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Evert, Conners
breeze to semis
FOREST HILLS, N.Y. (AP) Top seeds Jimmy Connors
,' and Chris Evert breezed to victories in straight sets and
f Argentina's Guillermo Vilas fought off scrambling Eddie
Dibbs to reach the semifinals at the U.S. Open Tennis
Championships yesterday.
Connors, relentless as ever, whipped tiring Jan Kodes of
Czechoslovakia 7-5, 6-3, 6-1, and Miss Evert ran her incredible
clay court winning streak to 99 matches, dating back to July
1973, with a brisk 6-1, 6-2, romp over Russian teen-ager
, 1 Natasha Chmyreva.
Vilis needed four sets before dispatching Dibbs, the pint
sizei hustler from - North Miami Beach, Fla., 6-1; 2-6, 7-6, 7-6.
Second-seeded Evonne Goolagong playing in the featured
match of the night session, also gained the semifinals with a 6-
1, 6-2 victory over sixth-ranked Rosemary Casals.
Miss Goolagong will face countrywoman Dianne Fromholtz
~n the semis. • -
Miss Fromholtz a d vanced with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over 16-
year-old Zenda Liess of Daytona Beach, Fla. Mima Jausovec,
who will face Miss Evert in tomorrow's semis, drubbed
Virginia Ruzici of Romania 6-2, 6-1.
Connors and Vilak will square off in the men's semis
Saturday. The other semi will be filled today when Sweden's
Bjorn Borg meets Spain's Manual Orantes and Romania's Ilie
Nastase faces Dick Stockton of Dallas.
Connors, - firing his ground strokes with authority, sent the
, stiff -legged Czech chasing from side to side in the backcourt
throughout the match. The 24-year-old left-hander wore down
Kodes in the first set and won the next handily to close out the
match in 2 hours, 10 minutes.
Miss Evert, who has lost only five games in four matches
, here, coasted to a 3-0 lead in the first set and the unnerved
t , Soviet youngster never recovered. , •
"Maybe she thinks a little too much on the court, instead of
hitting the ball and keeping it in play," said Miss Evert. "She
was trying to do too much with the ball.
Girl may take soccer ban to
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (UPI)
Marla Pecor, 14, has been playing soccer
with her three older brothers for years,
and now she wants a chance to follow in
their footsteps.
But because she is a girl, she has been
, denied a tryout with the South
i Burlington High School soccor team.
Marla's parents were expected to
trigger the machinery for a possible
legal battle by filing a formal grievance
with school officials, who have asked for
clarification from federal officials.
1 Federal regulations require public
schools to offer equal opportunities for
girls to compete in non-contact sports.
' Those regulations define contact
• sports as football, wrestling, rugby,
boxing, basketball, hockey and "other
sports whose purpose of major activity
Fitzkee, Donovan enjoy roles
Lion receivers not here for hype
• By JERRY LUCCI
Collegian Sports Writer
Not unlike everyday life, the game of football is
full of stereotypes. .
Lineman so dumb they think Kepone is a running
back from Notre Dame. -
Defensive players so mean they provide free oral
surgery for any offensive player, using their
forearms as forcepts.
, And then there are the receivers. The pretty boys.
The ones who have that innate ability to catch a 90-
'yard touchdown pass with one hand while primping
their $l5 hairdo with the other for the benefit of their
groupies in the stands.
But wait. Let's cut the stereotypes. Especially
here at Penn State where 94 per cent of the players
graduate and Coach Joe Paterno, who like Grandpa
Walton teaches his charges that togetherness brings
victories while "hot-dogging" usually brings a one
may ticket to Boalsburg.
Two young men who agree with Paterno, Scott
Fitzkee and Tom Donovan, comprise half the 1976
Nittany Lion receiving corps.
"I didn't come here to be a star receiver," Scott
Fitzkee, sophomore split end from Red Lion, Pa.
said. "When I was recruited to come here I liked
everything about the school and decided I just
wanted to come down here and play a little football.
It doesn't matter if I catch one pass in a game or
20."
Tom Donovan, a sophomore who gained 236 yards
last year as a replacement for the injured Jim
Cefalo, had no idea he would ever become a
receiver here at Penn State. Still, he is happy with
the change.
"Joe leans toward the bigger type of tailback and
I obviously don't fit that role," the six-foot, 179-
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involves bodily contact."
The problein is, they don't specifically
mention soccer, and school officials are
at odds with Marla's family over
whether it constitutes a contact sport.
"No, I don't consider soccer a contact
sport," said Marla's father, Robert
Pecor. "I don't have any fear she will be
injured. I just feel she should be given a
chance and if she doesn't make it, we
can accept that."
