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mle I I I I Sports Tuesday, July 3, 1984/The Battalion/Page 7 Cruz grabs N.L honors United Press International NEW YORK — Houston As tros outfielder Jose Cruz was named National League Player of the Week Monday. Cruz, who hit .500 to raise his average 32 points, had 18 hits in 36 at-bats to lead Houston to a 5-3 mark during the week. Cruz scored 10 runs and drove in eight to raise his batting aver age from .242 to .274 on the year. Cruz had four games in which he hit safely three times and tine game where he rattled Philadel phia’s pitching staff for four hits. Other nominees for the Na tional League honor included Chicago Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg (.435 and two home runs) and San Francisco Ch ants outfielder Dan Gladden, who hit .409 with six RBIs in his first full week in the majors. Unknowns shock Wimbledon ‘Big guns’ survive upset bids Astros’ leftfielder Jose Cruz hit .500 during last week’s 8-game road trip. United Press International WIMBLEDON, England — All performing in different gears, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl found their separate paths Monday into the quarterfinals on an other day of surprises at Wimble don. Defending women’s champion Martina Navratilova also won with out a struggle, but the staid tradition of Wimbledon received a severe jolt when two qualifiers advanced along with the big guns into the quarterfi nals. Paul Annacone, a 21-year-old New Yorker ranked 238th in the world, routed 12th seed Johan Kriek, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4, and Swedish blonde Carina Karlsson, with a rank ing of 182th, ousted 15th seed An drea Temesvari, 6-4, 7-5. Annacone, playing in his first pro fessional tournament, is the first qualifier to reach the men’s quar terfinals at Wimbledon since McEn roe in 1977, while Karlsson is be lieved to be the first woman qualifier ever to reach this plateau. McEnroe, playing almost faultless tennis, won eight games in a row in subduing Bill Scanlon, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1, in a match totally devoid of any of the anticipated antics between the not-so-friendly rivals. Connors, after starting just a bit slower, was just as devastating as he ran off 10 consecutive games in beat ing Tim Mayotte, 6-7, 6-2, 6-0, 6-2. Lendl, though, was pushed to five sets for the second time and barely squeezed by American Scott Davis, 4- 6, 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5. Navratilova, who has lost only 15 games in four matches, couldn’t have had it much easier as she swept the first set from Elizabeth Sayers, 6- 0, and then saw her Australian op ponent withdraw with a stomach problem. Fifth seed Jimmy Arias, who never could get comfortable in his first ever outing on grass, was beaten by No. 13 seed Tomas Smid, 7-5, 6- 4, 6-3. In addition to Kriek, two other seeded men were eliminated by un seeded players as No. 11 Kevin Cur- ren fell to Pat Cash, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6, 6- 1, and No. 15 Vitas Gerulaitis lost 6- 3, 7-5, 6-7, 4-6, 6-3 to John Sadri. Andres Gomez, the sixth seed, de feated Terry Moor, 6-0, 6-1, 7-6. Working their way into the wom en’s quarterfinals were No. 3 Hana Mandlikova, No. 4 Pam Shriver, No. 6 Kathy Jordan, No. 7 Manuela Ma leeva and No. 10 Jo Durie. Just as McEnroe had done with Scanlon, Annacone also broke on Kriek’s first service of each set, and the former University of Tennessee star said that qualifying had been tougher on the nerves. “I think it’s a shock for a lot of people, but it has to be the biggest shock for me,” he said of his position in the quarterfinals. “I feel I de served it. I played well through the qualifying and I felt if I could get through the qualifying, I could win some matches here. ds LA not yet a nightmare for Olympics mics pro grams ... manage- probabl) expand United Press International LOS ANGELES — An Olympic ightmare of overflowing hotels, old-out events and gridlocked free- siationsl fays has not materialized, city offi- viewson ials say, but the best tickets and the irime accommodations are gone. Getting around Los Angeles, try- term, the * n g during the best of periods, will be difficult, but police say they don’t envision the massive traffic jams pre- icted by cynics — especially if tour- minaliOB ists and residents take public trans in "ordi [ portation to the events and leave ave (obtj their cars homo. Miranda' hat suit - to over in prison tence on illy Flor- na alio* iicts. abor la* ials from : of good of ob serve in City casi-1 Tiie overall advice, officials