European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 6, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Aaan Dikova upsets Evert new York of Czechoslovakia s Hana Mandli Kova dropped the first set bul rallied in the next two to defeat top seeded Chris Evert Lloyd 4-6, 6-2 and 6-3, Friday in the women s singles semifinal of the . Open Tennis championships. The Victory sends Mandrikova into the title match against Martin. Navratilova and provided a measure of revenge against Evert Lloyd who downed Mandrikova in the tournament s final round in 1980 and 1982. Meanwhile top seeded Ken Flach and Roberto Seguso of the United slates won the men s double title beating Yannick Noah and Henri Luconte of France 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 and 6-0 in a match tainted by controversy. Earlier Friday Navratilova seeking her third consecutive Crown secured her spot in the championship match by crushing 16-year-old Steffi Graf of West Germany 6 2,6-3. Evert Lloyd was trying for her ninth straight grand slam finals. But against Mandrikova she faced a top player who turned in one of her Best performances. I just was t charged up like usual Evert Lloyd said. My heart was t in it and that s the truth. I m not a machine. There arc Days you feel Mort motivated than  Mandrikova the Winner of the australian open in 1980 and the French open in 1981, varied and thus controlled the Pace of the match picking the right moments to go to the net and keeping constant pressure on Evert Lloyd. Evert Lloyd committed 18 unforced errors. The top prize is $187,500. In Tho men s doubles final the frenchmen were leading the third set tiebreaker 6-4, when a Volley by Luconte ticked the net then appeared to strike Flach before sailing Long. Had the Call been that it had hit Flach Leconte and Noah would have won the Point and the set. But there was no Call by Zeno Pfau the Umpire and when Flach was asked whether it had hit him he said he was t sure and that t was up to the Umpire to make the decision. So the French team lost the Point and. Eventually the set and the match. Flach said that if the Ball had made solid Contact with my head i definitely would have made the Call. There s just no Way 1 can make that Call. It happened too fast and it was too  Lecont and Noah insisted the Ball touched Flach s shoulder. In the first game of the fourth set Luconte protested a line Call saying he believed the Ball had been out. That too went against the French. When that happened Noah said we Felt everything was going against us. We did t feel anything left. We lost this match they won the match. I would t like to feel the Way they feel after winning. I think they won it in not a very Nice  nil kicks off season minus key personnel by Barry Wilner a sports writer Eric Dickerson will be at Home in Texas still a holdout so the ground oriented los Angeles rams attack could grow wings sunday on opening Day of the National football league season. Dickerson set an nil Rushing record with 2,105 Yards last season. With him absent Quad crack Dieter Brock might have to carry the offence in his first nil appearance. The Strong armed refugee from the Canadian football league had a Strong preseason but now it s for real and he faces Denver s Ball hawking defense. Brock 34, signed As a free agent Dur ing the of season. He completed 36 of 73 passes for 417 Yards and one touchdown during the exhibition season. Broncos coach Dan Reeves has pre pared his team As if Dickerson is going to line up in the rams Backfield. Both teams made the playoffs last sea son but enter the year without some key personnel. Brock and company could Benefit from the a Lisenco of such Broncos As linebacker Tom Jackson and cornerback Louis Wright both out with knee injuries. The rams arc minus Dick Erson retired defensive end Jack Young blood holdout tackle Greg Cisner and linebacker George Andrews out for the season after knee surgery. Also in los Angeles on sunday the raiders Host the new York jets. In other games it is Detroit at Atlanta Green Bay at new England Indianapolis at Pittsburgh Kansas City at new Orleans Miami at Houston Philadelphia at the new York giants St. Louis at Cleve land san Francisco at Minnesota. Seattle at Cincinnati tamp Bay at Chi Cago and san Diego at Buffalo. On monday night archrival washing ton and Dallas Battle in Texas stadium. While the rams and Broncos arc slightly undermanned the jets Are practically depleted for their opener against the raiders. A rugged preseason Cost them 18 players who were put on injured Reserve and defensive end Mark Gastineau was questionable with a broken thumb. The jets will be without their top three wide receivers Wesley Walker knee Johnny Lam Jones thumb and Bobby Humphery wrist and starting tackles Marvin Powell and Reggie