European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 6, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 23 Walts beats open defending Champ Vilas upset by non seed Pat Bradley Victory is hers by ale Sachare new York a defending Champi on Guillermo Vilas unable to Cope with the booming serve and ferocious forehand of Butch Walts was upset by the 23-year-old californian 6-4, 7-6, 4-6, 6-7, 6-2 in a classic 4-hour, 11-minute match monday night at the $552,480 . Open Tennis Champion ships. The unseeded Walts a native of Ather ton calif., who has enjoyed his greatest Success in world team Tennis put on a magnificent display of serve and Volley Tennis. His blazing serve kept the Argen Tine Lethander constantly off balance while his hard hit forehand approach shots set up easy Points off his Volley. Vilas seeded third played Well show ing no ill effects from the virus which forced him to be hospitalized before the Start of this tournament. But the fast artificial playing surface at the National Tennis Center was far More helpful to Walts Power game than to the Long Baseline ral lies favored by Vilas. Vilas tried to adjust charging to the net More than usual. That strategy helped him erase a two set deficit but in the end Walts was too powerful. Bradley captures Lyga $ 100,000 rail classic Bomar Bohlen Springfield 111. Up Pat Brad Ley knocked in three birdies on the front nine and added an Eagle on the Home stretch monday to win the $100,000 Lyga rail Charity Golf classic and take Home the $15,000 top prize. Bradley of Westford mass., ended the 72-Hole tournament with an 11-under-Par 276 four strokes ahead of Sharon Miller. Miller of Marshall mich., finished with an 8-under-Par 280 and $9,750. In third place were Sandra Palmer Penney Pulz and Joanne Carner who Fin. Dished at 7-under 281. Each took Home $5,397. Bradley 27, stroked birdies on the Par-5 third Par-4 fifth and Par-5 sixth holes before bog eying the Par-4 Lith and the Par 5 17th. She sealed the win with an Eagle on the Par-513th. Her card showed 33-3770. I made some funny mistakes. I got a bit too cute coming in and it Cost me a few bogies Bradley said. The turning Point for me was the Eagle on the 13th. That gave me a real  Miller 37, bogeyed the second Lith and o final holes but rebounded with birdies on the third 13th, 14th and 17th holes. Pulz and Donna Caponi Young tied with Bradley at 10-under-Par 206 after three rounds fell off the Pace Early monday. Pulz had five bogies and two birdies. Young suffered four single bogies and one double bogey and hit two birdies to end at 6-under 282 for the tournament. Nancy Lopez the season s leading Money and tournament Winner finished at 4-under284. Bradley who shot 67-66-73-70 for the four Days held at least a share of the Lead the entire contest. She and Miller shot bogey o free 5-under-Par 67 first rounds and then Bradley took a three stroke Lead at the midpoint. Bradley entered the third round with an 11-under-Par 133, but slipped to 10-under to tie Pulz and Young at the final round Start. Janet Anderson 1,920 Gloria Ehret 1,646.67 Kathy Postlewait 1,646.67 Cathy Thompson 1,646.67 Jan Stephenson 1,300 Mary Dwyer 1,300 Kathy Mcmullen 1,300 Joyce Kazmierski 1,300 Pat Meyers 1,095 Shelley Hamlin 1,095 Joann Prentice 871.25 Beth Solomon 871.25 Michelle Walker 871.25 Mary Lou Krocker 871.25 Mary Mills 871.25 Carole to Skala 871.25 Hollis Stacy 871.25 Amy Alcott 871.25 Sandra Spuzich 685 Barbara Barrow 685 Joann Washam 595 Jerilyn Britz 595 Betsy King 595 Lee Burke 595 74-70-70-74288 73-72-72-72289 73-71-71-74289 71-71-72-75-289 71-73-73-73290 75-68-73-74290 71-71-73-75290 71-70-71-78290 76-73-71-71291 73-72-74-72291 72-75-78-67292 74-71-71-76-292 74-72-75-71292 77-72-68-75-292 76-72-71-73292 70-74-72-76292 72-71-74-75292 70-70-77-75292 72-75-69-77293 75-72-72-74293 73-76-73-72294 74-72-75-73294 70-75-74-75294 76-72-68-78294 Walts broke Vilas serve at love starting the final set. Vilas broke Back in the next game but double faulted giving Walts a 2-1 