European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes saturday september 2, 1978 american league East Boston new York Milwaukee Detroit Baltimore Cleveland Toronto West Kansas City California Texas Oakland Minnesota Chicago Seattle thursday s results Milwaukee 1, Cleveland 0,1st Cleveland 12, Milwaukee 6, 2nd new York 6, Baltimore 2 Minnesota 4, Detroit 1 w 84 77 76 73 72 57 55 w 71 70 65 62 58 56 49 l pet. Go 48 .636 54 .588 6 /2 57 .571 8 a 59 .553 11 60 .545 12 75 .432 27 80 .407 30 /3 go american association end of regular season l pet. 60 .542 63 .526 65 .500 72 .463 loj 75 .436 14 75 .427 15 82 .374 22 2 5 /2 National league East Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago Montreal St. Louis new York West w 71 6666 6158 53 w 79 77 73 69 62 59 l59 64 65 73 75 79 l 54 56 61 65 70 73 pet.5,16 .508.504 .455 .436 .402 pet.594 .579 545.515 .470 .447 go 5 5 /212 14 a 19 go 2 6 /2 10 a 16 /3 19 /3 pet. Go .554 .526 4 .518 5 .489 9 .381 24 pet. Go .584 .555 4 .529 7 /2 .464 16 /3 .401 25 los Angeles san Francisco Cincinnati san Diego Houston Atlanta thursday s results san Diego 6, Montreal 1 Cincinnati 11, St. Louis 6 Pacific coast league East w l a Albuquerque 77 62 Salt Lake 2 65 Phoenix 72 67 Tucson 68 71 san Jose 53 86 West w l a Tacoma 80 57 Portland 76 61 Vancouver 3 65 Spokane 64 74 Hawaii 55 82 a clinched division title thursday s results Portland Albuquerque 5,1st, 8 innings Albuquerque 9, Portland 6, 2nd, 7 innings Hawaii 5, san Jose 4 Tucson 10, Phoenix 2 Vancouver at Spokane cancelled rain Salt Lake at Tacoma cancelled rain la. Nips Sunshine 1 -0 in Asl West playoffs Costa Mesa Calif. Up Mai Roche headed in a goal less than three minutes into the game thursday night and the los Angeles sky Hawks Hung on for a 1-0 Victory Over the California Sunshine in the first game of a two game series to decide the american soccer league Western championship. The series which shifts to Pierce Junior College in Woodland Hills Calif., Satur Day will be decided by the total number of goals. Roche scored with just 2 50 gone on an assist from Billy Mcnicol who headed a Corner kick to Roche. The Winner of the Western division faces the Winner of the Eastern division championship Between the new Jersey americans and new York Apollo. New Jer sey scored a 2-0 Victory in the opener thursday night. Michigan s Kane takes . Roller skating title Lincoln neb. A defending International men s singles Champion Lex Kane 22, of Pontiac mich., retained his title Here in the 41st annual . Roller skat ing championships. Kane an Auto Plant maintenance worker out skated Rick Ellsworth of Flint mich., an 18-year-old College student. Fred Morante 20, of Plainview n.y., an Art Stu Dent took third place. Flanagan named Nail map Boston up Mike Flanagan who led the first year new England Tea men to the american conference Eastern division title has been named As the most valuable player of the North american soccer league by the sporting news. Indianapolis Evansville Springfield Iowa East West w l pet. Go 78 57 .578 78 58 .574 Vij 70 66 .515 8 /2 66 70 .485 12 /2 w l pet. Go 66 69 .489 64 71 .474 2 62 74 .456 4 a 58 77 .430 8 Omaha Denver Oklahoma City Wichita thursday s results Omaha 8, Wichita 6 Denver 15, Oklahoma City 14,10 innings Evansville 2, Iowa 1,1st, 8 innings Iowa 3, Evansville 2,2nd, 7 innings Indianapolis 5, Springfield 2 International league w l pet. Go Charleston 83 53 .610 Pawtucket 79 57 .581 4 Richmond 0 63 .526 11v Toledo 69 65 .515 13 Tidewater 6 69 .489 16 i Rochester 6 70 .485 17 Columbus 59 75 .440 23 Syracuse 48 88 .353 35 thursday s results Columbus at Richmond ppd., rain Toledo 2, Tidewater 1 Charleston 7, Syracuse 4 Eastern league second half w l pet. Go Reading 43 24 .642 West Haven 1 26 .612 2 Waterbury 35 32 .522 8 Bristol 2 35 .478 11 Holyoke 26 40 .394 16 /2 Jersey City 4 44 .353 19 /2 thursday s results Reading 3, Jersey City 0, 7 innings rain Waterbury at Bristol ppd., rain West Haven at Holyoke ppd., rain Lodi Reno Modesto Stockton Visalia Salinas Bakersfield Fresno thursday s results modesto5, Bakersfield 2 Visalia 6, Stockton 2 Best of five playoff Between Lodi and Visalia starts saturday at Lodi american soccer league playoffs second round Winner based on total goals Eastern division thursday s result new Jersey 