European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 22 the stars and stripes hot Connors gains grand slam finals Byle Kjos Boca up Jimmy Connors played flawless Tennis in the first set then held off a Brief surge by Vitas Gerulaitis to win and Advance to the grand slam finals against rival Biorn sundays final match for the first prize of the largest in will be a repeat of last years won by and the grand prix masters final two weeks won by every time we play we go at each other pretty Connors the kind of Tennis we play is he plays All i play All and Well see it again Connors had Little trouble in the first set breaking Gerulaitis serve three times and losing his Only but in the second set he started making errors after breaking Gerulaitis serve in the first i had such a Good feel from the i Felt i could do anything i in the first set i played flawless but then i started missing a he he got into the net and i was Down 31 before i knew it Gerulaitis broke Back in the second winning on a Cross court he then held his serve when Connors was Long with a Gerulaitis broke again to make it 31 when Connors made another unforced backhand that was but Connors regained control in the fifth breaking serve again on the slow Clay court with the Winner coming when he passed Gerulaitis with a stinging backhand Down the prom then on Connors lost Only one More game in the set in the second set i started pressing him a but then i let him get off the Gerulaitis summed i had a few but i didst take advantage of several people in the crowd of continued on Page 23 january 1978 Mcginnis keeps Hopes alive 3 tie for Crosby Golf Lead byjoe Sargis Pebble up unheralded Tommy struggling to stay alive on the professional Golf came out of the pack with a two underpay 70 saturday to tie Ray Floyd and Hale Irwin for the Lead after two rounds of the Bing Crosby who missed a major por Tion of the tour a year ago because of ill has until the Bob Hope desert classic this year to make or have his play ing card he made Only a year but the pea decided to give him a Chance through the first six weeks of this season to make the minimum before taking his Mcginnis didst exactly tear up Pebble Beach in the second but he did make four Birdie putts to offset a couple of bogeys and tie Floyd and two of the better known who placed seventh on the Money list last year and has won 10 tourneys since joining the tour in shot a thereunder Par 69 at Spyglass Hill while who has won More than in each of the last three years and also has 10 career Vic shot a 70 at Tom pea player of the year in 1977 and already the Winner of one tournament this had an excellent Chance to be the second round Leader As he was in the but he took a double bogey six on the ninth the final one he for a it put him a shot behind the three Lead after two Mcginnis and Irwin were at five under 139 As the three Crosby courses took their toll on the 168 Man Field following heavy Rains last the first round was delayed a Day because of too much standing the tourney will end on weather per Watson was grouped at 140 with Don Gil Morgan and Don Bies shot a Wounder 70 at Cypress Point while Morgan and Pooley played Spyglass and shot 70 and Gibby fuzzy Tom Weis Kopf and Lon Hinkle were at 141 while Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus Contin two my Ginani lifts Divot right with an Iron Ai be comes out of us Roach to the Edge of toe Iota Green daring the second round of the grotty prom sat roughing it cd having problems and were far Back in the playing with former president Gerald Ford in the team had a 77 on is own Ball and was far Back at 152 while Nicklaus improved to a 74 and was at open Champion Hubert Green and Ben Crenshaw also played and both jihad 71s to lie at Howard with a 70 at Pebble Tony with a 68 at and George with a 71 at Cypress were at two underpay and three shots off the Bobby Nichols led a group tied at and Rik Massengale was among seven players at even Par paired with new York business Man Richard led the team Competition with a 16underpar score of Ford helped Palmer four and their team was five strokes Back at Johnny struggling for More than a disqualified himself for signing a wrong card in the first the Crosby Winner in 1974 had a 77 in the opening round but signed for a he discovered the error after playing the second round and picking up a Mcginnis teed off Early and played most of us round in Crisp it was so cold when i be 1 had to hit a 1 Iron to the Green on the first i had a feeling then it was going to be a Long Mcginnis got a Par and then mobed the third and fourth holes As Well As toe sixth to stand in Good but be missed a 10foot putt on the eighth for a bogey and could not get out of trouble from the Edge on the ninth for another the native paired the next seven Boles before making a Wooter for a Birdie on the 17th to go Watson said be did not play especially with his Long and did not have Many Birdie compared to the 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