European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1978 the stars and stripes Poge 21 Borg reach masters finale by Christy Barbee new York a somebody wanted to know whether Jimmy Connors thought  curmudgeon was fair the questioner had explained to americas bad boy of Tennis what curmudgeon looking proud at on or off the when i came i had a really Dif Ferent you know How i slapped my leg and really got into i think people just needed someone to think of that Connors needed that style and a Good i think people feel thai Way about me because the Way i play la really different from everyone maybe no one will play that Way said the Lethander who now is known for his banter with Tennis tans and his Micourt Deal More when he was to meet Wimbledon foe Bjornt bore of Sweden for the top prize the richest in Tennis in the final of the grand prix masters the rum nip will get Connors beat second seeded Brian Gott Fried of fort 6j and Borg downed Guillermo the top seed from in the Connors has been having a Good time in this which started wednes he lost his second round match to but was Lofton named most valuable player As North tops South in senior bowl by Herschel Essenson api James toe Las Pound wide receiver from Stanford caught nine passes for 92 Yards to be named most valuable player in the norths 1714 Victory Over the South saturday in the 29th annual senior bowl after a scoreless first the South stormed 81 Yards following the second half with quarterback Doug Williams org rambling completing three passes for and Alabama Johnny Davis Loose for a pass interference Call against Wilson of Pitt moved the Ball from the norths 22 to the 1 and Davis scored two plays Pitt quarterback Matt Cavanaugh started the tying touchdown drive for the i in Jor Mann a h n Chi 1m14 141 i 11 la 1m 1h individual in Jimell on Ign Ivy Htmat Mihi Mallur Fulton pm with a mini Bilm the South still leads the Overall series in really surprised won the most valuable award because everybody in this game in an ail american or auth to or All Lofton i didst expect any thing like i just nope we can All have Good careers we were just getting used to our As f continued on Page i late in the third period with a 22 Yard Bootleg and a 15yard pass to Elvis Peacock of Oklahoma bolted from the South 28 to the 3 and Terry Miller of Oklahoma stale across two plays later from the a 13yard pass from Guy Benjamin of Stanford to a 13yard Bootleg by Benjamin and an i Yard run by Elliott Walker of Pitt moved the Ball into position for the tie breaking Field goal by Frank Corral of the longest in senior bowl was booted against a Boije per hour with just Over two minutes re who rushed for 109 Yards and fumbled at the North 2 Yard line when he was hit by Minnesota Une Backer Michael Mike the University of Cincinnatus Al America scooped up the Ball and raced 84 Yards to the South setting up a 1yard eau que by Todd a Kristensen of Brigham Young to make the score following Christensen Williams marched the South 73 Yards by completing six of eight including a id Yard touchdown strike to Wes Chandler of Flori to dose to 1714 with u seconds the North recovered the ensuing troide kick and ran out the clock to record its third consecutive senior bowl Polov wins title Italy a male Parlov of Yugoslavia knocked out Miguel Angel cuello of Argentina in the ninth stripping Hun of the world who Light heavyweight boxing Crown Here saturday Short gain Oklahoma halfback Peacock my carries Tor Short yardage against the Smith in the senior bowl at coming up to make the tackle is ten Nessee states Stan Johnson the North a photo he was looking Forward to meeting who beat him 54 in the final at Wimbledon in one of the most dramatic matches of before a Madison Square Garden crowd of Connors crowned relatively Little with the he was impatient with fans who walked in the aisles during his match and cheered rather Long be tween Points and even on but later be professed his love for the people Are great out they really you cant expect Thorn not to yell Bare or connors1 or he id  with who came Here As the eighth seed in the eight Man broke Gott frieds service in the fifth game of the first set after a Long Deuce in the eighth with the score 43 and Gott Fried up three break Connors re gained his battled to Deuce and held in the second Gottfried broke con nors in the second game on a backhand passing shot but the two battled on even terms for the rest of the set with Gottfried clinching it when a Connors backhand Well too in the find Connors broke service in the fourth game to go up 31 on a backhand passing he held service in the next game when Gottfriedt forehand went each player held service for the next three in the final with Connors Gottfried battled to and took the advantage on a Connors forehand uial went but he sent it to Deuce again when he failed to handle a forehand on the next Gottfried put another forehand Volley into the net to give con nors the advantage and Connors sealed the match with a forehand Cross court that Gottfried could Only lob into the Borg put a Damper on Vilas claim to the 1 spot in mens Oul steadying the 25yearold Lethander who attacked the net Villas had defaulted the previous Days match with a pulled Tendon in his Eft Borg sat on Friday with a sore Throat and a Vilas started the match on shaky losing his first two service games when he double faulted on Deuce Vitas broke Back in the fourth game when Borg hit a backhand out to make the score apparently lifted by the service held service in the next but Borg broke him again in the final game of the set after Vilas served an Ace logo up Borg won the next five 10037501 volleying heavily for the first time in the and won the game on a running forehand passing the next set started better for Vitas As the two exchanged heavily lop spun but Borg broke again in the fourth game after two passing who was poised for a net Atta Clu Borg bad no trouble holding service in the next game As Villas backhand Cross court went the score was i in the continued on Page 241 West rips East in Hula 4222 by Ray Yuen Honolulu up Darid Turner of san Diego state ran for a pair of touch Downs and Dennis sprout of Arizona slate ran for one and passed for two More to Lead the West to a 4222 Victory Over the East in saturdays 32nd annual Hula the East jumped to a 144 Lead in the first Quarter but the West then scored six straight touchdowns in a lopsided Triumph before a record crowd of in the nationally televised the wests leading rusher with 36 Yards in six also caught two passes for is Yards arc Tbs named the games most outstanding offensive both his touchdown runs were from the 5 Ricky Odom of Southern California was Given defensive honors after intercepting three passes and coming up with five tial the Victory was the second straight for the West in the Hula bowl alter three successive East the game was an offensive shootout from the Start with five of eight touch Downs being stored through the the West ran up a total of is Yards total including 2s3 the managed 260 total 216 coming on passes Mike Levenseller of Washington state caught a 4yard touchdown pass from Sproul and later passed for a 2poim con Sproul also connected with George Freitas of California on a 20yard West coach Jim Stanley of Oklahoma used Only two quarterbacks for the Sproul and Rod Allison of Texas alternating then by East coach Dan Devinc of notre Dame rotated three Leamon Hall of Ken Smith of Boston College and Pete Woods of on each series of the East opened the scoring on a 27 Yard touchdown pass from Woods to Jim Cefalo of Penn stole and doted the scoring by blocking Steve Littles punt Ani falling on the Ball in the end