European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1978 the stars and stripes Poge 23 Rolv re Ceffco r baseballs Best brains combined  Duy Suste r Moye fhe from to Denver by red both new York in sports men Wuh the Irra Wlna expertise and the drive to Rich Beer or insurance or phar seut locals and men with the of might to inherit wealth Check these quakes at the door when they enter executives accustomed to confronting problems and making major decisions in their Dally us make career of vacillation when they Alt around table at Owneta when Ford Fri Csc was commissioner he favored letting the press attend the owners semiannual business then and now conducted behind dosed i he told a group of mrs one meeting is All you could these come in with an Agenda prepared in they kick a few a until lunch time end own that that see you at the All Star this gift for not getting things done has Seldom been demonstrated More impressively than by the recent collapse of negotiations for the Sale of the Oakland astr to Denver the intellectual giants of the baseball Community were recruited to expedite a Deal Between Charlie wonder boy of the insurance and Marvin the most successful Independent Oil Driller on not Only did Bowie the commis Chub president of the National and Lee head of the lend a but Bob Lurie and Bud co owners of the san Francisco got into the along with mayor Lionel Wilson of mayor George Macone of 8w and Robert president of the Oak pooling they produced the baseball has known for a decade that having two franchises in the Bay Ana waa in their first u years after quitting new the giants never Drew fewer than Louon customers each flatly contrived a modest profit until the last two when he and hit players collaborated on destruction of the he he lost in 1176 and million when attendance dipped blew Wanh on turd of he at from Kansas or to and in the Nett 10 Yean Las gland attendance reached a million Only dropping to a in the same u the As won the Chample Reship of their division Tare tip Pennant and world series three and Only twice Drew a million by saving string and running his own pistons end three game net Streak Detroit Ufi Bab under threw1 in 31 Points and hauled Down 17 rebounds monday night As the Detroit pistons halted be lowly new Jersey nets winning Streak at three with a this Larder collected 13 of his Points in the third period and added four More Early in the fourth to enable the pistons to pull away from the the nets three straight wins had brought their season total la just 11 led by John Williamson and Bernard the nets led by As Many As 11 in Ifie second period and still were in Midway to the third when use pistons began their Lander started the breakaway three Pointer which keyed a spun that made it Tom after three Detroit then outscored the 204 in the int six minutes of fourth period to turn the game into a Gourd Jim Price had Bur Oas kete and two tree throws in the fourth period Price and Gus Gerard each finished with 20 Pointa while Eric Honey tipped a is for Detroit Mijc Meyiu 7m r i 4i Williwm ten t 4f Porow i Rogers defeats Mcgee for Hope classic Victory continual from Page 11 oath earned to put he at to on the although be haunt won on the tour since turning pro in the fall of is no newcomer to he win for capturing the Tal Belyo masters in Japan tart Fau and won the so City a satellite of the during his second nicknamed the Panther for his Ner Vous Energy by his University of Houston Roommate and now fellow tour pro Brace Rogers didst do much his first two years on the but earned last his Tot finish on the tour before monday was a tie Lor second in last years Kemper open after being tied for the  with Tom Weiskopf and George Weiskopf the us Pound Rogers wound up among the top u finishers nine times in 33 starts last this year be bad a tie for sixth place in the san Diego open and a tie Tor seventh in the his Best finishes in five re came in in 4sth in the Bine Aba scoring leaders Crosby about sinking his wedge shot on Rogers told in oat going to say i knew 1 was going to it was just like a strange Type ceding that came Over h was just just you cant believe Haw excited j v and then t fast calmed Down and was senses about me and realized thai about the beat thing oat could have Nap pmed to me end it he from then on i just tried to Knock the Ball onto the Green if i made a Jerry is just a fierce