European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 25 Mcenroe survives subpar Start by Andrew Warshaw a sports writer England a John Mcenroe and Martina Navratilova won their second round matches in straight sets Friday and stayed on course to retain their men s and women singles titles at the Wimbledon Tennis Chris Evert the Coop seed with Navratilova in the women also reached the third round and kept alive her Hopes of winning the grand slam consecutive victories at the worlds four major Mcenroe overcame a cautious Start be fore winning 76 against Nigeria As top Nduka while Navratilova overpowered Anne Minter of Australia Lloyd took just under an hour to Dis Patch fellow american Susan who was celebrating her 21st 6 the 26yearold american played Well below Par at the Start with a number of unforced he needed to Call on All his experience to pull out the opening set after trailing Mcenroe shouted at the crowd to keep quiet and twice queried line he kept his notorious tem per in in the first Mcenroe dropped his serve As Early As the third game and Only when his opponent served for the set did the american manage to break con Juring up two Well placed lobs and two forehand in the he was Back to his dropping just one Point As he took it he lost the opening game of the Sec Ond set but reeled off the next seven games to Lead by two sets and 10 in the Dizor saved a match Point at 56 with a big but the defending Champion again lost Only a single Point in the tie breaker and clinched a third round place on his third match who has dropped Only seven games in two led 50 when rain interrupted her match for an when the action Minter gained a Consolation game before the de fending women Champion served out the match for a comprehensive 43minute Vic Mascarin played some Fine Tennis in the opening set against the australian and French Champion who has just re gained her world 1 but the second set was a different Story with always a huge favorite with the Wimbledon dropping Only 10 Points and winning on her third match mens seeds joining Mcenroe in the third round included americans Jimmy Johan Kriek and Tim and swedes Stefan Edberg and Anders Connors scored an easy 61 Victory Over Kelly a qualifier from new seeded rallied to beat australian John Fitzgerald the 16thseeded May who has a Fine singles record at won 64 against Fel Low american Ken the 14 seed from had a Marathon Battle before eliminating Tim Wilkinson of the United the swede swept into a two set dropped the next two then outlasted Wilkinson to win seeded had a far easier time against americas Paul who reached the quarterfinals As an unseeded player last the swede won 7 setting up an intriguing third round match against Boris the 17yearold West German who is considered the most dangerous non seed in the mens dropped Only four games in dispatching Matt anger of the United states John Lloyd kept British Hopes alive with an exciting upset Victory Over 13 Eliot Teltscher of the United Lloyd appeared on the verge of losing the match when he let slip a two set Lead and trailed 35 in the final but he Hung on grimly to win the next four games and Send the Center court crowd into Joy with a 75 it was the end of the for Slobodan the 6foot6 Yugo slav who took Wimbledon by storm when he upset fourth seeded Mats Wilander of Sweden in a Battle of two big the 21 year old Zivojinovic was beaten by Heinz Guenthardt of Switzerland each set was decided by a single service Pam the 5 women got through her first round 5 63 against fellow american Anne while Zina seeded Defeated Terry Phelps 61 in the second he who was chivas 1 player before she defected to the United states in continued to make Progress in her first with a 64 second round Victory Over fellow qualifier Lea pm Chota of on court sixth seeded Claudia Kohl Kilsch of West Germany struggled to a photo John Mcenroe keeps emotions checked in take the first set against Betsy but then stepped up a gear and beat the Ameri can to reach the second Argentine Starlet Gabriela the 15 advanced to the third round with a 64 Victory Over Camille Benja min of the United Doest serve training needs track coach says system Doe inf work by Joe Mapother Bremerhaven Bureau chief Germany rain forecasts Are clouding the picture for the International track meet Here this but mens team head coach Steve Miller says the Silver lining is also missing from the future of american Amateur track and the american track club system is inadequate in serv ing the training needs of athletes after their College said track coach at Kansas Only a select few track clubs offer the sort of total grass roots development Miller said is necessary to improve athletic most athletic clubs have financial resources to support Only a few top said the athlete without a lucrative endorsement contract is hard pressed to continue training at a competitive he most track and Field athletes have a Peak performance Span of three to five the Span during which most athletes can stay in top competitive Levels is six to eight according to one stumbling Block to building a continuous program is the ebb and flow of interest in track among the Ameri can according to track is big during the olympic every four years its at a High and the years in Between Are he one suggested solution has been a centralized team the current for is together Only for the Bremen after the Many team Mem Bers will travel on their own to european competitions leading up to the world championships this fall in or the world cup games in Australia Early next Martha who competed in four successive olympics beginning in said finding time to train was not As difficult As getting time off from a Job to travel to a she suggested that american athletes competing under the Usa team Banner be Given the same Job Protection afforded National guard members who leave civilian jobs for temporary duty were representing the country As so we should have the same Watson the olympic games require an absence of Sixto eight said Many employers Are unwilling to give that much time she and who has that much vacation time the olympic committee is aware of the problem and has a program to locate employers sympathetic to the needs of the country according to but for Many of the 70 athletes Here with the finding the time to compete is another sacrifice they must seven current american record holders Are with the us National track team that will compete in a dual meet with its West German counterpart Here this saturday and olympic Gold medallist Roger kingdom 110meter hurdles and former world record Holder in the discus Tom Are with the football players return to Amateur status welcomed by Joe Mapother Bremerhaven Bureau chief Winner of the 1984 olympic Gold medal in the 110meter High said Friday he welcomed unconfirmed reports of the Deci Sion to reinstate nil football players renal do skeets Nehemiah and Willie Gault As Amateur track and Field associated press said that a decision has not yet come Down from the International track federation on whether to re turn Nehemiah and Gault to Amateur a decision May be announced by in kind of Happy that he Nehemiah might have been said it will bring More Glamor to the kingdom said that he had never competed against Nehemiah and that the for Mer University of Maryland great had been a role Model for Nehemiah lost his Amateur status when he signed a contract to play professional football with the san Francisco Gault found himself in the same situation when he signed with the Chicago kingdom is in a situation similar to the one Nehemiah was in several years the olympic medallist has used up his foot Ball eligibility at the University of Pitts where he was a free safety and receive preparing for the dual meet Between the West German and National teams to be held Here this kingdom said he would like to continue in track and Field and also play professional any football contract he said would have to either allow him to compete in track and Field during the off season or compensate him for the missed kingdom said he is not contemplating any pro and he plans to return to Pittsburgh to finish his the 22yearold athlete has clocked a time in the 110meter that time puts him third on the Al time world list and he holds the Best time among Active according to statistics is sued by the athletic on the basis of those King Dom views himself As the Man to beat at his the addition of Gault and Nehemiah will help to place hurdling in the Public said competing with kingdom in the hurdles this weekend is Cletus who graduated from the University of Houston this year and ranks third at 110 Clark and kingdom have competed against each other often in the past and Point they get along Well we joke around during the said we joke around until the two or three minutes before the race when the starter runners on your for the next 13 seconds or said there is no said in just trying to compete to the Best of my go Given both Clark and kingdom will be at what is considered the prime age for hurdles when the 1988 olympics Roll the stage appears set for some Sterling Competition on the Road to those