European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A or Page 30 the stars and stripes sports thursday May 26, 1994may be Able to Salt Lake City a if new Orleans really wants the name jazz Back for its new Aba franchise,.it just might be for Sale. The jazz kept the nickname when they moved from new Orleans to Utah for the 1979-80 season. Now that the Minnesota franchise is moving to Louisiana its looking for a new name and new. Orleans mayor Marc Morial suggested rhythm. A they can take our. Jazz but  never take our rhythm away from us a he said. Tim Howells Utah general manager said tuesday he would be open minded about Selling the team name. A a in a be hesitant but it would be Worth considering a he said. He said the Aba would have a big say in the Issue. A the league has been very protective of tradition a he said. A just look at How hard they worked to keep the franchise in Minnesota. A a we be had it the name for 15 years in Salt Lake and they had it for five years in new Orleans. 60 723 0wrshelm Tol. Oa2c12-53767/dsn 379-6139 French open by David Crary Paris apr top seeds Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf struggled and won in the second round of the French. Open wednesday. Andre Agassi played some of his Best Tennis and lost. Agassi playing against Power hitting Thomas Muster rallied repeatedly including a comeback from 15 in the final set before the 11th-seeded austrian survived 6-3, 6-7 5-77-5, 2-6,7-5. Twice a losing finalist at the French Agassi missed out on a seeding by dropping to 19th in the rankings while battling wrist trouble. Graf pursuing her fifth consecutive grand slam title was broken Early in each set by 67th-ranked Stephanie rot tier of the Netherlands but came Back to win 7-5,6-3. V v Sampras had his hands full with mar Celo Rios the youngest lowest ranked player in the Field. An 18-year-old chilean ranked 283rd, Rios forced Sampras into two closely fought tiebreakers before the top ranked player prevailed 7-6 7-57-6 7-464. Schoolchildren packed into Center court cheered boisterously for the Long Haried Rios who played the biggest match of his life in a White baseball Cap turned backwards and a Gold earring. A you have to give him a lot of credit a Sampras said. A the did no to let the situation make him nervous or intimidated. He came out swinging away nothing to lose. That a the Way it should  defending Champion Sergi bruguera the no. 6 seed also advanced 6-2, 6-2,76 7-3 Over 135th-Rankcd Christian Ruud of Norway. Other seeds reaching the third round were no. 4 seed Andrei Medvedev of Ukraine who beat Nicklas Kulti of Sweden 6-4, 7-6 7-44-6, 7-5, and no. 12 seed Richard Krajicek who beat France s Thierry Champion 6-3,6-3,4-6,6-2. But 13th seeded Magnus Gustafsson became the latest upset victim falling to Daniel Vacek of the czech Republic 0-6, Pete Sampras reacts after missing a return against Marcelo Rios  6-4,7-6 7-46-4. Graf despite her straight set Victory was bluntly self critical. A i played badly a she said. A even during the warmups i was thinking already i Wasny to playing  victories by Graf Sampras and other seeds reversed a trend of first round upsets. Three of the 16 seeded men Ana six of the women a including four of the top eight a lost their opening matches. V the disarray in the women a ranks has boosted the chances of lower seeds like no. 9 Lindsay Davenport no. 10 Mary Joe Fernandez no. 12 Mary Pierce and no. 15 Helena Sutkova All second round winners wednesday. The 6-foot-2 Davenport 17, overcame fellow american Chanda Rubin in the completion of a suspended match 6-7 726-4,6-2. Fernandez routed Mexico a Angelica Galvadon 6-0, 6-1. Pierce raised in Florida but playing for prance crushed 17-year-old Maria fran Cesca Bentivoglio of Italy 6-0,6-1. She is the Only seed left in her Quarter of the draw and could make the semifinals a probably against Graf a without facing a highly ranked player in route. A i try not to think about it and just concentrate on my game a Pierce said. A i Hope i can get As far As the semifinals so i can play against Steffi. That would definitely be a very exciting match. Sutkova a czech overtook Britain Sclare Wood 2-6,6-3,6-2. Rios Winner of Only $17,980 in a Brief pro career had squeaked into his first grand Siam by winning three qualifying matches. He beat another Little known qualifier australians Joshua Eagle on monday earning the right to a second round match with Sampras. He described himself As an Agassi fan and said he Felt. No fear on Center court. A when i started playing i tried to concentrate on my game a he said. A i did no to try to think that i was playing with Sampras. 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A Iran Barkley using a Strong left to repeatedly move his opponent across the ring stopped Rick Enis at 23 seconds of the fourth round tuesday night. Barkley 32-9trying to Rise through the cruiserweight ranks set up Enis with Strong body shots and knocked him Back with powerful left Hooks. Enisz record fell to 24-30. On the same Tulsa card heavyweights Tommy Morrison and Alex Garcia both won unanimous decisions. Morrison knocked Down Sherman Griffin in the first round of a 10-Rounder to improve to 41-2. Garcia avenged an expensive loss by rocking Mike Dixon with a barrage of rights in the fifth round in route to a 10-round decision Garcia 35-4-1 was the no. 3 contender last june when he turned Down a $1.3 million payday with Riddick Bowe to fight Dixon who wound up knocking him out in the second round