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King Wins Battle of Sexes f Red Peppers B y Michael A. Lutz love garnet and then breaking Mrs King got the loudest ap im Associated Pratt Spout Writer |change the sport,” the 29-year- anybody got the breaks it was tt y Un S v h r a d v r I old Mrs. King said. me.” Mrs. King for a 2 2 tie in the plause and cheers after good HOUSTON (AF*) — Bobby Higgs, who claimed he would Mrs. King didn’t budge an third set. shots and she enjoyed it. ‘For Biggs’ next big spectacle may set women’s tennis back 20 inch during the match and she From there, Mrs. King broke once I ’m the underdog and I The newest Gopher find is Frank Mosko, be a leap off Suicide Bridge in years against Billie Jean, look also held her own with Biggs’ back with a love game and love »t," she said. Westward Bound 5-10, 190-pound soph from Wyandotte, Mich. Pasadena, Calif., while Billie ed every bit his age after the pre-match gimmickery. Mrs. then won it with a service Now that she’s put women’s Glad were headed for California Friday, as He kicked eight times against Ohio .State and Jean King is just happy to have match. Biggs appeared to tire King made her entrance on a break in tile final game when tennis back on the map, Mrs. we want to see if there is a big crowd on averaged 48 3 yards, tying for second in the made a spectacle of the 55- as early as the first set and carnage, borne by four muscu Biggs double faulted and hit King said she was looking for Suicide bridge over the Arroyo Seco near nation. Good thing Mosko did so well or the year-old hustler and to have had trouble getting his first lar males like a •reigning Egyp into the net on the final two ward to a new phase of her ca Pasadena. That’s the place Bobby Biggs half- score might have been worse than 56-7 won $200,000 to Soot. parve going. tian queen. joints a f t e r escaping two reer starting next year as the promised to jump off if he lost to Billie Jean OOO Screani ng. delirious womens- Nor ,.ould RlK(,s, ,he ;,gln(, Riggs then entered riding in match points. player coach of tile Phil a King. Always nice to say something good about a h n lh T T br‘Kht'y 19.I9 Wimbledon singles cham- a rickshaw, pulled by several Riggs started the battle of dolphin franchise in the new We secretly were hoping there would bt1 a team you have just defeated Coach Joe Pa d I rot e -shooting Astro-,pion. match Mrs. King's contin- pretty “ Bobby’s Boosters’’ with the sexes matches with a 6-2, 6- World team tennis league way both of them could lose, because this tent) of Penn State did that after beating T h l score^ art! Thursday Ui,| strong ground shots, which “ Sugar Daddy" on the backs of 1 victory over Australia’! Mar “ I love the crowds and the Battle of the Sexes was about the most over Stanford 20-6: “ Stanford’s defense played night when Mrs. King showed never let up their blouses. Riggs presented garet Court earlier in the year bands,” Mrs, King said. ‘You blown thing ever to hit American sports or very well. That strong safety of theirs is a (hi devastating swiftness that Riggs was so sure of victory, Mrs. King with a giant candy and Mrs. King said it was Mrs. know I believe in screaming on TV. great ball player.” won her five Wimbledon titles he had vowed he would jump sucker with “Sugar Daddy" Court who gave her good ad the courts and in the team as Well, it did teach a few viewers the archaic Told that the safety’ sname is Randy Poltl, i i i defeating self proclaimed „ f f th (. Pasadena Bridge or the vice for playing Biggs. pect of the sport. I ’m looking written on the side. scoring system of tennis, it would have been Joe said: “ Oh, I thought it was Poletti. If he male chauvinist Biggs, 6-4. S3,:,J)ndnI1 ltrid(,(. in Ariz„ „ a if he “ Margaret told me he can’t forward to being the first wom Riggs got a brown baby pig much better had Howard Cosell done a decent isn’t Italian, I take it all back " 6-3 in the internationally tele- |ost roll over his backhand," Mrs. from Mrs. King. an coach in professional athlet job of telling the TV audience whether the OOO vised battle of the sexes tennis jt was a $100,000 