European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. September 2, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 21 Mcenroe Connors gain in open 3 seeds Bow new York up _ John Mcenroe still favouring a tender right ankle and Jimmy Connors one of the few players around without any aches or pains advanced Sun Day to the fourth round of he us. Open Tennis championships. V however three More seeded players Werr eliminated on another hot and humid afternoon bringing the casualty list for the first week of Clay to six men and six women and a rematch was set up Between czech defector Martina Navratilova and her former compatriot Hana Mandrikova. Mcenroe the defending Champion i. Avenged a childhood memory when he turned on fellow new yorker Rick Mayer 6-1,6-1, 4-6, 6-2, and Connors yet to drop a set easily disposed of Terry Moor 6-4,6-1,6-. Navratilova isolated to an outside court where she continued to sneeze and sniffle from  fever yielded Only 12 Points in the second set in beater Fig  Morse 6-4, 6-1, while Mandrikova the ninth seed beat Pula Smith 6-2.6-3. Mandrikova who beat Navratilova in new Jersey last week fell to the hard grandstand Cour. In the final game against Smith banging her head. I closed my eyes and cried  a Little she said later still holding an ice pack to her head. Mcenroe who won the la five game of the first set and the final six of the second against Mayer said he s still concerned Abo i the aim he sprained two weeks ago. Still even no. I m net moving As much As i should he said but Ai i play i should get More  As Junior Mcenroe lost twice to Mayer but it was a Surprise when he dropped a set sunday inasmuch As Mayer has a computer ranking of 173. Connors who has lost Only 20 games in three matches was asked about his new look Low profile personality and he said i m just going along playing my game. I m not worried about anybody and i Don t want anyone to be worried about  in the round of 16, Mcenroe will meet Frenchman Pascal Fortes who achieved the biggest upset of the Day when he ousted no. 16 seed Victor Amaya 6-3, 2-6. 7-6, 6-3. The other two seeds to fall were women. No. 5 Wendy Turnbull and no. 12 Virginia Wade. Turnbull saying later that she was troubled by a sore Throat and occasional dizziness lost to Barbara Hallquist 7-5, 6-1, and Wade after taking the first four games could win Only four More and fell to Lucia Romanov of Romania 4-6, 6-2,6-0. Harold Solomon seeded seventh barely made it to the fourth round overcoming new zealand or Russell Simp son. 6-7 5-7. 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2. It was a Good Day for Eastern europeans. In addition to Mandrikova and Romanov no. 10 Ivan Lindl of Czecho Slovakia routed Thierry Tulane of France. 6-2, 6-0, 6-1. Andrea Jaeger the eighth seed rallied from a 4-1 Defi Cit in the opening set to beat Betsy Nagelsen 6-4, 6-2, and no. 14 Ivanna Madruga of Argentina Defeated Karen Susman the 1962 Wimbledon Champion 6-3,6-1. Jaeger. 15, asked How she Felt about appearing on National television answered there was so much time we had to wait during changeovers. We had to sit longer than usual and i Don t like to  in a night match 13th-seeded Brian Gottfried overcame a shaky second set to eliminate australian Ross Case 6-0, 6-7, 6-2,6-4. After sweeping the first seven games Gottfried fumbled when Case finally held serve then broke through for a 2-1 Edge. Gottfried broke Back immediately but could gain no advantage allowing the tiebreaker which Case won 7-3. Gottfried however soon regained the form which has moved him Back into the higher echelons of Tennis and ended the 216-hour match with an overhead smash. John Mcenroe unc oils. On Way to beating Rick m scr cubs Avert a season sweep by astros by Bob Greene a sports writer knowing the Chicago cubs have won Only two of 14 extra inning games Tim Blackwell did a lot of talking to the Ball no Roundup after he slapped a grounder Between first and second in the Bottom of the ninth in Ning sunday. I was watching the Ball All the Way and i was talking to it trying to get it to go through said the Chicago Catcher. I did t want extra innings. Our record in extra innings in t very  the bal glanced off astros second base Man Joe Morgan s Glove for a single driving in Scott Thompson from third base with the winning run. Blackwell said he had Only one thing on his mind As the cubs bounced Back with three runs in the Bottom of the ninth to Edge Houston 8-7 and halt in ignominious record that Chicago was on the verge of setting. I was just thinking of winning the game Blackwell said. If the cubs had lost they would have been the first National league team in modern league history to have been swept yanks lose o s win in a season series. They had lost their first 11 games of the year to the astros. There have been two previous season sweeps in the major leagues both by Balti More in the american league. The Ori Oles swept Kansas City 12-0 in 1970 and Oakland 11-0 in 1978. The Chicago Victory also was Only the third in the last 17 games Between the two teams Arr stopped Houston s Victory string Over the cubs at 13 straight. Morgan said he thought he had a Chance to make the play but "1 was play ing him up the Middle because Blackwell has t pulled a Ball All  i went to my left and when it hit the grass it came up funny Morgan said. Still i could have got him if i controlled the  Ivan Dejesus and Bill Buckner singled to open Chicago s ninth inning rally and Cliff Johnson singled scoring Dejesus by  on Page 221 streaking botox beat a s by Ken Rappoport a sports writer the month of August was a masterpiece for the Boston red sox. And Bob Stan icy was the one who put the finishing touches on it. Transformed from a starter into a re Liever Midway through the season Stanley gave the red sox some spectacular Bull pen work during the month that has boost two s a crowd new York Yankees Igor Tutop Bucky Donl us Seattle Marine Mario Meo Doxa crowd second boat after Man does a tabbed there on Larry my bronc i Boot to Pitcher Lufa Riant la so it t Jana at Yankee stadium. The Miriam won t-0. App Boto Al Roundup cd them into the american league East race. I m doing the same thing every time i gel the Call just throwing the  big right hander said after earning Hio 13th save and preserving a 5-1 Victory Over the Oakland a there s really not much else can  m Strong enough us pitch Odea Ana won t Hurt my Arm throwing a lot of breaking pitches because the sinker is my bread and butter particularly in  red sox should nominate Stanley for the Al Pitcher of the month. In a gust he pitched 24 scoreless innings and allowed just 12 hits while picking up two victories and 12 saves. I honestly can t remember a Man reaching third base against me it s been so  Stanley said. I just feel Good an the Guys arc mating the plays behind  finishing the month of August at 20victories for the first time since 1968, the red sox moved from 13w games behind the first place new York Yankees to 6vi off the Pace. Boston is Only five games Back in the loss column. Stanley was called on in the eighth in Ning to preserve the Victory for Rookie Southpaw John Tudor 6-8. Glen Hoffman another Rookie drilled a two run Homer off Mike Norris 18-8, to help there sox cause. Elsewhere in the Al sunday mariners i Yankees 0larry Milbourne s grounder scored Reggie Walton from third with the game Sonly run in the ninth inning to give Seattle its Victory Over new  opened the inning with a double off reliever Ron Guidry 13-10. Guidry had entered the game in the ninth replacing Luis Tiant who had scattered five hits Over the first eight innings. Mario Mendoza i sacrifice advanced Walton to third and Mil Bourc then hit a com inked on Page 21 Brett s Bat sunday 0 Tor 3 average .403 games left 31