2, by Apollo 0 Western division thursday s result los Angeles 1, california0 California league final standings North South w 43 39 30 24 w 45 42 27 27 l 27 31 39 43 l 23 28 43 43 pet. .614 .557 .435 .358 pet. .662 .600 .386 .386 go 4 12 /2 17 Job 4 19 19 top ten american league based on 325 at bats g a r h pet. Carew Minnesota 126 476 67 159 .334 Rice Boston 132 551 100 179 .325 Oiiver Texas 103 407 48 128 .314 Piniella new York 101 364 49 114 .313 Roberts Seattle 106 365 66 111 .304 Yount Milwaukee ,.100 386 50 116 .301 Reynolds Seattle 119 435 46 130 .299 Singleton Baltimore 121 406 54 121 .298 Lynn Boston 120 440 64 131 .298 Whitaker Detroit 114 403 62 120 .298 Home runs Rice Boston 36 Hisle Milwaukee 29 Thomas Mil Waukee 29 Thornton Cleveland 27 Baylor California 27. Runs batted in Rice Boston 114 staub Detroit 104 Hisle Milwaukee 96 Thornton Cleveland 88 Jthompson Detroit 82. Pitching 12 decisions Guidry new York 19-2, .905 Stanley Boston 12-2, .857 Eckersley Boston 16-5,62 Gura Kansas City 12-4, .750 Billingham Detroit 14-6, .700 Hunter new York 9 4, .692 Torrez Boston 15-7, .682 Caldwell Milwaukee 17 8, .680. National league g a r h pet. Parker Pittsburgh 117 462 73 145 .314 Burroughs Atlanta 126 411 61 129 .314 Smith los Angeles 113 402 77 125 .311 Buckner Chicago 91 344 35 106 .308 Madlock san Francisco 97 357 62 110 .308 Clark san Francisco 129 484 76 149 .308 Bowa Philadelphia 125 522 62 159 .305 Whitfield san Francisco 122 399 62 121 .303 Jcruz Houston 126 470 63 141 .300 Rose Cincinnati 131 547 84 164 .300 Home runs Foster Cincinnati 31 Luzinsky Philadelphia 28 Smith los Angeles 28 Kingman Chicago 23 Dawson Montreal 23 Parker Pittsburgh 23. Runs batted in Foster Cincinnati 98 Garvey los Angeles 91 Parker Pittsburgh 88 Clark Sanfrancisco 80 Smith los an Geles 87 Winfield san Diego 87. Pitching 12 decisions Perry san Diego 15-6, .714 Blue san Francisco 16-7, .696 Bonham Cincinnati 9-4, .692 drool non Pitts Burgh 10-5, .667 Forsch Houston 8-4, .667 Moffitt san Francisco 8-4, .667 Hooton los Angeles 15-8, .652 2 tied with .640. Randall s last round 70 clinches interservice Golf title by one stroke Mayport naval station Fla. Frank Randall an army private from fort Stewart ga., fired a one under Par 70thursday for a 287 total to win by one stroke what May be the last interservice Golf championship title. A former pro golfer before joining the service Randall started the final round tied for the open division Lead and held of the charge of All Navy Champ Ron Barry who also shot a 70 but finished at 288.Navy s Alan Clack who was Randall s co Leader going into the final Day tallied a 76 to wind up six strokes off the Pace at 293for the no. 3 spot. Fourth place finisher with 295 was army s Robert Darker stationed in Korea who shot a 74 thursday. Army s Ozzie Melendez posted a 73 to finish fifth with 297, followed by us eur s skip Haugen who Alsa tallied a73, and Albert Morton army who carded a 77, to finish in a tie for sixth place at 299.steve Ebert a Marine who finished Lith in the 15-Man Field fired the second Hole Cleveland sends Grubb to rangers Cleveland a outfielder Johnny Grubb has been traded by the Cleveland indians to the Texas rangers for a player to be named later the indians announced thursday night. Grubb 31, was hitting .268 with a career High of 14 homers and 61 runs batted in for the indians this year. He was eligible to be come a free agent at the end of this season and had not reached agreement with the indians on a new contract. Grubb came to the indians from san Diego on dec. 8, 1976, along with Catcher Fred Kendall in Exchange for outfielder George Hendrick. Kendall was traded to the Boston red sox earlier this season. Gabe Paul president of the indians insisted the Trade had nothing to do with Grubb s impending free Agency. We put Grubb on waivers a Long time ago and they were in effect until Midnight Friday Paul explained. After that we would have had to get new waivers. If Tex As had not claimed him i believe we would have signed him. Grubb s done a great Job for us. If he had to we could t have made this Deal. We will get a player at the end of the sea son but baseball rules prohibit me fro talking about  Paul said Grubb was pleased at being traded to a contender. By being sent to Texas prior to sept. 