European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes january 23,1992 b Pago 24 Mcenroe s magical halted by South african i inside sports no. 4 Indiana clips Michigan a Page 21 blazers hand lakers humbling loss a Page 22 blues nip sabres As Hull scores 48th a Page 22 Melbourne Australia a John Mcenroe a magical run at the australian open came to an end wednesday at the hands of a 20-year-old South african who has never won a pro tournament. Wayne Ferreira ranked 46th in the world gave Mcenroe a thorough beating with a booming serve and stinging ground strokes in advancing to a semifinal meeting with top seeded Stefan Edberg on the strength of a 6-4,6-4, 6-4 Victory. Mcenroe one of the Best service returners in Tennis had to watch As Ferreira blasted 15 aces and Many winners. Mcenroe broken once in each set could manage Only three break Points. Ferreira had at least one Ace in each of his first 10 service games. The new York left hander who beat australian open no. 3 Boris Becker and no. 13 Emilio Sanchez in his last two matches watched ferreiras display in disbelief. Second seeded Jim courier who had hoped to meet Mcenroe in the final now will be cheering for Ferreira to Knock off Edberg. Couriers Hopes for the no. 1 ranking hinge on winning the tournament and having Edberg lose in the semifinals. Edberg beat fifth seeded Ivan Lendl 4-6, 7-5,6-1,6-7 5-76-1 in a Battle of two time champs to Advance to the final four while courier claimed an easy 6-3,6-2,6-2 Victory Over unseeded Amos Mansdorf of Israel. Courier will face unseeded Richard Krajicek who ousted fourth seeded Wimble doing the Media Day wave  a a a b. Smith May quit Bills after bowl Minneapolis apr defensive end Bruce Smith hinted tuesday that he might leave the Buffalo Bills after the super bowl. Smith last years nil defensive player of the year said he a been Hurt by racist letters he a received As he recovered this year from training Camp knee surgery. A after this particular ballgame there Are going to be some options that in a going to explore a Smith said. Asked if leaving the Bills is one of them he added a a it a a Good possibility. Too Many things have happened that i can t forget. A Smith who has one year left on a five year $7.5 million contract said he was Hurt by hate mail he a received after Only playing in four regular season games following knee surgery on july 22. A there Are some things that happened that i can sometimes put in the Back of my mind but i can never forget a he said. A a that a just one of the things that irritates me and haunts me  Smith said he could Deal with racial insults he received in the mail until he got such a letter at Home. A i can handle what goes on at the stadium because i try not to bring my Job Home a he said. A but when i have to go Home and get a letter that was sent directly to my House postmarked in Buffalo that a a different  a this is something i done to want to put on Buffalo As a whole because i Tomk there Are some very Good people in Buffalo a he said. A but itts just hard to Distin Quish who a for real and who a not. A a in a say 95-98 percent there Are wonderful a Smith said. A a it a that other 2 percent or whatever that spoils  meanwhile the Bills other Smith a Leonard the starting Strong safety a missed Media Day tuesday at the met radome because team medical personnel thought the stress on his infected left knee would set Back his recovery. A i did no to want him running and walking around and standing a Bills team physician or. Richard Weiss said. The Bills issued no official update on Smiths prognosis for sundays game against the Washington redskins. The teams done to have to put out an official injury report until wednesday. On monday night coach Marv Levy said Smith was questionable for the game. Weiss termed Smiths illness a a most insidious Onset and said team officials Arentt sure exactly How the nine year Veteran contracted the infection. A i never saw anything like it a he said. A it just came on monday afternoon after the acc championship. We done to know whether it was from an abrasion or a  Don Champion Michael Stich 5-7, 7-6 7-26-7 1-76-4, 6-4. Courier spent less than two hours demolishing Mansdorf. Lendl appeared Well in command of his match against Edberg but suddenly  live with Prosperity. After Riding a first game break of Edberg a serve to win the first set he served for the second at 5-4, but committed three errors. That allowed Edberg to break and Start a string in which he won 10 of 11 games to go up two sets to one. Edberg lost Only three Points in six service games in the fourth set and just four Points in four service games in the fifth. Krajicek blasted 22 aces to 15 for Stich. They also combined for 108 serves that never made it Back into  will skip to pros Ann Arbor Mich. Apr heis Man trophy Winner Desmond Howard listened to rocket Ismail magic Johnson to Schembechler and his parents before deciding to forego a final year of eligibility at Michigan and play pro football. But when announcement time came he told no one not even his parents. A when he called he just told me to come Here a said Howard smother Hattie who received a Call in Cleveland from her son about Midnight monday. A we Learned it when you All Learned  Howard whose breathtaking touchdown catches twice put him on the cover of sports illustrated last fall and earned him College footballs highest. Honor said he had nothing left to prove at Michigan Howard As an athlete or As a student. A there was nothing new that i could have done maybe break a few More records but As far As awards and accolades Are concerned once you be won the Heisman then most people in College football think that you be done it All a Howard said. A fall i would have been striving for if i would have come Back would be the National championship a he said. Howard will graduate in May with a degree in communications. He had a 3.44 Grade Point average in the fall term. In 1991, he caught 19 touchdown passes tying a single season Mcaa record ran for two ads and returned one punt and one Kickoff for touchdowns. Howard said he a open to playing in the nil or the Canadian football league. Ismail the notre Dame speedster jumped to the Cal last year. Johnson the retired los Angeles lakers Star turned pro after his Sophomore year at Michigan state. Schembechler the former Michigan coach recruited  fired by san Antonio a Page 22