winner-take- King said. ‘He can only pass Biggs’ game started coming ics.” players’ shots were good or not. That Earl Douthitt impresses you with his cxtravaganza. a„ match but teievision and apart in the first set although me with a flat shot. She told Asked her first thought when confidence. After his fine performance As it was, you had a difficult time seeing all Hobby Riggs has just been other rights were expected to he broke Mrs. King’s serve in me to just try to attack his the match ended, she said “ the against Michigan, we asked about the last- of them on the screen. If you think that was flushed down the t o i I e t,” boost the winner’s share to the fifth game. Mrs. King broke backhand." first thing I thought was ‘it’s second tip he made of a Wolverine pass that hard, consider mast of those who paid fantas shouted women’s pro tour about $200,000 and give the los- right back and broke again in The Astrodome scene looked finally over.” would have meant a touchdown. We had mar tic prices to sit far up in the Astrodome. It mcmber Madeliene Regal of er about $100,000. th 10th game when Biggs like anything hut a tennis It won’t be over if Riggs has veled how he got back there in time to deflect must have been like trying to follow an Sweden after Mrs. King’s Despite his constant barrage double faulted at set point. match. The University of Hous his way. Riggs said he wants a the ball away from Clint Haslerig. aspirin tablet falling into the Grand Canyon. straight sets victory before 30,- of criticism against women’s Riggs broke Mrs. King in the ton hand played march music rematch within six months. ‘I “ Yeah, I think I could have intercepted that Biggs can’t blame anyone but himself if lots 472 Astrodome fans and mil- tennis, Riggs was a gracious first game of the second set. while pretty pom-pom girls would’ve given Billie Jean a one," Earl commented coolly. What? We were of people cry fix. He calls himself “ The Con lions more TV viewers. loser. Although Mrs. King broke back kicked in time. The rowdy rematch if I had won so I want astonished, considering it fortunate he even sumate Hustler” and admits he bets on any Mrs. King, one of the most “ What happened?” Riggs again. Riggs appeared to start crowd cheered throughout the a rematch,” Riggs said. ‘I touched the bail. thing or everything. How are we to know he decorated warriors for equal asked. ‘Billie Jean was just too a rally when he held his service match and never showed signs think I can do better, but that “ I didn’t really try to intercept it," con didn’t bet a hundred thou or so on Billie Jean women’s rights on the pro ten- strong for mc. She was too after eight deuces for a 2-2 tie of letting up. will be up to Billie Jean.” tinued Earl, “ because I figured it was better at .Jimmy the Greek’s advertised 5-2 odds? nis circuit, said she had waited quick in the exchanges. I in games. But Mrs. King broke to be sure of deflecting it.” W'ell, it did get millions of suckers to watch 18 years for this match with thought I had her out of court Riggs in the eighth game and tennis on TV. Billie Jean played well. but you Biggs. many times but she made the then served a love game for the Baseball Standings can see lots of much better matches than this High Jump, Too? “ Ever since theday when I shots, second set one almost every weekend. Riggs played was ll yearrs old and wasn’t “ I never felt better. I felt Mrs. King kept rolling in the AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE Wi* had 20 right, 9 wrong in the first week like—well—a 55-year-old creep. allowed in a photo because I great warming up. I didn’t third set, breaking Riggs in the East East of football guessing for a .690 percentage. A GB W L Pct. GB L Pct. 1 Pittsburgh 75 .500 If he’s the best geriatric champion the male That’s not a great start for a guy who aims to Baltimore 90 62 .597 _ 75 didn t have a tennis skirt on, I have a good day serving but first game. Riggs then made New York 74 ll .497 Boston Si 69 .54* 7 % sex has to offer, maybe we’d better line up a pick 800 thus season. Here are this week s knew then that I wanted to she didn’t get any bleaks.