Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 8, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba A clash of titans Sabatini set to Battle for open Crown Steffi displaying her old makes Short work of Arantha Sanchez new York a Steffi Back to her old and Gabriela showing off some new ones in an acrobatic set up a clash in the final of the the two4ime defending open delivered a crushing one two knocking out Aratta Sanchez Vicario in 54 minutes yesterday to reach the final for the fourth straight unveiling a new and formidable net had to work for two 43 minutes before subduing Mary Joe Fernandez Sabatini put together a string of Brilliant backhand drop volleys to break Fernandez in the final two leaping almost horizontally to the spinning through the air and tumbling fearlessly on the hard Sabatini put the match away then said Shes ready to go after i think in ready to said who lost to Graf in the finals Here two years and is still looking for her first grand slam i really wanted to do Well in this i showed it in this 1 showed it in All my and ill show it Tomor Sabatini kept her net game under wraps most of the tournament As she honed her but she came to the net against Sabatini rushed the net 92 winning 56 Points in Fernandez won 29 Points on her 48 approaches to the when we started i saw her coming to the so 1 said i have to come before Sabatini see Graf Page 72 Winnipeg free press september 1990 pages 6988 Mark sports editor m Kuharich thrown to the Lions by Grant Kerr the Canadian press the defenceless British Columbia Lions fired volatile head coach Lary Kuharich yesterday after just 10 games with the Cal league general manager Joe Kapp announced the firing at a news conference that Kuharich did not attend at the team training Kapp said he Hopes to name a new head coach before next thursdays game against the Edmonton eskimos at place Sta have agreed to disagree and Lary will not be the coach of the said he is a close personal Friend of mine and will remain Kapp met team owner Murray Pezim yesterday to discuss the status of Kuharich and then fired saying there May be a place in the organization for Kapp said Kuharich future he also is personnel director will be determined after Kuharich takes a Pezim stormed out of place stadium on thursday night As his team was going Down to an ignominious 4919 loss Treyve Given up an astonishing 158 Points in their last three losses to the changes would be he fans pelted Kuharich with paper cups As he left the Kuharich was in the first year of a three year but his two one tie and seven losses were not Good enough for who had promised an exciting a week Pezim indicated he might fire both Kapp and but changed his mind after a meeting with them in the Lions lost 6843 the next Pezim bought the Lions from Community ownership in september the team had accumulated debts estimated at the new owner fired general manag Erc Oach Joe Galat after the Lions missed the West division playoffs with a 711 they had been in the Grey cup the previous year under head coach Larry but Galat fired Donovan after an 04 Start to the 1989 Pezim also dismissed team president Stu Kehoe last fall and replaced him with a team favorite in the 1960s when he played Kapps first move was to hire Kuharich away from the Calgary Kuharich took the Stamps to second place in the West last but Calgary was upset in the semifinals by Glenn free press after Duck hits Home by Grant Mcginnis Winnipeg free press Saskatoon there was something missing yesterday As the Winnipeg jets opened train ing something More than the conveniently retired Bob for the first time in nine there was no Dale its that for said Hawer chunks longtime defence Man Dave i actually haunt really thought about it until thursday night in the team meeting when everyone had to stand up and introduce nobody stood up and said in Dale that happened at for the first Hawer Chuk will pull on the Blue and Gold Jersey of the Buffalo an experience which promises to produce a vastly Dif Ferent september than my first Day it went pretty Hawer Chuk said last night from his new Home near we just had medicals and test it was its sure it was Al ways Nice to see the Guys again after the that didst at age is starting Long gone Are the Days when he was the Centre of the Winnipeg jets an Era which began in the summer of 1981 at Portage and main and ended june 16 with his Trade to Buffalo for Phil Scott Amiel and Jeff no longer will the general Man Ager assist his cause by valiantly attempting to convince the Gath ered Media that the Captain had reported in better shape than Carl of a player of Hawer chunks stature is virtually guaranteed a Good spot in the lineup but nothing is certain in new hell have to