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By RICK STARR
Assistant Sports Editor
( The greatest afternoon in American tennis
history or, What more appropriate way to spend
Mothers' Day than watching a 30-year-old mother
get hustled by the world's biggest ego?)
TV commentator and Boston Globe columnist
Bud Collins tagged it the biggest day ever in tennis
in the United States. And all you had to do to get in
on it was stay home and let mom cook dinner while
you joined the millions who tuned in on the current
boom on the sports scene.
NBC led off the afternoon with the climax of the
World Championship of Tennis in Dallas, a serious
confrontation between Stan Smith and Arthur Ashe
for a $50,000 payday, and CBS followed right on its
heels with a lighter but just as serious contest in
volving women's tennis champion Margaret Court
and the cool, little hustler who calls himself Bobby
Riggs.
Perhaps calling it the strangest afternoon in
American tennis history would be a bit more ac
curate, but regardless of which adjective you use
to describe it. the afternoon of prime TV gave tennis
a big shot in the arm as one of the fastest growing
spectator and participant sports in America.
In the legitimate confrontation Stan Smith upped
his year's earnings to $154,000 after a four-set
triumph over Ashe in a contest that heated up quite
a bit at the end. Smith was a winning machine
throughout most of the afternoon and Ashe didn't
even get a shot at breaking his serve until the first
game of the third set. By then it was too late, and
Smith struggled through two more sets to become
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In the final set, with Smith holding a one-game
advantage at 5-4 on Ashe's serve, the big Califor
nian chipped back a return that some in the crowd
whistled at, claiming it had bounced twice. The shot
apparently caused some hard feelings, for when the
match ended a few points later, Smith's victory then
was whistled at.
But when Ashe walked up to receive his $20,000
loser's check, he made a nice gesture stating: "I'd
like to lay to rest any controversy concerning the
shot that some feel bounced twice. Stan has always
been fair and honest so if he said it bounced once, it
bounced once."
Then it was Smith's turn at the mike, however, he
forgot what he had to say. Finally he began
thanking everyone he could think of in a scene that
was embarrassing to watch. _ _
Switching immediately over to CBS, one could
just catch women's tennis player Rosie Casals
utter, "Riggs is living on his past and I won't be
surprised if he has a coronary out there."
Thus, the illegitimate contest had begun.
In what was by far the more interesting match,
Riggs backed up his rhetoric with his racquet as he
demolished a nervous Ms. Court 6-2, 6-2. Margaret
was painful to watch and only the most piggy.
chauvenist pig couldn't help pulling for her on
Mother's Day.
Even Riggs made note of the day when, after
being introduced, he gave Wlargaret a bundle of
roses. It was not his last surprise.
Bobby oiled his way around the court and put on
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The only thing missing was
the Keystone Cops making a
madcap dash across the
varsity tennis courts in a
Penn State-Army match that
progressed like a script of an
oldtime slapstick comedy.
The Lions left laughing 7-2
victors.
The day began with Lion
John Karr appearing at the
courts to face the Cadets in
his Navy t-shirt. Things
descended from there. The
match began outdoors under
a stiff breeze that gradually
increased as the sky
darkened.
The strains of "Brown
Sugar" filled the air from
somewhere upwind. Then the
thunder added some bass to
the music and pretty soon the
lightning provided an
ominous light show. The
wind, not to be upstaged,
began doing strange things to
the tennis balls. Some seemed
to stop in mid-air while others
see.ned independently
propelled.
The fans, not too ap
preciative of the comic
situation, began leaving in
droves as the scoring stand on
the third court crashed to the
ground Miguel Maurtua set it
up only to watch it tip over
again. As a few drops of rain
warned of the coming
downpour. coach Holmes
Cathrall would only admit
that the matches might be
forced inside.
A few seconds later the
issue was settled as fans and
players ran for the indoor
courts during the first of the
day's showers. Despite the
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an exhibition on how to beat the weekend hacker
that had to be seen to be believed. Strangely enough,
Court never bothered to exhibit her power except in
one brief game, which she easily won. Margaret
saw more soft balls, drop shots, lobs and bloopers
than she normally sees in a year and she admitted
afterwards that the repertoire had upset her
rhythm.
Scattered in between the massacre, one could
catch glimpses of John Wayne and Ricardo Mon
teban and that, coupled with Charlton Heston's
performance in Dallas at the WCT affair, made the
Sunday afternoon seem quite normal afterall.
After Margaret had made her final mistake of the
match, Riggs charged the net to congratulate her
and carefully jumped over it. But the show wasn't
over yet. Riggs was just coming to the mike.
The first thing he tried to do was start a crap
game with Wayne and CBS commentator Pat
Summerall.
"I am the best pressure player in the world and I
knew Margaret couldn't handle the pressure from
the women," he then said.
He then mellowed a bit and conceded, "I have six
children and she just has one, so perhaps she took it
easy on me."
A final thought comes out of all this. How about
Bobby Riggs as a member of the women's tour,
playing a match after every final against a top
female swinger?
They couldn't sell enough tickets to the first tennis
Battle of the Sexes. For the sake of the men's tour,
one hopes the idea never catches on.
