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THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1973 PAGE 52 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR see Doodle Dandy Women's Final. Chris, Billie Jean Wimbledon Winners Sports Over Lightly Bob Collins Sports Editor Mrs. Court won the "Big Wimbledon, England Four" titles first in 1970 and (UPI) Chris Evert yes terday shattered Margaret Court's dreams of an un this year already had the Australian and French titles tucked away when she came to the $148,000 Wimbledon precedented second Grand Slam and Bilhe Jean King hung on grimly to defeat Evonne Goolagong, setting championships. She met Miss Evert at the top of her form, however, and with the Florida girl's passing shots and lobs hugging the line like magnets, the Australian was forced back to play a baseline duel on Miss Evert terms. up the first Ail-American women's singles final at the Wimbledon championships in 16 years.

The 18-year-old Miss Evert 1 fte-i i a. 1 i i well, I guess I was lucky, too. The turning point came in the second game of the final set. Mrs. Court double-faulted four times and the last one was fatal because it put Miss Evert 2-0 up with her service to follow.

Mrs. Court only managed to hold her service once more in the fourth game despite another double-fault, of which she had 10 in all. Billie Jean defeated Miss Goolagong in last year's final, a sparkling affair compared to yesterday's march in which both girls sprayed errors all over the place. Mrs. King once again found the English center court crowd against She was unhappy with the game, often pounding her racket on the turf and characteristically of Fort Lauderdale, play Miss Evert sped to a 6-1 lead in 25 minutes when Mrs, ing what she called "the best game of my career," upset the top-seeded Australian 6-1, Court found herself unable to hold her service even once, al 1-6, 6-1 to begin the Fourth of though she broke back in the fifth game briefly.

July celebration on the packed center court of the All-England Tournament. MRS. KING, the defending "From the start, said Miss Evert, "I went for the big tively, in yesterday's Wimbledon semifinals. The victories set op the first All-American Wimbledon women's final TJENRY AARON, A DECENT and good man and a splendid baseball player, slowly is inching his way toward the top of the mountain the most glittering record in the sports firmament. And to his dismay, he has discovered that he also is battling a legend.

The other day, exasperated and contused by the whirlwind that is swirling around him, Aaron said, "I'm not trying to erase Babe Ruth's memory. I'm just doing my thing." And if the Babe were around to read that statement, he would be the first to stand and shout, "Hurrah." Ruth was the inventor and greatest practitioner of "doing your own thing," many years before it was put into words. With Aaron's quest ami the magic number "714" appearing almost daily in the sports pages, there no doubt are a few generations of Americans wondering, "Who was Babe It would be a classic understatement to say Babe Ruth i was no ordinary man. He as Paul Banyan come to life. He I came out of an orphanage in Baltimore not only to save i baseball, but to make it rich.

I He was a great pitcher, a great outfielder, a great hitter. JHe even struck out a record 1,330 times with class. Frank Merriwell and all of the heroes of sports fiction couldn't have carried his jock. In the days when the prose of sportswriters had not yet become the cliches of the sports pages, he was called, "The Bambino," and "The Sultan of Swat." Paul Gallico, one of the finest chroniclers of sports before he turned to literary pursuits, once described Ruth like thus: "He did not look like a ballplayer. Although he stood 6-2 and I weighed 220, his body was pear-shaped and even when in tip-top condition he had a bit of a belly.

His barrel always seemed too much for his legs, which tapered into a pair of ankles as slender almost az those of a girl. The great head perched upon a pair of round and unathletic shoulders, presented a moon of a face, the feature of which was the I flaring nostrils of a nose that was rather like a snout. "His voice was deep and hoarse, his speech crude and earthy, his ever-ready laughter a great, rumbling gurgle that arose from the caverns of his middle. He had an eye ALL-AMERICAN FINALISTS Billie Jean King (left) and Chris Evert show their forehand form as they oust Evonne Goolagong and Margaret Court, respec shots. I changed my game." titleholdcr from Hilton Head, 16 years tomorrow.

