Tuesday, September l Q, 196$ THE MICHIGAN DAILY Poem"Nina Tuesday, September 10, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY F U JZ 1 -4 1 f M s . Amateur Ashe downs Okker to grab Open; stretches tennis singles win streak to 26 SPORT STOPS: Gold Cup crash proves fatal FOREST HILLS, N.Y. (P-Arthur Ashe, Jr., a scrawny Negro amateur once barred from playing on the courts of his native Richmond, Va., reached the pinnacle of tennis yes- terday when he won a slamming, scoot and scramble dual from young Tom Okker of The Netherlands for the U.S. Open Championship. The score of the near three-hour marathon was 14-12, # 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. It was the 26th straight singles victory dating back to July for the 25-year-old Army lieutenant and it strengthened his bid for No. 1 world ranking among boh amateurs and pros. The triumph, before an ecstatic crowd of 7,100 at the West Side Tennis Club, also injected new life into the Ameri- --- can game, which has been in daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: ANDY BARBAS Committee pi of IM recreal By The Associated Press physical concussion of the head. DETROIT - Warner Gardner, chest and abdomen, as well asj injured when his 130-mile an hour severe shock.' powerboat disintegrated when it Gardner, who made his home in smashed into the Detroit River in Bay City, was a World-War II Sunday's Gold Cup race, died yes- fighter pilot and took up speed- terday. boat racing while stationed at . II , Detroit General Hospital death came 24 hours after said Selfridge Air Force Base before the his retirement. * * * crash. The 52-year-old retired Air CHICAGO - The U.S. Olympic Force lieutenant colonel had un- Committee *met Sunday and se- dergone surgery for removal of a lected Los Angeles over San Fran- brain blood clot and suffered Cisco at the U.S. city to officially what was described as general bid for the 1976 Games before the International Olympic Committee when it meets in Amsterdam in; an e0asinMay. a S eXpansion Los Angeles, site of the 1932 Olympics, and San FranciscQ were! tion f ilities the only cities bidding to rep- resent the United States fora Seven years ago, Gordon was fired by owner Charles O. Finley as manager of the Athletics. * * * MONZA, Italy - Denis Hulme, the 32-year-old racer without a single victory in Grand Prix this season, valuted to fourth place in the world Formula One auto driv- Hooray ! ANAHEIM (A') - Mickey Lo- lich fired a two-hitter and Wil- lie Horton, Mickey Stanley and Al Kaline slammed home r u n s, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 6-0 victory over California last night that boosted their Ameri- can League lead to eight games, and cut their magic number to 10. ing standings, after a victory Sun- day in the Grand Prix of Italy. Only six of the 20 drivers fin- isher the race. Hulme increased his points for the world champ- ionstip from 15 to 24, only six behind Hill. Ickx moved into first place with 27 points. Rugby football faces critical field shorta e By DAVE CAMPBELL Daily Guest writer (EDITOR'S NOTE: Dave Campbell is a member of the Michigan Rugby Football Club and summarizes below the basic complaint of the club in regard to field space.) Last Saturday, September 7, the ' Michigan Rugby Football C I u b played its first home game. It was a trial game, designed to give newcomers to the club an idea of playing under match condi- tions. But, although' the game was or- ganized and executed efficiently, this objective was impossible to accomplish due to the inadequate playing field. The game was played on Ferry Field, which is not even wide enough for regulation touch-foot- ball! Rugby, with its lateral pass- ing movements, requires a much wider field to have a representa- tive game. Even though a request for a full, size field had been made to the Athletic Department a month ago, it was only last Thurs- day that the request was finally rejected. Ferry Field is - not only too small, the asphalt patches along the sidelines and behind the goal posts also make tackling danger- ous. Unlike American football, the end zone is part of the playing area. In fact, it is necessary to fall on the ball in the end zone to score a try (three points). , Meanwhile the "A" team w a s playing away in Windsor. Before thel Wines Field crisis blew up, the rugby club had planned to enter- tain a club in Ann Arbor on Sep- tember 7 so that the new members could see a game first hand. When it was realized that there would be a great shortage of fields, this Idea had to be dropped. Now, after its first game, the rugby club finds itself in exactly the situation they predicted ear- lier in the summer. With home games on the next two weekends -- a trial game September 15, 0 and the first home league match September 21 - the club does not have an adequate field to play them on. Wines Field is scheduled to be opened within a week, but the club feels that the grass will be ruined almost immediately if it is used so soon. The only place left to play these homes games is the football practice fields. the doldrums for close to 15 years. The last American man to win a title on the center court here was Tony Trabert in 1955. FIRST NEGRO Ashe became the first U.S. win- ner of the National Amateur title in 13 years by winning at Brook- line, Mass., two weeks ago and the first Negro ever to take that crown. The Open now. gives him the "big double"-both the U.S. Ama- teur