European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes Friday september 1, 1978 Connors Vilas Sneva revs up to nearly 200 Mph win in open first round m in practice runs for California 500 continued from Page 21 Points in the final game to Triumph 7-5, 7-5. Other seeds to prevail were Raul Rami rez 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 Over John Alexande Rjohn Mcenroe 7-6, 6-4 Over Sherwood Stew Artand Arthur Ashe 4-6, 7-6, 6-1 Over Ross Case. Vilas recuperating from a stomach virus appeared shaky at the Start. He Dou ble faulted three times in the first two games but he settled Down to defeat Drys Dale with a patient Baseline game. The jets took off less frequently at night but they presented a problem the Usta May find hard to Deal with unless Laguar Dia officials Are Able to divert air traffic. There were continual wisecracks from the daytime crowd of 12,050 and the night time crowd of 7,403 about the noise As Well As from the players. I thought they were going to land on the court once said Genois who produced the first upset when he beat Mayer. Once i tossed the Ball and it never came Back. It s in the wheels the noise competed with the movement of the crowd in the strangely designed Complex As the main a Gravant of the players. Fans lined the stairways to watch matches and moved along walkways Dur ing Umpire told Mcaa Champion Mcenroe not to worry about the disturbances be cause you la get used to Ashe trying to make a comeback at the age of 35 after battling foot injuries the last few years benefited from four double faults by Case to win the second set tie breaker 9-7.Ashe, who won the . Championship when it first went open 10 years ago was on the verge of defeat to the 26-year-old Case. Ashe was broken twice in the first set then dropped service again to begin the second set. My Heel is Fine Ashe said. It s As Strong As it can be after surgery. I Don t Limp any in other matches unseeded Stan Smith Defeated John Yuill 7-6, 6-4, Mark Cox beat Stanislov Birner 6-3, 6-2, and John Lloyd topped Buster Mottram 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, in a match of englishmen. Attendance at the new 19.500-seat facility continued to be disappointing. The main reason the Usta gave for switching from Forest Hills 12,000-seat stadium was to accommodate larger crowds but based on the first two sessions the matches might As Well have been played in a private club. Only about 1,000 fans watched the Ashe Case match on the first morning of play. By the time Connors and Gullikson played there were about 5,000 people in the Staci was broken Only once in the fifth game of the second set after Gullikson held his Only service in the fourth game. It was not so easy for Gerulaitis. Gerulaitis a local favorite from nearby Kings Point n.y., had to play a Crisp serve and Volley match to beat the Surpri singly Quick Fortes. My opponent played Well Gerulaitis said. I got three bad Calls in one game and that kind of upset me but then he got some bad Calls and they All kind of evened showed the kind of movement accuracy and poise to indicate he might develop into a future Power on the men s circuit but he was t quite ready to beat Gerulaitis. I played one of the Best matches of my life but i could t win said the Long haired French teenager. He s too Good for was As dominant in his opener As top seeded Bjorn Borg was in his tues Day night. But As he often is wont to do Connors refused to talk to the press after the match and left quickly with his entourage in a private limousine. On the Way out Connors said i m not talking because i m misquoted All the Ontario Calif. A speeds Esca lated near the 200 Mph Barrier in wednes1 Day s practice sessions for sunday s $300, 000 California 500, with National Champion Tom Sneva once again leading the Field. Sneva who was also quickest tuesday in the opening practice period turned in a top Lap of 199.4 Mph wednesday on the 2.5 mile Ontario Speedway Oval. The 30-year-old Sneva who set a track record of 202.348 Mph Here in March is the Sneva and Danny Ongais have Between them evenly split the no. 1 starting Posi Tion in each of the previous 12 races on the . Auto club Indianapolis car circuit this season. Ongais was second fastest through the end of practice with a Speed of 197.3 Mph. Johnny Rutherford was third at 195.8 Mph. . Foyt stirred attention wednesday when he climbed out of his Coyote race car favorite for the pole position in qua Ifica and jumped into the entry of the Vel spar to. Ii x .uji.anl. Ncnutt Strati lev to ration runs which Start thursday. Nelli Jones team and took a few test laps. Foyt did t disclose what he was up to As usual but there was speculation Roger Mccluskey might wind up in either Foyt s car or the Vel a Parnelli car. Foyt would Only Grin when newsmen asked him which car he would try to qualify for the race. Thirty two cars took advantage of wednesday s session one Short of the number needed for a full Field. Thirty entrants Drew positions for thursday s qualifying lineup. Qualifying continues through Friday. 8. Allison has Best Southern trial Darlington . A Darlington raceway with a fresh Asphalt racing sur face yielded Little wednesday As Bobby Allison posted the fastest time of 149.74 Mph during the opening practice session for thursday s Southern 500 qualifying. Even Allison of Hueytown ala., a top Driver on Lascar s Winston cup grand National tour was reluctant to push the recently paved was More than an hour late getting to the track for practice and said i was still too Early. It s hotter n Heck and with the new Asphalt Well it just makes it Slick and risky he said. Nobody la show too much until they have to he added. Close behind Allison in wednesday s practice speeds was Darrell Waltrip at 149.02 Mph. David Pearson was third at 148.57, and reigning grand National Cham Pion and current Point Leader Cale Yarbo rough posted a Speed of 148.48 Mph. Lennie Pond at 147.68 Mph and Richard Petty 147.19 Mph also joined the pole Posi Tion contenders during the late afternoon practice session. Petty buddy Baker and Benny Parsons locked up in a last minute run that some observers said yielded the