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Sunday morning, September 12, 1976 Middletown, N.Y., 10940 172 Pages Army posts 16-6 triumph over Lafayette Summary, Page 1 14 By LENI MUSCARELLA Assistant Sports Editor WEST POINT Army quarterback Leamon Hall teamed up with tight end Clenme Brundidge 10 times for 142 yards and a touchdown Saturday to lead the Cadets to a 16-6 victory over Lafayette in the season opener for both teams If not for the passing and reception of a letter this past summer, however, the combination that was the Army offense this sunny afternoon at Mictue Stadium might never have been Brundidge. a 6-4. 220-pound sophomore, decided in June to stop playing football and concentrate on basketball. He played both his freshman year but found West Point academics a difficult task with the constant activity A letter from Hall helped change his mind "Leamon just said he felt I could play a big part in the team's season." Brundidge said after the game "I felt with the ineligible seniors and losses because cf honor code violations, I could help the team Brundidge decision to play did not signal the end of their communication as evidenced by their performance Saturday On the final play of the third quarter, with Army holding a tenuous 9-6 advantage, the Cadets were faced with a second and 16 situation at the Lafayette 30 yard line Brundidge ran a turn-in pattern between the Lafayette linebackers, gathered Hall's pass at the 10 and eluded two would-be tacklers for the touchdown. "I could smell the goalline," Brundidge said, "and I saw the comer moving in for the tackle I just headed for the end zone I guess my experience as a high school running back came in handy The touchdown strike was no easy toss for who was intercepted twice in the game Brundidge found a small crease in the coverage on a throwback.

Hall having to make sure the ball got past two linebackers and to his receiver "It was a tight squeeze, so I tried to drill the ball," said Hall, who finsihed with 16 completions in 27 attempts for 183 yards "I thought (Continued on Page 117) Middle guard Steve Miller (S3) and an un- Saturday at Michie Stadium. Army's Duane identified Army teammate sack Lafayette Fuller (79) pursues the play. quarterback Rob Stewart in the first quarter Record photo by Bill Burr Evert triumphs; Connors, Borg reach final Summary, Page 1 1 4 FOREST HILLS UPI Chris Evert confirmed her position as the "Queen of Tennis" Saturday by defeating arch-rival Evonne Goolagong, 6-3, 6-0. to retain the Open Tennis Championship after Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Borg produced almost flawless tennis to reach the men's singles final The top-seeded Connors, bidding to regain the title he held in 1974. defeated Guillermo Vilas, 6-4.

6-2, 6-1, and Borg. in a repeat of the Wimbledon final, beat a strangely subdued Hie Nastase, 6-3. 6-3, 6-4 The men's final is scheduled for 4 today "This has to be the best year of my life," said Chris. "Evonne really did not have enough patience today Mentally, this was the toughest match of the tournament "Evonne is still unpredictable and there is no set way to play her Goolagong said. "I just felt flat.

I wasn't moving at all well The popular Australian said, "Chris is a better match-player than I am, particularly big tournaments Nastase. for the second straight time, was simply destroyed by Borg and he said afterward. "I'm never coming back (to Forest Hills) The 30-year-old Romanian had the crowd with him. but nothing he tried could break the rhythm of Borg. who left his normal baseline game back in the locker room and attacked the net at every opportunity Nastase.

who created such a storm earlier in the tournament with his bad court behavior against Hans-Jurgen Pohmann. never raised his voice He went quietly He remained quiet when Borg, who normally accepts every decision without changing his expres sion, queried a call during the eighth game of the first set. The call was reversed in Borg favor, but when the blond Swede asked the umpire "to play two Nastase conceded the point, anyway, but deliberately dumped his return into the net The first two games went against service, then Borg took command of the first set by breaking for a 3-1 lead when Nastase was into the net with a backhand When Nastase was broken in the first game of the second, he switched his attack from serve-and-volley to hitting soft returns and throwing up moon balls. The tactics worked briefly, for he broke back to 30 in the sixth game, but Borg took 2-0 lead by breaking through again in the ninth game The pair exchanged service breaks early in the third set. but Borg.

sensing Nastase had given up the fight, took game set and match by breaking in the 10th game when Nastase was over the baseline with a forehand Nastase. who has won four tournaments this year and shared one with Connors, raised his earning for 1976 to $312,298, with his loser's check of $7,500 Looking ahead. Borg said "Jimmy likes powerful hitters the last few times I played him, I did not feel too well Now I feel well." Connors said. "I'll play Borg exactly the same way I played Vilas I'll have to hit a lot above the shoulder because of the top-spin, but I think I'll be okay." In each set. Connors broke early and then just concentrated on holding his service.

Connors, hitting left-handed thunderbolts, broke at love to 2-1 in the opening set. It was all he needed. Vilas trailed love-40 when he opened the second set (Continued on Page 117) 1 Yankees turned back by Tigers 6-5 hurler Doyle Alexander, 11-9, and in the fourth inning, a RBI single by Oglivie and a two-run single by Horton capped the scoring The Yankees started their comeback in the fifth inning by scoring three runs on Thurman Munson's RBI single and a two-run double by Lou Piniella. They scored another run in the sixth on Mickey Rivers' RBI single, and Munson led off the seventh Boxscore, Page 114 NEW YORK (UPI) Ben Oglivie drove in three runs, with a homer and a single, and Willie Horton added a pair with a single to back John Hitler's three innings of one-hit relief to hold off a stubborn Yankee comeback as the Detroit Tigers beat the New York -5 Saturday The Tigers scored all their runs through the first four innngs to pile up a 6-0 advantage. Ron LeFlore, who bad four hits, opened the game with a single, stole second and rode home on Rusty Strata's single.

Oglivie crashed his 12th homer of the vear wrta LeFlore on base in the third off losing with his 15th homer of the year, chasing starter and Chris fve eons into a two.handed backhand during the winner Dave Roherti 14-14 winner Dave Roberts, 14-14 Hiller came on to give up only a leadoff single to Roy White in the ninth to preserve the Tigers' lead and gain his 12th save of the season. women final at Forest Hill Saturday against fvoone Goolagong. Everf won in straight sets to retain the title she captured last year. yp, pnofo.