University Daily Kansan Wednesday, June 22,1977 5 Staff photo by MARIANNE MAURIN Mound meeting A pitcher's mound conference was a common occurrence in Kansas City's attack on deste. The Mariners pulled four pitchers from the bull pen before the Royal's 18-3 Connors wins first round WIMBLEDON, England (BOF)—Jimmy Connors ignored the boos and hisses of British tennis fans yesterday and easily won the title against his unmarried, untrubbed by his intired thumb- The American left-handed overcame baltimore's big, loose-lipped Briton, b. 6-4, f. 4. Meanwhile, in the women's bracket, top-seeded Chris Evert began defense of her title with an easy 6-0, 6-3 triumph over American Ruta Geralutia. Second-seeded Martina Navratilova, a former Czech who lived in the United States, and third-seeded Virginia Wade of Britain also won first-round matches. The booing the top-seeded Connors received when he stepped onto center court was believed unprecedented. He was Wimbledon. It followed Connors' failure to take part in a Parade of Champions Monday to celebrate the centennial of the world's most famous tennis champion. The All-England Club accused Connors of discoeffect and said it would not give him a commemorative medal that had been awarded to him. He was presented to 43 other Wimbledon winners. The booing began when Connors walked onto the court with his opponent. It was renewed, louder, when he went to his baseline to start hitting up. Conners did not pay it the slightest heed. As the match went on, the mood of the 15,000 famed melted a little, and his best strokes came out. But he got only a mild ovation at the end. His injury—a cracked bone in his right hand or a move to affect his grit on his beheaded neckpiece Lewis hit a number of fine strokes and exchanged service breaks in each of the first two sets, but he was erratic. Commuters could tell when Lewis looked like he was in danger of losing. Conners, who wore an orthopedic splint on their thumb, said afterward the injury did not harm them. As for the row over the champions' parade, Comors said: "I had an appointment with my doctor, and that's the truth. When I arrived in the dressing room the champions were going out on court. Hot Lover's turn to go next. I looked at him. Connors stopped and shook his head. Asked whether he would apologize to the All-England Club, Connors said: "That's a pressure question. I will have to sit down by myself for two minutes and think about it." More than 50 Wimbledon champions were invited to a lunch and to the parade. Ten were absent and sent apologies, but the club officers did not even reply to the invitation. Royals sink Seattle 13-3 KANSAS CITY (AP) - Tom Penquette, Ha McRae and George Brett unloaded three hit apice and combined for eight runs batted in and six runs scored to lead a 16-hit Kansas City attack as the Royals buried the Seattle Mariners 13-Tuesday night. Brett drove across three runs with a triple and two doubles; Poquette lashed three singles, scored three times and drove in one double. He drove a double, a double and a single to drive in four runs. Al Cowens sings and cracked a two-run homer, his 11th homer of the season, in the second inning white Frank White and Fred Foster. The Rangers beat the Royals batted four Seattle pitchers. THE MARINERS OPENED a 3-10 lead in run-scorning, back-to-back doubles by Rupert Jones and Joe Stanton in the first imminent and Craig Reynolds' RBI single in After taking a 6-3 lead with four in the third, the Royals added one in the fourth. The Spurs lost. Colburn, 8-7, allowed two runs in the first on a walk. But after Bob Stinson doubled and Reynolds singled to score Seattle's final run in the second, he settled down to retire the next 16 batters before giving way to Marty Patten. Seattle starter Glenn Abbott, 3-7, lasted two inimals. The game, delayed 35 minutes by rain at the start, tilted first toward Seattle as the Mariners tagged Colborn for three runs in the first two innings. Mayberry brought Brett home with a grounder, and Cowens and Darrell Porter cracked consecutive singles. Fatek then scored the fourth run of the inning with a grounder. The Royals began cranking up in the third after Poquette and McMae chased Abbott with leadoff singles and Brett greeted reliever Tom House with a two-run triple. The Royals jumped back with two in the second with John Mayberry was hit by a pitch and Cowens lined his home run into the left field seats. 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IP H R ER BB SO Abnett (L 3-7) Bobson Pagan Seal Culham (W 8-7) Putti 12 5 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Absted kitten to 2 batteries in 2d. HBST kitten (Mayergrub), by Pagan (Cowes), WT—seasoned. HBST kitten (Mayergrub), by Pagan (Cowes), WT—seasoned. Stanky is apparent choice as new Rangers manager Stanky, 60, who last managed in the majors in 1968, confirmed that he was negotiating with Ranger officials to take over the club. BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (UP1) - Eddie Stanky, one-time controversial "brat" of the Brooklyn Dodgers and a major league manager for seven years between 1962 and 1968, was almost certain last night to be the first Texas Rangers within the next 24 hours. Frank Lucheesi managed the Rangers against the Minnesota Twins in a game that was called by Brugmans source said that they would hold a press conference in the near future. It was understood that Stanky was flying from Mobile, Ala., to Minneapolis to work out the details of the game. "We're in the negotiating stage, but we are close to a contract." Stanky said. "We're going to talk very carefully." Stunky, who managed the St. Louis Cardinals to successive NBA titles, also served as Chicago White Sox general manager. to 4-9 finishes from 1966 through 1968, is the current baseball coach at South Alabama. He left there yesterday apparently to think about an offer made by vice president Eddie Robinson and General Manager Danny O'Brien. COUNTRY KITCHEN Open 24 Hours A Day 1503 W.23rd 843-2025 KWL Boston 20 L - Pet. GB - Baltimore 25 30 - .609 - New York 25 30 - .358 - Chicago 21 31 - .492 - Milwaukee 20 11 - .674 - Detroit 23 39 - .453 10 - Toronto West 24 39 - .481 10 - Chicago West 36 28 - .581 - Kansas City 37 28 - .641 - California 31 21 - .500 4 - Oakland 21 3 Baseball Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE