European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 09, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 9, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 21 Forest Hills Evert clobbers King stove overpowers austinian quarterfinal round of . Open Tennis play by Steve Wilstein Forest Hills. . Up Chris Evert shot Down Billie Jean King 6-2, 6-0,for her 110th straight Clay court Triumph wednesday night after 32-year-old Bett stove gave 14-year-old Tracy Austin a 6-2, 6-2 spanking but the old lady and the kid left the . Open Tennis championships to rousing standing , gunning for her third straight Vic tory Here kept the three time former .Champion running from Corner to Corner on the Baseline nearly the entire 65 min utes of the quarterfinal match. It was if Evert who said earlier she d be shocked if she Ever lost on Clay was merely practising her hard deep drives and King was trying to find something she d lost a few years ago. King trying to come Back from knee surgery last year and hoping to prepare herself for Wimbledon next year could do Little More than give Evert a workout. Evert now meets stove in the semifinals on Friday. This was 18th meeting Between the 22 year old Evert and the 33-year-old King two of the greatest women players in history. Evert has won 11 of the duels including All three this year the last in the Quarter finals at Wimbledon 6-1,6-2. Perhaps if King Ever recovers the for she showed before her knee surgery she May again produce great Tennis with Evert but clearly that was not the Case wednesday night. King made 31 unforced errors to Evert s 12 and connected on Only 47 per cent of her first serves to Evert s 75percent. King admitted she was no test for Evert and hinted she May be forced to consider could play these matches on Clay in her dreams King said. I Don t feel iwas moving Well or changing directions on this Clay. I was ticked if you want to know the truth. We played a lot of close Points. On the 3040 Points she played better get it together by october or lakers grab Digregorio from Buffalo by William j. Stanfiel Inglewood Calif. Up the los Angeles lakers added Speed and Ball handling ability to their Aba Champion ship Hopes wednesday by acquiring play making guard Ernie Digregorio from the Buffalo braves. The lakers refused to disclose terms of Digregorio s contract or compensation to the braves but it was reported that the braves would pick up part of the former Providence University Star s five year $2million pact which had one season to run. The lakers said Only that he signed Multi year contract. I m very Happy and excited about being Here the 26-year-old, 6-foot, 180 Pound guard told a forum news Confer ence. I look Forward to helping the lakers win the championship this year. I just want to do the things that Are going to help the team , who shot a league record .945 per cent from the foul line last season said he was completely rehabilitated from the knee injury that he suffered continued on Page 24 tiny Tracy Austin and Betty stove. Superior size experience ends 14-year-old s dream army Grid coach ultimatum7 Tough by Herschel Nissenson West Point . A army has t had a winning football season since 1972 but the . Military Academy s ath Letic Board has informed coach Homer Smith exactly what he has to do this fall to earn a new contract win seven games and beat a Learned the ultimatum was handed Down last january when Smith inthe final year of a four year contract met with the Board in what he apparently thought was a routine left the meeting believing that a Board had honoured one contract and told me what to do to get another one win seven games and beat Navy Only to Dis cover that minutes to the meeting spell out ultimatum Smith wrote in one of a series of letters to supporters of the army foot Ball was never mentioned As an Ultima Tum in the meeting he said wednesday while preparing his team for saturday opening game against Massachusetts. We just talked about a real Fine Way Roget a new contract. Six and seven were the Only figures used although we do not plan to limit the team to that minutes of that meeting read differently to me than the words came across. I thought it was very dramatic that s the stuff you read about in books Andi m living it. But when i left that meeting i Felt like tying into this Job like never before. I Felt i could do it if. But even if All the ifs fall into place army will be a decided underdog against such Powers As notre Dame ranked no.3 in the preseason a poll seventh ranked Pitt the defending National Champion and no. 12 Colorado. The cadets must also fac Boston College and air Force on the Road plus the annual Philadelphia skirmish with Navy a team the cadets Haven t beaten in four years. Since that ultimatum retired maj. Gen. Raymond p. Murphy has been appoint Edas a permanent civilian athletic director similar to the one at the naval , says Murphy who took Over in june i know of no ultimatum but frankly i Haven t asked that question since i be been Here. I Don t think there s any ultimatum. You have to realize what kind of sched ule we play and what the Guy s working with. All factors have to be measured put. Any evaluation of a coach must take int consideration the players the schedule the coaching staff the november or that s it. I la have to make some big decisions about next year. I m not 20 years old and i can t change my game. Physically i m fit mentally i have to get Tough , hungry for a Victory Here after losing in the semifinals at Wimbledon said she was t Overly impressed by her Ster Ling Don t think that i m playing the Best i be Ever played Evert said. But i certainly keyed up for this it was a letdown for the packed stadium crowd of 12,376, the largest so far at night this year. The Day session crowd of just under 12,000 was equally deflated by aus tin s one sided kid said goodbye to the open but not before winning the hearts of the spectators and the respect of the pros. Tracy who starts ninth Grade next Weekin rolling Hills Calif., High school saw her wonderful summer of fun end in the quarterfinals against the fifth seeded pigtailed 5-foot-l Austin who had earlier upset fourth seeded sue Barker of England in route to becoming the Young est Quarter finalist in the history of the open championship simply could no handle the Many winners coming off the Racket of 6-foot-l As she left the court quickly Austin was Given a rousing standing ovation bythe crowd and Pat on the Back by stove who seemed disconcerted playing the Little Wunderkind. Stove too received a loud ovation. Stove an often erratic player had 31 in forced errors to Austin s 12, but the tallest and strongest woman pro also put away a incredible 37 winners to Austin s five. Stove who won nine of 10 games in on stretch took 70 of the 116 Points in the made the greatest impression upon the open of any youngster since Evert made her debut Here six years ago. Evert was 16 then As she reached the Semi finals and Many believe Austin is a better player than Evert was at the same said she Felt sick to my Stom Ach when she Defeated Austin in the third round at Wimbledon when Tracy began the most memorable summer of her Young life. But stove was less never saw Tracy stove said. I Only saw the struggled from the beginning of the 55-minute match. She managed to hold her first service after coming Back Fromlove-40, but after taking a 1-2 Lead on her second service stove broke her next two services. Stove was hitting winners which Austin could not reach and Austin never established her Fine ground stroke game. Once again the men just warmed up the crowd As it waited anxiously for the Austin stove match. Tenth seeded Harold Solomon and fourth seeded Guillermo Vilas set up a meeting in the semifinals by defeating Dick Stockton and Ray Moore 12th-seeded Solomon 10 Days shy of his 25th birthday reached the semis for the first time in the . Championships by Chipping away at Stockton seeded 10th, from his familiar Baseline Post and beating him in straight sets 64,6-4,6-2.Vilas, the 25-year-old from Argentina had no trouble at All with Moore unseeded from South Africa As he cruised to his 44th straight Clay court Victory 6-1,6-1,6-0. Men s singles quarterfinals Harold Solomon Silver Spring md., beat Dick Stockton Carrolton tex., 6-4, 6-4,6-2. Guillermo Vilas Argentina beat Ray Moore South Africa 6-1,6-1,6-0. Women s singles quarterfinals Betty stove the Netherlands beat Tracy Austin rolling Hills Calif.,6-2, 6-2. Chris Evert fort Lauderdale fla., beat Billie Jean King new York 6-2,6-0. Men s doubles quarterfinals Bob Carmichael Brian teacher beat Stan Smith Bob lutz.6-4,7-6. Kim Warwick Syd Ball beat Marty Riessen Tom Okker 7-6, Hewitt Frew Mcmillan 1 beat Paul Kronk Cliff Utcher to ,6-4,6 2
