Chrissie eases
to quarterfinals
FOREST HILLS, N.Y.
(AP) Top seeded Chris
Evert, , firing ground
strokes with lethal ac
curacy from the baseline,
methodically dispatched
British blonde Sue Barker
6-1, 6-0, last night to gain
the quarter finals in the
U.S. Open tennis cham
pionships at the West Side
Tennis Club.
It was Miss Evert's 98th
straight victory on clay and
she had far less trouble
with Miss Barker, the
French Open champion,
than anticipated.
Not so for Bjorn Borg and
Manuel Orantes. Both had
to rally from two sets down
to join Dick Stockton,
playing with a corset, in the
men's quarters.
Borg seeded No. 2 and
already winner of the
Wimbledon WCT and U.S.
Pro championships stood
two games from
elimination before raising
his dominating game for a
6-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 triumph
over Brian Gottfried of
Lauderhill Fla.
Orantes brought back filled in the women's
memories of his spec- quarter finals with sixth
tacular wins over seeded Rosemary Casals of
Guillermo Vilas and San Francisco leading the
Jimmy Connors a year ago way.
in rallying for a 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, Russia's sensational
7-6, 6-1 victory over Stan Natasha Ch my rev a,
Smith once the world's top • seeded No. 13, won earlier
*player. and will play Chris Evert.
Stockton, a child prodigy The rest of the women's
out of Garden City, N.Y., quarter final lineup goes
• but now a resident of like this: Jausovec
Dallas, used a big serve Ruzizi, Liess vs. Fromholtz
and volley game to and Casals vs. Evonne
oust Jaire Velasco of Gollagong, the talented
Columbia 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. Australian who is expected
Borg, the 20-year-old to meet Miss Evert in the
blonde Swede, remained a • final.
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strong favorite to meet the
top-seeded Connors in
Saturday's finale for the
$30,000 first prize.
Borg next meets the
winner of the match be
tween defending champion
Manuel Orantes of Spain
and America's former
No. 1 player Stan Smith.
Stockton, a Long Island
, native who won 20 nation
championships as a boy
and a junior, will face the
survivor of the match
between fifth-seeded Ilie
Nastase and hard serving
Roscoe Tanner of Kiawah
Island, S.C., scheduled last
night.
This is the bottom half of
the men's draw. In the
upper half, Connors a 6-
4, 6-3, 6-1 winner over Vitas
Gerulaitis of Kings Point,
N.Y. Monday night, plays
tough Jan Kodes of
Czechoslovakia, who upset
Arthur Ashe. Third seeded
Guillermo Vilas of
Argentina goes against
scrappy Eddie Dibbs of
North Miami Beach, Fla. '
All but one bracket was
Saga of the
It hung over the Philadelphia bullpen in Pittsburgh's Three
Rivers Stadium during the Labor Day doubleheader like a
cloud. .
The bed sheet sign rippled and billowed in the cool breeze
that swirled through the sunbathed park but its message was
easily understood. The entire sign consisted of only four
numbers.
1964.
Remember?
On August 24, 1964, the Phillies were leading the fourth place
St. Louis Cardinals by 11 games. Suddenly the Cardinals
caught fire, winning 28 of their last 39 games and the pennant.
The Phillies lost ten straight during the last two weeks of the
season as the apple cart rumbled along the cobblestones
outside old Connie Mack Stadium. . .
Remember?
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On August 24, 1976 the Phils led the National League East by
15 1 / 2 gaines and the pennant race looked like a Philadelphia
cake-walk. Since then, in the space of 13 days, the Pirates
have won 12 of 13 games while the Phils have suffered their
first sustained losing streak of the season, dropping 10 of 11.
The once insurmountable Phillie le.ld just.two weeks ago as
imposing as Mount Everest, has shrunk to a 5 1 / 2 game anthill.
If the Pirates accomplish the impossible and overtake the
Phillies, it will rank as the greatest comeback in baseball
history. Eight times in the history of major league baseball
teams have roared from behind to take the pennant in a
miracle finish.
In 1914 the Boston Braves, or as they are referred to now,
the "miracle Braves," fell into last place on the Fourth .of
July, 15 games behind the leader. They roared back to win the
pennant and establish a standard unmatched since.
In 1938, the Chicago Cubs were eight games behind the
Pirates on August 20, then won 30 of their last 42 games, in
cluding the final series of the season, a three-game set against
the Pirates. Gabby Hartnett hit a two-out home run in the
ninth inning to win the last game of the season to give the Cubs
the pennant.
In 1942, the St. Louis Cardinals were trailing Brooklyn by 9 1 / 2
games on Aug. 15. The Cardinals turned red-hot, won 37 of
their last 43 and copped the National League flag.
The miracle on Coogan's Bluff, up to now baseball's most
thrilling finish, occurred in 1951. The New York Giants had
dropped 11 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers on Aug. 11.
The Dodgers finished the season by winning 27 and losing 24
while their cross-town rivals won 39 of their last 47 games to
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force a three-game playoff. Giant Bobby Thompson's three
run, homer in the third game of that play-off secured the
comeback pennant.
