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Shriver Upsets Navratilovd C4nfinued from Page El avratliova Continued from Page El THE SACRAMENTO BEE Saturday September 9 1978 Page E5 a TILE SACRAMENTO BEE Saturday September 9 1978 Page E5 i I'ds4 1 6 1 -1 A i 1 4 1 'i( 1 1 Yr: iy 7 I 1 world's :1: A 4 2 1 1 (' Igz 1 ze 4 '''4410 1 i' to ri- avoa i 4' 00-i '4 74:2124 kso0-AN'' litN ii Iffr 8 I i ic' 4 4 1 4 4 ii ''i 14 ls44 4t 4 si i ti' 1 Ef i 1 i 5 4- 2 't l' 0 They traded service breaks in the first two games and stayed even through the rest of the set In the 10h game of the opening set with Navratilova leading 5- 4 Shriver staved off two set points through five deuces In the tiebreaker Navratilova fouble-faulted to give Shriver 5- 4 and angrily batted a ball into the stands She got the point back when Shriver double-faulted But Navratilova made two backhand errors to give Shriver the tie-breaker 7-5 It began to drizzle after three games in the next set and a rain delay was ordered When they returned 50 minutes later they traded service breaks and squared 3-3 before the rain resumed Play was called for 30 minutes "It helped me psychologically" Navratilova said of the breathers "But it hurt me physically it took me a while to warm up my shoulder" She suffers occasionally from tendi: nitis in her left arm the one she plays with Shriver came back to win 4-3 at love She held again for 5-4 and bad double match point on Navratilova's serve in the next Navratilova saved two for deuce then netted a backhand to give the teenager advantage Shriver blew it again by slugging a backhand long She made two more errors to give Navratilova the game 5-5 Each held again to force a tie- breaker Navratilova won the first point breaking serve but Shriver ran off the next five before Navratilova held for the first time Navratilova got one more point with a break for 3- 6 But Navratilova trying for a passing shot overhit and the Wimbledon winner who has never won the US Open was once again denied Four men each with something different to prove will square off today in the semifinals of the men's single Bjorn Borg the No 1 seed from Sweden will take on his friend and practice partner fourth-seeded Vitas Gerulaitis in one semifinal Second-seeded Jimmy Connors a finalist the ast four years and the Open champion In 1974 and 1976 will oppose brash 19- year-old John McEnroe the No 15 seed in the other All four are hard hitters players for deuce to give the ver blew it thand long ors to give rce a tie- the first I Shriver ran gavratilova Slavratilova break for 3- for a pass- Wimbledon on the US ed something square or! the men's seed from friend and eeded Vitas ial Second- finalist the champion whose power game is well suited to the fast artificial surface in use here Borg generally is acknowledged as the world's top player after beating Guillermo Vilas on clay in the French Open and Jimmy Connors on grass at Wimbledon But he's never won the US Open and he needs a victory to keep alive his hopes for the Grand Slam the French US and Australian Opens plus Wimbledon Only two players have achieved that feat Don Budge and Rod Laver "For one person to win all the big tournaments in one year that's very difficult" mused the 2-ear-old Borg "Now I've won two I'm halfway and I know that I have a chance But I try not to think about it It's better if I concentrate on this tournament" His immediate obstacle is Gerulaitis who has been hosting Borg and several other players at a practice court at his home in nearby Kings Point NY For the 24-year-old Gerulaitis whose only major victory came in the Australian Open last winter this tournament means a chance to take the final step to the top whose power game is well suited to the fast artificial surface in use here Borg generally is acknowledged as the top player after beating Guillermo Vilas on clay in the French Open and Jimmy Connors on grass at Wimbledon But he's never won the US Open and he needs a victory to keep alive his hopes for the Grand Slam the French US and Australian Opens plus Wimbledon Only two players have achieved that feat Don Budge and Rod Laver I "For one person to win all the big tournaments in one year that's very difficult" mused the 2-ear-old Borg "Now I've won two I'm half- way and I know that I have a chance But I tly not to think about it It's bet- ter il I concentrate on this tourna- nt me" His immediate obstacle is Gerulai- Us who has been hosting Borg and several other players at a practice court at his home in nearby Kings Point NY For the 24-year-old Gerulaitis "I'm close very close" he said before the Start of the tournament "But I have to win a big one the US Open or Wimbledon That's what marks the real champions" And that's what Connors feels he must do to regain his former status as the sport's kingpin He's still stinging from the 6-2 6-2 6-2 pasting he took at the hands of Borg in the Wimbledon final "This is the US championships it's mine" he said during the only interview he has held in the first 10 days of the tournament "I'm not going to lose it They're going to have to win it from me I'm not going to roll over win a lot lose