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Show iiiMjMaiaafrikiWiriiiii'fraYw),i)y'4fr5B Women Begin $100,000 S.L. Tennis Duel Tonight By Lex Hemphill Tribune Sports Writer It is not hard to figure why dynamic Billie Jean King is the finest ambassador women's tennis has ever had. On her first tennis visit to Salt Lake City, King was granting a string of interviews Tuesday and was handling them like so many forehand volleys Ive been doing it every day for 15 years," she smiied. Billie Jean King has literally made women's tennis what it is today through the force of her personality, one that is consistently interesting in the face of questions shes heard time after time But she loves the role. "After the matches these days, the girls walk into a press room filled with reporters and say, Do I have to do this? " said King. I tell them they should want this. There was nobody there to ask them questions 10 years ago." King is one of the main reasons there is that interest now, and she also has to be considered one of the reasons why there is even a $100,000 Bridgestone World Doubles Cuampionship, opens Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Salt Palace. Billie Jean is half of the team with Martina Navratilova, who comes off her Virginia Slims championship victory in Oakland last weekend. top-seede-d For Sports Information Those two will open Wednesday against Greer Stevens and Mona Guerrant, who took the favorites to 4 in the third-se- t tiebreaker in a match in Houston in finals will be played Saturday after noon. 5-- January matches Betty Marita Redondo-Pa- t Bostrom and Rosie Anne Russell vs. Virginia Durr. Tvo other opening-roun- d will be played Wednesday e Goolagong vs Stove-Evonn- Cas-ais-J- o Wade-Francoi- The fourth first-roun- match will he Kristien Shaw-Jan- d played Thursday Newberry vs. second-seede- Aus-sie- d s Turnbull. There will be one semifinal match each on Thursday and Friday nights, and the Kerry Reid-Wend- y has beaten the Nobody King-Navratilo- tandem this winter. They entered six tournaments, won five, and defaulted in one. So they are not expected to lose this week. King used to be equally unbeatable in doubles while teaming with Casals, a team that has been broken up. "Wc were like a music group that played for a long time and started to lose its creativity," said King of her partnership with Casals. "And then I didnt play much the last couple of years, and Rosie had to start playing with others." For Sports Scores Gill KANSAS CITY-Vet- A i First 1978 Pitch Tonight in Seattl e Lyle Brad- eran tr rt- Ut.. tutuj rx iUibd, iiiv standings show Fort Worth on top (89 points). Salt Lake second (87), Dallas r- iLAUliC ley, playing right wing for the first time since early in the season, scored an unassisted goal at 8:48 of the final period to lift the Salt Lake Golden Eagles to a 2 win over the Kansas City Red Wings here Tuesday night, ending the regular Central Hockey League campaign for the Big Birds. But the Eagles quest to overhaul the. Fort Worth Texans for the league championship fell by the wayside as the Texans captured a 2 overtime win over the Dallas Black Hawks Tuesday in Dallas with Dwight Bialowas scoring . i goal at 5:06. Standings Firm The Tuesday results firmed up the regular season CHL finish. Writh two games to go Wednesday night (Dallas at 3-- - uu third i.u ttF OUUi (79), v. - Tulsa fourth (71) and Kansas City fifth (67). Here are the pairings and dates first five games (series are but sixth and seventh games have not been finalized) of the Central Hockey Leagues Jack Adams Cup semifinals: Series A (Fort Worth-Tulsa- ) Friday Tulsa at Fort Worth Saturday Tulsa at Fort Worth Tuesday Fort Worth at Tulsa April 13 Fort Worth at Tulsa April 15 Tulsa at F old W urlh Series B (Salt Lake-D- a Has) Friday Salt Lake at Dallas Saturday Salt Lake at Dallas April 12 Dallas at Salt Lake April 14 Dallas at Salt Lake April 15 Dallas at Salt Lake n, nt u best-of-sev- e best-of-sev- The Eagles, who finished the regular campaign with two victories (a 4 overtime win over Dallas last Saturday was the other), tied a CHL record for most road wins in a season (2(1) with Tuesdays verdict. 