European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes Friday september 23, 1977 weekend schedule for of nov sports saturday sept. 24 11 55 . For Berlin Only nil football Oakland raiders is. San Francisco 49ers. 12 noon nil highlights Dallas cowboys. 12 25 . Nil football Oak land raiders is. San Francisco 49ers. 2 30 . For Berlin Only world series of Golf. 4 03 . For Berlin Only nil highlights Pittsburgh Steeles. 6 45 . For Berlin and of nov Germany College football Oklahoma is. Ohio stale live via satellite. Sunday sept. 25 11 15 . Listen athletes. 11 30 . Nil highlights Pittsburgh Steeles. 11 55 . Nil football los Angeles rams is. San Diego chargers. 12 noon for Berlin Only nil football los Angeles rams is. San Diego chargers. 8 55 . Nil football Pitts Burgh Steeles is. Oakland raiders live via satellite. Monday sept. 26 10 40 . For Berlin Only monday night baseball los an genes dodgers is. San Diego padres. This schedule does not apply to Bremerhaven. Cars Thurmond retires after 14 years in Aba Cleveland a Veteran Cleve land Cavaliers Center Nate Thurmond has announced his retirement after 14 seasons in the National basketball association. The i year old finished his career with the cars last season after having played for the Chicago bulls and. Earlier for the old san Francisco warriors. Thurmond said the decision is the most difficult he Ever had faced but a Combina Tion of a battered knee and the Aba s having reduced roster limits by one appeared to have helped Spur him along. He said he Hopes to get into television work and also will devote More time to his business interests that include a restau rant in his Home town of san Francisco. Prep grinder killed Buffalo a a High school foot Ball player from Olean n.y., injured in a game saturday died wednesday night. Michael Dwyer 17, a halfback for archbishop Walsh High school suffered a neck injury when he was tackled while returning a punt. Spat with mrs. Kroc May have sent Bavasi packing from san Diego san Diego a owner president Ray Kroc. Vowing to turn this club inside  hinted wednesday that the san Diego padres May Trade players freely. I think we Are in a position to Deal from great strength said Kroc after assuming Active control of the National league base Ball team. We have half a dozen people we could  they reportedly include starters Mike Ivie who wants to be traded and Dave Winfield. The resignation of Buzzie Bavasi As president tuesday described by Kroc As disappointing May have stemmed in part from comments made by Bavasi about manager Alvin dark and overheard by Kroc s wife Joan. When dark was named in May to succeed John Mcnamara Kroc told the new Field Boss to go directly to the owner with problems. Mcnamara dealt Only with Bavasi. Mrs. Kroc took Issue with Bavasi s com ment praising dark a few nights ago according to persons who heard them. Of come on Buzzie Don t stand there and be such a hypocrite the owner s wife was quoted As saying. Everyone in this room knows How you really feel about Alvin. Everyone knows you Don t like  Bavasi responded that s not  but after their Exchange he said you la have my resignation in the  Bavasi 61, organized the san Diego expansion team after 17 years As general manager of the Brooklyn and los Angeles dodgers. Bavasi owned one third of the padres and was the autonomous Boss under the previous owner and Kroc kept him on As president after buying the club in 1974. Kroc once said he promised to leave Bavasi "15 per cent of the club in his will but that May have been in jest. The Only comment Bavasi made about his future was that he would take a Vaca Tion from baseball and stay in san Diego. Kroc 74-year-old chairman of Mcdon Ald s fast food Chain said he will keep his manager and office staff. As the padres struggled along in fifth place in the National league West in recent weeks at least 10 player have asked to be traded. Emmer claims his do is strongest Man in baseball Rice shooting for total base Mark by Dave Anderson Boston not Jim Rice hopped up the Steps of the Boston red sox dugout As Don Zimmer glanced at him. Maybe some other ballplayer is As Strong As he is the red sox manager said but nobody is stronger. No  Jim Rice is so Strong he once checked his swing on a Low curve Ball and his Bat snapped off just above where he was grip Ping it. I told Frank Robinson about that Zimmer said of the California Angels Bat Ting coach and he would t believe me but i saw it  that belongs with the tales of strength that have emerged through the years about other athletes none of them olympic weight lifters. Bobby Hull the hockey player once had a Pitchfork full of Bales of Hay that was so heavy the Pitchfork