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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 20, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 23 Green leads by 1 after third round Tom Seaver. Tough expos Seaver spins 3-hit shutout continued rom Page 21 downed Atlanta 8-5 in 12 innings and san Diego topped St. Louis 4-1. Dodgers 2, cubs 1 Ron Cey hit his 15th Home run a two run shot in the fourth inning and Tommy John tossed a seven hitter for the dodgers. John struck out two and walked one in raising his record 7-4. Bill Bonham 64, was the hard Luck loser. The cubs scored in the third on George Mitterwald s double Bon Ham s single and Bill Russell s infield error. Astros 4, met 3 the astros tied their game with three runs in the sixth and won it on Cesar cede no s seventh inning sacrifice Fly off loser Jerry Koosman. 5-7. Julio Gonzalez opened the inning with a triple and one out later Cedono hit a Long Fly to left held to bring in Gonzalez with the game Winner. John Milner and de Kran pole socked Home runs for new  7 pirates s Gary Thomasson blasted a two run Homer with one out in the 12th to give Randy Mot fill 2-4, the Victory. Terry Whit held opened the 12th with a walk off loser Terry Forster and after Darrell Evans sacrificed Whitfield to second Thomasson clubbed his game winning blast. Phillies 8, braves 5 Ollie Brown cracked a three run Homer with two out in the 12th inning off Atlanta loser Frank Lacorte to give reliever tug Mcgraw just off the disabled list his first Victory of the season. The Phillies knotted the game with three runs in the ninth Cli maxed by Jay Johnstone s game tying two run single. Padres 4, cards 1 two run homers by Gene Richards and George Hendrick accounted for All the padres runs and gave Tom Griffin Bis fifth Victory in nine decisions. Eric has Mussun. 5-6, took the loss. Continued from Page 21 Tion. Weiskopf who almost blew himself out of the tournament on the first Day he was s Over  after 3 holes had 68. The other four  shooters May need an introduction. There s Don Padgett a former unsuccessful tour pro whose father is president of the pea of America. There s 24-year-old Gary Jacobson of Minnetonka. Minn., a mini tour player who three times has tried and failed to earn a tour player s card. He birdied the last two holes of the second round to become the 60th player making the Cut and eliminate defending Champion Jerry Pate. Also at 210 Are Tom Purtzer who has missed the Cut in 6 of 10 tournaments since his Surprise Victory in the los Angeles open in february and Terry Diehl a Winner just once in four years on the tour. Padgett shot the tournament s Best round a 66 that was Only one stroke off the course record. Jacobson had 67, Purtzer 72 and Diehl 73. There were four players at 211 headed by Lou Graham the open Champion in 1975. Graham had a 68 saturday and in a group with Rookie Jay Haas who gained three strokes Over the last five holes for a71, Wally Armstrong who shot 70, and Rod Funseth,whohad72. Joe Inman double bogeyed the 17th Hole for 72 and was alone at 212. Nicklaus who wore an unusual for him visor to help protect against the oppressive heat had 71 for 213 and said i m ready to play a Good round but i Don t know if i Nave one in my  was tied at 213 with John Lister 68seve Melnyk 70bruce Guetzke 71 and Jim Simons 71. There were three More players at 214, including British open Champion Johnny Miller who had 70 saturday making a total of 20 grouped within six strokes. When Miller won the . Open in 1973 at Oakmont pa., he leaped Over a dozen players with a final round 63, the open , 30, whose previous rounds were 69 and 67, shared the Lead with six other . Lions place Thomas on waivers after a week Vancouver . A running Back Duane Thomas left the British co Lumbia Lions Camp a Little More than a week after joining the Canadian football league club in a comeback attempt. Lions head coach Vic Rapp said the 30 year old former National football league player had been placed on waivers with the right of recall. Rapp said there was a Chance that Thomas would be Back with the Western conference team. Players after the first round and led by himself by a stroke after two rounds. He started saturday s round by hitting a tree with his first drive but the Ball bounced Back almost to the Edge of the Fairway and he was Able to make . Then he three putted the second for bogey and made another bogey at the third where he was Over the Green in two. The rest of the round was rather uneventful except for a 12-foot  putt at the 175-Yard a where he drove it in deep rough under a tree a bogey at the Tough 12th where he was Over in two and a 15-foot Birdie putt at 15. That was just a downhill putt that happened to go in Green said. I had a lot of putts like that All Day. I was just Lucky that one went  bean birdied the first two holes from 10 and 18 feet respectively and played even  the rest of the Day. Open scores tul a okie. Api third round scores saturday in the 77th United state open Golf Cham Yard -70 Southern him country c Hubert a attn Andy bean Tarry Diehl Tom Purow Gary player Tom Welskopf Gry a Coo on Don Padgett Rod fur Mottl by hut Welly Armstrong Lou Graham Joe i men Bruce Lle Tika Steve Melnyk Jim Simons Jack a Klaut John la Filer Johnny Miller Tom Kite Lyn Loh Sam Adam Arnold Palmer Peter Loti Ernul Gay Brewer j c. Sneed Mike Mccullough Chat