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Becker outlasts Sampras
STUTTGART, Germany Buoyed
by a roaring home crowd and pelting his
opponent with 29 aces, Boris Becker ral
lied from a set down Sunday to beat Pete
Sampras in five sets and win the Eurocard
Open.
Becker was at his best on the indoor
court, posting a 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
victory and ending the 21-match win
ning streak of the world’s No. 1 player,
the longest such streak this year.
“He’s to Germany what Michael Jor
dan is to the United States,” Sampras
said. “There’s only one king in Germany
and his name is Boris.”
Becker, cheered at every move by a
crowd of 7,200, won the 48th title of his
career, 29 of those indoors.
The tournament field, one of the best
ever, began with 29 of the world’s top 30
entered. Players such as Becker and Andre
Agassi are still trying to qualify for the
year-end ATP Tour World Champion
ship.
Becker’s victory almost guaranteed
himself a spot in the Nov. 19-24 tourna
ment, which features the world’s eight
best players.
Becker, who had been sidelined with a
wrist injury since Wimbledon in June,
was playing in only his third tournament
since his comeback. He gained the decid
ing break at 2-1 in the fifth set, slamming
a backhand winner down the line.
„ “Mymusclesstartedtohurtinthefifth
set, but I gritted my teeth and hung on,”
said Becker, who will move up to No. 3
when the new rankings are released
Monday.
MLB labor deal in limbo
NEW YORK A day after players
announced they had reached a tentative
labor deal with owners, acting commis
sioner Bud Selig said Sunday he hadn’t
scheduled a meeting to consider ratifica
tion.
Meanwhile, a management source said
owners probably would allow the players
who need service time from the strike to
become eligible for free agency to file
provisionally and assume there will be a
labor agreement that grants them the
service time.
Several management sources said it
was unlikely owners would meet this
week, but they said owners may gather
next week for a vote on the deal, which
requires approval from at least 21 of the
* “As far as I can tell, he (Selig) an
nounced we still had a lot of negotiating
to do, which was news to everyone in
volved in the negotiating process,” union
ltead Donald Fehr said Sunday. “Maybe
he has a lot of negotiating left to do with
his own side.
Union officials have said the deal will
Gollapse unless it’s approved and final
ized by Nov. 10, the end of the free-agent
filing period.
; Adealwouldcreatel2additionalplay
ers eligible for free agency, including
dhicago White Sox pitcher Alex
Fernandez, Montreal outfielder Moises
Alou and Expos pitcher Mel Rojas. Un
dfcr the decision being contemplated by
file owners, they would be able to file for
free agency later this week.
Hamilton captures Ist win
- PHOEND( Bobby Hamilton won
the Dura-Lube 500 at Phoenix Interna
tional Raceway on Sunday, earning his
first Winston Cup victory and giving car
mvner Richard Petty his first win in 13
years.
, With a record raceway crowd of
5p4,000 on its feet and shouting its ap
ffroval, Hamilton’s No. 43 Pontiac led
the final 30 laps on the one-mile oval,
beating Mark Martin to the finish line by
fi23 seconds about 20 car-lengths.
' “We’vecomeclosebeforethis,butwe
didn’t quite have it together,” said Petty,
who was the driver when a Petty Enter
pises car last won in October 1983. “To
day, they had it all together and this
itally feels good.”
| SeriespointsleaderTerryLabontewas
ajf>le to ignore his injured hand and drive
te the brink of his second Winston Cup
c&ampionship, finishing a strong third.
I The 1984 champion will take a 47-
pjiint lead over Hendrick Motorsports
tjammate Jeff Gordon and a 99-point
margin over third-place Dale Jarrett into
die season-finale on Nov. 10 at Atlanta
Motor Speedway.
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ACC media listen to Hatchell, pick UNC Ist
BY KURT TONDORF
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
GREENSBORO—It didn’t take long
on Sunday for North Carolina women’s
basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell to state
why her 1996-97 Tar Heel team should
be granted more respect by the media.
Six minutes, in fact.
But the UNC coach apparently con
vinced her audience at ACC Operation
Basketball that the Tar Heels had im
proved enough to become the
conference’s team to beat, as the annual
session’s media contingent declared UNC
the preseason favorite to win the ACC
crown.
“This team is stronger than the one I
had in 1994,” Hatchell said. “Last time
we were in a position like this, great
things happened.”
