The Mchigan Doily--Saturday, August 11, 1979-Page 15 Young: Grid title race tight; Boiler hopes leitmae' LOS ANGELES (AP) - The "Big Two-Little Eight" syndrome of Big Ten football seems to be on its way out, thanks in part to Jim Young and his Purdue Boilermakers.- ' Actually, it began last year as Michigan State tied perennial power Michigan for the conference champion- ship and Purdue, with a 6-1-1 record, finished one-half game ,ahead of Ohio State. "I THINK the Big Ten has more balance right now than it's had in a number of years," said Young, ar- chitect of a complete turnaround at Purdue. "Realistically speaking, we think four teams are fairly equal - Michigan State, Michigan, Ohio State and Purdue. "We feel we have a legitimate oppor- tunity to win the Big Ten title this year. We feel we have the most experience." Young, beginning his third year as Purdue's head coach, was in Los Angeles yesterday as part of the NCAA-ABC college football promotional tour. His team was 9-2-1 last year, including a 41-21 thrashing of Georgia Tech in the Peach Bowl. PRIOR TO 1978, the Boilermakers had put together just one winning season this decade to be a member in good standing of the "Little Eight." The' Boilermakers were 5-6 in Young's first season. Younghasn't done it with mirrors. Purdue allowed the fourth-fewest poin- ts of any major college in the nation last year and quarterback Mark Herrmann is one of the country's best at his position. "We went into the season with the idea we were going to win," said Young. "We got off to a good start and had certain things that kept moving us along. The first game was a big boost - a 21-14 victory over Michigan State and beating Ohio State 27-16 in the middle of The Sporting Scene Lloyd eliminates surging Richards the season was a big boost. The more we won, the more confidence we had" How about this year? "THE KEY is maintaining the en- thusiasm and enjoyment of playing the game we had last year," said Young. "And not allowing the pressure to affect us, the idea that we have to win. "Another key is getting off to a good start. We play Wisconsin, UCLA and Notre Dame the first three weeks, so we'll be tested." INDIVIDUALLY, the focus will be on Hermann, a 6-foot-5, 194-pound junior who needs only 1,349 yards through the air to become the Big Ten's all-time leader in passing yardage. "I think he can be a truly great quar- terback, not only for us but in the future," said the coach. "As a fresh- man he threw 27 interceptions. A lot of those were because of inexperience. Last year, in 12 games he threw only 12 interceptions. Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST W L ,-ct. GB Baltimore .....................76 36 .664 - Boston ........................ 69 43 .616 5% Miankee.. . .66 4 .574 1 New-York".. .. 62..... .54 14 Detroit .........59 54 .522 16 Cleveland ..................... 57 57 .560 18% Toronto .........34 79 .301 41 WEST California... T....65o.565 - Minnesota .....5 5 .532 4 Texas ... . . 5955 .518 5 Kansascity.. .... s57 55.566 Chicago ....0....s 62 .446 13% Seattle.. . . .48 s .417 17 Oakliod.. . ..34 66 .298 30% Yesterday's games notincluded By The Associated Press seeded John McEnroe eliminated INDIANAPOLIS-Top-seeded Chris three-time champion Manuel Orantes 6- Evert-Lloyd needed only 69 minutes to 3, 6-3 to reach the semifinals. defeatunseeded Renee Richards 6-1, 6-0 Jimmy Connors, seeded first in this yesterday and advanced to the finals of tourney, defeated Ivan Landl of the $275,000 U.S. Open Clay Court tennis Czechoslovakia, 6-2, 7-6. Connors and championships. McEnroe will be joined in the Lloyd, who won the tournament four semifinals by third-seeded Guillermo consecu ive times starting in 1972, Vils of Argentina and Spain's Jose plays the winner of an evening match Higueras, the fourth seed. Vilas beat between No. 3 seed Evonne fellow countryman Jose-Louis Clerc, 6- Googlagong-Cawley and No. 5 Regina 3, 7-6, while Higueras clipped Italy's Maarsikova in tonight's title match. Corrado Barrazzutti, 6-4, 6-1. In earlier men's action, second- "My serve is a big weapon for me. I just wasn't getting my first serve in," said Richards, who underwent a sex change operation in 1975. She was playing in the semifinals of a major tennis tournament for the first time as a woman. Rudy T: Punch nearly KOd career HOUSTON -Houston Rockets star Rudy Tomjanovich, who will receive $300,000 in the final year of his contract next season, testified yesterday that his future as a pro basketball player was jeopardized in a one-punch fight in 1977 that crushed the front of his face. Tomjanovich, 30, is suing California Sports, Inc., owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, for at least $1 million in damages suffered Dec. 9, 1977 in a National Basketball Association game against the Lakers. The Rockets' forward suffered a broken nose, fractured skull and dental and facial injuries when he was pun- ched by former Laker Kermit Washington, now on the San Diego Clippers' roster. The five-time NBA all-star was asked by his attorney Nick Nichols if his marketability had been diminished by the 1977 incident. "It sure has," Tom- janovich said. NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST W L Pittsburgh ....................64 48 Montreal................ 814 Chicago ....................... 50 50 St. Louisr. . .. 57 53 Philadelphia..........S59 55 New York .........46 64 Pct. .571 .541 .418 GB 3% - 17 31 11% 71 WEST Houston. . . . 67...... 49 .578 Cincinnati ....... . 64 53 .547 San Francisco ................. 55 60 .478 San Diego .........51 05 .440 Los Angeles ............50 44 .439 Atlanta.....46 70 .397 Yesterday's games not included 4 eO~j4 in Contemporary Sculpture Six Americans Luchs and Doner of Michigan Allen of California Burton and Oppenheim of NY Roche of Florida New Directions toward Imagery including video, sound, narration and painted surfaces Detroit Only July 24-Sept. 12 THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS Free Tues.-Sun. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. AS THE BALL sails back near the end line, second-seeded John McEnroe prepares to uncoil a swift backhand to Manuel Orantes in a quarterfinal match yesterday at the U.S. Clay Court championships in Indianapolis. McEnroe defeated the Spaniard, 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the semifinal round.