a lot be No I be No 2 as long as feel I can play as No I I'll be all right" For McEnroe meanwhile this is a chance to fulfill the promise he showed when be burst upon the tennis scene a year ago reaching the Wimbledon semifinals "Am I ready? I hope so I've shown can compete against the best the Bergs and the Connors Now I've got to show I can beat them in a major event The challenge is there it's up to me to meet it" "I'm close very close" he said before the 'start of the tournament "But I have to win a big one the US Open or Wimbledon That's what marks the real champions" And that's what Connors feels he must do to regain his former status as the sport's kingpin He's still stinging from the 6-2 6-2 6-2 pasting he took at the hands of Borg in the Wimbledon final "This is the US championships it's mine" he said during the only interview he has held in the first 10 days of the tournament "I'm not going to lose it They're going to have to win it from me I'm not going to roll over I'll win a lot lose a lot be No1 be No 2 as long as I feel I can play as No1 I'll be all right" For McEnroe meanwhile this is a chance to fulfill the promise he showed when he burst upon the tennis scene a year ago reaching the Wim- bledon semifinals "Am I ready? I hope so I've shown I can compete against the best the No 1-seeded Martina Navratilova seems to be appealing to the "highest authority" for help in her match against No 16 seed Pam Shriver in the US Open Tennis Championships ling to the "highd Pam Shriver in Buffalos May Boycott Final CFL Game Continued from Page El I I 1 1 I I 5 1 a I the balance of all salaries would be paid within 30 days or the team would boycott Sunday's game One player who would only identify himself as an offensive lineman said Miller owes the players an estimated $300 each or $12000 total "They were paid after the fourth game of the season" said Miller in response "I told them the next payday was the first week of September! only backed it up a week to next week to save having to make payroll again next week It takes 60 to 80 hours just to do payroll" So what did Miller do? "I proposed to the players that they make an appointment Tuesday to come in and sit down with the bookkeppers and pick up their checks" Miller said a boycott is unnecessary "We have the money" said Miller By MARK McDERMOTT Bee Staff Writer Sacramento Buffalos' management and players are involved in a salary dispute which may cause cancellation of Sunday's final California Football League game against San Jose at Hughes Stadium The semi-pro football team claims Coach Ron Miller has not completed payment of player salaries Friday night in a closed door meeting representatives of the team were to decide whether to boycott the game A decision was expected to be announced this afternoon at 1 pm by assistant coach-spokesman Jim Gabriel Some sources said the Buffalos haven't been paid since the third game of the season Reportedly players met Thursday and wanted $6000 in escrow and a written promise that "Someone's trying to destroy our credibility I told the players Tuesday we would make payroll It just doesn't make sense" Miller said the Buffalos have an obligation to Sacramento fans and the CFI "Business is one thing" Miller said "but we owe Sacramento a foot ball game They have contracts so I don't see what they're worried about I'm locked into the community I have no intention of ripping them off I don't want to ruin my reputation in Sacramento But I don't want players telling me how to run my business either" Miller said conditions have improved under him over a year ago "My first mistake was giving them that first nickel" said Miller "Last year they played for nothing and paid their own way to games in front of 200 people Now we put some money in their pockets provide buses and pregame meals and give them 4000 fans I don't think I deserve this" How does Miller view the possibility of a boycott Sunday? "There is always a corps of troublemakers But there will be a game If they don't play in the last game that voids their contract If they don't play they'll have to collect their money in court I have a gut feeling that 75 percent of the players will play The others I don't want anyway" Ironically the game the Buffalos want to cancel is the one involved in a dispute between Miller dnd promoters of tonight's Ranzany-Cuevas title fight at Hushes Promoters finally agreed to give Miller the program rights if he would switch the game from Saturday to Sunday vide buses and them 4000 fans Tye this" view the possibility rs a corps of troublee will be a game If the last game that ract If they don't le to collect their have a gut feeling of the players will I don't want any game the Buffalos the one involved in a filler dnd promoters nzany-Cuevas title Promoters finally diner the program switch the game Sunday 1 1 JocKeys the guilty party's license or for 180 days or be fined 000 or both Then the case is referred to the According to reports received by Foote here's what happened after the race and the incident: "No one really knew what had happened but someone told i Etherton (Jack Etherton Soda's trainer) that