Morgan Al Geiberger marm a Teleky Bruce Fusner crier Jonet mid Morley Lee Trevino Mark hem Ben Crent naw Ron wreck Tom Watson Bill Krel tart Oahu Calpe Graham March George Archer Rod curl Phil Hancock flt Maui Gale Chi Chi Rodriguez florentine Motlena Bill Matam Hale Irwin fury a Oetlor Jerry Mcgee George Burns Jim Deal Larry Neiton a Lindy Miller Vince bulk Ray Floyd Bob e. Smith John Metnick John fought 71 to 70-21172-n4ft-21t 77072-21?74-4b a 21 7441-71 -213 72-714 213 71 -73 2 147i-7j 70-714 73 14ft 214 704- 21s 7�72 73 i 71-70 h 711 73 i to -j1s 7. Is 7ft 71 in tit 70.74-77-21 7 4 4-7.1 71-73 71 70-71-74217 74-70-71-217 74171-217 74,71.72-217 73-7371-217 74-72 71 -217 7244-7s- t 7 74-0-70-217 74-72-72-211 73-72-74-21 75-71.7321 74,77.7 21 71-72-77-220 74-71-7 220 e-7-7t-2� 71-71-77t-ni 7j-71 -77 221. 714v-7v-221 74-7-22t 70-71 7t�ni 74-71-74 1 71717 222 71 7-7tm 7 71-7t-224 70-77-77-224 71-7s-7i-274 71 -74 it 18 metro 7 Quint upsets Russia in 3 overtimes Louisville by. Up freshman sensation Darrell Griffith of Louisville scored a game High 3spoints and Jeff Cummings of Tulane netted five key Points in the final overtime saturday night As the metro 7 conference All stars upset the russian National team 149-144, in three overtimes. Cheered on by a Small crowd of 1, 692, the . Team went ahead to stay on five straight Points by the 6 foot-11 Cummings in the last Over time to break a 135-135  Victory gave the metro 7 team a 6-3 record in intercontinental cup Competition and avenged a 114-105 loss to the soviets in Moscow two weeks ago. It was Only the second defeat in 10 games for the russians who already have clinched the inter Continental  was paced by 6-10 Vladimir Zoh Igilio with 33 Points before he fouled out in the final overtime. Al together the russians lost six play ers on fouls including 7-foot-4 Vladimir Tkac Heni  departed with 6 47 remaining in regulation play. For the metro 7 team Wilson pumped in 22 Points and Louisville teammate Phil Bond 21. Rankin gains stroke Edge Noblesville and. A battling fatigue from High humidity and tempera Tures in the 80s, Judy Rankin fired a -72 saturday to Cam a one stroke Lead after two rounds in a ladies professional Golf association  Spuzich playing before Many of her Hometown fans from Indianapolis was one stroke Back at three under  141 on the 6.044-Yard Harbor Trees Golf course. She shares the runner up position with South african Sally Little. Betsy Cullen who finished with a 76, scored the second Ace of her career on the 145-Yard 14th Hole with a six Iron. Judy Rankin Sandr sput Len Sally a tilt Lur b4ugh Donne Vouno pm Blalock Kalny Freir Tuc ctr Wright Jan Start Mon but Slont mar Lent Floyd Kaury Cornelius Atoian to  vow Ian brow pm Amy Aie Ott set Del Burnt Batty Cullen pm Burkt Penny pull m-m-142 7s47-u2w-n-Io to tul a to it Jfc-mu7 i6-m-14/ Sun devils tip  for co Ege world series title by Dan even Omaha neb. A it can no longer be said that Arizona state produces pro baseball players but not champions. In the last five years 42 players from the school have graduated to pro baseball including current major leagues Al ban Nister bump wills and Floyd Bannister. The wealth of Talent in the same period however failed to produce a National championship after three titles in five years Between 1965 and 1969 under Bobby Winkles current Oakland a s manager. A seventh inning Home run by Chris Bando and a five hitter by Jerry Vasquez enabled the top ranked Sun devils to nip South Carolina 2-1 saturday night and claim the title in the 31st annual College world series. "1 could t be prouder of them even if we had not won said Arizona state coach Jim Brock. This team came so much far ther than anyone could have expected. It was a great team  players on the 1976 third place series team went on to pro Ball and Brock had Only three starters Back and one experienced  title came in a Sharp one hour 35 minute pitching Duel Between Vasquez and Jim Lewis who allowed seven hits and struck out , South Carolina coach june Raines called the Sun devils one of the greatest College baseball teams in Histo  Arizona state 57-12, took a 1-0 Lead in the third inning when a run scored during a rundown but South Carolina deadlocked the game in the seventh on Steve King shome nil. Bando younger Brodier of Milwaukee Brewers infielder Sal Bando. Broke the tie by lining a 0-1 pitch Over the right Field Wall. It was an inside fast Ball which i expected said Bando. He had been throw ing me nothing but change  so i figured he would have to come in with a fast  Carolina 43-12-1. Hit Vasquez. 12 2, hard in the first five innings but did t get a runner pest second. It was a Gutty performance said Brock. He had the worst stuff Early he has had All season. I think i could have thrown thai  the finalists dominated the All tournament selections. Arizona state second baseman Bob Homer a .444 series hitter with two Home runs and nine runs batted in was named the most outstanding player. Also honoured from Arizona state were first baseman Chris Nyman third base Man Brandt Humphry shortstop Mike Henderson designated hitter Jamie Allen and Pitcher Vasquez. Rounding out the team were Catcher Steve Stieb of Southern Illinois outfielders cookie Wilson and Chuck Mclean and Pitcher Randy Martz of South Carolina and outfielder David Caldwell of Clemson  
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