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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mahaffey wins tuesday August 15, 1978 the stars and stripes Poge 23 by Peter May mass. Up pea Champl ninth holes on the front Side and broke Button. Mass. Iuri run Ciompi away with birdies on 12,13.14 and 15 to  Mahaffey gunning in four straight the $45,000 first prize.  11T,i. Mahaffey s Only other win before the pea Victory last weekend was the 1973sahara invitational. Morgan who held a two shot Lead Ove Mahaffey before the pea Champ began his Birdie run fell Back with a double bogey six on the 17th Hole when he drove into the Woods took an unplayable lie and had to pleasant Valley his on the final nine holes won his land tournament in a Row sunday with a j j Tant Victory Over Gil Morgan and Ray "1 Sejdin the $225,000 pleasant Valley Clas j if a Haffey fired a final Day 67 for a four Rel total of 270, 14 under Par and a tour Birdie the fifth and sink an eight foot putt. But he birdied the 18th to finish with a 69 for a 272 total. Defending Champion Floyd who at one time was Only a shot off the Pace faltered on the Back Side but also shot a Birdie on the final Hole and finished with a 67, tying Morgan for second place Money of $20,812. Mark Hayes who led the tournament after the second and third rounds Stum bled badly on the Back Side going four Over Tain washes out 5-run Yankee 7th n snafu plagued series with o s by Frank brow Nap sports writer Fate new York Yankees and Baltimore 3 spent 9 hours 31 minutes playing 512 minutes of baseball and compleat jul of the 27 innings they were sup a to have played this weekend Rte managed some of those innings toy before the heavens intervened Ertling a five run Yankee seventh into Mich extra batting practice and turning 15-3 new York Triumph into a 3-_shutout. If a 2-hour, 27-Mlnute rain delay shorten edly night s 2-1 Yankee Victory to 5 i in a and made a swamp of what Ordinary i was the memorial stadium Outfield. The is got help from the Weatherman Satur a but none from the electricians As t Power failures delayed the orioles 6-.,-tory by 78 minutes. I sunday forsaking the scuba gear and Nefs hats that might have been More lax opiate the teams tried again. Balti iwo red three times in the sixth the a tallied five in the  since scores revert to the last com inning when rain halts official games and play was stopped with the Birds Bat in the seventh new York came out Short end course they protested. 7 waited a couple of hours at night 1, but today when we had All Fob of time they called it after just 36 said Yankees manager Bob who walked into the Umpire s room to voice his displeasure a knew he had As much Chance of i the protest As the Field had of completely before monday night s ending  never won one he said. It s like Jet they wife.", inhere Texas swept Cleveland 3-2 i Minnesota swept Oakland 3-1 and Toronto trimmed Kansas City 3-2 in 10 a Boston edged Milwaukee 4-3 in 10p Detroit routed Chicago 10-2, and Lebeau California 4-1. U a manager Earl Weaver argue line umpires Friday night when the in was reversed but found a Silveri m the Clouds that had handed him a was the umpires were goodness we had the Crew be said. On july 31, the same 1j hours 20 minutes before re in an orioles game against i contest was suspended by curfewj1 two Days later a fact duly by Lemon. The manager proposed""1 like sunday s be treated the Ces i you have a curfew game it Sam suspended game and you pick Jan there he said. What s the Dif i a no difference in the Field said it was the same As the other better no  Don Denkinger added it was to waa Friday night. The Field  was soaked before the game " i and the rain made it 10 times Ranger. A indians 2-5bevacqua s seventh inning Homer 1 Doc Medich win the opener and Bobby Bonds rib triple highlighted four run second inning in the Nightcap to Power the Texas sweep. The rangers have won nine of their last 10 while the indians have lost nine of 10."they caught us at the right time said Cleveland manager Jeff Torborg. Whence get runs we get no pitching and when we get pitching we get no , meanwhile is enjoying a pleas Al Roundup ant blend of both. We re getting decent pitching clutch hitting and Good defense said manager Billy Hunter. We