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Wednesday, July 18, 1973 Toint to Mrs. King Gals to Get Equal Pay in U.S. Tennis Open By Will ning a high temperature for Gnmsley AP Special Correspondent ens NEW Lb, thanks to Billie Jean King's belligerence and Chris Everts schoolgirl charm, comes of age in the U S Open Tennis Championships this year The girls will get equal with the men m the last of the prestige tournaments, sched"!ed Aug 29 Sept 9 at the West Side Tennis Club years Billie Jean, who won her fifth Wimbledon title 10 days ago, has long insisted that the women players never got a fair shake from the various tournament promoters and she has led strikes which made her persona non grata with the authorities She once waged a battle with Jack Kramer, director of Pacific South the YORK-Wom- j t tournament indv Ilaved Six I Tribune Sports Writer Normally Cindy Bcnznn Karen Kennmgtcn Mary Jane Schovaers, Ann Vento Kathy Fink and Traty Tempest get along about as well on the tennis court as Ilie Nastase and linesmen These six tennis players have spent most of their teenage years fighting each other for rankings and individual glory on the local circuit - Bitter Enemies While getting along well off the court, they have been bitter enemies on it a s on Grass That will change soon The six girls will repiesent the area m the United States Lawn Tennis Assn Team Girls Iirn rsecttonal Matches at Baltimore, Md , fiom July 31 to August 4 are Reportwill be raised - freshmen quarterback Kerry Jackson and center Michael The No 2 ranked Phillips Sooners admitted the NCAA rule violation and forfeited eight games Jackson plaved in pane) that the purse The factory has shipped covers to be sold in Salt . price. Offer limited 1 sation. SAVE SAVE On our good I covers long-lastin- g a special group of fop quality lake only at a special reduced Call cr come Valuable Coupon in today Siho-vaer- This would make the U S. Open the first tournament of any consequence in which the guvs and the gals are given financial parity Last year, with a $160,' purse, the men's champion, Ilie Nastase of Romania, re$25 000 while Mrs ceived King, the ladies victor, had to settle for $10,000 This is the sort of female discrimination that has had the bouncy, outspoken matron from Long Beach, Calif , run also wants to giade recoid of Thomas Hilton, a Lmversity of Colorado plavei, was al tered The school board demoted 35 last May but reinstated hnn on a controversial 4.1 vote laM week Eight assistants promptly resigned 'd the teachers as in piotest solution and city newspaper called for Woolley to quit Woolley had no comment on the grand jury probe oi the accusation that he suggested the principals home might burn down unless he cooperated in rigging the grade i iWoolley, Mo2da s rotary eng e ccmed by NSU will The tournament be played on grass which mav pose some problems for the Salt Lake girls who have had little opportunity to play on that surface The ball bounces weird on who says Cindy grass," played on grass m the girls junior circuit last summer It mports doesn't as high and bounce have to lean down a lot lower than you normally would to to return a shot you I hit on grass for about five minutes when I visited a club last year, laughs Karen I thought it was fun but it will take some getting used to Never Played want to have time to get used to it, says Mary Jane who has never plaved on I'm sure it shouldn't grass be too different I don't think we should be too worried," said Cmdv The top teams will come from Cabfomia and Florida and they play on the same type of couit as we do HardI r anyone plays on grass The girls are proud of the fact that they are playing in national team matches before the male players in the area have had a chance to compete in Junior Davis Cup comjxt ltmn a develo, ment that mav not be far in the future ly Yeu h&a? a lot f wild claims these days. But not from ftlasda. Maida tells you what owners tell os. are being sponsored the Intermountain Tennis Thev bv Vssn the past tennis plavers battle each other on the Vs in who court usuallv get along well oft of it nen these girls plav m fue miiJis matches ami two doubles matches m team plav thev will get along more like old friends than bitter rivals rfh gas lationingaheadv a fact of life, Mazda believe-- , cai makeis should talk uahstitallv about tists. The EPA has .said Agentv's emission-contrdont applv they toeveiydav driving e dont hire pioiessional dm to make te-- t runs und'-- idea! economv conditions. besides good mileagi. tie les anothei Ua to save The nitaiv engine hmmms along just fine on the cheapest gas you can nui Regular, d or lead-freWe ev en urge the oil companies to pioduce a much low gas for cais, like 80 octane. ol mileage. The im lea ire that counts is the mb age ow m i Ou i i" oe s t. 