and Open crowns-and, as semifinalist in the inaugural Wimbledon open earlier this year, projects him alongside the game's giants, including Rod Laver, Tony Roche and Pancho Gonzales. These ranking pros and 10 others were among the stars of the professional game to fall before amateur rackets in this inaugural U.S. Open. Okker himself is technically an -Associated Press ARTHUR ASHE RETURNS the ball to Tom Okker during the finals of the men's singles in the U.S. Open Tennis Champion- ship. Ashe emerged as champion in a three hour marathon. amateur, a so-called registered A player, but he was permitted to i collect the $14,000 first prize un- der relaxed international rules. Ashe; a pure amateur, played for $15 a day-the Davis Cup al- lowance-and a place to stay. The United States doesn't permit its XD amateurs to accept prize money, xB as other countries do.rc Ashe and Clark Graebner, his N' Davis Cup teammate whom he de- X0 feated in the semifinals, become xc strong favorites to recapture the ci Davis Cup from Australia in De- W. cember. X- !she's devastating serve and uncanny lobs proved the difference n the match. The Advisory committee on Re- creation, Intramurals, and club sports set up a list of three prior- ities at the first meeting Friday night. Additional space for outdoor fields, and repairing varsity and basketball courts and football fields, and repairing varsity and women's tennis courts rated as the items which needed immediate attention. Plans to repair the courts are already in progress. Temporary football fields to accommodate the fall Intramural schedule are being arranged through the use of city parks. Wines Field, which was re- vamped this summer to give more space for Intramural and club sport use, will not be available for extensive use this fall due to the problem of maintaining the new grass. Another area of concern involv- ed insurance for club sports, which have recently set-up a trav- eling schedule. Club sports are not covered under University pol- icy, although they do use uni- versity grounds. The committee was set, during the summer by President Flem- IBillboard An important meeting for all( varsity and freshman wrestling candidates will be held tomor- row at the University Events Building wrestling room at 4 p.m. All interested men are in- vited to attend. ing to "function as advisory to the Director concerning the needs of the University with respect to the development and mainten- ance of facilities for and programs in recreation, club sports, and in- tramural competition, and policies applicable to such facilities and programs." chance at the 1976 Olympic Games. * * * ' KANSAS CITY - Joe Gordon returned to Kansas City yesterday, this time as manager of the Roy- als 1969 expansion club. He was given a one-year contract at his own insistence, "to prove what I can do." ATTENTION SEIR Major League Standings )etroit aaltimore oston leveland Tew York akiand innesota ialifornia !hicago 'ashington Late game W L Pct. 90 54 .625 83 62 .572 77 67 .535 77 71 .520 73 70 .510 74 71 .510 69 76 .475 63 82 .434 61 84 .421 57 87 .396 not included. GB 73 ' 13 15 '161: 16. 211 271; 291 33 DRAMATIC FINISH After the two young athletes-- Okker at 24 a year younger than Ashe-had battled through more than two hours, the match reach- ed a dramatic climax in the fifth set. Ashe, after playing loosely in the fourth, came out like a jungle cat and broke Okker in the second game, taking a quick 2-0 lead. With the score 30-30, Ashe scored a perfect lob for 30-40 and then clinched the break by forcing the Dutchman to - miss a backhand volley. Then the two slugged it out on service, with no quarter gives by either, and Ashe clinched the match by serving a love geme- one of many for him-in the clincher. Ashe slammed across a total of 28 aces during the long match- smoking thunderbolts that reach- ed 115 miles per hour-and Okker had 11. The Dutch youth had eight double-faults to five for Ashe. In postmatch ceremonies, Ashe called it his greatest victory and greatest moment. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Baltimore 2, at Washington 6 Cleveland 6,aMinnesota 1 Boston at Oakland, inc. Detroit at California, inc. Only games scheduled. TODAY'S GAMES Boston at Oakland, night Detroit at California, night Cleveland at Minnesota, night Baltimore at Washington, night Chicago at New York, 2, twi-night NATIONAL LEAGUE WV L Pct. GB St. Louis 90 56 .621 G San Francisco 78 67 .538 111/ Cincinnati 3 68 .518 14% Chicago 75 71 .514 15 Atlanta 74 71 .510 15f xPittsburgh 70 73 .490 18' xPhiladelphia 67 76 .469 211 Houston 65 79 .451 24 Los Angeles 65 80 .444 2412 New York 65 81 .445 25 x-Late game not included YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Houston at Cincinnati (2), rain Atlanta 2, San Francisco 1 Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, inc. Los Angeles 10, St. Louis 1 Only games scheduled. TODAY'S GAMES San Francisco at Atlanta, night Los Angeles at St. Louis, night Houston at Cincinnati, niight New York at Chicago Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, night - -- - - r - .___ I Great Stuff for the Apartment Free Delivery in Ann Arbor THE OLD BRICK ANTIQUES 512 So. Min 761-0696 i ' i I: Put Your tar On A Dirt-Free Diet You know it's clean because you do it yourself I Wash, Rinse and Wax! wAt4041Grog 5 Minutes - 25c LUbery 4 iBERTY CAR WASH 4 HOURS 318 W. 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