"I would like to see her play," said her
brother Dale, a high school senior. "I've
practiced with her and she has played
against guys on the team and has done
very well.
"She has been hit a few times and
seemed to be able to take it. I feel she is
skilled enough to be able to play."
South Burlington High School Athletic
Director Philip McKenzie conceded the
pound Northport N.Y. native said with a-smile.
Donovan fit into the role last year against Stan
ford when he gained 113-yards rushing including a
61-yard touchdown- run. After ' the big debut,
Donovan's playing time dropped off but he did play
enough to impress observers with his open field
running. However he is not fazed by the fact that the
Donovan name is not exactly a house hold word in
State College.
"I don't think about the lack of recognition,"
Donovan said. "I couldn't be in a better position."
Some fans feel the loss of first team running backs
Larry Suhey and Duane Taylor will put more
pressure on the offense, particularly the passing
game. Both Fitzkee and Donovan disagree.
"The injuries to Suhey and Taylor aren't the
reason behind the increased emphasis on passing,"
Donovan said. "I think he (Paterno) wanted to open
it up anyway."
"Besides," Fitzkee added. "We have so many
good backs that can pick up their slack."
The total receiving lineup, which also includes
Cefalo and Rich Mauti, is being touted as potentially
one of the best to wear the Blue and White uniforms.
Fitzkee thinks that may be the case.
"As a kid watching Penn State play, I never
thought about them in terms of great receivers,"
Fitzkee said. "I was always impressed with backs
like Franco Harris and linebackers like Jack Ham
althciugh in 1973 Gary Hayman and Dave Bland, I
did think they had a tough group. Watching our guys
work out this year, they just don't miss a pass. It's
unbelievable. I think we definitely have the ability
to be as good if not .better than any other group of
PSU receivers."
Donovan is a bit more restrained.
"It remains to be seen in the games just how good
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80 58
72 66
63 76
60 74
46 88
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79 58
70 72
65 76
62 78
59 79
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Chicago
St. Louis
Montreal
Cincinnati
Los Ang
Houston
San Diego
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New York 11, Chicago 5
Montreal 7, St. Louis 5, Ist game
Montreal at St. Louis, 2nd game
Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 1
Cincinnati 3, Houston 0
Atlanta at San Diego, n
San Francisco at Los Angeles, n
Pecor's have"valid arguments.
"Her, parents aren't trying to make a
big stink," he said. "They simply want
her to play and I think they are doing the
right thing by her."
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in denying the tryout because, McKenzie
said, they consider soccer a contact
sport event though it is not specified in'
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Baltimore 73 64
Cleveland 70, 68
Boston 66 72
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.453
.343
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Milwkee
Kansas City
Oakland
Minnesota
Texas
California
Chicago
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Baltimore 3, Cleveland 1
New York 8, Milwaukee 0
California at Kansas City, n
Minnesota at Texas, n
Chicago at Oakland, n
court
"Until we get further clarification,
we will stick to the decision," McKenzie
said.
For her part, Marla, a 99-pound, five
foot-three freshman doesn't consider
herself a feminist crusader. All she
wants to do is play soccer.
"I just want to try out for the boy's
soccer team," she said. "If there was a
girls' team, I'd prefer to play for it. But
there isn't."
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62 74
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70 70 .500
63 74 .460
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:, NFL but his 'decision in the
case heard without a jury was
. a severe shock to pro foot
ball's hierarchy on the even of
its regular season.
The federal jurist awarded
Smith triple damages totaling
$276,600 plus costs and at
torney fees.
we are," Donovan said
Still Donovan is impressed with his cohorts
"Fitskee and Cefalo are both very quick and
tough to catch once they get the ball," Donovan
said. "Mauti is agressive, while the others rely on
speed. He'll do anything to get open and he is hard to
get down once he gets going."
Mauti was Paterno's version of the Bionic Man
last year playing both tailback and fullback while
also leading the team in kick returns with a 28-yard
average on eight returns.
Cefalo set the trend for all future State freshman
phenoms when he averaged 6.2-yards a carry and
caught nine passes for a 17.7 average in 1974. A
sprained ankle and a broken thumb, hampered the
junior from Pittston Pa. last year but the word, is
that he's now fit and ready to make up for lost time.
There is no "quarterback controversy" according
to the two sophs, although you couldn't really blame
Fitzkee if he did lean toward his close friend and
fellow sophomore, Chuck Fusina.
"It doesn't really matter who's in," Fitzkee said.
"But since last spring Chuck and I have been
working out a 'lot and he even came down to my
house this winter. If nothing else, we have our
timing down better than anybody else."