something did and he looked at the film and con tacted the stewards and Soda" The stewards apparently had missed the incident when reviewing the running of the race But how? "The stewards were embarrassed" Foote said "There was no patrol judge at the quarter pole and you don't have a head on (TV) shot from there At first glance it's hard to tell unless you're looking for something But once you look it's a clear as can be" Foote explained "the stewards have relied more and more on films and less on patrol judges The stewards (at Bay Meadows) have no direct contact with 5 the patrol judges Down south they do They have an open telephone line and during the running of the race the judge say on the backstretch tells them what he sees then the next judge takes over the line "This is being corrected immediately They have been ordered to add a patrol judge and have telephone lines in" Jockeys Foote said he expected to get some instruction from CHRB Chairman Nathaniel Colley of Sacramento but doubted whether it could be brought up before the board in time for the Sept 29 meeting He said notice must be given the jockeys in time to prepare a defense "But I expect there will be some comments" he added The Bee's unnamed source also said "somebody's head is going to roll at Cal Expo" over incidents involving providing workouts on the horses to the public One of the horses mentioned belongs to Dik Hendrix and the non-starter quarter horse showed a 350-yard workout of 182 seconds at Bay Meadows It should have read 192 "but they didn't announce the correction until after the public had been betting" he said "I was amazed in one maiden race a horse of Val Tohill's showed no works in the Form or program and none was announced The horse got out by about eight lengths and then went to the outside fence The CUB requests that works be shown to the public And it wasn't Just one horse there were two others that had neither works nor races Somebody's head is going to roll" Returning to the incident at Bay Meadows another source warned "this is a bummer It's going to expand from here" i 1 I i I I Rain Slows Growth Of Botulism 3lows th Of ism Thompson Leads Southern Open 2 Charged In Killing Of Tule Elk I I I I I 1 i i nommenmenommetmumnoummmosmeemmoinnowanontumnisionnommossosnemommenuseleumme0 Giants Rain swirling into the San Joaquin Valley from Hurricane Norman helped retard the spread of botulism bacteria among waterfowl in the Tulare Lake Basin The State Department of Fish and Game Friday said the number of dead birds picked up by teams of men working from air boats and on foot was half that of the previous week Workers collected nearly 800 dead birds and an estimated 450 that were sick Although the casualty rate among waterfowl from the botulism outbreak was falling rapidly in the basin the DFG said the number of birds picked up by the teams had climbed past the 10000 mark The waterfowl population in the basin is well above the 200000 mark and the DFG said migrating birds primarily pintail and green-winged teal are arriving at a rate of about 10000 birds a day into the San Joaquin Hurricane Norman spread of botulism waterfowl in the artment of Fish and the number of dead by teams of men boats and on foot the previous week nearly 800 dead mated 450 that were asualty rate among le botulism outbreak lly in the basin the nber of birds picked lad climbed past the population in the ve the 200000 mark id migrating birds and green-winged at a rate of about Female Football Surprise A young tule bull elk transplanted to the Lake Pillsbury area of Lake County on Aug 30 to replace another which was killed opening weekend of the deer season was shot just four days later No one has been charged with the first killing which State Fish and Game Department wardens believe was accidental But James Severtson Kelseyville and Richard Lee Bartoff Ukiah were arrested for killing the second bull They were charged with possession of untagged elk meat and of an illegally taken animal The tule elk is a protected animal The DFG is transferring elk from overpopulated Owens Valley herds to establish populations of tule elk at other locations Warden Lt Bruce Cochran said loss of the bulls is a setback to establishment of a Lake Pillsbury herd since this is the height of the mating season Thompson who lost his playin privileges in December 1976 and requalified for the tour at the PGA school in June had six birdies and one bogey Friday He is in position to earn his first money after failing to make the cut in six previous tournaments "I got my card back in June but I'm still zero on the money list" said the jovial Thompson "I've never entertained the idea of giving it (golf) up I just was never serious enough Now I'm ready to get about half serious" Asked if he felt he could win here Thompson said: "Hell yes How can you not think about winning? It's funny though when you've played like I have you just think about making the cut Like before today I figured if I shot 77 or under I'd make the cut "I had two birdies on the first nine and said to myself 'Well that takes care of that" Thompson said During his previous 12 years on the tour