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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 1, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 21 a Gerulaitis defaults unseeded Rhodes an surprises Borg in . . Court refuses san Francisco a unseeded an Drew Pattison of Rhodesia upset top seeded Bjorn Borg in the $175,000 Tennis tournament at the cow Palace Friday night 7-5, 2 6, 6-4 and second seeded Vitas Gerulaitis defaulted to Adriano Zanatta of Italy be cause of , a 29-year-old rhodesian who was one of five players invited to the tournament As a wild card entry broke Borg s service in the final game to win the first and third  thought he was a Little tired said Pattison. He certainly was t attacking the Ball like he usually  Borg took the first two games of the third round match but Pattison broke to even it at 2-2 and broke Borg s service again for a 5-3 Lead. Borg broke Back but Pattison got the final game break. In the third set Pattison went up 3-1 but was broken in the ninth game As Borg pulled to within a game at 4-5. Then Patti son broke again for the match allowing Borg Only one Point As he closed out the startling upset with a backhand passing shot Down the line. Zanatta 28, who pushed Jimmy Connors to five sets in the fourth round of the . Open moved into saturday s quarterfinals against John Mcenroe the 1978 Mcaa , seeded no. 8, had Little Trou ble in posting a 6-1, 64 Victory Over Kim Warwick of Australia who upset Arthur Ashe in the first  teacher a 6-foot-4 right hander eliminated sixth seeded Sandy Mayer 6-4, 3-6, 7-6. Mayer is coming Back from a Frac tured left foot and had to struggle through three set matches in the first two rounds. Teacher who eliminated 14th-seeded Bob Lutz in the second round meets 10th seeded Dick Stockton in the Quarter finals. Stockton won Over Sherwood Stewart 5-7, 7 6,6-3.hard-hitting Roscoe Tanner no. 5 seed downed John Lloyd of England 6-3, 7-5. Lloyd was seeded 13th. Stanford s Pat Dupre reached the Quarter finals with a 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 Conquest of to Han Kriek of Austria. By Jerry Garrett Watkins Glen . A a state court refused Friday to hear a suit filed by Driver Ricardo Patrese for a temporary restraining order that would permit him to participate in qualifications for sunday s . Grand prix Here. The formula 1 constructors association has vowed to Boycott the event if Patrese is allowed to  nearby Elmira judge Charles b. Swartwood ruled Patrese had not exhausted his administrative remedies before seeking assistance from the court. Patrese whose entry was refused by race organizers after a Drivers committee voted last week to discipline Patrese for alleged reckless driving was ordered to meet with the race stewards who have the authority to determine whether some one is unfit for  the stewards were scheduled to meet on defense sparkles As we Brucken fops bears keeps prep slate perfect by Ben Abramss a prep sports editor Munchweiler Germany is the we Brucken trojans registered their third straight Victory and kept their goal line uncrossed Here saturday by beating the Berlin bears 12-0, in a Silver division North encounter. The Victory was the trojans second straight in league strife. Berlin suffered its first Downs Rushing yardage passing yardage passing punts fumbles lost Yards penalized bears 6 54 63 5-13-4 3-28.3 2 92 trojans 11 175 Ojo 2-3-0 2-30.5 2 115 second consecutive conference loss after opening the season with a non league Triumph. The game was played in weather which ran the Gamut from raging rain to Brilliant  took the opening Kickoff and moved from its 32 to the we Brucken 26 before a holding Levy broke the Back of the we Brucken which had managed Only one win in the last two years continued on the Way toward its Best season since 1974 when it recorded five wins by marching 74 Yards for a second period score and turn ing a Kaufman theft into an insurance to in the final period. Ray Freeman Dodd eur s leading scorer going Ito this weekend s activity inside right tackle but quarterback Jeff Cygan faked beautifully to Freeman fooled the Berlin defense which piled up Freeman completely and scampered All alone around left end for the score. The Berlin line broke through to Block Mike Gazecki s Pat kick. Berlin got into we Brucken territory on the next series of Downs but Freeman picked off a Jim Riley pass on the 21 after Riley had completed a 39-yarder to Troy Mason. A Riley pass chromed off the out stretched hands of receiver Jim William son into the arms of Kaufman to set up the insurance we Brucken tally. Kaufman 44 and lugged it Back to the Berlin 20 before being caught from behind by Mark Snyder one of Berlin s defensive stalwarts All  plays later Mike Rice barged into the end zone from the four on a counter  trojans with Freeman s 69 Yards setting the Pace moved for 175 Yards on the ground. They threw Only three passes but completed two one for 33 Yards. Gazecki also tried a 35-Yard Field goal against the wind but it hit the left upright bar and chromed Back into playing territory. Kaufman Bill Tompkins Stanley Daniels Steven Johnson Yves Pacheco Norman Laferte and Chris Wright spar kled on defense for coach Joe Youn s Tro Jans As they limited the bears to 54 Yards , his brother Mike another Snyder named Paul who in t related to the other two Scott Chapman Dennis Kozart and Dale Hudson were standouts in defeat for coach George Pepoy s bears. Rain postpones u drive it was the Only sgt ious Ujj Crimin ingot cum new jew i new i. Of the Day As the we Brucken defense Rose