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IN EUGENE
SAT. JULY 18th
Sports
Seniors retain youth in tennis championship
By Charley Korns
Of lk» Emerald
The hottest tennis player in
the world turned 18 this month
As Steffi Graf competes at
Wimbledon this week, players
two, three, and four times her
age took to the University courts
over the weekend for the United
States Tennis Association
sanctioned SeniorsOnly
Championship.
Thirtv-six players ranging in
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age from 35 to 60 matched
s(M*ed. strength and ski!) in heat
that pushed the mercury into
the high 80s.
Buzz Summers, the Universi
ty men's tennis coach, organiz
ed the event for the second year,
and while he falls into the
45-vear-old bracket, he feels no
need to play in the tournament,
lie knows most of the players
and marvels at their vitality.
"Just being able to play when
you're 65 is very notable. A lot
of people at that age are in
wheelchairs," he said.
This is certainly not the case
with Bob Mix. a Corvallis at
torney. ranked third in the Nor
thwest 65-year-old division,
which includes players 65 to
69. Mix will turn 70 this year,
and is already eligible for the
next age group, in which he has
a chance to be ranked number
one.
Mix has played tennis since
he was nine, back in the days
when, he said, pctople con
sidered il a "sissy game.” Mix,
six-feet tall and husky, played
basketball, baseball and football
in college, but retained his ten
nis playing ability. "Condition
ing is awfully important," Mix
said. "As the pros say. if you
don't get into position you can't
hit the ball."
Mix did much more than
merely get into position this
weekend. He dispatched his
three singles opponents and
won the 65-division champion
ship. Then, an hour after his
6-2. 6-2 finals victory, he team
ed with his partner to triumph
once again — winners of the
doubles title in the same
division.
If someone tried to tell him to
slow down at 70. it would be in
vain. "The doctors I’ve had —
and I'd fire them if they didn't
tell me — all tell me to keep
playing tennis.” Mix said.
"Seriously, the concept of
Photo by Ibrrct Ibwltl
Sixty-nine-year-old Robert Mix prepares to return a shot
during the second annual Seniors-Only Tennis Champion
ship. Mix won the 65-singles and 65-doubles divisions.
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health has changed dramatical
ly and I'm certain that this is
beneficial to my health.''
In the course of three mat
ches. Mix lost only one set.
Keith McGillivary, a Eugene
dentist, beat him 6-1 in the first
set of the first round and had
Mix worried for a minute. But
the lawyer turned the tables —
adjusting to the springy court
surface and, effectively drop
shotting his 63-year-old
challenger, never looked back.
McGillivary took up tennis as
an alternative to golf, which
took too much of his time. He
appreciates the camaraderie of
tbe senior circuit and is
"always delighted to enter
another age bracket," he said.
"It’s an elating moment when
a player jumps from being the
oldest in his division to the
youngest,” he said.
"Tennis has changed its im
age with the likes of John
McEnroe," McGillivary said,
"Years ago tennis players wore
all whites, complimented good
shots and called line shots in
favor of their opponent."
McGillivary said those qualities
still dwell among the seniors.
Summers plans to continue
the seniors-only championships
in the future.
In the 35-singles category. Ed
Jolley, Medford, downed Don
Bowker, Eugene, 7-5, 6-4 Kay
Scudder, Eugene, beat Ron
Vavrosky, Sweet Home. 6-4, 6-2
in the 45-singles division. Mix
downed Koseburg's Bob Norton
6-2. 6-2 in the 65-singles. Mix
teamed with Wendall Maccoby.
Corvallis, to defeat Henry
Johnon and Dick Hanson of
Florence 6-2, 6-2 in 65-doubles
action. Jolley and Mike
Kingsley downed Kim Griffin
and Bowker 6-2 6-3 in the
35-doubles category.
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