Lead. That was All the 6-foot-4, former Southern California player needed but he broke through again in the fifth game and led 4-1. That was it the Champion was de throned. He did the right things to win said Vilas. Eighty percent of the match i was just chasing  did Vilas who beat Jimmy Connors in the open finals on a Clay like surface at Forest Hills a year ago think he could make adjustments in his game come Back Here and win on this fast surface next year for sure i can do it but what is the Price for that he responded. On Clay i know everything that is going to happen but on this i Don t know. Clay is my sur face. I would have to change a lot of my game to play on this surface and i Don t know if i am willing to do  Walts had no such problems. I play a serve and Volley game and this is perfect for me he said. I Felt i had to come in As much As i could to win and i did  Walts served 11 aces to six for Vilas and had a whopping 35-14 Edge in service win ners. Walts was eliminated in the fourth round of last year s open by Clay court specialist Corrado Barazzetti. He was ranked no. 16 in the . Tennis association s rankings last year. In afternoon action top seeded Martina Navratilova seeking to solidify her status As the top woman Tennis player in the world reached the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-2 Victory Over Ann Kiyomura. I be proven myself on every surface the 21 year old czech expatriate said about her new role As the Queen of Tennis. Now i know i be done it so i Don t feel like i have to prove myself. I be beaten the  the 23-year-old Kiyomura provided a stiffer test scoring a pair of service Breaks in the opening set. But the hard hit Ting Navratilova responded to the Chal Lenge by breaking right Back both times then breaking Kiyomura at love in the 10th and final game of the set. She broke with another love game to take a 2-0 Lead in the second set and went on to wrap up the match with ease. Meanwhile the men began Best of five set Competition and the extra margin for error proved comforting to fourth seeded Vitas Gerulaitis. He dropped the first set to 31-year-old Bob Lutz but had plenty of time to come Back for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 Victory to move into the quarterfinals. Lutz bitter Over line Call Gerulaitis played his Normal aggressive serve and Volley game. Lutz scored Well with passing shots in the first set but Gerulaitis net play improved As the set wore on and this turned the match in his favor. Lutz committed 26 unforced errors with his forehand and 23 with his Back hand giving the 24-year-old Gerulaitis All the chances he needed. After the match Lutz was bitter be cause of a line Call which had originally gone in his favor but was changed after a complaint from Gerulaitis and prolonged discussion among officials. But Gerulaitis said he has seen several bad Calls in his matches and that playing a let a do Over is the fairest thing to do when the officials can t reach agreement. Another seeded player from the metro Politan new York area no. 15 John Mcenroe of Douglaston n.y., also moved into the quarterfinals with a 7-6, 6-3, 6-3 Victory Over Colin Dowdeswell of Rhodesia. 5 other seeded women Advance Back in the women s draw Navratilova s quarterfinal opponent will be Virginia Ruzicki of Romania. Ruzicki seeded Lith struggled past Stacy Margolin 4-6, 7-6, 6-4. Five other seeded women posted third round victories. No. 4 Wendy Turnbull of Australia beaten by Evert in the final last year had her hands full before posting a 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 Victory Over 19-year-old Sandra Collins another of those Young american women who have made their Mark in this tournament. Other winners were no. 7 Betty stove of the Netherlands 7-6, 6-2 Over Anne Hobbs of Britain no. 12 Regina mar Sikova of Czechoslovakia 6-4, 6-1 Over Zenda Liess no. 13 Marita Redondo 6-2, 6-7, 6-1 Over Liana Kloss of South Africa and no. 15 Kathy May 6-1, 6-1, Over Stephanie Tolle son. Yanks pick up