European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ras new York a on the fifth anniversary of his first  open championship Pete Sampras charged into the final of term year s tournament saturday fighting off a tenacious Jim courier 7-5,4-6, 6-4, 7-5 Sampras will go after his third open title today an to 10 . Get against the Winner of saturday s other semifinal betwee defending Champi on Andre Agassi and Boris Becker. Super saturday at the National Tennis Center Fol Lowed the Sam Pras Victory with Steffi Graf and Monica Seles co ranked no 1 in the world battling for the women s title. Sampras was the youngest Champion in open history when he won the title in 1990 at the age of 19 years 28 Days now he s All grown up at 24, playing Tough taut Tennis waiting for opportunities an seizing them when they come. There was Little to choose Between the two americans through much of the . Open 95 match that began in the morning under Leaden skies with perhaps 4,000 fans rattling around the 20,000-seat National Tennis Center. By match s end the stadium was jammed the fans hanging on every Point As Sampras mixing up his game masterfully finished of courier with Only the fourth service break of the match. In each set there was Only one service break. Each was decisive. As in All close matches there were just a few key Points courier said. It just comes Down to  these two longtime opponents they be been playing since their Days in Junior Tennis know each other s Gam every Well and that made their semifinal showdown something of a chess match abase of Point counterpoint they jabbed at each other like a Cou ple of boxers probing for a soft spot looking for a place where they could pickup Points. Sometimes the search paid off. More often it did not. Sampras stayed with courier stroke for stroke. Avoiding problems when the came up taking advantage of them when Down times a Chuck Gohl his opponent encountered them. Through almost the entire first set both players held serve slamming shots that soared Over 100-Mph at each other. Only once did courier play a Loose Gam but it came at the wrong time As he served to Force a tiebreak. Sampras cornered his Man and a break Point hit a forehand Down the line. The Ball hit the top of the net and popped perhaps eight feet into the air courier posted at the Baseline to Deal with Sampras booming shots was in no position to Deal with the net Cord and i dropped on his Side untouched delivering the first set to Sampras. The second set followed the. Same Pat Tern both players holding serve. Then Sud Denly. Courier got a Chance when Sampras  started going sour. Trailing 0-30at 4-4, he started jumping on Sampras Sec Ond serves won four straight Points and got the break he needed. It was his first break of the match and it turned out to be his Only one. He then held his service to win the set. ".-". V the next time courier had a Chance Totake control of a set he blew it. With the the tars and stripes september 10,1995 Page 40 third set tied 2-2, he charged to a 40-0 Leadon Sampras serve. Facing three break Points Sampras stiffened to hold the nearly broke courier in the next  5-4, with courier serving Sampras again took charge. Facing set Poirot Cou Rier drilled a forehand Down the line that just hit wide giving Sampras the set. The fourth set went the same Way. Sanders landed Irving Texas a Dallas owner Jerry Jones told the cowboys players in a team meeting saturday that cornerback Deion Sanders has agreed to a five year Deal with the team the associated press has Learned. Before the team picture was taken a Valley ranch Jones told the team his quest for Sanders had been successful and the players immediately shouted prime time. Prime  later outside the locker room Offen Sive tackle Nate Newton said Deion is our baby now. Everybody on the team is Happy. We be taken him away from Sanfrancisco and that s All we care  the cowboys san Francisco 49ers an Denver Broncos had been in a bidding race for the free agent who also is an out fielder with the san Francisco giants. / the cowboys flew a delegation to Chi Cago Friday night to meet with Sanders who was in town with the giants for weekend series with the cubs. A in the team picture Rookie cornerback Laundis Brice was reassigned no. 23. Head worn no. 21, which will be Given to Sanders As soon As he completes his base Ball obligations with the giants. Sources told the a that Sanders would be flying to Dallas on monday for his firs press conference with his new team. Brice asked about losing his number Ashe was leaving in his car said i d Swap a Jersey for a super bowl ring  the Deal with Sanders was reported Tobe about $30 million which included a $12 million Bonus to be paid immediately. It makes Sanders the second High est paid player on the team behind quarterback Troy Aikman who recently signed a $50million package. San Francisco 49er president Carme policy said Friday his team was a heavy underdog in the bidding. San Francisco had submitted a slightly revised offer. Sanders was the nil defensive player of the year in 1994 although he played in Only 14 games after his baseball Obliga Tion ended. He had 37 tackles and intercepted six passes. Sanders tied Ronnie Lett s 1981 single season team record of three interceptions returned for touchdowns on plays of 74,93, arid 90 Yards. The last two returns  nil record of two or More interception return touch Downs of 90-plus Yards. He also set a sin Gle season team record with 303 Yards on interception returns. Terms stun erring heels Ansbach s Garland Keaton hangs on saturday to bring Down Giessen s Keith Walker at Giessen Germany As the 1995 High school football season wound up its first week end of play. Giessen won the non conference Battle of division Iii schools 14-8,to end a three year drought against the cougars. See pages 38-39 for the High school report. College Park my. A Mary land beat North Carolina for the first time in six years saturday scoring 25 Sec Ond half Points in a 32-18 upset of the turnover prone tar heels. Mancel Johnson caught touchdown passes of 50 and 32 Yards for the Terra pins who had lost their last five games against North Carolina by an average of19.2 Points. Maryland 2-0, 1-0 Atlantic coast con Ference took advantage of five turnover sin one of its biggest victories under coach Mark Duffner who is now 1-1-24 since taking Over in 1992. North Carolina ranked no. 20 in the preseason fell to 0-2 for the first time since 1988. The tar heels 0-2, 0-1 committed four turnovers last week in a 20-9 loss to Syracuse. North Carolina quarterback Mike Thomas who threw two interceptions last week added four against the  was 19-for-34 for 242 Yards. 3 it t y. 5 a  s ? 246850 000504