Sportfolio Go West, Big Fella ... Stand back, Karl Malden. Watch out, Golden Gate bridge-Walt Downing is coming to San Fran- cisco. Downing (left), the former Michigan center, was signed by the NFL 49ers yesterday to an un- disclosed contrat. Downing, who stands 6-4, 254 (he's even bigger when he inhales), was San Fran- cisco's second round draft pick in last month's collegiate draft. General manager Joe Thomas said the signing of Downing completed the acquisition of all eight draft picks chosen in the 49ers first six rounds. As for you, Walt, speaking for all your Michigan fans, we bid you Rice a Roni. Like a Rhinestone Duffer .. "Sheee-oooot," sing Glen Camp- bell (right), as he drops his guitar into a pond near the ninth green of a golf course in Vail, Colorado. "I though fo' shor' I was awn in two." Campbell, playing in the Jerryf Ford Invitational Tournament, sent + l this chip shot over the green and on- to the bank of a roaring crik. Stars of the entertainment and sports worlds_ partook in the events, the benefits of which go to some charities in Vail.. The biggest attraction of the tour- nament was rumored to be an exhibition where the celebrities scatered in the out-of-bounds ' territory on the first tee, and the ex- prez attempted to bonk one in the head with a tee shot.; Out v the mouths of czars.. .. The long-awaited proposed . merger of some WHA teams into the NHL has yet to be resolved, and af- ter yesterday's Board oGovernor's meetings in Detroit, things appear to still be up in the air. NHL President John Ziegler (left) emerged from the afternoon session with a friendly "whatever you ask, if it pertains to the meeting, I'll have to say no comment" to reporters. Sources said one plan called for the WHA's Edmonton club to buy out the NHL's Colorado Rockies. When pressed for a quote, Ziegler finally gave in-"As to the matter that I can't comment on, if I could comment I'd say, 'Yes, there was progress'." The Michigan Daily--Wednesday, June 28, 1978-Page 15 First round sees upsets at Wimbledon WIMBLEDON, England (AP)-Brian Gottfried, Guillermo Vilas, Billie Jean King and Virginia Wade advanced easily yesterday while Americans John McEnroe and Arthur ashe suffered upsets in the first round of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Eleventh-seeded McEnros, the 29-year-old sensation who made the Wimbledon semifinals last year, fell surprisingly to Erik van Dillen, a for- mer U.S. Davis Cup player who had to play prequalifying rounds to get intb the main draw. Advantage in their match see-sawed wildly through three sets, but van Dillen triumphed 7-5, 1-6, 8-9, 6-4, 6-3. Later, on a cold, blustery evening, Steve Docherty upset Arthur Ashe, the 1975 champion, 8-9, 9-8, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. Fifth-seeded Gottfried, who led Britain's John Lloyd by two sets to one on Monday night, completed the job to win 6-1, 6-8, 8-6, 6-3. Roscoe Tanner, the sixth seed, had a tougher job. He lost the first two sets but got his big service working well enough to overcome Ismael el Shafei of Egypt 8-9, 1-6, 6-2, 9-7, 6-2. "I could easily have lost," Tanner said. "In fact, after the second set I was thinking about the times of the TWA flights to Los Angeles." Fourth-seeded Vilas, the Argentine who won the French and U.S. Opens last year but hasn't achieved the same form this year, eliminated 1972 Wim- bledon champion Stan Smith 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Wade, who is seeded fourth, downed Sweden's Elizabeth Ekblom 6-1, 6-2 while King, the fifth seed, breezed by Belgium's Michelle Gurdal. King, who shares with past great Elizabeth Ryan a record 19 titles from Wimbledon, said she'd have preferred a tougher match her first time out this year. Title IXstrik es agrain PHILADELPHIA (AP)-"Nightie night," said the Knight to the Knightie after a date at Calvin College of Grand Rapids, Mich. Honest. And its all because of Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sexual discrimination in education. KNIGHTIE IS the nickname for a female athlete at Calvin; males are Knights, always have been. At South Dakota Tech, in the midst of the ore fields, the men are the Hard Rockers, the women, Rockettes. But everywhere else across America, colleges and universities are feminizing the nicknames for their female jocks (jockettes?). MERCER'S WOMEN are Teddy Bears, New York State at Albany calls its men Great Danes, its women Danet- tes. There are the Furman Lady Purple Paladins, NYU Violettes, Cincinnati E- Gals, Idaho State BenGals, Tarleton State TexAnns and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackettes. There are the Ceighton Ladyjays, the North Arizona Lumberjills, the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks, and Washington & Jefferson's Presidents have First Ladies. Of the more than 800 colleges listed in the AIAW guide, 56 use the suffix "et- tes" for nicknames. And 68 precede the masculine name with "Lady" or follow it with "women." - INTRAMURAL OFFICIALS NEEDED Learn a Lifetime Sports Activity Come to thB following clinics at the Intramural Sports Bldg. 606 E. Hoover July 6& 7 Softball 7 pm-S pm Sesketball S pm-10 pm Contact Sandy Sandors 76-1313 Dept. of ItecroationalSports 7TTI'i..