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11 A Section Comics30D Score Phone: (704) 379-6535 De (Charlotte Observer Sunday September 11 1988 Clii Sul Sports res Graf 1: S1 11 i 1at 1 111 S1 kdl i 1 Grdtf I I Closes Out Sabatini In Open For First Slam Since 1970 st Slam Since 1970 Grand Siam Winners 9 9 etvl A 1 L'r- 7-- 1 1 1 '-e -i -i i y'' 7--r 3 i- '10 -1 -1 4 1 i 2 fl 4 4 '''1-i'''-'i' ti s-''''' i 12-40: 4 ii ''''''7 is zt -'-'1si ir i i i already 4 (1: k' 7 a r--! 1 a' -f fq a I 12' kNI '5 t' la 3 Winners of tennis's four Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open French Open Wimbledon and US Open in the same season: Men Don Budge United States 1938 Rod Laver Australia 1962 Rod Laver Australia 1969 Women Maureen Connolly United States 1953 Margaret Smith Court Australia 1970 Martina Navratilova United States 1983-84 Steffi Graf West Germany 1988 Navratilova won six consecutive Grand Slam tournaments but not in the same calendar year By GEORGE VECSEY Now York 'rims NEW YORK She began it in the blazing sunlight of Melbourne in January and continued it in the swirling red dust of Pans in springtime and extended it again in the sweet early summer of Wimbledon Saturday in the late-summer mugginess of Flushing Meadow Steffi Graf completed tennis's Grand Slam capital letters and all the old-fashioned way four in one calendar year by beating her doubles partner Gabriela Sabatini 6-3 3 -6 6-1 in the US Open The match was spotty and Graf seemed tentative for the first time in her long chase She admitted later that she had felt the weight of "a lot of expectations" if she breaks her leg' you hear it all the time" she said One can only speculate if Martina Navratilova who once won six straight majors over two years and still believes she too won a Grand Slam would have found a way to keep Graf from a traditional Grand Slam But Navratilova fell to Zina Garrison in the quarterfinals And one can only wonder whether with her sense of her own place in history Chris Evert could have derailed Graf if Evert had not defaulted from the semifinals because of a virus That Graf prevailed over four different lead sunli ued sprir earl) Sa Flus nis's old-f by tini Ti tents She of 441 the 01 lova two Grar keep Nava terfir Ar sense cold( defat virus 11 And her Grand Slam is also a tribute to her maturity and endurance and her family stability as well as her skill To her credit she rushed to her father Peter and her coach Pavel Slozil as soon as her final volley handcuffed Sabatini Four major tournaments in one calendar year It was hard when the travel was by steamship or lumbering propeller planes and it is still hard when millionaire tennis stars take the Concorde Going into Saturday only four other tennis players had ever won the four major tournaments in the same calendar year Not only that but next week in Seoul Graf will go for the first Olympic gold medal in tennis in 64 years Forget for a moment whether millionaires with world championships like Wimbledon Davis Cup and Federation Cup should even be allowed into the Olympics Grars advisers had already coined a name for a Grand Slam plus Olympic gold medal: the Golden Grand Slam Four in one year Those have been the conditions for over 50 years at first a challenge now a tradition Don Budge was the first in 1938 and they called it a Grand Slam Maureen Connolly did it at 18 in 1953 Rod See GRAF Page 7D Ivan Lend! Mats Wilander advance in men's final Page 3D And her Grand Slam is also a tribute to her maturity and endurance and her family stabil- ity as well as her skill To her credit she rushed to her father Peter and her coach Pavel Slozil as soon as her final volley handcuffed Sabatini Four major tournaments in one calendar year It was hard when the travel was by steamship or lumbering propeller planes and it is still hard when millionaire tennis stars take the Concorde Going into Saturday only four other tennis players had ever won the four major tout- ments in the same calendar year Not only that but next week in Seoul Graf will go for the first Olympic gold medal in tennis in 64 years Forget for a moment whether millionaires with world championships like Wimbledon Davis Cup and Federation Cup should even be allowed into the