Summing up his impressions of the rest of the
receiving corps Fitzkee found the perfect word to
describe them.
"Class," Fitzkee said. "They always do the best
they can do."As the stage is slowly but surely being
set for the opening of yet another Penn State foot
ball season, the question as to just how much
quarterback John Andress and company will put
the ball in the air remains to be seen.
"You can never tell what we're going to do,"
Fitzkee said laughing, "I'm hoping we pais more."
Hebner, Rooker
to whip fading
PITTSBURGH (AP) Richie Hebner drove in four runs to
back the nine-hit pitching of Jim Rooker and lead the Pitts
burgh Pirates to a 6-1 victory last night over the plummeting
Philadelphia Phillies.
The Pirates' 13th victory in 14 games boosted them to within
4'k games of the first-place Phillies in the National League
East. That's the tightest its been since May 24, and the
Phillies held an imposing 15%-game advantage just 16 days
ago.
Hebner, batting .234 going into the game, managed his
highest RBI total in a game this season with a two-run single
and a two-run double off losing pitcher Steve Carlton, 16-6.
The Phillies have lost 11 of their last 12 games.
Hebner bounced his two-run single off the glove of
Philadelphia second baseman Dave Cash in the second inning
to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead. Then he drove a two-run double
into the right corner in the Pirates' three-run third.
Rooker, 13-7, yielded the lone Philadelphia run in the fourth
on a double by Greg Luzinski and a run-scoring single by Gary
Maddox.
Richie happy to
PITTSBURGH (AP) Two weeks
ago, baseball was as much fun to Richie
Hebner as changing a flat tire.
"Suddenly I love coming to the
ballpark again," he said after driving in
four runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates
to a 6-1 victory over the floundering
Philadelphia Phillies last night.
"Two weeks ago I was hoping to beat Hebner typified the Pirate turnabout.
the Mets out of second place," admitted Batting .234 before the game, he had his
Hebner. "Then, all of a sudden, it was top RBI total this season with a two-run
nine games behind, eight games, seven single and a two-run double off losing
games, and 'now here we are, right back pitcher Steve Carlton, 16-6.
in the thing." "I hit .50 in spring training. Then I
The Pirates closed to within 4 1 / 2 games went 0-for five months," Said Hebner.
of the first-place Phillies in the National The Phillies have lost 11 of their last
League East. That might be considered 12, scoring a total of 13 runs in their last
a cozy lead in other years, but nine games. Pirates pitcher Jim Rooker
'Yazoo' Smith awarded damages
Judge says pro grid draft
WASHINGTON (UPI) A
federal judge struck down the
National Football League's
annual draft of college
players yesterday on grounds
it violated federal antitrust
laws.
The thunderbolt decision by
U.S. District Judge William
B. Bryant upheld the claim by
Jim "Yazoo" Smith, a first
round selection by the
Washington Redskins in 1967,
that the draft illegally his
right to bargain effectively N
because it bound him to only
one NFL team.
Bryant's ruling was ex-
In striking down' the NFL
annual draft, Bryant
declared: "The owners of the
teams have agreed among
themselves that the right to
negotiate with each top
quality graduating college
athlete will be allocated to
one team, and that no other
team will deal with that
person.
"This outright, undisguised
refusal to deal constitutes a
group boycott in its classic
and most pernicious form, a
device which has long been
condemned as a per se
violation of the antitrust
laws," the judge said.
The, antitrust suit seeking
damages against the NFL
and the Redskins was initiated
by Smith after a broken neck
in the final game of his 1967
rookie year ended his playing
career.
Philadelphia was ahead by 15% on
August 24.
"Everything seems to be going our
way, but we have to keep winning : "
Pirates Manager Danny Murtaugh said
after Pittsburgh's 13th victory in 14
outings.
The former Oregon star
claimed the draft was an
illegal restraint of trade
because it denied him op
portunity to bargain ef
fectively with the Redskins,
who held sole right to his
services.
Smith, who made the
starting lineup as a defensive
back, argued through at
torney Stewart H. Johnson Jr.
that he was particularly
restricted in obtaining con
tract provisions which would
Spartans up for
NEW YORK (AP) Woody Hayes didn't
make many friends when he turned in
Michigan State, sending the Spartans up the
river for recruiting violations. Although he
wasn't the only person to tip the NCAA to
Michigan State's misdeeds, he has been the
only one to brag about it.
"Sure I turned them in. And I'd do it
again," Hayes said. The team he turned in
will be knocking on his door this Saturday in
Columbus, Ohio, in the opening game of the
1976 college football season for both the
Buckeyes and the Spartans. •
In the past, Hayes has generally done little
to endear. himself to anybody but his faMily
and Buckeye boosters.
