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for a Bjorn-again Borg
It’s a long way to the top when you’re
ranked No. 209 in the world.
It’s also a long way down to No. 209
when you were the best in the world just a
year ago.
But even an adversity as severe as a
209-position drop in the rankings can’t get
some people down.
And the only thing down about profes
sional tennis’ 209th-ranked player is his
position in the game.
It’s been a long year for Bjorn Borg.
The greatest professional tennis player
in the history of the game, the awesome
Borg has languished in a Catch-22 through
out the 1982 season.
1 With the exception of two tournaments
in April, Borg has not competed in 1982,
the result of a rule designed by the gov
erning council of professional tennis to pre
vent players from participating in Lamar
Hunt’s World Championship Tennis tour
— a rival tennis circuit.
The league, in its fervor to prevent the
Hunt tour from gaining a foothold in the
high stakes professional tennis market,
struck Borg below the belt.
By requiring all players who did not
compete in least 10 Grand Prix events (not
counting Wimbledon or the U.S. Open) to
qualify for any tournaments they entered
— without exception — the Men’s Interna
tional Professional Tennis Council dealt a
tragic blow to the proud Swede.
The greatest player in the world should
not be required to qualify for a tournament
in which a player ranked far below him did
not have to.
For this reason, Borg chose to sit out the
1982 season.
Basically, Borg’s problems stem from
the 1981 All England Lawn Tennis Cham
pionship — Wimbledon — a tournament
which the Swede had won five consecutive
times.
Ranked No. 1 prior to his defeat at the
hands of John McEnroe, Borg slipped a
notch in the rankings to finish the 1981
season at No. 2.
It was at this point that Borg took a
well-deserved vacation from the rigors of
the professional circuit— time to relax and
to prepare for a return to the top.
It wasn’t to be.
But now the great Borg is back.
Borg won his first professional outing
since April two weeks ago by downing Vitas
Gerulaitis, the fifth-ranked player in the
world, in straight sets in an exhibition
match at the Omni in Atlanta.
Much to the delight of Borg fans around the
world, the Swede has signed to play in all 12
Grand Prix events in 1983.
Exhibition matches and tournaments
will be Borg’s way of preparing to once
again face a greatly changed men’s tour.
Jimmy Connors, Borg’s greatest foe over
the years, is now on top. McEnroe and Ivan
Lendl are also playing great.
As Borg told USA Today’s Cindy Morris:
“It will be difficult in the beginning. There
is no way I can jump in and play unbeliev
able tennis. But I don’t think it will be a
problem. I am not worried at all.”
And when Bjorn Borg isn’t worried, it’s
time for everyone else to start.
Look out Jimmy, Borg is back!
Alabama No. 2 after win
United Press International
NEW YORK — Washington’s
50-7 thumping of California Satur
day insured the Huskies the No. 1
spot for the second week in a row
by UPI’s Board of Coaches and
Washington Coach Don James
could finally call his team “good. ”
Apparently the coaches agreed
as Washington, who took over the
No. 1 ranking from Pittsburgh a
week ago for the first time in their
history, collected 25 first-place
votes and 604 points, the highest
point total by a No. 1 team this
season.
Last week, the Huskies and
Panthers received 16 first-place
votes each from the 42 coaches on
the UPI Board, but Washington
edged Pittsburgh by five total
points (574-569).
Alabama, 5-0, moved ahead of
Pittsburgh and Penn State and
into the No. 2 spot with a 42-21
win over Penn State. The Crimson
Tide received 10 firstplace votes
and 581 points. Pittsburgh, rated
second last week, did not play
Saturday and garnered the re
maining seven first-place votes
and 567 points while falling to No.
3.
The Panthers are the only team
in the ratings to have played all
their games to date against Top 20
teams. Saturday, Pittsburgh hosts
Temple.
With its first loss in five games,
Penn State fell to No. 10.
Undefeated Georgia, which
topped Mississippi, 33-10, moved
up one position to No. 4, followed
by No. 5 Southern Methodist, 5-0,
No. 6 Nebraska, 4-1, No. 7 Arkan
sas, 5-0, No. 8 North Carolina,
4-1, No. 9 Notre Dame, 4-0, and
Penn State.
The second 10 consists of No. 11
UCLA, which dipped three places
after tying Arizona, 24-24, No. 12
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United Press International
AUSTIN — Bob Weltlich, the
new man on the job at the Univer
sity of Texas, says his basketball
team will differ greatly from last
year’s, but it will take him 10 or 12
games to assess their prospects.
Weltlich, hired away from Mis
sissippi last April to replace the
fired Abe Lemons, Monday said
Texas will play slower, emphasiz
ing a patient offense and man-to
man defense.
“For us to be successful, we
have to be good on the defensive
endfirst, ” Weltlich said. “Offense
wins games, but historically, I be
lieve, defense wins champion-
sbips.”
Even though the Longhorns
will fast break when they get a
chance, Weltlich said Texas will
utilize a disciplined offense that
concentrates on shot selection.
“We re not a team, or we hope
not a team, that’s going to be care
less with the basketball,” he said.
"We re not in a situation with our
size or experience where we can
afford to come down and careless
ly make plays.”
Weltlich, who transformed the
Ole Miss Rebels from an also-ran
into a Southeastern Conference
champion, said he probably won’t
he able to assess Texas’ potential
until 10 or 12 games into the
season.
He listed Houston and Arkansas
® the co-favorites to win the
Southwest Conference crown this
year, with Texas A&M a dar-
khorse.
. Texas’ problems with inexperi
ence and lack of depth will be
eompounded by his installation of
the new offensive and defensive
system, he said.
Weltlich noted Texas only has
one starter returning from last
year for sure, guard Jack Worth
ington, and there is only one
senior on the squad.
One of the key’s to the Lon
ghorns success will be whether 6-9
forward Mike Wacker will recover
from a severe knee injury suffered
10 months ago.
Weltlich said doctors have told
him there is a 70 percent chance
that Wacker will be able to play.
Wacker was averaging nearly 19
points and 14 rebounds a game
when he was injured against
Baylor on Jan. 26.
The Longhorns lost 6-10 center
LaSalle Thompson, the nation’s
leading rebounder last year, when
he passed up his senior year to
turn pro.
But Weltlich said be was not
worried about the lack of a center
because his offense uses different
players in different positions.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. —
Arkansas running back-wide re
ceiver Gary Anderson suffered a
cracked rib in the Razorbacks’ 21-3
victory over Texas Tech, but train
ers say he should be ready for the
Houston game Oct. 23.
Anderson is to miss practices
this week, but because Arkansas
has an open date Saturday, he
should return to practices begin
ning the week of Oct. 17, trainers
said.
Anderson took a screen pass
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first period Saturday and raced 74
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Anderson was injured about mid
way through the third period. X-
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for the Houston game, trainers
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West Virginia, up five spots after
topping Boston College, 20-13,
No. 13 Illinois, No. 14 Louisiana
State and No. 15 Florida State,
making its first appearance in the
Top 20.
Texas, which fell four places af
ter losing, 28-22, to Oklahoma, is
rated 16th, followed by No. 17
Clemson, No. 18 Oklahoma, No.
19 Florida and No. 20 Miami
(Fla.).
Stanford and Boston College
dropped from the ratings this
week.
“My concern is who is going to
guard their guy more than who is
going to play in the post for us, ” he
said.
Texas officially opens practice
Friday in preparation for an ex
hibition game in Austin on Nov.
19 against the Polish national
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