European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 26, 1978 the stars and stripes wet finals will feature la. And Evert against Boston Navratilova a. B to associated pres world team Tennis could t have asked Tor a better matchup. The league s finals beginning sept. 13 after a break for the . Open will Fea Ture the top two women s players in he world. Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. Evert led the los Angeles strings to a two game sweep of the defending Champi on new York apples while Navratilova wet Roundup helped Boston Blank Seattle in two matches. In thursday s decisive meetings. Los Angeles topped new York 26-16 and the lobsters beat the cascades 27-22. Boston which had the Best record in the wet regular season won four of five sets against Seattle. The lobsters champions of the Eastern divison started the night with Terry Holladay and Tony Roche Downing the cascades Sherwood Stew Artand Hetty stove 6-4 in mixed doubles Navratilova eased past Seattle s Marita fled Ondo 6-2 in women s singles and then teamed with Holladay in women s doubles As the lobster duo downed the cascades stove and a Gitte cuypers 6-1. Cascades player coach Tom Gorma registered Seattle s Only Victory in men s singles with a 6-2 Victory Over Dale col Lings. Boston s Roy Emerson and Tony Roche iced the lobster s Victory with a 7-6 Victory Over Gorman and Stewart in men s Dou Bles. Boston took the tiebreaker 5-2. New York had won the wet title the past two years taut Evert saw to it the apples had no shot at a third Champion ship. She blasted Joanne Russell in women s singles 6-2, then teamed with Ann Rookie with a hot Bat us Waukee Brewer Rookie infielder Paul Molitor watches Bis bunt go tool thursday against Cleveland. The to Attr old batting .287, is one of the american league s leading candidate or Rookie of the year honors. Monllor bad two Bill in the game but the Indi ans edged the Brewen to. A White sox bump royals out of 1st in Al West 4-1 Angels take Lead a by Bill Madden up sports write will win the american league s wants it West twp re season Choice of Many Brad � Texas Ranger millionaires first of the contenders to fade. 1 a the Oakland a a nobody s Choice Brief run at the top Only to fall  place. I just uie Odds on favorite the Kansas royals assumed first place in mid w everybody else just naturally As Al Roundup id they were ready to run off with third straight division title. M even the royals Aren t acting As really want it. They dropped their i Fame in a Row to the lowly chicago1 m 4-1 thursday night and that 4 them out of first place a half behind the California Angels Toune the Way the West is being won tit is perhaps significant that the 1 mined their first place berth by being Idle manager Whiley hers lamented ithe royals anaemic attack in the Back to Bac losses to the sixth place White so a a was the pitching and our not hitting. When you get shut out in one game and score Oneto so Nert. You Don twin Many. We need 3 innings scattering eight hits. It showed me i can to tent time i went nine Wnink i " year honors tripled Home two runs an scored on the same play on Otto Velez s error in the third inning to Pace the tigers who wednesday night dropped a double header to the Blue jays. Alan Trammel and ran Leflore singled before Whitaker slammed his triple into the Gap in right Center. Whitaker hitting .303, continued Home without stopping when right Fielde Velex had trouble picking up the Ball. Rangers 4. Twins 1jim Sundberg hit a three run Homer in the 1mb inning and Ferguson Jenkins itched a four hitter to win it for Texas. Jenkins. 12-s. Struck out seven and walked none a Oliver opened the 10th with a single off loser Ftp Gauz 1m. Bobb Bonds beat out a bunt and Richie Zisk sacrificed to set the stage Tor Sundberg drive into the bullpen in night censer Field. India Brewers Indre Thornton belled his 26th bom run leafing off the Lith inning to lift the Indi sri Victory and offs five Robto by Mil Waukee s Sudo loom who had i grand slam in the fourth. Cleveland tied the game win the ninth. Kiyomura for a 7-5 Victory Over Russell and Billie Jean King in women s doubles. Vitas Gerulaitis ignored the antics of strings player coach lie Nastase to win the men s singles 6-1. But Nastase teamed with Kiyomura in mixed doubles for a Victory Over the apples Ruffels and King. In the opening set of the match men s doubles Brothers Vijay and Ashok Amri tray Defeated Ruffels and Gerulaitis 6-3. Umpires get nowhere with owners new York up ii major league umpires struck out thursday in their attempt to resolve their dispute with the owners Over renegotiation of their contract. A spokesman for the american league Aid nothing was resolved. An announce ment was to be made Friday morning. I Don t even know what it s  the spokesman said. I do know that Rich Virdi Phillips ithe umpires attorney will be in town overnight so they will probably be talking tomorrow. I can t even say whether the tone was favourable or  the umpires five year contract still has3 s years to run but they have been trying to renegotiate several Points. Among them arc vacations salaries expenses and Job Security. The umpires represented in the talks by Phillips have threatened to walk out this weekend if their demands Are not met. Both leagues have instructed their teams to Contact local umpiring groups As a contingency in Case of a strike. Phillips said no strike clauses do no preclude unions from engaging in work stoppages to protest unfair labor  a source close to the american league disputed Phillips claim however saying the contract also forbids work stoppages. Padres rehire Craig to manage san Diego up Roger Craig was rehired to manage the san Diego padres for the 1979 season it was announced thursday night before the club s Gam with the new York mels. Craig took Over the padres after Alvin dark was fired during Spring training this year. He has managed the padres into fourth place in the National league West with a 67-60 Mark going into thursday night s game the first time in the club s history they have been Over the .500 Mark so far into the season. Saints sign Reese for 3-week tryout new Orleans i up defensive end Don Reese jailed last year on cocaine peddling charges. Thursday signed a contract with the new Orleans saints who desperately need healthy defensive linemen. Reese convicted with former Miami Dolphin teammate Randy Crowder of sell ing More than $250,000 in cocaine to Law enforcement officials was the dolphins no. I draft Choice in 1974 he started his last two years at Miami but sat out the entire 1977 season in dad county  jail on the cocaine conviction