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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes saturday september 13, 1980 Watson 9 Down Jackei fires 66, leads Pinehurst Pinehurst . A Batry Jac Ckel a Distant 117th on the season s Money winning list chipped in for one Bir die and did t make a bogey in a 5-Undcr  66 that staked him to i he first round Lead thursday in inc s250.000 Hall of Fame Golf tournament. Jac Ckel whose Only Victory in six years of pea tour activity came in the 1978 Tallahassee open opened up a Lead Over Howard twirly Mike while and Lon Nielsen tied at 68, with favored Tom Watson a shocking nine strokes off the Pace at 75. Walson Winner of the British open and six american titles this year has won this event the last two seasons and appeared primed and ready when he shot a 64 in wednesday s pro am. But the putts would t fall for the Man who his won a record 5510,000 already this season. He had to make a Birdie on his last Hole to avoid his highest score of the season. Tom s had a fantastic year said Twitty his playing partner and you just can t have a fantastic round every Day. He Only made one Good putt All Day. I m sure Tom was t very Happy with his  Watson was not immediately available for comment after finishing his 4-Over- trek Over the 7,020-Yard no. 2 course at Pinehurst. Immediately after signing discard he went to the practice Range. Jac Ckel. 31, son of Veteran character actor Richard Jac Ckel has suffered through what he called a dismal  is by far my Best round of the year. There really in t much to  a former French open Champion Jaeckl has been a consistent Money win Ner most of his career. But this season he has missed the Cut in half the tournaments he s played and has won Only s20.i12, just about covering expenses. He failed to break 70 in inc first four months of the . Pacers Johnson obtained by Bucks Milwaukee a the Milwaukee Bucks who have sought help at Strong for Ward since Dave Meyri unexpectedly re tired april 30, thursday acquired 6-foot-10 Mickey Johnson from the Indiana pacers. Johnson who has averaged 15.9 Points and 8.4 rebounds in six National basketball association seasons Cost the Bucks Forward George Johnson and their second round draft Choice in 1982. We re More than Happy with the acquisition of Mickey Johnson Bucks coach Don Nelson said. We feel that he can adapt to our team concept and that he will react favourably to joining a winning organi  Mickey Johnson weighs Only 200 pounds and is not exceptionally Strong but moves Well and has a Fine shooting touch from up to 18 feet. He attended Aurora 111., College and was a fourth round draft Choice of the Portland Trail Blazer in 1974. The Chi Cago bulls acquired him for a third round draft pick that september. He became a free agent after the 1978 79 season and signed with the pacers for whom he averaged a career High 19.1 Points per game last season. George Johnson was the Bucks first round draft Choice in 1973 and played Well the second half of his Rookie season but was sole to the Denver nuggets last oct. 19. That transaction included a provision that allowed the Bucks to reacquire him after inc 1979-80 season and they repurchased him last May 16. George Johnson challenged the Deal claiming it amounted to a loan which is prohibited under the Standard Aba player contract. However an arbitrator assigned to the Case by the Aba approved the Deal. The Bucks earlier had acquired 6-9 Veter an Len Elmore to help fill the Strong for Ward void left by Meyers retirement and loss of Richard Washington to Dallas in the expansion draft. King traded to warriors Oakland up1 Bernard King who was suspended last season following his arrest on drug and sex charges was traded thursday by the Utah jazz to the Golden stale warriors for Forward Center Wayne Cooper and the lesser of two second round draft choices in 1981. King one of the Aba s most promising forwards averaged 21.4 Points and 8.4 re Bounds in three seasons. He was the new Jersey nets first round pick in 1977. Cooper was drafted by the warriors in 1978. He averaged Only 8.1 Points and 5.5 rebounds in his two seasons with Golden state. Two rapidly unrecognizable teams slosh across a flooded Cornfield playing touch football in the finals of the world mud bowl championship  the murders Day my. Washington Valley hogs of North Conway n.h., beat Fie Ham Slamma of Host Holland Patent n.y., 8-7, be fore a crowd of 3,000. A photo grand slam by Watson helps yanks beat botox continued from Page 21 grand slam he said. Watson who has six homers in his last 61 at Bals was just glad to make up for a misjudged pop Fly in the first inning. I was determined not to hit a ground Ball said Watson. I was working at a deficit and i wanted to get at least one  the red sox scored on Garry Han cock s second Homer of the year in the sixth Jim Rice s infield out in the seventh then tied the game at 5-5 in the eighth on a double by Jim Dwyer a sacrifice by Dwight Evans and a sacrifice Fly by Butch Hobson. After Boston took a 1-0 Lead in the first when Rick Burlison scored from second on an infield pop by Rice that fell Between Watson and Luis Tiant Reggie Jackson slammed his 36th Home run to tie it at la. But Dwight Evans hit a Mcadoff Homer in the second to set the stage for Watson. I n other Al games orioles 6, Blue jays 1 Steve Slor scattered eight hits to Lead Baltimore to its fifth straight Victory and 11 the in 15 games. Baltimore grabbed a 4-0 Lead in the second when Doug Decinces and Mark a Clanger worked a double steal Al Bumbry sliced an rib single and scored on Roy Howell throwing error and Eddie Murray stroked the first of two re singles. Royal 7, anger 2 Willie Aikens drilled a two run Homer and Dennis Leonard tossed a four hitter for his 18th Victory to help Kansas City snap a three game losing Streak and re Duce their magic number to five for Clinch ing their fourth Al West championship if five Yean. Riggins challenges action barring him continued from Page 2lf Cump and left but did not return within five Days from being activated again that year. Riggins and the Union emphatically deny the redskins have right to bar Rig tins from practising his profession through the use of this arbitrary and capricious Rule said Garvey referring to Section 17.16 of the nil Constitution and by Laws. The Union has never accepted the  rigging 31, a 10-year Veteran who gained 1,153 Yards last season reported to the redskins preseason training Camp at Carlisle pa., in july but left after one Day in an apparent contract said he wanted to neg Ottiale next season the option year of his i contract but the redskins declined. Riggins sent a Telegram to the team an. Noun my his retirement. The redskins then placed him on the left Camp retired list. If the redskins had placed Riggins on the regular retired list he would be eligible to come Back at any time during the season. Rigging now jays that he does t want to be denied the option of playing this season although he said he did t have any objections when the club put him on the list aug.3l. What if i wanted to come Back in the needed him. Never to my knowledge has any Leam in voluntary Garvey said this is the most arrogant misuse of Power by a club i have Icen in nine years As executive director of the play ers association. John Riggins has a right to retire and aright to change his mind he Laid the redskins would deny him those rights deny him the right to a hearing deny him salary deny him the right to play football for one year and even take from themselves the Opportunity of bringing him Back if they any sport gotten away with this Type of action and we Are not going to allow Tho redskins to get away with it he Laid. Garvey said the redskins were the Only team to use the left Camp retired Lirt. Employing it in 1978 against Jeff William. However an nil spokesman did the Rule which has been in existence line inc i960j, Wai used by 15 lean for 35 Puyer this ear. Which was said to be Normal Ine player Union charged thai  did not give Riggins a heeling and that they ignored Hij Telegram suting he had voluntarily retired  
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