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Page 8/The Battalion/Tuesday July 9, 1985 SPORTS NFL vets upset by pay cuts Players may refuse to report to camps Associated Press CHICAGO — Some top National Football League veterans in the op tion year of their contracts may not report to training camp to protest the club owners’ attempt to “turn back the economic hands of time,” a group of player agents said Monday. “We’re finding a lot of resistance (to negotiating contracts) for both rookies and veterans and we’re con sidering having those veteran play ers not report to their clubs until they are signed,” said Frank Murtha, one of about 30 agents or their rep resentatives attending the unique meeting. Murtha said there are 127 NFL veterans among the 28 clubs who are entering the final year of their con tracts and they might be encouraged to stay away from training camp en masse. Most clubs open training camps in mid-July. Murtha, the group’s spokesman, said all of the agents representing the NFL’s First-round picks as well as many veterans, gathered “to plan strategy ... and what we as a group need to do to negotiate better con tracts ... There is a widespread at tempt (by management) to roll back salaries, on the average, to 1983 lev els.” He said the salary offers to both top draft choices and veterans are 40 percent below similar offers a year ago. ‘High noon 1 relived at Wimbledon Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — It was “The Showdown” and “The Shootout.” And despite the bullets served up by West Germany’s Boris Becker and American Kevin Cur- ren in Sunday’s “Shootout,” the weapons were tennis rackets. The “Showdown” on Saturday sent the world’s top two women players, Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert Lloyd, against each other in a continuation of the game’s longest-running rivalry. Instead of a dusty street at high noon, these confrontations took place on the Centre Court grass court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, pre cisely at 2 p.m., thank you. Becker, appropriately nick named “Boom Boom” for his WIMBLEDON WRAP-UP rocketing serves, rewrote the re cord book when he blasted Cur- ren 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 to capture the men’s singles title. He became the youngest Wimbledon winner, the first non-seeded player to capture the prestigious grass courtjs title and the first German to win in the tournament’s 108- year history. Navratilova and Lloyd were co seeded No. 1, the first time in Wimbledon history that officials couldn’t decide on a favorite. Navratilova took away the doubt, downing Lloyd 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to post her fourth straight singles triumph here. She also teamed with Austra lia’s Paul McNamee to win the mixed doubles for the first time, although her dream of capturing the “triple” disappeared Saturday when she and Pam Shriver had their 109-match winning streak stopped in the women’s doubles final by American Kathy Jordan and Australian Elizabeth Smylie. But it was “Boom Boom” Becker who emerged from the fortnight as the hero, a role he both relishes and fears. “Maybe now I am an idol for Germany, and I think it is good for Germany,” said the 6-foot-2, strawberry blond Becker. At the traditional “Champions Dinner” at the All England Club, Buzzer Hadingham, the Wimble don chairman, presented the teen-ager with an All England tie and said, “Boris, you are now a member of what we consider to be the finest club in the world.” The youngster, whose on-court composure and almost arrogant manner was a key to his victory, was clearly nervous. “I find it strange to be standing here as champion because I never expected it,” he smiled. “But I hope to be back with you again.” On Monday, his every step was recorded by reporters and pho tographers. Becker; his parents, Karl Heinz and Elvira, and his sister Sabine, who had come to Wimbledonfoti the championship match] checked out of their hotel anil slipped out a side door. He originally had been bookeij to fly from London’s HeathroJ airport to Frankfurt, GermamJ Instead, he and his manager,! Tiriac of Romania, hurried toanl earlier flight bound for Nice] France, which is near Monte! Carlo, where he has an apart] ment. Asked why he was not flyingtol Germany, Becker said: “I havenoj comment to make.” When asked why her son was I going to Monte Carlo, his motherj replied: “I’m sorry. My English is not too good.” Earlier, Tiriac had said: “HeVoiT^ ^ has given 18 interviews since yes ] terday. He just can’t do it anj] more.” Child netter led men onto Centre Court By HAL BOCK APSports Writer WIMBLEDON, England — And a child shall lead them. One by one, the finest men’s tennis players in the world — John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors and the rest — found themselves eliminated from the prestigious All England Championships. And when the once-lush green grass on Wimbledon’s storied Centre Court had been beaten into brown dust, a child led them. Boris Becker of West Ger many, not yet old enough to vote or drive, today owns tennis’ most cherished championship. He’d celebrate with champagne, but he’s not old enough to drink ei ther. On the seventh day of the sev enth month, at the tender age of 17 years, 7 months, and 7 days, Becker won Wimbledon. He is the youngest player ever to capture a Grand Slam event and the first unseeded player to take this title. In fact, no un seeded player had ever won so much as a single final-round set in the 99-year history of these Championships before Becker came along to win the whole thing. Becker’s booming serve and ac robatic style punctuated a sun- splashed English afternoon, a day in marked contrast to the rainy fortnight through which this soggy tournament had sloshed. He subdued Kevin Curren 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 on Sunday and, after it was over, he looked like a foot ball lineman who has spent a day in the trenches. His shirt and ten nis shorts were grimy, crusted with dirt that he wore like a badge of honor. If there was pressure, if he felt nervous to be in the Centre Court spotlight, it never showed. He F ilayed cool, controlled tennis, de- it “Getting dirty is