European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 02, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. June 2, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 25 Connors gains As Noah pulls muscle by Geoffrey Miller Paris a Jimmy Connors was the first Man to reach the Quarter finals of the French open Tennis championships sunday when his French opponent. Yan Nick Noah slipped on the Damp Clay Cen Ter court of the Roland Carrot stadium and pulled a thigh muscle. Connors rated the strongest threat to defending Champion Bjorn Borg for the $53.000 first prize led Noah 7-5,6-4. Rain and wind interfered with the ten Nis for the second straight Day. Noah the Only Frenchman still in Contention was the first casualty in the difficult conditions. Fresh topsoil was thrown on patches of the court alter heavy morning rain and it blew around in Clouds during the rallies. Connors was followed into the quarterfinals by Vitas Gerulaitis of the . And Wojtek Fibak of Poland. Gerulaitis Defeated Ferdi Taygan in an ail american Duel 6-3,7-5,6-1. Fibak lost three match Points in the third set and had to toil on for another hour before overcoming Australia s Paul Mcnamee 6-4.6-4.6-7.6-3. The wind ruffled Chris Evert Lloyd de fending Champion and favorite for the $42,500 a omens singles prize. She had a struggle before beating 16-year-old Amer ican Buttina Bunge 6-4,4-6,6-3. Bunge age 16, broke service twice in the second set to Lead 2-1 and later 4-3. In the final set Bunge pulled Back to level at 2-2 after trailing 0-2. French Hopes died a Dusty death with the elimination of the 20-year-old, who reached the final of the italian open in Rome last week. He got Clouds of the red stuff in his eyes As the wind swirled around and played tricks with the Ball. But he gave Connors plenty to worry about while he lasted. Connors led 4-2 in the first set. And led 40-0 on his service in the next game. Noah won the next five Points to break service and then won two More games to Lead 5-4. Connors regained the initiative and won three games in a Row for the set. At 5-4 in the second set Connors floated a drop shot Over the net and caught Noah on the wrong fool. The Young Frenchman turned and went for the Ball and fell headlong with his right leg folded under him. That took Connors to set Point. A doctor attended Noah at the Side of the court for about four minutes before he limped Back. Tried to serve lost the Point and Shook his head. "1 saw him fall Connors said. One leg was lucked under i body. He did t look too Good when he got up. When he tried to resume it was obviously hopeless. Under the rules Noah should not have been allowed More than 30 seconds off court. I Don t know exactly what the Rule says but i had no intention of invoking it anyway Connors said. I would t want to win a match that Way. If he had said he wanted More time before playing on i would have  Connors played with a cold and said a lot of the players were  s this weather he said. One min Ute the Sun is shining another minute it s cold and the next minute it s  Jones wins Accident marred Spanish up Madrid a australian Alan Jones nursed an ailing Williams to Victory in the pirate Spanish grand prix sunday after accidents eliminated his opposition. Only three of the 22 starters completed the 80 laps of the Jarama circuit outside Madrid and Only three others were still running after an exciting Early race. Jones finished More than 50 seconds ahead of German Jochen mass in an arrows with Italy s Elio de Angelis some 21 seconds further Back in a Lotus. His team Leader. American Mario Andretti dropped out on Lap 29 when his engine blew while he was running ninth behind mass. Renault Ferrari and Alfa Romeo did not contest the race due to have been the seventh round of 15 races for the 1980 world championship saying they could not risk competing in an unsanctioned event. The International Auto sports federation fisa said the race was not sanctioned and Many Drivers were running while their licences were suspended. The formula i constructors association Foca of in dependent race car builders claimed the Royal Spanish automobile club had authority under the highest world body the International automobile federation Fiato run the race As a championship event. Carlos Reutemann of Argentina in the second Williams swept into the Lead from his second Row starting position followed by Jones and the two logic is of frenchmen Jacques la file and dealer Pironi. And Bra Zil s Nelson Piquet in a Brabham. Jones lost second place after 12 laps As Gearbox trouble developed dropping Back to fifth and the grand prix turned into a Battle Between Reutemann and the hard charging Laffite. This Battle continued through Lap 35, when the pair came up to Lap the private Williams driven by local hero Emilio Villota. Villota moved to the inside to let route Mann around while Ligier dived for the in Side line bouncing of Villota and crashing into Reutemann. Both cars were badly damaged route Mann being particularly Lucky to escape with Only bruised legs. Piquet took the Lead but Only for six laps coasting to a halt with a broken Gearbox. Now Pironi was in front with Jones Sec Ond but not in shape to Challenge. Pironi said a front wheel started to wobble on the fast straight and i just managed to slow right Down before it completely collapsed giving Jones the front spot. Jones said he had been resigned to second As i had no Choice but to drive to conserve the car. I m Happy to have ended up out front. I la be happier if i keep the nine Points for the  if he does and racing observers believe it very unlikely he would go into the Lead to the 1980 world championship with 28 Points to Piquet s 22 and 21 for French Renault Driver Rene Arnoux who did not race Here. In another spectacular Accident the Mclaren of Britain s John Watson collided with the Ensign of Frenchman Patrick Gail lard on Lap 48, leap frogging the Ensign. Watson s suspension collapsed in the Landing and he retired. Gaillard pulled into the pits tire Marks on his helmet and after having a new Wing and Bodywork fitted resumed the race to finish sixth. Another Driver to retire in dramatic circumstances was Ireland s Derek Daly whose Tyrrell lost its brakes at the end of the fast pit straight and went straight Inlo the catch fences. Am gos Hump Raff ers 8-3, 14-4, in a a twin Bill Wuerzburg the Mannheim Ami gos whipped the Wuerzburg rattlers. 