(AP Wirephotos) in S.C., made it an even blacker IN THE SECOND set the big shots did. not come off, day for Australia by winning talking to herself all the time. MISS GOOLAGONG found the other semifinal 6-3, 5-7. 6-3 HOOSIKH WIXS 2l START after Miss Goolagong had herself serving to save the saved seven match points. and with Mrs.

Court finding her rhythm for the first time, Miss Evert slumped 1-6. "I thought Margaret would be really tough in the third," match which she did for Roahrig Is Sprint Car Victor seven match points. Then The final tomorrow will be the first time two American girls have appeared since Al- came the eighth. Her drive thea Gibson defeated Darlene said Chris. "But I began hitting shots on the line and she didn't play so well and ture and was among the leaders while Lee Kunzman led overshot the baseline and Mrs.

King was through to the final which she has already Hard 6-3, 6-2, in 1957. the first 15 laps before giving won four times. way to Bigelow. The men's semifinals are ix to ixxixas scheduled today. Alex Mayer of Wayne, N.J., the only sur Cubs Nip Phils On Santo's Blast viving American ana unseeded player, faces Alex Metre-veli of Russia, the fourth seed, and third-seed Roger Taylor of Britain tries for an upset against second -seed Jan STAR SPECIAL REPORT West Chester, Ohio David Roahrig, driving in only his second United States Auto Club sprint car feature, put a rear-engine car in the winner's circle for the first time last night in the 40-lap feature at Tri-County Speedway.

The Bourbon (Ind.) newcomer took the lead from Tom Bigelow on the 35th lap and outdueled the Whitewater (Wis.) veteran for a car-length victory. It was a good night for rear-engines on the half-mile paved oval. Tom Sneva took third in the only other one currently running the USAC trail. Roahrig qualified fourth last night, started third in the fea Darl Harrison wound up fourth in the feature with Kunzman fifth, followed by Rollie Beale, Sam Sessions, Don Nordhorn, Tony Simon and Billy Cassala. Bigelow was quick qualifier with a 17.64 clocking.

Heat victories went to Bigelow, Kunzman, Nordham and Duane Carter Jr. while Harrison won the semifeature. Beale retained a comfortable lead in the point standings with 465 points. Kunzman is next at. 392 followed by Nordhorn with 382, Sessions 370 and Bruce Walkup 333.

The next sprint program is scheduled Sunday at Salem, Ind. Kodes of Czechoslovakia. Al's Condition Still Listed As 'Good' Stroudsburg, Pa. (AP) Al Unser, injured in the Pocono 500-mile auto race last Sunday when his car smashed into a wall, remained in good condition at a hospital here yesterday. Unser, of Albuquerque, N.M., lost control of his racer on the ninth lap at the Pocono Internatioanl Raceway.

He was taken to a hospital here where he was admitted for neck, hrad and leg injuries. Jimmy Connors of Belle ville, 111., and Romania's Hie Chicago (AP) Ron Santo belted a two-run homer with one out in the 10th, rallying the Chicago Cubs to a a 3-2 baseball triumph over the Philadelphia Phillies yesterday. Nastase, the No. 1 seeds in the doubles, made it to the finals with a hard-won 9-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over the unseeded West German Davis Cup pair, Karl Meiler and Jurgen Fassbender. After Del Unser run-scoring double in the top of the 10th gave the Phils a shortlived 2-1 lead, Billy Wilson, 1-3, came in to pitch the Chicago 10th.

Glenn Beckert greeted Wilson with a single, and after Billie Williams popped out, Santo drove his Uth homer into the left-field bleachers for the first-place Cubs. Earlier, Chicago's Burt Hooton and the Phils' Wayne Twitchell engaged In a pitching duel with each hurler surrendering one run before departing. that was abnormally quick, nerves and muscular reactions to match, a supple wrist, a murderous swing, and a gorgeously truculent, competitive spirit. Life for the Babe consisted of women, food, liquor and baseball, and when his appetite for the first three were appeased, there was nothing that gave him more Intense satisfaction than whipping the ball out of the playing field His rooters savored his triumphs vicariously; his enemies reveled in his failures. For his misses were as prodigious as his hits.

