The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 13

THE TENHESSEAH, Monday, September 4, 1978 13 Practice bsences Injuries, A si Christian, like Burton, is suffering from lack of work. He missed all of spring practice except the first two weeks with a knee sprain, and has now been absent from four of the Vols' fall drills. A spokesman for Majors said yesterday that a decision will be made today whether to reinstate two other sophomores who left with Christian, Sam Prater, a middle guard from Florence, and Tim Ford, a tackle from Louisville, Ky. BEFORE THE start of practice, Tennessee lost Steve Davis and Terry Anderson as the No. 1 and No.

2 left outside linebackers, Davis being hurt in a water skiing incident and Anderson in a pickup basketball game. Then last Thursday, regular fullback Nate Sumpter went out for six weeks with a broken thumb, joining the No. 1 man at that position, Jesse Briggs, on the injured list. So, it seems, the injury bug is hitting at the same positions on a regular basis at UT. Coaches spent yesterday reviewing film of the Saturday scrimmage, and following a staff meeting this morning, there could be some shifting around of personnel before the start of the second week's practice.

If that happens, it is likely to be in an effort to shore up the defensive front, and it could include a number of the promising big freshmen. KENNY JONES, the Nashville Stratford All American of last year, Lee North, of Atlanta, and Charles Gillespie, of Spring City, along with the injured Burton, all got some chances to work with the second unit on defense last week. Jones is 6-4, and tips the scales at 245 while North is 6-2 and 235 and Gillespie 6-4, 260. That's the kind of size that Coach Majors feels is vital to competing with the teams on the UT schedule this year. To the layman, losing a freshman who has been running third string most of the week, may seem very minor.

But when the freshman has two of the characteristics that Tennessee needs most size and speed and lacks one of the things that is vital to his effectiveness experience on the field then it takes on a hue of a different color. Burton, at 6-6 and 240 pounds and enough speed to run the 100 yards dash in less than 10 seconds, is not an ordinary football prospect. But he needs to learn techniques, and perfect those who already knows, and ne can't do that standing on the sidelines on crutches. WHILE BURTON is lost, and to all intents and purposes is out of an effective role in the opener, the vols will welcome another defensive tackle back this morning. Bill Christian, a sophomore, has been reinstated to the squad but he is going to have to earn his way back to the first unit, where he had advanced when he suddenly quit the squad last Friday.

By WILLIAMS Tennessee's football team can't stand many more weeks like the first one of fall practice and still field a representative club against UCLA in the season's, opener Sept. 16 at Neyland Stadium. Injuries and absences because of illness have struck hard at the Vols since coach John Majors opened three weeks of pre-season work last Monday, and ironically, the damage has been particularly bad in the defensive line. THE DEFENSIVE line, Majors has been saying since spring practice, is one of the two weakest positions on his second UT team. The other is in the kicking game, and in both cases, a huge part of the problem is inexperience.

It is little wonder, then, that the coach heard the news yesterday that freshman defensive tackle Lee Otis Burton will miss the next seven to 10 days of practice because of an ankle sprain in Saturday's scrimmage. John Majors Two Weakest Spots Bora Gets Bio care; Sounds Slide To Chicks 4-2 MEMPHIS The season ended just as it began for the Nashville Sounds as they dropped a 4-2 decision to the Memphis Chicks at Tim McCarver Stadium here last night. The Sounds had opened their inaugural South- Wade. Dibbs usfe i- Box on Page 15 by winning four points in a row after falling behind 15-40. After that, Borg was not to be headed.

He opened the third set by breaking Mitton's serve at love, then hold his own at love to lead 2-0 a run of 12 consecutive points. It was the end for Mitton, who refused to fold but was never able to break Borg's service again. Borg managedto get in only 44 percent of his first serves. He also committee! 51 unforced errors. "I'm lucky to survive a match like this," a relieved Borg said afterward.

