European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse July 1977 the stars and stripes it was hot in Yankee steam Bath by Dave Anderson new York not in the Daale of tort afternoon the official temperature in Central Park was As High As 102 and by As the Allstar teams assembled at Yankee u was still in the Yankee it should have been called tuesday it reminded Yankee stadium historians of the seamy night in 19s2 when sugar Ray hoping the world ugh heavy weight was leading on Points until he missed a fell on his face from heal exhaustion and was Inngle to answer the Bell for the huh and Joey Maxim retained his but those who play the summer game Are accustomed to the and compared to Lite Modem circular ballparks that hold the heat very As Casey Stengel once said of Busch stadium in re mod eled Yankee stadium has two advantages a relatively Low Outfield facade that permits a Breeze to and natural the hottest thing in baseball la not Rod cares the hottest thing in baseball in artificial turf in he it must have been 130 on the turf in our Ballpark George the Kansas City royals third it was like standing in a frying pan to your stocking i Jim the Boston red sox remembered playing at Maracaibo in the venezuelan Winter league with the temperature at 120 who grew up in Gatun in the Panama canal zone near the re called temperatures consistently around 100 with even higher humidity than new York City to beat the Carew we went swimming in the but Tho Hitler of the Minnesota twins Doest Jug in hot As some players he prefers the cooler Minnesota Days and at tues Days Allstar luncheon at the the twins firm baseman was the Only player to receive an ovation that demanded a second Thall Cost Calvin Griffith one twins owner a few Bucks next said Brent the master of at the Allstar reception at the Plaza hotel monday Charles Finley was introducing a Friend to John recently dismissed As the san Diego padres manager and once the Oakland As this is a great Finley and one of the nicest men Ive Fin that wondered the Friend of the As Why did you fire him Willie the honorary Captain of the National has confessed his Cap used to fall off not entirely by i always wore a Cap a size too the mets coach said with a i Wear a 7 but i always wore a blk baseball at a table at the Allstar a Small boy was talking baseball with his i Hope the dodgers stay ahead the he his father said almost everybody at this table works in the reds front off across the Bob the reds was discussing Steve the 24yearold outfielder the mets obtained in the Tom Seavor Hes going to be a Good Howsam he can run and he can hit with some hell be hitting 20 Home runs every probably not 30 Home but he should be hitting 20 Home his problem is that Hes Gat a Loftfield he play Center or right with that but the big thing 1 like about him is that a has the ability to excite the Way Joe Morgan Howsam was did you Trade him because there was no place for him to play in our and we needed a and Tom Seaver is a the honorary Captain of the american league was signing autographs Tor a Middle aged woman who probably used to Joe i we want you on our Side when she was a at her Side was a Small boy who was looking up at the Hall of Fumar in who that the Small boy asked his who that said Joe was the Mickey Mantle of no that Mark Uldrych has a sore the de troit tigers have optioned his personal Bruce to the Milt regular was Hurt when the Bird began to soar As a Rookie last pitching to who had caught him in the in his first two starts following knee surgery this the Bird lost with Mill Ray As his Kimm was his Catcher in his next the Bird won his next six but now the Bird has a bad diagnosed As Tendi Nitis in his right when youre youre the Bird i dont know when ill when the Bird perhaps Kimm will return to the tigers rom next years Allstar game has been for san followed by Seattle and probably All three cities will be cooler than Yankee steam Jackson denies roughing up youth Petty nears Yar boroughs Lascar title Daytona up Rich Ard Petty has closed to within 12 Points of defending Champion Cale Yarboraugh in the quest for the Lascar grand National seeking an unprecedented seventh National finished third in his Dodge at Nashville last just ahead of Yarbo Jugh in a Dar real Wall rip look his third Victory of the year in his Bobby Allison Matador look runner up honors after an official Check of the scor ing immediately fallowing the Petty had been announced As continued on Page 24 by Imen Ciak new York api a complaint accusing Reggie controversial outfielder for the new York of roughing up a 13yearold boy did not warrant the filing of an assault authorities said Jackson acknowledged chasing the youth after the youth reportedly cursed at but denied making any physical the incident occurred after the Allstar the matter has been referred to the so it is up to the youngster and his parents whether to go to the summons part of criminal court and file a summons against the right fielder who signed with the Yankees earlier this year for nearly the intention of he Chris Howe of concourse Village West in the was not immediately ids Frances said she was seeking Legal ii the family chooses not to pursue the the matter would be police the complaint was signed Early wednes Day following the incident in Tho Ballplay ers parking Tot at Yankee Jackson was accused in that complaint of knocking the youth to the ground and stepping on his Jackson denied he touched the for someone to say i kicked him is Asi Jackson told Jackson said he had been signing Auto graphs when he excused himself from the crowd of youngsters and headed for his Roll Royce because he was some of the youths became abusive and the 13 year old complainant cursed the outfielder sail that when Jackson began chasing the youth to Tell him some Jackson said Howe fell Down on his and 1 never reached lie said that he was held Back by Boston red sox first baseman George Scott and an unidentified Reggie Jackson touched the kid Enterprise scores two wins Over courageous Bojoh Shurk api the West coasts entry in the americas cup slipped out of her summer Dol Drums whipping courageous once by the widest margin of the the newest of the United Stales 12 meter yachts took the Start in the first but 1974 cup caught up and had a Lead of seconds rounding the first Windward Mark on the i mile Enterprise started showing her Light air ability on the second beat to rounding the third Mark 1 min 31 seconds ahead of Atlanta braves owner Ted Turner in at the finish of the first it was in with san Diego Sailmaker Lowell North at the got a two second Jinn on courageous in the second Obser vation trial Ras and gradually built her finishing first by made no at least nothing to talk said we decided it was time logo faster today and we we sailed Good tactful races and we won paced the pier near is 12meter we had a bad be everyone due for one once in a when things go they go bad All we made some tactical mistakes and some other hopefully we got it out of our the Enterprise Crew was greeted on its return to Williams and Manchester ship Yard by a group of supporters with a Banner which read we knew you could the new York yacht clubs race Coro continued on Page 24 i kid fell and As be scatty reached put his hand on and said go Back to the i never reached the 1 never touched the kid this idea that i stepped on his hand is crazy said a ninth Grade student at Cardinal Hayes High said the episode began when another youth called Jackson a then he started looking at he started running after me i tripped and he stomped on my hand i 1 said nothing loan officer at the Hon precinct in the which was handling the an investigation revealed us extent of injury is not serious to warrant an assault it is considered u harassment charge and is a summon Sable the officer said if the youths Arm had been then that would be assault and we could the police department provided the Fol lowing report of the incident at As Jackson approached his car in parking lot a group of youngsters was in the lot and made re Marks to Jackson chased them through the Gate on to a mall where he grabbed one of them and supposedly knocked him to the the report says Jackson returned to his car and sometime later die complainant returned to ill out a complaint form at the later detectives deter mined the Case didst Merit an assault charge and thus referred it