5-- nt Palazzari Close Rick Bourbonnais goal (on which Palazzari assisted) offset Dan Gruens goal in the first period. Ken Kuzyk caught Denis Meloehes rebound and sent the Eagles ahead, in the second period, and then after Rob Plumb tied it for K.C. at 2:04 of the finale, Bradley swiped goalie Terry Richardsons clearing pass and lit the red lamp. Tribune SjmrU biilor While the erstwhile Bronx World Series championship in 15 years last fall by beating the Dodgers, four games to two. New York still , dominates the Series. s triumph marked the 21st world championship for the Yankees, and the entire American League 1977 is 44. But Carew will have the attention this season as he battles to become the first .400 hitter since Ted Williams, who, along with Carew, won six batting championships. Four batters in baseball history have won seven or more batting championships, including Ty Cobb with 12, Honus Wagner with eight, and Rogers Hornsby and Stan Musial with seven. While the Yankees are expected to have little trouble in defending the Eastern Division title, with Boston and Baltimore pressing, the other divisional champions look like good bets to repeat. That would be Kansas City in the American league West, Iis Angeles in the National League West and Philadelphia in the National East. The Yankees won by 2 Vi games over Boston and Baltimore last year, and Philadelphia won by five games over Pittsburgh, while Kansas City led Texas by eight games and the Dodgers led Cincinnati by 10. Best bet for an upset among the defending divisional champions might be Cincinnati, with Tom Seaver on hand for the full season to bolster a shaky pitching staff. Stuff nt all-tim- Bombers won their first ; nt CHL history to win the triple crown most goals (45), most assists (56) and most points (101). As it is, e Palazzari tied the CHL mark for points by a center iceman. October. Series total 12-1- Palazzari will be watching closely the K.C. game in Tulsa Wednesday night. If Bloom does not get three assists, "Pizza will become the first player in Rod Carew launches a bid for his seventh batting title Wednesday night when the Minnesota Twins open the major league baseball season at Seattle, but to most of the experts, the whole race is but a prelude to another World Series Domination by the New York Yankees in World 20-1- 20-ga- st John Mooney The st Perhaps as important as the victory was the ability of Eagles center Doug Pala-za- ri to maintain a three-assilead over K.C.s Mike Bloom for the league crown in that category. Sports Mirror b I er The Eagles' 42nd victory also left the crew in club as the the nine-yea- r history of the franchise. Only the Adams Cup championship team of 1974-7- 5 won more 43. Its Yankees, f Minnesota's Dave Goltz and Glenn of Seattle will be the starting pitchers and Hall of Famer Joe DiMag-gi- o is scheduled to throw out the first ball Wednesday night when the Twins face the Mariners in the opening game of the 1978 major league baseball season. Houston and Cincinnati open the National League season on Thursday, with J. R. Richard starting for the Astros and Tom Seaver working for the Reds. Seaver has won six opening-da- y assignments in the last seven years, all of them for the New York Mets. Richard won 18 games last season, four of them against the Reds. The remaining National League teams open on Friday, with other American League openers scheduled throughout the weekend. By Saturday, all 26 major league clubs will be in action. Goltz, 1 in 1977, was one of only winners in the American three League last season, and Abbott, 3 last year, emerged as the ace of the expansionist Seattle pitching staff. Both clubs will have some new faces in their lineups, the Mariners by their own choice and the Twins as a result of the free-ageescape chute. Seattle will start Bruce Bocht- -. a free-agepickup from Cleveland, in left field and John Hale, who has had prior major league shots at Los Angeles and Toronto, in right field. Minnesota, which lost two top outfielders, Lyman Bostock and Larry Hisle, in the free-ageauction, has replaced them with a pair of rookies. Hosken Powell will lead off and play right field in Manager Gene Mauch's lineup, with Willie Norwood batting seventh and playing left field. Bostock signed with California and Hisle with Milwaukee and both are expected to play major roles with their new teams. The Angels open at home Special to The Tribune , A home run explosion in ; Friday night against Oakland, and the PROVO Brewers season begins in Milwaukee the eighth inning of the second game Thursday against the Baltimore provided Brigham Young University Orioles. 5 doubleheader sweep of with an Southern Utah State Tuesday. Reds Open N.L. Season The sweep gives BYU a regular- Cincinnati, the oldest franchise in the reconi of 16-- 8 and drops SUSC to season hosted has traditionally major leagues, The but the the opening game, Cougars open defense of their contest will beat the Reds to Western Athletic Conference Northern the punch. Dick Wagner, executive vice Division title at home Thursday against I president and general manager of the the University of Utah in a 2:30 p.m. game. club, says he really doesnt mind. In the second game, the Cougars ' Were the club that traditionally were the National trailing the visiting Thunderbirds League season, opens said Wagner. They (the AL) could open 5- entering the bottom of the eighth. at Christmas and it wouldnt bother me But then the Cougars blasted three one bit. by Kim Nelson, straight homers Marc Thomas, and Len Tsuhako. and