European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes sunday August 27, 1978 Cosmos rowdies gear for Nail title show do w Jain in Tom Rifle Dies fans. By Gary Meyers East Rutherford . Api Eddie Firman and Gordon Jago have a lot More in common than being rival coaches Lor the soccer bowl 78 championship match to be played at giants stadium. Firnani. The Cosmos coach and former coach of Junro s team the Tampa Bay rowdies have been friends since their playing Days together on the English club Charlton athletic. It was Jago who initially recommended Formani for the Tampa Job when the franchise was formed in 1975. Jago had assisted Phil Woosnam now the North american soccer league com missioner in coaching the United states National team in 1968. When Tampa owner George Strawbridge was looking for a Solomon has a close Call in pro Tennis Brookline mass. Dpi Manuel Orantes Arthur Ashe Corrado Barazzetti and Wojtek Fibak Friday easily advanced to the quarterfinals of the $200,000 u s. Pro Tennis championships but Harold Solo men almost did t make it. Fifth seeded Solomon overcame two match Points to squeeze out a 6-1, 5-7, 7-8 of win Over Peter fell of Austria Early in the Day later in the evening third seeded bar Dazzutti breezed to a 6-0, 6-4 Victory Over Australia s Peter Mcnamara. Barazzetti combined sideline winners with drop shots to the first set and overcame a series of in forced errors in the second to wrap up the Victory. Sixth seeded Fibak of Poland had Little trouble disposing of Chris Lewis of new zealand 6-4,6-1. Ashe the eighth seed from Miami used a powerful serve to eliminate Steve Krule Vitz of Baltimore 6-3,6-0. Also in the quarterfinals Are defending Champion Orantes of Spain his Davis cup partner Jose Higueras and John Mcenroe Douglaston . Fourth seeded Orantes easily Defeated Italy s Paulo Bertolucci 6-4, 6-0 in a match resumed after rain stopped play thursday tight. Orantes utilized Strong ground strokes and accurate lobs to break Bertok Cicci s service five times. Seventh seeded Higueras needed three lets to oust 13th-seeded Jaime Fillol of Chile 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. Ninth seeded Mcenroe of Douglaston ., dusted off Victor Pec of d of Paraguay 6-2, 6-2. Pecci had knocked & top seeded Eddie Dibbs wednesday fright. Coach for his new team Woosnam recon they asked me to come Here but i said no Way said Jago. Then coaching Chart ton athletic. They asked if 1 knew of anyone and i recommended a few people including Eddie. He got the Job. From that moment on Eddie and i have helped each Oiler Jago added. If one of us needs a player we just  Firmani and the rowdies captured soccer bowl 75 in the team s Maiden year. But a rift developed Between coach and management Midway in the 1977 season. Two weeks after leaving Tampa Firmani got the Cosmos Job and went on to Lead them to the Nail championship a year ago. Former Tampa Captain John Boyle filled in As coach for the duration of the season but Jago was approached again if he was interested in the Tampa Job. In Jan uary he accepted. Firman and Jago have remained close  Battle each other like anyone else and afterwards whichever Way it goes Weare the first to congratulate or commiserate with each other Jago said. The Nice thing about the Nail is that you Battle on the Field but when it s Over the friendships re still  the Tampa fans have not forgiven fir Mani for jumping ship in the Middle of the season. When the Cosmos played there on april 30, extra Security guards had to be hired to protect Firmani from irate Row die i Don t look at play Btij thing special Firmani a playing any other team.". Firmani s outward Lindu standing Jago said the i dream come True for Boll 6" and i Are both delighted,1? both said before the be att Range the final Between the be  the Cosmos Defeated to hts during the regular season i is the Best among Nail t crowd of Over 76,000 is i it s going to be. The atmosphere will be i it s going to be a great grail twi n shoots a 63, fakes Hof i by Bob Green Pinehurst . A picking up where he left off last year. Hale Irwin punished restored Pinehurst no. 2 with a Brilliant eight under Par 63 and stormed into the second round Lead Friday in the Hall of Fame Golf classic. The famed old course in the Carolina san Hills was humbled and humiliated a year ago when Irwin won with a 20-under-Par total the lowest score on the tour for the  sponsors and club officials moved