European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 8, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 21 Borg forced of default at Forest Hills bionic Connors destroys Tanner by Steve w1lstein Forest Hills  up defend ing Champion Jimmy Connors roared into the quarterfinals of the us. Open Tennis championships tuesday night with a 6-0, 6 2 rout of Roscoe Tanner after Wimbledon Champion and top seed Bjorn Borg quit in pain in mismatch against loth seed Dick Stockton. Connors is bionic one fan yelled out from the stands Between serves and the 25-year-old second seed from Belleville 111., practically played that Way drilling shot after shot exactly on the taped lines and returned impossible serves from the hard slamming Tanner to win in 54 min utes. It was As if Connors who has been complaining of lower Back soreness suddenly found a health potion with the demise of Borg. Tanner the Lith seed from Lookout Mountain tenn., had t played Well on the disagreeable Clay surface going into this fourth round match struggling through two of his first three matches but he was talk ing to himself nearly from the Start As con nors repeatedly ticked the tape. Tanner s Only response was to blast his serve even harder and he managed to win the eighth game with the help to two aces. Connors played his Best Tennis since win Ning the act championship in Dallas. I was just rolling said Connors who added his Back did t Hurt him at All. I took advantage of a lot of opportunities. Once i started playing out there i Felt Good. It s not like i was coasting. Every shot i hit i put everything into  asked about Borg s default Connors said sarcastically he s out of the tournament. I got one round farther than he did so maybe they la put me no. 1 in the computer rankings Tanner provided the open with one of its great moments a year ago in a marvelous 3v4-hour, five set match with Hie Nastase that lasted until 1 . Tanner lost that one too but he was a much better player that night. Against Connors Tanner was erratic and outclassed. Artistically and statistically it was a mismatch. Tanner won Only eight Points in the 22-minute first set none on Connors serve. In the second set Tanner managed Only eight Points on Connors serve. Connors made 65 percent of his first serves Tanner 45 percent. Connors had nine winners Tanner had two. Connors had two forced errors Tanner had 14.4 he was Tough Tanner said in an understatement. But i led him in some circumstances. I did t serve that Well. He played Well but i did t have any rhythm i kept hitting the Ball Short. I was hitting and watching and leaving myself open. I did t test him that Well but Orantes will in the next  Connors next meets Spain s Manuel Orantes in the quarters in a five setter that May determine the eventual Champi on. Orantes soundly Defeated Connors Here in the finals in 1975. Orantes and Argentina s Guillermo Vilas Are the Only players considered Capa ble of stopping Connors bid for a second straight title. Borg would have been on the list but the sore shouldered Blond saw his dream of be Winner congratulated Eden s Bjorn Borg left congratulates Dick Stockton at Forest Hills tuesday. Borg was forced to default during their . Open match because of a shoulder injury. A photo curing his world no. 1 status with a Victory Here crumble in the late afternoon dust As he finally gave in to his pain. The 21-year-old swede who injured him self in practice the Day before the open began stunned a capacity stadium court crowd of 12,333 when he made his decision to quit on the change of service with Stock ton leading 3-6,6-4,1-0. In the first set it Hurt but not As much As in the second Borg said. There was too much pain to serve it s a mental thing. Every time you throw up the Ball you wonder if it is going to Hurt. There was no Way i could put an overhead  asked if he would have continued if he had beaten Stockton in the second set Borg replied it does t matter. In the next match i would have had to play three of five sets and there  Way i could do  Borg who played with torn stomach Muscles when he won his first Wimbledon title in 1976, never broke up or showed much emotion after his default. I m very disappointed. I thought i had a really Good Chance in the tournament he said. Still i have plenty More years to come. I knew the matches would be tougher and tougher. The first three Guys i played preferred fast surfaces. I knew before the match with Stockton it would be difficult because he s a Good  Borg feared even before the match that he might not be Able to compete. We have to wait and see Borg said. There is still pain. I Don t know. I Hope. We  Borg tried but he just was not Able to perform the Way he is expected to or the Way he expects himself to. As he had in his first three matches his serves were soft and easy to return with just enough Power continued on Page 23 says it caused shoulder problem Borg s coach puts blame on wet by Fred Rothenberg Forest Hills . A Lennart Bergelin Bjorn Borg s coach says he blames world team Tennis "100 per cent for the painful shoulder injury that forced