game on losing botox the franchise Guidry cops 20th Pat Bradley $15,000 Sharon Miller 9,750 Penny Pulz 5,396.67 Joann Carner 5,396.67 Sandra Palmer 3,560 Donna Caponi Young 3,560 Beth Stone 3,040 Nancy Lopez 3,040 Marlene Floyd 2,600 Betty Burfeindt 2,600 Laura Baugh 2,300 Barbara moxness 2,110 67-66-73-70-276 67-69-73-71280 74-67-65-75281 70-70-73-68281 73-69-67-72282 69-68-69-76282 73-72-67-72284 70-68-72-74284 74-73-47-71uk 71-71-70-73285 75-70-73-68-286 71-70-75-71287 continued from Page 21 inning in route to a 5-3 win. This was the big one said Mcgregor who boosted his record to 13-12 and retired 23 straight batters after yielding a three run Homer to Jim Rice in the first inning his 38th. I made a pitch i should t have to Rice but otherwise i had Good  the orioles won the game on Lee May s two run double in the sixth inning off loser Dennis Eckersley 16-6. Eckersley then became a Central figure in a Melee one inning later when he threw a Knockdown punch at base runner Larry Harlow who crashed into red sox Catcher Carlton Fisk while attempting to score. Baltimore right fielder Ken Singleton intervened grabbing Eckersley. The red sox Ace right hander was forced to leave the game with a minor Elbow injury. Fisk in a mental lapse figured in the final play of the game when he was picked off first base by reliever Don Stanhouse. With two runners on base and two out in the ninth Stanhouse came on to dispose of Fisk and pick up his 20th save. It was t too Cool of me said eckers Ley of the scuffle. But it happened so fast it scared me. Singleton was a gentleman about it and i respect him for that because he could have killed me. I m not worried about the race with the Yankees. Maybe it s better we have it close than blowing anyone away. Playing tight baseball May make it better for us in the playoffs and world  elsewhere in the Al Cleveland downed Toronto 5-4, Minnesota shaded Chicago 2-1, California outlasted Texas 8-7, Kansas City put away Oakland 5-3 and Milwaukee Defeated Seattle 5-0 after losing the double header opener 4-3. Royals 5, a s 3 Amos Otis drove in four runs with two doubles and Al Hrabosky pitched out of a bases loaded Jam in the seventh inning As the first place royals maintained their one game Lead Over California in the Al West. Otis who doubled in Kansas City s second run in the sixth hit a bases loaded double in the eighth to give Kansas City an 8-1 Lead. Angels 8, rangers 7 Bobby Grich drove in four runs with a Homer and a single but it took Don Bay Lor s 28th Homer a Solo shot in the seventh inning to lift the Angels to their fourth straight Victory. Texas trailing 8-3, rallied for four runs in the eighth off reliever Tom Griffin before Dave Laroche finished up for the Angels to record his 20th save and preserve starter Don Aase s ninth Victory against eight losses. Indians 5, Blue jays 4 Gary Alexander stroked a two run double to highlight a three run sixth inning and Mike Paxton 10-8, pitched a four hitter for the indians. Trailing 3-2 in the sixth the indians took a 5-3 Lead when Tom Veryzer and buddy Bell led off with singles and with one out Alexander drilled a 3-2 pitch Down the Loftfield line for two runs. Ted Cox then doubled Alexander Home. Brewers 3-5, mariners 4-0 Bill travers backed by Ben Oglivie s 17th Homer and Gorman Thomas 31st, hurled a six hit shutout to gain the Brewers a split in the Nightcap. Seattle took the opener when Glenn Abbott scattered 11 hits and Lee Stanton knocked in the win Ning run with a ninth inning single after Tom Paciorek singled and moved into scoring position on a base hit by Bill Stein. Twins 2, White sox 1 Geoff Zahn tossed a four hitter and Roy Smalley and Mike Cubbage drove in one run apiece for Minnesota. Zahn 11-13, walked three and struck out two in pitching his 10th Complete game of the season. Smalley s broken Bat single in the fourth scored Rod Carew with Minnesota s first run. The twins delivered the winning run in the fifth when Cubbage hit into a fielder s Choice with the bases loaded