European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1977 the stars and stripes Page 21 record 7 tie for open Lead with 69s by Bob Green a a bogey on the 18th Hole the result of a hanging putt that  fall kept the legendary Arnold Palmer from joining a group of seven players who fought to one underpay 69s and a record setting tie thursday in the first round of the 77th open Golf Hubert Rod Grier Terry Larry Tom Purtzer and Argentina florentine Molina shared the top spot and set a record for the number of men tied for the Lead in the american National championship the dynamic still exerting that special magic upon his hordes of would have been in that number but for the troublesome 18th that dashed the Hopes of so Many would be his fourth Birdie of the gloomy a Little flip Edge to four feel on the 17th Hole at the South icon Hills country upped a joyous Roar from the throats of the it could have been the same mob that followed the 47yearold Palmer on his pants itching jaunts during his glory years of the 1950s and it put him one under Par for the Day and in a tie for the on the listed at 449 Yards but play ing much Palmer nailed his was Short with a two Iron second shot and chipped to 15 his gallery lapsed into eerie silence 1 almost wanted to hear a a Palmer said As he stood in Knock need concentration Over the Par saving it hit the spun appeared to then stubbornly Hung on the the Happy Roar turned to a resounding mar the Bir Fidrych needs Only 81 pitches Tiger Bird soars above the 41 by Frank Brown a sports writer watch Mark the Detroit tigers eccentric pitch Long listen to him speak Long and youll learn to expect the thursday he needed just 81 pitches to beat Toronto that is pretty close Al Roundup to baseballs version of shooting a 59 on a Golf backed by Ron Leflores two Home he collected his fourth Complete game in five starts since returning to duty after Spring knee he had the Tver stadium crowd of we want Bird we want Bird after the that was no Surprise that Type of thing went on throughout the 1976 when Fidrych was named american league Rookie of the the surprises started after the he continued on Page 22 its a very difficult said it plays More like a Par that the score he made on the leading to a 70 that left him one shot Back in the tournament he won in defending Champion Jerry Pate had a More graphic description of the which played to an average of about five its a helluva he it got it got him for a double bogey six that sent him Back in the pack at a very respectable Effort on the deceptively heavily wooded its the kind of course somebody could shoot 63 said Johnny who had to Settle for a id look for something around a 67 prophesied Jack Nicklaus after his erratic it didst Finley criticizes Kuhn for allowing mets Swap of Seaver to reds new York up Charlie Finley verbally blasted his Bowie again thursday accusing the baseball commissioner of favouritism and misuse of his Power in allowing the Trade of Pitcher Tom Seaver from the new York acts to the world Champion Cincinnati reds related stories on Page the owner of the Oakland said Kuhn should have disallowed the Seaver Trade especially after he had used his Power to veto the Sale of As Pitcher Vida Blue to the new York Yankees last at that time Kuhn said it was not in the Best interests of baseball to allow Blue to go to the Finley questions whether it is in base balls Best interest to allow a three time by Young award Winner to go to a two time defending world use of his office the Trade of Tom Seaver to Cincinnati without a whimper from Bowie Kuhn con firms his selective and political use of his office to favor his friends and punish anyone he Finley said in a prepared the similarities Between the Seaver Deal and my assignment of Vida Blue to the new York Yankees Are both deals were made on june the trading both involved by Young award winning Kuhn disapproved Oak lands waving the Banner of competitive Seaver has gone to the strongest team in baseball who has won two consecutive world championships and allows them to virtually cinch their third the possible Seaver assignment was publicly discussed for Over two weeks and Kuhn did not utter one word of by his own sworn Kuhn injected himself into the assignment of Vida Blue within minutes of the announcement on the now idiotic ground that the Yankees would be Loo perverted reasoning can even with his perverted Rea seriously contend that the Yankees a year ago without their free agent which Kuhn allowed them to grab after the Blue assignment were As Strong As the Cincinnati reds