European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July w7 of v a who brought the Texas baseball learn to Texas and later sold it Tot local said he is not interested in buying current majority owner Brad Corbett said this week he will sell the team to anyone that is interested and put a Mil lion tag on his Corbel himself mentioned Short As a Likely buyer taut in an inter View with radio station Krov of fort Short said would say the likelihood of my buying the team is one in a Mil Short said he would be interested in Pur chasing the team Only if i had but said he did not think Corbett really wanted to sell the team 1 dont think he has made an irreparable he said of corbetts announce ment that he was putting the rangers on the Short said he had talked to Corbel briefly by Telephone and bad advised him to keep the he was growing impatient with the task at Saovi told As an older Man to a younger Man he is not the first to grow impatient with the task of Fielding a major league world series con tender i think he should sit Down with his family and partners and take the rang ers Forward in the direction that he was headed for the past four other possible buyers mentioned Are real estate Developer Raymond Nasher and insurance executive Bill Seay of Seay and Hasher joined last Winter in an unsuccessful attempt to the Houston Nasher said be interested if Brad truly wants to sell soviets to play in wet Allstar series Philadelphia a a squad of four soviet headed by Olga Munro Iova and 19yearold Natasha will meet four americans in the second annual world team Tennis team team user Allstar series in wet Rounder Larry King has i four matches will be played in the United states and three More in the soviet Union the other russian players will Alex Metreveli and Teymuraz while the american squad will Orstel of Billle Jean Rosie Vitas Gerulaitis and Marty Jason Thompson of the Detroit tigers tried to score from first Bale on a Snible Fay Mickey Stanley in the second stepping Way out of line inning of wednesday nights tame against the Baltimore Short Slop Mark Belanger look the throw from left fielder Andres Mora and threw to Catcher Rick who made the tb9 orioles Beniquez Sparks rangers Victory Over Oakland botox win by Fred Down up sports writer Juan Beniquez of the Texas rangers ranks As one of big surprises of the american league season to everyone except the Clidus management a 27yearold from san Sebas puerto Beniquiz was acquired by the rangers in november in the that sent Pitcher Ferguson Jenkins to the Boston hed Texas runs didst think much of the Deal at the time but they Are beginning to change their Beniquiz was one of the few rangers to escape the Wrath of Board chairman Brad Corbett when he took the club to task for its disappointing performance earlier this week and showed his appreciation wednes Day night when he stole Home to Awe the Ranger a 32 Lead in the sixth inning and then homered in the seventh for the Deci Sive blow in a Victory Over the Oakland the Way Beniquez is hitting the Ball does not Surprise me at said manager Billy Hunter after his first Victory at he has great 1 think in the not Loo Distant future be could be a most valuable he can hit and hit with Power and he is a Fine who is hitting this has hit seven homers one Short of his total for three and a fraction previous years in the me said wednesday night that he had always wanted to try to steal Home and got a break when Oakland Pitcher Doc medics pitch was High and when they traded me Here everybody said Why did Texas want him when they had to give up a Star like said last year when he hit 255 t was dressing too i was worrying a but they stuck with me and this year t dont have anything to worry that Why r m hitting the Bau like i Doyle a Texas acquisition in the reentry allowed three runs and seven hits in seven innings and won his eighth game with the Relief help of Parold Knowles and Adrian Medloch suf Fred his fifth loss for the who have dropped four straight in other Al Baltimore Defeated 20 Minnesota shaded 43 Kansas City nipped 87 Boston topped and Chicago downed Cleveland at new York was rained orioles tigers 0 Ken Singleton homered in the fourth inning and Al Bumbry knocked in a run with a sacrifice Fly in the eighth As the Ori Oles won their seventh Mike Fla Nagan pitched a struck out three and walked none for my fifth single who also lifted his average to a Thini highest in the Al Gross first major league or is a big one continued from Page lit a couple of Guys who ordinarily ride the Bench backup Catcher Tim Mccarver Pinch hit sacrifice Fly capped a sixth inning rally after Reserve outfielder Jerry Martin lied the game with a two run Martin also scored the first Phil lies run in the second when he stole two bases and came in on a single by in getting base hits from said Phillies manager Danny it s a helluva lot of fun when you can use everybody on the dub and there All contrib uting Emmet tug who earned the out the Thule defense for their current our defense Lias been nothing less than he we just have to maintain concentration on ourselves and each individual game and not worry about the this team it doing what it should Haw been doing from the beginning of the elsewhere in u National Pitts Burgh out slugged let anti Etta u overhauled 1513 Houston edged los in m san Diego put away san in 12 pirates cobia lib Fernando Gonzalez Pinch hit Homer with two but in the seventh inning offset a rally by the cardinals in the top of the Al Oliver also drove in three runs for Pittsburgh with a pair of Lou Brocks two run single and Ted simmons1 three run Homer were the key Louis blows in the Beds braves 11 Dave conceptions grand slam Homer highlighted a six run eighth inning for Cincinnati that snapped a 98 tit Pete Rose was four Farfour for the Beds with four runs batted in and his fourth Gary Matthews led Atlanta in the slug est with a his Lith Homer and three runs padres Gunels three san Francisco singles by Tucker Ashford and Dave Kingman and a double by Gene Tenace gave the padres their second straight extra inning the giants made a total of six errors in the 12inning Dan Stiltner was the astros dodgers i Jose Crux homered with one out in he Mph inning to lift the astros to Cruz collected his seventh Homer of the season off Mike Carman dodger starter Rick who went Ift and sex dodger Joe Ferguson also homered in the homers by Butch Wynegar and Lyman Bostock helped reliever torn Johnson boost his record to Rod suffer ing with a Back nude an Cess Ful appearance As a Pinch hitter and saw to average drop he made five hits in to last in appearances since raising his average to Brewers 7 Pinch Hitler George Brett singled Home the winning run with one at in the ninth lifting the royals to their win Over the Hatty Pattin allowed three runs in 4 m timings but received credit for us third while Bui Castro suffered his fifth Al Cowens and Amos Otis Home red for the bed Blue jays 5 Fred Lynn and Carl vast Zemsky each had four Wared a total of five runs and drove in three others leading a Boston attack that reliever Bui Campbell his seventh Campbell shut out the Blue jays in the last i w in Otto Velez bit his path Homer for to Oit car Gamble bit two homers and Wilbur Wood pitched a Sevenuk error the while who ran their winning Streak to seven Wood struck but three and walked none in raising his record to Gary Wheelock was tagged with ids sixth loss against four