fastest laps of the hot afternoon. This old Speedway might look different now that they be put Down new pave ment observed Junior Johnson builder of Yarborough s Oldsmobile. But Ain t nothing changed he added. The old bumps Are still in the same place. They re just harder to see. You wait 11 monday. It s Gonna be an other Southern 500 everybody banging on everybody the top 12 positions in the $225,000 labor Day event will be decided thursday when qualifying begins at 2 . Qualifying continues through saturday. The qualifying record at Darlington is 155.433 Mph set by Pearson in 1975. Allison explained Why wednesday s speeds were so far off that record you Don t come to Darlington to qualify. You come to Guidry wins 1 9th, but is hit by Bat by Bill Madden up sports writer the latest Victory in Ron Guidry s sensational splurge for the american league by Young award May have been a Little More than his new York Yankee team mates can Bear. Guidry ran his record to 19-2 wednesday night in the Yankees 5-4 Victory Over the Baltimore orioles but was removed from the game in the eighth inning after being struck by a Bat which slipped out of the hands of Baltimore s Ken Singleton. The unflappable Yankee Ace who has kept his mates in the Pennant race All season Long while nearly everyone around him foundered was rushed to the Hospital Japan s Sadaharu of hits 800th Home run Tokyo a Sadaharu of of the to Mizuri giants who surpassed Hank Aaron s american record of 755 Home runs last sept. 3, hit the 800th Homer of his 20-year baseball career wednesday night. Before 55,000 roaring spectators at to Kyo s Kora Kuen stadium the 38-year-old left handed slugger connected for the historic Homer in the Bottom of the sixth in Ning off Relief Pitcher Hiroshi Okawa of the Yokohama Taiyo whales. The 800th Homer came in the 2,562nd game of his career on his 8,330th trip to the plate. It was his 34th Home run this sea son. He singled his first time up walked the second time then blasted the first pitch by Okawa just Over the right Field Fence in his third at Bat. Chiefs obtain Rookie tackle Kansas City to. A the Kansas City chiefs obtained Rookie defensive tackle Stan Johnson from the los Angeles rams for an undisclosed draft Choice the National football league team announced sunday. Johnson who will be tried at nose guard in the chiefs 3-4 defense was a second round draft pick by the rams this year. The 6-foot-4, 275-Pounder was drafted from Tennessee state. Where a rays proved negative on the ugly Bruise inside his left ankle. However the ominous spectre of going without Guidry even for one or two starts nullified most of the positive Points in the Yankees Victory which was their sixth straight and enabled them to at last gain a Little ground on Boston. The red sox split a double header with Toronto. Guidry s the Clear Cut favorite for the by Young award and if we did t have him around for two starts it would kill us said Al Roundup Lou Piniella who knocked in one run and scored the decisive the seventh on Cliff Johnson s single. We could t afford not having him in a Pennant race. He s the Backbone of our Yankee manager Bob Lemon agreed that Guidry is a shoo in for by Young honors but pointed out the Young cajun left hander is also he Guidry had trouble keeping the Ball Down and he normally does to said Lemon in reference to the Home runs Doug Decinces and Rick Dempsey hit off him. There s no doubt he s the by Young favorite unless something unforeseen Hap pens. He s the kind of a Pitcher that everyone gasps when he gives up a run. But even he s subject to an Ordinary night once in awhile and i guess those homers to night prove he s human like everyone Guidry Drew gasps but not the kind Lemon was referring to from his Yankee teammates in the seventh when on a third strike pitch to Singleton he fell to his feet after being struck by the Bat. It was a Good pitch which i was just trying to foul off and As soon As the Bat left my hands i yelled to him said Singleton. He almost jumped Over it. When i saw it hit him i rushed to the Mound but he did t hear me because he was in so much elsewhere in the Al Boston split a double header with Toronto winning the opener 2-1 and dropping the Nightcap 7-6 and Kansas City routed Chicago 12-0. Mil Waukee at Cleveland was rained out. Red sox 2-6, Blue jays 1-7 Bob Bailor cracked four hits including a two run eighth inning double to offset Jim Rice s 35th and 36th Home runs in the Nightcap and Salvage a double header split for the Blue jays who snapped Boston s winning Streak at six. Boston won the first game when Butch Hobson drove in both runs on a groundnut and a double. Dennis Eckersley 16-5, pitched a five hitter in his 12th Complete game and fourth in a Row. He struck out nine and walked none. Royals 12, White sox 0 Darrell Porter went 4-for-4 and knocked in four runs while Pete Lacock had three rib to Back the five hit pitching of Kansas City s Larry Gura 12-4. Porter s rib single capped a six run uprising in the second inning when Kansas City sent 11 men to the plate. Porter also had a two run Homer in the fifth his 14th. Alabama dominates up picks continued from Page 21 fornia Craig Fertig Oregon St. Lynn Stiles san Jose state Bill Walsh Stan Ford Don James Washington Terry Donahue Urcla. New York up the United press International Board of coaches pre season top 20 College football rat Ings with first place votes and 19/7 won lost records in parentheses team Points 16 11-1 534 2. Oklahoma 4 10-2 440 3. Perm state 3 11-1 398 4. Notre Dame 6 11-1 371 5. Arkansas 3 11-1 365 6. Michigan 10-2 328 7. Southern Cal. 1 8-4 309 8. Ohio state 1 93 1 9. Texas 11-1 2� 10. Nebraska 9-3 11. Washington 8-412. Urcla 7-4 13. Leu 8-4 14. Pittsburgh 9-2 15. Texas a8.m 8-4 16. Florida state 10-2 17. Kentucky 10-1 18. North Carolina 8-3. 19. Iowa state 8-4 20. Maryland 8-4 l9 note by agreement with the american football coaches association teams on probation by the Mcaa Are ineligible for top 20 and National championship consideration by the up Board of coaches. Those teams currently on probation for 1978 Are Michigan state Houston okla homa state and Grambling. 55 132 2 20?639 31 29
