European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 05, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 5, 1977 the stars and stripes new York infielder Willie Randolph is out at second base while trying to out at second stretch a single in an american league game against California at Yankee stadium. Putting the tag on Randolph is Bobby Grich. The yanks won St. A Cort notches first major league win As he hurls Brewers past Blue jays by Bill Madden up sports write their names Are Augustine. Travers Hans and Cort and although they Haven t yet conjured up memories of Spahn. Bur Detic and Buhl they be got baseball fans i Milwaukee thinking Pennant for the first Lime in years. Not since 1958 have Milwaukee fans been blessed with a Winner when veterans Warren Spahn. Lew Burdette and Bob Buh pitched the braves to their last Pennant but the Brewers Are using Strong pitching like the old braves to stay aloft in the american league East Pennant Chase. The Only difference is the Brewers pitching staff is much younger. Bill tra vers 24jerry Augustine 24moose Haas 21barry Cort 21 and Jim Slaton 26 Are five Good reasons Why the brew ers Are in first place 1v4 games ahead of the fast charging new York Yankees. Travers is 3-2 with a 2.13 earned run average Augustine is 3-2 with a 3.38 Era Slaton is 1-1 with a 1.64 Era and Haas is 1-1 with a 2.75 Era. No wonder Brewers pitching coach Cal Mclish has been Smil ing so much lately. Latest of the Brewers kiddie corps to Shine is Cort a 6-foot-5 right hander who notched his first major league Victory tuesday night a 6-2 decision Over the to Ronto Blue jays. Elsewhere in the american league new York routed California 8-1, Chicago out slugged Kansas City 8-4, Texas blasted Detroit 13-0, Minnesota edged Cleveland 4 3 in 10 innings and Seattle outlasted Boston 104. Says Mclish the Yankees with de a Guerra Don Gullett and Catfish Hunter have More of a Veteran staff than ours but i would t Trade our Guys for theirs straight up. I d rate these kids As Good As or better than any staff in the league. They re the youngest sure but they could be the Best  it was actually a Homecoming of sorts for Cort. Who was born in Toronto before moving to Florida when he was six months old. And although touched for nine hits he was never really threatened with being relieved striking out five and walking just one. He s still learning and not afraid to listen and ask questions said manager Alex Grammas. But All of the pitchers have benefited from timely defense and of sense. That s what la keep us up there this  the Brewers gave Cort the support he needed with three runs in the third inning. Al Roundup two of them coming on a single by von Joshua. Yankees 8, Angels 1 Bucky Dent hit his first grand slam in the major leagues and Reggie Jackson added a two run shot to key a seven run fourth inning that gave the Yankees their Lith win in 12 games. Mike Torrez. Acquired a week ago from Oakland picked up his first Victory As a Yankee by pitching five innings of one hit Ball before leaving with a Blister on his pitching hand. White sox 8, royals 4 Richie Zisk the american league Home run Leader belted his eighth of the season a two run shot in the fifth inning while Alan Bannister banged out four hits in Chi Cago s Victory. Bannister Alto scored three times while Dave Hamilton hurled 3 2-3 innings of shutout Relief to get credit for the win. Rangers 13, tigers i Bert Blyleven making his first appear ence after a three Day suspension for last week s Bea Ball incident with Kansas City fired a four hitter for his second straight shutout and 32nd of his career. Ken Hen Derson supported Blyleven with a three run Homer m the first while Rookie bump wills had four hits including his first Home run in the majors which came in the ninth. Indians 4, twins 3 Mike Cubbage s sacrifice Fly scored Lyman Bostock with the winning run in the 10th inning. The twins tied the game 3-3 in the eighth on Butch Wynegar s fourth Homer of the season a Solo shot. Mariners 10, red sox 8 the mariners snapped a three game losing Streak As Bill Stein drove in four runs with a pair of homers and Carlos Lopez Hud a Homer and three Bis. Stein who hit Only two homers All last