European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday september 12, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 21 notre Dame triumphs 19-9, to Cut Champion Pitt s 13-game string Chris Evert shows her trophy to crowd. After 113th consecutive Clay court Triumph Pittsburgh a favored notre Dame Kafoed Pitt quarterback Matt Cavanaugh on his first Quarter touchdown pass and turned a series of turnovers into two Field goals and a touchdown in the final period beating the panthers 19-9 saturday and spoiling their first attempt at defend ing College football s National Champion ship. But it was far from an impressive Triumph As third ranked notre Dame Man aged just those 13 fourth period Points out of five fumbles and an interception in the final 22 minutes. The fighting Irish with a whopping Edge in Possession of the football finally overcame Pitt s Gallant defense on Field goals of 35 and 26 Yards by Dave Reeve and a clinching four Yard touchdown run by Terry Eurick with 3 10 remaining. It was the opening game for both teams and seventh ranked Pitt seemed Bent on making coach Jackie Sherri s debut a Georgia tops Oregon Athens a. A linebacker Jeff Lewis 28-Yard interception return set up the go ahead touchdown and Willie Mcclendon added a clinching Marker in the fourth Quarter As the Georgia bulldogs trimmed Oregon 27-16 Connors Vilas in . Open final Evert nets her third straight Crown by Steve Wilstein Forest Hills . Up defend ing Champion Jimmy Connors and Streak ing Argentine Guillermo Vilas marched into the finals of the $462,400 . Open Tennis championships saturday while Chris Evert became the first player in 24 years to win three straight women s sin Gles titles Here with her 113th consecutive Clay court Triumph. Connors bidding to become the first Man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win three singles championships notched his sixth match without dropping a set 7-5, 6-3, 7-5, Over 24-year-old italian giant killer Corra do Barazzetti after the fourth seeded Vilas grabbed his 45th consecutive win with a 6 2, 7-6, 6-2 decision Over 12th-seeded saturday s open results Forest Hills . A summaries of saturday s matches in the . Open Tennis championships at the West Side Tennis club women s singles finals Chris Evert fort Lauderdale fla., beat Wendy Turnbull Australia 76, 6-2. Men s singles semifinals Guillermo Vilas Argentina beat Solomon Silver Spring md., 6 2,7 6, 6-2.jimmy Connors Belleville iii., beat Corrado Barazzetti Italy 7-5, 6-3, 7-5. Women s doubles semifinals Martina Navratilova Betty stove beat Kerry Reid Kris Tien Shaw 6-4, 6-4. Mixed doubles semifinals Billie Jean King Vitas Gerulaitis beat Greer Stevens Bob Hewitt 4-6, 6-3, 76.Betty stove Frew Mcmillan beat Kristien Shaw Butch Walts 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. Has Ever done it in the open Era since 1968. The irrepressible 25-year-old Connors earned Boos from the capacity crowd a reprimand from Umpire John Stahr and a look of amazement from Barazzetti when he pulled a psyche out move in the open ing set against his first time opponent who says he books plane reservations Home to Rome before every Tough match. With the games tied 3-3 in the first set Barazzetti questioned a Linesman s Call and before the Linesman could Check the Mark Connors darted Over to the other Side of the net and kicked the Mark away with his foot. I just asked the Linesman to look at the Mark Barazzetti said in protest to Stahr. Do you think what he did was Nice Stahr who devised the Point penalty system used Here for the first time this year did t penalize Connors but told him you really have no right to do that even though you did it in fun but the Ball was Barazzetti seemed unnerved and con nors who had been hitting tentative shots until then took advantage of the ploy to step up his attack. Connors broke Baraz Tutti at love in the Lith game and after taking the set cruised to a 4-1 Lead in the second set. Barazzetti held and broke con nors to 4-3 but the Belleville 111., native ran out the next two games to take the second set. Playing now with Confidence Connors pressed the attack even More in the third set As evening shadows covered the whole court. Barazzetti a fast agile Davis cupper who is ranked second in Italy behind Adriano Zanatta Hung in bravely but could Only delay the verdict. If you play his game Barazzetti said he kills you. He hits very Well. The crowd was very Nice. The crowd is always with the player that s Down. I was Connors controlled the Tempo most of the match. Though he had 81 unforced errors to Barazzetti s 56, Connors also had 37 winners to 11 for the Little Soldier from Italy. Vilas who lost to Connors in straight sets in the semis last year said he was not going to let that affect him in their sunday meeting. I have bad feelings from last year s semis Vilas said. But if i play thinking of that i better pack and Evert s