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Tennis
Club
snubs
MeEnroe
LONDON (AP) - The All-England
Lawn Tennis Club yesterday handed
Wimbledon champion John McEnroe a
humiliating snub.
The Wimbledon championship commit-
tee announced that the 22-year-old
American from Douglaston, N.Y. would
not be invited to become a member of
the exclusive club.
THE DECISION, which had been ex-
pected (although not by McEnroe),
breaks with the tradition of the 104-
year-old tournament.
All previous singles champions have
automatically been accorded honorary
membership.
A statement issued by the All
England Club yesterday morning said
the move had been made "because his
on-court behavior brought the game in-
to disrepute."
THE FIERY left-hander, who Satur-
day ended Bjorn Borg's five-year reign
as Wimbledon titleholder, was em-
broiled in controversy throughout the
two-week-long tournament. ,
He insulted officials, shouted and
swore on court, abused newsmen and
then compounded his actions by not
turning up at the Champions' Ball, a
formal function held at the Savoy Hotel.
McEnroe, preparing for the United
States' Davis Cup match against
Czechoslovakia, refused to comment on
the All England Club's unprecedented
decision, but his father, John P.
McEnroe Sr., a New York lawyer, said
his son had not been informed of the
decision by Wimbledon officials.
"YOU JUST informed us now," he
said by telephone from his New York
home.
Members of the All England Club
said they were not surprised by the
decision to bar the American.
British Davis Cup veteran Mark Cox,
a member for the past 10 years, said, "I
can well understand why the committee
has decided it does not want to invite
him to become a member."
Another Davis cupper, David Lloyd,
saw things differently.
"They are a private club so they can
do what they like, but I think their
decision was sad," Lloyd said.
"People should realize that he played
superbly well in the final. He did not
behave too well in a couple of games
before that, but he was under a lot of
pressure."
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AP Photo'
WIMBLEDON CHAMPION John McEnroe, shown here talking with U.S. Davis Cup Team captain Arthur Ashe Wed-
nesday night, is the first winner of that tournament in 104 years to be denied honorary membership in the All-England
Lawn Tennis Club, it was announced yesterday. McEnroe is currently preparing for the U.S. Davis Cup match with
Czechoslovakia..
NFL document shows that league s
teams are not equal monetarily
Hebert
has lead
at Senior
Open
BIRMINGHAM (AP)-Lionel Hebert
fired an even-par 7 over the 6,798-yard
South Course at Oakland Hills yester-
day to take the first-round lead in the
U.S. Senior Open.
Hebert, 53, who won the PGA Cham-
pionship in 1957, played the front nine in
one-under 34, then recorded four bogeys
and a pair of birdies on the back side.
THE LAFAYETTE, La. native, who
still plays the trumpet in a six-piece
band in his hometown, was the only
player in the field of 158 golfers-all
over the age of 50-to tame the course
which has hosted many major cham-
pionships over the years.
"I'd say 70 is good anyplace, but
especially at this place," Hebert said.
"I think it's important to start well.
Then, you can play mediocre the next
day and still be in the hunt.
"This is the kind of tournament
where a guy could start fast and just go
run away from the field. A lot of guys
find it hard to concentrate for four
days, now that they're older."
ONE STROKE off the pace at one-
over 71 was a trio of golfers, including
former Masters champions Art Wall
and Bob Goalby, plus Jim Ferree.
Amateur Bill Campbell was among a
group of familiar names from golf's
past in at 72. Others in at two-over in-
cluded Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead,
Gardner Dickinson, Bob Stone and Tom
Nieporte.
Campbell, a 58-year-old insurance
broker from Huntington, W.Va., fired a
3-under-par 32 on the front nine and was
in excellent position to be the leader af-
ter the first round. However, he stum-
bled home with five bogeys on the back
nine.
CAMPBELL WON the U.S. Senior
Amateur title and finished runner-up to
Roberto Devicenzo in the Senior Open
last year.
Palmer made the turn at three-over,
including a double-bogey on the 42-
yard, par-4 eighth hole.
"My game was a mish-mash of some
very bad shots with some pretty good
ones in between," Palmer said after the
round, played in 94-degree heat, which
was delayed twice for a total of 55
minutes by thundershowers.
Wall, 57, who won the Masters in 1959,
was one-under on the.front-nire .espite
h dotzble-bogey on the par-4 eight hol .
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - A 38-
page NFL document, described as a
detailed attendance and financial
summary of the 1980 football season,
shows that the league's squads clearly
are not equal monetarily.
A computation of each team's net
ticket revenues using figures from the
document shows that the Los Angeles
Rams are $1 million ahead of any other
NFL franchise. Sixteen teams trailed
the Rams by $2 million or more, and
three of them - Baltimore, Cincinnati
and Kansas City - were more than $3
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million behind.
GEORGIA FRONTIERE'S Anaheim-
based Rams franchise had revenue
from 20 games, including exhibitions, of
$7,784,766. The Dallas Cowboys were
second with $6,774,925 and the Seattle
Seahawks, a last-place team in the
AFC's Western Division, third with
$6,444,885.
Net ticket revenue for other teams: 4,
Tampa Bay, $6,291,002; 5, San Diego,
$6,197,078; 6, New England, $6,119,155;
7, Philadelphia, $5,975,192; 8, Oakland,
$5,978, 503; 9, Atlanta, $5,867,498; 10,
Washington, $5,716,097; 11, Cleveland,
$5,705,878; 12, Buffalo, $5,658,641; 13,
Detroit, $5,525,683; 14, Houston,
$5,443,542; 15, New Orleans, $5,396,277;
16, Denver, $5,436,502; 17, San Fran-
sciso, $5,320,768; 18, New York Jets,
$5,248,577; 19, Miami, $5,203,739; 20,
New York Giants, $5,165,546; 21, Pit-
tsburgh, $5,128,506; 22, Chicago,
$5,124,586; 23, St. Louis, $5,106,640; 24,
Minnesota, $5,053,038; 25, Green Bay,
$4,969,186; 26, Cincinnati, $4,365,678; 27,
Baltimore, $4,319,760; 28, Kansas City,
S$4,149,931. ,
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