At the end a swung strike his legs would be braided like a barroom pretzel, and he would be facing three-quarters of the compass around from where he started." As a pitcher Ruth twice won 20 games. In 1916 he set a record for consecutive scoreless innings in the World Series (13) which stood until Whitey Ford erased it in the 60s. In 1919, pitching and playing the outfield, he hit 29 home runs a new record by quite a few. In 1920 he roved from Boston to the Yankees and hit 5i. Now this was 1920, my friends, when the pitcher was king and the ball was heavier than a load of wet sand.

The National League leader in 1920 hit 15. The next year Ruth smashed 59. In 1927 he hit 60, a record that stood until Roger Maris' asterisk year of 1961. His quest for the good life was every bit as flamboyant as his derring-do on the field. Wherever he went there was a crowd.

Men wanted to shake his hand. Children idolized 'Isn'l Hie best time for a Summer Sale when its still summer? The Cubs scored first on Glenn Beckert's run-producing single after Rick Monday's double in the fifth. In the seventh, the Phils evened the game on singles by Bob Boone, pinch-hitter Willie Montanez and Bill Robinson, who delivered the RBI blow on his second single of the game. Twitchell, now unbeaten in seven starts since June 1 with three victories and four no-decisions, left for a pinch-hitter after a six-inning stint of five hits, four strikeouts and three walks. Hooton, still 8-6, also yielded to a pinch-hitter after giving up nine hits through seven innings.

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The event has now been postponed indefinitely. Montana: pb 1 0 1 0 James ph 1 0 Ruthven pr 0 0 0 0 Locker 0 0 0 0 Scarce 0 0 0 0 Hickman pit 1 1 0 Rgdinlki ph 1 0 0 0 Aktr 0 0 0 0 BWilson 0 0 0 0 Total 40 2 11 2 Total IS 1 1 One out when winning run scored. Philadelphia ooo ooO 100 1 1 Chicago 000 010 000 2 3 Santo. OP Chicago 1. LOB Philadelphia 0.

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But sick, hungover or sleepless he never missed a date with the kids. They wanted to talk, he had time. They wanted him to hit a home run, he'd try and often succeed. The Babe marched to his own drum. In 1930, with the nation settling into a depression, Ruth asked for the unheard of salary of $80,000.

Jake Ruppert, the tist-fisted Dutchman who owned the Yankees, went into shock. "Root Root!" he shouted, "Vas is (lis? Da presedent only make sevontcefivc." "So what," shrugged the Babe, "I had a better year than he did." He gel the 80 grand. Ruth called his in the World Series, hit home runs by request and closed his career with 714 homers, 2,209 runs batted in-an average of just less than one a game ana a lifetime batting average of .342. So great was his fame that during World War Two years after his last game-Japanese tried to taunt American soldiers to attack by shouting, "To hell with Babe Ruth." When he died in 1948, his great body ravaged by cancer, strangers cried and the President of the United States declared a day of national mourning. Who was Babe liuth He was Babe Ruth, one of a kind.

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The Reds took a 1-0 lead in the second on Dave Conception's infield oiut. That Cincinnati (AP) Gary Thomasson's run-scoring triple highlighted a -r San Francisco seventh and the Giants scored a 6-2 baseball victory over Cincinnati yesterday, snapping the Reds' four-game winning streak. Cincinnati used four pitchers in the seventh as the Giants fought back from a 2-1 deficit and downed the Reds for only the second time in their last eight meetings. ED GOODSON led off the seventh with a double to right and scored on Thomasson's triple to dead center. Dave Rader then brought Thomas-son home with a single.

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