re play ing very Well right  Blue jays 3, royals Bob Bailor went Fotu for five drove in one run and scored the game Winner fro second base on a loth inning Force out to Send Toronto past Kansas  opened the 10th with a single and advanced on Rico Carty s single. One out later Otto Velez grounded to third base Man Jamie quirk whose throw to second forced Carty. But second baseman . Washington hesitated on the play and Bailor never stopped running. He narrowly beat the throw to the plate. Twins 3-2, a s 1-1butch Wynegar s eighth inning single delivered the deciding run backed a five hitter by Roger Erickson and capped Minnesota s sweep of Oakland. The a s  seven hitter by Mike Norris. Recently promoted from the  really wanted this game because it was my first Start and i a s owner Charley Finley was in the stands said Norris. I be had hassles with Charley before Andi wanted him to see me pitch well.". The twins took the opener on a seven hitter by Gary serum and an unearned third inning run. Rod Carew bunted for hit took second when Catcher Jim Essian threw wildly past first and scored on the second of Mike Cubbage s three singles red sox 4, Brewers 3carlton Pisk slapped a bases loaded single past third baseman Sal Bando in the10th inning to help Boston hand Milwaukee its eighth loss in nine  Remy opened the 10th with a grounder Bando could t handle. Jim Rice beat out a single that also gave Bando Trou ble then Dwight Evans was walked to loathe bases for Pisk. Earlier. Evans had hit his 22nd Homer. Tigers 10, White sox 2lou Whitaker hit a three run inside Tho Park Home run Steve Kemp drove in three runs with a pair of singles and Rusty staub hit his 19th Homer of the year to carry de troit which has won eight of 10 past Chicago and hand the White sox their ninth loss in 11 games. Mariners 4, Angels 1craig Reynolds had a two run second inning double to Lead Seattle. Lyman bos lock went four for four and drove in Cali fornia s run. What s the wait about it appears second base Empire Bab Ford is playing a waiting game within Nesti ibor top hey sulky and toe Oakland a s Mike Edwards in the first game of a done Leeader sunday in a Hahn i actually Ford had Al ready called Edward Safe far a stolen base while Smalley protested. Minnesota won 1-1, and swept the twin Hill with Mcmond list win. A makes in Row Par in a three Hole stretch to finish with a74 for a total of 276. Canadian open Champ Bruce  Bob Shearer and Veteran Miller Barber also finished at 276.Graham Marsh Only two shots behind Hayes going into the filial round double bogeyed no. 18 for a 75 and a 279 total. Mahaffey whose winnings boosted his earnings this year to 1136,764, said the key to his Victory was  did t miss too Many fairways or too Many greens today Mahaffey  say there is a tendency to let Down after you win a major. I did t want that to happen. To win two in a Row is an unbelievable feeling. I did t think i had a Chanc because 1 was so  Mahaffey s Victory was the third time this year a golfer had won a major tournament and come Back to Triumph the follow ing week. Gary player won the masters and the tournament of champions while Jack Nicklaus took the British open and the Philadelphia  those Guys had won majors before Mahaffey said. They knew what was going on. I did  for Morgan the los Angeles open Winner it marked the second time he has been runner up this year. The 31-year-Oldoklahoman blamed his putting for his fail ure to overtake  i have to blame anything it would be the inability to make several Birdie putts Morgan said. I had multiple opportunities to take the tournament for myself and Idin t do it. I was close but the Ball just would t go  Morgan ran into trouble on the 17th, Mahaffey had a bit of Good  second shot hit a Spectator s leg and landed near the Green where he got Downin two for a Par. It was a tremendous break. It save me from a bogey or worse. I gave the Guy a Ball. That was the least i could do Mahaffey said. Following Mahaffey s four consecutive Birdie putts which ranged in length from 25 feet to one Inch he bogeyed the Par-316th. When i got to the 16th, i thought about it and i realized i had never had Lead like that four strokes. I did t know what to do. 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