Olympics Graf's advisers had coined a name for a Grand Slam plus Olympic gold medal: the Golden Grand Slam Four in one year Those have been the conditions for over 50 years at first a challenge now a tradition Don Budge was the first in 1938 and they called it a Grand Slam Maureen Connolly did it at 18 in 1953 Rod ri A 1 TA-- MT ing opponents Evert in Australia Natalya Zvereva in France Navratilova at Wimbledon and Sabatini here further honors the teenager and her uncomplicated will to win She kept her pace from season to season from continent to continent Graf also has avoided the injuries and late-adolescent crises that truncated the careers of her predecessors Tracy Austin and Andrea Jaeger Associated Press Steffl Graf shows off the US Open women's singles trophy after her 6-3 3-6 6-1 victory Saturday over Gabriela Sabatini Graf became the first Grand Slam winner since 1970 Press after Graf son Rolls DRII I Stuns Teltll lesseta4 Furman Valiant 1 But Outmanned I li 1::: Devils' Dilweg Wins Shoot-Out Devil i Wins I's: ::4: 4 1: 1 il 1 :0:: J94 14 1 i44 7-)i 11 r-0 or b--'4 64 o' 4 le0ip i 1 i -'7 1 4 4 '0 iik -'-i4p 4 4 'k- :4:: il it I I t- 4 0 47q: 'i (4 5 :1 i 411t A i': ::4 4 -4 47 444 I( 4 -4 :4 pt 1110 it Ns': i 1:: :4 A iv! 104145 ''''-iii''' 7t if lo'''t 1 4''': l'if1' 0- --1- eo i oec ::4: 1' '1 I i' r7ZI tbli''' kkg V( v''i'l'Iv By STAN OLSON Staff Writer CLEMSON SC Like a boxer who takes a fight with the champ for the reality of a big payday and the possibility of an upset little Furman took on mighty Clemson Saturday afternoon in Clemson's Death Valley But there was no upset Third-ranked Clemson methodically ground Furman into the turf 23-3 The Paladins took their lumps took their check (a guarantee of about $120000) and went home Of course this was the equivalent of a boxing match between a heavyweight and a middleweight Furman is an NCAA Division I-AA school with lots of spunk but fewer scholarships and less beef than its I-A rival Example: Clemson's offensive line averaged 269 pounds blocking a Furman defensive line that averaged 2248 Take the money and tun guys But the outgunned Paladins fought a good fight Early they dove head first at the Tigers sending fullback Kennet Goldsmith a graduate of Charlotte's East High up the middle for 52 first-half yards At the break the Paladins trailed by just I 3-3 and the Tigers were doing a little reassessing in the locker room "At halftime we were a little down a little surprised" said Clemson center Jeff Bak "They play heavier than their listed weights" The players insist they weren't thinking about next week's matchup in Death Valley with No 10 Florida State but something was amiss At halftime Furman had actually outrushed the Tigers 85 yards to 77 That would change Clemson coach Danny Ford told his players to go back out and play "Clemson football" That meant (A) more intensity and (B) forget the fancy stuff See CLEMSON Page 12D gh the hty ath son he 01t lots its ged hat ht ing te's ker ttle lay ext ida tan )rd on (B) BOB LEVERONEiStall 71400077 :::::4 i 4 4 1 )E 4::: 4 3::: iott "0000001 1::: A fe7 I ti lril lit 1 04' i :1:: 1 1: 1i i''' 17 f4 Ltti 16:: 44tiftr 1 vio a ii 0 i tts v-44 7 If i 4 4N: i '''-1 7'1 i 4dr ::000 i :::::::::::0: Itt e- l'S ::::::::00 464 r444 40A1-fe It1 fr''' 1 BOB LEVERONEaStall By LEONARD LAYE Spoils Editor KNOXVILLE Tenn More than 90000 fans crammed into Neyland Stadium Saturday night expecting to see a shoot-out between two of college football's better passing quarterbacks But one of them came unarmed Duke's Anthony Dilweg easily won his individual battle with Tennessee's Jeff Francis when it counted and the Blue Devils won the game taking a 31-26 upset victory over the Volunteers to start the season 2-0 Dilweg set this one up with crisp passing finding his targets with uncanny accuracy 'As a result the Blue Devils rolled ej''' -0-' out to a 31-7 lead before Tennessee 't'F- finally answered with some mean- ingless points in the final quarter 1 :1 ry Neyland Stadium was packed 4 with 93144 fans most of them expecting better things than the T'fk' Volunteers produced in their trk 4:7: opener the week before (a 28-17 loss at 'Georgia) What they got at the outset was something worse Dilweg The Blue