on Thui Wednesday Ironically, hit their homers off when the major league seasons are Nelson and Thomas Rex Shipp, making him the losing getting underway, there still will be pitcher. teams playing exhibition games. Included in the Wednesday schedule Tyler Steinbach went all the way and are five games against college teams scattered seven hits in pitching BYU to the Texas Rangers vs. the University of victory in the seven-innin- g opener. Don Texas, the Atlanta Braves vs. Georgia Valgardson and Cam Killebrew supTech, Houston vs. Texas AAM, the New ported Steinbach with home runs. York Yankees vs. Florida State, and Valgardsons shot was his eighth of the the Boston Red Sox vs. the University of season, placing him among the national Florida. leaders. On Thursday, with four major league Thomas, whose homer in the nightopeners scheduled, there still will be two final exhibition games the cap proved to be the winning run, had Yankees at the University of Alabama five hits in the two games. Valgardson, in Tuscaloosa, and the Chicago Cubs vs. Killebrew, and shortstop Vance Law each had four hits in the doubleheader the Cleveland Indians at Tucson. Ariz. Abbott Beginning Friday, the CHLs Jack Adams Cup playoffs take the spotlight with Fort Worth gaining the home ice advantage against Tulsa in a series and the Eagles facing semifiDallas in the other nal set. second-winninge- for the Torrez from the Yanks and De wt came over in a trade w Cleveland last week. relievThe Yankees added free-ageers Rich Gossage and Rawly Eastwick. Detroit is introducing a rookie doubleplay combination of second baseman'-LoWhitaker and shortstop Allan Trammell. Cleveland acquired rookie' phenom Ted Cox and pitchers Rick-Wisand Mike Paxton in the Eckersley trade and veteran designated hitter Willie Horton. Exciting Rookies Defending AL West champion Kansas City has three exciting rookies, first baseman-outfieldClint Hurdle, infielder U. L. Washington and outfielder Willie Wilson. Texas added free-ageslugger Richie Zisk as designated hitter and cquired outfielder A1 Oliver and pitcher Jon Matlack in an four-clu- b winter trade. The Chicago White Sox lost Zisk and Oscar Gamble, who signed with San Diego, via free agency, but replaced them with outfielder Bobby Bonds and DH Ron Blomberg. In the National League, the major new faces include Gamble at San pitchers Rudy Diego, May and Ross Grimsley at Montreal, first baseman Willie Montanez and outfielders Ken Henderson and Elliott Maddox with the New York Metg, reliever Terry Forster with the champion Los Angeles Dodgers, pitcher Bert Blyleven with Pittsburgh, and pitcher Vida Blue with San Francisco. By Hal Bock AP Sports Writer 3-- CHL Playoffs At a Glance 237-202- 5 Page One Eagl es Bump K.C., Finish 2nd in CHL iilC et Wednesday Morning, April 5, 1978 Neel ion C UJ especially in England, King says They feel I deserve, the record, since Elizabeth never won iki singles. King would probably be favored to When we teamed up, Martina said to me, 1 can help you win another win the doubles with Navratilova, but said King. "That was she said she will prepure intensely for Wimbledon,' the first time anybody talked about one more shot at another Wimbledon what they could do for me. Before, they singles title "Id like the 2oth to be in it would be mezre apropos. would say, What can I learn from singles playing with Billie Jean? " King, who lost a thre-schallenge The next Wimbledon title will be tne match to Navratilova ii Sacramento. big one for King. In singles, doubles, Monday night, said she has been" and mixed doubles, she has accumuhampered by the flu throughout the. lated 19 titles at Wimhledoti, tied with winter and has really felt well for only Elizabeth Ryan, who never won a two tournaments on the recent Virginia Slims tour. She dM win five singles (King has won sixl. tournaments last fall after coming off People talk about it all the time, her third knee operation. alt fake Srilmnc Call 237-200- 1 OpOCiiAl King says the rapport between herself and Navratilova is one of the main ingredients of their success. 'n" Larry Wilson, the former He and St. Louis Cardinal star, will be inducted into the Pro 2-- 1, gets an early jump! Baseball co mmissioner Bowie Bowie Wire-to-Wi- re Football Hall of Fame this summer and hes asked his old coach at the University of Utah, Jack Curtice, to be his sponsor. . . . Cincinnatis Sparky Anderson and Baltimores Earl Weaver start the baseball season ranked as the Nos. 2 and since 3 winning managers percentage-wis1900. . . . Anderson, in eight years, has won 771 of 1,288 games for .599 and Weaver in 10 years has won 909 against 615 losses for .596. . . Leader is late Joe McCarthy with the Yankees who compiled a .614 mark in 24 years as manager. . Followers of the biorhythm theory might want to check on Tracy Stallards birthdate, since you might want recall it