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Page 18/The Battalion/ Tuesday September 3,1985 Tuesday Nystrom trips Becker in U.S. Open Associated Press NEW YORK — Sweden’s Joakim Nystrom knocked off Wimbledon champion Boris Becker Monday, ad vancing to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships and dashing the anticipated meeting between Becker and top-seeded John McEnroe. McEnroe, the defending cham pion, fulfilled his part earlier in the day by stopping 16th-seeded Tomas Smid of Czechoslovakia 6-3, 7-5, 6-2. But Nystrom, seeded 10th, elimi nated the 17-year-old, eighth-seeded “wunderkind” with his relentless, ac curate ground game. Becker, how ever, did not go down without a fight, staving off five match points before succumbing 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Another Swede, No. 8 Anders Jarryd, also reached the quarterfi nals as he ousted No. 13 Tim May otte 7-6, 7-6, 6-4. In the women’s singles, top- seeded Chris Evert Lloyd and de fending champion Martina Navrati lova led a stampede of the favorites into the quarterfinals. Lloyd crushed Robin White 6-2, 6-4 after Navratilova fought off No. 13 Catarina Lindqvist of Sweden 6- 4, 7-5. No. 3 Hana Mandlikovza of Czechoslovakia, No. 4 Pam Shriver, No. 5 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch of West Germany, No. 6 Zina Garrison and No. 7 Helena Sukova of Czechoslo- “Of course Vm unhappy. I wanted to face McEnroe in the quarterfinals. Joakim (Nystrom) is a good player. He beat McEnroe this year. So far, every match Eve lost has been good for me. ” — Boris Becker on his U.S Open loss vakia also reached the round of eight. Mandlikova eliminated Kathy Jor dan 7-5, 3-6, 6-1; Shriver stopped Alycia Moulton 6-2, 6-4; Kohde- Kilsch outlasted No. 12 Wendy Turnbull of Australia 5-7, 7-5, 6-2; Garrison crushed Kate Gompert 6-3, 6-2; and Sukova ousted No. 15 Car ling Bassett of Canada 4-6, 7-6, 7-5. Becker boomed 20 aces and 24 service winners. Nystrom had only two aces. But it was Nystrom — who lost tp Becker at Wimbledon and the ATP Championships — who found the hardcourts surface at the National Tennis Center more to his liking. And the baseliner opened up his full barrage of passing snots and lobs. “The surface here helped me," Nystrom admitted, then added: “Bo ris didn’t play so well.” “Of course I’m unhappy,” Becker said. “I wanted to face McEnroe in the quarterfinals. “Joakim is a good player. He beat McEnroe this year. So far, every match I’ve lost has been good for me. Hopefully I’ll return for the ’86 Open and do better.” The strawberry blond from Lei- man, West Germany, unleashed his powerful forehand for numerous spectacular winners. But most of the time he was sputtering with un forced errors — 64 of them for the Oiler bad ‘Luck’ hits hard again at quarterback Associated Press HOUSTON — Houston Oilers’ backup quarterback Oliver Luck suf fered a slight fracture of the left an kle and will be out three to four weeks, Coach Hugh Campbell said Monday. The injury to Luck, suffered in the third quarter of Saturday’s 20-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, leaves the Oilers with only starter Warren Moon available for Sunday’s Na tional Football League opener against the Miami Dolphins. Moon suffered a thumb injury against the Cowboys. The Oilers earlier cut third-string quarterback Brian Ransom and would be forced to use widq receiver Tim Smith off the current roster if Moon could not play. Campbell said the Oilers likely would re-sign Ransom prior to Sunday’s game. “I fully expect that’s what we will do,” Campbell said. “We’ll be watching the waiver wire and unless someone came along we just couldn’t pass up, that’s what we’d do.” Moon left the Dallas game in the second quarter with a torn thumbnail on his passing hand and did not return. Campbell said Moon’s injury had improved Monday and that he would start against the Dolphins. When the Oilers made the decision to carry only two quarterbacks, Smith was designated as the emergency quarterback. Smith, the team’s lead ing receiver, was a high school quarterback. Luck said he was injured while diving for extra yardage. He felt th6 an kle give way, but remained in the game because of Moon’s injury. “I