European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Freshman raises Arizona Atlanta apr it did no to take Long for a highly prize freshman recruit to help the seventh ranked Arizona wildcats. Kevin Schmidtke who rushed for 2,337 Yards a Cpd 38 touchdowns last year As a High school senior had a heroic College debut thursday night by scoring on a 6-Yard run with 29 seconds left As the wildcats edged Georgia tech 19-14. A a he a very very Quick a Arizona coach George Tomey said of the 192-Pounder from Tucson. A a he a a great runner. He just saw something and just burst through there. He did a tremendous  Schmidtke covered the final 26 Yards on six carries to Cap a 60-Yard drive enabling the wildcats to avoid an upset in the season opener for both teams. A i did no to think about that a Schmidtke said of being a freshman in such a clutch situation. He finished the night with 92 Yards on 17 carries. Arizonans other scoring came on a 1-Yard run by Dan White and Field goals of 30 and 29 Yards by Kevin Mclaughlin. Arizona had a 31-Yard Field goal attempt blocked by Elliott Fortune with 7 14 to play but. Their touted a desert swarm defense which came up with four sacks and a blocked Field goal held tech to five Yards on the next Possession. Arizona got the Ball Back with 5 46 to play and drove for Schmidtke a clinching to. A. A a a a a a a a a a Quot  a a Tommy Luginbill the Junior College Transfer who turned Down a scholarship from Arizona after his first Junior College season accounted for both tech touchdowns hitting Derrick Steagall on a 14-Yard pass Only 45 seconds into the game and connecting with Charlie Simmons on a 22-yarder to give the yellow jackets a 14-13 Lead just Over four minutes into the final period. A the Only thing i care about is we lost a said Luginbill who completed 16 of 30 passes for 164 Yards. A i Haven to lost a football game in a Long time october 1992and i done to like it very  he led unbeaten Palomar to the a Timinal Junior College title last year. A people talk a lot about Arizona but we re a Dang Good football team a Lugin Bill said. A i done to want anybody Here thinking we re  the wildcats had to overcome three fumbles by Onti Waun Carter who had been held out of preseason Contact because of a knee injury. He led All rushers with 151 Yards on 30 carries. Tedy Bruschi and Jim Hoffman each had one sack and combined on another for the wildcats and Bruschi blocked Chris leones 25-Yard Field goal in the third Quarter shortly after his roughing the kicker penalty enabled tech to retain Possession on the 41-Yard drive. A i was trying to Block it a Bruschi said. A i try every time. I was mad at myself. I made two penalties and roughed the  the stars and stripes ports a a a september 3,1994 r Page 32 Wash. St. Rides Fumble return Chicago apr Mark Fields returned a late first half Fumble 71 Yards for a touchdown thursday night and Washington state held no. 22 Illinois without a touchdown in beating the fighting Gilling 10-9. Illinois first game in Chicago in .55 years and first Ever at Soldier Field attracted Only 39,472 to the 66,950-seat stadium. Out of timeouts late in the game Illinois moved from its 20 to the Washington state 34, but Bret Scheuplein missed on a night feeder Agassi sends forget to bed new York a Andre Agassi is playing the . Open like Jimmy Connors once did. _ _. Before he decided to take his game to the senior tour Connors preferred to play his matches at night where the con Crete and Asphalt stadium had cooled Down from the heat of a blazing september Sun. He also liked to get the crowd involved and the audience loved it. Agassi paid attention. A i love playing Here at night a Agassi a a posting a crowd to a floppy 6-3, 7-5, i Victory Over Frenchman said after somewhat s a crowd pleasing if 6-7 5-76-2 ,. Guy forget. A the Energy i feed on  although not seeded in the 128-player Field Agassi is still considered one of several players who could capture the years final grand slam tournament. He was a finalist Here in 1990 and a semifinalist the two years prior to that. But that was before injuries Cut deeply into his playing time and consequently his Confidence. Victories like thursdays even Over foes like forget who s just coming Back from knee surgery help rebuild the penetrating ground strokes and the Confidence level. A this was a key match a Agassi said. A if i had struggled and forget had gotten the Lead that would have taken a toll on me. Remember what he did against Jim courier at Wimbledon. Done to think that Friday update Martinez eliminated new York a Wimbledon Champion Conchita Martinez was ousted from the . Open by unseeded and unheralded Ginger Helge . Open Wasny to on my  forget out nearly two years with the injury began a serious comeback in june. At Wimbledon in his third tournament Back he reached the quarterfinals upsetting courier in he second round. Among other winners thursday in the menus singles were third seeded Sergi bruguera of Spain no. 9 Todd Martin no. 12 Wayne Ferreira of South Africa no. 13 Thomas Muster of Austria and no. 15 Marc Rosset of Switzerland. In the women a singles top seeded and defending Champion Steffi Graf rushed into the third round with a 6-0, 6-2 Victory Over Sandra Cacic. Other women a winners included no. 4 Mary Pierce of France no. 6 Lindsay Davenport no. 7 Jana Novotna of the czech Republic no. 10 Zina Garrison Jackson no. 11 Amanda Roetzer of South Africa and no. 15 Magdalena male Eva of Bulgaria. For nearly three sets Agassi solved Ever problem that forget could present hitting winning returns off screaming serves passing at will whenever forget decided to go to the net and hitting the Corners with his powerful ground strokes when the Frenchman played Back. A it also helped that forget peppered his game with 61 unforced errors. Son 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Schumacher hearing postponed London apr Michael Schumacher a Appeal of his disqualification at the belgian up was postponed. College scores summaries a see Page 28 57-Yard Field goal attempt As time expired. With the score tied 3-3, Illinois linebacker Simeon Rice recovered a Fumble by Washington state quarterback Chad Davis with 53 seconds left in the first half. Illinois tried to move into position for a late score but quarterback Johnny Johnson fumbled on second Down after being hit. Fields scooped the Ball up on the 29, sprinted Down the sideline and dived into the end zone for a touchdown with 15 seconds left in the half. It was the longest Fumble return in Washington state history surpassing a 70-yarder by Elmer Brown in 1899. Washington state scored first on truants 20-Yard Field goal with 3 54 to go in the opening Quarter. The cougars moved to a second and goal at the Zillini 2 but  push the Ball across. Zina Garrison Jackson brushes aside Argentina a Paola Suarez on thursday