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Since Dallas, Lorimar has launched three more sexy serials, and two of them are paying off. Knots Landing, which spun the Ewings' gray-sheep brother Gary off into the moral thickets of California suburbia, has frequently won its time slot since it debuted in December 1979. A newer entry. Flamingo Road, is putting lurid new life into NBC's chronically tired blood. Lorimar's Secrets of Midland Heights, an updated Peyton Place with the handsomest cast on TV, seemed to be finding its narrative stride before CBS canceled it last month for low ratings...
Geordie Lemmon, in the number three slot, beat Midshipman Tim Ewing in a scrappy five game match. After dropping the first two games 13-16 and 12-15, Lemmon fought back under pressure to win the third game 15-8, and even the match in a fourth-game tiebreaker. In the fifth and decisive game, Lemmon destroyed Ewing...
None of the three wins came easily for the racquetmen. In the second slot, Mitch Reese fought off a challenge from Princetonian George MacFarland to win his match three games to one. Meanwhile, number three Chip Robie, the player who clinched last year's triumph, maintained his personal dominance over his Tiger opponents by coming back after losing the first game...
Indeed, the matels represented little more than a mid-winter picnic for the racquetmen. Most of the team members played one slot above their regular positions as coach Dave Fish let top starter Brad Desaulniers spend the afternoon practicing for the upcoming Princeton match with someone who can give him a bonafide workout--former Crimson star Anil Nayar...
Subbing for Desaulniers in the number one slot, Mitch Reese also dispatched his opponent. Greg Zaff, with case. Reese finessed the Williams slugger with 15-11 and 15-12 victories, then fought off a late challenge and took the last game...