European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes Friday june 24,1977 majors Aims to put vols Back on top writer Ham Stein Germany is the University of Tennessee steeped in foot Ball tradition As any major College in the nation has won Only two National championships in its storied history. One was in 1938. And the last one was 26 years an Effort to regain the prestige it was once noted for Tennessee hired a National championship coach last december and it created a major s change around Knox big Orange country suffering a drought for the last four seasons to the Point that its football Vine has withered is keenly anticipating the new regime of it native son and sex Alum Johnny majors. Majors along with Norvall Neve an at lactic coast conference official Are con ducting the Safe football coaches and officials clinic Here thursday and Friday and at Mildenhall England next week. Coming Back to Tenn Csc May have left majors with some mixed emotions. It was Tennessee which turned its Back on majors when he applied in december of1969 for the head coaching Post vacated by Doug Dickey who headed for the u. Of Flor Ida. It was instead Given to Young Dickey aide. Bill Battle an Alabama alumnus. Majors an All America in 1956, was virtually unknown nationally As a football coach and he had no credentials of Success Only Down majors Felt the Hurt but he never showed it. I was fighting like hell for survival at Iowa state said majors and i could t let something like that deter me from putting together our pro Gram had finished two 3-7 seasons at Iowa state his first head coaching assign ment. He received Only Token mention for Wimbledon results late wednesday matches y l Mayer . 6to i. 6 i in. Tand new Pittnan. Whorl my warm u 5. Del p. I a nov Australia 3 6, i 6. T 1, pc i. 1d-8 Frt to n to a s a t Ham c i Agni Imp. Clip6 3. 61 6 i 7 1 Bab Lull Del Derum Rai too. U s. V 63 is 67, Kan Mil re St German. Of Jofin Lioyd Bril in. 3. T i pc of Tom Okur line to re Indi. Do Steve kor a Rev . B 9. 75, 63. T \. Thursday s matches women s singles second round Cums twirl tit tic a nip Wool Dnon in twin to t 7 Jon Wartan. U 5. Del re do wit Germany 6-j, i 1 Cyntina Doefner. A i a a amlr.%1. 1�t ltit.fr-4,. 4. 7. Us a nory 171. A in a Nai Pilic Marfia � / m t 3 Mark co it , Dai p Dom Guti 6 4, 6 i. B 6. Jim me Eire. U 5 Meiler. Wem Ger Minir 6 1.6 7. S63 Tennessee head coach Johnny majors St is up for a muck pass o Lindsay Hyrc assistant Grid coach Joe Glowski of the Continental sports conference. Other flyers on hand to Welcome majors who is currently conducting the Safe football clinic at Ramstein. Are assistant coach Al Blackjack Gantt second from left and head coach to Levine. S4s photo by Mills Martin Gullikson pull Wimbledon upsets americans Shock Vilas Ramirez Wimbledon l l i Billy the kid Martin downed third seed Guillermo Vilas of Argentina and Tim Gullikson outlasted seventh seed haul Ramirez of Mexico to liar pc the american Challenge with the two biggest upsets of the s373.-Ho Wimble Don Centennial championships. Martin beat the left handed Vilas 6-2. 6 4, 6-2 in just 90 minutes to move into the last 16. Hut gullies to. The right hander of the Tennis twi in from ois Alaska Vine. Needed three hours. 50 minutes and nine match Points to overcome r Amirez on the next court 6-3. 6-1. 3-6. 8&4 and move into the third Vert swept As i Winnie Wool Dridge of Britain 6-0. 6-2 in minutes and set up a third round women s singles clash with 14-year-old Tracy Center court. 11 years after their last meeting Here in the finals. Billic Jean King Defeated Maria Bueno of Bra to 6-2.7-5. Martin. 20. From 1 alos pc Les Calif. Kept the pressure on Vilas throughout with a classic serve and a Volley game that the tired argentinian could not answer on the fast s the Best win of my said Martin. He Vilas looked a Little tired out there and i Don t think he had the fight he usually , who used a pain killing Spray on an injured stomach muscle saved eight match Points against Gullikson. Before folding on the ninth when he caught the . Ranked Only 45lh in the ., should have wrapped it All up in the fourth set. But he rushed two backhands at match Points to set up a tie break where he had two More Only to put forehand Long and lose it 9-7.by the end of the match the american was suffering badly from cramps but in Mirei was possibly in worse shape and although he played the big Points Well in the final set. Gullikson was always in charge and the mexican s end was in Evita dropped Only seven Points in her 14-Minule first set against Wool Dodge but lost two games in the second set As her at Tention , it s Tough when you re 6-0. 