New York fends off Braves’ rally,
captures World Series in 6 games
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK This is the story of
the ultimate comeback —of a New York
Yankees team that never gave up and
never lost heart.
Given no chance ofwinning the World
Series after two humbling losses at home,
the Yankees u> A _| a i
wontheirfirst ,
1978 with a3- NewYork 3
2 victory over the defending champion
Atlanta Braves in Game 6 Saturday night.
Jimmy Key, who missed almost all of
last year because of shoulder trouble,
worked the first 5 1/3 innings and then
manager Joe Torre turned it over to his
vaunted bullpen to clinch the Yankees’
record 23rd championship.
“There are so many moving stories on
this Yankee club,” owner George
Steinbrenner said. “I’ve never seen such
a mentally tough team as this bunch of
Yankees.”
John Wetteland, the fifth New York
pitcher, became the first reliever to record
four saves in a Series earning him the
MVP award—despite giving up a run in
the ninth.
Marquis Grissom’s RBI single with
two outs pulled Atlanta within a run and
put runners at first and second. Mark
Lemke fouled out to third baseman
Charlie Hayes to end the game and start
a celebration marked with a massive
pileup of Yankees on the mound.
The Yankees beat Greg Maddux in
becoming the first team to win a game at
home in this Series.
Two days after a 1-0 win, New York
again put together enough hits to win by
a run—in baseball’s Year of the Homer,
Aikman, Irvin lead Cowboys past Dolphins
in Ist round of Johnson-Jones showdown
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MlAMl—Jimmy Johnson found out
what it’s like to stand on the sideline
opposite the Dallas Cowboys when
they’re playing well.
Not much fan.
The Super Bowl champions beat the
coach who built them Sunday. Troy
Aikman threw for 363 yards, including
12 completions to Michael Irvin for 186
yards, and Dallas dominated Johnson’s
Miami Dolphins 29-10.
The Cowboys (5-3) won their fourth
in a row, but still trail Washington by two
games in the NFC East. Miami (4-4) has
lost four of its past five games.
In the week leading up to the long
anticipated showdown, Johnson was on
his best behavior, possibly because he
knew he was outmanned. Dallas
outscored Miami 20-0 in the second half
and finished with 482 yards to 221 for the
Dolphins.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who
hired Johnson at Dallas and fired him
five years later after two Super Bowl
titles, watched from a skybox as the
grudge match turned into a rout. The
game attracted 800 members of the me
dia and a crowd of 75,283, the largest in
In a tight poll, the Tar Heels were
voted into the top spot, edging out Duke,
Virginia, N.C. State and Clemson, all of
which fell within 21 points of one an
other.
It may be cliche to say the ACC is a
conference of basketball parity. But it’s
also the truth.
“It’s been a dogfight since 1988-89,”
Maryland coach Chris Weller said. “It
remains that way, possibly becoming a
little deeper over the last few years. ...
There isn’t a weak team in the confer
ence.”
Aside from, perhaps, Florida State.
The Seminoles previewed at and finished
atthe bottom ofthe ACC last season, and
despite handing the coaching reins to
Chris Gobrecht this year, found them
selves in the basement again.
“I’m not familiar with the conference, ”
there were none in '
the final two
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reaching the Series MADDUX
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streak in major The third inning and
league history took ,he oss '
and once was fired
as Atlanta’s man
ager. The win came a day after his brother,
Frank, received a desperately needed
heart transplant at a New York hospital.
“I never had any doubts about this
club,” Torre said. “When you get as old
as I am, you learn to appreciate it. It
might come only once.
“My brother Frank with the heart yes
terday. My brother, Rocco, too. I know
he was with me tonight,” Torre said,
referring to the brother who died of a
heart attack during the season.
For veterans like Wade Boggs and
Cecil Fielder, it brought them their first
World Series championship.
Boggs celebrated by climbing aboard
a police horse and riding around the
outfield while his teammates took a vic
tory lap to the standing ovation of the
56,375 fans. In 1986, he was within one
out of a title when Boston lost the Series
to the New York Mets.
“Our heart is as big as the Twin Tow
ers right now,” Boggs said.
stadium history, including two Super
Bowls.
For the first time, Johnson had reason
to regret drafting Aikman while at Dal
las. Aikman hit 33 of 41 passes for three
scores, with no interceptions.
The most damaging completion came
when a breakdown in the secondary left
Irvin wide open on third-and-17. The
result was a 61-yard gain, setting up a 2-
yard touchdown pass from Aikman to
Irvin fora22-101eadinthe third quarter.