to restore the course to the Giordand difficulty it once owned. Several tees were lengthened. The fairways were made More narrow. The rough was watered and allowed to grow unchecked reaching Aone foot height. The greens were skinned Back to the slickness of Glass and still Irwin who has the Happy habit of playing his Best on the Best courses came within a single stroke of the lowest in Hole score compiled on the tour this year. With a 36-Hole total of 136, six under Par he led Tom Kite by a stroke at the Halfway Point of this Chase for a $50,000 first  had to shake off the potential disaster of a double bogey seven and rallied for a 68that put him at 147. A glorious seven muttered Kite. "1really thrashed around on that  Howard Twitty with a 69, was next at 138.Tom Watson who has a Chance to Over take leading Money Winner Andy bean fired a 67 that put hint at 139, tied with Mike Mccullough. Who shot 66.jerry Pate who shared the first round Lead went to a 73-140. Bob Murphy 70-141,was the Only other Man under Par after two  Gilbert who shared the first round Lead with Pate blew to a 77-144.bean shot 76-150 and failed to qualify for the final two rounds. Arnold Palmer was 75-146."i be been telling you All along Irwin chided in mock seriousness that you recasting a lot of Money out there on that Golf course. I guess next year they la have creeks and Trees in the Middle of the fair he one putted 10 times did t make bogey and played his Back nine in 31. But Irwin who has scored All but two of Bis 10 Hale Irwin. Best on Tough courses moxness 65 is Best in Lyga history St. Paul Minn. Up Rookie bar Bard moxness shot an eight under Par 65 Friday the lowest round in Lyga history to grab a one stroke Lead Over Kathy Whitworth in the Patty Berg Golf classic at Keller Golf dub. Whitworth fired the previous record in 1976 and equated it at Keller. This was a great Homecoming said moxness a native of Montevideo Minn., who left for the Southwest after she graduated from High school. She qualified far the tour in january and had her Best finish fifth place in the Detroit Lyga event last pug Rentner i at 68 Glencoe Iii. A Emest pug Rentner an All american halfback at Northwestern in 1831, died in his sleep Here. He was 68. Rentner led Northwestern to big ten championships in 1930 and 1931. He was named in 1970 to Northweste s All time football team along with Quarter Back Otto Graham. Everything went right for me she said. Moxness had eight birdies one off the record for a single round. Whitworth was one Over Par after two notes but she Eagle the Par five 420-Yard fifth Hole with a a foot putt and added six birdies. "1 lust hit it close to the Hole Whit Worth  i had a 25-footer for Birdie on no. 17 and that was my longest putt of  moxness credited her record round on new found consistency and better concentration. I m no longer making a Birdie and the getting bogey said the 25-year-Ojd pro whose Best previous competitive round was a two under Par 70 at the Columbus tournament earlier this year. Whitworth said conditions on the 6 023 Yard Public track were Ideal for the Low scoring in which 10 players in the Field of 84 there was no wind and the greens were holding fairly Well she said. Scores might have been even lower but the Green were pretty  Sandra Post Carole to Skala and Jeri Lyn Britz had five under Par 68s. . Women s open Champion Hollis Stacy was grouped at 65 with Katby mar tin Marlene Floyd Donna Young and Pat Meyers. . Duntz had a Hole in one on the 140 Yard 13th Hole when she knocked in a seven Iron in route to a three under 70. Berg the 60-year-old Minnesota native who has 83 professional victories competed in the tournament named for her and had a respectable 76.the leaders career victories on courses missed two from about feet if re made those i someone would have shot i would be committing h really i played i said. I putted extreme him been a problem for me i not All year but much of off practice session yesterday title ideas and i took the Turse today and they Worton j i made a couple of Good the round and i did t Haw toll then on he flew a seven Iron i Flag and made it on the i rough on the next and 1 footer to save Par scored i the next and two putted for i the next. He had his Only i fifth where he got his i tree chipped some 11 feet j the putt to save  made his biggest string of three birdies that i foot putt on the 12th. 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