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By ALEX SACHARE

FOREST HILLS, N.Y. - It .was.a strange farewell to Forest Hills, a fornight which saw fine tennis sha the spotlight with a bizarre shooting, charges of racism, demonstrations, the major tournament debut of a trans- sexual and a princess in pigtails named Tracy Austin

‘When Jimmy Connors sent a forehand long at 7:21 p.m. EDT Sunday, making Guillermo Vilas of Argentina the U.S. Open champion, a sporting era came to an end, . . After more than half a century at. the stately West Side Tennis Club, the U.S. championships: are acheduled to be held next - year ata new tennis facilitiy to be built in nearby Flushing Meadows. ‘There's a lot of tradition here for me,” said Chris her .third

reassert her queen of tennis. 2 stadium court is just great. I mean, every time I step out on it, I'm just in awe of it.” ' Evert stepped onto that stadium court for the final time Saturday, when she defeated Wendy Turnball of Australia 7-6, 6—. Next year, Flushing Meadows. ' “TI can’t even begin to

imagine Forest. Hills at Flushing,” said Rosie Casals, one of the most cutspoken of the women

players.

Then she put her finger on the problem.

“— like the atmosphere here, but it’s just too. crowded. There’s nowhere to go” .

“The proposed Flushing

facility promises to be at least 60—per cent larger, which should help. The vast majority of the sessions. of this year’s 12-day tour- nament were sellouts, and scalpers were asking $40 d $5 for tickets to Sun-

ones lining the streets of Forest. Hills. There were hordes of hawkers peddling T—shirts, visors, cold drinks and souvenirs. And on closing day, about 15 demonstrators gathered outside the stadium to protest the U.S. Tennis Association’s support :of South African participation in international sports. HAD BOMB THREATS Other non—tennis hap- penings included bomb threats on. opening and closing day; the accidental shooting of a spectator in the leg, apparently by a bullet fired into the air by someone outside. the stadium, and comments by a board member. of the West Side club which were interpreted as racist slurs against the community where the new facility is to be built. The beard member,. William { ned less than 24

remarks were published.

But the break between the -

Open and West Side appears final. Groundbreaking in Flushing Meadows is scheduled for next week, and Slew Heater, president of the USTA, said: “I'm going to get it built and get it built on time.”

But even if the facility is not ready, Hester says the USTA would not consider West Side as a backup site but. would move the tour-

VANCOUVER (CP). — Vancouver Canucks hired thelr first assistant coach Monday with the . ap- - pointment of National Hockey League veteran Arnie Brown to handle the team’s defencemen in 1977- 7B.

The addition of Brown, a 10-year defenceman in the NHL with New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, New York Islanders and Atlanta Flames, marks the first time the Canucks

have had an assistant in -

their eight years in the NHL.

The Canucks also an- nounced that Don Lever, 26, a five-year veteran, Was taking over from Chris Qddleifson as. the team’s captain. Oddleifzon, 27, held the position for one year.

“We wanted. a defen- ceman as an asaistant coach because we already had a coach, Orland Kurtenbach, who was a forward in the NHL when he played,” general manager . Jake Milford of the Canucks told a news conference. “I've watched Arnie Brown ever since he played junior with the Marlles (Toronto Marlboros), and I've been impressed. with the way he's handled himself.

“We think.that Arnie will be compatible with our coach because both team-mates . for three seasons with the Rangers.”

Brown, who has been out of pro-hockey for two seasons, said he was reluctant to give. up a sales position in Toronto, but “blood runs thick in hockey

- and I guess I was really just waiting for the right job to come along. .

“Pye known both Jake and Kurt for years per- sonally and Vancouver seems like the right place forme to start a coaching career.”

. Brown began his pro career in the Toronto Maple Leaf organization in 1962. He was. traded to the Rangers in 1964 as part of a multi-player deal which sent Andy Bathgate to the Maple 8.

He went to. the World Hockey Association three years ago and played his last pro game with Van- couver Blazers in the spring of 1975.

. Previous Vancouver coaches Hal Laycoe, Vic Stasuik, Bill McCreary and Phil Maloney did not use assistant coaches, although Larry Popein, director - of player personnel, aided both Maloney and Kurtenbach last’ season.

Kurtenbach took .over from Maloney as coach of the ..Canucks just before Christmas last season. Maloney then was fired as general manager on June 1 and replaced by ord, who prefiously held the same position with Los Angeles Kings..

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.On the men’s side, Vilas finally proved he could win a major title and thus removed the only argument against his being rated the best tennis player in world, His 2—6, 6-3, 7-6, 6—final. triumph over Connors was his 46th con- secutive victory on clay and his seventh straight tour- nament triumph—numbers that are impressive, indeed.

Connors spoiled the show a. bit with his unprecedent display of rudeness, . stor- ming. off the court without waiting .for the final presentation ceremony. But the boyish charm of the 25— year—old Vilas, a published poet in his native country of Argentina, more than made up for Connors’ boorishness.

WANTED TO WIN

“T wanted to win to be No. 1 in the world, and now I did that,” ilas said. .

Other developments: among the men included a second—round upset of fiery Tie Nastase, a look at the

classic strokes of 2—year—. |

old Ken Rose — wall and the withdrawal of top—seeded

Bjorn Borg during theround |

of 16 because of a shoulder injury.

No match drew more attention than the Open dubut of Dr. . Renee Richards, the 43—year—old trans—sexual who had to sue in order to gaiti a place in the women’s draw. She

did better in the courts than j

on them, losing to Wade in the opening round 6—1, 6—4.

And finally there was Austin, the 1-year-old youngster who upset fourth- seeded Sue Baker in a match that captivated the hearts of tennis fans across the U.S. .

Austin, who enters the ninth grade at Rolling Hills, Calif., high schoo] Thur-

sday, won her first four [

matches to reach the quarter-finals, where she was beaten’ by Dutch

Milford said the ap- pointment of Lever as captain was not a knock at Oddleifson, who also is the team’s player represen- tative reporting to the NHL Players Association.

“We felt that holding down. both .positions, player and captain representative was too large a burden for one person," said Milford. “We feel that removing one part of the job will enable Christo concentrate more on hockey this season.

“We did not feel that Chris ©

did an inadequate job as captain last season. There

was much more to consider

than just the captaincy.

“We held talks with both players this summer and I came to the conclusion that the team would be better off with one player as captain and another as player representative.”

Lever, who went to Europe last spring with

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onships, scored 27 goals

¢t season and -had 657 points, while Oddleifson had 14 goala and 40 points.

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