season hit a three run shot during a five run first inning and added a Solo blast in the fourth. Page 27 heavyweight favourites win aau matches Winston Salem. . A four of the favored boxers in tuesday night heavyweight preliminaries advanced in impressive fashion at the Amateur athletic Union National boxing championships. Winning by knockouts were Woody dark of Miami the 1976 aau runner up and Clinton Cochran of the . Aim team the 1977 inter service Champion. Both won on first round knockouts. Clark decked Leonard Tyler of Navy and Cochran knocked out Wayne Morseth of Montana. Mitchell Green of new York and Greg Page of Louisville won when the referee stopped their fights both in the first round. Page beat Alfred Harris of Indiana and Green whipped Mike Bowers of Knoxville term. Eight Kos or Kos of the 14 preliminary bouts eight were won by knockouts or referees stopping the fights. The Only thing approaching an upset in the heavyweight class was scored by James Tillis of Oklahoma. He won a Deci Sion Over Perscell Davis of Detroit. Both were members of the 1977 .-Scandinavi an tour. Two of the top welterweight contenders Roosevelt Green of the Marine corps an Mike Mccallum of Nashville term., also advanced in the opening round action. Both won their bouts on decisions. Green beating Alvin Johnson of the Southee Texas Region and Mccallum Topping Ste phen Delgado of North Carolina. Green stationed at Camp Lejeune n.c., was runner up to Clinton Jackson in the 1978 olympic trials. Jackson is now boxing at 156 pounds in the middleweight class. Golden gloves Champion Mccallum an olympian from Jamaica who now lives in Nashville was the 1977 Golden gloves Winner in Hawaii last month. Two conspicuous absences tuesday were Charlotte boxers Bernard Taylor featherweight who won the bantamweight title last year and Keith Broom a 1976 National Champion and 1977 Golden gloves Winner at middleweight. The two weighed in and registered monday but left afterwards. Oscar Elling ton chairman of the North Carolina boxing delegation said they were unhappy about their Motel room arrangements. He said he would recommend three year suspensions for them. The tournament with 370 boxers taking part continues through saturday at the Winston Salem coliseum. Timbers sign goalie Poole Portland Ore. Up the port land timbers of the North american soccer league have announced the signing of goalkeeper Mick Poole 22, who has played the past five years with Rochdale an English fourth division team. Port land s regular goalie Graham Brown suffered a fractured leg recently and will be out about five weeks. Kodiack seizes Derby trial stakes Louisville by. A Kodiack held off the Early Pace charged past Model Sailor with a Little More than one sixteenth of a mile remaining and won the $21,400 Derby trial stakes tuesday at Churchill  Victory might have earned the Colt a Start in saturday s 103rd running of the Kentucky Derby. It is very doubtful that any of the other 3-year-Olds in the trial Field will go in the Derby. Kodiack Ridden by Rudy l. Turcotte. Ran the seven furlongs in a Light rain in 1-25 1-5 and beat Model Sailor by 2 v lengths. Careful Call was another 3i lengths Back and 3 ? lengths in front of judge John Boone. Kodiack the Arkansas Derby runner up owned by Louis f. Aitken. Earned $13.910 and paid 4.40, c to and $2.60 for his first Victory in seven races this year. It was accomplished under 116 pounds 10 less than he would carry in the 1 4-mile Derby. Model Sailor 119. Paid $3.20 and $2.80 while careful Call 116. Returned $4.60.completing the order of finish were once upon a Star Charley Sutton and cer Tain  John Boone took the Lead at the break with Charley Sutton quickly settling into second place. They ran that Way to the half mile pole then on the turn Model Sailor replaced Charley Sulton in second and at the top of the sir sch he took the Lead which he held until Kodiack Rode by approaching the 16thpole. A crowd of 15.134, a record for Derby trial Day saw Kodiack score his third Vic tory in As Many races at this famous track. His two wins in four starts As a 2 year old came at Churchill Downs last no vember. This was the first time the Derby trial has not been run at one mile