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laserphoto Linda revealing outfit revealed more than planned when a strap slipped during her match at Wimbledon Thursday. Siegel's Dress Plunges Too Far WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Staid old Wimbledon blushed but declined to be offended by the plunging neckline that plunged too far in the 102nd All-England Tennis Championships. The accident happened to 18- year-old Linda Siegel of Piedmont, in a second-round match Wednesday against veteran Billie Jean King, six-time wom- 1 en's champion. Siegel lost the match, 6-1, 6-3, and some dignity, when a thin shoulder strap on her white dress slipped, leaving her left breast ex- I posed. The matter was rectified in seconds but not before alert photographers had clicked their earner-.

as. Siegel awoke Thursday morning to find herself the most talked-about player in the tournament. I London's tabloids used pictures of her on their front pages, full- length. while the more eonserva- live papers mentioned the inci- dent discreetly. Siegel put ailing defending champion Bjorn Borg and brassy John McEnroe on the back page while pushing to an inside page Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's meeting with President Carter in Tokyo.

Siegel, embarrassed but good natured, said she had thought the dress might be "a little dangerous because I couldn't wear a bra." But she added, "It was the only one I took with me. I didn't realize it was so revealing." Commented King: "1 would say if you're well endowed, show it." The ancient All England Croquet and Tennis Club, which had banned Gussie Moran's lace panties exactly 30 years ago and had snobbishly stuck to an all-white dress code until the 1970s, hardly fluttered an eyelash. "1 know of no official reaction," said young Christopher Gorringe, slated to become secretary of the club. "We have more important matters io occupy our time. After all, it wasn't deliberate and the poor child must have been more embarrassed than any of us.

"Frankly, I'm sorry she lost." See Page I THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN Sports Scores For results ot events please call 231 35M or 231-3565 day or night i FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1979 27 Seeds Tumble; Borg Injured 41 st-Rated Wilkison, 7 9 Drops Single Set to Vilas WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Tim Wilkison, an athletic 19-year-old from Shelby, N.C., conquered Guillermo Vilas 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 Thursday as the slaughter of seeded players continued at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. With the second round of the singles completed, only nitre of the original 16 seeds were left in contention. To throw the tournament even more open, defending champion Bjorn Borg was troubled by a thigh injury and had doubts about going through with his third-round match Friday. The Swedish star said in the morning he had only a 25 percent chance of playing. But he practiced later and was reported to be moving well about the court.

Also eliminated was Manuel Orantes of Spain. Gilles Moretton of France outlasted him. 7-6, 3-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-1. Meanwhile, in the women's draw, 16-year-old American Tracy Austin opened her Wimbledon bid by overcoming South Africa's Brigitte Cuypers 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the second round. She had a first- round bye.

It was a patchy encounter with a lot of errors by both players, but Austin showed no ill effects from the groin muscle injury that forced her to pull out of a warmup tournament at Eastbourne last week. Seeds previously put out were Vitas Gerulaitis, Arthur Ashe, Corrado Barazzutti, Jose Higueras and Wojtek Fibak. Jimmy Connors, warming up after a sluggish start, downed Marty Riessen, 6-7, 6-3, 7-6, 6-0 for a place in the third round. The upset results have left Connors with no seeded players in his way until he reaches the quarterfinals. If play continues according to form, he then would play Victor Pecci, the tall, big-hitting Paraguayan, who defeated Australia's Phi 1 Dent, 6-4, 7-6, 6-3.

Pecci, who was little known until earlier this month, defeated Connors in the semifinals of the French Open. If Borg withdraws, ninth-seeded Brian Gottfried would also have an easy passage to the quarters if any matches in this cut-throat, see-sawing competition can bo called easy. John McEnroe, the No. 2 seed, already was safely through to the third round. Two American seeded players in McEnroe's half of the draw progressed Thursday.