noticed Warren throwing on the sidelines and it was obvious he was in pain,” Luck said. Luck said if the Oilers had had a third quarterback on the roster, he would have taken himself out of the game. The Oilers also placed running back Dwayne Crutchfield and wide re ceiver Steve Bryant on injured reserve and waived linebacker Todd Sea- baugh and defensive end Jerome Foster. The removal of Foster cleared the way for No. 1-draft choice Ray Chil dress from Texas A&M to move into the starting defensive end position only one week after ending a lengthy contract holdout. The club earlier waived starting defensive end Mark Studaway. “It was an emotional thing to cut Jerome because he is a good football player,” Campbell said. “I feel certain that he will be picked up by another team.” Oliver Luck A Different NFL? Games will be faster, some rules to change Associated Press NEW YORK — It was just a preseason game, yet fans were in midseason form over this play at Denver’s Mile High Stadium: Clint Sampson, a Broncos wide receiver, streaked up the sideline with New York Giants’ rookie Herb Welch running next to him. Sampson and Welch made con tact, Sampson fell and John El- way’s pass continued on a harm less trajectory downfield. No flag. Boooooo! Sorry, folks. It might have been pass interference in 1984, but it isn’t in 1985. The rules have changed. Midway through last season, there were signs the National Football League was in danger of losing its designation as America’s League. While attendance was climbing toward the second highest season average in NFL history, the true barometer of popularity, the tele vision rating, was slipping for the third straight season. Games were getting longer, finishing the season an average nine minutes over the optimum three hours, and huddles by offi cials were taking more time than huddles by players. There was also an image of stagnation, of games dominated by passing and all looking the same, and of situation substitu tions that made fewer players and teams identifiable. So, during the offseason, the NFL used its brainpower to fig ure out how to put more action and less talk into its product. The result — a potpourri of procedu ral and rules changes to eliminate nitpicking anfl to get games back under three hours. Anyone tuning in for opening day, Sept. 8, will see: • Fewer made-for-TV timeouts. There will be four per quarter, instead of the five and six of previous years, and none after kickoffs. Remaining breaks, however, will be longer — U/2 minutes instead of a minute. • A rules change that restarts the clock after penalties called on running plays or inbound com pletions, and shortens timeouts in the last two minutes, from 90 sec onds to 60. Also, officials have new instructions to put the ball in play more quickly, annoying some coaches who claim they will have too little time to get players on and off the field. • Forty-five man rosters, an economy move by owners that has all 28 coaches complaining. A side effect may be to produce more identifiable, full-time play ers. The guy who played only in third-and-long situations likely will be a casualty. • And, the change that Denver fans noticed so vocife rously a few weeks ago. Gone is the gratuitous pass in terference penalty for incidental contact, like the one on San Fran cisco’s Eric Wright in the waning moments of the 1983 NFC title game that led to Washington’s winning touchdown. “If both players are going for the ball, they can tangle legs, bump, go to the ground and it’s no call,” says Jack Reader, an as sistant supervisor of NFL offi cials. “It’s only pass interference if one player — offense or de fense — is playing the man and keeping him from making the catch.” “It’s been the play that’s caused problems. Whether it’s called or not called, somebody’s always up set,” says Commissioner Pete Ro- zelle. “We think that with this rule, there will be fewer calls and clearer direction for officials on whether or not to call them." The NFL made one more sub- de change, taking from the TV networks the power to determine the pace of a game and giving it back to the officiak on the field. For the past 20 years, there has been a minor official on the side lines who relays from the