European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                France up 2-1 a americans Ken Flach left and Robert Seguso look for some answers saturday. Ties. They have established a formidable doubles record in Davis cup a winning 10 matches and losing Only one through emotion unravels . Duo by David Crary Lyon France apr Guy forget and Henri Leconte put France a Pic toy away from its first Davis cup since 1932, beating the . Doubles team of Ken Flach and Robert Seguso 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 62 saturday. A the Victory before an ecstatic crowd gave France a 2-1 Lead heading into the two reverse singles matches sunday. Forget will play Pete Sampras then Leconte faces Andre Agassi. Leconte an instant National hero for his singles Victory Over Sampras on Friday also was the dominant Force in the doubles. His repertoire of exhortations fist pumping and hand slapping seemed to bolster forget As Well As himself and a Brilliant lob and service return helped break Flachs serve for a Pivotal 3-2 in the fourth set. A we  get anything going a Flach said. A the emotion was so High for them it was really difficult to  the French duo 8-0 in Davis cup play lost service Only twice and broke the americans six times. Seguso lost his service four times twice on double faults. Leconte won the match with a service Winner then joined the entire French team including reserves and Captain Yannick Noah in a Melee of hugs and hand slapping at court Side. The sellout crowd of 8,300, excluding a few dozen . Fans stood in a deafening ovation Many waving French flags. A the people Are with us. Its fabulous a said forget seemingly free of any scars from his straight set trouncing by Agassi on Friday. Noah who gambled by picking Leconte for three matches despite his Back operation in july was almost overcome by emotion. A there s still one Point to go a he said. A we can to let  Flach and Seguso have been playing Davis cup since 1985, winning 10 matches and losing Only once previously though they had never before played in a final. They were runner  in last weekends world doubles championship in Johannesburg South Africa. Both French players have excellent Davis cup doubles records a Leconte is now 16-4 and forget 14-2. The two left handers have won All eight of the Davis cup matches they be played together. This was to have been the big Chance for the two americans both 28, who have been playing together for 10 years since their Days As College teammates at Southern Uli Nois Edwardsville. They be won 27 pro events including two Wimbledon to inside sports nil games on to tonight a Page 18 Rose not on ballot for Hall a Page 21 Oklahoma state wins tourney a Page 22 celtics end lakers Streak a Page 22 1989. Last year the United. States made it Back to the Davis cup final after an eight year drought. But Flach and Seguso missed out on the winning Campaign having split up earlier in the season when Seguso was slowed by knee problems. They reunited this year but were bypassed for the semifinal against Germany when David Pate and Scott Davis lost their doubles match. Throughout the past week they exuded Confidence Ana seemed relaxed. A sure we re going to win a Seguso was quoted As telling the French sports daily a equip a few Days ago. A the French play a Type of Tennis that suits us  but on saturday Leconte and the fans packed into Lyons palais Des sports were still pumped up by his dramatic singles Victory Over Sampras the night before. That had evened the final at 1-1, endowing the doubles with extra signify Canton China apr striker Michelle Akers Stahl pounced on a norwegian defensive error and scored her second goal of the match with three minutes left saturday to give the United states the title with a 2-1 Victory in the final of the first women a world soccer championship. With the teams apparently headed to a regulation tie and overtime norwegian defender Tina Svensson hit a weak Back pass toward goalie Reidun Seth but Akers Stahl intercepted dodged around Seth and pushed the Ball into the open net. Cance. Leconte swiftly won the first game saturday with Crisp serving. Then came a second game that turned out to be an Omen of things to come. The French broke Seguso a serve at love benefiting from Brilliant shots and a Little Luck. At one Point Seguso smashed an overhead for what appeared to be a sure Winner. But forget raced Back and lunged almost into the stands to return an incredible lob. Seguso had a second Chance for a smash but hit the Ball wide. The crowd went berserk. A i can to Ever remember them playing that Quality of Tennis a Flach said. Flach said he Felt less disappointed saturday than after his one previous Davis cup loss a when he and Seguso lost to West Germany a Boris Becker and Eric Jelen in the semifinal in 1989. A we should have won there a he said. A there i think we did All we possibly  a it Wasny to so much us As them. We were prepared a they just played great Tennis  Akers Stahl scored the first goal 20 minutes into the match when she headed a free kick from Shannon Higgins into the net. Norway struck Back on a similar Ball lobbed into the penalty area and Linda Medalen Norway Stop scorer headed for her sixth goal to tie it 1-1 with 12 minutes left. Sweeper Heidi store nearly won it for Norway with another head Ball in the second half but the Ball blazed just Over the crossbar. The stars and stripes Orts december 1,1991 c Page 24 Mcgirt grabs Crown Las vegas a James a buddy Quot Mcgirt put on the performance of his life in the fight of his life. Mcgirt in an inspired display of boxing skills beat and battered world boxing Council welterweight Champion Simon Brown on Friday night to win the 147-Pound Crown with a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision. The former Junior welterweight Champion who had campaigned for three years As a welterweight before getting a title shot made the most of it with a dominating performance to win the Crown. A this is the fight of my life a Mcgirt said. A i knew if f lost it would be a Long time Back. They said i was finished and said i  do it. But i proved them  Mcgirt a 3-1 underdog bloodied Brown Early and knocked the Champion Down in the 10th round handing Brown his first loss in six years. Mcgirt 145, improved to 55-2-1, while Brown 147, dropped to 34-2. Mcgirt earned $625,000 to $500,000 for Brown earlier former middleweight Champion Michael Nunn outfoxed a game Randall Yonker before finally stopping him with a flurry in the 10th round of their scheduled 12-round super middleweight fight. Nunn fighting for the first time since losing his title May 10 by a knockout to James Toney dominated the edit from the opening Bell to take Yonkers Nab 168-Pound Crown. Nunn was unable to put Yonker Down however until he landed a 10-punch flurry in the 10th round that finally forced Yonker Down to one knee against the ropes. Yonker made no Effort to get up As referee Bobby Ferrara counted him out at 1 47 of the 10th round. Nunn 168, ran his record to 37-1 while stopping his opponent for the 25th time. He was paid $100,000. Yonker 168, dropped to 23-2. He earned $22,500. A not to take anything away from Michelle Akers Stahl she a the top goalscorer in this tournament a . Coach Anson Dorrance said a but the Odds of a player of that Caliper making that kind of mistake Are Remote. But she jumped on the  Akers Stahl scored 10 goals in the tournament and the . Won five straight games leading to the final outscoring opponents 23-4. The final was watched by a crowd of 60,000 at tianhe stadium. . Women claim world cup