European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 8, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 21 Jop seeds show finesse in . Open triumphs Chris Evert. Easy win Over Austin by Steve Wilstein new York up Vitas Gerulaitis ignored a painfully twisted ankle in the first set thursday night to join 19-year-old Mcaa Champion John Mcenroe in the semifinals of the . Open Tennis championships. Neither the determination of Gerulaitis nor the Superb play of Mcenroe however could take the Shine off a pair of Sterling performances by three time defending women s Champion Chris Evert and top seeded Wimbledon Champion Martina Navratilova. A record Day night crowd totalling 30,580 watched the card of one sided victories on another warm pleasant Day. Evert crushed mighty mite Tracy Austin the fifth seeded 15-year-old from rolling Hills Calif., 7-5, 6-1, moments after Navratilova disposed of Lith seeded Vir Ginia Ruzicki of Romania 6-3, 6-2, in 48 min utes. Mcenroe became one of the youngest semifinalists in . Open history when he stopped Marathon Man Butch Walts 6 1, 6-2, 7-6. Mcenroe who turned pro in june after dropping out of Stanford now faces the Winner of thursday night s Jimmy Connors Brian Gottfried match. Gerulaitis grimaced in pain and sprawled to the hard Asphalt based court when he turned his right ankle while reach ing for a backhand in the fourth game of the first set against South african Johan Kriek. Gerulaitis used his Racket for a Crutch for a few moments then seemed to recover immediately to Blitz Kriek 6-2, 6 1,6-2. Playing before the largest night crowd in open history 15,794, the fourth seeded Gerulaitis was the beneficiary of 16 double faults by Kriek who had advanced through five rounds via moderately impressive Tennis and an extremely easy draw. Gerulaitis was so dominant he won even the game in which he was Hurt with Kriek serving then won three More in a Row to take the first set. Kriek held service Only once in each set and broke Gerulaitis Only twice. Gerulaitis next faces the Winner of thursday afternoon s match Between top seeded Wimbledon Champion Bjorn Borg and eighth seeded Raul Ramirez. Mcenroe the first teen Ager since Borg in 1975 and Only the sixth in history to reach the semis of the . Championships botox nip o s 2-0 on Tiant s 2-h/fter yanks get 11 hits in Romp Over tigers by Bill Madden up sports writer his face is grizzled there is a decided paunch around his Middle and his hairline Ihas receded far beneath his Cap. Luis Tiant lists his baseball age As 37. He looks much 0lder and probably is. I but wednesday night Luis Tiant looked Beautiful to his beleaguered Boston red sox teammates just Beautiful. It was in fact Vintage Al Tiente who stopped the Baltimore orioles 2-0 on two singles and in the process halted the redi sox costly september slide on the eve of ithe most important series so far this reason. I it s Tough to be any better than Tiant was tonight said red sox manager Don Zimmer. They the orioles had practically no Chance after the third inning and he did it with mostly fastballs. After Spring training everyone said he was Only a five inning Pitcher because of his age but he was throwing As hard in the ninth inning As he did in the first. Al Roundup they re All big wins from april 6 on but in my mind this has to be the biggest game we won All  this is the biggest win for me and for everybody because we could t afford to lose agreed Tiant who shrugged off a Groin pull from his last Start to earn his Lynn Lucks out ked sox Fred Lynn reaches the bag safely As orioles first baseman Eddie Murray lunges for the wild throw from shortstop Kiko Garcia in the fourth inning of wednesday s game. Boston went on to Edge the orioles 2-0. A fourth shutout striking out five and retiring 12 in a Row at one Point. I got to be Lucky to get a shutout but maybe i had some Luck coming. I was trying not to think about my Groin muscle but it did t bother me All night. I knew i had to go out and get them and that s the Way i be been All my life. I had to be Lucky again because loser Dennis Martinez made Only one  that one mistake was a two run Homer in the seventh inning by the red sox other geriatric Marvel 39-year old Carl Yastrzemski. The Homer Yastrzemski s 12th and 378th lifetime came after Martinez walked Jim Rice. Martinez 12-11, turned in an exceptional game himself also pitching a two hitter. A fifth inning single by Carlton Fisk was the Only other hit for Boston. Meanwhile the onrushing Yankees tuned up for