European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 13,1977 the stars and stripes Page 25 Vilas Burns Connors for open title continued from Page 21 with a 6-1, 7-6 Victory Over or. Renee Rich Ards and Bettyann Stuart. Navratilova who was upset in the sin Gles semifinals by Wendy Turnbull and stove who lost to singles Champion Chris Evert in the semis divided $13,125 for the Victory. Richards the first transsexual to play in a major championship and Stuart divided $6,550 As runners up. Betty stove and Frew Mcmillan Defeated Billie Jean King and Vitas Gerulaitis 6 2, 3-6, 6-3 in the mixed doubles. Stove and Mcmillan divided $6,500 while King and Gerulaitis split $3,000. Fittingly the Connors Vilas Duel was the competitive and artistic highlight of an otherwise weak tournament. No other men s match even went beyond three sets and certainly none pitted two Superb play ers at the top of their game. Gusts of wind up to 20 Miles per hour played tricks with the Ball from the Start of the match. Connors blasting hard and Flat from the Baseline seemed to Drill through the wind while Vilas softer More angled shots drifted just Over the lines. Vilas double faulted Long at break Point in the fifth game of the first set and the opportunistic Connors started hitting even harder. Connors ran out the set winning five straight games while dropping just eight Points in the stretch. It was the first set Vilas lost in the tournament. As the wind kicked up even More How Ever sending swirls of Gray dust around the court Vilas Fine control became More visible and Connors Power was swallowed bit. Connors pushed a backhand wide Down the line and was broken to 3-5 and Vilas evened the match when he easily held service. It was the first set Connors lost in the tournament. The capacity plus crowd exceeded the announced paid attendance of 12,644 and by the third set realizing it might be wit Nessing something special loudly cheered great shot3 and rallies rather than either  leading 4-1 in the third set con nors was broken in the seventh game and then at love to 5-6 As the patient Vilas kept Chipping away with slices and precise placements. But Vilas serving for the set immediately double faulted and was also broken at love setting up a tiebreaker which Vilas won 7-4. Vilas performance grew More Brilliant As the match wore on and he gained More Confidence against Connors who Defeated him in their two previous meetings including the semifinals Here last  was a beaten Man going into the final set and Vilas stepped his attack up even More firing three More aces in the fourth set. While the wind whipped hard inside the 54-year-old Horseshoe Tennis shrine known simply As the stadium angry chants from political protesters carried in Over its Concrete Walls. The crowd roared All through the afternoon but the Stone eagles standing sentry along the top Wall stared As distantly away from the moment As Ever. It was a Day properly set for nostalgia. Amid the evening shadows Connors became linked with Tilden and Perry two former men s champions Fred Stolle and Vic Seixas were Back in the stadium along Ali resumes training spars with Ellis Deer Lake a. A world heavy weight championship Muhammad Ali re turned to the gym sunday for the first time in a week for a three round sparring ses Sion with Jimmy Ellis former world boxing association Champion. Ali Nad taken saturday off to attend a College football game at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford n.j., Between Florida am and Howard. Angelo Dundee Ali s longtime manager Trainer adviser arrived in Camp late sat urday night from Miami to take charge of the workouts. Ali will work out every Day until he break Camp sept. 24 with the exception of sept. 17 when he has a speaking engage ment in new York. He will break Camp five Days