European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Connors pulls crowd into semis with him the stars and stripes by Hal Bock new York apr five Down. Two to go. Jimmy Connors remarkable run through the . Open continues unexpected unabated and unbelievable. The Speed bump on thursday night was Paul Laarhuis who was Over matched against Connors and a howling National Tennis Center crowd of 20,000 fans that is going along on this joyous journey. Connors won 4-6, 7-6 7-36-4, 6-2, moving into the semifinals at 39, the second oldest Man to make it to that level in . Open thursday the open Era. _ he is playing dramatic dominating Tennis seizing opportunities taking no prisoners. Against Laarhuis he used four dramatic lobs in a break Point that kept him from falling two sets behind. The crowd erupted and Connors waved his Racket at them looking like Zubin Mehta conducting the new York philharmonic. From then on the match was his. Laarhuis said the fans did no to disturb him. A i handled the crowd a he said. A it  handle Jimmy  neither has anybody else. There is a Connors Karma operating at the National Tennis Center. Even Jimbo is feeling it. A in the third set a he said a i started seeing everything. The Ball looked like a basketball. That was As Well As in be Ever seen  _ at 39, when others Are being fit for bifocals Connors eyesight appears to be getting sharper. Laarhuis who won the first four games losing just three Points went South after that. A in the fourth set there was an unbelievable Lull in his face his stride his game a Connors said. A i thought it was time to jump on him take advantage and get out of  Case closed. This open Saga began in a most unlikely Way with Connors Down two sets and a service break in the third of his first match against Patrick Mcenroe. He , open semifinalist Jimmy Connors pumps the crowd up thursday in new York. Rallied to win the match in five sets. Navratilova bounces Graf new York apr Martina Navratilova used a booming serve backed by aggressive net play to reach the final of the . Open for the eighth time in 11 years Friday eliminating lop seeded Steffi Graf 7-6 7-26-7 6-86-4. Navratilova has won the title four times the last one in 1987, when she Defeated Graf. That was also the last time before Friday that she had beaten Graf losing four straight meetings since then. Graf bidding for a fifth consecutive inside sports Pippen healthy bulls can repeat a Page 22usafe football results schedules a Page 24a�?Ts turn Back tigers jays win a Page 26stadler, Benepe Lead tourney a Page 27 . Open Friday trip to the open finals had not lost a set in Ner first five matches. But Navratilova the sixth seed ended that string by winning the first set tiebreaker 7-2. In the second Navratilova broke Graf in the eighth game and was serving for the match. But Graf broke Back to get the set Back on serve and Force another tiebreaker. After Graf rushed to a 6-2 Lead Navratilova avoided four set Points to tie. But september 7,1991 b Page 28 this for real i done to know. I can to de Connors appreciates the fairy tale he is scribe this to you. It la take is  weaving. A to come in Here and play like fore i can Tell you what happened Here. This against the Best players in the world a a and it s not Over yet. That s the Best there a no Way to describe it a he said. A is  Graf won the next two Points to Force the third set. Navratilova broke Graf three times in the final set to Nail Down the 1,307th singles Victory of her career two shy of Chris Evert a record. She now plays for the open championship against the Winner of fridays other semifinal Between no 2 Monica Seles and no. 7 Jennifer Capriati. The women a final is sandwiched Between the two menus semifinals on the tournaments super saturday program. For third Athens Greece a its Only a Bronze medal but it took a Gold medal Effort from the . Cism basketball team to earn it with a 95-94 Victory Over Greece on Friday. Robbie marry a drive with 5 seconds on the clock gave the . A 95-93 Lead and the americans had to endure the longest three seconds in basketball when they gave the greeks a couple of chances to Send the game into overtime. The . Fouled their hosts on the inbound and Glorios Stop politha went to cism basketball the line with 3 seconds to play and a Chance to tie. Stop politha who finished with 21 Points nit the first but missed the second setting off a scramble for the rebound which went off a greek player. That seemed to Seal the Victory but Marr was called for Over and Back with 1.2 seconds to play. The greeks last Chance went by the boards however As the inbound pass was tipped away. A it was a Good Call a acting . Coach Quinten Freeman said of his teams hear stopping final turnover. A but i did no to think the referee would Call  the finish was appropriate for a game that saw seven Lead changes in the last 13 minutes As the greeks erased the americans 55-47 halftime advantage. It was the second time that the Host team had wiped out . Leads with inside scoring. They came from 29-15 Back to 45-44 ahead just before halftime and Only a late run capped by leading . Scorer Ronnie Gipson a 20 Points successful one and one provided the halftime Lead. Michael Parks had 18 Points Ralph Baltimore 16, Melven Jones 15 and Marr 13 for the . Team that Freeman said a showed a lot of heart during the 16-team International military tournament. A although we were smaller inside we were Able to put runs together and except for the game with France a 92-83 loss thursday we played excellent  _ France won the Gold medal beating the soviet Union 84-75 in the title game. Vols defeat Louisville 28-11 Louisville by. Up Carl Pickens scored on a 67-Yard punt return and a 75-Yard pass play thursday night to Lead no. 9 Tennessee to a 28-11 Victory Over Louisville. Pickens who caught four passes for 98 Yards scored on the punt return in the fourth Quarter to Seal the win for the volunteers 1-0. The cardinals 1-1, were playing before 40,457 loud Home fans the largest crowd Ever to watch a game at cardinals stadium. The cardinals who had their eight game winning Streak snapped were out gained 421-211 by the volunteers who won despite five turnovers. Louisville moved As close As 21-11 Early in the fourth Quarter on Jeff Brohme a 20-Yard pass to Randy Wyatt and Brohme a two Point conversion. But Pickens then clinched the win with his punt return with 10 49 left. Andy Kelly hit 10 of 20 passes for 150 Yards with two interceptions for Tennessee. Brohm finished 14 of 25 for 133 Yards but was sacked seven times and suffered a fractured leg with 5 09 Leftin the game. After Pickens hauled in a pass from Kelly and took it 75 Yards to give the volunteers a 7-0 Lead in the first Quarter Louisville intercepted a Kelly pass and drove to the Tennessee 1. But the Volunteer defense stopped four straight running plays