Thus Borg kept his Grand Slam hopes alive. He won the French Open in May and Wimbledon in June. A victory here and in the Australian Open in December will make him only the third player ever to win tennis' Grand Slam, joining Don Budge and Rod Laver. Alexander, Langford Win At Speedway Mike Alexander, who already has the Late Model Sportsman championship wrapped up at Nashville Speedway, tacked on one more win for good measure last Saturday night. In the Limited Sportsman division, Carl Lang-ford was first, while Jesse Nash won the Mini-Stock feature.

This Saturday night will mark the close of the regular-season Speedway schedule, with regular races set in all three divisions. A special added Marty Robbins World Open 500 will Be run on Oct. 1. Vandy Drops Soccer Match To Top-Ranked Alabama Alabama the 15th ranked soccer team in the nation, defeated Vanderbilt 6-0 on the Commodores' home turf yesterday before an estimated crowd of 250. By ALEX SACHARE NEW YORK (AP) Virginia Wade, the third-ranked woman, and Eddie Dibbs, the fifth-seeded man, were ousted yesterday in the first major upsets at the $552,480 U.S.

Open Tennis Championships. And Bjorn Borg, the top-seeded Swede, suffered a tremendous scare at the hands of South Africa's Bernie Mitton before keeping his Grand Slam hopes alive with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory in a thrilling match that had the crowd of 16,486 at the National Tennis Center roaring with every Point- LELE FOROOD, A little-known Floridian who had never come close to beating any of the top women, pulled the day's first upset when she ousted Wade, the 1977 Wimbledon champion from Britain, 6-2. 3-6, 6-2. Then Brian Teacher, 23, from San Diego, outlasted the scrappy Dibbs 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. Dibbs was very successful on the summer circuit, but found the switch from those clay courts to the faster artificial surface here to be too much of a change.

But the most thrilling match of the day came in the late afternoon, when Borg dropped the first set and found himself on the ropes in the second set against the unheralded Mitton, whose serve and volley game tested the Swede to the utmost- Chris Evert, the defending woman's titlist and second seed, also had a tougher time than expected, surviving a second-set scare before tough 17-year-old Caroline Stoll 6-1, 7-5 to move into the fourth round. In a late match, fifth-seeded Tracy Austin, spraying her two-fisted backhand to both corners of the court, dominated fellow Calif ornian teenager, Maria Fernandez, winning 6-1, 6-2 yesterday. Borg was playing his second match within 24 hours and he nad trouble getting going, losing the first four games of the match to the 23-year-old Mitton. The blond Swede broke back at love and eventually drew even at 4-4, but Mitton held his service and then took the first set when Borg doublefaulted on his third set point. BORG BROKE THROUGH in the ninth game of the set with a smashing overhead and closed it out em League season by losing lo Memphis by an identical 4-2 score in April.

LAST NIGHT'S loss meant Nashville finished the second half of the season five games below .500 at 36-41 and left Nashville 5 Ms games back of Western Division champion Knoxville. The Sounds made a run at Memphis in the eighth inning, tying the game at 2-2 on an RBI double by Tim Doerr which scored George Weicker from second. But Memphis came back to score a pair of runs in the eighth on an RBI single by Julio Perez and Felix Rodriguez' sacrifice fly. Bob Mayer absorbed the loss, his fourth against two wins this season. Weicker led the Nashville offense with three singles and an RBI.

Rookie (From First Sports Page) Oiler pass play which had gone to the Falcon two yard line. On the play following that penalty Humphrey sacked Houston quarterback Dan Pastorini who coughed up the ball to set up a 30-yard, tiebreak-ing field goal by Steinfort. Then, in the fourth quarter, Humphrey's hit on Houston receiver Rich Caster caused the second fumble which Steinfort converted into a 48-yard field goal. Houston had jumped out to a 7-0 lead when Pastorini dumped a short pass to Campbell who raced through the Falcon secondary untouched, displaying a remarkable burst of speed for a 224-pounder. ATLANTA tied it at 7-7 in the second quarter when Falcon quarterback Jones, who wrested the starting job from Steve Bartkowski in preseason, caught Houston blitzing and tossed a 38-yard touchdown pass to Bubba Bean.