before the championship fight thursday sept. 29 against Earnie shavers in Madison Square Garden. With one great runner up Lew Hoad three time women s titlist Billie Jean King bowed out in a losing mixed doubles final and members drank toasts to the Good old times on the porch of the handsome Tudor clubhouse behind the private grass courts. Though Many Tennis stars Young and old have criticized the West Side Tennis club recently refusing to weep at its pass ing closing Day still meant something to them i think it s a bit nostalgic playing on the last Day Stolle said. It s one of those things. Forest Hills does mean something to me. It s been Good to Rne. Wimbledon and poorest Hills Are the two most important tournaments in the  it s a Little bit sad said Hoad reflect ing on the Day Over a Beer after he and Stolle lost to Seixas and Bob Howe. The . Championships have been Here for so Many years. But if they feel they need better facilities then they be got to do  you can t escape the nostalgia said former Champion Arthur Ashe who added that his most memorable moment at Forest Hills came when he was 14 years old playing in a Junior tournament an was Able to hit some practice balls with Pancho Gonzales. Yet Ashe is one of those critical of the a St and sunday he was part of a Demon stration protesting the acceptance of play ers from apartheid countries in Usta  7 20 . Not Connors hit the last Ball of the open hitting Long and losing and ending an Era. 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116 22 65 .290 342 62 99 23 70 .289 405 59 117 3 38 .289 441 51 127 13 64 .288 481 85 138 4 39 .287 561 90 161 18 80 .287 297 38 85 2 27 .786 455 70 130 9 55 .286 413 55 117 17 59 .283 297 38 84 8 34 .283 459 67 129 14 50 .281 452 80 127 24 88 .281 542 71 152 19 89 .280 559 56 156 1 47 .2/9 316 38 88 1 23 .2/8 523 80 147 3 572/8 485 88 135 18 61 .278 396 43 110 12 67 .2/8 364 69 101 27 63 .277 505 78 140 23 75 .2/7 4b6 66 134 11 74 .276 374 56 103 15 53 .275 404 51 111 5 31 .275 397 61 109 11 57 .275 285 26 78 8 30 .274 395 46 108 22 77 .273 348 38 95 15 36 .273 397 54 108 9 46 .2/2 453 47 123 2 35 .272 376 57 102 8 50 .271 Harrah Tex Bujones sea Bonds Cal Hobson bos san Guillen Oak Meyer sea Norris Cle Wynegar min Murray bal Thompson det Remy Cal patek pc Kemp det Gscott bos Scott Oak Essian Chi May det Decinces bal Joshua Mil Baylor Cal Stein sea Otis pc a Kelly bal a Paneris Tex Lynn bos Moore Mil Spencer Chi Bando Mil Wohlford Mil Ault Tor armas Oak Dent by Oglivie det May bal 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42 .253 427 68 108 16 67 .253 357 39 90 4 43 .252 417 52 105 17 64 .252 521 61 131 17 77 .251 363 41 91 2 36 .251 391 43 98 11 57 .251 288 24 72 11 38 .250 417 48 104 8 48 .249 395 57 98 18 43 .248 521 64 129 22 80 .248 322 46 79 14 57 .245 376 34 92 2 22 .245 315 35 77 13 37 .244 505 88 122 34 95 .242 406 52 98 5 44 .241 332 29 80 2 20 .241 405 51 97 2 42 .240 301 36 72 12 49 .239 276 43 66 12 37 .239 290 41 68 5 34 .234 427 57 100 18 53 .234 278 16 65 2 32 .234 516 84 118 5 48 .229 470 67 107 21 70 .228 340 41 76 5 28 .224 402 44 89 5 30 .221 331 40 73 3 20 .221 365 22 77 2 27 .211 354 35 7.3 2 26 .206 311 28 62 4 29 .199 350 31 69 2 28 .197 318 37 59 2 17 .186 pitching More decisions in h by so w l Era 119 109 29 63 12 4 1.73 241 200 61 205 15 9 2.54 281 181 190 321 19 13 2.63 225 131 63 1/3 13 12 2.83 135 us 43 83 15 7 2.93 1/7 144 58 151 13 6 2.94 125 10. 