broke in half. Bob Brown a defensive tackle with several National football league teams once picked up a crated Bathtub and car ried it into his new Home. And Wilt Chamberlain the 7-foot basketball player once noticed two workmen unable to slide a cart loaded with office supplies from a Madison Square Garden elevator across an uneven Ridge onto the floor waved them away and lifted it the needed Inch or two himself. The Load the workmen later mentioned in amazement weight about 800 pounds. Jim Rice hits balls further than any body Zimmer continued. He s hit Home runs Over the Center Field flagpole in Fenway Park you Don t see that. And in batting practice he hits the Ball Over our bullpen in right Center a right handed  with 363 total bases before thursday s game with the Detroit tigers the red sox outfielder and designated hitter still had the Opportunity to accumulate 400 total bases this season. So did George Foster of the Cincinnati reds also with 363, but he Only has nine games remaining. Rice has 10. Total bases is baseball s most Over looked batting statistic. And accumulating 400 total bases is baseball s most Over looked batting achievement. In major league history it has been accomplished Only 21 times by Only 12 different players. Babe Ruth set the major league record with 457 for the Yankees in 1921, his second season with them. Consider the breakdown of the babe s 204 hits that season 85 sin Gles 44 doubles 16 triples and 59 Home runs. He batted .378, scored 177 runs and drove in 171 runs. The next year Rogers Hornsby set the National league record with 450 total bases. Of his 250 hits he had 148 singles 46 doubles 14 triples and 42 Home runs. He batted .401 that season. Rice s numbers Aren t quite that spectacular. Of his 194 hits he has 116 singles 25 doubles 15 triples and 38 homers. But nobody has had 400 total bases in a season since Henry Aaron had exactly 400 for the Milwaukee braves in 1959, the Only time the Man with 755 Home runs got that Krasnigor holes Ace Wiesbaden Germany Keith Krasnigor a 16-year-old Junior at Wiesbaden High school aced the 175-Yard Lith Hole at the Rhein Blick Golf course Here during a prep prac Tice match. Playing witnesses were Jerry Wood of Wiesbaden and Trent and Kyle Conry of Kaiserslautern. 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The others with More than 400 total bases in a season have been Lou Gehrig Jimmy Foxx Joe Dimaggio and Hal Trosky in the american league Chuck Klein Stan Musial Hack Wilson Floyd babe Herman and Joe Medwick in the National league. Gehrig did it five times with a High of 447 in 1927. Klein did it three times. For those who wondered if Henry Aaron resented Sadaharu of having surpassed his total of 755 Home runs the answer developed last weekend in Tokyo when Aaron wished the japanese slugger continued health and  that s what people in sports Call class. Billy Martin the Yankees manager was talking about his Joe Dimaggio Memorabilia. I be got his last Bat the one he used in the 1951 world series before he retired. I took it out of the Bat rack after the last game. I be got it Home. Instead of the Pine tar that players put on the handle now to make it Sticky Joe used to use a mixture of Olive Oil and resin and then cooked it Over a fire. And somewhere i be got a pair of those elevator spikes he wore because of the Bone Spur in his  Carmel Sniffen takes Neucom Golf Ramstein Germany Ramstein s Carmel Sniffen who had an opening round of 82, shot a 43-4386 for 168 to take Low Gross honors while Margot Conn of Hahn captured the Low net title with a 134 Here thursday in the Neucom ladies Golf tournament at the Woodlawn course. In the championship flight Ramstein s Gerry Hughes took Low Gross with a 174, while teammates Elfi Nadler and Ina Layne nabbed first and second Low net titles with 154 and 156, respectively. Hughes also took the longest drive award with a 220-yarder off the Par 5, 445 Yard 16th Hole and had the fewest putts during the tournament with 69. Ramstein s Lona Proctor who had a 150 to take the Low net Crown in the first flight was closest to the pin on the Par 3, 108 Yard fifth Hole As she came within six fee of the cup. The results first flight Low Gross Bobbie Beckett Heidelberg 194 Low net Lona Proctor Ramstein 150 2nd Low Gross rut Ziemniak Ramstein 151. Second flight Low Gross Bobby Hiestand Stuttgart 203 Lowneta Sandy Vargas shape 147 2nd Low net Donna Glo Golyski Ramstein 151. Third flight Low Gross Shirley Price Ramstein 212 Low net Pete Arney Ramstein 151 2nd Low net Marlys Wilson Heidelberg 157. Fourth flight Low Gross Mary Goldfein Ramstein 224 Lowneta Penny Styers Ramstein 154 2nd Low net Gloria Lynn Ramstein 155