'I n- - f . uei 17 to 21 mm Luuut uiii per gallon Some git even mote; some get lew. depending on driving conditions better beGood, lespectable figures, cause Mazda isnt an underpowered little boing-bomThey 'i e l ealistic figures, too We don't quote mileage figures on our smallest car. We quote them on VOLKSWAGEN i low-lea- tun e. c Anv Mazda ow r.er v ill tel! vmi about tne good gas mileage. Anv Mada dealer will let vou test-dM.egood peifoimance our largest car. dont advertise l uc fig res from the Em n onmental Pi ot etion We KARMANN ts i g. m The Mazda goes Hmmmmm. - Karma n Ghia sorfs , beauty and performance car comfort Pe ,.ned to tn Gn a nimble transportabon rut re : gear enveloped in a coupe or ccier be body It sbu to designed by the Italian stylist Gh the Ge'man Custom body bu cm hmen VOLKSWAGEN : Wirh cur r y S hi 0 d d i . e t Dc" t s h t in 1 V e ' rt irf cr25C-ur v warrvty T r i au opted and Wa Kpr Bnk If go d rey is Ad con e 3711 INTERMOUNTAIN f i S. Ogden State Ph. 262 - 6401 c Mazon rn rct 843 West Rivcrda'c pd (80! ) 394-345- 1 Provo Timp Mazda 9? West 800 South (801 375 7388 ) Salt Lake City Gorff Mazda 777 So State St (801 ) 521-646- f 4lLi then E This is the first time in history that the Intermountain area has sent a team to this said Miss Ben-zocompetition, and it should boost the morale of the junior girls in this area. Theyll know that if we go now, they will eventually have a chance to work towards that goal Karen, a student at Hillcrest High School, has been named as the teams captain She will represent the girls at the important draw meeting on the Sunday before the touma ment last season The Made Point the Chris Evert, a sen- ' The six gills were chosen on the basis of Intermountain know how the Miss Miss Vento is the number four ranked player and Miss Fink is the fifth ranked player in the girls lb smg.es division Cindy, Kaien and Mary Jane hail from Salt Lake City while Ann and Tracy come from Coloiado and Kathy comes from Las V egas First Time Grand Jury Opens Probe GAIA ESTON, TEX (UPI) A urv Tuesday grand opened an investigation into how Ball High Schnl oifiuals altered the grade iccords of three graduates to pci mit them to play college football Falsification of school records is a misdemeanor under the Texas Education Code Conviction carries a maximum penalty of $1,000 fine and a one year jail teim or Doth Head Coach Joe Woollev admitted he helped rig the grade records of Oklahoma rankings Miss Benon, s Tempest and Mrs are the number ore through four ranked players in the girls 18 division while That winning effort will not be an easy one In last years matches, Chris and Jeanne Evert represented the winning Florida team $7 of presence WITH THIS SAVE I from its previously announced $160,000 to some $200 000, with both the mens and womens champions receiving equal reward Miss 1 SAVE out- Her point was borne out in after most of the top male stars had either ls71 when, It is Billie Jeaus contention that, while admittedly not on par with the more powerful men the ladies are equal m gate appeal Their smart ballerina skirts and their flair for back-courallies in contrast FACTORY AUTHORIZED SAt r y to the attendance $25,000 Tennis Assn Kennmgton, Instead of plavmg against each othei, the girls wi be woikmg together to produce a wuinmg team effort chairman-directo- and one of the games standing innovators Purse Raised Mars Jane Sihov.u-rTo Hepresent rea Area Girls to Compete Bv Tom Wharton tot 5 Brnnn In Tennis Team Matches .. n Details will be announced at a press conference Thursday, called bv William F Talbert, failed to play or survive the later rounds, the gate at Forest Hills was saved by the to the mens slam-bangame, she argues, contribute west event which traditionally follows Forest Hills, because the womens purse was about one seventh that of the mens total VVANKEL |