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Page 12 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1976 Connors, Evert head U.S. Open field Former couple seeded first Associated Press FOREST HILLS, N.Y. — A host of contenders and an ailing queen- elect should make this year’s United States Open Tennis Championships more puzzling than most. And 128 men and 96 women will begin trying to solve the puzzle as the Open begins its 12-day run Wednesday at the West Side Tennis Club. Almost 40 matches will be played before the singles and dou bles winners are crowned. The event will be contested on the slow Har-Tru surface that replaced the grass courts last year. For the second straight year there will be night play through the first eight days of the tournament. And prize money of $416,600 will be distrib uted when it’s all over. Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert are the top seeds in singles. Connors had been playing brilliantly and had won 22 straight matches before he was upset last week by Mexico’s Raul Ramirez in the quarter-finals of the U.S. Pro Championships. Connors, who won at Forest Hills two years ago and wound up second last year, will have no lack of compe tition. Wimbledon titlist Bjorn Borg of Sweden, seeded second, is com ing off a big victory in the U.S. Pro event and is always tough on clay. Romanian Illie Nastase, with the short fuse and long bag of shots; Argentina’s Guillermo Vilas; Italy’s Adriano Panatta, winner of the French and Italian championships, and American “Bagel Twins’ Harold Solomon and Eddie Dibbs are all strong clay-court players. So is defending champion Manuel Orantes. But the Spanish left hander has a bad arm — the left one — and may not be able to play. Miss Evert, 21, the top woman player in the world, is virtually un beatable on clay. She waltzed through last year’s tournament, scarcely breaking a sweat until the final. But this year she is hurting. Miss Evert dropped out of Feder ation Cup play last week due to in flamed tendons in the middle finger of her right hand. She is scheduled to play her first match Saturday and will decide a couple of days before that if she intends toplayijB Australian star Evonnef jt’s is seeded second and, barring those miracle upsets occur in women’s tennis, sli| only one who has muchofadi beating a healthy MissEvenl Open. Should Chrissie's J sist, then the field will I erably more open. MissG Ljh< would be favored but soi ( ys, could surprise — Mar! Aidi ratilova perhaps, or mayktepn horse like Sue Barker of Be | fin The final few days oftkiBd ment are sold out andCBsjln 11 televising live weekendm re taped weekday highlightsd |iseci 12-day tournament. Itca These three Texas A&M defensive backs took a short break during yesterday’s foot ball practice, while some of the less ex perienced players went through their de fensive drills. Mike Williams (left) plays Battalion photo by Kevin Venner cornerback, and Lester Hayes (center) Tempers flare at Oiler camp and Reggie Williams play safety for the Aggies. The three said that what the sec ondary may lack in experience, they will make up with a desire to hit hard. Associated Press HOUSTON — Houston Oiler de fensive end Tody Smith denied Tuesday he pulled a gun on linebacker Gregg Bingham during a scuffle between the two players at the team’s training camp. No dog day for Aggies Texas A&M gridders received a welcome reprieve from the sultry dog days of summer yesterday as they continue preparation for their Sept. 11 meeting with Virginia Tech. Lightning crackled in the south ern skies while a soothing breeze cooled the Kyle Field surface. It marked the first afternoon that Sol kindly turned his face from the stadium and the players. “This is the hottest it’s been since we’ve been on (Astro) turf,’’ Trainer Billy Pickard said about the discom forting heat and humidity. “We’ve averaged 1,000 lbs. of ice per prac tice until today.’’ The sound of padded bodies col liding offered a rhythmic contrast to the occasional thunderclaps heard over the bellowing voices and low grunts of exertion. The Aggie running backs looked fit and quick with action in all phases appearing sharp as the afternoon progressed. “The first team is look ing like they came back ready to play,’’ Offensive Co-ordinator Tom Wilson said during one of the several breaks in yesterday s work out. “They all have a great attitude. Defensive back Reggie Williams parried the misnomer that the Ag gies have lost too much talent to be competitive. “Last year is just past performance. We were only 10-2 last year.’ Williams was one of several mem bers of the secondary working on variations of previous pass coverag es. Texas A&M Defensive Co ordinator Melvin Robertson devised the new wrinkles for the University of Houston and Baylor, games fur ther along in the Aggie schedule. Virginia Tech runs the Wishbone, the only team other than Texas which operates that formation. Iron ically, Tech and Texas open and close the Aggies’ 1976 campaign. SUMMER CLEARANCE 1975 MODEL HONDAS CB 400 FOUR SUPER SPORT Reg. $1445.00 $1125°° XL 125 Reg. $800.00 Now $ oo USED BIKE BUYS Honda 175CC Rebuilt Honda 125SL Rebuilt Honda XL100 Excellent Yamaha 650 Overhead Cam $395.00 $395.00 $350.00 $995.00 TWIN CITY HONDA 423 S. MAIN BRYAN 823-0545 Honda Sales & Service The new coverages are designed to provide a degree of misdirection for the opposing offense, disguising the keys quarterbacks must read. Robertson said they looked “lousy” in yesterday’s drills, but it was only the first day of work on the new pass defenses. Cornerback Willie Thompson ex pects the Aggie secondary to be tested quite often during the season. “Nobody’s going to run on us. nobody in the world,” the senior from El Paso said. Thompson stressed the amount of talent present amongst the defensive ranks, lacking only the experience of the nation’s top defense last year. The Aggies have stayed relatively free from injury with only a handful of players sporting minor ailments. Pickard said nearly all the players were in good shape when they re ported in. “If we get by this week (without injuries) we ll be doing al right,” he said. The allegation appeared in a col umn written by New York News col umnist Dick Young. Smith confirmed he and Bingham had scuffled at camp last week but denied the gun allegation. Bingham agreed. “I’m on Tody’s side against any body who says Tody pulled a gun,” Bingham said. “I’ll testify for him on that.” Smith said he intended to speak with a lawyer. “I can see myself years from now applying for a broadcasting job, and the guy behind the desk thinking This is Tody Smith, the guy who pulled a gun,’ ” Smith said. Oiler Coach O. A. “Bum” Phillips, trying to pull the Oilers together for their preseason finale Saturday against the Dallas Cowboys, said there was no truth to the gun allega tion and he didn’t even want to dis cuss it. “Anything I say will just add fuel to the flame,” Phillips said. “Why should Tody have to keep denying something he didn t do. HiJ deserve to have to taepj about that in the newspapf “It’s really tough wheni catches all the heat, ’ Phil “His brother was cut last* Tody gets the whole Phillips said as farastl*| incident at Sam HoustonSn versity was concerned, common occurrance in anvil camp. 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