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RACING THE SUM) SIN BALTIMORE. D.SEPTEMBER 12. 1976 SECTION SPORTS GOLF TENNIS BASEBALL SAILING Birds end hex, use double whammy or Brewers, 5-1, 3-2 Corespondent Sunpwxrt photo William Hoti Maryland's Steve Atkins (38) is stopped by Richmond's Mike Andrus (35), but not before getting a first down in the second quarter Maryland outmuscles Richmond, 31-7 Evert easily wins Open title Goolagong beaten; Connors and Borg gain men's final Forest Hills, N.Y, (AP) -Chris Evert easily defeated Evonne Goolagong, 6-3, 6-0, yesterday to win the women's final of the United States Open tennis championships. Earlier, Jimmy Connors beat Guiller-mo Vilas, and Sweden's Bjorn Borg ousted Hie Nastase in the semi-finals to gain the final round in the men's division. Connors, of Belleville, 111., and Borg, 20, of Stockholm, will meet at the West Side Tennis Club today for the $30,000 first prize.

Miss Evert's surprisingly one-sided victory, following triumphs over her Australian opponent in the 1975 Open here as well as Wimbledon, put her at the pinnacle once shared by such players as Helen Wills Moody, Maureen Connolly and Billie Jean King. The women's match, last of a straight-set series in the center court, was played before another capacity crowd of 16,244 spectators. Unlike their previous meetings, here and at Wimbledon, yesterday's match was a brief one, consuming only 55 minutes. After a shaky start, in which she lost 2 straight games and won only 1 point, Miss Evert rallied to take 10 games in a row. While she played well, Miss Goolagong practically donated her points with loose, effortless play.

Connors played perhaps the finest tennis of his career in beating the Argentine Vilas, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1. Borg was almost as devastating against Nastase, winning, 6-3, "I will never play here again," said Nastase. "These crowds are the worst I have ever seen. I can't play my game," continued the Romanian, who created a near riot a week ago with boisterous and profane behavior in a match against West German Hans-Jurgen Pohmann. In his match against Borg, Nastase was so proper that the crowd sat in disbelief.

The single controversial gesture of the match came not from Nastase but from Borg. On the first point of the eighth game in the second set, shortly after he had scored a second service break for a 4-3 lead, Borg hit a smash that struck close to the chalk sideline. The linesman, Pat Riley, promptly yelled, "Out!" Borg, without saying a word, strode to the other side of the court and examined the spot where he thought the ball hit. He. asked the linesman to examine it.

The linesman insisted he had made the right call. The umpire, Dendy Mackie, questioned him. The umpire asked for an opinion from the linesman on the other end of the court. This one, John Colen, motioned that he thought the ball was good. It was an impasse.

"Will the linesman yield?" Mackie asked. Riley yielded, placing the decision in the lap of the umpire. The umpire, contradicting the first linesman, then announced, "The ball was good-15 love." Borg, who was serving, walked to the umpire's chair and suggested that the point be played over, the umpire agreed. Borg served and Nastase obviously in a gesture of good sportsmanship pushed the ball into the bottom of the net. The crowd applauded Nastase.

Connors was devastating in his match against Vilas, twice Grand Prix champion in the last five years. Jumping, sliding and scooting around the court, Connors was like a prizefighter trying to bring his opponent to the canvas. There was no letup in his attack; Vilas was constantly on the defensive. Asked later why he was never able to get into the match, Vilas replied: "When a man hits a ball at you at 200 miles per hour, you cannot hit it back at 400 miles per hour. He was too good." Connors said he was fresh from two days of practice and felt he was playing the same standard of tennis he exhibited in 1974 when he defeated Ken Rosewall, of Australia, 6-1, 6-1, 6-4, in the Wimbledon final and repeated the act here, 6-1, 6-0, 6-1.

"When I came off the court," Connors See TENNIS, B12, Col. 1 By KENT BAKER Sun Staff Correspondent College Park The University of Maryland withstood Richmond's punches to the solar plexus of its vaunted wide-tackle-6 defense yesterday and launched its intended charge into collegiate football's top 10 with a 31-to-7 triumph before 41,088 Byrd Stadium partisans. Maryland methodically corroded Richmond's resistance in the second half after what coach Jerry Claiborne termed "some anxious moments." Tailback Steve Atkins bulled and weaved through the Spiders for a career-high 169 yards, and quarterback Mark Manges, in virtually a route-going performance, deftly steered Maryland's veteran, high-powered attackers to a 421-yard consumption. Meanwhile, Richmond repeatedly pounded at the. midsection of the Mary first play from scrimmage, but recovered the ball and its bearings.