was Stallard who threw the pitch that Roger Maris hit for his 61st home run. He was the loser in the longest game in history (seven hours and 23 minutes) to the Giants, he was the losing pitcher of record when Jim Bunning hurled his perfect game against the Mots and he was the loser of the last game ever played in St. Louis in the old Busch Stadium. e . . Fans' Responsibility The NCAA faces a tremendous job in attempting to make the colleges and universities live up to the rules they as members adopted, and whether the organization does a good job or a poor job in your opinion depends on whether your school has been caught. But the job becomes more complex when the alumni enter the picture. The university or college still is charged with keeping its house in order, and this means accepting responsibility for what overzealous alums may do. For example, during the NCAA tournament. Arkansas outstanding player, Marvin Delph, lost his eligibility for one day because a group of fans from his home town raised funds to send his parents from Arkansas to the regional tournaArkansas ment in Albuquerque. Thats a turned itself in to the NCAA and the matter was cleared eventually, but thats the type of stuff which can kill a program. So, during the pressure of recruiting basketball players in the next few days, if you as a fan want to help the school you cheer, put the money through the university channels, or you could cost your favorite team a years probation and a tournament. chance at a no-n- o. post-seaso- BYU Sweeps nt n Observation Ward In seeking world exposure, Utah figures to fare much better with the Bridgestone World Doubles championship than it did with the World Judo championship, which was supposed to open the door for international competition. Kuhn was player and ump in softball at U.. of Virginia. NCAA Requests Flood Uteville 8--3, e, and even individuals many for 20 or more tickets, Sheya said. That would explain the long lines Monday at many area banks where people were purchasing money orders or obtaining certified checks for the tickets. Seattle-Minneso- There are major personnel changes in both leagues. Boston, pursuing the World Champion Yankees in the American league East, strengthened its pitching staff t Mike with the acquisition of Blaze Top Woman Star - Phenomenal Blazejowski of Montclair State (N J.) was named winner Tuesday of the inaugural Wade Trophy as the country's outstanding woman college basketball player. Blazejowski set a womens career record of 3,199 points, closing out her school playing days by scoring 40 or more points in her final three games. She finished the season with a 38. H scoring average, while leading Montclair State to third place in the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) tournament. Affectionately known as "Blaze," the forward from Cranford, N J., averaged 9 9 rebounds a game. She was picked from a list of 30 nominees NEW YORK (UPU star Carol reeommended writers ta -4 free-agen- court 9-- ; The NCAA's 1979 basketball finals at the University of Utah next March will be sold out. Now, if that comes as a surprise to three or four people, they should have been around Tuesday when the morning mail arrived at the Special Events Center. There were over 11,000 applications for tickets to the 1979 two-da- y event the World Series of college basketball. And, thats probably only a drop in the barre since there hasnt been time for any mail to arrive on campus. Those applications will begin to pour in Wednesday and according tej University sports promotion official Norm Sheya, there are some 35,000 applications expected. "Weve projected some 45,000 to 50,000 requests to come in for the some 5,000 seats which are available, Sheya said. "But even among the 11,000 applications, there were 600 or so which were postmarked too early (April 2) and they will be returned. Sheya emphasized once again that the approxi-- i mate 10,000 seats which are unavailable to the public will be reserved for the competing schools and the U.S. Basketball Coaches Association. There were multiple applications Tuesday from businesses, groups Pair From Southern Utah by 100 coaches, sports and sports information "Im real glad the way everything turned out," said Blazejowski. "Im happy women's basketball has blossomed and I'm happy to make a contribution toward that end. Blazejowski will receive the Stayfree-sponsore- d Wade Award at an April 24 dinner in New York. The 21 year-ol- d senior received 47 of the 91 ballots cast, out polling runner-uAnne Meyers of UCIA who had 32 votes. The Wade Trophy is named after Margaret Wade of Delta State, the most successful coach in womens college basketball. p for BYU. Valgardson and Nelson each had two doubles and a homer in the two games, as BYU tagged the T Birds for .V) hits for the day. Tony Pappas hit SUSCs only home run of the day. |