2-0 up not to get said Vert. Who said she hoped Austin the youngest player Ever to play in the tournament in its 100 years would put More pressure on her. King bidding for her seventh singles quakes nip timbers in Nail Portland. Ore. T up Alan Birche Nall s second goal of the game with 2 i minutes to play gave the san Jose Earth quakes a 2-1 North american soccer league Victory Over the Portland timbers wednesday night. Title made the most of Bueno s weak second service and notorious slow starting to win the opening set 6-2. But she trailed 1 3 in the second when Bueno 37. Played her Best Tennis unleashing some perfectly timed passing shots to strand King at the the years caught up with her As they had with Llod Laver on the same court the Day before and King rattled off eight Points in a Row to win the other men s singles matches second seed Bjorn Borg of Sweden dumped Niki Pilic 9-7. 7-5. 6-3. But Bob Lutz. The 15th seed from san Clemente. Calif., bowed out to Kim Warwick of Australia 6-4. 3-6.6-4. 2 6,84.john Mcenroe. 18, Douglaston. N.y., joined Martin in the last 16 with a 6-2. 6-2. 5-7. 6-3 win against Karl Meiler of West Germany while Martin will play his third consecutive left hander. Mark Cox. For a place in the quarterfinals. The huh seeded briton sidelined Patrice Dominguez of France 6-4.6-1, m. In women s singles action Julie Anthony and Rayni Fox joined Vert with wins to put 13 americans through to the third round while Terry Holladay and Martina Navratilova were Busy reaching the last 16. Holladay ousted Allison Mcdade of South Africa 6-4, 6-0 and Navratilova. The second seed beat Lesley Charles of Britain 6-2,6-2. Cent of its games in.11 years majors said j at the Ramstein recreation Center. S say whatever you want but football j coaches Are eternal optimists majors j said. He fulfilled that statement with a 6-4-1 j first season at Pitt and an appearance in the fiesta bowl his third straight bowl j game. In 1974 and 1975 the panthers had 3 checked in with impressive 7-4 records and j a majors recruited Back was making the nation look towards the City of the three Rivers. His name Tony Dorsett. In the meantime Back at Knoxville Battle had 84, 7-3-2 and 7-5 records in 1973, 1974 and 1975, and the natives were getting restless. Those arc Good records at other schools but Only so so at Tennessee. They talked about Oklahoma Nebraska Ala Bama Etc. Taking their football so seriously but Tennessee football huffs can be As mean As those varmints guarding the stills in the clench mountains the Bicentennial year would be a majors one for Pittsburgh and the Battle would be lost at and the panthers opened the season by wiping up notre Dame on National to 31-10. And then proceeded to polish off the next 11 opponents including Georgia in the sugar bowl for a National championship. Walking Tightrope Tennessee would fall to a diff us 5-6 record in 1976 including its sixth straight loss to Alabama. And it had Only beaten Auburn twice in seven years. Battle had been walking the tight rope for losing to Arch rival v and Obilt. 17-14. In 1975. When majors resigned at Pitt last dec. 5, it was a foregone conclusion that he was going Back to the Mother school. And there were reports that with everything added up he would be earning $125.000, making him the highest collegiate coach returning to Knoxville majors has called for refurbishing the existing athletic Plant one of the finest in the country. Majors was especially concerned with the practice Fields the weight room Etc. Our facilities Haven t been taken care of. Our practice Fields remind me of some of the cow pastures around majors said. Wants Best equipment we Don t want to put our players on a Crappy Field. We want them to have the Best equipment available because ten Nesse is a first class school. Like the general said Tennessee goes first class " majors was talking about Gen. Bob Neyland the legendary Tennes see Hall of Fame coach who recruited him in 1952. Rest assured majors is no Johnny come lately As a Tennessee seven years later has humbled itself to realize that majors should have been Here sooner. For Johnny majors All is forgiven. He just wants to aim for another National championship. And Don t bet against him
