European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday october 23,1986 at 71, Sophomore makes Tennis team by Barry Shlachter Salem. Mass a Joe Sweeney made inc varsity Tennis team at Salem slate College As a Sophomore after 50 years of Pray lick. Sweeney who at 71 is believed to be he oldest College varsity athlete did t have a spectacular fall season. Perhaps in was because he devoted Loo much Lime 10 his full Lime studies orto weekly Hock by matches swimming diving piano practice sailing roller skating and wind surfing. The while bearded septuagenarian played in three singles matches for Salem stale losing an of them. But he fared better with doubles As he and his partner finished the season with a 2-1 record. I be competed and coached in 10 different torts and Tennis is he toughest Sweeney said during a re cent fast paced practice session with Tea Mamie Pelcer Shearstone 19, who eventually lost. That s Why it s such a Good  Shearstone a freshman said Sweeney shares his knowledge with younger player. He s nol a powerful player he s a  he said. We love to take his advice it s improved my game dra  Joe is a student of the game so he knows what to do when to do in an Why said his coach. Grant Longley. He s the first one at practice he s thelast to leave. He takes the Ball machine up to the courts if Here s nobody to hit  Sweeney a retired Cost estimator for a defense contractor took up the game in 1936, he came to Salem in 1983 to give private instruction to a Young protege and was hired As the women s Tennis coach. Last year he decided to gel a col lege education for himself but waited season before trying out for the team. 71-year-old lot Sweeney returns a shot in Salem Sute College Tennis practice session. For someone of his age he s incredible said Longley who needed players after four of them were knocked out of Competition by poor grades. Sweeney who is majoring in physical education is a solid b student. The coach 45, said Sweeney of an Dover has engendered a respect for age not Only in the players but also  an official at the National collegiate athletic association said Sweeney might be he oldest varsity competitor in any sport. I Don t know of anyone close to that age still playing Gary Johnson assist ant statistics coordinator for inc Mcaa said in a Telephone interview from Shaw Nee Mission Kan. But he added thai the organization docs not record players Ages. What is Sweeney s secret to remaining so Active so Long Don t Stop he replied. Jaws of opposing team players often dropped when Sweeney was introduced but Only once this season was any patronizing remark made. At the last com petition of the season last week his opponent yelled Lucky when he hit a Cross court Winner. A Little later i hit the same Ball and put in in the same place and he did l say Lucky that Lime said Sweeney. A Emfs botox to win m fewer than 7 Boyd would like to redeem himself Boston a Dennis Oil can Boyd the Boston red sox s High Strung right hander Felt he could master the new York mets. Instead the mets mastered Boyd tuesday night pounding him for four runs in the first in route to a 7-1 Victory in game 3 of the world series. They got me tonight Boyd said after the Mats earned their first Victory of the series. They did l hit the Ball really hard but they hit some Good pitches. Ordinarily i would Hope to have a Chance to redeem myself but that would mean a seventh game and i Hope we can win in before then. Win lose or draw i think it s a thrill to Pilch in the world series. Look at All the Guys who Are Home  Boyd said he was fooled when Len Dykstra a left handed hitter led off the game with a Home run on a 1-1 Pilch. I thought he was going a "7 to in Side out the pitch Boyd said. Instead he went out and pulled the  Boyd praised new York left hander Bob Ojera a longtime teammate in bos ton. I thought he pitched around a lot of the hitters. He had Good control and got away with that Boyd Laid. The red sox who won the first two games in new York took the loss calmly. We were 2-and-o, now we re 2-1," first baseman Bill Buckner said. We re still on  we got beat but we re still up 2-1and we re in our Ballpark for the next two games Boston slugger Jim rice1 Ojida was not overpowering but of us out with a lot of off Speed said. 1 he j stuff Bob Stanley the third Boston Pitcher tried to put the loss in perspective say ing it s just like we went to new York and split the first two games. Now we just have to go Oul and win the next to  Ojeda is a Good Pitcher said Man Ager John Mcnamara who traded the Veteran left hander in a mull player Deal with the mets last fall. He got four runs Early then got ahead of the hitters. He did a Good Job of  Boston pitching coach Bill Fischer said Boyd made a. Couple of bad pitches and just got  except for that rundown that we did t get an out on we might have fared better in the first inning Fischer mid. After the first inning he pitched  with new York ahead 2-0 and one out in the first Ray Knight hit a grounder to third. Keith Hernandez was trapped be tween third and Home but got Back to third safety. Then Gary Carter was caught Between second and third but also escaped. Danny keep followed with a two run single for a