European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday july 7,1987 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Sands of time running out for Lendl of Pooh the sound echoed from the Sun baked seals and from under he dark Green overhang of Centre court As thousands of lungs exhaled As one. Lyan lend had just commuted one of he More untimely double faults of his career and com pounded it by slinging his Racket against the dead Brown turf of the All England Lawn Tennis and Cro Quet club. The dinging of the Racket was understandable bad form the Umpire did not even Issue a warning for Racket abuse turf abuse or protocol abuse. But the double fault was murderously Adf abusive bad Tennis for a Fine player who. Has not yet managed to win Wimbledon. Lindl s outburst came in die second let. When he lost his service twice on his Way co a 7-6, 6-2. 7-5 defeat thai meant 22-year-old Pat Cash had captured Wimbledon title ahead of 27-year-old Ivan Lendl. Obviously another year it Lindl Aid afterwards but 1 think i am Dill Lendl does not appear Abs ised with records the Way some athletes Are. When he had yet to win a grand slam tournament he told reporter it was their preoccupation not his. Then be won the . Open twice and then the French open and he said he hoped All the doubts would go away although he admitted last week he would Trade one of his american Lilly a for a Wimbledon which Cash called " he one you really want u no less an authority than Jimmy Connors recalled Early last week when i came along All you heard was Wimbledon and the . Open How you wire not a great player if you did t win them. It put pressure on you. It worked on your Connors took care of that by beating Ken Rose Wall in 1974, while still a cocky Little squirt of 21.Lendl has admitted his Herbo phobia or whatever the greek word is for what ails him Here but he has tried to downplay the immensity of never winning Wimbledon. This year appeared to be Lendl s Best Chance with Bjorn bore a memory John Mcenroe needing at least new fuses Boris Becker scuttled in the second round and Connors dispatched in the semifinals by Cash who has been too injury prone to become a Force up to now. Cash showed More mobility More imagination More heart Forcada Staj than Lendl did prompting a rather Basic question can lend be regarded As a great player if he has not won Wimbledon it helps Lendl said. I Don t think anybody would say Ken Rosewall was cot a great player and he never won it. But it b there any great Issue of character at work intend not winning Wimbledon he i not popular with the gallery anywhere people were calling out Boris Becker name during Lendl s semifinal match with Stefan Edberg. Lendl is not popular in the Public print either perhaps because Tome listeners Are waiting for this private Man from the slovak portion of Czechoslovakia to unburden himself like a new yorker telling his life Story on a movie line. Perception is a key Issue Here. Some of the English speaking world has portrayed Steffi Graf who finished second to Manina Navratilova Here As i aim brow beaten automaton. In fact Graf played a Fine match on saturday and was Bright and Subtle and mature in her news conference afterwards but she May never escape the stereotypes nor May Lendl. With his awareness of the concorde his desire to Retreat to his watchdogs and Security fences in Connecticut. Lendl gives the impression of Tome Way who does t necessarily want 10 scram ble and flail in 90-Dcgrci heat out on Centre is civil and disciplined and Hii failure on grass is not due to allergies or nerves or moral his game just cannot adjust to a surface that cannot be trusted. He used to find reasons for being Busy elsewhere during these two weeks but he has since realized that grand slam player must sometimes Trust his precious body and ego on that treacherous surface. Grass is the great equalizer Connor said on Friday. It takes Guys by Surprise. It s easier to get things on hard court and Clay. Wii grass you never know. There s the element of Luck. The Ball bounces up on Cash chased balls with the Fervour of a Public play ground Hacker playing Tennis partially for the work out. He tried for everything and therefore got to p few converting them with a top of the line Back hand or t desperate lob. He also served like a Demon winning 66 Points and losing Only 15 on his term. With that buggy hip forehand Lendl is punishing aggressor when the surface can be trusted but sunday be could