European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes september 9,1991 Page 28 flu flattens wave Tallahassee Fla. A Casey Weldon threw for three touchdowns and tight end Warren Hart caught three scoring passes As top ranked Florida state Defea Ted Tulane 38-11 saturday. Although sluggish at times the seminoles still rolled up 562 Yards and 30 first Downs. Weldon jump started the Florida state attack with a 78-Yard touchdown pass to Lonnie Johnson on the seminoles first College football on pages 22,25 offensive play. Johnson a Sophomore from Miami who shares the tight end position with Hart celebrated his first collegiate Start with six catches for 154 Yards. Weldon who completed 20 of 28 passes for 249 Yards m just Over three 3uarters, sandwiched two Short touch own passes to the 260-Pound Hart around a 25-Yard Field goal by Dan mow Rey in the second Quarter As the seminoles took a 24-3 halftime Lead. The seminoles 2-0 took a 31-3 Lead with 4 57 left in the third Quarter on amp Leeds 1-Yard run culminating a 14-play, seven minute drive. Lee finished with 112 Yards on 16 carries. Tulane 0-2 scored its to five minutes into the fourth Quarter after an 11-play, 70-Yard roads diverge with age courier ends Connors run by Thomas Bonk the los Angeles times new York a not every Story has a Happy ending. Not every prayer is answered. Not every United states open is won by a Guy 39 years old. Not even Jimmy Connors can change that. As the Sun began its descent behind the Skyline of Manhattan the Jimmy Connors open closed saturday at about the Lime Jim courier came up with the answer to an age old question what happens when a very Good old Tennis player plays a very Good Young Tennis player the answer was 6-3, 6-3, 6-2, in 2 hours and 6 minutes a thoroughly convincing Victory for courier that put him in sundays . Open Inal against Stefan Edberg and Eft Connors one match Short of completing one of the modern miracles of Tennis. Connors 39 and holding could not equal the magic his Neon coloured Racket produced in his two come from behind five set victories Over Patrick Mcenroe and Aaron Krickstein and another one against Paul Laarhuis in the quarterfinals that lasted four sets. But at least Connors got to the courier semifinals which Isnit bad for someone who simply refused to act his age was revered As something of a mop haired icon and transformed the open into a great Yuppie carnival. A to be Able to come in and play Tennis and to do this i mean How can you not laugh at this a Connors said. A you know i am Here doing what 1 am still doing. A a it a been an unbelievable couple of courier 21, also continued his scarcely believable run to his second grand slam final a he won the French open in june. In six matches Here he has not dropped a set and May be playing at the Peak of his game just in time to meet Edberg. Saints sink chiefs 17-10 Early nil results on Page 21 % thirty nine year old Jimmy Connors bows out finishes private slam by Hal Bock the associated press new York a for Monica Seles owner of her own personal grand slam there will always be time for Wimbledon and the establishments version of the Tennis sweep. That show it is when you re 17 and owner of the australian French and . Open titles. Seles swept past venerable Martina Navratilova 7-6 7-16-1 on saturday to capture the open and Complete her three Quarter slam. Wimbledon is missing because Seles bailed out on the shrine of Tennis at the last minute complaining of Shin splints and retreating into a cloak of secrecy for several weeks. On saturday there were still no regrets Over an Opportunity missed. A at that Point i play Wimbledon a Seles said after dispatching Navratilova with frightening efficiency. A it was a decision i had to make. It would not have been fair to my leg. I run on my then Seles turned a bit Wistful. A i will always have to live with it. It will always be there. The Little emptiness. I have to put it behind me. I can to go Back to it. If i had played there i could not have played the Navratilova in the autumn of her career was beaten soundly by a player half her age. It was a thorough thrashing and she was the first to acknowledge it. A she hit winners All Over the place a said Navratilova who a one month Short of her 35th birthday. A i did no to make a Dent on her serve. I did no to make her play enough. I missed too Many approaches. I can to give her that Many Seles played practically perfect Tennis passing Navratilova and beating her to the punch Over Ana Over again. In the first set tiebreaker Seles broke Navratilova four times triggering the rout and keeping intact her record of never losing a grand slam final. Squealing audibly on almost every Point Seles won this Battle of left handers from the Baseline wearing Down Navratilova. It was the 100th open match for Navratilova who has won the . Championship four times. But Seles outplayed her in every department. A she hits the Ball so hard it was hard to pick it up a Navratilova said. A she played awfully the match was Over in just 66 minutes. A it feels incredible a Seles said. A i still can to believe it. For two years i came Here and i never had a Good tournament. This year i did the Best i could. I love this tournament so much. I can to wait until next team Usa Downs soviets by the associated press Chicago a the United states needed everything it had to beat the soviet Union a and got it. A we played As hard As a team can play tonight . Coach Tim Taylor said after his team beat the soviets 2-1 in the Canada cup on saturday night for the first american Victory in a major tournament Over a soviet team since the 1980 olympics in Lake Placid . The win clinched a spot in the semifinals for the United states and All but eliminated the soviets who have never failed to make the medal round of an Canada cup hockey world tournament except the 1987 world Junior championships. The soviets were disqualified then for brawling. The Victory was the americans first Over the soviets in five Canada cups. In other games saturday Finland beat Sweden 3-1 and Canada Defeated Czechoslovakia 6-2. A with the situation one win away from the semifinals we just went out there with nothing to lose a said Jeremy Roe Nick who turned in a Brilliant assist on the americans first goal just 3 minutes into the game. Roenick got the United states started when he took a pass from Brett Hull along the boards skated into the zone and turned soviet defens Eman Igor Kravchuk around twice in the right Circle. Then he fed Mike Modano at the left face off Dot and Modano beat Mikhail so Talen Kov Low to the near Post. Pat Lafontaine made it 2-0 on a Power play at 17 43 of the second. The United states plays Finland in Chicago on monday in the last of five round Robin games. The semifinals Start sports twins Edge Yankees in 10th a Page 26 dodgers maintain Lead with win a Page 26 Gant captures Richmond 400-Miler a Page 26 Mansell outrages Field in Italy a Page 27 Sembach Grinders Blank Rhein main a Page 27