earn new respect in his Standard training regimen of 18 holes and a swig of ale wont Cut it As he nears maybe i did work a Little bit pushed myself a Little bit Hawer Chuk at yesterdays opening of the jets Camp at Saskatchewan nobody was granted Hawer chunks but there was no minute of silence to Honor the dear departed Noth ing of the things were not the everyone who was Here from the original Winnipeg jets is gone now pretty its All new faces both on the ice and above Ellett certainly theres been a lot of this is basically a new Winnipeg jets organization from top to Bot he was basically the drawing most of training Camp seemed to Centre around All of the stories always seemed to be about stealing and the Kitchen sink Chicago a Chicago police tagged two men trying to steal Home plate from Comiskey Park yester Day As part of their Effort to keep fans from carrying away the oldest Ballpark in the United states before it closes for Good this Gam Day fans have been even Treyve tried hiding in departing crowds with chairs even Bath room fixtures under their anything that not nailed said Dominic chief of Security at and anything that is nailed there going to try and remove it Comiskey opened july and closes its replacement is going up across the Street and opens next weve got Bac Toback distinctions and any i is going to be a Security Force of of duty police officers is being increased As the season said who declined to provide specific two men went Over a 12foot Wall using a pried Home plate Loose and were leaving with it when Park Security saw them and called on duty one of the men was caught after throwing the plate Over the outside Wall and dropping Down after the other was arrested in the the one 19 and the other were charged with trespassing and there not career just kids who basically decided that they wanted the plate so they have some part of White sox Park for their unborn said Sharon one of the arresting Dieter Earl Lunsford and Bui Frank Are being inducted into Blue Hall of Best Here again by Dave sup eve the thing Joe Poplawski remembers most Are the disfigured battered swollen bruised Palms All symbols of a Day catching passes from Dieter it was training Camp in Partick recalled who absorbed Brock bullets from i dont know if it was the the Middle Finger or the Little every Finger would get everybody else would be complaining of sore legs or i complained about sore the phrase Brocket Poplawski boomed across stadium Pas nearly 300 times in that As Quarter backs and receivers they Are As close to automatic As it they Are performing together again this As both Are inducted to the Winnipeg Blue bombers Hall of also being honoured Are Earl Lunsford As Winnipeg general manager from brought both to and offensive tackle Bill a bomber for seven seasons in a Brilliant 15year pro still both Brock and Poplawski Are the first players of the 1980s Era to enter the bombers Poplawski retired in 1987 after nine Brock was with the team for 10 before being traded to the Hamilton after the 1984 he joined the los Angeles rams of the National football spending two years now Brock is Host of a weekly 30minute football show in his native is Vic president of a Winnipeg insurance Joe was probably the most consistent receiver i Ever played said he was probably the most knowledgeable and he had such great he knew so much about Reading it made it easy to pass to the cols top player in 1981 and made it look easy to pass to nicknamed the birding Ham Brock passed for Yards on completions in his 10 see Joe Page 70 daddy coming to work Michael Patterson is excited daddy coming its Tough being the nine Montgold son of a professional football especially a football player who lives in one City and earns his living in its unlikely that Michaels Hamilton Tiger cats weak Side linebacker Darrell will be Back Home in Winnipeg on a permanent basis until the end of the Cal Hes much too and when youre the leading Tacker in the or there int a lot of Chance youll be traded Back Home Scott Taylor its Patterson was saying the other but its definitely a big weekend when 1 get in looking Forward to seeing when she met and eventually married Julie Patterson really didst have a clue what she was in not when Hubby plays in a league like the Cal a league where a quarterback alleged to be As Good As Matt Dunigan can play for three teams in four where a safety with the credentials of a Scott Flagel can play for four teams in a nine year career and where an outstanding defensive lineman like Brett Williams can play for three teams in five years and be an Allstar at each in with my third Cal team said who signed originally with Winnipeg in was traded to Ottawa in May of 1888 and then moved to see sent Page 70 ;