TV pro ducers when to start commercial breaks and when to resume play. Over the years, replays, chalk boards and other technological wonders have proliferated dur ing commercial breaks, extending them as long as three minutes. This year the break will be timed by the back judge and will end exactly 1 minute, 50 seconds after it begins. The game will re sume, even if color analyst John Madden is still retracing a pre vious play on a chalkboard. This all seems to be working so far. The first four nationally tele vised games ranged from 2:48 to 3:13 in elapsed time and ratings were up. The final verdict, of course, will take awhile. Rozelle thinks football’s TV ratings will improve this season. Among his reasons: the faster game, the season starting a week later and new blood from the United States Football League. But not everyone’s so sure the changes will make a difference. “I don’t think the speedup has anything to do with it,” says Terry O’Neil, executive producer of CBS’s NFL telecasts. “I think the ratings are cyclical, but they depend on competition. Will the ratings go up? I think if you have good races for the play offs, they will.” Four veteran quarterbacks get NFL ax Associated Press Four veteran quarterbacks were among the familiar names cut Mon day, while another was sidelined by a fractured ankle as National Football League teams reduced their rosters to the regular season 45-player limit. Jim Zorn, Jack Thompson, Bob Avellini and Joe Pisarcik all were dropped as teams prepared for next Sunday’s openers. Zorn, an original member of the club, was released by the Seattle Sea- hawks. Thompson, known as the Throwin’ Samoan during his college days at the University of Washing ton, was waived by Tampa Bay. Avellini was dropped by the New York Jets and Pisarcik was cut by the Miami Dolphins. Other veterans who did not sur vive their teams’ final cuts included safety Beasley Reece of Tampa Bay, nose tackle Ken Kremer of Kansas City, linebacker Dan Bunz of the Su per Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers and running back Mike Pruitt of the Cleveland Browns. ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived Bob Holly, quarterback, Emile Harry, wide receiver, Wendell Ca son, defensive back, and Sylvester Stamps, running back. Placed Joe Pellegrini, center-guard, on injured reserve. BUFFALO BILLS — Waived Tom Mullady, tight end. Placed Bo Harris and James Seawright, line backers, on injured reserved. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Waived Steve Maidlow, linebacker, Pete Koch, defensive end, Lee Davis and Sean Thomas, cornerbacks, and Keith Lester, tight end. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived Mike Pruitt, running back, Dwight Walker, wide receiver, Aa ron Brown, linebacker, D.D. Hog- gard, defensive back, and Scott Bol- zan, offensive lineman. DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived Ron Springs, running back, Duriel Harris, wide receiver, Scott Stras- burger, linebacker, and Carl How ard and Ricky Easmon, cornerbacks. Activated, then released, Ron Jen kins, wide receiver. DETROIT LIONS — Waived Ken Jenkins, halfback, John Witkowski, quarterback, and Larry Lee, guard. Placed William Frizzell, safety, and James Johnson, line backer, on injured reserve. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Waived Ray Crouse, running back, and Eric Wilson, linebacker, and Ken Stills, defensive back. Signed Buford Jordan, running back. HOUSTON OILERS — Placed Dwayne Crutchfield, running back, and Steve Bryant, wide receiver, on injured reserve. Waived Todd Sea- baugh, linebacker, and Jerome Fos ter, defensive end. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Waived Tracy Porter and Waddell Smith, wide receivers, Steve Hatha way, linebacker, Ricky Smith, de fensive back, Dallas Cameron, nose tackle, and Ellis Gardner, offensive lineman. Placed Mark Kirchner, of fensive tackle, on injured reserve. LOS ANGELES RAIDERS — Traded Ted Watts, defensive back, to the New York Giants in exchange for an undisclosed draft choice. Placed Stefon Adams, defensive back, on injured reserve. Waived Dan Reeder, running badk, Dwight Wheeler, offensive lineman, and Gordon Jones, wide receiver. