European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 10,1977 the stars and stripes Page 21 advances of semifinals of . Open Connors crushes Spain s Orantes Yale Sachare Forest Hills . A defend ing Champion Jimmy Connors hitting his ground strokes with strength and precision and volleying superbly put on a Brilliant display of Power Tennis thursday night in defeating Spain s Manuel Orantes 6-2, 64, 6-3, and advancing to the semifinals of the $462,420 . Open Tennis championships. Connors the no. 2 seed from Belleville 111., had the plus Jay spaniard racing from one Side of the court to the other chasing his hard hit shots which consistently landed just within the sidelines or just Short of the Baseline. And when the 25-year-old Connors rushed to the attack at the net his volleys were too hard for Orantes to handle or too sharply was marvelous Tennis As Good As the West Side Tennis club has seen thus far in the nine Days and nights of the open. And the Battle of left handers had the sellout crowd of 12,497 cheering enthusiastically first for one of these two great players then the other. I be played a few Good matches on Clay said Connors but i can t think of any where i was hitting the Ball hard get Ting so much Pace on the Ball hitting everything so consistently. I did everything for hitting so Many shots so close to the baselines Connors said was taught that lines were there to be hit. I was trying to hit the lines with As much velocity As i could put on the Ball and that s the Way it worked Orantes said he thought he had played Well but that Connors was not making any mistakes. That s the Best i be seen Jimmy play on Clay especially. If he plays like that it will be difficult. I Don t think there s a Guy who can beat him. He was hitting the Ball very hard very deep. I Only saw it at the last minute and by then it was too late. I had chances but today he was doing everything right " the Victory for the fiercely competitive Connors avenged a pair of stinging losses he had suffered to Orantes a straight set wipe out in the 1975 open final and another straight set shocker in the final of the . Clay court championships at Indianapolis earlier this summer. It was the most spectacular display of the tournament by Connors who suffered a strained Back 12 Days ago but has shown no ill effects in winning All five of his matches in straight sets in route to the semifinals where he will face Corrado Barazzetti of , an. Unseeded italian Clay court specialist who earlier beat Romani defending Champion Jimmy Connors. Puts on Brilliant display of Power Tennis judge bars univ from suspending Cage coach As Mcaa recommended by John m. Willis Las vegas a a local judge issued a temporary restraining order thursday prohibiting the University of Nevada Las vegas from suspending basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian As recommended by the National collegiate athletic Mcaa included the suspension in slapping the Nevada Las vegas athletic program with two years probation for about 20 violations of Mcaa bylaws. Wednesday school president or. Donald Baepler notified Tarkanian in writ ing that he had reached a decision As to the institutional penalties to be levied by the University. Baepler fearing that the University might face a More severe reprimand if the Mcaa s recommendations were not Fol Lowed concluded that he must suspend Tarkanian during the period of the Proba Tion. Tarkanian filed suit against the univer sity Baepler and the University s Board of regents claiming that his 14th Amend ment rights to due process were violated by Baepler s to the suit Tarkanian is a ten ured professional employee of the University and holds a continuing appointment there As head basketball coach and professor of physical education. The suit also contends that the Mcaa completely ignored an investigation of Tarkanian by the Nevada attorney Gener Al s off results of the investigation by the attorney general show beyond a reason Able doubt that plaintiff Tarkanian did not commit any of the alleged violations of Mcaa legislation purportedly involving plaintiff the suit stated. Not a single item of documentary evidence against Abc hires Russell Johnson new York a former National football league stars Andy Russell and Jim Johnson have been hired As football commentators by Abc. Both Russell and Johnson retired at the end of last season. Russell spent 12 years