European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse January 1978 the stars and stripes Page 21 Roth edges hoi Man in Aba open grand Texas up Mark Roth outlasted Marshall Holman in the championship saturday to win the professional bowlers association his 10th Aba Kolman had a Chance to tie Roth with three straight strikes and be came up with two of but hot mails final bal hit the head pin and left three pins i thought we were going to have a said of stolen he got the first two strikes i thought Marshall was going to get the third one with no Holman reached the championship match by rolling strings of strikes at Mike Berlin for a Kolman had two four baggers during the while Berlin suffered an open it the who qualified in the fifth position for the nationally televised Defeated Pete and John for the shot at the 2 the title also marked the first time that Roth has led a tournament from Start to the first place Check raises roths season Money Lota to while hot mans second place Check for gives him second est Money at i Shouf fanfare saints fire coach Stram by Peter Finney new Orleans up the new or leans who have won no More than five games in any of their ii sat urday fired Hank Stram As head the dismissal came without the saints announced the decision with a simple phone Call from the teams press strains wife said he was unavailable for comment and new Orleans owner John Mecom said he would not com ment on the Mecom just Hast been Happy with the Progress in Hank two said saints vice president and treasurer Eddie we just didst feel like we were progressing to the Point of being a the easiest thing in the world for us to do would have been to do nothing at there were a number of things combined with the teams performance on the they were very intangible we do want to win for the it was not something done on the Spur of the Mecom makes the final he asks for my opinion and vice president of administration Harry Hul honks ram had 3 years left on pact Down 2 sets to Connors rallies to reach pro indoor finals byjoe Eujuano Philadelphia up to seeded Jimmy Connors Shook off a m set deficit saturday night and rallied to defeat Brian to Advance to the finals of the pro indoor Tennis championships against Roscoe the 10th qualified for Sun Days final and a crack at the first prize with a so Victory Over Casals meet in women finals los Angeles a second seeded Martina formerly of Czecho Slovakia but now living in Defeated Greer Stevens of South Africa 1 and fifth seeded Rosemary Casals of dawned Marise another South and were to meet sunday for the first prize in the women Tennis after spotting Stevens the first the 31yearold Navratilova rallied and Over powered her 20yearold opponent 1 dont like to play against said were world team Tennis Navratilova and Stevens both play Cor the Boston the 19yearold Kruger totally dominated the first set of her match against but things turned around drastically after that Marise is one of the toughest players five Ever said the 29yearold i have a tendency to Start slowly and make a lot of errors and that what happened after the first set i thought i should just get the Ball Back and hopefully Wail for a the Lealen Rosle before so 1 had a lot of said but i have a lot of respect for sixth seeded Eddie Dibbs with the help of 2g service in a match that lasted More than the third seed from fort broke Connors the first two times he served and shot out to a 50 Lead before the crowd of was completely settled into its then who had trouble control Ling his rocket like valleys from the base line in the Early found the Range in the third set and held reaching Gott frieds Cross court volleys and sending them Back with his typical Connors May have broken Gottfriedt spirit to the seventh game of the fourth after Gottfried registered an Connors had three winners a Cross court Back hand and two forehand up the line to reach break Point and Gottfried sent a backhand Over the Baseline to go Down in the deciding Connors broke Gott Fried twice in the first three games As the 26yearoui Flo Rufian seemed to tire and had trouble getting the Ball Over the serving with a 54 Connors forced notch Point with his first Ace of the night and took the match when Gottfried put a return into the who won four tournaments and pocketed almost in winnings last used an effective overhand in the first two sets and his Crisp Cross courts indicated he would make Short work of con after Gottfried was broken in the second game of the second he got the break Back in the next hitting a winning forehand up the and in the ninth when Connors made three unforced when Connors finally awoke in the third set be broke Gottfriedt serve at love in the sixth game with a backhand to Lead 42 and held serve the rest of the Way to win his first Tanner also had problems in the Early rang against powerful Blufoot of Lookout bad to win a tiebreaker by 72 to win the first set but set the tone of the Duel with 20 of his service aces including one that ended the sixth seeded of Miami had trouble returning tanners left handed serve again in the second Al lowing seven aces to get by but the 5 foot7 Dibbs then began hitting his fore hand and backhand from the Baseline for squaring the set at in the Lith Dibbs fought off two break Points and won the game with an Ace and a forehand then took the set on the fifth set Point when his serve deserting him for one of the few times in the was guilty of a who reached the semifinals with a 76 Victory Over second seeded Bjorn regained the momentum after breaking Dibbs in the third game of the third set with a smashing Cross court fore while who once had a serve clocked at had trouble getting his first serve he still backed up of ibis with his forehand and backhand volleys from the Baseline and frequent rushes to the leading the set Tanner won the set with his mess we concurred in his Deci Hank found out our next move is to find a head coach and we Are considering some right i is on his Way to who had three years remaining on a was the fish coach in the clubs unheralded history and he had no More Success than any of the previous in two seasons with the Stroms clubs produced 410 and 3 he became the ninth coach to either or be dismissed in the National football league since the Start of the 1977 and Louis Don Coryell is obviously in a questionable situation As Well since the locks on his office door have been Stram spent is years As coach of the Dallas texans and Kansas City chiefs and is the eighth most winning coach in nil he was looked upon As one of the most innovative coaches in the league when his chiefs upset Minnesota to win super bowl in in and even though he was fired by chiefs owner Lamar runt following the 1974 Stram was considered As lust the person the saints needed when he was hired a year but things did not pick up for the lowly saints and when new Orleans lost its final Home game of the season to the Tampa Bay buccaneers last the rumblings who had vowed to stay out of the teams Enfield said after that game that the saints were a poorly coached you11 see me a hell of a Tot More Active than i have been in the Mecom said after the season was 1 fell for two years that after All the bad press and All this advice free advice we always get around this that maybe i was the but i see that Oiler stay ing away from it that things have kind of gone to hell in certain and in not saying that i can change but i do think i can contribute and and i will be More of Mecom said on thai occasion he has been Given All the tools to work with the the and its Lime that they if it were the fact thai you dont have the players to produce then Well change but we have some kids that will win for Rick a Veteran linebacker who has played for three of the saints five said he was stunned by the an i guess i am As close to Shock As i have Ever been in my he i told everybody i thought Stram was doing a great it was the first Lime this learn had any direction and we knew where we were Manning is upset at ouster of a Greaf Guy to play for api Quarter Back Archie Manning of the new Orleans saints said saturday he was upset and very disappointed about the firing of Hank Stram As coach of the National football league we had a disappointing season last fall but i want that disappointed about it be cause i Felt that under Hank we would certainly do better next and 1 was looking Forward to Manning said in an Hen to play in a football base Ball players Golf said he called Stram As soon As he heard about the it was a Complete Shock to he had no idea it was Manning he had a talk with owner John Mecom a Lew weeks ago and he thought everything was asked whether he was concerned what a new coach would mean to hire Manning you never know what this will mean to but in not really concerned right in so concerned and upset for i Ted like i did when my daddy a great big Lump in my Hes the Type of if you play for you can really get dose to and Hes great Guy to play this Type of thing firings la just Snow lung in pro dont like Ive been there seven for and the new coach will be my each one has a Dif Ferent style of