Irvin’s reception total tied his career
high.
Aikman also threw for touchdowns
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UNC junior
MARION JONES
will return after
redshirting last
season.
Gobrecht said
when asked to ana
lyze the ACC race
for the coming
year.
If Gobrecht
wants to survive in
this league, she had
best start watching
some tape of years
past. The ACC has
become a power
conference, per
haps the second
best collection of
talent in the land to
the peerless Southeastern Conference.
More than one coach at the Sunday ses
sion upheld that opinion.
“The SEC’s always been a notch above
us, and their top teams may be ahead of
The Braves, who had “Team of the
90s” inscribed on their championship
rings after last year, have reached the
World Series in four of the last five
postseasons but won only one title.
Braves manager Bobby Cox was not
around to watch his team’s last loss. He
was ejected in the fifth inning.
“If you have to lose, I don’t mind
losing to Joe Torre. He’s a class act,” Cox
said. “After going two up, you figure
you’re going to win one or two at home. ”
They almost came back in the ninth.
Ryan Klesko and Terry Pendleton
singled with one out and pinch-hitter
Luis Polonia struck out. Grissom singled
before Wetteland retired Lemke.
Key gave up five hits and one run.
David Weathers relieved Key and got
one out and Graeme Lloyd, booed off the
mound at Yankee Stadium after being
traded to New York from Milwaukee in
August, also got one out before setup star
Mariano Rivera pitched two innings.
Lloyd turned out to be a Series star
and cleared general manager Bob
Watson, who thought his job was in
jeopardy when the deal didn’t look too
good at the start.
Gimpy Paul O’Neill, who made a
running catch that finished the Yankees’
win in Game 5, hit a double that began a
three-run burst off Maddux in the third.
O’Neillmovedto third on a groundout
and, with the infield playing in, Joe
Girardi Maddux’s former catcher on
the Chicago Cubs tripled over
Grissom, who was playinghis usual shal
low center field.
Derek Jeter singled for a 2-0 lead, stole
second and scored on Bemie Williams’
single.
covering 4 yards to Eric Bjomson and 10
yards to Emmitt Smith.
Dan Marino, back in the lineup after
missing three games with a broken right
ankle, completed only 12 of 27 attempts
for 173 yards against the NFL’s top
ranked pass defense.
The Dolphins’ lone touchdown came
on Marino’s 16-yard pass to fullback
Stanley Pritchett.
The Cowboys had 248 yards and 15
first downs at halftime, but still trailed
10-9. They mounted drives 0f55,68 and
66 yards before settling for field goals of
33,29 and 24 yards by Chris Boniol.
us," Duke coach Gail Goestenkors said.
“But I feel from top to bottom, we’ve got
the best conference. It’s just wide-open. ”
What has launched the Tar Heels to
the top of the preseason charts is un
doubtedly the return of junior guard
Marion Jones, who redshirted last sea
son to train for the 1996 Olympics. A
broken foot derailed her summer plans,
but it is a healthy Jones along with
junior all-ACC forward Tracy Reid and
1996 ACC Rookie of the Year Chanel
Wright slated to lead the Tar Heels
back to the 30-win success UNC enjoyed
in Jones’ freshman and sophomore years.
“With those three players and not be
ing ranked (nationally), I must be a pretty
bad coach,” Hatchell said.
The two teams below UNC in the
early poll, the Blue Devils and Cavaliers,
are suffering from a host of preseason
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Field hockey tackles ODU
The top-ranked North Carolina field
hockey team avenged its only loss of the
season on Saturday, topping No. 3 Old
Dominion 4-2 before an NCAA-record
crowd 0f2,765 atForeman Field in Nor
folk, Va.
UNC forward Kate Barber provided
the game-winner when she netted a shot
from outside the circle to give the Tar
Heels (15-1) a 3-1 advantage with just
underlOminutesleft.ODU’sMimiSmith
scored two minutes later, but UNC’s
Nancy Pelligreen
tipped in a penalty
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Heels’ 28-game Saturday,
win streak with a 4-3 double overtime
victory on Sept. 22.
“We wanted to play in a stadium at
mosphere, and this was good prepara
tion for the NCAA tournament scene,”
UNC coach Karen Shelton said. “We
hoped to feed off the crowd and use that
to our advantage, whether they were
cheering for us or not.”
