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I 4B Kingsport Times Friday June 9 1978 rrj-7r7Zrz Cubs Draft Milligan McLain drafted The Cleveland Indians were the most active participants with 51 selections 48 in the regular phase and three in the secondary St Louis was next with 50 46 of them the regular phase Cameron Killebrew and John Zisk were drafted by Texas and Vance Law was taken by Pittsburgh Others chosen Thursday with major league relatives were James Wilfong brother of Minnesota infielder Rob Wilfong by Detroit Paul Robinson son of Texas General Manager Eddie Robinson by Atlanta and Kevin Clinton son of former player Lu Clinton by San Francisco Rick Leach who gained fame as a quarterback at Michigan was drafted by Philadelphia lefthanded pitching star Joe McLain was taken by the Chicago Cubs in the 19th round of the June free agent draft Thursday McLain was drafted out of Happy Valley High School by the Atlanta Braves before choosing to play collegiately He was the only Upper East Tennessee player to be selected in the high rounds The sons of Harmon Killebrew and Vernon Law and the brother of Richie Zisk were among the players selected yesterdaywhen baseball completed its three-day draft In all 835 players were drafted three more than last year and the most since 1972 when 849 youngsters were "1 7S if' (pome) amet aka Bjorn Borg stretches for shot in match Thursday He beat Raul Ramirez in three sets to advance to semifinals Borg Rips Ramirez Gains TOCdOfffooi)? French Open Net Semifinals French Open Results Spain def Woitek Fibok Poland ond TomOkker Netherlands 6-2 6 4 Women Doubles Semifinals Lesley Bowrev Australia ond Gail Lovero France def Heleno Anliot Sweden and Regina Marsikova Czechoslovakia 7 6 S7 6-3 Mima Jousovec Yugoslavia and Virginia Ruzici Romomo def Donieio Marzono Italy ond Paulo Smith La Jollo Calif 6-4 6-3 At Porik June I Men tingle Ougrter-finolt Biorn Borg Sweden def Rou! Romirez Mexico 6-3 6-3 6-0 Corrodo Borozzuhi Italy def Eddie Dibbs Miami Beach Fio 6-2 7 6 6 1 Men doubiek Semifinalk Jose Higueras and Monuel Orontes PARIS (UPI) Even when Bjorn Borg plays bad tennis he still wins what Borg the 22-year-old top seed at the 9400000 French Open said after beating Raul Ramirez 6-3 6-3 6-0 in the quarterfinals Thursday Corrado Barazzutti of Italy earned the right to face the fair-haired Swede in Saturday's semifinals with a 6-2 7 6 6-1 victory over Eddie Dibbs Miami Beach Fla Barazzutti says he has a strategy Asked how he plans to deal with Borg who won this tournament in 1974 and 1975 the 25-year-old Italian said "I think I'll bring a gun and shoot him That might be what it takes to stop Borg who is hoping for a third straight Wimbledon title next month in his march toward the $42000 first prize Borg who won the Italian Open in Rome two weeks ago barely worked up a sweat when he demolished Ramirez in 1 hour 21 minutes on the center court of the Roland Garros Stadium in scorching sunshine Ramirez broke service in the second game of the match to Ro0 up before Borg stormed back with 11 games in a row Jin the first set 6-3 and go 5-0 up in the second Rljfez then won the next three games "Wnen I came back from 3-1 in the first set he was playing very had missing some very easy shots said I plav bad but 1 still win my matches Dibbs didn't start to roll until the second set when he Have fun while out of town but miss out on ail the news that happened while you were forced Barazzutti to a 20-point tie-breaker which he won 11-9 Barazzutti said he and Dibbs played same type of game But in fact the Italian worked better amd relied on savvy rather than strength both played the same game Barazzutti said made less mistakes won the match I was passing him quite well He stopped fighting in the third set although he was hitting the ball harder" Defending champion and No 2 seed Guillermo Vilas of Argentina meets Dick Stockton Carrollton Texas in other semifinal Gene Mayer Mendham and Hank Pfister Bakersfield Calif face the Spanish team of Jose Higueras and Manuel Orantes in the men's doubles final Friday in the main event of the day gone The Kingsport Times-News will hold your newspapers State Junior Qualifying Tennis Meet Begins At Bristol Center Monday in a First Round Pairings II SJnflct tom Jon Maxey (Johnson City) vs Mortho Wittichen (Memphis) Suson Bradley (Nashville) vs Julie