say, is that it’s not too late to plan a trip to the Olympics — but please call ahead and be prepared for a few hassles. The overall advice, officials say, is !hat it’s not too late to plan a trip to :he Olympics — but please call head and be prepared for a few lassies. Projections of an overwhelming demand for housing have not materialized. City officials and own ers of small private firms that sprung up to deal with the antic- pated glut said last week thousands if accommodations still were avail- ble in a wide range of price and lo cation. at ive since i flicking •utation it back e were Ly,” said nan at Marine wailed we ex' vere re- leaving or edn- d. L quite a It paid Id boat wortl 1 | proba- , school Tammy Lazer of the Greater Los Angeles Visitors and Convention Bureau said 7,800 hotel and motel rooms of the 250,000 represented by the bureau were still available. She said the best bet, however, is to check with the bureau about the thousands of rooms still for rent in apartments, condominiums and single family homes. Although tickets to many of the most popular events are sold out — such as the opening and closing cer emonies, gymnastics, swimming, div ing, tennis, cycling and fencing — more than a million tickets to other events went on sale earlier this month at nine ticket centers around Los Angeles. Sports with seating still available included baseball, basketball, soccer, boxing, canoeing and track and field. Officials said about 10,000 tickets set aside for the 14 boycotting East ern Bloc nations, including seats in sold-out events, would be offered first to athletes and their families and to those wait-listed for sold-out events, and then would be sold to the general public. California Highway Patrol Officer Jon West said he does not believe the downtown area’s 65 miles of freeway will be jammed at a stop, but he is warning commuters to be prepared during the July 28.-Aug. 12 Olympic period. “The overall picture on the free ways is we are expecting some very heavy traffic,” he said. “The traffic will be larger and even heavier than it normally is, if you can imagine that.” Those hoping to avoid the free ways and take side streets into Los Angeles should also beware. “The side streets are going to have problems too, especially when you get near any of the venues,” West said. “Some of the streets will be closed, some will allow buses only and there’s just going to be a lot of restrictions.” Those talking about traffic have dubbed Aug. 3 “Black Friday” be cause the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, UCLA, University of Southern California, Forum and Dodger Stadium — all located within a 15-mile radius of downtown — will be busy with various events. But public transportation officials say if commuters and visitors ride buses and shuttles, the traffic prob lem will be minimized. Perez keeps word; returns to ’83 form United Press International ATLANTA— Pascual Perez has been as good as his word. While he was lingering in a Do minican Republic prison on a drug charge, Perez kept saying that if he got out in time he was sure he would have another good season pitching for the Atlanta Braves. “I’m keeping in good shape and I’ll be ready when I get the chance,” Perez said from the prison. “I can win more games than I did last season, maybe even 20 or more.” Perez, 15-8 last year, made his first start of ’84 on May 2 after an arbitrator overruled Commis sioner Bowie Kuhn’s ruling that he had to wait until May 15. Perez had a no-hitter going through three innings before that one was rained out and the 27-year-old right-hander, quickly resuming his role as ace of Atlanta’s mound staff, posted an 8-2 mark in his next 11 starts. The Braves, a struggling 9-13 before Perez’ return, have played 32-22 ball with him in the lineup and, ending a two-week home- stand with a Perez victory, headed for New York this weekend in sec ond place, six games over .500. Perez, acquired from Pitts burgh in mid-season two years ago, was sailing along with a spar kling 12-2 record, best in the ma jors, through last July, then went into a tailspin for no apparent reason the last two months of the season — when he won only three games “I don’t expect that to happen this year,” he said. “There are a number of reasons why I didn’t do as well in August and Septem ber as I did earlier. I think I learned some things from that and see no reason why I can’t be more consistent this time.” DON’T MISS THESE RED HOT VALUES! The 4th of July! ...a perfect time to celebrate something independently delicious! 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