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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, August 26, 1968

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1968 the stars and stripes Page 17 Hurphy shot Leach in Philadelphia bites yanks Triumph up. Gibson whiffs 15, Mclain yields 5 hits but both lose the Stocky 25-year-old from Nichols fla., holed out spectacularly from a trap at the 18th to gain a one stroke Lead 10 under Par Over first Leader Dudley Wysong be Back with a 68 for a total after 54 holes. Murphy drenched from the hot and humid �0 degree weather had to sweat out fast moving thundershowers and lightning which moved across life Whitemarsh Valley country club with nine players still Luton the course and threatening for a time to wipe out his  storm halted play for one hour and 32 minutes but it was resumed under still heavy ram Kathy s 69 tops Field in series Springfield Ohio up Kathy Whitworth playing her Best with the big Money on theline fired a three under Par 69 saturday to take a one stroke Lead Over Carol Mann after the first round of the $35,000 ladies world series of Golf. Miss Whitworth the defending Champion in the third annual event recovered from a bogey on the first Hole of the six woman tournament and played nearly flawlessly the rest of the Way while her Competition faltered in the steaming 90 degree temperature Over thes,194-Yard Snyder Park course  Mann recovering on the Back nine from an almost disastrous Start was one stroke behind with a 38-32-70 score followed by Sandra Haynie at an even Par 72 Susie Maxwel Berning and Sandra Post at 73 and Mickey Wright trailing with six Over Par 78. Miss Mann confident miss Whitworth played steady Golf and at one time on the rent nine held a four stroke Lead Over miss Mann. But the -foot-3 miss Mann leading Money Winner on the Lyga our this year wound up her round in a sensational Way with consecutive birdies on the a the and 17th holes and an Eagle free on the Par five 470-Yard Hutn Hole. Miss Mann said she was i exactly the position she wanted to be at the end of the first round of this 36-Hole event. She said she was confident of rowing the $10,000 top prize. "1 was five behind at one ump on the first nine but 1 h to Call myself names a i thought i had to get into the  Clarke Breaks 2-mile Mark and the remaining threesome finished almost in darkness. Murphy who led for the first new York a Roy White s two run Home three rounds at last week s Rich in the first inning and the four hit pitching of Mel Westchester classic before Ion Stottlemyre carried the new York Yankees to Aing on the final Hole to Julius 2-1 Victory Over 25-game Winner Denny Mclain Boros said he was More and the Detroit tigers saturday. White tagged the4 to Detroit Ace for his 13th Homer with Horace Clarke aboard and two out in the first Stottle Myre made it stand up for his 17th Victory and the Yankees 10th in their last 13 , battered for nine runs in 5- innings tuesday night in a 10-2 comfortable now about the pressure of being the pacesetter going into sunday s final  m certainly More at ease after last week than i would beef it was the first time i was leading in a tournament said the former collegiate and National Amateur Champion who is playing his first full year on the pro  added that the Only thing he could say for sure about sunday s finale is that Julius in t Here Boros missed the36-Hole Cut Friday. Murphy credited his former University of Florida Golf coach Conrad Raehling with giving him some advice via Telephone that improved his  i told him about my driving Murphy said he asked me about my foot and made me realize i was opening my left foot too  eight Birdie Murphy who started the Clay four under and three strokes Sinback of second round leaders Casper Bobby Cole and Jim Ferrier had eight birdies and two bogeys. Five of the Birds came on the Back nine. The one on the 18th Hole waste most dramatic. But the others included two 30 foot , who had a 65 for the first Day Only to slip Back with last tuesday t 2 loss to Chicago allowed Only five Yankee hits before leaving for Pinch hitter in the eighth but absorbed his fifth loss. It was the first setback for the husky right hander in 17 Deci i Sions on the Road and the firs time he has lost two games in a Row this season. I Horton homers Stottlemyre 17-10, blanked ithe tigers on two singles until the seventh when Willie Horton blasted his 30th Homer a one out shot into the tigers bullpen in left. I Clarke led off the yanks first with a line single to right. My lain got Jake Gibbs on a foul1 Popup and fanned Mickey Man the for the second out As Clar Estole second. White then drove a 1-2 pitch into the lower Brightfield seats giving Stottlemyre his margin of Victory. Stottlemyre issued two walk sin the first two innings but each runner was erased in a double play. Great White Way Detroit St. Louis up Willie Stargel smacked Athree run Homer and set up the winning run with a ninth inning double that ended Bob Gibson personal win Streak at 15 and boosted the Pitts Burg pirates to a 6-4 Victory Over the St. Louis cardinals saturday. Gibson who was shooting for his 19th Victory of the year had a no hitter for five