grabbed the Loose Ball on the we Brucken to the occasion with four interceptions three by Allan Kaufman and a pair of key Fumble recoveries. Csc Grid standings american division conference games w l of a Sembach 3 3 110 113 Rhein main 2 3 39 100 Wei Brincken 2 4 35 107 Wiesbaden 1 5 39 76nationaldivision conference games w l of a Pitburg � 278 62 Span Dahlem 4 2 99 79 Hahn 2 3 54 86 Ramstein 3 3 52 81 saturday s results Pitburg 49, zweibrucken0 Ramstein 12, Wiesbaden of Span Dahlem 42, sembach0 sunday s game Rhein main at Hahn 1 . Whalers Nordques in Trade Hartford a the new England whalers of the world hockey association traded goalie Louis Levasseur to the que Bec Nordques for right Wing Warren Miller it was announced Here. ,.Berlin we Brucken Wei Cygan 1 run kick failed Zwei--rice4 run run failed 00  6 00. � 6 the matter prior to the final qualifying ses Sion for the race saturday morning. Swart Wood said Patrese and his lawyers could refile their action after the meeting if they were unsatisfied with the decision of the  s ruling was considered a setback for Patrese s Hopes. Patrese came under severe criticism for his driving tactics which other Drivers claim have caused numerous accidents this season after the crash in the italian grand prix earlier this month that killed swedish Driver Ronnie Peterson. Mario Andretti one of five Drivers who met thursday and decided to continue their sanctions against Patrese for this race said Patrese had been the subject of a Drivers meeting before the italian race. What we decided was t based on Italy alone said Andretti who set the fastest Speed Friday in the first of two Days of time trials for the $250,000 race. Before this action the Driver did t know How dangerous he was on the track now he  said Patrese met with the Drivers and acknowledged a problem. Then next thing i hear he s Down at the courthouse. Makes me think he s double talking us Andretti added. Patrese s suit said his exclusion would cause irreparable damage to his personal and professional reputation and link him to the tragic crash in Italy Cost his team $60,000 in sponsor commitments make him ineligible for prize Money in the race jeopardize chances for future sponsors and encourage other race promoters to deny him opportunities to compete. Andretti scoffed it s not that critical. It s not the end of the world like he makes it  s Lucky. He should forget about everything and Start All  Andretti predicted Patrese would Hurt his career More by pursuing action against the grand prix than by abiding by the disciplinary  at the 3.377-mile circuit was Over shadowed by the court Manu Evering. Andretti set the fastest time 122.89 Runph during the morning session and was unable to come within a mile an hour in the after noon  fastest was Argentina s Carlos Reutemann in a Ferrari at 122.58 Mph Fol Lowed by teammate Gilles Villeneuve of Canada at 121.79, Niki Lauda of Austria in a Brabham at 121.70 Mph and Northern Ireland s John Watson also in a Brabham at 121.57 Runph. Race All games w 3 2 3 3 l 3 4 4 5 t 0 0 0 0 of 110 39 54 124 a 113 107 114 97 All games w 6 4 2 4 l 0 2 4 3 t 0 0 0 0 of 305 99 61 80 a 62 79 105 87 by Gary Harris is . Bureau chief Silverstone England is Brit Ain s weather gave a wet and cold Welcome to Sac championship racing Here Satur Day but Silverstone course officials worked fervently to dry the 2.932-mile Road circuit before England s first indy Type race was postponed. The 52-Lap, 150-mile race was delayed until sunday. However the weather office at upper Heyford forecaster More of the same for the new race  was strange to see four Rescue vans five wreckers and a pair of official cars line up at the starting line to make several laps around the track in an attempt to dry the Asphalt surface after rain fell steadily most of the morning. Santa pod drag strip s two pavement dryers were next on the scene with their huge Jet engines blasting Down onto the track and effectively drying the surface. Conditions looked favourable when a Patch of Blue sky appeared at 1 55 . And the Sun peeked through two minutes later. But that Only lasted the Only lasted three minutes before the rain returned. The formula Ford race that was to follow the feature race was moved up while officials hoped for a break in the weather a break that never came. While rain fell on most of England in the Early hours saturday a magic umbrella did seem to protect this converted Airfield from showers until after a 45-minute prac Tice session permitted Al Unser and Salt Walther to move up in the starting Grid. Unser the younger of two Brothers com Peting Here moved into the front Row with a 1 18.19 Lap that positioned the Sac triple Crown Winner alongside Danny Ongais. Ongais took the pole with a 1 16.25 Lap on Friday. Ongais average Speed in the second fastest Lap Ever recorded at Silverstone was 138.43 Miles per hour. Unser Winner of the Indianapolis Ontario and Pocono 500-mile races had a 134.99 average Speed on his fastest Lap. The late Ronnie Peterson holds the fast est Lap Here 1 16.07. Peterson set that Mark in March As he qualified for the pole position in the daily express formula 1 International trophy race. Speaking of the postponement Ameri can Driver Johnny Rutherford perhaps said it Best. Of course we re disappointed just As the fans Are said Rutherford. We really wanted to race Here. We Don t race in the rain though. We re not prepared to race in the rain. The Drivers of course Are Capa ble of running in this weather but the cars just Are   
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