8-3 and 14-4. In a German american baseball league doubleheader Here sunday despite making six errors in each game. Mannheim now 4-2, scored four runs in each of the third and fifth innings As right hander Jim Benson fanned 18 in his Mound debut. Bobby plateau and Mike Lee had two hits apiece As the Amigos handed Bob by rays his first loss of the Campaign. He has won once. The Amigos scored nine runs in the Bot Tom of the sixth inning to take a 10-run-Rulc verdict in the Nightcap. Richard Jackson paced the 12-hit attack with a Homer a double and a single and drove in four runs for the victors. Peter Jackson and Louis Reno so added two hits each to tie winning  rat Mann pitched three scoreless innings in Relief to pick up the win and even his record at 1-1. Joe a Rantt went All the Way for the rattlers. Wiesbaden 4-6, Mainz 3-1 Mainz Germany the eagles took both ends of a doubleheader from the rang ers Here sunday winning the opener in 10 innings. The victories upped Wiesbaden s record to 3-1 while Mainz slipped to 3-3. The winning run in the first game came a a baseball on three consecutive Mainz errors and a base on balls off Relief Pitcher Pedro Vas quiz. Wiesbaden took a 2-0 Lead in the first inning on singles by Lester Bryant and Mike Anderson and an error by right fielder Miguel Montanz on Anderson s hit which allowed both runners to score. Mainz went ahead with two runs in the second and one in the third. The second inning tallies came on two walks a hit Balsman and Montanz single. Jose Rodriguez single a hit Batter and an error produced the go ahead run but Wiesbaden tied in up on an error an infield out and Ander son s single Anderson drove in four runs with Ai Homer a triple and two singles to spark the1 eagles second game Triumph. Abel Lugo added a two run Homer to the winning Effort and right hander Ken Roscoe allowed Only two hits. Frankfurt 10-9,  4-8 Kaiserslautern. Germany the giants swept both ends of their double cad or from the red beards sunday. Hanau gains Usa eur soccer berth Hanau. Germany Victor Palmer scored four goals to Power the Hanau fighting knights past the Darmstadt Blackhawk 6-2 in the v corps regional soccer championships Here. The Victory gives Hanau a berth in the Usa eur soccer championships slated for june. Additionally Hanau earned the right to vie for the v corps soccer championship june 7 at Baum older. Baum older the defending Usa eur Champion downed Fulda 1-0 saturday to earn its v corps final  scored the game s first two tallies. Both on headers and Rodney trim s 15 yarder gave Hanau a 3-0 Lead at intermission. Amando Ramirez a Reserve who entered the game to. Begin the second half Cut the deficit to 3-1 off a Corner kick with one minute gone in the second half. But Palmer built the Hanau Cushion to three with his third goal another header from 10 Yards away off a trim assist. A direct kick from Peter Alveras from 20 Yards Back made it 5-1 and Palmer added v corps soccer an insurance Marker with nine minutes to go. Darmstadt s Henry Martinez hit with less than a minute to play to account for the final score. Joe Fogelberg and Olavo Amado who tended goal for the winners in the first and second halves respectively were Given solid Protection by the Hanau defense. Fog Leburg turned Bach three Darr Ladt attempts and Olavo was credited with two saves. Darm Stadt goalie Vincent Pettiti made 12 saves on the afternoon. Ban hotter i Fulda 0 Baum older Germany Jac ques Levo s goal in the 27lh minute of the first half shot Baum older into the v corps final against Hanau. Levo a Center fullback look a pass from left Wing Ken Otley and kicked Home a 12-yarder. Steve Torre picked up the shutout in goal. Baum older led by halfback Mike Scott and right Wing Richard nurse continuously had the Ball in Fulda s territory but had trouble penetrating fullback Barry Williams and goalie Michael Casimir who made eight saves. Dave Godwin hurled a four hitter and Fred Baker drove in three runs and Barry Cutrer two in the first game. De Reed and Craig Combs collected six of Frankfurt s nine hits in the Nightcap which the giants clinched with four runs in the sixth. Godwin struck out four and walked five in getting his first win in the first game. Baker doubled in two runs in the fifth in Ning and singled in another in the fourth. Cutrer got his Bis in the second and sixth frames. Combs and Reed also had two hits each in the opener. In the Nightcap Combs Bob Miller and Rico Rivera knocked in runs in the big Frankfurt sixth. Earlier the beards had scored five times to take a temporary Lead in the fifth with an error accounting for two runs and singles by Dave Harvey who had three hits and Jason Thompson each plan Inga tally. Fred Georgia went All the Way for the giants 4-2 in Northern divison action raising his record to 3-0. Bob Turner got the defeat for a town. 1-5. Frankfurt Rugby club wins pair in Holland maa Graten the Netherlands the 3rd army div Frankfurt american Rugby club ran its season record to 44-18 Here sunday by taking a 20-6 verdict from inc Amsterdam student Rugby club and a 26 0 decision from the maastricht Rugby club. In the first match Lee Nansen scored two try Bruce Yost had a try and a con version and de Vogel tallied a try for the victors. Bernhard Hoffman notched a try and a conversion for the students. Yost had a try and two conversions and Vogel. Paul Raglin Dan West Bob Mcclure and Larry Murphy had a try apiece in the win Over maastricht