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WCT underway in Dallas United Press International DALLAS — The World Championship Tennis finals, an ^event that was near extinction a year ago, begins today with re newed expectations that it will become one of the sport’s most ( important tournaments. A 12-man field headed by John McEnroe and Jimmy Con nors will compete for $500,000 in prize money with the title vmatch scheduled for next Sun day. sT The tournament lost No. 2 “-seeded Ivan Lendl, who with- Jdrew Monday night and was re placed by Tim Mayotte. ? Lendl bruised his inner thigh ,>and possibly suffered kidney McEnroe, unbeaten in three previous WCT tournaments, comes to Dallas unbeaten in 19 matches this year while Connors has lost once in 21 matches. problems when he ran into a netpost in a Gran Prix tourna ment in Luxembourg two weeks ago, Tom Cook, a WCT spokes man said. “From a promoter’s point of view it is as good a field as you would want,” said Owen Wil liams, the chief executive offi cer of WCT. 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McEnroe, Connors, Jimmy Arias and Johan Kriek will re ceive byes to the quarterfinals while the other eight battle on Tuesday and Wednesday night. Tuesday’s night’s matches will have Mayotte taking on To mas Smid (the winner to face Jimmy Conners Thursday) and Eliot Teltscher taking on Hen- rick Sundstrom (the survivor to meet Arias). On Wednesday night Kevin Curren plays Mark Dickson (with Kriek awaiting the winner Friday night) and Vitas Gerulai- tis faces Bill Scanlon (the win ner meeting McEnroe). McEnroe remained the top seed, followed by Conners, Arias and Kriek. Sundstrom is fresh from an upset win over Wilander in the finals of an event in Monte Carlo. McEnroe has been in the WCT championship match the past five years and has won three of them — downing Bjorn Borg in 1979, Kriek in 1981 and Lendl last year in a fifth-set tiebreaker. He was beaten by Connors in 1980 and by Lendl in 1982. McEnroe comes to Dallas un beaten in 19 matches this year while Connors has lost once,in 21 matches. Scanlon, the only native Dal las resident ever to have played in the WCT event, reached the semifinals last year but brings only a 5-7 match record into thi<! ve^r’c tr>nrna rn **nt Ken’s Automotive <o Q. 0) CC o O 3 -o (0 r-- <D 0> 0) Q. E o 421 S. Main — Bryan 822-2823 "A Complete Automotive Service Center" Tune-Ups „ , Clutches * Brakes Front End Parts Replacement Standard Transmission c Repairs o GM Computer Testing All American Cars Datsun-Honda Toyota 10% Discount with Student i d. on parts (Master Card & VISA Accapted) Indians scalp Rangers United Press International 33 <0 -a “J OPEN SATURDAYS MSC International Programs Committee Now accepting Applications for IPC officers Pick up applications and job descriptions in the Student Programs Office— MSC Room 216 Meeting on Thursday, April 26 for all inter ested. Applications due by Monday, April 30 12:00 pm at SPO Secretaries' Island. at MSC ySpGIE CINEM/\ PRESENTS MARILYN MONROE THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH Wednesday, April 25 The Grove 8:45 p.m. Tickets are $1.00 with TAMU I.D. Advance tickets Available at MSC Box Office Mon.-Fri. 8:30-4:30 Tickets also on sale 45 minutes before showtime AME) NE the p.m and 745 BRA2 TI< NBA roundup 76ers must ‘do or di fori CEPE hd< mat United Press International Philadelphia enters Game 4 of their playoff se ries with the New Jersey Nets Tuesday striving to even the series and return the match to the 7(>ers to accomplish a feat unseen by NBA fans in more than a quarter of a century. Philadelphia, rallying from two straight losses to defeat the Nets 108-100 Sunday at the Mead- owlands Arena, knows the odds are against the club. The last time a team bounced back from a 2-game deficit in a five-game series was in 1956 when Fort Wayne came back to defeat the St. Louis Hawks. But that doesn’t faze Philadelphia one hit. “You see this ring?” Julius Erving asked as he held up his finger with the 1983 NBA championship ring on it. “I don’t want to lose what it stands for and 1 want another.” In other playoff games Tuesday night the Nuggets (leading 2-1) square off against Utah at Denver; the Suns (leading 2-1) take on Portland in Phoenix; the Hawks confront Milwaukee (leading 2-1) in Atlanta, Washington hosts Bos ton (leading 2-1) and Seattle (leading 2-1) hosts Dallas. New York, which holds a 2-1 lead in its series, plays its fourth game against Detroit Wednesday night in New York. Los Angeles was the only team to sweep its se ries, eliminating Kansas City 108-102 Sunday. The Nets are also hoping to make history, for the eight-year-old franchise has nevei\ won a playoff. To do so, it must eliminii poor free throw shooting and