not adjust As Well As Cash put pressure on me lobbing dining Chas ing Lendl admitted. I thought if Hunt in there i d have my Chance but he played Well in the tie this Lack of imagination led directly to service problem in the second set and the Flung Racket and the gasp that echoed around Centre court. It was the soued of a crowd watching a Champion on other surfaces falling Short in he biggest tournament of All if the crowd had not made a sound u might have heard the clock ticking for Ivan Lendl. Doris Becker will be Back next year and he is even younger than pal Cash. Tim a by Ltd Tumi Crampton wins White Sulphur Springs a. Vol. A Bruce Crampton shot a 3 under Par 67 sunday and coasted to a six stroke Victory Over Orville Moody in the $225.000 Greenbrier seniors championship. Crampon who took control on the tournament s first Day with a 9-under-Par 63, finished the 54-Hote event at 200, 16-under-Par. He matched the tournament record set by Don january in 198$. Crampton was the senior pea tour s second wire to win Winner this year an look Home 134,000. Moody in his Best finish of the year in individual play Loo name 119,200 with Hii 206. Grampian and. Moody teamed in april to win the legend of Golf classic. January the two time defending Champion finished with Lee elder and Bobby Nichols at 7-under-Par 209. Gary player shot a 65 sunday including a Hole a one of the 149-Yard Uili Hole to finish at 210 with Gardner Dick Inson. Billy Maxwell and Karl Nagle. Crampton playing with january and Nagle went 4 under Par on the front nine. Crampton misted the tournament re Cord however when be pushed the Ball past the cup on an 8-fool Birdie try on the huh Hole. January Moody Nagle and Nichols started the Day 6-Uadcr-Par, five strokes Sifford had a Hole in one on the 136-Yard Lith Bole. Of Phot Bruce Criff Loloa a under Par 67 strange takes Canadian open Oakville Ontario a his front running 3-Shol Victory in the Ca Nadian open was not quilt As easy As it looked Curtis strange suggested. I seemed to coast Home strange said sunday after he d scored his second Victory in this Nali Ontl championship. But you Don t do that. You Don t Ever coast Home. I was standing on the 18th Tec think ing How can 1 lose a 3-Thoi Lead now that s not the kind of thing Vou want lobe thinking about but i did strange a Lvi his worries were unfounded however. Strange broke out of a 3-Way tie forthe Lead on the first Hole birdied the second and took it from there compiling solid no bogey 3-Uoder-Par 69 Over the last in hours. There were two critical factors he hid. To was playing so Well driving so Well. Hitting the Ball so Well my swing would t let me choke. And nobody made a run Ai me lie said. After the turn no one really got would be contenders self destructed Mike Mccullough on a qua Druple bogeys and loud Frost on a couple of 3-putt pars. Strange 32, acquired the i oth Victor of his ii year pea tour career with a 276 total. 12-under Par and a count re Cord on the Glen Abbey Golf club course one better than the of Standar set by Bruce Lietzke in 1982. The Victory was Worth $108,000 from the total purse of 1600,000 and pushed strange s earnings for the season to j397.860. It also virtually assured him of i place in the Field for the 12 million Nabisco championships later this year and 2 membership on the . Ryder cup team which will play the Best from Europe this also set up strange As a Likely favor Ite for this week s Anheuser Busch Clas sic near Hii Home in Williamsburg a. Strange serve As the tournament Host for that event. Jodie Mudd and to South africans Frost and Nick Price tied for second at 279. Mudd moved up or h a 68, Frost shot a 69 despite his pulling problems on the Back and Price had a 70.mccullough, -s2, not yet a Winner in 16 seasons on the tour opened the Day splay in 4 three Way tie for the Lead and held a share of second place until he pulled his second shot into deep rough above and to the left of the 14th moved the Ball Only a Tew Yards with his Noii Shol got it on the toe of the club and moved it about three eel on his next awing failed id Rexfe the Green on his next Shol Tod eventually Dag gered off with an 8.mccullough, however tame Back see strange on Page 26 Geddes rallies to capture Farr classic Toledo Ohio and collected j 18,000 apiece. Both players bogeyed holes 17 and in 10 Cap their Carcer bes finishes. Laurie Rinker and Julie Cote were Al a under Par 2113 and won j10.6s7 each Marci to Arlo finished sixth Al 2&a,