52 105 12 9 3.09 218 272 34 92 15 / 3.09 103 86 3 95 6 10 3.u 273 221 90 164 15 11 3.20 33 so 4i 87 8 8 3.26 243 215 67 20j 16 11 3.33 253 239 77 162 17 8 3.34 91 86 28 57 10 6 3.34 85 57 45 93 7 4 3.36 123 127 38 72 9 4 3.37 92 72 38 75 8 6 3.41 135 177 66 121 12 11 3.45 148 152 34 62 7 9 3.45 208 208 47 145 12 12 3.46 134 130 54 111 6 7 3.48 103 85 35 62 4 7 348 232 198 52 176 13 12 3.53 Colborn pc Slaton Mil Hiller det Flanagan bal Gura pc May bal Figueroa by Gullett by Martinez bal Jenkins bos Paxton bos Langford Oak Garland Cle Grimsley bal Splittorff pc Blue Oak Torrez by  pc Deilis Tex Arroyo det Dmiller Cal Garvin Tor Haas Mil third sgd min Waits Cle Crawford det Cleveland bos Barrios Chi a Alexnder Tex Stanley bos Montague sea Augustine Mil Sorensen Mil Stone Chi Leonczyk Tor Kravec Chi Hunter by Jefferson Tor Hassler pc Brett Cal Abbott sea Schueler min Castro Mil Wise bos Zahn min Knapp Chi Wood Chi Tiant bos Medich Oak Caldwell Mil travers Mil Wheelock sea pole sea Roberts det Fitzmorris Cle Redfern min Byrd Tor Simpson Cal Dobson Cle 214 208 75 90 16 13 201 198 71 90 9 14 109 107 52 104 6 14 191 187 61 116 11 13 91 99 25 39 6 5 221 213 73 95 16 12 213202 67 91 14 9 127 113 60 87 11 3 149 131 58 92 12 7 193 190 36 105 10 10 87 105 19 48 9 4 186 194 64 125 8 16 246 253 80 102 10 18 194 207 65 48 12 8 195 212 74 79 13 6 241 242 76 135 13 16 222 214 77 96 16 12 106 115 26 77 10 4 172 180 57 86 8 12 185 194 44 47 7 15 91 89 35 52 5 6 218 217 84 109 9 15 183 170 77 103 10 10 200 208 55 89 11 11 108 109 50 52 8 5 103 117 40 73 6 5 161 174 40 73 9 7 201 211 51 109 12 5 192 187 68 65 13 10 131 156 33 37 6 7 168 177 69 90 7 11 192 196 66 65 12 16 114 107 32 45 5 8 195 208 69 114 14 10 213222 76 87 11 13 133 129 43 106 8 7 140 130 46 51 9 8 190 201 71 99 8 15 132 139 65 71 8 5 198 225 48 73 12 11 175 186 49 84 11 10 117 117 55 67 7 / 63 74 20 25 8 6 122 142 28 84 11 5 172 205 58 81 11 11 123 144 55 83 10 6 121 134 50 40 7 7 169 193 46 108 10 8 143 153 48 70 9 6 86 94 31 34 4 8 97 111 46 39 4 8 79 85 26 41 5 9 122 127 57 51 7 12 129 143 41 46 4 10 124 153 52 51 6 9 121 144 56 66 5 9 i 75 57 37 2 9 102 123 53 45 6 10 127 146 61 79 3 10 3.57 3.58 3.61 3.62 3.63 3.66 3.66 3.68 3.68 3.68 3.71 3.82 3.83 3.85 3.87 3.87 3.88 3.89 3.92 3.94 3.96 4.00 4.07 4.09 4.14 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.20 4.26 4.29 4.30 4.33 4.34 4.35 4.39 4.44 4.44 4.49 4.50 4.51 4.53 4.55 4.56 4.71 4.73 4.75 4.79 4.82 4.88 4.92 5.11 5.15 5.15 5.20 5.23 5.53 5.70 5.92 National league team batting Philadelphia Cincinnati Pittsburgh St. Louis Chicago los Angeles Montreal san Francisco and n m m n r o i 4796 729 1336 169 687 4814 706 131-.i 163 662 4986 653 1359 121 6115 4787 6j3 129j 8? 530 4801 617 1291 101 530 4846 671 1236 167 63 4897 5/5 1265 117 539 4305 l94 1226 117 548 Houston Dir i i to 31 san Diego 4924 616 1236 107 504 Atlanta 4/67 572 1193 119 539 new York 4635 500 1133 85 445 individual batting 275 or Parker ugh Stennett ugh Simmons St Templeton St More Ai dais a r h or rib 572 99 199 19 34 453 53 152 5 51 455 73 150 20 85 531 63 170 / 62 pet .279 .273 273 .270 .269 .265 .758 .254 .251 .251 .250 .242 pet 348 .336 .330 .320 Griffey Cin Smith la Hendrick so Foster Cin Luzinski Phi Mcbride Phi Buckner Chi Evi Entine Mil Robinson ugh Rose Cin Madlock of Morgan Cin Oliver ugh Ontiveros Chi Sizemore Phi Randle by Jcruz huh Bonnell at Driessen Cin Johnstone Phi Khan and St Mumphry St Demorales Chi Biittner Chi Perez Mil Pocoroba at Hebner Phi Cash Mil Ivie so Scott St Watson Hon Winfield so Trillo Chi Baker la Cabell Hon Dawson Mil Whitfield of Boone Phi Garvey la Schmidt Phi Bench Cin Russell la Mccovey of Matthews at Maddox Phi Cromtie Mil Carter Mil Lopes la Montane at Reitz St Burroughs at Murcer Chi Bowa Phi Richards so Ranu Rew of Dejesus Chi Geronimo Cin Thomas of Cncepcion Cin Brock St Howe Hon Almon so Yeagar la Sterns by Moore at  of Cey la Ferjuson Hon Clark of office at Garner ugh Gonzalez Hon Milnor a  of Millan by Cedeno Hon Moreno ugh Hill of Taveras ugh Tyson St Gilbreath at Mazzilli by 510 98 162 10 442 97 140 28 475 63 150 19 539 109 169 46 484 83 151 35 329 62 102 15 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