Philadelphia Daily News from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Page 78

78 Friday. June 29. 1979 Philadelphia Daily News WIMBLEDON (UPI) American teenager Tim Wilkison, hitting winners even while stretched flat on his back, sent the Wimbledon form chart shuddering again when he upset sixth-seeded Guillermo 6-2, 6-1. 7-6, yesterday and advanced to the third round of the English classic. Joining Vilas on the sideline was Manuel Orantes, the 13th seed, who was victimized by Frenchman Gilles Moretton, 7-6, 6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-1.

In only four days, seven of the 16 seeds have been wiped out of the men's competition, including four of the top seven. Jimmy Connors, the No. 3 seed, managed to survive for a third-round meeting with Johan Kriek, but not without a major scare and more than a few nervous moments. CONNORS FINALLY wore out 37-year-old Marty Riessen, 6-7, 6-3, 7-6, 6-0. in two hours and 54 minutes, taking the third set tie-breaker 7-5 after Riessen had won the first by an identical 7-5 count.

3T- The victory by Wilkison was a stunner in as much as Vilas had practiced two weeks for this one major champi- would say if you're well endowed, show it." In other action, Tracy Austin, coming back from a strained groin muscle, had to fight back for a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Brigitte Cuypers of South Africa. IT WAS ONLY the first match for the 16-year-old California high school girl following an opening round bye, and she didn't appear to move well. But she was consistent, pinpoint accurate and used good strategy in playing continually to Cuyper's suspect backhand. "Yesterday (in practice) was the first day I really ran after my shots," Austin said. "Right now what I needed was a good match like that.

It's tough to come in on center court just like that if you haven't been practicing hard. "I think that was a good match for me three sets especially to get my concentration back. Down deep I thought I could pull it out. I got mad and won the second set easily." Sixth seed Dianne Fromholtz, No. 10 Virginia Ruzici and No.

14 Kathy Jordan all scored straight set I 5I --4lli win of my life," saiid Wilkison. "Vilas is the best player and the highest-ranked player I've ever beaten." Wilkison, who beat Arthur Ashe in the Plate Cup at Wimbledon last year, advanced to the final and then won the New South Wales championship in Sydney last December, is big, strong and agile, and has command of all the shots. He began the match against Vilas with an amazing display of service precision 18 serves without a fault but ironically it was a pair of double faults in the 11th game that cost him the opening set BUT WILKISON hung on to win the 24-point game which went to deuce nine times in the second set, then ended the 2 hour and 55 minute match by winning the fourth set tiebreaker 7-3. Fifth seed Roscoe Tanner, No. 8 seed Victor Pecci and No.

15 seed Tim Gullikson, the only other seeded men to play, all came out winners. Tanner, claiming he's a much better player than when he reached the Wimbledon semifinals in 1975 and 1976, beat Australian Peter McNama-ra, 6-1, 7-6, 6-. Pecci, the big Paraguayan, beat Australian Phil Dent, 6-4. 7-6, 6-3, and Gullikson beat Thomas Smid of Czechoslovakia, 7-5, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4. In trying to explain the rash of upsets which has claimed all four seeds in one quarter of the draw.

Tanner said "The seeds are based on the computer, and there's only three or four tournaments a year held on grass, so the computer really isn't based on what happens on grass." THERE WAS A LOT of action as the women completed second-round play-although it had nothing to do with the final scores. Californian Linda Siegal, wearing an extremely low-cut dress, literally came apart during a match with Billy Jean King as a thin shoulder strap slipped and Linda's neckline took the final plunge. The total exposure failed to ruffle staid old Wimbledon or Siegal's opponent and King went on to win, 6-1, 6-3. Remarked Billy Jean later "I i onsmp never nas won, ana oniy two days a-jo the poetry-writing Ar gentine naa pronounced mmseu mentally and physically prepared to go all the way. But Wilkison.

who turned professional directly out of high school in 1977 and then struggled through a long series of setbacks on the USTA satellite circuit, persevered simply because he refused to yield a point The 19-year-old lefthander from Shelby, N.C, fell down at least nine times chasing balls and on two occasions he was able to lift the ball over the net for winning points after falling. "I THINK HE played quite well, but I think I helped him a lot," said a dejected Vilas, who beat Wilkison in their only previous meeting at Richmond, earlier this year. As for his own disappointment at missing out again at Wimbledon, Vilas stated, "I'm not dead yet I still can win it." "This was definitely the biggest CONNORS, THE beaten finalist to Bjorn Borg the last two years, had more difficulty than expected with Riessen, and the key to the match was the third set which dragged on for an hour and three minutes. In the first game of the fourth set, at deuce, Riessen gave back an ace that had been awarded to him, explaining later that Connors could have played the ball which first was called a fault, and Connors won the next two points to achieve a break. It took Connors only 25 minutes to wind up the match, serving two aces in the final game.