1, Grubb is eligible for postseason Competition if the rangers make the playoffs. Player s son. Continued rom Page 22 on my putting if it continues to improve i la be All right. This is my first . Amateur and getting any further will be  Buttner has been having problems witha Back muscle he Tore last october. In May i did t think i d be Able to play for the rest of the year said the 22-year-old. I was in such bad pain that i had thought of red shirting but i did want to prolong my studies. Morey might be 59, but he can still hit the Ball i was 2 up when he won those three straight holes i was giving the match to him but then Dale made that mistake on the 17th and i made the most Ofa second  in one of the tourney on the 185-Yard fifth Hole. He shot a final round 77 for a 313 to  the seniors division Navy s Ken Allen overcame army s Jim Stinebaugh s third round four stroke Lead to win the title. Al Len carded a 72 to finish with 294, one stroke ahead of Stinebaugh who went to a 77 to finish with 295. Bob Nolf Nav eur London took third place with 305 after shooting a 78, followed by army s Patrick Kelly who tallied a 75to finish at 310. Army s Maurice Winter of shape Bel Gium and Paul Malone a Marine each carded a 76 to wind up in a fifth place tie at319. Navy s Shelly Savage who led through out the tourney was an easy Winner in the women s division posting a 76 for a 316 to Tal 11 strokes in front. Defending interservice women s Cham Pion Christine Giza Navy also shot a 76 to finish with 327, six strokes ahead of third place finisher Marianne Beall army who carded an 86 for 333.fourth place went to Linda arms a Marine who posted an 87 for 354.the Navy announced earlier this week that it will no longer sponsor teams in All Navy or interservice Competition in events which do not Lead to the olympics or pan american games. Since the air Force withdrew from interservice Golf several years ago it is unlikely that the army and Marine corps will continue the annual Competition. The Navy intends to limit Competition tothe regional level in sports such As Golf Tennis and Bowling. Open division Frank Randall army 74-74-69-70287 Ron Barry Navy 72-74-72-70288 Alan Clack Navy 74-71-72-76293 Robert Parker army 69-75-77-74295 Ozzie Melendez army 70-79-75-73297 skip Haugen army 80-71-75-73299 Albert Morton army74-73-75-77299 Bill Irwin marines 73-74-73-81301 Dave Shuford marines 76-77-72-80305 a Carlin marines 81-76-79-75311 Steve Ebert marines 78-83-75-77313 Bryan White Navy 77-72-79-86314 Bob Corn Navy 80-80-84-75319 senior division Ken Allen Navy 71-74-77-72294 Jimmy Stinebaugh army 77-69-72-77295bob Nolf Navy 76-79-72-78305 Patrick Kelly army Ala. 76-79-79-76310 to Winter army 81-75-80-76312 Paul Malone marines 80-79-77-76312ted Dorris Navy 76-82-82-79319 Rich Bailey marines 79-75-84-81319 Bob Payne marines 82-81-76-81320 women s division Shelley Savage Navy 78-81-81-76316 Christine Giza Navy 84-89-79-76327 Marianne Beall army 84-89-74-86333 Linda arms marines 85-93-89-87354 sue Woodman Navy 91-101-89-89370 Kaprice Mccullough marines 98-100-90-92380 Karen Kelly marines 108-114-122-132476 thursday s transactions by the associated press baseball National league Montreal expos recalled Bill Atkinson and Randy Miller right handed pitchers Bob Reece Catcher and purchased contract of Jerry Fry Catcher from Denver of the american association. Asked irrevocable waivers on pet Mackanin infielder. Football National football league Buffalo Bills acquired Larry Walton wide receiver from the Detroit Lions. Reclaimed Tom Dempsey kicker and Mario celotto linebacker from waivers list. Placed Dan Fulton wide receiver on injured Reserve 11 St. Cincinnati bengals reclaimed Willie Shelby running Back from the Atlanta Falcons and placed him on the injured Reserve list. Cleveland Browns signed Tony Peters safety. Los Angeles rams reclaimed Dan Rysiek Center and Glen Walker punter from waivers list. New England patriots waived Ike Forte running Back. Hockey National hockey league Montreal canadians signed Kevin Reeves Forward. Philadelphia flyers sold Joe Watson defens Eman to the Colorado Rockies. World hockey association Indianapolis racers declared Don Mcleod goalie and Pierre Jarry Forward free agents. Central hockey league Dallas Black Hawks named John Muckler coach