turnoven plagued its game Sunday following its up the first two games at the Spectrum. The Nets converted only 9-of-21 fretii and made seven turnovers in the finalpeiio ending three in the last minute. "We lost the game on the foul line,'’ coach Stan Albeck. “They shot 24-of-2/iK shot 9-of-21. We’re still ahead 2-1 andifsoa would have told me the same thing at thet three. I’d have taken it. The Sixerschanjd: lineup and eliminated our quicknessgoin| court.” “We got three turnovers in the last rainui that helped," said Erving. “It’s difficult anyone and I didn't come here expetti lose." Erving scored 27 points and Moses finished with 21 points. Buck Williams points for the Nets, Micheal Ray Ridim who terrorized the 76ers with his mm n<x>i game at the Spectrum — had 16 m Otis Birdsong, who had predicted tlxj would sweep the series, hit for onlvq shooting. | “They switched out and doubled upt: and I never got into the game,” said Bid “They’re the world champs, and nobods sas was going to be easy.” CLEVELAND — Tony Ber- nazard tripled in Otis Nixon and Julio Franco followed with an RBI double in the fifth in ning Monday to lead the Cleve land Indians to a 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers. Rick Sutcliffe, now 3-1, picked up the win, going 7 2-3 innings before being relieved by Ernie Camacho, who registered his third save. Sutcliffe allowed six hits, walked none and struck out four. Texas got its only run in the eighth when Ned Yost was safe on a fielder’s choice, moved to second on Bobby Jones’ pinch- hit single and scored on a single by Mickey Rivers. Charlie Hough, 1-1, took the loss, allowing eight hits in going the distance. In other American League action, Lloyd Moseby drove in four runs with a bases-loaded double and a triple Monday to power the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-5 triumph over the Seattle Mariners. Dave Stieb, 3-0, worked 7 1-3 innings and allowed five runs on eight hits, striking out four and walking five. Roy Lee Jack- son finished for his second save. Trailing 4-3, the Blue Jays struck for four runs in the fifth. Consecutive singles by Buck Martinez and Alfredo Griffin and a hit batsman loaded the bases with none out. Moseby sliced Mark Langston’s pitch down the left field line for a three-run double. Collins was picked off second base and Toronto Manager Bobby Cox was ejected in the argument. Sonics see potential United Press International SEATTLE — After a regular season notable mainly for his team’s inconsistency, Fred Brown thinks the Seattle Super- sonics are showing signs of com ing around now that the play offs are here. The Sonics took a 2-1 lead in their best-of-Iive series with Dallas with a 104-94 come- from-behind victory over the Mavericks Saturday. The Sonics could progress to a second- round series with the Los An geles Lakers by beating Dallas tonight in the Kingdome. Brown, along with Cus Wil liams and Jack Sikma, is one of the few survivors from Seattle’s championship 1979 season on this year’s rebuilt club. Now a 13-year veteran, Brown qual ifies as one of the NBA’s elder statesmen, giving his hopeful comments a little more credibil ity. “I am seeing enough now to give me some indication that there is potential, a start of something that can be very good,” said Brown. “We do not have all the elements. But we have enough to be winners.” The Sonics have won two in a row over Dallas after losing the series opener. The win Satur day was an impressive one in that Seattle bounced back from a five-point halftime deficit to dominate the Mavericks with tough defensive play in the sec ond half. Seattle’s playoff performance is helping erase some sour memories from a year ago when the club was quickly eliminated in two straight losses to Port- land in an opening mini-series. “Late in the season and in the Seattle’s playoff per formance is helping erase some sour mem ories from a year ago when the club was quickly eliminated in two straight losses to Portland. playoffs, you have to play good defense and avoid mistakes — and that’s what we’ve been doing,” said Brown. “We have undergone so many pitfalls over the course of the year. But the team is still willing to listen and learn... “Last year, we had a lot of guys who were close-minded to suggestion. When that happens, you have problems.” Although Brown scored less this year than in any season since he was a rookie, he is still a feared shooter around the league. “If I make a couple of shots, I find coaches now immec calling a timeout to expla to defend me, orautom making a substitution," Brown. “That’s whalIlil cause it means I am defi having an effectonthepi "If the other team male] adjustment just on me, in !