European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 5, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 sports Idle sooner remain atop a Grid to by the associated press the nation s top seven teams none of which has played a game this sea son retained their positions tuesday in the first regular season associated press College football poll. Defending National Champion Brigham Young jumped from i oth place to eighth after opening with a Victory Over Boston College. Top rated Oklahoma which does t get under Way until sept. 28, received 27 of 60 first place votes and 1,049 of a possible 1,100 Points from a nationwide panel of sports writers and sportscasters. Auburn which entertains South Western Louisiana on saturday received 10 first place votes and 948 Points followed by Southern meth Odist with two firsts and 834 Points. Iowa retained the no. 4 spot with five first place ballots and 810 Points while Florida which visits Miami fla., on saturday night received two firsts and 735 Points. One first place vote went to sixth place Southern California which received 715 Points. The trojans visit Illinois on saturday. Seventh place Maryland which plays Host to Penn state this week end received three first place bal Lohsand 701 Points. By after defeating in ranked Boston College 28-14 in the Kickoff classic received three first place votes and 691 Points. Rounding out the top 10 Are Ohio state with 645 Points and Nebraska with 640. Nebraska entertains Florida state on saturday. Ohio state and Nebraska were eighth and ninth in the preseason poll. The second 10 is composed of the same teams As the preseason poll but Florida state a 38-12 Winner Over Tulane. Moved from 19th place to 17th, ahead of South Carolina and Penn state. South Carolina was the Only other top 20 team to play last weekend crushing the Citadel 56 17. The second 10 has Illinois Washington. Leu notre Dame Arkansas Oklahoma state Florida state South Carolina. Penn state and Urcla. Connors Evert stay in running with Tough . Open victories new York a Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert Lloyd the two winning Csc players in . Open history kept alive their title Hopes tuesday with hard fought victories. Lloyd the no. 1 seed seeking her seventh women s singles Tiric Here reached the semifinals for the 15th consecutive year by Dis posing of tenacious Claudia to hic Kilsch of West Germany 6-3, 6-3. It was the 83rd time Lloyd has won a . Open match increasing her own record. Lloyd s next foe will be third seeded Hana Mandrikova of Czechoslovakia who edged no. 7 Helena Sutkova of Czechoslovakia 7-6 7-47-5. Connors going for his sixth men s Crown having last won in 1983, stopped Stefan Edberg of Sweden the no. 1 1 seed 6-4, 3 6, 6-3, 6-4 in a match that was much closer than the score indicated. Connors will face Switzerland s Heinz Gunthardt in their quarterfinal match. The other quarterfinal pairing in the Bottom half of the draw will pit no. 7 Yannick Noah of France against second seeded Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia. Noah stopped Amateur Jay Burger a Clemson University Sophomore 6-7, 6-2, 6 3, 6-1, while Gunthardt ousted Henri be Conte of France 7-6, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3. Since first winning the . Open 10 Ean ago Lloyd has failed to reach the Nal Only once. She has lost to Martina Navratilova in the title match the last two years. But she had to fight hard to get past the tall to hic Kilsch who was seeded fifth in this year s tournament. Lloyd had her serve broken just once but almost every game went to Deuce As the match took 78 minutes to play. Lloyd served the Only Ace of the match but Kohide Kilsch had nine service winners to just four for Lloyd. Always attacking the West German kept constant pressure on Lloyd going to the net 44 times. Lloyd Only won 1 1 More Points in the match 68 to 57, but they were the key Points. She broke Kohide Kilsch twice in each set while Lloyd lost her own service Only once. In reaching the quarterfinals for the 13th straight year Connors captured his 76th match in is. Open play breaking the men s record he shared with Vic Sexias. And it was t an easy Victory despite the score. Almost every game went to Deuce. But the left hander who turned 33 on monday y i a Dikio Chris Evert Loyd slams a shot to opponent Claudia Kohide Kilsch of West Germany. Won almost All of the big paints in eliminating Edberg a member of Sweden s Davis cup champions. Against Sutkova Mandrikova also had to Battle through close games the entire Way taking the first set tiebreaker 7-4. Although she dropped her serve three times she broke Sutkova four times. And that was just enough to give her a semifinal berth. Gunthardt and Leconte had a slug est the Swiss right hander capturing the first two sets before the French left hander came Back to level the match. Noah was slow getting started As Berger won the first set tiebreaker 7-3. But after that it was All Noah As the athletic Frenchman kept Burger on the defensive. Niekro claims royals Smith key witness in drug trial no. 298 As yanks prevail by the associated press new York Phil Niekro won the 298lh game of his career pitching seven shutout innings before needing Relief help in the eighth tuesday night As the new York Yankees Defeated the Seattle Man ners 6-3. The Victory moved the Yankees to with american league in 316 games of american league East leading Toronto which was Idle. Niekro 14-9, extended his consecutive scoreless inning Streak to 17 before issuing bases loaded walks to Dave Henderson and Danny Tartabull with two outs in the see Al on Page 22 Pittsburgh a Lonnie Smith of the Kansas City royals was expected to be the first witness to testify wednesday and the key to the Federal government s Case in the cocaine trafficking trial of cur tis Strong a former Philadelphia Phillies clubhouse caterer the associated press Learned tuesday. Smith was expected to be called wednes Day afternoon and Keith Hernandez of the new York mets was expected to be called next to testify said sources close to the Case. Smith has confessed to several years of cocaine abuse and testified under a Grant of immunity before a Federal grand jury that indicted Strong and six others on drug trafficking charges in May. Smith recently told the new York times that he identified his drug supplier to both the Fri and to the Pittsburgh grand jury. Smith underwent drug rehabilitation in 1983, the year after he was a key member of the world Champion St. Louis cardinals. We re going to find out if a jury will believe the testimony of junkies said Strong j attorney Adam o. Renfroe jr., who would not identify the  that s what some of these players Are junkies. Who d believe a Junkie they d do anything to save their jobs their is million a year salaries. They d testify against their mothers he said. Smith s testimony was expected to follow completion of the jury selection which took most of the court s time tuesday and open ing remarks by Renfrew and . Attorney j. Alan Johnson. Smith is one of 10 current and former players identified last week by Johnson in court documents As prospective witnesses in the Case which could take More than a week to to. Smith missed the royals Home game tuesday night against the Chicago White sox because of his court appearance but royals spokesman Dean Vogelaar said he hoped that Smith would be Back in uniform wednesday night. Mets manager Dave Johnson said Hernandez also a former Cardinal is expected to miss a Day because of the Strong Case. We re hoping it s the off Day thurs Day Johnson said. The mets Are currently playing the padres in san Diego. The . Attorney said that he did not take any players schedules into consideration  deciding when witnesses would be called to testify. Among the other players who could be called Are Dave Parker of the Cincinnati reds Rod Scurry of the Pittsburgh pirates and a Holland of the California Angels. It reportedly was on Holland s recommendation that Strong was hired this april As a Phillies caterer until being asked to quit after five games. No witnesses were called tuesday the opening Day of the trial As attorneys spent most of the Day questioning 50 prospective jurors. Strong. 38, of Philadelphia is charged with dealing in cocaine 16 times between1980 and 1984