Devils I3-point un- derdogs sent Tennessee reeling primarily on the strength of Dilweg's passing Dilweg a fifth-year senior quarterback mixed his plays just enough to keep the Volunteers defense honest but all the punch came from his passing arm After hitting his first nine passes seven days earlier in Duke's opening 31-21 victory at Northwestern he completed his first 10 this time Before he was through in the first half he had hit 16 of 23 for 214 yards and Duke had a 24-7 lead Flanker Clarkston Hines pulled in six of the passes for 112 yards and two touchdowns Tight end Dave Colonna caught three for 35 yards Roger Boone and Randy Jones alternated at tailback for the Blue Devils and produced 96 yards rushing (56 in eight carries by Jones 40 in nine by Boone) in the first half The attack kept Tennessee on the defensive through most of the first two periods and had the fans occasionally sending boos in the Volunteers' direction It also kept Duke deep in Tennessee territory The Blue Devils didn't score on their first drive but made it clear they were going to move the ball They started at the 50 and moved to the one before Jones was stopped just short on a fourth down rushing effort Duke's second possession began at its 26 and produced points The drive took only three plays all passes from Dilweg to Hines See DUKE'S Page 10D By KNOXVILLE crammed into Ne pecting to see a football's better IN But one of then Duke's Anthon: battle with Terme and the Blue Del upset victory over 2-0 Dilweg set this 0 1: l4 cc k''t 'i cVt Dilweg primarily on the sl a fifth-year senior enough to keep th( the punch came fr After hitting his in Duke's opening completed his fir through in the firs yards and Duke ll Flanker Clarkstc for 112 yards and Colonna caught th' Roger Boone an back for the Blu( rushing (56 in eigl Boone) in the first The attack kel through most of till occasionally sendil tion It also kept 1 The Blue Devils made it clear they started at the 50 a was stopped just effort Duke's second produced points 1 passes from Dilwe See Ells targuts WILLI ulluatilly elxulaueya 1 'As a result the Blue Devi roll out to a 31-7 lead before Tennessee 44'--': finally answered with some mean-' A ingless points in the final quarter Neyland Stadium was pat them with 93144 fans most than i expecting better things a Volunteers produced in their opener the week before (a 28-17 loss at Georgia) What they got at the outset was something worse The ue ev Bl Dis -pon un- 13it teg derdogs sent Tennessee reeling on the strength of Dilweg's passingID lw a ar senior quarterback mixed his ay all is just i opening 31-21 victory at Northwestern keep the Volunteers defense honest but came from his passing arm iitting his first nine passes seven days earlier Nortfore hern his first 10 this time Be for 4 as the first half he had hit 16 of 23 21 I Duke had a 24-7 lead rnt" LI vsae r111104 In viT nt thi" naCCPC Saturday at Death Valley In Furman 23-3 on Clemson SC Clemson running back Wesley McFadden moves through a hole in the line as the Tigers defeated First-Time Starters Help Gamecocks oil Umm Olympics 0131111 I Hi 1 tp ot 4 3 IS rr! "1' a On To 01 1ympics 4: 14 vo i- i le 44 -q 14440 -1! 1' 4 i 1 On To season-opening 31-10 victory over North Carolina Williams and Dingle wasted no time calming fears On their first possession the Gamecocks drove from their 3 to a 47-yard Collin Mac Ide field goal almost entirely on Williams's and Dingle's efforts In fact South Carolina quarterback Todd Ellis didn't have to throw down field in the first nine plays of the drive as the backs either took handoffs or screen passes for 64 yards of gains The Gamecocks' first drive finally stalled when Ellis missed with two passes and South Carolina settled for the field goal After that the Gamecocks concentrated on a ground game that didn't miss a beat with Bing and Green on the sideline Williams shed two tacklers after tight end Ken Watson opened an See FIRST-TIMERS Page 12D lay two for I the ders I an Williams and Dingle rushed for 193 yards and three touchdowns to bowl the 16th-ranked Gamecocks past Western Carolina 38-0 Saturday Even facing Division 1-AA competition Morrison must have fretted a little last week knowing his top two runners tailback