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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, August 29, 1978

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1978 Orantes in pro finals the stars and a Cosmos Edge rowdies 31 for third soccer bowl win before a crowd of 74 901 the in not s3s win Ihor the Cosmos soccer who won the league can were dealt a critical blow Boston Impi Harold his famous Baseline retook Italy Corrado a Razzetli 6 m sunday to Advance to the finals of the professional Tennis who lost two years ago to Sydens Bjorn was to play Spain Orantes in mondays Jontes clobbered Arthur Ash in today other semifinal to the first set of the Barazzetti Solomon neither player could establish any articular but As the second set Solomon started blasting timers by rallying from the Baseline until Wasag an opening and Rushing the net score the Barazzetti adjusted to stations tactics late in the and the a two games and most of the third set Treto oed into Battles of wits and wills rth Long involved rallies Between Barazzetti won the first three games of it opening set before Solomon climbed Tad to take the next the fad seeded italian took three of the next Urga Mes for the was in danger of being out of be match after falling behind 31 in the u cond but he established his net game twin four of the last five at one riot during the a frustrated Gnu Tutti swung his Racket to the ground Baraz Zutelis game started crumbling in the third set As Many of his lobs fell too far it a drop shots went into the Orantes lost three of the first four games first set and was a Point away from falling further behind in the fifth game he rallied to break Ashe and pull to thin one at from there the fifth Orantes steamrolled the eighth wed taking the final four finding one comeback from la the second Orantes continued his tarnation of driving him Back to Baseline with Lazy lobs each time wed to Rush the each held serve in the first three games Orantes broke Ashe in the fourth pm and then held service in the fifth to up ask held serve in the sixth game to Cut tales Lead to and threatened to Jwak Back in the seventh with a Well drop but Orantes managed to the Ball and made a lunging return ashes reach to save the he broke ashes serve once More in the ame to take the on Page w championship Celebration East n the Cosmos beat lamps to Lake their third North american soccer league Cosmos Captain Werner Roth 14 ii at kit a photo Merican league Roundup botox win Brewers lose Nuino and realizing a i by Bill Madden l Dpi sports writer Catfish Hunter continues to Pilch in Jumber the Way he has in Hes a Lor american league comeback of honors unfortunately for Hunt 1 new York Yankee if the Boston red keep winning the Way they did sunday there a of for the american league Kasl pen while Hunter was doing his part to keep the Pennant sunday by 32 and realizing a loss would Yankees to move red sox Carl Yankees in i the than who drilled a ground Ball to third base urd baseman Carney Lansford to before the game even Rodney the clubs Caplain and leading was not in the lineup As a result of an infected the 33yearold Forward was injured in wednesday nights american conference game when he was spiked by fort Lauder Dales Maurice the leg swelled and shortly before game time it was announced that the Flam Boyant englishman was not listed As a starter or it was a damaging setback that the Row Dies never quite seemed Able to recover after a cautious and somewhat slug Gish the Cosmos Drew first blood at playing his finest soccer of the received a Long left footed pass from about 40 Yards away from Steve the midlands As Trueart is known in his native was left virtually alone in the upper right Corner of the penalty who has fought off Earl season took the Ball on one Bounce and drilled it past Tampa Bay goal keeper Winston the goal came on the sixth shot of the half for the Cosmos and was the fifth of the playoffs for the 28yearold who says the fans Are finally getting a Chance to Sec the real Dennis As has often been the Case this the first goal was the big one for new continued on Page 24 Watson captures Hof title thanks to Kite penalty by Bob Green a a Selim posed penalty for an infraction no one else saw Cost Tom Kite a Chance for a Victory and let Tom Watson escape with the title sunday in the Hall of Fame Golf who once held a five shot had to hang on in the face of a triple Chal Lenge and eventually emerged with a one stroke his fourth of the Hale Irwin and Howard Twitty tied for but Kite would have had a share of the Lead and a playoff Opportunity had it not been for the on stroke penalty he called on himself on the fifth he had missed a 15foot Birdie putt and walked up to the Little Tapin Par putt of some six As he Soled his Putter behind the it moved a tiny fraction of an neither Irwin nor Twitty saw i immediately stepped Back and told Hale i was calling a penalty on Kite the Ball moved just that and he held his thumb and fore Finger less than on Quarter Inch that Cost me the Ive never had anything like that the disconsolate Kite said and then responded to a question youre Damn right it Watson was unaware of the incident until hed watched both Kile and Twitty miss 18thhole Birdie attempts that would have sent it into a he has to be the unhappiest Man in Watson that very Dis its something you have no control Watsons Triumph enabled him to regain the seasons leading Money winning spot and established him in Strong position to repeat As player of the the Tough minded Watson claimed this one with a closing 71 and a 277 seven shots under Par on the re vamped 2 course at the Pinehurst country club the which went with his earlier titles in the Bing Tucson open and continued on Ianc 26  
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