Thompson earned $119000 with a second-place in the 1969 Western Open his best finish Current PGA title John Mahaffey withdrew with a sore hand after shooting an opening round 75 Failing to make the cut of 142 for the final two rounds was 1976 Southern winner Mac McLendon who had a 69 for 147 COLUMBUS Ga (AP) Rocky Thompson a 12-year veteran banished from the tour nearly two years ago because of poor play returned Friday by firing a 65 to take a two-stroke lead at the halfway point in the $175000 Southern Open Golf Tournament 'The 38-year-old Thompson who had to qualify Monday tacked the 65 onto his opening round 66 Thursday for a 36-hole 131 9-under-par over the 6791- yard Green Island Country Club course Newcomer Greg Powers and Rex Caldwell were deadlocked in second place at 133 Powers birdied his final two holes to finish with a 65 while Caldwell had a 67 Defending champion Jerry Pate Bobby Wadkins and Jim Nelford were tied at 134 Pate fired his second consecutive 67 while Wadkins and Nelford each had a 66 First-round leader Grier Jones added a 70 for 135 and was tied with Don January Frank Conner Mike Reid Bob Wynn George Barns second leading money-winner Andy Bean and Miller Barber January and Conner had 66s Wynn and Burns had 67s Bean a 65 and Reid a 64 the tournament's best round so far Barber's 68 included a hole-in-one on the par 3 165-yard 17th hole Coody Enters Cancer Swing Bill Walton: Good Times Elsewhere Iton Times 'ere Continued from Page El 311 only one point behind the leader going into the game Atlanta's Jeff Burroughs who was hitless in three trips Burroughs saw his average fall from 315 to 312 "It's there" Mad lock says of the batting race "But I wouldn't sacrifice anything for the team" The Giants now move to Cincinnati for a two-game set before returning home for two games with the Dodgers "If we lose two in Cincinnati it might be nothing" Mad lock says of the upcoming Dodger says of the upcoming Dodger series "They might just be passing through" Darrell Evans also hammered his 18th homer for the Giants and drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth when the Giants added two insurance runs John Montefusco 11-6 went seven innings before giving way to Jim Barr normally a starter Barr allowed two runs in the eighth and retired the side in order in the ninth for his first save of the year "It was a needed win no doubt about it" said Joe Altobelli the San Francisco manager "We're just gonna have to pull all the stops in the next 21 games and try to win them all" Asked if he had been concerned about talk that his team might be folding during the three-game losing streak Altobelli said "At least we're there where they can talk about us folding We weren't even In that position last year "We're just a club that seems to have gotten better this year" he added Eagle And Birdies Put Bradley In LPGA Tie Veteran Charles Coody a former Masters champion will be in the starting field for the Seventh Annual Swing at Cancer at the Del Paso Country Club Sept 25 Other early entrants off the Professional Golfers Association include Jerry McGee and Larry Ziegler Both have won more than $500000 during their carrers as professional golfers Among the celebrities already entered for the one-day 18-hole tourney are Clint Eastwood Lawrence Welk and John Raitt Tickets costing $8 each are on sale at all of the municipal golf shops Western Air Lines Patterson Travel Agency offices Isokinetics Oshman's Sacramento Savings and Loan and Security Pacific Banks MADISON Wis (AP) At the end of her third week as the only female member of a state championship high school football team Mary Liebl still is there And her coaches say it looks like she is going to be playing "Mary's been a pleasant surprise she's on the junior varsity level right now" says Dick Palch assistant football coach at defending state Class AA champion Madison West High School "The only thing that is keeping her off the varsity is a lack of football speed" Mary 16 a 5-foot4 I54-pound senior says she has had no problems with being perhaps the only girl participating in a regular boys football program at any high school in the United States "Things are going good" she says "I'm not that much weaker than a lot of the guys It's mostly technique cthat hurts me" Mary an senior honor student decided to go out for football after the federal courts last year ruled that girls cannot be arbitrarily banned from boys' sports programs in public schools She says she would have gone out for football for all four of her years in high school if she had beet able Playing at running back and safety Mary has been both carrying the ball and making good hits in full-contact game-type practice action Fetch says She says her only injury has been a minor charley horse after she took a knee in the thigh Depending on her performance in a scrimmage this weekend she may make the traveling squad of West's junior varsity which plays almost as many home and away games as the varsity "She's got a real chance to make it as a defensive player" he said "She's taken some pretty good licks but she's not afraid to hit and the coaches can't ignore