Rule Over women s Tennis was shaken in her first set against the 24-year old Turnbull who plays for the Cleveland nets of world team Tennis and is called the Rabbit for her ability to Chase Down balls All Over the court. Turnbull upset Winner Over second seeded Martina Navratilova fourth seeded Wimbledon Champion Virginia Wade and sixth seeded Rosemary Casals in route to the finals in what she called my Best tournament Ever broke Evert in the ninth game of the first set to go ahead 4-5 but was broken Back to 5-5. Evert continued on Page 24 smashing Success when it grabbed a 9-0 Lead on Cavanaugh s 12-Yard touchdown pass to Gordon Jones late in the opening period plus a safety on the second play of the second Quarter. But Cavanaugh who spotted Jones All alone in the end zone after scrambling frantically was smashed to the ground by defensive end Willie Fry and immediately headed to the dressing room clutching his left Arm. X rays disclosed a break in the radius a major Bone in the Arm just below the wrist and Cavanaugh will be sidelined for at least six weeks. It marked the second year in a Row that injuries struck Cavanaugh. But this time there was no Tony Dorsett around to keep the defense honest and neither Redshirt Sophomore Wayne Adams nor senior Tom Yewcic one of last year s heroes was Able to mount any sort of an offence. The panthers managed Only one first Down in the second half after Cavanaugh s injury and continually gave away the Ball in their own territory during the last two periods. Notre Dame actually put on one Long drive a 73-Yard strike in eight plays Cli maxed by a five Yard touchdown pass from Rusty Lisch to Ken Macafee with 1 12 in the first half. Hugh Green Pitt s sensation Al freshman defensive end blocked Reeve s extra Point try and it appeared for a while that the panthers courageous and Gutty defense might hold on. Turnovers Hurt the turnovers were just too much to overcome. Freddie Jacobs a Sophomore running Back fumbled the Ball away to notre Dame at his own 41 late in the third period but the Irish got nothing out of that fumbled at his own 26 Early in the final period and again notre Dame came away empty handed when Pitt s swarming defense stopped Lisch on a quarterback sneak at the Pitt 17. But on the next play Yewcic and Elliott Walker messed up a Handoff and notre Dame s Bob Golic recovered at the Pitt 16. Three plays lost two Yards but Reeve s first Field goal tied the score. With just Over eight minutes to go. Walker bolted for 11 Yards to the Pitt 24. With a sellout crowd of 56,500 urging the panthers on they fell victim to a Brilliant play by Ross Browner notre Dame s All America defensive end. He broke through the line and batted Down the Ball just As Adams pitched it out. Browner recovered at the 16, and four plays later Reeve s second Field goal put the Irish in front. Browner s younger brother Jim set up Eurick s touchdown when he recovered a Fumble by Jones who had caught a pass from Adams at the Pitt 11. The setback in the nationally televised contest ended Pitt s 13-game winning Streak longest in the nation. But had not Cavanaugh been injured things might have been different. Notre Daine 06013 11 Pittsburgh 72 3 9 Pitt a. Jork s 12 pass Iron Cadi Uigh a nub i t Kukul Pill is Fety Restic Towru d Ball Mand on. And Macareo 5 Pas from kick no Fig Reeve 35 and Fig remove cd no Eurick 4 run i Rio of kick All 50,500 top unseeded pairs clash for women s title human backboard Harold Solomon of Silver Spring my. Evert overcame a pinched nerve in her left Arm and a slow Start to beat 12th seeded australian Wendy Turnbull 7-6, 6-2 and become the first player Man or woman since Maureen Connolly in 1953 to win three successive singles titles. No one but Evert 22, from fort Lauderdale fla., Forest Hills . Up top seeded Martina Navratilova and Betty stove stopped sixth seeded Kerry Reid and Greer Stevens 6-4, 6-4, saturday to and Vance to the finals in women s doubles Competition of the . Open Tennis Navratilova stove team was to face unseeded Renee Richards and Bettyann Stuart in sunday s finals. In mixed doubles play saturday a pair of new yorkers Billie Jean King and Vitas Gerulaitis earned a berth in Sun Day s finals with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 Victory Over first seeded Stevens and Bob Hewitt. The third seeded King Gerulaitis team was to meet second seeded stove and Frew Mcmillan who combined with Bob Hewitt for the men s doubles Crown Friday for the championship. In other matches Van Winitsky. North Miami Beach fla., Defeated Eliot Teltscher Palos Verdes calif., 6-4, 6-4, to win the Junior boys championship Claudia Casabianca arg e n t i n a downed Lea Anto Nopolis Glendora calif., 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, to take the Junior girls championship and Marty Riessen Amelia Island s.c., stopped Bob Carnichael Australia 6-2, 2 6, 6-0, in the men s 35 singles event