>e a cakewalk forjackorl A1 (Wood).” Outside shooting has I problem for Dallas in the Although Rolando Blai is having a productive Dallas’ other starting Brad Davis, has been mirth shooting slump. Davis has hit just 1* I shots from the field ini two games, both Dallas That has allowed the Sc collapse on high-scoriii{i ward Mark Aquirre wtiti t t ies to get the ball inside, “I think that I’vebeeiitS ing too much, tryingtogeie thing too perfect," said Hi “I’m worrying too mudii my mechanics. “I’ve got to shoot inch I think about it. I’m still nod ing Cus honest enough# L, 1CLl fense. I’ve got to maketto Bcomme so that he can’t collapse® Iof e b He’s making it difficult• pm the the ball insiefe.” i of Alabai Davis, who runs the Dal® | s ]yf 0 fense, is usually a t liiider in shooter, finishing eighthiBe incim NBA in shooting perc fi «Meanv this season witha.541mad|tht' com at i Unite A fed Ryun retains superstar statu 20 years after record mile |>n to be Mexico c virot i Agency hatzow Schatz endatic waste in United Press International LAWRENCE, Kan. — There have been numerous changes in the world of track — the dirt has gone to tartan, the lanes have increased to eight — but the superstar status of Jim Ryun continues on unabated. The Wichita whiz kid was the first high school athlete to tree! a mile in less than four minutes and, in his relatively short ca reer, gained an Olympic silver medal and stacked up more awards than there are brands of running shoes. Now 20 years after he set a then-world record 3:51.1 mile — a record, incidentally, that lasted nine years — Ryun, the “tall, loose-limbed lad with a flat-top hair cut,” is still on the run for fun and profit. Ryun is an imposing figure at this year’s Kansas Relays where his awesome running career be gan two decades ago. “It (the Relays) is very special in the sense it was my first op portunity to race in the first stages of my career with the best in the state,” he said. As the Sullivan Award ama teur athlete of the year, Ryun quickly became a star on the Jayhawk campus. Appearing on the covers of virtually every sports publication and some news magazines, Ryun would have women flood his tele phone with calls. Ryun said it was difficult to cope with those star-struck fans and the con stant attention given him by re porters and photographers. But Ryun has settled down with his wife, Anne, and four children in Lawrence. And he is still running for the fun of it, about 90 to 100 miles a week. Using his knowledge and ex perience, he travels around the country for workshops, lectures and seminars. He is a consultant for a shoe company as well as an award-winning photographer who also serves as a consultant for a film company. “I’m so happy I’m doing what I like to do,” lie said. “I’m con stantly amazed by the interest and by the attention given to me.” Idudinj Ryun said the biggest pointment of his career a PP criticism he received F s ea re h paste at i'at no tuitil the ecific \ late s fins. Jack ter a cted n pern hatzov Ryun’s biography, “Quest for Cold,” published this summer will relate his first success — be coming the 21 st man on a 21- member cross-country track team. But with the inspiration of coach Bob Timmons, who coached Ryun in high school and at Kansas University, the athlete went from that spot to the top man on the varsity a year later and eventually to NCAA and Amateur Athletic Union records in the 880-yard, 1-mile and 2-mile runs. In 1964, Ryun placed third in the 1,500-meter run at the U.S. Olympic trials, but a cold forced him out of contention for an Olympic gold medal. Then in 1968, weakened by a bout with mononucleosis, he lost the gold medal to Kenya’s Kipchoge Keino. winning a gold medal. “I’m not going to away because it wasn'tg® said. But his worst moments 11 in the 1972 Olympics.I* qualifying races, Ryun knocked down and unconscious for 15 seconds chances for any medal " fl1 ined. Fueling his fnistf was the fact that Olymp 11 _ cials refused to review M I ° IUas film i n search of a foul. 1 ?' es ° Ltnable to even lookats | ■ 'em magazine without disgusiJ| e ! n said he went for monllisW a the event feeling despair a PP< Ryun, a proclaimed 'm.i 1118 < Again” Christian, said one f s ’ a : his life took a dramatic 1^1.°'’^' 2 “That night I asked the to help me forgive them pic officials),” he said. , 'l | m 5 ' :)u the glitter off when younW a, id: that sports is not an end'W'l n l ' a - self.” ■‘, h j Unfortunately, thegait 1 ( * c losing their true goal, be® u , s . c The purpose of theOlrtL , ‘P 5 for youth to gatheringf[j| ltu y competition. “In reality, politic stepped in to diminish goal,” he said. L c . al; ■ a "iing Today his children o« L j own are running in ah a f m er ^ a * club. His track experience^ a s him earn a living. Andh ®' < eiv ning —is still continuing fr s f xas.