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
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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.
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The new coverages are designed
to provide a degree of misdirection
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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
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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
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