In 1969 the New York Mets were nine games behind the first
place Cubs on Aug. 13. New York won 38 of their last 49 games
to win the pennant.
In 1973, the Mets mounted another successful rally for the
flag. After dropping into last place on Aug. 30 they had to win
only 34 of their final 63 games to come in on top.
In 1974, the Baltimore Orioles, who were eight games behind
the Boston Red Sox as late as Aug. 29, won 27 out of their last
33 games to beat the slumping Bosox, who went 12-21 in the
home stretch.
So, it's not impossible. It's not even unprecedented. If the
Pirates continue to get good pitching from their starters and
the bats of Richie Rebner, Rennie Stennet and Dave Parker
continue to boom, it could be miracle time in Pittsburgh.
But they can't do it without some help from- the Phillies.
Philadelphia is still the front-runner.
Today's game is an important one for both clubs. It's worth
two games in the standings. If the Phillies win they'll be 6%
games in front with only 25 left to play. They'll leave town
with.a big psychological lift. If the Pirates win the lead will be
sliced to 4 1 / 2 games and the Phils will slink out of town a
humbled team, one that's looking over its shoulder.
Mickey Wright in
y►olf Hall of Fame
PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) elected to the Hall.
Mickey Wright, who Armour, the Silver Scot
dominated women's golf in who played most of his career
the late 1950 s and early 19605, in the United States, won the
and four of the game's 1923 U.S. Open, the 1930 PGA
pioneers will be installed into ,and the 1931 British Open.
the World Golf Hall of Fame Braid, a Scot, was among
today. the group that dominated golf
In addition to Miss Wright prior to World War I and won
the inductees are Tommy the British Open five times.
Armour, James Braid, Old
Tom Morris and Jerome
Travers, all deceased.
Miss Wright won 13 tour
naments in 1963, collected 82
titles in her career and won
the women's U.S. Open and Canada Cup Hockey
U.S.A. 4, Czechoslovakia 4
the LPGA four times each. Russia 11, Finland 3
She is only the fifth woman Team Canada 4, Sweden 0
THE PENN STATE
THESPIANS
ANNOUNCE
AUDITIONS
CREW SIGN-UPS
FOR THEIR FALL PRODUCTION OF
PAe tsle
Auditions and crew sign-ups will be
held on Sunday, September 12th in the
HUB ASSEMBLY ROOM starting at
1:00 in the afternoon.
The Penn State Thespians is primarily
a NON-THEATRE-major organization
so everyone is welcome. People plan
ning to audition should bring a prepared
song and wear clothes to move in. An
accompanist will be provided. People
signing up for crew don't need experi
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Late Scores
The Daily Collegian Wednesday, September 8, 1976-
Win or lose today, the biggest thing about the Pirates now is
that they think they can win. They are playing alert,
aggressive ball while the Phils looked shoddy in the Pirates'
Labor Day wins. They committed four chargeable errors and
others that didn't show up in the box score.
Mike Schmidt committed the kind of base running error
usually associated with the Pirates when he broke from
second for third on a ground ball towards the hole in the ninth
inning of the second game. Tavaras made a fine play and
threw to Hebner to get the sliding Schmidt at third,
As he walked toward the dugout, head down, the cloud that
had been hanging over the Philadelphia bullpen seemed to
follow him.
Remember? 1964.
Major league standings
National League
East
W I. 1 1 / 4 1. GB
Phila 84 52 618
Pitts 79 58 .577 5 1 2
New York 71 66 518 13 1 2
Chicago 63 75 .457 22
St. Louis 60 73 .451 Z 2 12
Montreal 45 88 338 37'
We ,t
Cincinnati
Los Ang
Houston
San Diego
San Fran
Atlanta
Late games nol included
Yesterday's Games
New York 11, Chicago 0
St. Louis 7, Montreal 4
Houston 10, Cincinnati 7
Los Angeles at San Francisco. n
Only games scheduled
Today's Gaines
New York at Chicago
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. n
Cincinnati at Houston, n
Montreal at St. Louis
Atlanta at San Diego, n
San Francisco at Los Angeles. n
LESTER'S
Amerk.
New• York
Baltimore
Cleveland
Boston
Detroit
Milwkee
Kan City 79 58 .577
Oakland 73 63 .537 5 1 ,.
Minnesota 70 70 500 10 1 2
Texas 63 74 460 17 1 ::
California 62 76 449 17 1 2
Chicago 58 78 .426 20 1 2
Late games not included
Yesterda3, 's Game%
Baltimore 5, Detroit 3
New York 4, Boston 2
Milwaukee 17, Cleveland 4
California 2, Kansas City I
Minnesota 1, Texas 0
Chicagoat Oakland, n
.581 7'!
496 19
.457 24 1 2
.439 27
431 28
TOIIII 'S Galli to.
Cleveland at Baltimore. n
Detroit at Boston. n
Milwaukee at New• York. n
California at Kansas City. n
Minnesota at Texas. n •
Chicago at Oakland. n
ti Leap(
t,t
W I. I'd. G H
83 52 615
72 64 529 11 1 :
70 67 .511 14
65 72 474 19
63 7.1 463 20 1 :
62 73 .459 21