European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sampras Stich Roll Frankfurt Germany a Ger Many is finding Michael Stich an Ade quate alternative to Boris Becker. He lube More than that if he can beat Pete Sampras today. But that won t be  Sampras blasted his Way into the final of the at tour world championship saturday with an impressive 51-minute Victory Over Andrei Medvedev 6-3,6-0.Stich beat Goran Ivanisevic 7-6 7-27-6 12-10 in a Battle of big servers. Stich will replace Jim courier As no. 2in the rankings if he beats Sampras who is assured of finishing the year As no. 1even if he loses. See Page 32 for More Tennis Sampras enjoying the Best year of his career is seeking his second Victory in the tournament that pits the top eight players in 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  so far though Sampras has t shown any. Against Medvedev Sampras lost Only seven Points in his Eigl service games and four of them were double faults. He won 88 percent of his first serve Points and ended the match with his 1,000th Ace of the season. Ivanisevic finished the tour with 969 aces while Sam Pras still has one match to play. Sampras has won eight titles this year including Wimbledon and the . Open and his singles record for the season is 83-14, Best since Ivan lend went 84-7 in 1985. If he wins sunday Sampras will earn$1.24 million. His 1993 prize Money to Date is $2,593,075, already the most won by a player in one year. Medvedev of Ukraine the no. 6 player who reached the semifinals in his first appearance in the tournament was Awe struck by Sampras powerful display. He played incredibly Medvede said. He is the Best. His 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 game. "1 knew it was my Day when i hit a win Ner off the Frame behind my Back Sam Pras Deadpan cd. The stars and stripes november 21,1993 Page 36 saturday update Pete Sampras keeps his nose to the Grindstone saturday in Frankfurt Germany. By 41no. 1 notre Dame 39 South Bend ind. David Gordon kicked a 41-Yard Field goal As time ran out to Cap Boston col lege s desperation last minute drive. The eagles got the Ball on their own 10 with 1 09 to play after the Irish had rallied from a 38-17fourth-Quarter deficit to take a 39 381eady Michigan 28, no. 5 Ohio St 0 Ann Arbor Mich f a Tyrone Wheatley ran for 105 Yards to Law led an inspired defens with two of the wolverines four interceptions. No. 8 Florida 52, Vanderbilt 0 Gainesville Fla. A Florida extended the nation s Sec Ond longest Home winning Streak to 23 games and earned Koerth in the Southeastern conference championship game. No. 1 0 Texas am 59, thu 3 fort Worth Texas a Greg Hill ran 94 Yards for one of his two touchdowns and Core Pullig passed for two scores As loth ranked Texas am earned a least a tie for the Southwest con Ference title. Motor College scores 1a8t43, Nortow Stan 21 do 42. My 13south 22. Adaton 14 Oman a South a woke 13 Florida 52,  my stand 33. W fan 32 Virata theft 20. Virgin 17  34. Mel cwt fan 14 cokxkto21, Indiana 24. A flu 17 six of one half dozen of another victories by pm Lakenheath set up shootout i Bybe Abrams staff Wriler 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 an 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 is scheduled for noon. The rockets will be out to break their own record of nine Safe championships. They also have finished second twice. Lakenheath on the other hand has won twice and finished Sec Ond six times. Rockets 45, wolfhounds 12 Oesterberg s d artillion me Kinney 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 air Force football Ball  turned the trick from 19541956. Pitburg duplicate the feat in 1976.1977 and 1978. And Ramstein last achieved the Honor with its third straight title in 1985. Lakenheath s Victory in1990 is the Only blot on a five year rocket  s recovery gave the rockets Possession on the soes Terberg 39. And. Eight plays later Dennis Williams threw the Fust of his four touchdown passes connecting with Keith Craig on fourth and 10 from the 11 after three straight non watchable heaves. Williams rolled out on the first play from scrimmage on the next Rhein main Possession and 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 insurmountable 21 Points on the Board in the first Quarter. Williams who enjoyed a 13for-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 Pati 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. Eagles 18, 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 attempt. The snap was bad and the Holder bobbled the Ball. Burgess caught it and went All the Way. Upper Heyford quarterback Terry Mao 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. Lakenheath took a 7-3 half time advantage on Troy lock Man s 70-Yard run. Tockman had 262 Yards for the Day. Shift set