the top seeded Borg to default in the fourth round of the . Open Tennis Champion ships tuesday. I Hope he never plays that again said an angry Bergelin after Borg s Hopes for a Wimbledon Forest Hills double were dashed by the sore shoulder causing him  from his match with Dick Stockton of Dallas. The match went to Stockton 3-6, 6-4,1-0. When i came Here and picked him up after wet he was sore All Over. In the Groin the stomach the Chest and the shoulder. I blame that totally on  Bergelin said Borg s weak condition made him vulnerable to the shoulder injury. I Hope he realizes that now Borg s longtime coach said. I Hope he now understands what wet does to a bucs win on Dale Berra s rib hit by United press International Dale Berra son of former Yankee great Yogi Berra brought up from the minors by the Pittsburgh pirates two weeks ago when Rennie Stennett was injured delivered a game winning hit in the Lith inning tuesday night when his single scored Al Oliver and gave the pirates a 5-4 Victory Over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Triumph Cut Philadelphia s Lead Over Pittsburgh in the National league East to six games. Berra a third baseman had had Only two hits in 18 previous major league at bats before delivering the clutch single off reliever Gene Garber. Oliver and Duffy Dyer had singled to set up the winning hit. I be been hitting All my life and you Don t just Stop hitting said Berra trying to explain his slow Start with the Bat. The pirates rallied to tie the score three times in the game. Oliver had a Solo Homer in the fourth while Bill Robinson and Phil Garner had run scoring singles for Pittsburgh. Mike Schmidt s 33rd Homer and a single drove in three Phillies runs. In other National league games los Angeles nipped san Diego 3-2, Houston downed Cincinnati 8-3, St. Louis beat Chi Cago 3-1, new York topped Montreal 5-3 and san Franciso crushed Atlanta 12-2. Dodgers 3, padres 2 Bill Russell raced Home with the winning run in the 10th inning on a throwing error by third baseman Mike Ivie to give the dodgers their Victory Over the padres. The Triumph coupled with Cincinnati s no Roundup loss to Houston reduced the dodgers magic number for clinching the nation Al league West Pennant to 13. Reggie Smith homered for los Angeles and Dave Winfield connected for san Diego. Astros 8, reds 3 Art Howe drove in three runs and Joa Quin Andujar won his first game since july 14 As the astros downed the reds. The astros hoping to overhaul the reds for second place in the no West posted their Lith Victory in their last 12 games and Trail Cincinnati by just 4m games. Enos Cabell homered for the astros. Cardinals 3, cubs 1 Ted Simmons drove in two runs with a Homer and a single and Tom Underwood pitched his first Complete game in 14 starts to Lead the cardinals to Victory Over the cubs. Lou Brock had three hits and stole two bases for the cardinals marking the 130th time in his career he has stolen two bases in one game. Mets 5, expos 3 Steve Henderson drove in three runs to spark the mets Victory Over the expos. Henderson singled in two runs in the sixth inning and drove in another run in the eighth to lift his rib total to 51 in 75 games for the mets. Gary Carter hit his 24th Homer for Montreal. Giants 12, braves 2 Only 877 fans showed up to watch the giants pummel the braves behind the hit Ting of Willie Mccovey who drove in four runs with his 23rd Homer and a single. Gary Thomasson and Darrell Evans drove in three runs apiece for the giants while Bob Knepper hurled a five hitter. Player. Borg the Wimbledon Champion and the Star of the Cleveland nets of the wet seemed to agree with his coach on the Dan Gers of team Tennis. Maybe i agree with him said Borg who had won three earlier matches but was extended too far by a wily Stockton. There s a lot of travelling in team Tennis. I can t get too Many massages. Sometimes i get really tight. When i came Here after team Tennis was finished last month was very very tight. The irony of the default was that Berge Lin using heat treatments and Massage Felt the injury to the pectoral muscle in the right Side had been localized to one Small area. But Stockton s style of play aggravated the shoulder and the right handed Borg said it got worse each game he Stockton played very Clever Bergelin said of the no. 10 seed. Lob lob lob. He played Bjorn absolutely  Borg serving soft serves throughout the match said he was in too much pain to serve any harder. The pain was greatest on the serves and overheads Borg was forced to hit because Stockton kept lobbing the Ball up High. Serving smashing overhead Sand even picking up the Racket it starts to Hurt Borg said. The next round goes into Best of five sets. There was just no Way for me. I m very disappointed. I wanted to do really Well this year especially after coming so close second last  Borg who has an option for two More years of wet in Cleveland said he would make a decision in december on whether to continue playing team Tennis. Marty Liessen his coach at Cleveland says he has no influence on Borg s Deci Sion but i Hope hell come