It was Jones' AP Loiarphoto NEW YORK Ejorn Borg tries to get his racket on a low shot from Bernie Mitton during their U.S. Open Tennis Championship match at the National Tennis Center. Borg won 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Kite Widens Lead ENDICOTT, N.Y. (UPI) Expanding his lead with every round, Tom Kite yesterday fired a 3-under-par 68 to pad his margin over the field to five shots with just one day remaining in the $225,000 B.C.

Open Golf Tournament. Kite's 54-hoIe total of 14-under-par 199 ties the tournament record set by Hubert Greene in 1973 and is just one shot off the lowest 54-hole total on the PGA tour this season, set by Andy Bean at Houston. Oklahoma's Mark Hayes toured the tight, En Joie Golf Club in 6-under-par 65 yesterday to move into sole possession of second place at 204. Calif ornian Rod Curl's 71 put him at 205 in third place. Kite's lead matches Tom Watson's 54-hole lead in the PGA championship as the biggest on the tour this season but Kite is quick to point out that Watson did not win that tournament.

"There are simply too many players out here who are capable of incredible rounds," said Kite, whose only previous tour victory came at Philadelphia in 1976. "I'll be gunning for birdies on every hole tomorrow," Kite said. Peter Jacobsen and John Ma-haffey shot 67s yesterday and defending champion Gil Morgan fired a 68 to tie Rex Caldwell for fourth place at 7-under 206. Tour rookie Bob Byman, journeyman Kro Artie McNickle ana millionaire Iiller Barber were at 207. Ed Sneed birdied the final five holes yesterday for a 68, which put him in a tie with Lee Trevino, Don Pooley and Bobby Cole at 208.

Kite missed a five-foot birdie Eutt on the third hole yesterday, ut birdied the sixth and eighth. He suffered his only bogey of the tournament when he botched a chip shot on the 10th hole, but came back to birdie 12 and 16. Nashville's Gregg Powers had a third day score of 70 for a total of 211, 12 strokes off the pace. The tournament, its start delayed by rain Thursday, is slated to end today. Vanderbilt takes on Bryan College in Dayton, next Saturday at 1 p.m.

CDT. Bryan College was the number one ranked soccer team in the National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association in 1977. Field Of 800 Runners Expected For Today's 10-Mile Competition Approximately 800 runners are expected to compete in a 10-mile run beginning at 8 a.m. today at the First American Center at Fourth Avenue and Union. The competition is jointly sponsored by First American Bank and the Nashville Striders.

A one-mile run, for less experienced competitors, will be held immediately after the 10-mile competition. Ray Griff Softball Squad Finishes 16th In Nationals DEARBORN, Mich. The Ray Griff team of Nashville won three games yesterday but fell in a fourth contest, 14-13, to St. Louis in the USSSA World Softball Tournament here. Eddie Link smashed a three-run homer to push the game into the 10th inning before St.

Louis rallied. Former Vanderbilt baseballer John McLean was 7-for-8 in the last two games as the Nashvillians finished 16th in the 78-team tournament. The Ray Griff squad finished witha 4-2 record in the event. Broncos Prevail ft GEM I i MM rum US 1 OjOOQOjjLl finest play of the day. "I saw both the safety and linebacker coming and knew before I looked that Bubba was wide open.

It was easy picking," said Jones who hit 10 of 23 passes for 104 yards while directing Atlanta's no-risk offense which committed one turnover on the day. "I'd say my performance was only average," Jones said. "I didn't hurt us, but I didn't do some things I hoped to do." The Falcons' other touchdown came in the second quarter when special teamer Tom Pride-more blocked a punt which teammate Tom Moriarty covered in the end zone. Ironically, Pridemore and Moriarty were both cut last week only to be recalled. "THAT blocked punt was inexcusable," said Oiler coach Bum Phillips.

"You don't get punts blocked in pro football. Well, that's not exactly right, is it? We got one blocked. It was a dad-gum good rush. The kicking game really hurt us." In addition to the blocked punt, four of the nine punts by Atlanta's James were either downed or went out of bounds inside the Houston seven. Actually, the Oilers had 90 more offensive yards (261 to 171) than Atlanta, but the Falcon defense came up with four turnovers and held when it had to.

