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C-6 Tuesday, August 29, 1978 HONOLULU ADVERTISER the sports wire lyons inruuyn Nancy Lopez engaged to sportscaster By Harry Lyons Advertiser CmrtoonUt Cupid scoop she decided to take a brief vacation and she spent much of the time seeing Melton. "She was hanging around the newsroom and passing the frisbee around with us," a co-worker said. He said he believed Lopez and Melton were planning a wedding in April. Ottega can suit up ALBUQUERQUE. N.M.

University of New Mexico officials decided during the weekend to drop criminal trespass charges filed against former Lobo All-America distance runner Lionel Ortega for training on the school's track. Ortega was arrested and jailed briefly late Thursday after refusing an order by Athletic Director Lavon McDonald to get off the UNM stadium track where the runner was training for an upcoming marathon. Members of the Albuquerque jogging community were upset over the arrest and about 35 demonstrators, clad in running gear, ran around the track without being arrested late Friday. World swim finishes BERLIN, West Germany World record holder Barbara Krause earned East Germany a consolation prize in the 100-meters freestyle yesterday, while the dominant U.S. team won two more titles to wind up the, World Swimming Championships with 23 gold medals on a final day over-, shadowed by a doping controversy.

Vnitrd Prru International HARRISBURG. Pa. Nancy Lopez, the 21-year-old wonder of the LPGA golf tour who smashed a record with five consecutive tournament wins this year, announced her engagement yesterday to Tim Melton, 29. a sportscaster in Harrisburg. Lopez, of Roswell, N.M., announced her engagement on a television show.

Employees at the station confirmed the announcement last night. A co-worker of Melton said the two met while Lopez was competing in the Lady Keystone Open at Hershey, last June. Melton was covering the LPGA event. Although Lopez finished 15 strokes behind winner Pat Bradley to break her string of five consecutive tournament wins. American champion David McCagg won the 100-meters freestyle sprint in 50.24.

ahead of teammate Jim Montgomery and West German Klaus Steinbech. McSagg then joined the U.S. 400-meter medley relay squad which collected gold in 3:44.63. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union, claiming "certain circles" were constantly trying to discredit it, appealed unsuccessfully against the disqualification of swimmer Viktor Kuznetsov who failed a doping test for anabolic steroids. The 17-year-old Russian swimmer, who finished third in last Sunday's 100-meters backstroke, forfeited his bronze medal after findings published yesterday showed positive results for tests on stimulants and anabolic steroids, a muscle-building drug.

The Columbia Inn, Honolulu's eatery-saloon-sports mecca, has had its share of colorful happenings. There was the time a few years ago when the Honolulu Liquor Commission, in all its bumbling righteousness, busted proprietor Tosh Kaneshiro on Christmas Eve, for providing entertainment without a license. The alleged "entertainment" consisted of well-fortified newsmen singing off-key Christmas carols. Charges were later dropped and the prosecution laughed out of court, when tapes of the singing were produced. "You call this entertainment?" asked the judge, stifling a giggle.

"Case dismissed." Ali has stopped by, and O. J. Simpson and most of the other Heisman Trophy winners, along with Dodger owner Walter O'MaUey, and most of the Based bn May 1978 U.S. Government Report: Box or menthol: U.S. Open starting with paint still wet 1 EigEnHs, By STEVE WILSTEIN United Pm Internationtl Carlton less than 0 5 mg.

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I thought it would be a little slower." Borg was concerned that his unfa-miliarity with the semi-fast concrete-based courts that will be used in the Qpen for the first time might take him a while to adjust to, especially since he hasn't been playing regularly. "For almost three weeks I didn't touch a racquet," Borg said. "But the last eight days I've been playing on this kind of surface at Vitas' house. I thought the surface would be a little slower." Gerulaitis had the court in his backyard on Long Island resurfaced with the same Decoturf II. The past few years, Gerulaitis' court had the same clay-like surface as the Open had at Forest Hills.

"I think it's nice," Gerulaitis said of the new surface. "It's a little faster than clay, you can serve and volley." Slew Hester, president of the U.S. Tennis Association, revised his estimate of the overall cost of the NTC to nearly $10 million. "We had to pay a lot of overtime the last couple of months in order to be ready on time," said Hester, who originally estimated the facility would cost about $6 million. NEW VORK (UPI) While top-seeded Bjorn Borg practiced with Vitas Gerulaitis and second-seeded Jimmy Connors hit with Eddie Dibbs on outer courts yesterday, welders, painters and.

electricians were frantically trying to finish the new National Tennis Center before tonight's start of the U.S. Open. The paint on some of the railings and walls may still be wet when fans start coming through the gates, for the dedication ceremonies but the Open is expected to start on time, even though both of the planned opening matches had to be scratched. The USTA hoped to showcase defending champions Guillermo Vilas and Chris Evert tonight. Vilas asked for a postponement because of a stomach virus and will play his first match tomorrow night against Cliff Drysdale, while Evert drew a first round bye.

