European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ife Blacksburg a. A the most powerful weapon in Virginia tech s offence struggled thursday night and it did t matter in the least. Tailback Dwayne Thomas and a Stron defense helped no. 14 Virginia tech overcome a subpar Outing by quarterback Maurice Deshamp and Roll to a 34-6 Vic tory Over West Virginia. It s obvious our offence has t found its rhythm yet Virginia tech coach Frank Beamer said but the Nice thing i that 1 know it will. These players Aren t nearly As Good As they re going to be an that gives everyone  Thomas rushed 18 times for 94 Yard before leaving with a sprained left ankle Early in the fourth Quarter and the to Kies moved to a 4-0 Start for the first time in 13  tech 2-0 big East registered eight sacks on West Virginia s quarterbacks hurried them six other times and intercepted two passes. The Hoki Salso dropped Mountaine Erer runners for losses eight times. Our quarterbacks had to run for their lives so Many times it s hard to get any thing going coach Don Nehlen said. West Virginia 1-4, 0-2 lost its third consecutive game and is off to its worst Start since 1978, when the mountaineers also began 1-4 on the Way to a 2-9 Mark. Each of the previous 12 games in the West Virginia Virginia tech series had been decided by 12 Points or fewer but the mountaineers could t keep this one close West Virginia still has a 25-14-1 Edge in the series. The stars and stripes ports september 24,1994 r Page 40 by nil Byke Rappoport a hockey writer new York suddenly the nil is on a time clock. It s ticking toward opening Day on oct.1, when commissioner Gary Bettman threatens a lockout if a labor contract is not worked out by then. I Don t know if the season is at risk said Bob Goodenow executive director of the nil players association. But ican Tell you that part of the season is at thursday Bettman said the no would not Start its season without a collective bargaining agreement. He said twas essential to the Long term health of the  this is very difficult but the absence of a collective bargaining agreement leaves us no Choice Bettman said. We. Want a season without distraction with out interruption. The Best thing would be to put some pressure on both parties to get a Deal  Bettman said the Teason he made the decision was because he feared the play ers would have the upper hand once the season started. There s no secret the players lever age increases As the season goes on he said. All we have to do is look at base Ball. Or what happened two years  Burnan speaking on a conference Call referred to the cancellation of the baseball season following a players strike and 10 a 10-Day strike by nil players also Over a new contract. According to Goodenow Bettman had nothing to fear in terms of a strike. We have not made a decision to strike Goodenow said. The real focus now is that the owners have stopped  Goodenow said he saw no reason for Bettman s decision to postpone the open ing of the league s 78th season. You have to ask Gary the rational behind it said Goodenow who had his own conference Call in reaction to bet than s. I Don t know what the motive on monday negotiators from thenal and Union arc to resume bargaining in Toronto. If we work hard there s enough Timeto make a Deal by oct. 1," Bettman said. It s not impossible but As time slips away it s harder and harder. It will be difficult and  Goodenow agreed. I would not disagree with Bellman s assessment he said. On a Roll Damon Hill turns his Wiliams. Absent season Points Leader Michael Schumacher of of Portugal after colliding with a with a a of Jordan driven by Eddie Irvine. Hill who is trying to close on and qualified second behind Austria British formula one wins by Martin . 2-0 a Mpras by the associated press Goteborg Sweden pet Sampras and Todd Martin posted four set victories Friday giving the United states a commanding 2-0 Lead Over Sweden in the Davis cup Semi finals. Martin continued his Mastery Over Stefan Edberg beating the swede 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the opening singles of the Best-of-5 series. Sampras playing his first match after a stunning fourth round loss to Jaime Yznaga in the . Open the rallied to defeat Magnus Larsson 6-7 3-76-4, 6-2, 7-6 7-3 in a serve and Volley shootout on the scan Dina Vium Arena s fast carpet. Jared Palmer and Davis cup Rookie Jonathan Stark can Clinch the Ameri cans Victory if they win today s Dou Bles against Jan apell and Jonas Bjorkman. Russia led defending Champion Germany 2-0 in the other semifinal at Hamburg. Alexander Volkov beat Slich 7-5, 1 6, 7-6 7-56-4 on a hard court surface put Down especially for inc German Davis cup and Yevgeny Kapelnikov beat berndkarbacher7-6 7-26-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the Day s first match. In Sweden Sampras the world s top ranked player took command after losing the first set tiebreaker by breaking Lars son s serve Early in the next two sets. The fourth set went with service Al the Way forcing another tiebreak. But Larsson who reached the French open semifinals this year but has struggled during the summer with Elbow prob lems had his chances. In the fourth game he had four break Points but Sampras held with a final  also had a break Point in the eighth game but again Sampras big serve got him out of trouble. Martin s Victory was his third Ove Redberg in thre matches this year. Martin ranked sixth in the world ral lied from a 3-1 deficit in the third set to turn around the match. Martin fell behind 1-0 in the third set after Edberg broke him in the opening game. Martin broke Back in the eighth game winning the first Point with a perfect lob. Hei then held to love and broke Edberg again to win the set i was fortunate to Start playing Well just in time Martin said. After i won the first set i lost 10 of 14 games. Martin made some changes in the third set and they worked very Well. The biggest change was my second serve he said. He was returning it very Well so i started hitting it harder and with a Little More spin. It threw his timing off and helped  Martin broke for a 4-2 Lead in the fourth set after hitting a forehand re turn in the open court on Edberg s weak second  broke Back in the next game but dropped his serve again to Trail 5-3after starting with a double fault. Edberg double faulted on several crucial Points including the final Point in the second game of the first set that gave Martin a 2-0 Lead. Edberg also ended the eighth game of the third set with a double fault that enabled Martin to tie at 4-4. That s when the match changed Edberg said. I could t believe it. Justa few Points changed the  1 ? j a j11 toy a j a f1 1�� to 0"246850"q00504