The folly in Hayes' recent crowing about
blowing the whistle on Michigan State is that
the Spartans can retaliate on ' the football
field.
The Spartans never needed much
motivation to get up against Ohio State.
This time, however, the Spartans don't
have the horses to beat No. 4 Ohio State.
A bruising battle can be expected anyway,
with the final score: Ohio State 21, Michigan
State 12.
No. 1 Nebraska at Louisiana State: Last
season was the rebuilding year for the Corn
huskers and they lost only twice. This year,
the building is a skyscraper and the Tigers
can huff and puff but they won't blow this
house down ... Nebraska 24, LSU 6.
For daylight Scott Fitzkee likes the look of this year's Lion by Erie Felack
football squad, but is especially impressed with his
fellow Penn State receivers.
The Daily Collegian Thursday, September 9.1976-
combine
Phillies
The Phillies stranded two runners
.each in the second and
fifth innings.
In the second, Luzinski singled to right and took second
while 011ie Brown drew a one-out walk. Maddox forced Brown
at second as Luzinski took third. Maddox' then stole second
base, but McCarver bounced out to Rooker to end the inning.
In the fifth, Dave Cash lined a single to center and took
second when Robinson bobbled the ball. Mike Schmidt drew a
walked before Luzinski flied out to Robinson to end the inning.
The Pirates' two-run second began when Robinson singled
to left and took third on a ground-rule double by Manny
Sanguillen that bounced into the Pirates' bullpen. Hebner
followed with his two-run single off Cash's glove.
The Pirate's three -run third began after Carlton struck out
Zisk and Willie Stargell. Dave Parker doubled down the left
field line and took third on a wild pitch before scoring on
Robinson's single to left. Sanguillen was hit by a pitch and
scored along with Robinson on Hebenr's double, which landed
fair by a foot in the left field corner.
It was the Pirates' third straight victory over the Phillies
play
safeguard him financially if
he suffered a disabling injury.
He collected $28,000 as a
bonus for signing and $22,000
for his first year as a Redskin.
Washington paid him $22,000
for what would have been his
option year had he not been
injured. What he would have
been paid for a third year
with the Redskins is in legal
limbo because of possible
workmen's compensation
stemming from the injury.
Wisconsin at No. 2 Michigan: Playing
Michigan in the season opener is like taking a
final exam on the first day of school.
Wisconsin's chance for an upset can only be
graded a failure ... Michigan 34, Wisconsin 3.
No. 17 UCLA at No. 3 Arizona State: The
Sun Devils went through 1975 undefeated,
untied and mostly unpublicized. Now that
they're finally getting publicized, will they
become defeated or tied? Not this week ...
Arizona State 28, UCLA 17
No. 5 Oklahoma at Vanderbilt: A lot of sad
songs emanate from Nashville , Vanderbilt's
home and the country and western capital of
the world. "Oh Why, Oh Why Did We
Schedule Oklahoma?" may make the charts
by next week ... Oklahmoa 42, Vanderbilt 7.
No. 6 Alabama at Mississippi: The
Crimson Tide's only loss last season came in
the season opener. Alabama will celebrate
the anniversary of that loss with a victory.
Alabama 33, Mississippi 7.
No. 9 Pitt at No. 11 Notre Dame: The
Fighting Irish remember last year's 34-2 loss
to the Panthers. The Panthers remember,
also ... Pitt 34, Notre Dame 20.
Stanford at No. 10 Penn State: The Nittany
Lions may not be the best in the East any
more, but they're good enough to beat Stan
ford ... Penn State 17, Stanford 7.
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went the distance on a nine-hitter last
night.
"I don't know, I really don't know,"
Phillies Manager Danny Ozark said in
his team's hushed locker room. "but I
think we're going to snap out of it ... We
should, and I feel we will win it."
Ozark has repeatedly dismissed the
notion that his team might be feeling the
pressure. Nonetheless, during the game,
he confiscated a film a photographer
had used to snap his picture in the dug
out.
"The guy isn't supposed to do that ... I
guess I destroyed $2.40 worth of film.
"When I came in after the game, the
guy was in the runway waiting for me
like a vulture. I smiled at him."
illegal
At the four-week trial, three
of Smith's former Washington
teammates Jerry Smith,
Roy Jefferson and Brig
Owens testified on his
behalf along with Ed Garvey,
executive director of the NFL
Players Association.
Witnesses for the league
included such figures as
George Batas, Paul Brown,
Bart Starr, Don Shula, Earl
Morrall and Commissioner
Pete Rozelle.
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