competitor1 he he did everything he could to put the pressure on he gave me plenty of chances to relinquish the Lead to How they fun used in Iii Uttmi lot a mkt Fofi la of new Tim Tom pts Don a iwo hmm  1 m ump 11m m 1 w i m or Tui Titt n my Mot Donald scores two goals As Leafs defeat 42 a Upfalow up Lanny my icons ads second goal of Juhe x seconds into the third broke a i and lifted the Toronto Maple Leafs to a in i nil Victory monday night Over the by Tufa Mcdonalds winning his j5th of the came after he look a pass from near the Corner from Darryl Slitter and whipped a 15foot shot Over Sabre goalie Don tight Toronto goalie hike Palmateer pre served Ibex tory with a sparkling save of u Point Bank shot from Craig Ramsay i second to go and Errol Thompaon scored an empty net goal u seconds Mcdonald pot Toronto on the Board at of the game when he Tea Edwards i with a slap so from the top of the i Andre Savard tied the game 11 Lor Buffalo on a deflection of a slap shot at Joslyn Guevremont put the sabres scoring on a 3wool slap shot at of the but settler tied it up at when detente Man Borj Salmi no sound him alone on the right Side and toe Center put in 2mh goal at the year from the face off iwo smut Itutti orc Jolt we Dir auck him Hhd tilt to am do Lua Miltor Birter Temh Lutt my Iii Rod fam my my it mfr Ster Chi to Calm Jim Wijn tort Eidahl t47i474hi1b Thui Tishi lit Tammy my new tent Naoh Tom Kim Tun Tan no Worth Tjw am Cihi Jim Hiowt Huttt my run Moi us h Lugii Onmi ii he null Tom ii omit mar in us Automo Alin Oun Winil 3 Ike tinier we Law m to if us if re Hoo aim met Pun uh1 fit at lest Marvin Davis bought the for something around 111 con a tonal in getting out of the main Long 10 Yean on Bis coliseum lease to Tat team would be moved to when baseballs Best full not moved into ugh for upward of a month there was bickering and As recently As last thursday pros agreement seemed Wathla eve Sale was the As it Tom in Tea Mph m twin Mhz r us mat Mil i4u Prospect of an the in Oak losing games and and Money for the of rateable the giants would straggle on in the draft Lone unas of  part the that visited the disaster area might might not get out with enough Money to pay their hotel and base Baler sorry state in Northern California would grow i As time goes blame Jor this by performance will be pinned on various the were determined Tut to let whey break into in flu Ahjit n i in Nnnie without paying sub who insists on a prom when he Sells a sports was probably unwilling to disgorge any considerable part Sale u us american agreed to share Pirritt Nulty Rena with Hloi r mayor Moscow walked at tort Diacos delete san Franesco front their Nune and play half their Home the Lurio Ai Tild have made any reasonable cession to get the As off nor Moscone said that evea if be had con the san Francisco Board of Gover nors would not have permuted the plants to play half their Home games away from Nahas said that it he had accepted fewer than half of the giants mayor Wilson and the City Council would have the Pels it would Nave taken at least three Mouths to the papers prepared and the necessary votes cast to put a Deal some of the people involved had been saying All along that to was too late to move a team the about the Middle of March in that Bill then operating the Louis tried to move to Baltimore and was voted Down by his fellow the excuse Given publicly was that opening Day was too close schedules bearing advertising matter were already being distributed and could not be mailed or several Days later Lou Pertll asked National league owners for permission to move the Boston braves to imagine trying to sell a team called the Milwaukee braves in the Polo said Horace the owner of the new York but if he wants to 1 wont stand in his it was March u when the owners gave perils move unanimous approval Milwaukee merely took Over Bostons and in that first season did the third largest business everyone up of the Browns West to Baltimore without Veeck and the braves moved to la to the Seattle fran Chise was shifted to Milwaukee on april just 10 Days before the opening and on numerous occasions minor league teams Nave changed cities during the season Wither even now it  be too late to move the the movers and shakers Are just Shaw reps with racquets Phoenix api Kristien Shaw has signed a two year contract with the Phoe Nix racquets of the world team Tennis