Mcelroy both holdouts. The raiders also arc Bent on erasing the memory of last season. After winning the super bowl following the 1983 sea son they were eliminated from the 1984 playoffs in the first round. Another team would think of last year As being a pretty Good year All pro defensive end Howie Long said. The feeling i have and others have is that we lost every game. It s All or nothing. That s the Way they look at things  celtics clippers of Swap Walton bound for Boston Hernandez says baseball had move affair with Coke Pittsburgh a new York Mela first baseman Keith Hernandez and lot Angeles dodgers infielder Enos Cabell implicated More major league players Frt Day As having used cocaine with Hernan Dez laying he once played a game under the drug s influence. He Mande said he played a game under the influence of cocaine in 1980, a year he said baseball had a love affair with the drug. That was the year i was crazy. That was the year of my greatest use he said. The names of outfielders Dav Barker of Cincinnati and Jeff Leonard of san fran Cisco and pitchers la Sorensen of the Chicago cubs and Al Holland of the Cali fornia Angels were mentioned in the Federal trial of an accused drug dealer along with former players . Richard and Bernie Carbo. Holland and Leonard had been lied to drug use previously. Hernandez who said he used the drug from 1980 to Early 1983, said he believes the use of cocaine by ballplayers peaked 1980, and had declined tremendously1 since then. Cabell said he used cocaine off and on from 1978 until May 1984, with his great est use coming during the 1981 season. That was the strike year and we weren t playing and i had nothing to do he said. The trial of Curtis Strong a one time see Hernandez on Page 23 Boston a the Long awaited Trade of Center Bill Walton from the los Angeles clippers to the Boston celtics for Forward Cedric Maxwell became a reality Friday. The celtics announced that they also gave their own first round Choice in next year s National basketball association draft to the clippers along with Cash considerations they did not disclose. Boston is believed to be pick ing up a substantial part of Maxwell s salary. Earlier this summer the teams appeared close to making the Trade. The talks fell apart after the clippers reportedly tried to change terms of the Deal. On aug. 27, Boston general manager Jan Volk was asked if the Deal was dead. The heart Monitor is still on he said but we be got a straight  one Day later Volk said that he had talked with Walton and the clippers and that we be got a Small Blip on the screen  two Days after that on aug. 30, Walton and Maxwell both underwent physicals for their proposed new teams. Again the Trade appeared imminent. Newspaper reports later indicated that the clippers were trying to get Walton to give up deferred payments owed him. How the contracts of Walton and Maxwell would fit into the Aba s salary Cap Structure also was a concern. Ron grinder Maxwell s agent said Friday he described Maxwell s Deal to an Aba official who accepted Grink or s Assurance that it would be signed. Eight Days before the Trade was announced Grinker was quoted As saying there s been an agreement in principle. It s contingent upon both players passing physicals and both players having their contracts rewritten to conform to salary Cap regulations. It la be i  the next Day Grinker said. This is a Deal that could have been made six weeks ago it should have been done. Nothing s different now than  it feels very Pood to get this out of the Way Walton said Friday. I m in shape to  Walton 32, gives Boston a Strong defensive and rebounding Force As a backup to Center Robert Parish. He also can play Forward. Bos ton s starters at that position Are Larry Bird and Kevin Mchale. "1 can t play 35 to 40 minutes per game said Walton. The playing time will be directed by the coach . Jones. One of the up photo Bill Walton. In shape to play Nice things about playing with the Boston cel tics is that the minutes will be kept Down. It could certainly prolong my career. Maxwell 30, was a Good scorer Early in his eight year career with Boston but concentrated on rebounding and defense after the celtics acquired offensive stars like Bird and Mchale. Injuries have sidetracked the careers of both players especially the 6 foot-11 Walton the first Choice in the 1974 Aba draft and the league s most valuable player in 1977-78. He sat out three of the next four seasons with foot problems and played Only 14 games in 1979 with the clippers then based in san Diego. He played 155 games during the last three seasons with the clippers. He also has had two operations on his left knee. The 5-foot-8 Maxwell who was taken by Boston in the first round of the 1977 draft was a starter for the last seven of his eight Aba