European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1977 the stars and stripes Page 23 crucial open Call by Ira Miller up Hubert the new open believes that each of the 278 shots that brought him the nations most important Golf title were equally that May but in the aftermath of greens one stroke punctuated by a threat on his one particular shot Early on the morning of the first Day of the Champion ship stands the shot could have resulted in a two stroke penalty for and its easy to see that since he Only won by there was no margin for on the fourth Hole Green hit his second shot into a Bunker in front of the the Ball buried a foot from the lip of the Bunker and 20 feet from the the bunkers at Southern Hills country club were filled with an extremely soft Sand Jack an authority both at play ing the game and designing scribed the bunkers As Lousy and the Ball Green was not sure where it he was afraid he might have to play his next shot away from the and the thing he was certain of was that he did not want to play it Back into a footprint which he might have created looking for the that would have been worse than the shot i Green the problem was that he had to go into the Bunker to search for the he asked an official if it would be permissible to Rake the footprints before playing the but the under the rules of was he appealed to the rules by a split it said Green could not Rake his now comes the a Golf of is spread out Over Many and the Way officials keep in touch is to use Walki talkie communications can get the word no was relayed to the official at the fourth the official turned right around and told go ahead and Rake the foot Green found his he raked his foot As it turned he did not have to play it he blasted it onto the Green and made a As Green was playing the 13th executive director of the Golf came up to him and told him he should not have raked the As Boatwright explained there was no penalty since an official told garbled message on Bunker shot May have been Green Light to title him he could do it would have been a two shot bunkers did in Johnny he needed three shots to eel out of one and that ended his the 18th Hole did in everybody including Jerry the 1976 wonder boy who played it in successive double bogeys and missed the Jack Nicklaus bogeyed Iball four Hubert Green shooting at final Green 2 putts a Alche had his first major Victory no change president says yanks Praise Martin As Best Pilot continued from Page 211 other Way than by putting a Black Mark on i dont really want to be in this Dis its its Jackso Contin but he seemed willing to accept responsibility for put the blame on he one report said Yogi manager of the yanks in 1964 but fired after they lost a seven game world series to was Martins Berra said he was i know absolutely nothing about said the Hall of Fame who also managed the new York then was fired and re turned to the yanks last year As a his close Friend and former team hired who was fired As manager of the Minnesota Detroit tigers and Texas also seemed caught off guard by the reports his Days or hours with the yanks were when asked if he thought he was being he replied not to my knowledge but nothing surprises As he was a photographer took his is this for my demise Martin in the nationally televised game in Boston last Martin removed Jackson during the sixth claiming the right fielder had not hustled on a Bloop double by Jim to it looked like Reggie was not dogging Steinbrenner said when Jackson reached the he and the manager exchanged angry then the wiry Martin had to be held Back from going after the muscular no manager should do Steinbrenner he tried to get at him three the who had lost 94 Friday lost saturdays game 104 and were crushed ill sunday by the red who hit 16 Home runs out of cozy Fenway Park during the series while the yanks hit the sweep led Boston 24 games ahead of Baltimore and new York in the Al Steinbrenner was clearly annoyed by Martins handling of the it was a kind of Steinbrenner said of Jacksons that kind of scene in the Good sense could have avoided Martin insisted his stand against Jack son was not cause for if it he every manager in baseball is in management has to have that goes for managers and coaches at All Levels Little High All the a player cant dictate policy to a Ball whether Hes making or one you cant have different rules for one Guy than you do for everybody Jackson said his relationship with Martin through soul the season want it want really but it want the 49yearold Martin carries with him a history of Nasty dating Back to his playing Days when he was involved in a number of Enfield fights and free Oralls and one celebrated Brawl in a new York he began his Stormy major league Man aging career in Minnesota in the twins won a division title and he was during the he got into a fist fight with Pitcher Dave and after the regular the twins lost three in a Row to Baltimore in the playoffs with club owner Calvin Griffith express ing displeasure Over Martins selection of then it was on to Detroit for the 1971 the tigers finished second that year and first the losing the league Pennant to during the 72 Martin was involved in a fight with a fan outside the stadium in in he was fired after ordering his pitchers to throw illegal within he signed with Texas in was decked twice during a Brawl with he was let go by the rang ers on july after guiding the team to second and fourth place twelve Days later he replaced Bill Virdon As the Yankees they were third that last season they won the East division title and beat Kansas City for the Pennant before losing to Cincinnati in the world late in the 76 season he signed a three year con tract to manage them through his first major Runin this season occurred last May when he was fined and censured by Yankee management for his remarks that the club had not properly tilled a vacant spot on the Al Geiberger played it in five Over even though he made the Only Birdie there during the final the Victory by his first major firmly established him among the games elite even he has con ceded in the past that youre nothing until you win a it was the fifth year in a Row the open championship went to a player who had not previously won a major but while the 30yearold Ala Baman reached that lofty several somewhat Mare obscure players at the least got themselves some the most notable among them was 24 year old Gary Jacobson of when Jacobson came in saturday after noon tied for the Early third round Lead at even not a single soul among the 200 or so in the press tent even knew who he let alone what he looked like or his Back it turned out he had been playing a mini had won in bad checks after the tour went bust and didst Tell had tried three times to make the tour and admitted 1 Haven really come very that seemed to be a background for a player who could really go bust under the fourth round but Jacobson did he made four bogeys and one Birdie the last shot finished the tournament at three shared fifth won and earned an exemption for the 1978 open As Well As a spot in the Mas ters next Robinson looking for Job offers Cleveland Lap Frank who suffered through months of pressure before being fired sunday As manager of the Cleveland is looking for another baseball remaining in Cleveland for a couple of Days to lie up Loose Robinson Al ready has heard speculation that he will get a coaching Job with either California or two of the organizations with which he starred As a i Haven been contacted yet by any Robinson said Over the but in 1 want to get Back in baseball As quickly As i and it does not have to be a managers asked if he would take another Man agers Job after the emotional beating he took i Robinson i  take just any Job with any organi but id certainly consider working for a Good id manage no managing guideline there really is no guideline for manag he its up to the if the players play up to their youre a great if they you get i always Felt i was doing the right but Ive admitted i was wrong about some Robinson said with a i believed m what i was doing when i did major league baseballs first and Only Black manager admitted his situation in Cleveland was made More difficult by Gen eral manager Phil Serghis attitude toward the Man wanted me fired after last year and people knew he didst want me Robinson 1 simply tried to make the situation i tried to just do my Seghi apparently Felt Robinson was unable to handle the players under but the Exma Nager i believe 1 kept control of the firm whether the players Felt i had total i dont he added