European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday september 3, 1978 thesta Sand stripes Page 17 o s Rookie strikes out 7 straight in debut As Chison drop twin Bill Byre Mcmane up sports writer Sammy Stewart made an auspicious major league debut Friday night with a touch of Jim Catfish Hunter and Nolan Ryan in the Demeanour of the 23-year-old right hander of the Baltimore orioles. He resembles Hunter in his lifestyle but acts More like Ryan in the Way he blows the Ball past opposing batters. Recently re Al Roundup called from Rochester of the International league Stewart established a major league record when he struck out seven straight batters in the orioles 9-3 whip Ping of the White sox which completed a sweep of their double header. Jim Palmer won his 17th game in the opener As the Ori Oles won 3-0. Roscoe Tanner returning shot to Victor Pecci of Paraguay. Questionable Call Sparks rally for three set Victory Connors Dazzles . Open crowd every Navratilova also Advance by Steve Wilstein new York up Jimmy Connors cruised into the third round of the . Open just one hour before his 26th birthday Friday night and closed a 12-hour show of spectacular Tennis before record Day night crowds totalling 23,801 fans. Connors defending women s Champion Chris Evert and top seeded Wimbledon titles Martina Navratilova avoided the narrow escapes and upsets of several other High seeds. Vitas Gerulaitis Guillermo Vilas and Roscoe Tanner All flirted with elimination but managed to stay alive with three set victories. Former Champion Manuel Orantes and seventh seeded Corrado Barazzetti weren t so Lucky. The record third Day afternoon crowd of 14,779 was treated to some memorable matches on a warm sunny afternoon. Even the noise abated to tolerable Levels As the wind shifted and jets from Laguardia Airport took off away from the stadium. At night the record crowd of 9,022 enjoyed Balmy weather and More Fine Tennis. Connors the second seeded two time Champion ripped australian Steve do Cherty 6-1, 6-3 just after Evert made her first appearance of the week with a one hour 6-0, 64 win against fellow floridian Donna Ganz. Connors never was broken during his mild 54-minute workout but Evert had to work hard in the second set after giving up Only seven Points in the first seven games. Gerulaitis the fourth seed from nearby Kings Point n.y., opened the evening ses Sion against 6-foot-5 Victor Amaya of hol land mich., in a resumption of their rain suspended thursday match. Gerulaitis had won the first set 6-2 but was trailing 5-6 when the match was held up. Amaya who nearly toppled Bjorn Borg in the first round at Wimbledon held serv ice and then won the tiebreaker 74. Geru Laitis finally asserted himself when he set and went on to a 6-2,6-7,6-3 Triumph. Navratilova the Wimbledon Champion and top seed began her bid for her first . Open title with a 41-minute 6-1, 6-1 Romp Over Gail Lovera of France. The Only seeded woman to fall was no. 10 Mima Jasovec of Yugoslavia who quit with a leg injury in losing 2-6, 2-4 to Renata Toma Nova of Czechoslovakia. Orantes who quit after falling behind 1-4 to italian Adriano Zanatta said he has been having problems with his right knee for the last few months. It started bothering me two or three months ago but i can play on Clay because it in t As hard on the feet Orantes said. Orantes won the open on Clay three years ago but the new hard surface be sides being ill suited for his style was More difficult for him physically. Orantes said he was going to return Home to Spain saturday for a further checkup and rest. Vilas the 26-year-old Argentine ground stroke specialist was run ragged by former Mcaa Champion Bill Scanlon of Dallas before taking a 5-7,6-4,6-3 Victory. Tanner 26, is known for his Bullet serve but against Victor Pecci a 6-foot-4, 22 year old from Paraguay he faced an oppo nent with More than equal Power. Tanner saved one match Point in the third set tie breaker and came Back to capture the match 6-3,4-6,7-6. Tracy Austin the fifth seeded woman had no problem advancing to the third round with a 6-3, 6-0 rout of Christine o knew that the same advantage he might hold on the fast surface Here would also help Pecci. This surface is Good for me Tanner said but it certainly was t bad for was within a Point of elimination in the third set tiebreaker after the Umpire continued on Page 21 a 6-foot-3, 207-Pounder from North Caro Lina