UNC struck within the game’s first
minute when midfielder Abbi Keller
sailed a penalty stroke past Monarch
goalie Jamie Hill. ODU tied the contest
at the 23:32 mark on a strike from
Rosemarie van derßijt, but Schott nailed
a penalty comer with 13 seconds left in
the first half to break the 1-1 deadlock.
Soccer skuts out foes
UNC’s women’s soccer team notched
its 11th and 12th shutouts of the season
this weekend, bageling No. 10 Wiscon
sin and No. 12 Minnesota at the Wiscon
sin Soccer Invitational in Madison, Wis.
Freshman forward Laurie Schwoy
gameredMostValuableOffensive Player
plaudits for the tournament after total
ling three of the team’s six goals in the
two contests. Back Amy Roberts nabbed
Most Valuable Defensive Player honors.
Schwoy netted two strikes in the first
20 minutes to pace the Tar Heels (15-1)
over Wisconsin (11-3-3) 4-0 on Sunday.
The Baltimore native sent a Roberts
pass into the upper right comer of the net
for the game-winner against the Badgers,
then knocked the ball in off a comer kick
to increase UNC’s advantage to 2-0.
Midfielder Aubrey Falk headed in a
cross from Lome Fair to finish the first
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injuries.
Duke’s squad, which Goestenkors said
has the potential to be the best team the
school’s ever seen, will have to deal with
the loss of Ty Hall (pelvic stress fracture)
and Peyton Black (hamstring) early in
the year.
The Wahoos, already coping with the
graduation of two-time ACC Player of
the Year Wendy Palmer, may have lost
junior swingman Monick Foote for the
season.
“It’s quite a lot for us to deal with,”
Virginia coach Debbie Ryan said. “If we
get Monick back, we’re a contender. If
we don’t, we’re going to struggle.”
When asked if it would bother her if
her team wouldn’t be ranked atop the
conference in preseason, Ryan said, “Fine
with me. Who you pick for No. 1 now
doesn’t matter.”
half scoring, and Debbie Keller recorded
the Tar Heels’ final tally whenshe tapped
in a shot off a comer kick.
UNC outshot the Badgers 14-5 and
won its seventh straight contest.
Goals by Schwoy and Falk enabled
the Tar Heels to creep past Minnesota 2-
0 on Friday. Schwoy headed jn a cross by
Sarah Dacey during the 15th minute,
and Falk added the insurance goal from
15 yards out after gathering a loose ball.
UNC goalkeepers Gretchen
Overgaard and Siri Mullinix combined
for six saves in shutting out the Golden
Gophers (124). The Tar Heels outshot
Minnesota 15-9.
Sweeper Nel Fettig, midfielder
Rebekah McDowell and forward Robin
Confer were also named to the all-tour
nament squad.
Georgia sinks swimmers
UNC’smen’sandwomen’sswimming
and diving teams lost a pair of close
contests to Georgia this weekend at
Gabrielson Natatorium in Athens, Ga.
The Bulldog men avenged an upset
loss to the Tar Heels a year ago by captur
ing a 155-139 decision. North Carolina’s
women fell 174-126 at the dual competi
tion, the season-opener for both schools.
UNC’s Richelle Depold posted quali
fying times for three events in next
March’s NCAA Championships in In
dianapolis the 50- and 100-yard
freestylesandthe 100-yard butterfly. She
set a school record with a 52.82 in the
100-yard butterfly, breaking the old mark
of 53.91 set in 1985.
Depold’s times in the freestyle events
are the second fastest in UNC history.
She finished the 50 in 22.89 and the 100
in 49.57.
Tar Heel junior Chrissy Miller also
qualified for the championships with a
1:59.81 in the 200-yard butterfly, good
for second in North Carolina’s record
book.
Volleykall falls to‘Moles
North Carolina’s volleyball team
squandereda2-l lead in losing to Florida
State 3-2 at Tully Gymnasium in Talla
hassee on Friday. The two-hour, 25-
minute match ended with the Tar Heels
falling to the Seminoles 10-15, 15-8, 9-
15,15-7,15-10.
UNC (14-10,4-6) lost its fifth match in
six contests after taking an early advan
tage. TheTarHeelslimitedFSUtoa.o39
hitting percentage in the first game, but
the ‘Noles rebounded to snag the second
game by hitting .600.
After splitting the next two games,
FSU never trailed to capture the fifth
game and the victory.
Tori Seibert amassed 20 kills and a
.432 percentage in leading the Tar Heels.
Setter Erin Berg contributed 49 assists.
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