thirty something backhand. New York apr seventh seeded Jennifer Capriati continued her straight sets March through the . Open on Friday afternoon defeating Patricia by 6-1,6-4. The match lasted 1 hour after Capriati needed just 39 and 43 minutes for earlier victories Over Eva Pfaff and Petra Ritter. The 15-year-old Capriati was the first to Advance to the fourth round and she said she Felt Good about her Progress. A of course i think i have a Chance a she said. A you have to go in with that attitude. 1 have been playing Well. 1 have a lot of Confidence. Hopefully ill keep playing Well. Who knows a High flying Lind Baden wings into Pitburg by Mike Bowers staff writer whether you Call them Lindsey or Wiesbaden the flyers definitely pulled this seasons biggest upset. In defeating Rhein main 2413 sunday they also produced the Only Small base Victory in the first week of Cross league matchup. Overall the big bases of the american league were 31. A we simply outplayed them Rhein main a said Lindsey coach Winston guess. A a we re not a the flyers visit Pitburg 3-1 on sunday. A everyone knows you must control bit urge a Wishbone offence and make them pass the Ball a guess said. A a we re working hard with our defense to do just a hopefully we can cause them to make some mistakes. Whatever the Case we wont fold against any team. We done to care if they re big or Small. The flyers Are ready to give anyone a Good football Sembach also 3-1, suffered its first defeat last week and saturday faces a surging Ramstein team that produced a conference High 56 Points last week. A a they re Tough and especially at Home a said third year Sembach coach Ken fears of his neighbourhood rivals. A a they re rejuvenated and have gone Back to the thing that made them great in the past a a a we la just try to hang close and not make Many mistakes. One thing is for sure. There wont be that much of a Home Field advantage. Well pack in As Many fans As they have a fears said. Meanwhile hard Luck taken hold of Rhein main. Has Csc football after blasting off to a 2-0 Start sundays defeat at Lindsey was the rockets second in a Row. The loss also caused Rhein main to relinquish Possession of the Berlin Airlift trophy to the flyers. If that weren to enough they were the Only american league team to lose to an opponent in the National league. Tim Langley the rockets 12-year All Csc offensive lineman blames a portion of the downturn on Lack of offensive execution. A lately our offence Only manages three Downs and punt. That forces our defense to play lots of minutes a said Langley. A defense is the key to winning games. As Good As our defense is who can blame them for getting burned when they re forced to stay on the Field for so Long a a we la keep plugging away and hopefully get Back to winning. In a not worried. It Isnit crunch time yet and the rockets Are always Good in the crunch a Langley said. Rhein main hosts Docster Berg 0-4 on sunday. Greg Madison coach of the wolfhounds said his team has nothing to lose. A most people expect us not to win so there Isnit pressure a Madison said. A a we re trying to get things together and maybe Surprise a few Oesterberg has been playing Tough so far. The wolfhounds biggest losing deficit was to Hahn by 19 Points. They held Sembach to a one Point Victory. A a we be been moving the Ball and getting into scoring position a Madison said. A a we re just not executing when it counts. We get near the end zone and something happens. Hopefully we be solved that problem in this weeks the weekends other game has Hahn 1-3 visiting Spang Dahlem 2-2 on saturday. Spang Dahlum won its second in a Row while Hahn got thrashed by Ramstein. A their passing attack killed us a said Hahn head coach Donald Wright. A to win against the sabers we be got to put a Leash on their two receivers. A that wont work unless we get a Good pass Rush and that has been the main emphasis at practice this week a Wright said. A a we be struggling and hopefully can hang in until we re healthy again. The bad times Arentt Over but we re optimistic. This weekend will let us know where we