Kosfen (Memphis (Memphis) Liz Jomison (Nashville) vs Dana Schaotz (Memphis) Julie Vinson (Milan) vs Patti McCall (Chattanooga) Anne Poo (Kingsport) vs Michelle Davis (Cleveland) Kim Berry (Knoxville) vs Cindy Omohundro (Nashville) Pattie Beers (Murfreesboro) vs Jeon Love (Jett County) Choriene Trokey (Maryville) vs Jonet Wepfer (Memphis) (Memphis) II Singles am Billy Ruto (Chattanoogo) vs Scott Esktnd (Nashville) Bill Homoton (Chattanooga) vs Buddy Ortole (Nash vllle) Brian Hin (Memphis) vs Ch'is Rogers (Noshviiie) Jomie Miller (Morristown) vs John Kincoid (Brentwood) Roger Ouoley (Chattanooga) vs Chuck Melkent- (Memphis) Dam Greg Carter (Oak Ridoe) vs David Crowley lobby Price (Chattanooga) vs Jim Stout (Kingsport) George Woters (Concord) vs Rich Raymond (Chattanooga) Charles Byers (Johnson City) vs Mike DlStephono (Ook Ridge) Van Wodling ton (Nashville) vs Kevin Whitson (Memphis) IIMtm Scott Sutherland (Johnson City) vs Bob Rosikos (Oak Ridge) Bobby Rogers (Kingsport) vs John Greer Joe Cross (Bristol) vs John Patton (Nashville) Bill HIM ristol vs Jim Walker (Crossville) Herbert Morlarty (Memphis) vs Ross Evons (Noshviiie) 12 Bill Noah (Memphis) vs Carl Loitinin (Johnson City) David King (Hendersonville) vs Srott Hale (Memphis) Mike Bocon (Alcoo) vs Frank Avent (Jockson) Greg Cantrell (Murfreesboro) vs Norm White (Johnson City) Billy King (Nashville) vs Greg Good man (Brentwood) IS Mark Brown (Loumio) vs Cliff Jones (Memphis) Jett Woll (Knoxville) vs Trig Adorns (Chattanoogo) Todd Currev (Chattanooga) vs Dennis Stone (Knosville) Sumner Bouldin (Murfreesboro) vs Ooug Burker Etizabethton Chris Moxwell (Jockson) vs Jim Earle (Murfreesboro) llttm Sean Roach (Hendersonville) vs Rick Tinker (Moryville) Girl First Round Byes Marian Kremer (Memphis) Deb Wire (Noshviiie) Leigh Morrell (Noshviiie) Lisa Foouln (Memphis) Beth Yeoger (Noshviiie) Cathy Allen (Cleveland) Robm Ferguson (Memphis) Margig Brawn (Kingsport) leys First Round lyes David Templeton Noshviiie) Steve Brooks (Jefferson City) Chris Jenkins (Chattanoogo) Stewart Lawill (Chot tonooga) Barry Lewis (Crossville) Tiger Buford (Memphis) BRISTOL Top-ranked juniors from across the state are headed here for the Tennessee State Junior Qualifying Tournament which opens Monday morning at the Bristol TennisCenter Bristol is the site for the 18-year-old competition and quite a field of youngsters will be on hand A total of 58 boys and 24 girls will begin arriving Sunday for warm-up rounds before competition opens Monday Kingsport sensation Margie Brown and Johnson City's Jan Maxey will head the list of local hopefuls In the girls' action and both have the best shot at winning Brown just won the high school state championship crown in Nashville wit a 6-0 6-2 victory over Maxey and the Tri-City pair has to be considered among the favorites Brown ho headed Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett's team is top-seeded while Maxey who hails from University High is seeded second Brown drew a bye in the first round and will meet Memphis' Robin Ferguson in Tuesday's quarterfinals Maxey will tangle with Memphis' Martha Wittichen at 9 a Monday Anne Pope who teamed up with Brown to take the state doubles title is also in the field and will take on Michelle Davis of Cleveland in opening round Jefferson Jean Love is the only other local participant and she'll meet Pattie Beers in opening round play Bobby Rogers is ranked the highest of any local competition Rogers is ranked seventh in the boys' state 16-year-old division and meet John Greer in Monday's action Jamie Miller the 13th-ranked 16-year-old opens his bid for the title against Brentwood Academy's John Kincaid Norm White who hails from Johnson City faces Murfreesboro's Greg Cantrall Monday White is ranked 14th among the state's 16 elite Bristol has two players in the action in Bill Hill and Joe Cross Hill takes on Jim Walker of Crossville in the opening round while Cross meets Nashville's John Patton Other top players from the area include Kingsport's Jim Stout Johnson Charles Byers Scott Sutherland and NBA Draft Carl Laitinen and Doug Burker Three of the top seeds in the division are listed high among the state rankings of 16-year-olds Brown is top-rated and Maxey fourth-ranked in that division while second-seeded Marian Kremer of Memphis is third-rated in the 16-year-old class Memphis' Janet Wepfer who is