Harold Green and fullback Keith Bing would miss the game Green suffered a bruised ankle and Bing strained knee ligaments in the By RICK BONNELL Staff Miter COLUMBIA Losing both starting running backs to injuries can leave a football coach grabbing for the Grecian Formula quickly these days But South Carolina coach Joe Morrison's hair is no grayer this morning and he can thank Gerald Williams and Mike Dingle for that Making their first collegiate starts Lewisville Streak Snapped '88: A Preview '88: A Preview -4-- t47 -t -i 1':" 4 :1 z- '4-4 :11 it i-- iit "'e 4-4 4 4 9p :4 4 'ip 44-1 7 44 4 ii 4' 4 40411414 r-' 4 -44 4i -4 6 -4 2" '44 4'' 1-20 1 ''44 144 1- 2'4" 1 1 A i 1 i i 4 -'1" rtt- 14f: I' 44- it 4 6t--i -1 IKA -IR'S 1- Akr 4-- I fi li tta 4 0 PII 1' It I A i 4 1-4 rZi r4 '1 4 ''1' 4 '7 g4 4 ''''''rr'i '44 i 4 '1' 4' 1 '1 1' ii '4 4 'f 1 1 A 1 7-!" '1 "2: (-: -illt 2 It tf '7 2 i :2 A ti 4: i ''-t -4 1 i :1 IA -0ukr4a 1 1 By JOE POSNANSKI Staff Writer RICHBURG This night wasn't for miracles Or winning streaks Not the will of the crowd or the guts of a team carrying 30 wins on their shoulders could prevent Pageland Central from beating Lewisville 6-0 in a high school football Saturday night The loss snapped Lewisville's 30-game consecutive win streak the longest streak in the Carolinas For Central which had a 32-game regular season streak snapped earlier this year by Rock Hill the win was special For Lewisville the loss was devastating The Eagles (2-1) scored early in the fourth quarter after Lewisville punter Larry McManus fumbled a snap at the 10-yard line Twice during the game Lewisville had shut down Central when the Eagles appeared ready to score In the first quarter the Eagles had first and goal from the six and Lewisville shut them down In the second quarter the Eagles had first and goal from the nine and Lewisville shut them down On the field goal attempt Lewisville's Mike Heath all 6-9 340 of him broke through two blockers and smothered the kick "We knew that eventually we would bust it in" Central coach Al Usher said The drive took four plays the last a one-yard run by Leon Wright Wright smashed through the line and just barely edged over qle line There was 10 minutes 36 seconds left when the See LEWISVILLE Pal I3D Or am 1 a ive on 'in ter a ne les )al he he 40 ed In id Fort Mill SC's Melvin Stewart Fort Mill SC' Fort Mill SC's Melvin Stewart Is prepared Seoul 1 i 0 "PAU 't o- i''''e- 4- 01 r''' el' i wil or dimawautoliwako inkoa 4000-suo011m -NA 4e 1 MIA GLANDSte to swim for the gold Inside: There will be a veteran cast performing in the center ring of this year's Summer Games Ron Green Page 16D US men's basketball team might win the gold this year but not without a struggle An analysis Page 17D West German swimmer Michael Gross is the favorite but Melvin Stewart believes Gross can be beat Page 17D Carl Lewis a hero of the '84 Olympics will come out sprinting again Page 18D Olympic day-by-day TV schedule Page 16D to swim for the gold Inside: There will be a veteran cast performing in the center ring of this year's Summer Games Ron Green Page 16D i The US men's basketball team might win the gold this year but not without a struggle An analysis Page 17D West German swimmer Michael Gross is the favorite but Melvin Stewart believes Gross can be beat Page 171) Carl Lewis a hero of the '84 Olympics will come out sprinting again Page 18D The Summer Olympics begin Friday with opening ceremonies and The Charlotte Observer will be there Columnist Ron Green is headed for Seoul to write about this year's heroes about this year's broken dreams He'll stay near the action the next two weeks We hope you'll enjoy it The Summe begin Friday ceremonies an lotte Observer Columnist headed for Se( about this ye about this ye dreams He'll stay ner the next two hope you'll enjc The Summer Olympics begin Friday with opening ceremonies and The Char- lotte Observer will be there Columnist Ron Green is headed for Seoul to write about this year's heroes about this year's broken dreams Hell stay near the action the next two weeks We Associated Press The 1984 Olympics ended in injury and disappointment for Mary Slaney Now she's back Associated Pres The 1984 Olympics ended in injury and (Asap Green 1.