when Blue was assigned the Yankees had not even won a Pennant for 12 let alone two consecutive world the addition of a three time by Young award Winner to the heavy hitting Cincinnati lineup is obviously far More devastating to competitive balance than the Blue the difference Between Kuhns reaction to the two assignments clearly shows his Lack of fitness for the office and his unrestrained personal prejudice against Kuhns disapproval of the Blue assign ment and his failure to disapprove the Seaver assignment were motivated by one Factor Iam his staunchest enemy and i will continue to Kuhns irresponsible and selective use of his office is a Dishonour to the game of insulting to the millions of baseball fans and a total be trayal to the office of the it is As judge Edenfield said in overturning Kuhns denial of Atlanta first 1977 draft disparate sentences Between two persons performing the same act always provokes resentment and distrust among the whether in prison or base Diehl had it four under Par after seven holes but  bring it Home falling victim to a double bogey on the Tom Weiskopf probably came As close As anyone to mastering it but the course got in its lumps Weiskopf went an in credible five strokes Over on the first three holes double bogey on the Tnp bogey on the before finish ing with a asked if hed Ever finished so strongly after such a poor Weiskopf Well known for his displays of temper smiled and replied i dont j usually walk he refused to let the frustration bother him this and remained in solid Contention for the most prestigious of All the worlds Golf he bounced one off a television Tower for his opening double bogey and made triple after hitting a tree and later taking two to get out of a soft Bunker on the this is the he i want very but i knew i had a lot of holes to its going to be a hard i didst try to Force just let it everybody is going to make a Nave a bad Steve Meinyk had that old Devil he was two under late in the Day and was the apparent but the 18th crushed him with a double bogey after a Good drive he pushed a four Wood into the right hit out Over the chipped Back and two putted from 15 that dropped him Back into a tie at 70 with a group that included George lefty Sam former tour player Don Bob Mike Morley and Al who last week set the Al time tour record with a round of bogey the the Only Way to play that Hole is with a some other scores Lee 65 year old Sam Ben Crenshaw and Bruce a two time Winner this at 74 Hale Irwin and Ray at 73 Pate at Tom Winner of the masters and two other titles and easily the outstanding player on the american tour this played his Back nine in a fat 40 and joined the group at who saved his playing rights As a Rookie with an upset in the 1974 san Antoni Texas was one of Only four men in the Field of 153 to Birdie the hit Ting a four Wood second shot to six feet and continued on Page 241 beating the deadline Phillies get hurler in 5player Deal with cards from press dispatches Phillies general manager Paul Owens went into the major league trading Market late and came out All the Phillies unloaded pitchers Wayne wingless in eight and Tommy and three other they picked up hard hitting out fielder bake minor league Pitcher Steve and two other we did ourselves a lot of Good on both Owens bake will add another dimension to the and we think Waterbury 42 at Arkansas is a prime Underwood and minor league Outfield ers Rick Bosetti and Dane Lorg went to the Louis cardinals in Exchange for the 27 year old Mcbride and Twitchell and Catcher Tim Blackwell went to Montreal for Catcher Barry Foote and Pitcher Dan the trades were made just before the major league trading deadline at Midnight a total of 27 players changed hands in the final 24 hours before the dead the Phillies Are taking a calculated risk with Waterbury and Waterbury is untried in the majors and Mcbride has been hampered by a bad the knee is Owens we Cross checked Between cardinals physician Stan London and our own Doc Philip were we Felt after the conversation that Mcbride is completely what the Phillies want is hitting who was a hitter before his injury last May be the we finally got a Lead off Owens i think Danny Ozark Phillies manager should be satisfied we finally got a Lead off i think Danny plans to just put him in the lineup and Lead him we also like Waterbury As a Hes Only 24 years our reports Are that Hes a Pitcher for the one to go along with Young pitchers we have like Jim Owens said Foote will give the Phillies the strongest catching staff in the a is 23 this season f continued on Page 24