European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I 1 Sampras Rolls into finals Slot opposite Stich Frankfurt Germany a Germany is find ing Michael Stich an adequate alter native to Boris Becker. Hell be More than that if he can beat Pete Sampras today. That won t be easy. Sampras blasted his Way into the final of the at tour world championship saturday with an impressive 51-minute Victory Over Andrei mod vedev6-3,6-0. Stich beat Goran the stars and stripes november 21,1993 Page 36 set Ptg 32 for More Tennis Points and ended the match with his 1,000th Ace of the season. Ivanisevic finished the tour with 969 aces while Sampras still has one match to play. Sampras has won eight titles this year including Wimble Don and the . Open and his sin Gles record for the season is 83-14, bes since Ivan Lendl went 84-7in 1985.if he wins Sun Day Sampras will earn $1.24 million. His 1993 prize Money to Date is Ivanisevic 7-6 7-27-6 12-10 in a Battle $2,593,075, already the most won by of big servers that was almost dead even. Stich will replace Jim courier As no. 2in the rankings if he beats Sampras who is assured of finishing the year As no. A Knif he loses. Sampras enjoying the Best year of his career is seeking his second Victory in the tournament that pits the top eight player sin the world. He won in 1991. If i keep on playing like this it s going to be an open match said Stich whose tour career record against Sampras is 1-3."everyone has  if he docs Sampras has t shown any Inthis event. Against Mcd Videy Sampras lost Only seven Points in his eight service games and four of them were double faults. He won 88 percent of his first serve player in one , of Ukraine the no. 6 player who reached the semifinals in his first appearance in the tournament was Awe struck by Sampras powerful  played incredibly Medvedev said. He is the  serve is his Best weapon but he has the All around game to be no. 1, clean no. 1, for a Long  apart from hitting serves at Speed reaching 124 Mph Sampras also produced shots rarely seen in the  knew it was my Day when i hit a win Ner off the Frame behind my Back Sam Pras deadpanned. I was in a zone for just about the whole match. The Ball was wherever i would put my Racket. Just one of those Days that i won t  Pete Sampras keeps his nose to the Grindstone saturday in Frankfurt Germany. Six of one half dozen of another victories by pm Lakenheath set up shootout i by Ben Abram Staft writer some things Are always Chang ing and some things never do. One that apparently never changes is the pairing in the Safe championship football game. And that proved to be True saturday when Rhein main and Lakenheath won the Continental sports conference and United kingdom sports conference championships to set up their sixth straight showdown. The rockets waxed Soester Berg 45-12, but the Eagle needed a 31-Yard Field goal from Matt Rogerson with 29 seconds left in the game to sneak past upper Heyford 16-13. That set the stage for next sunday s Safe championship Battle at Rhein main. Kickoff i scheduled for noon. The rockets will be out to break their own record of nine Safe championships. They also have finished second , on the other hand has won twice and finished Sec Ond six times. Rockets 45, wolfhounds 12 Oesterberg s o artillion Mckinney fumbled on the second play from scrimmage and Reg Gie Brunner recovered and sent two time defending Champion Rhein main rocket ing into the title game again. The relatively easy Home Fiel Victory Over Oesterberg created the possibility for Fred Kirken doll s charges to become Only the fourth team in Safe his tory to win three straight foot Ball championships. London turned the trick from1954-1956, Pitburg duplicated the feat in 1976,1977 and 1978,and Ramstein last achieved the Honor with its third straight title in 1985. Lakenheath s Victory in 1990 is the Only blot on a five year rocket domination. Brunner s recovery gave the rockets Possession on the soes Terberg 39. And eight play Slater Dennis Williams threw the air Force football first of his four touchdown passes connecting with Keith Craig on fourth and 10 from the11 after three straight non watchable heaves. Williams rolled out on the first play from scrimmage on the next Rhein main Possession an rambled 47 Yards Down the left sideline for a to. After Soester Berg got its first touchdown Williams connected with Kevin Moon on a 51-yarder As the rockets put an insurmountable21 Points on the Board in the first Quarter. Williams who enjoyed a 13-for-26, 294-Yard afternoon de spite the near freezing cold also connected with John Pettis on a 63-Yard pass and with Art Walker on a 12-yarder to earn Offen Sive player of the game acco Lades. Howard Smith scored fro the 8, John Hill booted the pats after the first four touch Downs and a 31-Yard Field goal and Richard Canady ran for two conversion Points for the Rock ets other Points. Jamie Gigliotti s 39-Yard scor ing pass to . Middleton and Mckinley s 1-Yard plunge produced the Points for Soester erg 7-5which was playing its Las football game because the bases is scheduled to be closed before another Campaign Rolls around. Gigliotti posted Good passing numbers too racking up 226 Yards on 11 completions including a 62-Yard connection to me Kinley that set up the Wolf hounds second touchdown. However most of his Success came after intermission when the die already had been cast Anrhein main s favor. He also suffered 5 interceptions and the wolfhounds lost Possession on five of their eight fumbles. Eaglet 16, sky Kings 13 Rogerson s Fig followed an85-Yard touchdown run with a recovered Fumble by the Home standing sky Kings outside line Backer Doug Burgess. A Laken Heath drive had stalled on the sky King 10, and Rogerson came in for a Field goal  snap was bad and the Holder bobbled the Ball. Burges caught it and went All the Way. Upper Heyford quarterback Terry Malvo went Tor a Hail Mary touchdown pass following the Kickoff and a 13-Yard completion. But his 38-Yard toss was broken up by a pair of Eagle de fenders and they had another Date with the rockets. Lakenheath took a 7-3 half time advantage on Troy lock Man s 70-Yard run. John Flynn booted a 33-Yard Field goal for upper Heyford s first Hal Points. Flynn added a 31-Yard Fig to make it 7-6 Midway through the third Quarter but Lockman who ran for 262 Yard during the Battle capped a 67 Yard Lakenheath drive to make it 13-6 and set the stage for Bur Gess Long Gallop and eventually for the winning Field goal