Stewart sounds a lot like Hunter when he talks and even enjoys Hunting and fish ing As the new York Yankees Veteran right hander does. But while Hunter is More of a control Pitcher who relies a lot on the breaking Ball Stewart like Ryan is basically a fastball Pitcher whose Blazer was clocked by the radar gun Friday night at 94 Miles per hour. Stewart s seven straight strikeouts eclipsed the previous record of six for a Rookie set by Karl Spooner of Brooklyn in 1954 and tied by Pete Richert of balt Morein 1962. The major league record is 10 set by Tom Seaver with the new York mets. Stewart went 5 1/3 innings before being tagged for four straight hits and leaving in favor of Joe Kerrigan. When i Call the folks Back Home i la Tell them i did my Best and i got a record. I Hope it s just a Start for me Here said Stewart. But the crowd gave me chills when they applauded me. I would t know exactly How to rate this performance. It Felt Good to set a record and do my Best but when they got four straight hits off me in the sixth inning i d guess you d have to rate it mediocre. I was confident in the second inning and by the fourth inning i did t know i had a Chance for a record even though i knew i had the Side struck out Eddie Murray hit a three run Homer and Lee May added a two run shot to support Stewart. May s 21st Homer climaxed a four run first inning off losing Pitcher Ross Baumgarten 2-2. In the opener Larry Harlow hit a two run Homer to help Palmer. The orioles Ace right hander went seven innings with Don Stanhouse pitching the last two innings to notch his 19th save. Elsewhere in the Al Oakland topped Boston 5-1, Seattle blanked new York 3-0, California downed Toronto 6-4, Detroit whipped Kansas City 6-2, Cleveland beat Minnesota 4-1 and Texas nipped Milwaukee 5-4. A s5, Rico Carty and Jim Essian homered and a Trio of a s pitchers held the red sox to Only six hits. Matt Keough went 6 2/3 innings to get his eighth Victory against 11 losses with Luis Tiant suffering the loss. Tiant was forced to leave the game with a Groin injury and will be lost to the club in definitely. Mariners 3, Yankees 0 Paul Mitchell tossed a four hitter and ended the Yankees seven game winning Streak. Dan Meyer had three hits for the continued on Page 21 Penn state nips a ranked Temple by Ralph Bernstein Philadelphia a Matt Bahr s 23-Yard Field goal with 10 seconds remain ing enabled heavily favored Penn state to beat unheralded Temple 10-7 Friday night in College football s opening game of the 1978 season. Penn state ranked third in the pre season poll recovered a Fumble with 4 49 remaining. Quarterback Chuck Fusina directed an 11-play drive that wound up with Bahr s winning three Pointer. Temple a four touchdown underdog fought state to a scoreless standoff until Sophomore Booker Moore raced 26 Yards to give the Kittany Lions a 7-0 Lead with 56 seconds left in the third Quarter. But the a ranked owls of coach Wayne Hardin considered a Warmup game for tie on a seven play 52-Yard drive with 10 49 left in the final Quarter. Quarterback Brian Broomell threw 21 Yards to running Back Zach Dixon for the Temple touchdown. Freshman Ron fior Vanti kicked the tying Point. Earlier Penn state marched 57 Yards on five plays for its 7-0 Lead. The key plays were a 14-Yard pass from Fusina to Bob Bassett a Nirie yarder to Scott Fitzkee and Moore s 26-Yard touchdown Romp. Temple s tying drive was triggered by a 17-Yard pass from Broomell to Steve broke Amaya in the sixth game of the to Laird the Penn state powerhouse struck Back to first Downs rushes Yards passing Yards return Yards passes punts fumbles lost penalties Yards Penn St 16 47-146 153 6-46 16-31-1 12-36 1-0 8-109 Temple to 34-15 111 7-70 11-17-0 11-48 1-1 8-70 Watson for a first Down at the Penn state 34. Anthony Anderson ran for 15 for a first at the 19. After a five Yard penalty for delay of game and a three Yard gain by an Derson Broomell connected with Dixon for the touchdown. In the fourth Quarter Penn state line Backer Lance Mehl pounced on a Fumble by Dixon at the Penn state 43. Moore ran 10 for a first Down at the Temple 48. The Lions picked up another first Down on a Fusina to Fitzkee pass at the owls 35. Four More running plays moved the Ball to the 11. And with a fourth and five Bahr kicked the Field goal. Penn state 0 0 Temple 0 Moore 26 run Bahr kick the Dixon 21 pass from Broomell i Rovant kick psf Bahr 23 a53,103 310 7 7