Roscoe Tanner demolished Peter McNamara of Australia, 6-1, 7-6, 6-4, and Tim Gullikson beat big Tomas Smid of Czechoslovakia 7-5, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4. Wilkison. ranked No. 41 in the United States, threw himself about on the grass court and retrieved everything in sight to beat the sixth-seeded Vilas. See Page 28, Column I Wimbledon Trips Vilas Once Again WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Guillermo Vilas made one more disappointing exit from imbledon Thursday but said: "I still hope to win this tournament one day.

I'm not dead yet." Tim Wilkison, a 19- year-old American, defeated the Argentine star, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6, in i he second round. Wimbledon has brought one disappointment after another to Vilas. He reached the quartet finals in 1975 and 1976 but was eliminated in the third round in 1977 and again last year. "This is the one big tournament I have never won," said Vilas, who has won all the other Grand Slam events the U.S., French and Australian opens. He won the Australian last December, his first big win on grass courts.

Staff Photo by Don Tufioua Kevin Hefner of Orlando receives a rough ride during Thursday's competition 89ers Overpower First-Place Omaha OMAHA Keith Moreland, Orlando Gonzalez and Luis Aguayo hit home runs to back Marty Bvstrom five-hit pitching and power the Oklahoma City 89ers to a 7-4 victory over the Omaha Royals Thursday night. The victory, coming in the first game of a four-game series between the two clubs, pulled the 89ers to within 1 1'2 games of front-running Omaha in the West Division of the American Association, Bystrom, 5-2, walked three and struck out seven while hurling his second complete game of the season. He surrendered a run-scoring triple to Jim Nettles in the first in- Pirates Deal For Madlock nirig. two more runs in the sixth and a solo homer by Kevin Gillen in the ninth. The 89ers scored three runs in the second off Omaha starter and loser Mark Daly, 3-7.

John Hoff's double and Jim Morrison's single preceded a fielder's choice by John Vukovich that scored Poff. Aguayo doubled later in the inning to drive in another run, with the third run coming on a wild pitch by Duly. Gonzalez slammed a solo homer, his third of the season, in the fifth off reliever Jerry Cram. Aguayo connected for his fifth round-tripper of the year leading off the ninth against Renie Martin. "It is always difficult for me to prepare for grass courts here.

I need two or three weeks. 1 have been practicing on grass, of course, but it was a different surface from the one 1 played on today." Vilas served well in the first set but later hit six double faults. Vilas said that at other tournaments, players can practice on the courts they are going to play on. "At Wimbledon, you can't do that," he said. "You have to practice elsewhere.

At Wimbledon itself, you just have to sit around in the changing room or in the bar, 1 need more space." Perrin Captures Barrel Racing Jackie's Win Formula: 'Practice, Practice, Practice' By If oh Wiley Staff riter Showing all the enthusiasm of her 15 years, Jackie Jo Perrin neatly packaged the appeal of the 29th annual Oklahoma State High School Rodeo Finals in her two events Thursday night in the State Fair Arena. Jackie, trying to follow her 18-year-old sister Cindy into the national finals, whipped her horse around the four barrels in the cowgirls' barrel racing faster than anyone else and fell just .01 of a second short in the breakaway roping of taking another first place. Sherri Caudle won the breakaway roping, in which the roper merely had to put a noose around a scampering calf in 3.36 seconds. Perrin's 15.97 in the barrel ing was almost a full second ahead of Caudle's 16.74, however, and made up for the Antlers freshman hitting a barrel in the first go-round Thursday morning. "My sister and I are members of the Oklahoma Youth Rodeo Association, said Jackie, who didn't compete in last year's state finals.

"We compete in a bunch of shows, and my sister usually finishes first in the barrels and all-around. I've been second in both to her." The slender Perrin is competing in four of the six events open to girls, but breakaway roping and barrel racing are her best events. She is also entered in goat tying and pole bending. With 225 contestants, the finals are being run in heats. Other outstanding performances in Thursday night's action, which consisted mostly of first go-rounds, were turned in by Marty Miller of Apache in steer wrestling (7.70), Craig Bibbs in calf toping (11.0) and Jimmy Wade and Steve Davis in team roping 7.85 For Perrin, the almost perfect roping and barrel race were the results of hard ork.