innings and reached a career High with 15 strikeouts. But Stargell s three run Homer inthe seventh sliced the Cardinal Lead to 4-3 and the pirates tied it up an inning later on Matty Alou s sacrifice  pirates then won it with two unearned runs in the  doubled and Gary Kolb running for him scored when Al maxvill overthrew Mike Shannon at third on a grounder by Donn Clendenon. Elroy face who came in inthe eighth was the Winner and now is 2-4. Gibson s record dropped to 18-6. Gibson set Down 15 men in arow until Jerry May singled leading off the sixth. The big Cardinal right hander reached his Peak with six consecutive strikeouts starting with Pitcher Bob Moose to close out the to of the third and then whiffing Fred patek Maury wills and atty Alou in the fourth and re Berto Clemente and Starwell in1 the fifth inning. Stargell s three run blast which spurred the pirates Back into Contention came after Alo reached first on Orlando Cepeda s error and Clement singled. I / Willie Stargel plate Star a 74 Friday said you be got to expect one bad  i be had 18 birdies in the past three Days and it s More than any tournament i replayed the native texan said. The second round leaders Fallback As Casper apparently unnerved by his Caddy falling Ina ditch on the seventh Hole shot a one Over Par 73 while col soared to a 75 and Ferrier had a 77.the leaders Bob Uurphy 4js.n-.it a Dudley  Siil to Vrcel Iorli xxx Fly i Oritt uni item i Hob Schooner cd Ctol Rourl Sinif Boca Crai Neptun Butch Bulard Hob Smith  dial i i ii Tim Dan fur Hob Chat re us Mirizio Arol Irr Chi k Kvut s Dick a to Bobby Cole Billy Max Wolleo try Vino Dave Lormon Bob Koala  a  i nil c kill 111wh ton of of Wrt tic. A a go Ruhr. Walt p  Detroit new York do in Trout pm Oil 3. A  0 r h m 4 u i i 3000 4 i 1 i 0 1 0 1 1 1o o ii o i o 1000i o i o icon 1 0 0 00000 new Clarke in s c Mantle in Whito if i Ralto acc Tri ii  c. I i of co at. Sir. If i Willie s night Pittsburgh a r h a St. Louis a i i 000 000 200 000 new York i. 1 0 01 0 0 x--2 Lull York he whit4 ii �l.=w. A to. 71-6t-7w a 71-71-s7 70 73-67 jul 70-4s9-711 --1170 t2 by 211 70-70-71211 7-.--71-us -n70-70-72212 6m.73-70 -21 71-7 a tis --2i uan continued on 71 70 717-70-7s 6v7.v 8 -7 m 4-7 70-71-7 .71-, a to z i \ a i i Ratteni Puiul recalled from 1l by Baltimore Baltimore up the Baltimore orioles recalled Merv Rettenmund the International leagues leading hitter Satur Day night and made room for him on the roster by placing outfielder Curt motion on the disabled list. Rettenmund 25. Righthand hitting Conte fielder batted .329 at Rochester with 22 Home run Sand 58 Rols. He was also leading the International league in runs scored with 100, had 13 stolen bases 24 doubles and four triples. Massengale cops Western Amateur 1 Grosse Ile. Mich. A -1 Rik Massengale 21-year-old Texas University golfer exploded suddenly in two matches sat urday to become the Champion of the 66th Western Amateur. I Massengale Defeated Kempi Richardson of Palos Verdes is i tales. Calif. 3 and 1 in the scheduled 18-Hole final. Two Down after the front nine Mas sen ale broke Loose with three birdies and four pars in a space of seven holes to surge ahead i and gain a commanding  Winner held Early leads but lost three in a Row with1 shaky Iron play Ami appeared 1 on Liis Way out until his Back nine Birdie Binge. Lorr p a v  la. A i oui h ice n Pittsburgh St. Lound Celei St. Loins 5 a May. O 1 u " 4010 3 1 0 1 4110 4 1 2 0100 4 1 i 0 4011 o i o 10000000 0 0 0 01 o n o 0 0 0 0 1000 1000 6 6 5 Tor. I .110 1010 j 0 1 14110 4010 m.\,r\  in Xiv. To r. 0 000 000 100 300 1 lob a1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 u 1 u u 0 i 1 1i � o o4 x i 3 1 260 0 c -4 Burgh. 4, ,11 Rel. So of . In 0 1 1 i bean fast 4\-41 h r ki1 be so1 0 u 0 0 15 4 � no o i 1.1 to o0 1.1 n 000 6 at i Vinos takes Swiss Golf title St Moritz Switzerland a Randall vines of Australia won the Engadine open Golf championship saturday with an 11 under Par 269. Apron Clarke of broke his own world or the two mile run in a i Crystal Palace with a time off tenths of a second us a than his old Murk. A Japan captures la title i i Iii ii mini id Pitcher Roger Miller Dove for the  a or it a Ali Leake his numb p1 tin ,., a ,.,i .1w1ujamsport, a. A aside pitched a three Hlatt Ras saturday. Japan held onto Mon Pitche r the from right Nishiiye came around thin am Apih Arett to be out when held dropped Miller s throw for another  mat Elhai his asian rial also gulag up ois a str game Santa Ana calif., won third place in the tournament with a 1-0 Victory Over Shebroe la Noxville. Quebec.  Phillips struck oat in Ami gave up two hits for Santa Anas Victory. So chiefs gain 2-1 win Atlanta a Kaizer boy boy Mot aug of South Africa scored a goal in the final four minutes saturday to give Atlanta a 2-1 Victory Over the Baltimore Bays and boost the chiefs within one Point of the Atlantic division Lead in the North american soccer league. The chiefs now have 102points. The Washington whips Lead the division Wuh 163. I Moi Aung s goal assisted by1 Freddie Twila of Zambia broke a 1-1 tie in the match before 2,066  a scoreless firm half. At Lanta took the Lead Wuh 5  
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