fourth seeded in the tournament is ranked second in the girls' 18-year-old state ratings Top-seeded in the competition is Tiger Buford of Memphis Buford who is ninth-ranked among the 18-year-olds will meet Crossville Barry Lewis in second-round action Monday Nashville's David Templeton is seeded second in the tournament Templeton will have rough going in his opening match Monday afternoon against Jefferson County's Steve Brooks Oak Ridge's Greg Carter is the third seed and Memphis' Cliff Jones is fourth seeded Action will continued throughout the week with the finals scheduled for Friday Tennis Hut Rained Out Again In this Vacation Pac you will find all of the past issues of your family newspaper that you missed while away on vacation You will find it easier for you and other members of your family to with such important information as births and deaths local news sports and news and events the comics and many other reading" features! Call today Tell us when you are leaving and when you are coming back all of your papers will be delivered to you in a handy Vacation Pac on the day you return as part of a settlement that excuses the Nets from a $3 2 million debt to the Knicks The Knicks also sent veteran forward Phil Jack-son to New Jersey and received the first of the two opening-round selections in the 1979 draft Also Buffalo traded their first choice the 16th selection on the second round to Los Angeles for forward Tom Abernethy and Milwaukee traded the second of their two first-round draft choices (No 15) to Cleveland for the No 1 pick in the 1979 draft Kansas City has the second pick and is likely to go for either Bird Thompson or North Carolina's Phil Ford considered the top guard available Leonard said Indiana is interested in Thompson Ford or Kentucky forward Rick Robey Portland Boston Atlanta Washington and Golden State each have two first-round selections Without choices in the first round are Buffalo Houston Denver Detroit and Los Angeles Continued From Page 3B jumping second-round draft puk from Dayton in 1976 played two seasons with Portland "He was the only player Indiana asked for" said Trail Blazer Coach Jack Ramsay "The trade enables us to get the best player available in the college draft this rarely occurs for a team that finished the last season with the best record Besides acquiring Davis the Pacers signed Milwaukee free agent Alex English a second year forward who came on strong in the playoffs as the Bucks upset Phoenix and extended Denver to seven games "In Johnny Davis and Alex English we have two very fine people who love to play basketball and will give 100 Leonard said "We re going to get this same type of person with our No 3 choice in the draft" In another deal Thursday the New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets swapped first-round picks Oonny Wood vs Lori Bryan It Bryon Woodword vs Steve Wilkinson 13 60 Winner of Donny Wood vs Cor) Bryon vs winner of Bryon Woodward vs Steve Wiikmson 1 Winner of John Risner vs Ttm Burgee vs winner of Jtm Woiloce vs Tom Hudneil Mont A Doublet Cress Turley vt Wilkinson Hayes 3 Risner Cook vt Bryon Stern Meet Doublet I) 60 Rets McKenzie vt Gross Evons Winner of Bailey Alley vt Buckles Wooner Winner of Boiiev Alley vt Buckles Wogenr vs winner of Lynch Potton vs Watierson Dovis Winner of Adorns Liae vt Stout Md dough vt winner of Batson Givens vs Bos we i Hughes I Archer Rhoten vt Herzog Robcm Jem Wmner of Rest McKenzie vt Grots Evens VS winner of Archer Rhoten vs Herzog Robbins LMUi Siegiet 9am Winner of Donna Sa'Urtg vt Beth Sheofy vs Nma Bord Lad let Peebles lie Coiemen-Huffon vt winner of Dovts Oonko vt Hilt Hill Play was postponed in the Tennis Hut Open at the Kingsport University Center courts Thursday Action begins at 5 30 today and the finals are set for Sunday Frtdoy Poiring Meet Oivittoe Singlet Jo No Rets vt JoZmottvon Lynch Mike Horvuy Dove Btonhenthtp Sieve Herzog vt Btl Bngntiy Jeff Gorwood OorrH' Foltn Meet Doublet BoUev Aliev vt Buckie Wogner Lynch Potion vt Wofferton Oovl Ademt L'pe vt Stout Mtddough Got ton Given vt Boswell Huohes WtvrOoy Pat Hag Mont Siegiet am Winner of John Revs vt Johnathan Lynch vs winner of Mike Horvev vs Dove Bknkentho SB em Winner of Seve Heciog vs Bill Brightly winner Jeff Gorwood vt DorreH FoHn Meet A fteglet It John tnec vt Tim Burgee Jm Wallace vt Tom Hoanelt em Call today 246-8129.