European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 05, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday August 5, 1978 the stars and stripes Poge 21 Watson s first round 67 paces pea by Martin Lade Oakmont a. Up sloshing away nth i string of birdies Between violent storms Tom Watson upheld the Dignin of the so called superstars of Golf by Jim i 4-under-Par 67 thursday to take t first round Lead in the pea Champion a Day when people such As Jack Nick us and Gary player flogged around like re age duffers. Watson put together six Dies including putts of 30 and 35 feet to re a one stroke Lead Over two time pea Impton Dave Stockton. Lee Trevino with four birdies on the final seven holes moved into a third place lie at 69 with an unhappy Ben Crenshaw an ecstatic Dave Hill and the always unpredictable Johnny Miller. Both Crenshaw Lood of mail to cheer Ose offer his broken string is just beginning by Norm Clark Cincinnati a can i say i m my " wrote a nun from you Are or. said a Tele ram from should have had Sherman with do. He did t have trouble taking Allan Aid another letter. Pete Rose s 44-game hitting Streak mod longest of the Century is Over it i flood of fan mail is just s comparable to the crush we had Ita Johnny Bench had the lung cancer Tendon and after Tom Seavor s Trade do berate Stowe equipment manager Ofle Cincinnati reds. I d say at least 450 letters came inday. Last week he had 180 one Day Aid stare. Two Days after his Streak was Snapp edgr Atlanta Rookie Larry Mcwilliams and Rose had peace and fid for the first time in six weeks. Where Are All the reporters Sidote grinning at the two newsmen who ice Ted him during a Brief off Day work to a week ago up to 100 reporters and wog Raphers pursued him during his asm on Joe Dimaggio s All time hitting uof5� games. Smog in his cubicle the reds Captain moated mail triggered by a feat . Some came from the High and mighty. And Miller ruined what could have Bee super rounds by bog eying 16 and 18. Still it was a fitting return for Miller the Man who caused local officials to give the Oakmont country club a Facelift Fortis championship. Five years ago Miller destroyed the course with a record 63during the final round of the . Open and Oakmont was taken apart. Etc rec. After the Streak a flood but most were from school age did t have to reach 56 games to prove to us that you Are As great As Joe Dimaggio wrote one youth. Got a Telegram from Bill Cosby and restarted it off with hey hey hey and signed it Pat Albert " said Rose. Mor Ganna the stripper sent one too and so did Tony Tennille of the Captain and in addition to almost every state in the Union the postmarks read Paris Guadalajara Hong Kong and contained clippings while most simply intended to cheer Rose on a Dup. Several letters came addressed Pete Rose great athlete or Pete Rose com plete one was addressed to Pete Rose three Rivers front from baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn came a Gushy greeting dear Pete i m so darned proud of you that for once words fall me. I m sure every one else in baseball feels the former major league Pitcher Mem Law baseball needs More like fan from Mexico Han wrote a Long letter entirely in came from speaker of the House Thomas tip o Neil. New York and Joe Dimaggio s brother Dom who had a 34-game Streak. Asked if he had received a congratulatory message from president Carter Rose Shook his head. But a Man like that is too Busy to be Messing around with this kind of thing. Besides it s not an election year he said with a Lake Lew Ohio youth wrote How Rose s Gritty style had inspired him to walk after doctors predicted he would spend his life in a give you an idea of How much i Admire you my grandma does t like you one bit. Understand i love her More than anything. But sometimes when she Razz Esme about your not doing so Well which in t very often could just punch her in the lobsters claw apples As Navratilova stars new York up Martina Navratilova edged Joanne Russell 7-5 and the teamed with Anne Smith for a 6-2 Victory Over Russell and Billie Jean King thurs Day night in the Boston lobsters 27-19 Triumph Over the new York apples in world team and Tony Roche got Boston which has already clinched the Eastern division title off to a 8-2 Lead by Downing King Andray Ruffels in mixed doubles. Roche combined with Rookie Dale coding in men doubles to beat Vitas Gerulaitis and rut Fels 6-4geruiaitls beat ceilings. 6-2, for new York s Only winning set. Tom Watson. Birdies Between rainstorms to was t thinking 63 Miller said. The Way i be been playing i was thinking 73." sudden storms twice held up play once for almost 90 minutes and the second time for 25, and the late starters gained a tremendous advantage when the rain soft ened the super Slick greens. If somebody from our part of the Field does t win this tournament it s a commented Trevino. Who played in a Trio with Watson and Stockton. Watson whose round was interrupted on both the second and 16th holes agreed wit this estimate saying. Obviously the rain affected the Golf course to our advantage. We could throw the Ball right at the Watson never a Winner of the pea. Made an incredible putt of 35 feet on the 10th Hole. I was just trying o get he said. You can stand up there 100 times and not make Stockton who had three birdies without a bogey said we got a tremendous break in the weather. We did t fall off any of them the greens Nicklaus Winner of his last two tournaments and favored to tie Walter Hagen s Long standing record of five pea championships opened with a bogey and double bogey got himself caught in the first of the two storms that halted play and finally found his Way Home with an 8-Over-Par 79. It was t my Day said Nicklaus who was reduced on the second Hole to hitting a 9-Iron left handed after his drive Cut into the spruces on the left. But a 79 is better than 80, and i be been in the 80s in other Nicklaus was on the 16th Green when the continued on Page 24 is round scores at Oakmont Oakmont a. 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