Fifth-seeded Tracy Austin, the 15-year-old wunderkind from Rolling Hills. will have the honor of playing the first match in the stadium against Pat Bostrom, Seattle. Borg is scheduled for the second match against South African veteran Bob Hewitt. Vilas practiced in upstate New York yesterday and was expected to play a pro set for third place in the $30,000 Lionel Tennis Week tournament last night. On Sunday, Vilas pulled out of his match in the round-robin event.

"He's not looking as strong as normal." said Tennis Week tournament director Gene Scott, a former playing pro. "But he practiced for about an hour. It's a Catch-22 situation. He has to rest from the virus but he needs the practice." TUi KITV 4-12-13 1KGMB-TV 9-3-9 IKHET-TV H-io-4 1 KIKUWII 4:00 MtlVMIFm FAMILY OVMtASV JW MIKM0HOOe StOO MWITCKtO MMMIITMtT :30 pt LCICCOMlt C0C.OT lid tll IMMMIISWI TM UCMl.4.Ha CHHMIII1TIMI )W KOftlRTl" MBPQaf L.o"r;uu-4 8:00 TMOOOCOUP1.1 TO.TOOttiCf.Vli Ifl TMiiicoMrv THicot.suiKirT JU ITOICCILISRATf IMO 9:00 CTICOUNT ltCll. TMi 1MOOUNI :30 TW.NTV.TW..TT V.

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The first wedding in its zany history will take 'place at 8:30 p.m., at its notorious "Round iTable." Mel Proctor, one of Hawaii's best sports com-' mentators for the past five years, will take lovely 'Julie Ventura as his wife there, in a very personal I ceremony witnessed only by close friends, stuffed moose the stunning naked lady in a painting behind the bar, and the approving eves of dozens of celebrities framed in photographs be- hind them. The bride-to-be understands that Mel's bag is sports. -'We've agreed on the vows," she says. "Instead of 'for better or for we're going to swear to a no-cut, no-trade, multi-year contract. "For our blood tests, we're going to see Doctor David Eith, probably Hawaii's most fanatical baseball fan.

Mel says he's very reliable because he's got the world's largest collection of old baseball bubble gum cards, Yankee Stadium seats, and Alexander Cartwright signatures." Hi Henderson to Henderson As you all probably know. Proctor is departing the Islands for the big-city and super-media hypes of Washington, D.C., to handle sports director chores for radio station WTOP. Mel's main duty will be to do the play-by-play for the NBA world champion Washington Bullets. "It's kind of unbelievable," he says. "This past season I was suffering, along with the UH Rainbows, through a 1 and 26 season, probably the worst major college basketball record in the country.

"Next year I'll be doing the play-by-play for the best team in the world. "And there's another irony. I started my broadcasting career in the Islands with Tom Henderson, when he was with the Rainbows. Now I end up at the other end of the country. And who's there? Tom Henderson." And what does his Julie think about the sudden honeymoon flight to the unfamiliar East Coast? "I'm more excited than Mel.

Actually, I knew I'd swept him off his feet when, on our first date, we walked out of the Colony Steakhouse and he handed the valet parker a doggie bag with a half-eaten steak in it, instead of a tip. "I knew then that he needed me." So aloha to the Proctors. Hawaii's losing a first-class sportscaster. Washington, which has sorely needed more class, is getting some. Short snorts UH coach Dick Tomey is not only a respected coach, but he handles needles and tough queries like a veteran comerback fending off 9.2 wide receivers.

On a radio show Sunday night, a caller asked: "How long do you assume you'll be at UH?" Tomey quickly answered: "I never ASSUME. That could make as ASS out of either or ME. Anyhow, I'm pretty sure I'll be here through September 9th. And I hope Mr. Nagel, the athletic director, treats me better than the Rams treated George Allen." Fielding a question about Rainbow prospects for this season, Tomey said: "I never make predictions.

I was an assistant coach at Kansas a while back, and we won 10 and only lost one in 1968. Next year, with almost the same people back, we went 1-10. Tomey sighed. "From the penthouse to the outhouse in one year." U-t I 4 4 1 1 iii 1 1" -T 1 fill i A 'j 'v: 5 Country (fir WAS raaknlMlliAMk.ibkM!) I lui Dmmtymt fmmt mmmn nUUaa. u.

rm mm tepuatioa la Um kn ef nutry. "Tr.ii Hunter h) 1 'c I 'j Jim ano With special guests Mel Tillis and Minnie Pearl Featuring Richard Roberts the World Action Singers and the Ronn Huff orcheitra lx subject Half-Marathon slated The fifth annual Hawaii Kai Half-Marathon, a 13.1-mile test of endurance, will be held Saturday, Oct. 15. The course features "the loop," well known to all marathon and Primo Relays participants, and continues out to Sandy Beach and back. 'I The Hawaii Kai Fun Runners, sponsors of the event, will accept the first 1.500 entries or entries postmarked up to Sept.

i 15, whichever comes first. Entry forms are available at the Marathon Clinic in Kapiolani Park, Andy Mohan's Runners Mart, the Running Room, Hawaii Kai Sports Shop and Hawaii i Kai Tennis Center. "Hope for the home" TCWIGHT 7:00 PM KHON-TV CrH. 2 Read Billy Graham's new book "Holy Spirit" fall. Tuesday at 6:30 p.m..