As a linebacker with the Pittsburgh Steeles and played in seven pro bowls. Johnson a defensive Back for 16 years with the san Francisco 49ers, appeared in five pro bowls. Plaintiff was Ever presented to the com Mittee on infractions. The information provided by staff to the committee on infractions was either false misleading or at Best grossly inac Seidman assistant general coun Sel for the University argued that Tarkanian and his attorney Sam Lionel had not proven irreparable harm. Seidman said that Baepler has asked Tarkanian for a meeting next week to Dis cuss his future employment with the University adding that the coach s contract would not be terminated and there would be no Cut in his $36,000 annual salary. Seidman said Tarkanian is Only to be severed from the athletic program and that he would be reassigned to other county District court judge James Brennan said he wanted to retain the present setup until a full hearing on the matter was held. He thus signed the temporary restraining order prohibiting the University from enforcing the suspension and set sept. 21 As the Date for a hearing on Tarkanian s request for a preliminary in Junction. A s Ilie Nastase upset third seeded Brian Gottfried of Lauderhill fla., 6-2, 6-1, 6-2, in an earlier quarterfinal match. Fourth seeded Guillermo Vilas of Argentina will play no. 12 Harold Solomon of Silver Spring md., in the other semifinal. Both semis will be played saturday. After Orantes held serve opening the match Connors won four games in a Row when the 28-year-old spaniard had trouble finding the Range with his ground strokes particularly off the backhand. Orantes got a break Back in the sixth game when con nors hit a forehand Long but Connors broke right Back with a love game for a 5-2 Lead and closed out the first set with a Crisp kept up the pressure in the second set breaking Orantes service in the summaries Forest Hills . A summaries of thurs Day s matches in the . Open Tennis championships at the West Side Tennis club women s singles quarterfinals Wendy Turnbull Australia beat Virginia Wade eng land 6-2,6-1.martina Navratilova Dallas beat Mima Jasovec Yugoslavia 6-4, 61. Men s singles quarterfinals Corrado Barazzetti Italy beat Brian Gottfried a tinder Hill fla.,6-2, 6 1,6 2.Jimmy Connors Belleville iii., heat Manuel of Kiev Spain 6-2, 6 4, 6 3. Women s doubles quarterfinals Renee Richards Bettyas Stuart beat Lesle Cherie sue map pm 76, 5-4.lele Farwood Raquel beat Pat Bost on mar Carihob-4, 7 5. Kerry Reid Greer Ste ens beat Durr Virgin a Wade 6 2,6-2. Men s doubles Quarter finals Bob Hewitt Frew Mcmilon beat Bob car Micides by a i teacher 6-4, 7-6. Brian Gottfried Paul Ramirez beat Warwick id Ball 6-4, 6-1. The first game when the spaniard put a Volley into the net. Thai was All he needed As he held service All five times in winning the set finishing with an Ace. Connors took command of the third set with a service break in the third game fought off three break Points to hold serv ice in the fourth then broke again in the fifth. It was All s upset of Gottfried was not the Only Surprise of the afternoon session. The third seeded women s player Virginia Wade also was beaten by a liitle known 24 , the Wimbledon Champion from Britain who often has trouble on Clay bowed to Australia s i2th-seeded Wendy Turnbull 6-2, 6-1, in a stunning reversal of their first round match a year ago won by Wade 6-1,6-2.Turnbull will face Martina Navratilova the czech expatriate now playing out of Dallas in a semifinal on Friday. Navratilova moved into the semifinals with an impressive 6-4, 6-1 decision Over Tough Mima Jasovec of Evert the no. 1 seed will play Betty stove seeded fifth in the other Semi committed 52 unforced errors to just 12 by Bara Tutti and had his serv ice broken eight times. Barazzetti the second ranked player in Italy behind Adri Ano Zanatta used a steady Baseline game and Well placed ground strokes to keep the Ball in play and took advantage of Gottfried s Many mistakes. My passing shots worked Well Baraz Autti said. He was coming to the net All the time but i was passing him with just about every this is the Best Barazzetti has Ever done in a major event. Previous career High lights include a win in a $100,000 act event at Charlotte this Spring and a Davis cup Triumph Over Orantes. I Felt confident 1 could play Well Here at Forest Hills said Baraz Utti. I played continued on Page 24