An end-zone interception by Jeff Nixon repelled the Terps' scoring threat midway through the first quarter. "When I let it go, I was hoping the defensive back had bad hands," said Manges. It was the only example of poor passing judgment by Manges all afternoon. The junior quarterback connected on 7 of II attempts for 146 yards and two touchdowns, to wingback Dean Richards and flanker Chuck White. Another potential TD pass was dropped and Maryland contented itself with Mike Sochko's 36-yard field goal, which put the game beyond Richmond's reach.

After scrambling for a 14-7 halftime lead, with fullback Tim Wilson hurdling in for the go-ahead touchdown on the next-See MARYLAND, B6, Col. 1 By Sun Staff Milwaukee The Orioles finally put an end to the Milwaukee hex last night, sweeping a double-header from the Brewers, 5 to 1 and 3 to 2, behind the pitching of Wayne Garland and Mike Flanagan. Before the 2 victories, the Birds had lost 6 straight times to the lowly Brewers, who are battling to get out of the cellar in the American League East. Baltimore al- The standings Page B13 so managed to go 11 games over the .500 mark (76-65) for the first time this season and picked up lVi games on the New York Yankees, who lost their game yesterday. Garland won his 17th in the opener with a six-hitter and was backed by bases-empty home runs from Reggie Jackson (No.

24) and Lee May (No. 25). May also drove in another run, raising his league-leading total to 97. The big first baseman has averaged 96 r.b.i. over the last eight seasons.

Flanagan came back in the nightcap to gain his second major league triumph. The 24-year-old rookie southpaw gave up nine hits and was in constant trouble but held the Brewers scoreless after the first inning. The Birds, meanwhile, erased a 2-1 deficit with 2 runs in the seventh inning. The tying run scored on rookie Rich Dauer's groundout and the winning run came home when reliever Danny Frisella threw a wild pitch with the bases loaded. Earlier, Dauer and Kiko Garcia had delivered singles off Milwaukee starter Jim Colborn for their first major league hits.

Garcia, who had started the first game, took over at shortstop in the second con-. test when Mark Belanger was forced to leave after being hit on the knee by Col-born's wild pickoff attempt. Brooks Robinson began the Oriole seventh with a double to left. Rick Dempsey, who had driven in Baltimore's first run with a fourth-inning single, then dropped a perfect bunt down the first-base line and beat it out for a hit with a head-first dive. Bob Bailor, running for Robinson, advanced to third.

After Al Bumbry grounded out to move Dempsey to second, Dauer got the tying run home with a gounder to the right side. Colborn intentionally walked Jackson and Sunpapers photo Joseph A. DiPaola runs into Rutgers's Dave Figueroa (48) Morning after Colts can dispel doubts, set pattern in opener By BOB MAISEL Sports Editor of The Sun unintentionally walked May to load the bases. That was all for Colborn, who has beaten the Orioles only twice in 12 decisions. On came Frisella and the veteran righthander proceeded to throw a pitch back to the screen with Ken Singleton at bat.

Dempsey trotted home with the deciding run, and Flanagan made the lead stand up the rest of the way. Flanagan started out like he would not make it past the first inning, issuing con-scecutive singles to Robin Yount and Sixto Lezcano. The two then worked a double steal, and rookie Danny Thomas knocked both home with a broken-bat single to right. Flanagan settled down after that and was aided by two double plays. The Oriole left-hander also pitched out of jams in the fifth and sixth innings before retiring the final seven batters.

Center-fielder Paul Blair ended the game with a fine running catch of Steve Bowling's line drive. The first game belonged to Garland, Jackson and May. Garland, recording his second straight six-hitter and improving his record to 17-6, made it look easy. He walked 3 batters and struck out 3 and permitted more than one hit in only the second inning, when the Brewers scored their run. The lone extra-base blow off the right-hander was a two-out double by Von Joshua in the seventh.

Second-baseman Tim Johnson, who collected two of the Milwaukee hits, knocked in the Brewer run with a bloop single to left. In addition to his 24th home run, which gave the Birds a 1-0 lead off Eduardo Rodriguez in the first inning, Jackson singled twice, stole two bases and scored 2 other runs. May blasted his solo homer in the sixth after driving in Jackson with a two- out single in the third. Middies drop opener, 13-3, to Rutgers By JAMES H. JACKSON Sun Staff Correspondent Annapolis Rutgers University overpowered a mistake-prone Naval Academy football team, 13 to 3, yesterday in the season opener for both teams before spectators in Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

The young and inexperienced Midshipmen committed two costly errors, a fumble and a pass interception, each leading to a Rutgers touchdown. Navy, which was losing its first season opener in seven years, took a 3-0 lead in the second period, but that was all the scoring the Middies could muster against a big and mobile Rutgers defense. Rutgers, after recovering a Navy fumble at the Scarlet 38, marched 62 yards in 10 plays for its first score. Quarterback Ben Kosup hit split end Mark Twitty with an 18-yard pass 32 seconds before the end of the first half to give Rutgers a 7-3 lead. In the third period, the Scarlet intercepted a pass by John Kurowski at the Rutgers 33 and moved 67 yards in 14 plays for the second touchdown.

