European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse N lds gasp Field goal by Rick Warner South Bend ind. A there was another Miracle comeback under the Golden dome on saturday. Only this time notre Dame was the victim instead of the Victor. Remy Hamilton kicked four Field goals including a 42-yarder with 2 Sec see pages 25-29for More College football ,. Ones left to give sixth ranked Michigan a 26-24 Victory Over no 3 notre Dame in a sensational Seesaw game. Every kicker thinks about making a winning Field goal said Hamilton a red shirt Sophomore from Boca Raton fla., who had attempted Only one Field goal in his career prior to saturday. I m a hero now. 1 could be a Goat next Michigan has been victimized by several notre Dame comebacks since the series resumed in 1978, including a late touchdown pass by Rick Mirer in 1990 and Reggie to s winning Field goal in 1988. But this time it was the wolverines 2 0 who staged a amazing rally to beat the Irish for Only the second time since " c notre Dame s Derrick macs pulls in a go ahead to pass in front of Chuck Winters with 52 seconds left. But Michigan came Back to win. It seems like notre Dame does it to us every time said Michigan senior quarterback Todd Collins. When we had an Opportunity to get the Ball Back i said of let s do it to them " Ron Powlus notre Dame s highly touted Sophomore quarterback looked like he would be the hero after throwing a 7-Yard touchdown pass to Derrick Mayes with 52 seconds left to put the Irish ahead 24-23. I thought we had won it said pow Lus who was 15-of-27 for 187 Yards and two touchdowns. Bui Collins who was 21-of-29 for 224 Yards arid one touchdown came up with some heroics of his own. He opened the winning drive with a 15-Yard scramble then completed three passes As Michigan drove to the notre Dame 24 before Ham Ilton booted his final Field goal. Collins was in the grasp of an Irish de fender when he threw the last pass a 9 yarder to Seth Smith who dived out of Bounds with 7 seconds left notre Dame then called a timeout As the play clock was about to expire because the Irish though they had an extra Man of the Field. The delay did t bother Hamilton. I was out there stretching trying not to think about what this kick meant he said. Michigan fans stormed the Field after the kick but the game was t Over until the wolverines squib bed a Kickoff and tackled Pete Chryplewicz As time expired. Notre Dame trailed. 23-17 after Hamil ton kicked his third Field goal with 2 15 remaining. But Powlus led the Irish on a Quick scoring drive after Michael Miller re turned the Kickoff 55 Yards to the Michigan-.36. leaped High in the Back of the end zone to grab Powlus pass which just cleared the outstretched hands of safety Chuck Winters it was a great pass by Ron and i went up and made the catch but that really does t matter now said Mayes who had seven receptions for 106 Yards. The stars and stripes september 12,1994 r Page 32 sunday update Early nil scores Atlanta 31, los Angeles rams 13 Buffalo 38, new England 35 Kansas City 24, san Francisco 17 Miami 24. Green Bay 14 Minnesota 10, Detroit 3pittsburgh 17, Clevand 10 Tampa Bay 24, Indianapolis 10 Unser clinches title Elkhart Lake wis. A Jacques Villeneuve outfoxed Paul Tracy and Al Unser or. To win the Texaco Havoline 200 at Road America As Unser clinched his second indy car championship. Swim records fall Rome a China s be Jingyi broke the 50 meter freestyle world re Cord and collected her fifth goal medal at the world swimming championships and Jani Siekinen became the first finn to break a world Mark. Sanchez Vicario shocks g by Steve w1lste1n new York Apar Anta Sanchez Vicario s obsession to become no. 1, a yearning that led her to a sports psychologist and a new Trainer six months ago paid off saturday in a stunning Triumph of will Over Steffi Graf for the . Open championship. In a women s final that ranked among the Best of the open Era Sanchez Vicario repeatedly showed a refusal to lose even when shots seemed far out of her reach. That never was More evident than in the last game when she earned one of three match Points sprinting diagonally across the court in a desperate Chase for Graf s drop Volley. Lunging at the last moment Sanchez Vicario scooped up the Ball As her Racket scraped the ground and lofted a backhand lob Over grass head. It was that kind of Effort More than the sudden flare up of grass sore Back in the mid dle of the second set that enabled Sanchez Vicario to turn a rout into a classic comeback and a 1-6, 7-6 7-36-4 Victory for her first . Open title Sanchez Vicario 22, became the first Spanish woman singles Champion in the 108-year history of the . Open. She earned $550,000 for sat urday s Victory giving her More than $7.3 million in career earn Ings. Graf 25, picked up $275,000 to put her total prize Money at $14.6 million. A few hours after taking the singles title Sanchez Vicario came Back to the stadium and reached the women s doubles final with Jana Novotna in a 7-6 7-36-2 Victory Over Gabriela see open on Page 31 unseeded Agassi marches into final new York a Andre Agassi kept up his remarkable cruise through seeded players at the . Open on saturday reaching the championship with a methodical 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 Victory Over no. 9 Todd Martin. Agassi warming to his role of underdog and crowd favorite was to face no. 4 Michael Stich who advanced with a 7-5, 6-3, 7 6 7-4 wipe out of Karel Nova Cek. The men s final was scheduled for sunday night get. Agassi came into the tournament unseeded and ranked no. 20 in the world with Little expected of him. But he has be. Come the first unseeded player in the 114-year history of . Open singles championships to beat four seeded players. Besides Martin the victims have been no. 12 Wayne Ferreira no. 6 Michael Chang and no. 13 Thomas Muster. Against Martin he played smart smooth Tennis. Martin s big serve produced 13 aces to just five for Agassi but he also committed 60 in forced errors to Agassi s 16. We try 0"2a6850"000504i
