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50 Daily Record. Northwest N.J. Saturday, July 28, 1984 Nunez groove finds 1 Daily RecordKAREN TOUHEY Hugo Nunez is reaching for lofty goals. By STEVEN KINNEY Daily Record Stall Writer LIVINGSTON When Hugo Nunez defeated Mike McHale in the opening round of the pre-qualifier for the North American Tennis Open during the week, it was not much of a surprise. What was unique, however, was that Nunez took less than an hour to dispose of his opponent.

In his IVi years on the professional tennis tour, Nunez has traveled to just about every country in the world. And everywhere he goes, he is known as a deliberate, methodical, sometimes even slow, tennis player. Nunez, a resident of Rockaway and native of Ecuador, returned to New Jersey this week to compete in the North American Tennis Open, which begins today at Newark Academy. But the way he breezed through the pre-qualify-ing round, it appears he is already looking toward something bigger. Despite his No.

374 ranking on the world computer, Nunez wasted little time in proving how good a player really must be just to make the tour. He polished off his McHale in 50 minutes, 6-0, 6-0. And yesterday, he reached the into the qualifier." He has earned that ranking by playing satellite tournaments all over Europe, the largest of which feature $75,000 purses. The North American Open is a $125,000 tournament, Nunez's largest one since last summer. But Nunez, a Morris Hills High School graduate whose high school tennis career lasted 12 matches (he won 11), says that money is not his only motivation.

"I earn money by playing tennis and from sponsors. But I play because I enjoy it. I don't know how long I'll play; I only set goals for myself from year to year. And my goal for this year is to make it into the US. Open." Despite his diminutive stature, qualifying round with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over David Delsini at the West Orange Tennis Club.

Though Nunez, who stands only 5-feet-8, faced stiffer challenges as the pre-qualifier continued, he still had little trouble earning one of the four berths into the qualifying round of the main draw. Nunez explained that some of his drive toward the qualifying round stems from the fact that he should have been there in the first place. "The only reason I'm playing here is because I missed the deadline for the qualifier. I called in a day late, and they told me I would have to play here. But my ranking was enough to get me straight the Philadelphia Phillies' front office into the job of manager last year, will return to manage the National League club in 1985.

In other baseball news, Joe Cronin, former Red Sox general manager and a member of the baseball Hall of Fame, was in fair condition at Massachusetts General Hospital. Glenz wins, but U.S. loses golf Prior to the Open, which no doubt would be the highlight of his brief career, Nunez must concentrate on playing probably a week's worth of his best tennis at Newark Academy. Although he has scored victories over higher ranked players on the tour, Nunez will be tested by some of the top 50 players in the world this week. However he fares against those players, and whether or not he qualifies for the Open, Nunez will have one more reminder of just how far he has left to go when he competes in a $25,000 tournament in Illinois in August.

But what Nunez has in his favor, in addition to a strong serve, is patience. nals said outfielder Willie McGee was reactivated. Tennis Top-seeded Chris Evert Lloyd and defending champion Pam Shriver won their semifinal matches last night in the women's Australian Indoor Tennis Championships. Lloyd, who won the title in 1981, had an unexpectedly tough strug Summer baseball New York today at 9 a.m. in North Arlington.

The National League, which had an opening-round bye, faces Union County following the American League's game. The Morristown 13-year-old Babe Ruth team plays its first-round game of the Mid-Atlantic Regional tournament today when it faces Delaware in Hornell, N.Y. The winner of this double-elimination tournament moves on to "I just like to play tennis, and I'm going to play as long as I'm fit," he said. "I hope I can play another 10 years." One thing is certain. Wherever Hugo Nunez and tennis are concerned he certainly will not rush anything.

On the women's side, 14-year-old Holly Danforth of Sparta reached the semifinals of the pre-qualifiers with a 6-1, 6-2 triumph over Julie Sutton of Convent Station. Danforth's next opponent will be former pro Rayni Fox Borinski of New Vernon. That match is set for 5:30 p.m. today at Newark Academy. match gle in beating an injured Andrea Jaeger 6-4, 6-2, and Shriver needed just an hour in disposing of Hana Mandlikova of Czechoslovakia Argentina's Guillermo Vilas easily defeated Chile's Pedro Re-bolledo 6-2, 6-2, to advance to the quarterfinals of the $200,000 D.C.

National Bank Tennis Classic in Washington. the World Series to be played in Newark, Ohio, beginning Aug. 11. The Morris County 14-15-year-old all-star team plays its third-round game in the Northern New Jersey State Tournament today against Lakeland at noon at Tam-blen Field in Rutherford. Both teams have one victory in the nine-team, double-elimination tournament.

The championship game is scheduled for Monday at 5 30 p.m. The Morris County American Legion playoffs are not scheduled to get underway until Tuesday. Local teams ready for tournaments Associated Press David Glenz of the Morris County Golf Club was an impressive 3 and 2 winner against David Vaughan, but by then it was too late as Great Britain and Ireland retained the PGA Cup with a 12V4-8 Mi victory over the United States at Turnberry, Scotland, yesterday. The home side went into the final nine singles needing just four points for a fourth successive home triumph in the annual match play. College football The NCAA has notified the University of Illinois, the defending Big Ten champion, that it will be barred from appearing in a bowl game after the 1984 football season because of rules violations.

John Burness, associate vice chancellor for public affairs, said UI officials will punish head coach Mike White and top assistant Max McCartney. Both will be barred from off-campus recruiting for one year and will have their salaries frozen. Baseball Paul Owens, who moved from Sports roundup Mark McGwire, a first baseman on the U.S. Olympic team, has signed with the Oakland A's and will report to their Modesto farm club in the Class A California League after the Olympic Games. Meanwhile, the St.

Louis Cardi Little League play, Sparta (5-1) meets Morristown (5-0) for the District 1 title at Burnham Park in Morristown at 1 p.m. A Morris-town victory would earn the title. A victory by Sparta would force a decisive game tomorrow (1 p.m.). In the North Section of the Babe Ruth State tournament, the National and American League all-star teams from the Iron Area Senior Division are in the eight-team, double-elimination tournament. The American League, which opened the tournament last Monday with a 9-4 win over Bergen County South, meets West Several Daily Record area baseball teams representing the Little League, Babe Ruth and American Legion will continue play in their respective league tournaments this weekend.

In the 16-18-year-old Big League Tournament, the District 1 all-stars from Morris County meet the District 10 all-stars in a best-of-three playoff for the state title. The two teams play a dou-bleheader today at 5 p.m. at Smith Field in Parsippany. A third game, if necessary, is scheduled for tomorrow. Also today, in 11-12-year old.