European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August Allison things Are getting rough Pittsburgh Catcher Edou goes salting Over the Back of Cincinnati reds Dave Concepcion but still manages to make the tag in the seventh inning sunday at Concepcion tried to score from third on a he didst Suc but the reds went on to defeat the pirates a photo braves1 Ruthven hurls 5hitter to Down expos by United press International it was a Long time Between victories for Atlanta Dick a 14game Winner for the braves in won his first three decisions this lost his next and then was placed on the disabled list May 1 with an injured Tendon in his tossed a five hitter to win his first game since april defeating the Montreal he my Roundup walked four and struck out three in ending a personal eight game losing Rod Gilbreath belted a two run Homer in the eighth for Atlanta and Jose Morales hit his first of the year for Philadelphia topped los an 31 Cincinnati blanked 64 Louis downed is san Francisco beat new and Chicago split a pair with san winning the after losing the Gnu Uesu dodgers 1 Steve Carlton became the major leagues first 16game Winner As the Phil lies completed a three game Carl tossed a seven hitter and struck out eight he also drove in the tie breaking run in the second inning with a sacrifice Fly off loser Don Suuva Garry Maddox hit his 10th Homer for reds pirates 0 Rookie Mario Soto pitched a seven hit shutout and the reds erupted for five unearned runs in the seventh inning to break a scoreless Cincinnati broke the game open with three hits and three Pittsburgh errors which undermined the efforts of loser Jim Cardinal t Ken Reitz lashed four including a two run to help Rookie John Urrea gain his fourth win in seven Ted Simmons also knocked in a pair of runs for the Urrea struck out four and walked none in seven innings before Butch Metzger came on to record his fifth Rookie Catcher Gary Alexander drove in four runs with a a a bases filled walk and a sacrifice John Monte Fusco pitched 6 23 innings for the Victory before Gary Lavelle came in to get his 15th Lenny handle hit his fourth Homer for new leading off the Jon Matlack started for the but re moved himself after one he was working for the first time since july when he injured his left during the i Felt Matlack about the fifth or sixth i Felt a slight twinge and told manager Joe Torre after the padres cubs 69 Jose Cardenal drove in four runs with a Homer and a single to Salvage the split for leaving the cubs one game behind firs place Philadelphia in no a flirt Steve Renko picked up the Victory despite yielding homers to Gene Richards and Jerry in the Gene Bill Almon and Mike Champion collected three hits apiece and Tenace and Dave Kingman belted two run homers to help Bob Owchinko to his fifth death Mars race in Talladega up Darrell driving Relief for an exhausted Donnie cruised to an easy Victory sunday in the Talladega 500 Stock car race at Alabama International motor Waltrip crossed the finish line in a Chev Rolet under caution Flag after challenger skip last years Rookie of the blew an engine in his Chevrolet with cafe Yarborough finished second in a Chevy that was plagued by gear problems and Manning was Ricky Rudd drove Chevrolet to a fourth place followed by Chevy Driver Lennie sea Hawks charge past 3424 san Francisco a running backs Sherman Smith and Don Testerman each scored on on Yard runs in the fourth Quarter to give the Seattle sea Hawks a 34 24 Victory Over the san Francisco 49ers in a National football league exhibition game a second year player out of Miami of capped an la play drive with a on Yard plunge with left in the game to give the sea Hawks a 2724 also a second year player from scored from one Yard out with remaining at the end fan eight 46yard both touchdown marches were engineered by quarterback Steve who played Only the fourth Quarter after starter Jim Zorn had completed 11 of 12 passes for Yards in the first three myer set up the first touchdown with two passes for and a 26yard and highlighted the final drive with a 12yard run for a key first the 49ers led 1713 at halftime behind running Back Delvin who scored two touchdowns and gained 60 Yards on 11 Allison set a blistering Pace at an aver age Speed of Miles per 10 Miles an hour Over the old record Tor the until a pair of caution hags slowed the Pace beginning at Lap 138 after Janet Guthries Chevrolet blew an As the race was being the Mother of one of the driven was struck and killed by a pickup truck on a Road Between the pits and the garage Irene Sisco of Mother of Driver David Sisco was dead on arrival at the track Sisco dropped out of the race after being notified and Bruce Hill took Over for finishing 28th in the 40 the race was run at an average Speed of Miles per hour in three four minutes with 49 Lead changes among nine a total of five caution flags were out during the Sitter Benny Par sons Chevrolet went out at Lap 91 of the i slap rounding out the top 10 were buddy Baker in a Bobby Allison in a Mata Mcduffoe in a James Hylton in a Chevrolet and Frank Warren in a Allison said he thought he could continue to Lead the run in 96dcgree until he made a pit Stop and rapidly drank a soft he said he then began to feel id and asked Waltrip to take Over for the remaining 60 it stil feels Good no matter How you get Allison several of the top contenders suffered mechanical including Waltrip and the Talladega results 1 pm Mutt Rytky emf Lumy l buddy Mon i k440 Jamal re cml it Auddy ii Hanm Tom ii Grant Cadi u4i Nek cum Iusi Man in Jonnny pm Warrall a am Tim u baby mall ii h Lam of Wllliam i ran Kamilo Klym Scwll Llagun ran i May Kikkl 10 i i4j4 i to i 014 to Konica botch font a  Santa Barman 1 run Ika Pom Hicks a full i run  i run Kkt Santa Merman i run Leypoldi Kum Jimmy Maan Holand Tuo Dick h u Caa Caa Muncey wins hydroplane Seattle up Bill owner and Driver of the Atlas Van won the sea fair trophy hydroplane marked by the death of Jerry Driver of the a prominent Seattle trial lawyer and former National limited Hydro plane Champion in his fourth year of driving unlimited was thrown from his boat on the South turn of the two mile Lake Washington when he was lifted from the water min utes later by a coast guard Bangs showed no respiration or and revival attempts were said a coast guard race officials said that Bangs apparently spun his boat in the fourth Lap of the but some observers in the pit area thought Bangs hit a Winner Bui Muncey took the Lead for Good in the first turn of the Winne Takeall third his first Lap of the final heat was run at Over 114 Miles per fastest of the although finishing second in the the Budweiser and its Driver Mickey padded their Lead in the National Point standings with one race remaining this Bangs death was the first in unlimited racing since 1974 when skip Walther was killed in Miami testing us boat prior to a and the first in actual racing Competition since 1968 when Warner Gardner was killed in Detroit in the Gold Bangs had won three consecutive nation Al titles in limited hydroplane racing before turning to the unlimited a in he survived by a wife and crash kills Powerboat racer Ohio up inboard Power boat racer Earl Durb from Cov was pulled Here when his boat dipped Over and smashed apart during the Dayton 77 Hydro Globe was racing in the 223cubic Inch class when be made a hard charge Down the Back stretch going about Iso Miles per race official Dwight Mitcheu said boat suddenly slapped into a Quick gust of revolved around times and the boat came Down backward throwing