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed Jim Jensen, quarterback. Placed Joe Pisarcik, quarterback, on the waived- injured list. Waived John Chesley, tight end, Vince Heflin, wide re ceiver, Eddie Hill, running back, and Tom Taylor, offensive lineman. NEW YORK GIANTS — Waived Joe McLaughlin, linebacker, Larry Flowers, safety, and Frank Wright, defensive tackle. Placed Zeke Mow- See NFL Cuts, page 19 match — off both sides. Nystrom, on the other hand, had only 20 unforced errors, with only six coming off the forehand. "The first two sets I wasn’t even on the court,” Becker said. "And then in the third and fourth sets,it was a close match. “I didn’t play tennis the first two sets." McEnroe stomped and pouted about the line calls in the first set, when he seemed to match Smid in unforced errors. But whenever he needed to, he pulled out a super!) serve, finishing up with 15 aces and an additional 18 service winners. Rose set to break hit mark Not even a curve ball can stand in his way As sociated Press CINCINNATI — Pete Rosetalli it’s just an- about THE HIT as if other day at the ballpark. “The closer I get to the record there’s not going to be pressure,' Rose says of chasing Ty Cobb’s 4,191 alltime career hits. “If I go intotht last game of the season needing si hits, then there will be pressure. Tht closer 1 get to the record, the mort revved up I'm going to get.’ Already scores of reporters ami photographers have descended upon this river city, where fam scream “Pete! Pete!" the momentbe sets foot on the field at Riverfront Stadium. It would unnerve many playm Not this one. “It’s fun," says the Cincinn Reds’ 44-year-old player-manager. “Pete is the oest pressure bal lplayer I’ve ever played with oi that’s trie higi fo R< CHICA major leag run pinch Monday h defeat the Kevin B single and Bailey’s d both runm single by E Nolan R but left ir strain in h lowing two Bob Dei Dunston v vanced on ion a wild p gled to sco Cey poppe Bill Dav ivas credite lie Kerfeld the Astros Smith for t Jay Balle The Asti on Gli ter Jerry M against, and Houstor the seventl [to second olds singl rhest com pliment I can K* v e.” said former tea mmate Mike Schmidt of the Phil delphia Phillie “He’s probably been the centerofI attention in more memorable mol ments than any player in history.He- doesn’t get a hit every time, buthe’ijp been in so many situations that htp has no fear of failure.” That’s how Rose has approached his impending date with baseball his tory — without fear that fate mighi throw him a curve and keep him for ever in Cobb's shadow. “I’ve never dreamed about it. I’vt never worried about it,” Rose said recently. “If you get hurt, buddy you get hurt. That’s all there is toil, and with the career I’ve had, wb] should I worry about getting hurt?” Catching Cobb isn’t the only pr«- sure Rose has faced this season. Be ing the Reds’ manager alone is enough to keep him busy. Rose, who oegan his career with I Cincinnati 23 years ago, is at least partly responsible for boosting game attendance and the Reds’ rise in the National League West standings They finished fifth last year, 22 games under .500 and 22 gam ei K , u - back of division winner San Diego; f . a( *> and they headed into Labor Day week-1 Slve tackle 1 NEWY' athe> threw a 1, s A1 Bell wit lift Alaban Conferenc game of | night. Alabam; the way b< blocked pi had no tim yard drive. Nf (conti att, tight e icy id t end this season in third place, seven [ NtW! games over .500 and 8!A- games be-1 j^dlini, 1 hind Los Angeles. | ['^hacke linebacker Rose, a native of Cincinnati, has I Shui said he wants to get the record-1 Mian breaking hit in his hometown, but he I PHILA has never said he would bench him-1 ".aived T | ceiver. PITTSI Traded Ji, The Reds open a three-day stand ||. e Los Ar in St. Louis Monday night, and Rose or an und already is joking about the chance i L( that No. 4,192 will be hit there. I Lu 11° a four -J “You’ll see how good a hitter I am I Nelson, sa in St. Louis,” he said. “I’ll just keep 1 Tensive t a self on the road to make that hap pen ticking off fouls until they walk me." e c nd ; Jam, And UVrilKlKBAiV Join us Tuesday nights for MEXICAN BEER NIGHT! 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