European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes August 1977 Fibak reach f t r r in sem if i a is i n u up seeded Manuel the lop surviving seeded breezed through his quarterfinal match at the Tennis tournament Downing co Lombiase Ivan in another quarterfinal fourth seeded Eddie Dibbs of Miami scored a itral Utset Victory Over texan Dick Stockton by the same making a Strong recovery Atler undergoing Arm surgery in has won eight straight sets in the tournament since losing the first set in an opening round Vic tory Over englander adm Ledly sluggish in the 90degrte Orantes struggled mine first but he broke Molina twice in the firs three games of the second set and won the next four patriots defeat Steeles in overtime 13jo a new England playing in weather that resembled a outlasted the Pitts Burgh Steeles to Post a 1310 overtime Vic tory in an nil preseason game sunday the patriots trailed through most of the game with m seconds left to quarterback Steve Grogan rolled u his right and lofted a six Yard pass into the arms of Russ Francis in the end the touchdown and Point afterwards by Plant kicker John Smith pushed the game into a 15minute sudden death the stellers received the but with starting quarterback Terry Bradshaw Back in the failed to move the they surrendered Possession to the Patri ots who moved to the 20yartl aided by a personal foul against staler cornerback no baseball cont med trom Page in nil gave him Lor his cubs starter Dave intentionally walked Bill mattock to pitch to me who ruined the strategy by lining his double to who gave up 10 singled in a run in the Rowland office crash cd two run Homor in the putting Atlanta ahead of the to the Victory was the braves fifth in a their longest winning Streak of the Eddie pitched by innings before giving Way to Dave who picked up hit fifth astros expo 2 Houston erupted for five runs in the eighth inning in completing a three game sweep of Montreal and extending us win Ning string to Joe Ferguson two run Homer capped the rally and gave Floyd the Montreal Ace stove the astros1 regular  base for the first time in Bis Lightyear major league career and drove Smith ended the game with a 32yard Field the did All their scoring in first Quarter when Greenwood snared deflected Ragan pass and thundered to the end Pittsburgh struck again at the end of the Quarter on a Hoy Gereta Field Nett Irvn 0 i o Oid hut eng Fri 0 0 1 u it Pill Tkel hefrtnatttmtrtm6ntifi Wuh it Tel Eft Nattam a Holmlin eagles beat Denver Philadelphia up Rookie wll Bert returned a licit of 90 Yards for a sunday night to ignite a Philadelphia comeback that gave the eagles a 2824 preseason Victory Over the previously unbeaten Denver Denver dominated the first period and had just taken a 100 Lead when Montgom a sixth round draft Choice from Abi Lene took a Kickoff on a Bounce on his 19 and raced Down the eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski then directed two Long second Quarter drives and passed for two Byard touchdowns to give Philadelphia a 2110 Hai fume late in the third Quarter the eagles used a recovery by Frank Lemater of a Fumble by punt returner Hick Upchurch to set up a scoring drive that culminated Early in the fourth Quarter with a two Yard scoring run by Art Green to Widen their Lead Denver rebounded with two touchdowns a 20yard pass from quarterback Morris Weese to Lonnie Penin and a six Yard keeper by Weese to Yarrow the margin to 3624 in the fourth Denver scored first on Jim Turners 26 Yard Field goal and made it he late in the first Quarter when Perrin plunged two Yards for a it nor 01 us i m a run Turner Alchi hlclia4 met in  May have to skip open defense gained a berth in the Champion ship Worth to the night when he Defeated Zeljko fran Ulovle of Ute romanian Star fell behind h in the second set after being penalized for three consecutive Points for an delay and disruption of play with obscene How they stand injured Connors forced to default api Jimmy who aggravated an old Back awoke sunday in considerable according to an official at the pro Tennis Frank tournament said be spoke by Telephone with Connors at Bis hotel and was told the 24yearold Tennis Star was still suffering from the pain that returned saturday while he prac tired with Eddie the pain came when Connors hit an overhead smash and strained Muscles in his lower the 1 withdrew from the defaulting his quarterfinal match with Wojtek i Banc of who automatically moved into the i know Hes in considerable Hammond said on we have therapy More heat and i know Hes scheduled for at least two therapy Connors ability to defend his open title starting this week is in doubt because of the he had been practising about 40 minutes when he doubled Over in Hammond said Connors Lanier Woods of Beverly told him by Telephone it was important the Tennis Star get Massage and Light i dont think Hes in any condition for Light he said Woods told him by Telephone on saturday that Connors would be unable to compete for at least after meeting with Usu moment offi Connors withdrew from the the open Forest begins and it is possible con nors will have to withdraw or play his first round later inthe Jock a masseur at worked on Connors twice on i dont think hell play at Forest per Semple said Hes got a very sore in the first set of but Dibbs finally scored a service break in the fifth game and bold move the rest or the Way to i Dibbs broke Stockton Early and co Nunu airy tormented the eight seeded texan by catching up to his drop shots and returning them in a quarterfinal match under the Jaime Fillol of Chile ousted fellow countryman Palm do t l 1 who upset second seeded Brian Gottfried nut Cornejo All Over the court throughout the match with a steady diet of topspin Fluor re corded four service Breaks in the match and ended the affair witha blistering Poland Wojtek Fibak draw a Bye into the semifinals when lop seeded Jimmy Connors had to withdraw from the tournament saturday due to a Back Dibbs was to face Fibak in one of Mon Days semifinal matches with Orantes squaring off against Fillol in Nastase in final Zupi queue rom Villas captured his 38th straight Victory or Clay sunday when he walloped John Mcenroe of in 000 Tennis week open round Robin tournament at the Westchester country club Vilas ran up a s4 Edge in the first set and won the final five games of the second Alberthe match was lieu at who Lias won five consecutive grand prix figures to face his stiffest Challenge in mondays final Molj Nurto National Leaone Ivy jus n n a s n j3 i of thu to Law Hhill spout Tiung w l 01 n m m u a a a 11 to 414 n u Al i v it n jew 4 ill Ricardo Cano of Argentina Defeated h and will meet Mcenroe monday for third Novra Milova wins title a Martina Navratilova overcame a slow Start before using her devastating Power and beating Mima Jasovec go in the final of the women Tennis classic the Czecho slovakian expatriate ranked second in the won 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