In that respect. Atlanta started where it left off with a defense that wins and an offense that avoids losing. "I can't compare teams since it's my first game," said Campbell. "But ihat was a good defensive team we played." FALCON running back Haskel Stanback of Tennessee could make a comparison. "From what I saw out there today I was awfully glad that I was a Falcon running back and wasn't wearing anything blue (Oiler colors)," said Stan-back.

rOur defense was doing some hitting." Campbell would have to agree. Nashville United Wins; Advances To Finais Today LEXINGTON Nashville United reached the finals today in the Kentucky Soccer tournament defeating the Kentucky Kickers 2-1 yesterday. Bob Dowe and Kenny Norcross contributed the goals for the win. The Memphis Eagles fell victim to Nashville United in the quarterfinals earlier yesterday 2-1 with goals from Dowe and Larry Tilley. Nashville meets Lexington United today at noon in the finals.

Lexington made it the the finals, beating Kansas City 1-0 in the semifinals. The rest of the nine team in the tournament have been eliminated in competition. Nashville's season record is 21 wins, two losses and three tifis. Bradshaw's 28-yard touchdown pass to John Stallworth at 5:55 of 1 the second quarter. CHIEFS-BENGALS CINCINNATI (UPI) Ted McKnight, Arnold Morgado.

and Tony Reed each ran for touchdowns to help the Kansas City Chiefs, rushing a club record 68 times, upset the Cincinnati Bengals 24-23. McKnight raced 26 yards for a touchdown, Morgado dashed 4 yards for a TD and Reed slammed 1 yard for another score as the Chiefs gave their 50-year-old first-year NFL head coach Marv Levy a victory in his first game. Jan Stenerud also booted a 19-yard field goal for the Chiefs, who ran the ball 68 times in 92 of fensive plays. CHARGERS-SEAHAWKS 8G SERVICE ERNEST HARBISON I SEEDCO. Phone 256-2659 ill 296 CARS MUST BE SOLD (From First Sports Page) Todd, who completed 17 of 25 passes for 245 yards, found Walker on his 47-yarder just 3:13 into the game, on New York's fourth play From scrimmage.

Walker got a step on safeties Rick Volk and Tim Foley and cornerback Norris Thomas and caught the ball in the right corner of tne end zone. Interceptions by linebackers Mike Hennigan and Greg Buttle paved the way to Leahy's field goals of 36 and 22 yards. And after Williams' scoring run midway in the second period cut the lead to 13-6, Todd directed the Jets on a 59-yard drive capped by his 1-yard scoring pass to tight end Mickey Shuler. STEELERS-BILLS ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (UPI) Terry Bradshaw threw two first-half touchdown passes and Franco Harris ran for 96 yards to power the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 28-17 victory over the Buffalo Bills.

Bradshaw completed 14 passes for 217 yards and two TDs while Harris carried the ball 27 times for 96 yards as the Steelers took control in the second quarter and held off a late Buffalo rally. Bradshaw and Harris dominated Pittsburgh's first touchdown drive, which was set up by safety Tpny Dungy's interception of a Joe Ferguson pass at the Steelers' 35. Pittsburgh then marched 65 yards in eight plays.capped by i in KEEPING IT CLEAN jw HELPS Jm? KEEP IT COOL omsma SEATTLE (AP) Dan Fouts passed twice to rookie wide receiver John Jefferson for touchdowns and defensive tackle Gary Johnson lumbered 52 yards with an interception for another score to lead the San Diego Chargers to a 24-20 victory over the. Seattle Sea-hawks. Fouts hit Jefferson, the Chargers' first-round draft pick from Arizona State, with a 29-yard TD pass with 2:24 left in the first period for a 7-6 San Diego lead, routs' 6-yard pass to the 6-foot-l, 190-pound Jefferson capped a 59-yard, eight-play scoring drive with the second-halt kickoff for a 17-13 Charger lead.

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