Fullback Jeff Greczyn went the final 25 yards on an off-tackle slant for the tally. Navy, which had the ball for only four plays during the third period, twice drove deep into Rutgers territory in the final period but could not score. Early in the fourth quarter the Midshipmen marched to the Rutgers 26 but were driven back to the 42, where they were forced to punt. Late in the final period, Navy moved to a first down at the Scarlet 17 but Kurowski, trying to pass, was tackled for four straight losses and Navy gave up the ball at the Rutgers 36. Navy's only score came as the Middies drove from their 24 to the Rutgers 11.

When the drive stalled there, Bob Tata en-See NAVY, B9, Col. 1 at linebacking. Tom MacLeod, last year's starter, is out for the year with a torn Achilles tendon, which means Darrel Luce will take his left linebacking postion. Jim Cheyunski, wobbly knees and all, will be in the middle and Stan White, the defensive signal caller, will man the right linebacking spot There is only one veteran behind the starting linebackers, Dan Dickel Rookies Ed Simonini and Sanders Shiver comprise the linebacking bench. The Colts and Patriots have met 12 times with Baltimore holding a 7-5 advantage.

At Schaefer Stadium the two teams have split six games. NFL to appeal portions of college draft ruling New York (AP)-The National Football League, citing a "further judicial inroad on its ability to maintain a balanced level of competition," said yesterday it will appeal "at least portions" of a federal See APPEAL, Bll, Col. 1 land defense, amassing a 77-56 edge in offensive plays (excluding punts) and achieving its objective of ball-control (11 more minutes of possession). But three aborted field-goal attempts, a goal-line stand by the Terrapins, a largely ineffectual passing game and the lethal swiftness of the Maryland offense thwarted the strategy. Following a pattern established in 1975, Maryland spotted the Spiders the first touchdown.

The opposition scored first in 7 Terp games last season, but Maryland, which seemed to thrive on the adversity of a deficit, rebounded to win 5 times. Copying a strategem employed successfully by Penn State coach Joe Paterno in the Nittany Lions' 15-to-13 win over Maryland here last year, Claiborne elected to kick off after winning the coin toss. Richmond complied by fumbling on the and stay there as a regular, then the Colts will be much too thin for comfort in run ning backs, with Bill Olds, Kim Jones and Ed Shuttlesworth all among the missing for one reason or another. But, a confirmed worrier might be even more concerned about the lineback-ing. Mike Curtis went in the expansion draft, Tom MacLeod is injured and out for the year, Jim Cheyunski still isn't showing the mobility you'd like in the middle following knee surgery.

That puts sophomore Derrel Luce in MacLeod's spot, leaves inexperienced Dan Dickel behind Cheyunski, and rookies after that in a position that is extremely important. And, in the past there was a certain amount of comfort in knowing that ah experienced Marty Domres was around in case a scrambling Bert Jones got belted and needed a breather occasionally. A lot of people knocked Domres, but I can't forget him replacing Jones in the second period, with the Colts trailing Miami 14-2, and engineering a 33-17 victory, the first ever for the Colts over the Dolphins in the Orange Bowl. That had to be one of the most important victories of the year. Can Bill Troup do it now that Domres in gone? Maybe, but there is a doubt in your mind, isn't there? I worried about Colt depth last year, and figured freedom from key injuries their greatest ally as they barged to the See MAISEL, BU, Col.

3 New England has shown it can play with emotion even when there is no apparent stimulus. The Patriots did that last year in the final game against the Colts. They had nothing but self respect going for them emotionally, while the Colts had the play-offs as the incentive. Baltimore won, 34 to 21, but New England played as hard as if it were in the Super Bowl. Marchibroda expects the Patriots to be just as dedicated to winning today.

The Colts are favored by 4 to 6 points with most of this optimism based on the fact that the New England quarterback, Steve Grogan, is not a seasoned veteran, and that two or possibly three rookies will start for the Patriots. Two of these rookies join the secondary, which absorbed much abuse last season. The two definite new starters are cor-nerback Mike Haynes and free safety Tim Fox. both first-round draft choices. The other likely rookie starter is Ricky Feacher at wide receiver.