somebody who gets few tackles "Personally I didn't think she'd make it" he says "I thought she'd quit after the contact started But now it looks like she's going to stick I'm taking a second or two to think out my game plan" Bradley said "I'm confident with my putting I had a little trouble on the frontside but I feel real good about having that back nine to play every day" Bradley of Arington Mass is looking for her fourth tournament victory of the season Prior to last week's Rail Classic in Springfield she had won the Lady Keystone Open and the Hoosier Classic Carole Jo Skala of Cameron Park fired a 76 to stay within two strokes of the leaders Marysville's Alice Miller carded an 81 to fall seven strokes behind after the first round PORTLAND Ore (AP) Bill Walton broke his silence on the controversy surrounding his pending departure from the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association Friday night said good times are where you make them "and I intend to make mine somewhere else from now on "The key figures in sports are the athletes Unfortunately there are a number of people in sports who make life uncomfortable for some people and I'm one of those people" he said He said there are other people who will take advantage of the athletes Those two reasons in particular are the reasons I walked in here on crutches tonight" He said things are looking good for the foot he broke April 22 "I do have some pain and it seems to increase as the day goes on" he said Walton made the comments in an interview on Portland radio station KINK-FM It is the first time he has spoken to reporters since before he announced Aug 4 he wanted to be traded from the Trail Blazers because of his disgust with the team's medical practices "The reason this decision was so hard at first was because of the players and the fans" Walton said The center said nobody encouraged him to leave the Blazers while deny ing rumors that advisor John Bassett and friend Jack Scott talked him into leaving Ore (AP) Bill silence on the conmding his pending the Portland Trail National Basketball lay night said good you make them "and ke mine somewhere res in sports are the unately there are a in sports who make Ile for some people ose people" he said are other people who ige of the athletes sons in particular are walked in here on are looking good for April 22 ne pain and it seems he day goes on" he the comments in an ortland radio station the first time he has rters since before he 4 he wanted to be Trail Blazers because th the team's medical this decision was so because of the play- Walton said id nobody encouraged Blazers while deny advisor John Bassett Scott talked him into DENVER (AP) Pat Bradley winner of last week's Ladies Professional Golfers Association tournament put together an eagle and two birdies on the back nine Friday to tie early leader Barbara Moness at 4- under-par 68 for the first round lead in the National Jewish Hospital Open Bradley had turned the front nine on the 6376-yard par-72 Green Gables Cpuntry Club course in even par 36 Moness had been 4-under after nine picked up a stroke on par with a birdie on the 10th but lost it when she bogeyed the par4 17th hole Two strokes back at 70 in the 860000 LPGA event were Betsy Cullen and Kathy Postlewait Sandra Palmer and Jo Ann Washam were among seven players at 71 Defending champion JoAnne Calmer and Jane Blalock listed among the pre-tournament favorites were at even par 72 with eight others Sandra Post finished one over at 73 while Hollis Stacy was four over after the front nine and finished with a 76 Nancy Lopez whose five straight tournament wins early this summer dazzled the golfing world passed up the event because of an ailing shoulder "I'm thinkkg a lot more out there Perata Loses In Fast Pitch Special To The Bee TAHOE CITY Perata Excava tion of Tahoe City the host team in the National Class A Fast Pitch Softball Tournament was eliminated from the event Friday after losing to US Energy of Riverton Wis 4-1 Perata earlier defeated Orr Park of Wadsworth Ohio 2-1 The only bright spot for Perata was a home run by Dwight McCarthy in the team's final game Ten of the 21 teams In the tourna ment have been eliminated Four teams remain undefeated including Granada Realty of Fremont Female Manager Turns Gridder HUNTSVILLE Ala (AP) The manager and trainer of Randolph High School's football team in Huntsville got tired of that tried out for the team and made it That kind of thing has happened before but this time it is a girl Sarah Spencer 17 now is an offensive guard for Randolph Coach Jack Ayer said she won't start when Randolph opens its season next week apinst West End near Gadsden Ala hut that she probably will play Spencer a senior said: 'I don't think being a girl makes a difference if you have the same capabilities as long as you can take the licks and dish ttrm out" Cuba Women Claim First Volleyball Title MOSCOW (AP) Cuba won the women's world volleyball championship for the first time Friday in Leningrad beating Japan 15-6 15-9 15-10 it was reported by Tass the Soviet news agency The Soviet Union finished third by defeating South Korea 31 -ftElb.