Linda Siegal caused a sensation almost in her low-cut dress Penn Has Its Ins and Outs Eagles Have Ups and Downs There was one happy Eagle boss and one know I need a little more vision, a little more experience." DeMeo's teams set 31 school and 15 league (Met 7) records in his four seasons. "But what I'm proudest of is, we had 22 seniors over the last two years, they all graduated on time, they all got jobs in their fields," he said. "That can give you a better feeling than going unbeaten." GAMBLE, WHO HAS been Penn's acting athletic director, had a different sort of feeling after discovering that two of his quarterback prospects had gone down with injuries. Mick Navin, a junior-to-be, has had two knee operations; senior-to-be Chuck Gaudet, a part-time fullback and punter last season, also has knee trouble. The remaining candidates: junior-to-be Anthony Gilbert, who didn't play as a soph; sophs-to-be Ralph Jean, Rob Ambrose, Gib Carter and Doug Marzonie.

Last year's regulars. Tommy Roland and Tony Sciolla, have graduated. "That means everyone coming out for the job has the same experience," Gamble said. "None." recent sale of his trucking firm had changed the complexion of the case, which was originally scheduled to kick off last Monday. Judge Green agreed and postponed the impending bloodbath that stemmed from the bank's attempt to control Tose's team finances two years ago.

"WE HAVE GREAT respect for the judge but I felt we should get this thing the hell out of the way before football season starts," growled Tose. "I'm sure Dick Vermeil wont allow it to affect the team, but it's still hanging over our heads. "My selling the company has no bearing on this case. It's a damn poor excuse. I think they're stalling because they know they're gonna lose.

My health is involved in this thing. I went through a severe operation and it took a helluva lot out of me, going under deposition 10 days at a time. It's damn disappointing." BIRD SEED: Eagles' cornerback dilemma eased somewhat when 34-year-old Bobby Howard agreed to return for another year. Gary Smith By PHIL JASNER Tony DeMeo coached the football team to a 22-10-2 record in four seasons at Iona, but he says he played a key role writing clever material for effervescent basketball Coach Jim Valvano. "I raced Billy White Shoes (Johnson) today and beat him," DeMeo said breathlessly over the phone from the Contact Football Camp in Silver Spring, Md.

"Naturally, I was in a Gremlin at the time." DeMEO IS THE NEW backfield coach at Penn, filling the gap On Harry Gamble's staff that opened when Otto Kneidinger left to become the West Chester State coach. 'Iona has 51 freshmen coming in to play football," DeMeo said, "and it may be a blow to some of them that I'm not going to be there, but everything that should be important about their choice of schools is still there. "I thought I'd still be there, too. I'm not the type to run around with a resume in my back pocket, but a chance to work in a Division One program is something I need. I'm 29, Pre been a head coach for four years, I grumpy Eagle boss sitting in the vacation-deserted Vet Stadium offices yesterday.

GM Jim Murray was pleased because he'd just bit deep into the gap between the club and Wilbert Montgomery's agent "It was the most significant negotiations we've had yet," beamed Murray. "I have the best feeling I've had about this thing since we began. He (agent Robert Mac Donald) said he'd see Wilbert and then get back to me. We left it there." THE BARGAINING had its coughs and wheezes recently, partly because the team had such difficulty getting MacDonald to the table. But now Murray sounds happy and the Eagles may be on the verge of knitting their star dragster to a three-to-five-year pact Fifteen yards down the halL owner Leonard Tose was feeling considerably crummier.

On Wednesday, Philadelphia Federal Court Judge Clifford Green had indefinitely postponed his lawsuit against First Pennsylvania Bank and a host of other alleged conspirators. First Pennsy lawyers had argued that Tose's.