my way to play,” Becker explained simply. “When I am diving, then I am getting dirty.” What can you say? Kids get dirty. liberate and decisive. After one point he whimsically retrieved a loose ball with a soccer kick that was a throwback to his sports’ heritage, before he chose to con centrate on tennis. beaten in the final, sounded a warning for Wimbledon, saying that Becker would be a threat here. No one took that seriously, not even Becker, who said Sunday that after Queen’s he still didn’t believe he could win Wimbledon. Curren admired his oppo nent’s poise. Becker’s accomplishment is like having a high school senior win the seventh game of the World Series or throw a touch down pass in the Super Bowl. It just isn’t done. But the blond kid from West Germany did it, with zest and with stvle. “When I was 17, I was brought up in a totally different atmo sphere and would have been to tally intimidated.” Curren said. But he weaved his way through the 128-player minefield, dfr patching one opponent after an other with his booming serve and masterful ground strokes. jVASHI Bckman, Hsident Kink the : ■nt, resit: H of Mai ■esday t< vatu busine ■‘David v dedication ffil in a ■ White ■ resign to firing ii Hi govei Becker won the Queen’s Club, traditional grass court warm-up Em ' for the All England. Johan Kriek, And at the end, he was the only one left, alone at the top of tennii' most important tournament, younger than Wimbledon’s ju nior champion, 18-year-old Leonardo Lavalle of Mexico. A child had indeed led them. Murtha said the NFL owners were trying to “hold the line on salaries for all 336 newcomers and they are trying to reduce salary escalations for all the veterans whose contracts are coming up.” Marathon game frustrates Astros Associated Press Cardinal pitcher Tudored' by high school teammate Fire rarr Cal LOS C Murtha and Ed Sewell represent cornerback Richard Johnson, cho sen by Houston in the first round. Also at the meeting were: Jim Steiner, whose clients include Chicago’s No. 1 pick, William Perry of Clemson, and Bears’ veteran de fensive linemen Dan Hampton and Steve McMichael; Leigh Steinberg, who represents Atlanta Falcons quarterback Steve Bartkowski and representatives of Mark McCor- *-*•*» 1 Lr * C * I A 7 ^> | ' « inick’s Cleveland-based Interna tional Marketing Group, whose cli ents include Lomas Brown, picked by Detroit, and Kevin Allen, selected by the Philadelphia Eagles. Murtha said average first-round salary offers are down to $125,000 from $175,000 last year, and bonus offers have dropped to $300,000- $350,000 from $850,000 in 1984. HOUSTON — Following Sunday’s 19-inning, 6-3 loss to the Montreal Expos, Houston pitcher Dave Smith could remember a more pleasant extra-inning game and Frank DiPino had trouble remembering the start of the game. “Who started this game anyway?” joked DiPino, who pitched three hitless innings. “It was mind-boggling.” The Astros dueled the San Diego Padres for 20 innings in 1980 with Smith emerging as the winner. “But that was different because we won,” Smith said. “I had to pitch three innings that night but I got the victory. This one was really frustrat ing” Floyd Youmans, the last of five Montreal pitchers, got the victory and in a bittersweet quirk, was on his way back to the minors after his first major league victory. “I feel good about my first major league victory but it’s disappointing to have to go back to the minors now,” said Youmans, whose departure will make room for pitcher Bill Gullickson to come off the disabled list. Houston starter Joe Niekro singled to centerfield in the sixth inning, scoring Jerry Mumphrey for a 2-2 dead lock. Each team added runs in the 18th. Astros first baseman Enos Cabell’s fielding error in the 19th finally allowed the winning run to score. The game lasted five hours, 12 minutes and was the fourth longest in Astros history. Houston’s longest game went 24 innings April 15, 1968 and ended in a 1-0 Astro victory over the New York Mets. Houston Manager Bob Lillis utilized every non-pitcher in the game and even used starting pitcher Bob Knep- per as a pinch hitter in the 18th inning with the potential tying run on second base. Knepper struck out. “This was my longest game,” Houston second baseman Bill Doran said. “I’m beat. But I feel sorrier for the umpires because at least we got to go off the field every half-inning. They got no break.” ar the fir Associated Press Fewer than 2,000 of the paid crowd of 14,493 fans remained for the finish. ST. LOUIS — Thanks to a call from his high school battery mate, left-hander John Tudor could turn out to be more than the St. Louis Cardinals bargained for. Until then, however, it appeared likely he would be far less. The com munique that revived him came in late May following a defeat that ranked as particularly distressing. “He told me he’d seen me on tele vision the night before and that I didn’t even look like the same pitcher,” said Tudor of former tea mmate Dave Bettencourt’s advice. “It was at my ‘gathering’ point where my mechanics were fouled up. It had to do with the way I was releasing the ball,” said the 31-year- old pitcher. “Since that time, every thing’s just fallen into place. In fact, I’ve never been in a oet in a better groove sands of than I am right now.” tei days Indeed, since Bettencourt’s c dj 11 have the onetime Boston Red Sox stanHh hom< out has won eight straight timeso\c acres * n a 5 '/a-week span. °' flame During June, as the Cards vvei h(,IIi es Ti compiling a 19-8 record, TudorcafE^rews tured NL Pitcher of the Month horp> ,,,) fl h° ors with a 6-0 mark and a 1.34ERA.Hdi n g ^ Since then, in two July starts, htH res on pitched a three-hitter in a 4-0 victoii|$ e over the Montreal Expos and rN'nrnun eight-hitter in a 7-1 success agains| SOu,; h easl the Los Angeles Dodgers. He no»| also has three shutouts among ra nu five complete games. Suddenly, ;i! acuatei season that started as a 1-7 disasteiH” 16 * ar has blossomed prospectively into‘' re best of his career. " ear p r£ “He’s on a roll,” said St. LoiiBgr 11 ' | )ee Manager Whitey Herzog Tudor’s triumpn Sunday over Angeles, giving him a 9-7 record. | ^ nf ‘ Now Better Than Ever. 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