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Sports Lincoln's Own Wimbledon This Week Top Players Compete Tennis Won Numerous Doubles Championships and Be This Underwrite and Promote Junior Wednesday, September 27, 1978 page 10 daily nebraskan sports Lincoln's own Wimbledon this week top players compete tennis won numerous doubles championships and be this underwrite and promote junior . a . we feel very fortunate to hosting -- By Kathy Chenault in 1973 reached the semi-nna- is oi tne event," he said. play," Rodenberg said. to watch in the Wimbledon doubles competition. Future tennis stars are their Lincoln lucky Among the players showcasing Charles Paul The 1974 Bavarian Fassb talents this week in the first tennis tourn- Rodenberg said tennis enthusiasts in tournament are Pasarell, Champion, Fassbender. Fassbender is credited with defeating ament of to the held in Lincoln are lucky such competition is Kronk and Jurgen major significance Rico's best Connors, Tanner and Manuel Orantes Lincoln. being sponsored in town. Puerto at 34 is the oldest player in the during his career. for in and It is very exciting for us to be holding Pasarell, Vying $25,000 prize money He has earned over $200,000 Kronk, of Caloundra, Australia, was the 64 such a big tournament here in Lincoln. tournament. valuable ranking points of the 1976 runner-u- p in U.S. Doubles Je We to use this as a of in prize money since turning pro in 1969, Open best tennis players, in town for hope way improv- His win was over the potentially of on a local and is as the finest player to come competition. biggest er the level," regarded the American Express-Fronti- Airlines ing quality play said. out of Puerto Rico. current number one player, Bjorn Borg. Tennis Classic. Rodenberg The main draw is free to The to talented tennis players A member of the Davis Cup team five competition The awarded by ATP (Associa- exposure Student points, will be an asset to local competition, as will times, Pasarell has been ranked among the the public through Thursday. tion of Tennis Professionals), are a major for the the semi-final- s the from the event, which will go ten U.S. players ten times. tickets quarterfinals, incentive for tennis stars of the future proceeds top from to to the Lincoln Tennis Foundation, she He owns victories over Dave Stockton, and finals, running Friday Sunday, because is to Grand Prix all three it springboard said. Rosewall and Stan Smith. are one dollar and good for days competition. "The purpose of the foundation is to A West Germany native, Fassbender has of competition. In the field are entrants with wins over nationally recognized players like Bjorn Borg, Ken Rosewall and Jimmy Connors. Qualifying rounds for the tournament were held Sunday and the main draw began Monday at the Lincoln Racquet Club courts. Stepping Stone According to George Grothe, promotion chairman for the event, the challengers cir- cuit is a stepping stone for prospective pro- fessional tennis players. "This type of competition fills a void," Grothe said. "It serves as a post-gradua- te school for players coming out of college with hopes of making it to the top some- day. "These guys may not be big name players now, but in a few years they will be winning the Wimbledons, the Forest Hills and the U.S. Opes," Grothe said. The tour is in its third year and is pres- ently the major circuit, leading directly to international Grand Prix competition. The American Express tour has expanded from 12 to 15 tournaments and from $180,000 to $350,000 in prize money in that time. Resorts don't work Grothe said in the past, American Express sponsored the circuit tournaments only in resort areas, which didn't accom- plish what they hoped it would. "What they (American Express) want to do is build a sales market," Grothe said. "Since the resort locations didn't really work as they hoped, they decided to reach into different areas and that's how this tournament came to be held in Lincoln." He added that Joy Rodenberg, of f f Lincoln, was also important in bringing the Photo by Bob Pearson event to town. Keen concentration and form mark the level of at the American "Joy is a strong force in tennis around precise competition Express-Fronti-er Classic. New Yorker Ken Under returns a here. When the offer came from American Airlines Tennis volley rounds Express, she found a local promoter and during opening Sunday. Wrestling, swimming recruits from throughout nation The wrestling and swimming coaches at Greg Palm and Darryl Meyer are the and Brad Smith will both sit out the 1978-7- 9 The junior college are Will UNL have announced recruits for the scholarship freshmen in the heavier weight season to be eligible for the 1979-8-0 Douglas of Santa Monica, Cal., Bengt upcoming season. classes. Palm, (177), from New Cumber- season. Jonsson of Pasadena, Cal., Jerry Olszweski land, Pa., was a regional runner-u- p and was of Cyprus, Cal., Joe Stanfield of Cyprus, New wrestling coach Bob Fehrs had named his school's most valuable male Six junior college and Cal., Todd Bendowski of Cyprus, Cal., and recruiting success in Pennsylvania, Wis- athlete. Meyer is from York, Neb. three high school highlight Lance Green of Pleasant Hill, Cal. Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas (190) consin, Michigan, and won the Class B state first-ye- ar coach Cal Bentz's The school recruits include, Mark and Nebraska. heavyweight swimming high champsionship three times. recruiting job. Diedrich of Hinsdale, 111., Steve Elliott of Mike Hinmarsh (118 lb.) of Dearborn Two transfers from Northern Michigan Bentz also recruited a three-tim- e Junior Amarillo, Tex., Rick Rhodes of Omaha, Heights, Mich, was the Michigan prep University, where Fehrs last coached, are Olympic qualifier, a member of the 1976 Guy Foster of Kirkland, Wash., Anders champion in 1977 and Rich Lenker (118) also enrolled at UNL' Tim Newman, sixth Sweden Olympic team and a Minnesota Rutqvist of Hariestad, Sweden and Gary was a three time tri-sta- te all-st- ar team in the Division II championships in 1977, state high school silver medalist. Peters of Bloomington, Minn. member, a three-tim- e most Valuable Per- former and a member of the Pennsylvania vs. Austria team. Lenker is from York UNL and to Springs, Pa. golfer experienced ready swing 126-poun- d Rick In the weight class are By Ed"McClymont sophormoes Knox Jones and Randy Sock. the Tucker Invitational in Albuauerque, Whitehead of Red Oak, Iowa and Kevin The two transfers are Klein from Nebraska NM. Mills Mich. Whitehead went to of Canton, The final verdict has yet to come in on Western and Henderson from Scottsbluff. The meet Huskers performance at the 1977 the Iowa High School championship the 1978-7- 9 NU men's but all Rick said he feels the outlook golf team, Reynolds nationals paid off since the only way to be four times during his prep career and Mills to one of the finest teams on this team is different from last indications point year's invited to the Oklahoma City meet was by won the Michigan title once. a nucleus six ever. With of returning play- year. making the cut at nationals. The same 142-15- 0 class "Last weight ers and two junior college transfers, the year our goal at nationals was just holds true for next There are three new wrestlers in the on last to make the spring's Huskers are hoping to improve cut, the firskalimination based Invitational in Houston, Texas. 142-15- 0 class. Mark pound weight year's debut in the national collegiate on scores," he said. "We can be better this Wis. a three-tim- e As far as the Big Eight championship, Newman of Peshtigo, was meet. year. We have a lot more depth." Reynolds said, the powerhouse all conference wrestler. Alan Freeman of 'This could potentially be the best team The Huskers in an perennial recently participated Oklahoma State will be favored. Iowa was a state in 18-tea- m Griswold, champion I've every had," coach Larry Romjue said. invitational at Oklahoma City 1978 and finished fourth in the Freestyle "We have a little more experience and I'm where they finished finished sixth. The "I think we can finish second, but Steve Peck of McPher-son- , top Nationals last year. sure the two transfers will help us." score for the Huskers was turned in by Jim Oklahoma State will probably be first," Kan. is a two-tim- e state champion. According to Romjue, the players that Julian with a three round total of 215. Reynolds said. Picking the top individual Pat Delaney is one of the new will be doing most of the varsity golfing Reynold Statton, and Jones all carded for Nebraska this year is anyone's guess. 158-poun- this will be seniors Steve Rick 217 to d recruits. Delaney, from Coon year Statton, complete the top four. "Steve Statton is probably the top " Jim The Rapids, Minn., was an wrest- Reynolds, and ic Carter, juniors only other meet for the fall season will player, but then Knox Jones made All Big Bill and be ler in 1978. Julian, Jeff Klein, and Henderson, next Wednesday through Saturday at Eight last vear." Reynolds said..
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