their invasion of Fenway Park by drubbing the Detroit tigers 8-2 for their 12th Victory in the last 14 games. The Yan Kees took advantage of three Tiger errors to score four unearned runs for de Figue Roa 15-9, who yielded five hits Over eight innings. Mickey Rivers led an a hit Yankee attack with three singles and three runs scored and Graig Nettles and Chris Chambliss each knocked in a pair of runs. Rookie Detroit second baseman Lou Whitaker fumbled one ground Ball in the fourth inning and dropped a pop Fly in the sixth that resulted in three unearned runs. Ron Leflore who had his hitting Streak snapped at 27 games dropped Chambliss Long sacrifice Fly to let in another unearned run in the fourth. The win left the Yankees four games behind the red sox with four big ones coming up in Boston. I Haven t been thinking about Boston a lot but i guess i d better Start now said Yankee manager Bob Lemon. We re a better club now than the last time we faced them. The cat Catfish Hunter is Back and these Guys weren t hitting then the Way they Are now. It s All up to us. We can t come out of there with less than a split. That s a mini mum for us in that Ballpark. I d rather be going in five up than four Down but i Ain  elsewhere in the Al Texas swept Cali continued on Page 23 had almost As easy a time As Gerulaitis. Mcenroe encountered Only moderate resistance from Walts the 23-year-old Power server who upset defending Champion Guillermo Vilas in a 4-hour, 11-minute fourth round match. The ladies held court most of the after noon with Evert and Austin matched like a pair of jewels on the stadium court and Navratilova ruling in the grandstand before an afternoon crowd of 14,786. Evert knows she is still a notch ahead of the 5-foot-3 Austin who has improved greatly while growing three inches and gaining 15 pounds in the last year. Evert also seemed to be serving notice that she is Back in the Groove and ready for her anticipated meeting in the finals with Navratilova. If i m not ready now i Don t know when i la be ready Evert said. I m get Ting better with each  Evert Felt she needed time off from Tennis last Winter to Clear the cobwebs from her head. The pressure had been building on her without release for several years. She took off nearly four months and when she came Back she was still winning but there was something missing. Call it fire Call it concentration what Ever it was missing Evert said. She also said she had no regrets. If enjoying life More meant winning a Little less she was willing to pay the Price. Evert wants the no. 1 spot again now but she is not consumed by her desire. She is relaxed and playing Well. I used to think about matches 24 hours a Day Evert said. Now when i have a Day off i practice for two hours on a hard court and relax the rest of the Day. The match in t on my  Evert paused and made one exception. I m sure if i get to the finals against Martina i la be thinking about it Evert said. Austin an Amateur ineligible for the $4. 850 Quarter finalist prize she won played even with Evert through the first 11 games but was broken after one Deuce in the deciding game of the first set. Evert then limited her to Only five Points in the next five games to virtually Clinch the match. I wanted to win but i did t know it i could yet said Austin who added that she tried to draw inspiration tuesday night by watching a television movie about Little to Maureen Connelly another great schoolgirl Champion. Its Nosey shows improvement Castro Valley Calif. Up Doc tors at Eden Valley Hospital wednesday issued a Brief but optimistic statement on the condition of Darryl Stingley the new England wide receiver paralysed by a Bro Ken neck suffered in a pre season game. They said that he is showing steady improvement in his general medical Condi Tion particularly his pulmonary condition. Although his condition is serious a More optimistic View is being taken. Stingley 26, was injured aug. 12 during a game with the Oakland raiders. Roth passes Anthony s one year Aba earnings Paramus . Up professional Bowler Mark Roth of North Arlington ., broke the All time one year earnings record in a professional bowlers association regional tournament Here. Roth finished Lith in the tournament and earned $200, which pushed his season s earnings to $111,000. The previous record of $110,833 was set by Earl Anthony of Taco ,wa6h.,inl976. Roth has won seven National tour titles this year and should push his new record to greater Heights because he plans a fall Lour Campaign