A newcomer at Maybe today's game against New Eng- land won't be the most important the Colts, will play all year, but for interest, even a touch of mystery, it has to rank right up there. I doubt if Bob Irsay, Joe Thomas and Ted Marchibroda know exactly what to expect. If you just go off last year's tremendous finish, and look at the roster, you've got to like the Colts' chances of not only getting their season off right and beating the Patriots, but of defending their division championship. But, if you stop to consider the way the team looked in losing the last four exhibition games, the injuries and other personnel losses in a couple of key spots, and the management crisis that led to the resignation and rehiring of Marchibroda less than a week ago. well, you can be excused for having a few doubts.

Can the players and coaches put aside the blasts they leveled at the front office, concentrate on football, suddenly put together the things that looked so foreign to them in the exhibition season and play the way they did last year? Hopefully, but you sort of want to see it before you are convinced, don't you? Even if the spirit is willing, the flesh might be slightly lacking in a couple of spots, maybe fullback and especially linebacker. Roosevelt Leaks looks as though he has the ability to be an effective fullback in the National Football League if he stays healthy, but so far he hasn't done it. If Don McCauley has to shift to fullback the individual battles that win games. The Colts lost both the individual battles and games while posting a disappointing 2-4 exhibition record this year. The players, who backed Marchibroda almost to a man in his bid for more control over the football operation of the Colts leading to his resignation and subsequent rehiring feel they were just fooling during the preseason.

Marchibroda has said often that the Colts, to repeat as division champions, must play with all the emotion at their command. Experts feel emotions are 80 per cent of the game. Whether emotions can be turned on and off like a faucet remains to be seen. The players, assistant coaches and fans bucked the establishment last week, and won, with the rehiring of Marchibroda. Even if that traumatic interlude gives the players the emotional lift they need to win, what about next week or the next? Will the team need a bizarre incident each weekend to rise above the ordinary? Golts buckle down to business in season opener at New England today Navy's Leon Miller (24) gains 5 yards, then that position puts added pressure on Grogan, who inherited the quarterback job when Jim Plunkett was traded to San Francisco during the off-season.

New England is dedicated to the three-man defensive line and four linebacker system, a system that the Colts have had trouble solving, especially when the linebackers blitz. Marchibroda said the Patriots' tendencies in preseason were not to blitz, but the success the Detroit Lions had against the Colts with the blitz indicates what direction New England will take. The Pats' running backs are Andy Johnson, who smashed the Colts last year in the Foxboro game (won by New England, 21 to 10), and Sam Cunningham, one of the better power runners in the league. Darryl Stingley is the other wide receiver and Russ Francis, a big, brawling rookie last year, is at tight end. Baltimore will start no rookies unless defensive tackle Joe Ehrmann continues to have problems with headaches, caused by a severe concussion in the Detroit preseason game.

If Ehrmann cannot start, the Colts' No. 1 draft choice, Ken Novak, will get the call. Quarterback Bert Jones is the key to the Colt offense. He provided the team leadership in the rebellion against the front office and last year was the team leader on the field. For Jones to be effective, Lydell Mitchell, who became the Colts' first rusher last season, must pound out yardage on the ground to set up the pass.

Joining Mitchell at running back will be Roosevelt Leaks, a sophomore who saw limited duty last season. Leaks replaced Bill Olds, gone to Seattle in the expansion draft. Roger Carr and Glenn Doughty, who was the most improved and impressive Colt during the exhibition season, will be the wide receivers today and Raymond Chester, the best blocking tight end in the game, will be at his post. The Colts' most discernible weakness is By CAMERON C. SNYDER Sun Staff Correspondent Foxboro, Mass.

Colt coach Ted Marchibroda is a man who places much faith in togetherness. Whether that faith is ill-founded will be determined today at 1 P.M. in Schaefer Stadium when his team, unified by his resignation and rehiring over the Labor Day weekend, meets the New England Patriots in the National Football League regular season opener. The game will be televised over WBAL-TV (Channel 11) while WCBM will carry the radio broadcast. As a team the Colts have thrived on adversity, coming off a 2-12 season in 1974, during which coach Howard Schnellenber-ger was fired and general manager Joe Thomas took over as head coach, to win the American Conference Eastern Division title in 1975.

They fashioned a 10-4 record last year under Marchibroda, then a rookie head coach. Although football is a team sport, it is 1 a i ai mi. mi mm I I Ll.l.htt amm a i) i. i..