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fast Winston Shop
ping Contor to raiso
monoy for thoir trip
to tho national AAU
tournament. Mem
bers of tho toam
present were; (front,
loft to right) Sher
roon Gillespie, Doe
Ponn, Jonah Smith;
(back row) Jackie
Wood, Davina Sim
mons and Jamie
Simmons.
I Williams sisters capture French Open doubles title I
J . By STEPHANIE VAN DEN BERG
! THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS - Venus and Serena
? Williams' French Open doubles
J title did little to offset their disap
J pointing singles performances.
| "No, I don't feel better," said
? Venus, while Serena added the she
| ?? was still "pretty bitter and resent
; ?" ful."
The Williams, both knocked
I out of the singles in the first week,
J* ~ beat Switzerland's Martina Hingis
. ? and Russia's Anna Kournikova 6
! 3, 6-7 (2-7), 8-6 on Sunday.
The first set came easy to the
J Americans, who broke Kourniko
? va's service once on the way to a 6
3 decision.
"They were killing us in the
beginning. We had - no
rhythm...didn't know what to do
out there," Hingis said.
In the second set, the Williams
gained a 4-1 lead when play was
suspended for rain. After a 20
minute delay, Hindis and
Kournikova came out fighting.
Serena Williams ser\?d! for the
match at 5-2 and 6-5, but failed
both times. *
"We actually should have fin
ished it off in two sets, I'm sure
everyone knows," Serena said.
What happened, according to
the sisters, was an overdose of con
fidence.
"We were like, 'yeah, we're
going to get this,"' Venus said.
"After a while we were too tight."
The European pair dominated
the first-set tiebreaker, taking the
set when Serena put a volley wide.
"The match turned around a
lot," Hingis said. "We were one
point away from losing it earlier,
then winning it again."
In the third set, the European
pair got what seemed like a key
break of service at 4-4.
But Kournikova, who strug
gled with her serve all afternoon,
failed to finish off the match.
At 5-4 she double-faulted at 30
15 and, after the Americans had
saved a match point, on break
point. At 6-7, the Russian was
again the culprit, losing the game
to love.
On match point, a backhand
return from Venus was too strong
for Kournikova, who volleyed into
the net.
- "We just didn't have that little
edge at the end so that we could
have finished," Kournikova said.
The Williams said that they
never underestimated Hingis' will
to win even after her loss in the sin
gles final Saturday.
"I'm sure after not winning the
singles title yesterday, she would
really want to come out and win
doubles," Venus said. "You want
something for all your hard work."
? r ? v
I. Jon Shippen pared the way for black golfers
Ralph
Gaillard
Golf-N
Around
j w
John Shippen was the first
: African American professional
j golfer. He qualified and was in
i contention for the 1896 U.S.
| Open. The English and Scottish
J golfers who dominated the tour
? at that tithe did not want Ship
1 pen to play in the tournament.
J Officials with the United States
i ? ? . '
Golf Association (USGA) said,
"Shippen could play even if he
played by himself." We can never
lose sight of where we have come
from, and where we are going.
In local news, Sam Puryear
had a hole in one at Winston
Lake Golf Course in late April
of this year on the 203-yard hole
No. 12 with a 3-iron. As Puryear
says,"Easy game."
"The Good Doctor," Dave
Peay, also had a hole in one at
"The Lakes" in August 1998, on
the 143-yard hole No. 16 with a
4-iron. "The Good Doctor" did
much better than one of his
famous "lay outs"! Joe Johnson
won the "Gangsome" on June 2
at "The Lakes." Serious brag
ging rights went to Johnson for
the rest of that week. To my
knowledge, this has never been
reported in the Triad before.
Kareem Allah had a hole in one
at Pine Oaks Golf Course in
Johnson City, Tenn., on July 30,
1993. It was on the 140-yard
hole No. 2 with an 8-iron.
Kareem, better late than never!
Ben Ruffin and actor Richard
Kind won The Crosby at 34
under par. Now Ben, this time,
you've only been playing 20
months! Rest assured, Ruffin
can and did "golf his golf ball"
at The Crosby. Congratulations
to Sam, Dave, Joe, Kareem and
Ben.
The?1999 U.S. Open is sched
uled for June 17-20 just down
the road at Pinehurst No.2. This
is the first time the Open has
been played at Pinehurst. Pine
hurst closed for the summer
until the 1970s, when air-condi
tioning was installed to make
year-round play possible. Man
agement has wanted the Open
there for years, / but the greens
See Golf-N-Around on B4
i Rams
: from page Bl ~~7
{ staff have learned from the past.
"Of course we'll have to play
i well against Catawba in the open
! er," he said. "But I think the thing
| that has hurt in the past is that
. i we've over-prepared. We have-to
t put a gauge on everybody coming
| * out of two-a-days and monitor
J where we are. I think we have a vet
j eran staff and team.
"The key for us is we have to
play well for four quarters," Blount
added. "We have to have that kind
of discipline coining out of camp.
In the past we've played well for
two or three quarters and then
j take a break and get beat. I think
we're now past that point."
The Rams return a squad that
will have a good mix of veterans
and newcomers. One key could be
at quarterback, where Tory Wood
bury is expected to start for the
third consecutive season. However,
an off the field incident has left his
status questionable. He was not
allowed to participate in spring
drills or live on campus during the
recently completed spring semes
ter.
"We have to sit down with Tory
and the guys who were involved in
that incident," Blount said. "I
expect to make a decision within a
week. I haven't made one yet, but I
believe that Tory will be ready to
go when camp opens.
"I think these guys have to
understand what this thing is all
about," Blount added. "You've got
to be a well-rounded individual,
especially when, you're playing at
the college level. Tory is a local guy
who's received a lot of publicity in
the media, but he has to under
stand that a lot of other things
come along with that. I want to see
some closure to this situation and 1
think that Tory does also."
J Demario Gamble
I
i Rangers
' from page Bl
{ game the Rangers got home
J runs from Demario Gamble,
i Tyrone Smith and Demarius
! Crump. Defensive leaders
* included Frank Stowe, Christian
? Young and Josh Massey.
"All of them played well,"
! Teal said. "We really have a
{ good all-around team. They hit
the ball well, but they also play
! good defense."
J The Rangers' games are also
? among the league's most well
I attended games.
"I have great parents and the
| coaches receive great parent
I ! '
support and participation," Teal
said. "Although she's not a
coach. Candy Stowe has been a
real key to this team."
Teal said he approaches each
opportunity out on the field as
an opportunity for his players to
improve themselves. That's why
he said he doesn't stress win
ning.
"Whenever my kids ask me if
we're winning, I just tell them^o
keep hustling and doing their
best," he said. "That's what I'm
looking for. I want each one of
my players to work as hard as
they can and give everything
they have. Once they do that I'm
satisfied."
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