European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 04, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday september 4, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 2j Connors Battles to win at open by Martin Lader new York up Jimmy Connors celebrated his 28th birthday with his traditional Victory beating Bernie Milton 7 6, 6-4, 6-4 tuesday night to reach the quarterfinals of the . Open Tennis championships. Connor yet to drop a set thus avoided the run of upsets that struck once again earlier in the Day when seventh seed Harold Solomon and no. 13 Brian Gottfried both were eliminated in straight sets. Connors who makes a habit of winning on his birthday had to struggle in each set taking the tiebreaker 7-3 and then twice fighting Back from a breakdown inthe second. Just after Connors achieved his second break for 4-4, rain halted play for 50 min utes and when the match resumed he Jimmy Connors eliminated Bernie ill ton o celebrate his 28rh birthday and Happy birthday Brett steals Carter show at town meet Independence. To. Up president Carter received an enthusiastic reception at tuesday s town meeting but the most applause was reserved for a Man who usually never comes closer to Washington than Baltimore. Kansas City s hot hitting baseball Star George Brett was one of about 30 persons including democratic gov. Joseph Teasdale and sen. Tom Eagle Lon d-mo., who greeted the president on his arrival during the Short Campaign Stop in the Midwest. Brett who has enhanced his hero status at Home and across the nation with this season s assault on a .400 batting average Shook hands with Carter chatted briefly and then exchanged bumper stickers. The president s bumper stick pro claimed Carter for Brett s bumper sticker in royals Blue and White said George Brett for Eagleton introducing the presi Dent to the enthusiastic audience of 1.000 at Harry s. Truman auditorium warned Carter in the Kansas City area you re running second or. President. But i m pleased to introduce to you the Man who for the moment is eclipsing you in this area George make it into la quarterfinals of the . Open lit new York up St. Louis bears ency 12-4 quickly broke in the 10th game to win these. Again in the final set following a Shorter break to Clear the court of several bats that alighted there Connors came Back from a breakdown and made the critical break in the 10th game. Alluding to the fact he had a Metal Racket Connors said he was concerned about the lightning and in the second set he went to tournament referee Mike Blan Chard. Did t ask to quit then he said but i asked Mike to keep an Eye on the Light Ning. If it came too close i d throw my Racket away. With my Racket i d be sizzled. Fortunately it started to rain and we had to Connors said that considering the conditions he Felt he played Well. After winning the first game Solomon dropped the next is in losing to 10th seed Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia 6-1, 6-0,6-0 and Gottfried bombed out against unseeded Eliot Teltscher. 6-4,6-7, 6-1. In a succinct summary of his woeful Effort against Lendl playing in court Side temperatures that reached 120 degrees Solomon said i did t have any get up and go so i got up and Teltscher 21, Winner of a tournament in Atlanta before coming Here has not dropped a set in his last nine matches and said be in t capable of playing better Thanh did against Gottfried. He continually frustrated Gottfried with passing shots never allowing him a Chance to get Back in the match. I Don t think the heat bothered me Gottfried said later. What bothered me was Eliot s passing defending Champion John. Mcenroe had no such problems in the heat and humidity playing his Best match of the tour i Star s stripes sports lament in routing Frenchman Pascal Fortes 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.thus, the pairings for the quarterfinals Art Mcenroe Lindl Connors Teltscher Bjorn Borg Roscoe Tanner and Wojtek Fibak Johan Krick. Kriek is unseeded. There were no surprises in the women s half tuesday with eighth seed Andrea Jaeger sweeping the last eight games against Ronata Romanova for a 6-3, 6-0 Victory and no. 14 Ivanna Madruga of Argentina overcoming Candy Reynolds 5 7, 6-3, 6-3. Also reaching the quarters was californian Barbara Hallquist with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Triumph Over Romania s Lucia Romanov. In the quarters it will be Jaeger Madruga Tracy Austin Pam Shriver Chris Evert Lloyd Mima Jau Sovic and Hana Mandrikova Hallquist. I should beat the person i play next Madruga because she s seeded under me said Jaeger 15, who has lost Only 11 games in three sets. I m glad i got this far but i m not going to give up yet that s for Teltscher who quietly has worked his Way up o 18th place in the world rank Ings applied his passing shots with killing effect and dropped his service Only once. Despite the Energy sapping conditions neither winners nor losers used the weather As a total excuse. It was a combination of the heat the fact i had a Long match two Days ago and i be been playing every Day for two and a half weeks said Solomon who was guilty of 26 forehand errors in a contest which lasted Only an hour and 25 minutes. I just Don t know what it was but i did t have any Energy. After about the second game i did t think i could move Rny Mcenroe made his own task simple by breaking Fortes service in the opening game of each set. The 21 year old second seed was troubled Only in the fourth game of the second set when he was issued a conduct warning for slamming a Ball into the stands after missing a Volley. That was the Only time Mcenroe lost his service in the hour and 40 minute con test. Cards pester contenders by Fred Mcm Aneudi sports writer although left for dead Long ago in the National league Eastern division race the St. Louis cardinals May be writing epitaphs for several contenders during the last month of the season. The hard hitting cardinals have 20 games remaining with teams in Contention in the two divisions and if tuesday night is any indication they will treat them with the utmost disrespect. Ted Simmons and Keith Hernandez the cardinals buried Cincinnati 12-4 tuesday and snapped the reds five game winning Streak. The loss dropped the no Roundup reds three games behind the co leading Houston astros and los Angeles dodgers in the be got the kind of team that can do that Cincinnati manager John Mcnamara said after watching the cardinals pummel six pitchers for 17 hits. I think their lineup has got to be one of the Strong est in the drove in four runs with a triple and a double and Hernandez who went 3 for 3, drove in three with a Homer and a sacrifice Fly in addition to scoring four times. Hernandez s perfect night at the plate raised his batting average to .323 and moved him into a tic with teammate Hernandez Simmons Garry Templeton for the league admitting that the cardinals fifth place standing in the East makes it harder to get mentally prepared every Day Hernandez said he expected the club to cause plenty of trouble for the contenders during september. In other National league games dodgers 6, Meta 5 Ron cry singled Home two runs in the fourth inning and Dave Goltz allowed Only two hits Over the first six innings in help ing the dodgers move into a first place tie with Houston in the West. Goltz struck out five and walked five in evening his record at 7-7 before being routed in the seventh inning when the acts erupted for four runs. Phyllia 2, glints 1 Keith Moreland s sacrifice Fly scored Manny Trillo with the winning run in the 13th inning and enabled the Phillies to remain in a tie for first place with Mon Treal in the East. Each team managed Only one hit Over the first eight innings but both scored a run in the ninth to Send the game into extra innings. Expos 2, padres 1 Rookie right hander Charlie Lea and Veteran Woodie Fryman combined on a four hitter to spark Montreal. It was the expos 28th one run Victory this season. The deciding run was scored in the fifth inning when Ron Leflore walked stole his 87th base moved to third on Rodney Scott s infield hit and scored As Andre Dawson grounded out. Braves 10, cubs 5 Dale Murphy s three run triple High lighted a four run first inning that helped the braves to their 13th Victory in the last 16 games. Doyle Alexander 13-7, scattered six hits Over the first six innings to pick up the Victory. Breff s Bat tuesday no game average .401 games left 30