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challenging weather con
ditions the Lion netters have
been known to undergo much
The conditions inside the
tennis building allowed for a
little more personal flair from
the players. Shivar battled
Bill Koch in a match that
experienced a dramatic turn
of events once inside. Koch
rushed the net nearly every
shot outdoors while Shivar
had troubles knocking
passing shots in the wind. The
Lion senior finally managed a
7-5 win in the first set.
Once inside Shivar had no
troubles handling his op
ponent. Twice he left Koch
standing chagrined on the
service line with backhand
shots while dashing away
from the net. Both times the
crowd gasped in disbelief as
he reversed what appeared to
be sure points for Koch.
"I call it my desperad s o
shot. I picked it up from Ilie
Nastase (Rumanian tennis
master)." Shivar joked.
Almost as thrilling as the
unveiling of the new shot was
Army coach Ron Holmberg's
O'Neill ties Rodarte
It was the same old story at
the Blue Course Saturday.
Penn State met Army and
Bucknell in its last home golf
match of the season, and
when it was all over, the Lions
had racked up wins number
ten and 11 with a team total of
389. 11 strokes better than the
Cadets' and 13 better than the
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Bobby Rigged the match, dropping Court 6-2, 6-7
picking apart star pupil Jim
Armstrong on a free court.
The former pro showed
flashes of his former abilities
as he effortlessly picked
apart Armstrong. The head
Army netter wasn't too
disturbed having come off a
winner against Jan Bortner.
Bortner went down in defeat
muttering to himself, and
probably with good reason.
The Lion netter appeared
rattled as he knocked serves
into the net and overshot the
baseline.
However Bortner's defeat
wasn't the surprise of the day.
Shivar and Tom Wright
looked rusty against Arm
strong and Koch. The' State
duo led by one game all the
way in the 10-game pro set
competition until they were
within one game of victory.
The Cadets then tied at 9-9. In
the final game the visiting
pair took the serve tied at
three points each and forced
two Penn State mistakes that
made the upset.
Today the best tennis since
Penn left in a huff will grace
After convincingly
destroying both teams in last
week's Easterns, it wasn't
expected that the Lions would
have much trouble in cap
turing the team victory, but
the race for medalist honors
between Eastern champion
Dan O'Neill and Army cap
tain Dave Rodarte went down
to the final hole.
O'Neill covered the front
nine in 38 to grab a one-stroke
lead from the Army
challenger at 39. But Rodarte
quickly came back to sink a 12
foot birdie putt on 14 to knot
things up.
It looked like the Army
captain might take the lead
on 15 when O'Neill's approach
shot bounced over the back of
the green. But a close chip
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After suffering through the
likes of Pitt and West
Virginia. fans can witness
Walker Shivar and Jan
Bortner play each other for
the number one spot.
After playing the top spot
for the two previous years.
Shivar wants to regain it to
challenge Navy's Craig
Dawson. The pair have split
two previous encounters.
always in three tough sets
In the second slot Shivar
has yet to yield a match
Although his victories hay e
come from weaker com
petition. his game has
reached a new peak. On the
other hand Bortner has had
troubles against the tough
opponents, most recently
against Army's Jim Arm
strong.
Shivar's game features a
diversified bag of skills and
tricks that he has sharpened
this year. He also owns a
collection of Spanish phrases
and English ad libs that keep
the fans interested no matter
the score.
as linksters romp
and a good putt preserved his
par.
On 16, the Lion number one
man regained the lead as
Rodarte's tee shot to the par
three hole caught a trap, and
he was unable to chip close
enough to get down in one.
Rodarte came right back on
17, when O'Neill's approach
shot came to rest in the sand
and he bogied.
It wasn't a photo finish,
however, as both captains
parred out on 18 to turn in 74s
and split medalist honors.
something O'Neill usually
carries home alone.
"To stay even with Danny
is an accomplishment in it
self," Rodarte said after the
contest. "But I wish I would
have beat him.
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Bortner emphasizes a
baseline game that can outdo
any competition the Lions
have faced all ear 11(m er
he has not developed a net
game to complement his
burning forehand and ser.,o
His attempts to rush net
against Arm . , v. ere oni:.
partially successful
During a match Bortner
remains quiet and apparentl%
calm, working on his shots
but each can he rattled it he ,
game doesn't progress
properly,
Today's challenge is apt to
he short and sweet Both
competitors are quick to
capitalize on chances in their
ov.n individual w.ays
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One thing Rodarte did ha\ c
to say was his opinion of the
crazy weather that al ‘k ays
seems to he in the air \then
Army battles Penn State
"This place is strange."
Rodarte said. "twent.
minutes ago it looked like w,e
had a hurricane on our hands
and ricm look. perfectly clear
skies and no wind Even the
birds are happy about it. you
can hear them chirping "
Penn State 389, Army 400
Bucknell 402
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softball cancelled
In other action, the women
golfers beat Bowling Green
8 1 2 -6 1 2 in Ohio, Penn State's
Andrea Dutcher shared
medalist honors with an 85
The women's softball team
was rained out at Cortland
Saturday with no makeup
slated. The Lion women
finished their season at 2-3
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