"1 practice every day," she said. "In the summer months, I ride from about 9 in the morning to 9 at night. During school, it's usually from 1:30 to 8. We pract ice. pract ice.

pract ice." And ii obviously pays off. Action continues tonight, Saturday and Sunday, with the top four in each event earning a trip to the nationals in North Dakota the first week in August. Jones' Decision to Fight May Be Too Tall an Order SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Reaction was swift and somber after the San Francisco Giants traded popular second baseman Bill Madlock to the Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday. "It's basically a giveaway," said third baseman Darrell Evans, referring to the fact the Giants acquired right-hander Ed Whitson and two minor league hurlers for Madlock and veteran lefty Dave Roberts. San Francisco also reportedly sent Lenny Randle from their Phoenix farm club to Pittsburgh.

Madlock. a two-time NL batting champion, is the career batting leader among active players. Whitson has a 2-3 record, one save and a 4.34 earned run average this season. Roberts is 02 with a 2.57 ERA. Madlock and general manager Spec Richardson insisted the move was not the result of a recent feud between Madlock and manager Joe Altobelli.

Madlock recently criticized a team meeting called by Altobelli and, as a result, was benched for four days. The Giants, in the same deal, also acquired right-hander Fred Breining and left-hander A1 Holland. They will move from the Pittsburgh farm system to that of the Giants. "It look like a very fair deal," Evans said after the announcement was made at a Candlestick Park news conference. "For our two guys, got to get a 20-game winner." Willie MeCovey, the club's elder Bateman at 41, had similar feelings.

"1 wouldn't have made the ap See Page 28, ColiidS 3 Bill talks about his trade to Pittsbifgh with reporters Thursday. If the road was reversed, if Ed Jones was turning in his gloves at age 28 to go play defensive end for ihe Dallas Cowboys, he might still he Too Tall, but ho would also be considered Too Dumb. Most would think as soon aspire to be Miss America and part-time brain surgeon. Yet the announcement from the Dallas giant that he will chuck football and pursue a pug's life drew a few chuckles and one or two sideward glances, but few John Uj. Publics recommended Too Tall for the Minnesota home for the left-handed.

John Q. and family merely assume Jones can make the swap in vocation with a minimum of but her. Jones had played out his option with Dallas, rejecting the Cowboys' final contract offer. If this announced pursuit of the world heavyweight championship is a ploy for a better football contract, the 6-9 Jones has not owned up to the strategy. He vows instead he is serious and points out that with only a few well-publicized fistfights, he can earn as much money as he could if he played at Dallas until Tom Landry smiled.

Jones counts two Golden Gloves adventures at age 16 when he was a growing sprout of 6-7 as fine preparation for a world title shot. And in light of Larry Holmes' lackluster defense of his WBC crown last Friday and former champ Leon Spinks' impersonation of a chump agains a forgettable South African last Sunday, Jones' dream may not be directly traceable to a corncob pipe. But a few fight folks who have had more than 'ftwo Golden Gloves bouts Too Tall I Jim Lassiter may be in over his head, which means he has waded into some awfully deep water. Angelo Dundee, the fight genius who orchestrated the career of pet haps the most famous man today, Muhammad Ali. does not discourage Jones, but neither does he rush out io sign Too Tall for his stable.

"I'd have to see him work out. says Dundee. "You can put a guy through certain drills to see if he has the movements a fightei needs. But what we have to remember is that with Too Tall and these other big guys today, we're dealing ith tremendous athletes. "Muhammad no little guy (6-3 and 220 when he's in shape), and there was never anybody ho moved like him.

They said he could have been a great tight end. But that doesn't mean Too Tall can do it. got to see him first before I can say that." Even if an able trainer could take Junes and mold him so that he could go into a ring and put up an adequate that does not mean lie could take the punishment from heavyweights flee Rage 29, Column 1.