European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Gators chop Down Seminole forget it americ France claims Davis cup As Sampras Falls in 4 sets Page 21 a from wire reports Lyon France a underdog France won the Davis cup for the first time in 59 years sunday As a euphoric foot stamping crowd cheered Guy forget to a pressure packed four set Victory Over Pete Sampras of the United states. Hammering aces on Many of the crucial Points forget won 7-6 o-63-6, 6-3, 6-4 and gave his team an insurmountable 3-1 Lead in the Best-of-5 showdown. France had not beaten the americans in Davis cup play since the 1932 final the last time it won the coveted Silver trophy. Forget who saved a break Point in the final game with an Ace fell to the court after a Volley into an open court gave him the Victory. He was swiftly engulfed by the entire French team including Henri Leconte whose unexpected defeat of Sampras on Friday set the stage for Frances Triumph. A a in be been playing Tennis for 18 years and this is my greatest Victory a forget said. A a it a the most Beautiful Day of my  Leconte whose suddenly meaningless final match with Andre Agassi was cancelled cried with Joy on the sidelines. �?o1 just had to come out to see the match Point Quot he said. A a we be won. We be  the team Captain Yannick Noah was carried aloft by Reserve players then led the squad in triumphant dance around the court. A the French team played fabulously and they deserved to win . Captain Tom Gorman said. Forget like Sampras had lost his opening singles match Friday. Both appeared tense in the evenly contested first set. Sampras consistently refused to prepare to serve until the deafening cheers subsided and he survived a double break Point in the 12th game. The 20-year-Ola american had a set Point at 5-6 in the tiebreak but forget survived with an Ace then won the set with the next two Points. Sampras took the next set with a break in the second game subduing the crowd of 8,000 for the first time. The turning Point came with forget up 2-1 in the third set. He chased Down a shot into the Comer and Sampras a filing an open court a hit a forehand into the net to fall behind 15-30. Forget won the next two Points for the decisive break and leaped nigh in an uncharacteristic display of Delight. Sampras had one More Chance with four break Points in the ninth game while trailing 3-5. Forget saved All four then won the set with two thunderous aces. Sampras clearly was Hurt by his failure to convert on 11 of 12 break Points. And the Victory by forget raised questions Over Gormanos decision to choose Sampras for the squad instead of Jim courier who May have been better equipped to Deal with what Jimmy Connors called a Jungle  forget was trounced in the opening match by Agassi 6-7, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2. But Leconte who career was in jeopardy jubilant victors Guy forget left and Henri Leconte show their colors on sunday. After Back surgery in july followed with an emotional 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 Victory Over Sampras that convinced the French they had a Chance. In the Pivotal doubles match on saturday Leconte continued his heroics providing the inspiration and key Points As he and forget beat Ken Flach and Robert Seguso 6-1,6 4,4-6,6-2. Sampras ranked no. 6, has been perhaps the hottest player in the world the past few months. But after his loss Friday he admitted that Davis cup play was a new and difficult Challenge. Sampras dropped to 1-3 against forget who also beat the american nov. 8 in the final of the Paris open. Leconte and Noah played for France in its last previous Davis cup final a 4-1 loss to the United states in 1982. They and forget were on the team in a 5-0 loss to the americans in a 1989 quarterfinal. The stars and stripes december 2.1991 c Page 26canes Lay no. 1 hit on aztecs by Steven wine Miami apr big plays gave the Miami hurricanes the big score they sought to remain no. 1. Gino Torretta threw for a school record 485 Yards and touchdowns covering 66, 42, 69 and 30 Yards saturday night i College football on pages 21 amp 22 a 39-12 Romp past san Diego state. Darryl Williams returned an interception 27 Yards for another score. A we wanted to win the game convincingly a coach Dennis Erickson said. A we threw the Ball because they blitzed us every  to place an exclamation Mark on the Victory the hurricanes went for two Points following their final score with 6 46 left and made it when Torretta hit Lamar Thomas in the end zone. The lopsided win enabled the hurricanes 11-0 to retain the no. 1 ranking going into their Orange bowl clash against Nebraska on new years night. The hurricanes completed their third effect regular season since 1986. The i Edom bowl bound aztecs Are 8-3-1. E i the aztecs Marshall Faulk became the first freshman to win the Mcaa Rushing title. He gained 154 Yards in 27 carries to finish the season with 1,429 Yards in nine games. He also won the scoring title with 23 touchdowns but failed to reach the end zone against Miami which allowed just 100 Points this year fewest in the nation. Torretta who went the distance completed 23 of 44 passes and broke his own school record or 468 Yards set against san Jose state in 1989.inside sports Runnin rebels upset no. 9 leu Page 25 lakers hold off 76ers a Page 25 Long johr6aly sets Pace a Page 27 Isles Down Caps again a Page 271991 All Europe see thursday s stars and stripes