European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 21 Robinson to manage promises exciting baseball san Francisco up the san Francisco giants hired Frank Robinson As manager giving the former Star outfielder his second crack at guiding the fortunes of a major league baseball the hiring of Robinson was announced by giants owner Bob Lurie in a news con Ference at candlestick ending speculation about several Robinson replaces Dave who was fired five weeks it was a Tough decision because i could Only choose but Frank was the Man for the he knows How to manage and he knows How to Lurie told the 45yearold Robinson became the first Black manager in the major leagues in 1975 when he took Over the Cleveland Indi ans for Over two building a reputation As a no nonsense who most recently coached two years with the Baltimore built his Early reputation As a slugging most prominently for the Cincinnati reds and Baltimore the Talent is Robinson said in accepting the 1 want to bring this giants team Back to the past when they were at the Well give the fans exciting baseball and come who led the National league in slugging percentage three straight years 196062 broke into the major leagues in winning the no Rookie of the year he ranks fourth on the All time Home run list with behind Only Hank babe Ruth and Willie the giants Are hoping who won the triple Crown for Baltimore in Mayer upsets Mcenroe in masters new York up Gene Mayer fought Back from an opening set loss and then survived a tiebreaker to upset John Mcenroe 62 wednesday night and Register the first Shock of the Mas ters Tennis ranked fourth in the world although without a previous Victory Over any of the top three players in a recognized didst have a single break in the first two but who wound up with 17 aces on his scintillating double faulted three consecutive times in the opening game of the final set and two More times in the fifth game to allow Mayer to break on both Mayer won the second set tie breaker 75 after Mcenroe staved off three set despite the Mcenroe still is continued on Page 22 17th win in a Row can boost the team from two dark seasons when they finished fourth and in the no attendance at candlestick dropped from million in 1978 to million in 1979 and million last my door swings both Robinson said of his philosophy with the i can be but in 1 feel in a better manager because of my experience in the giants said Only that Robinsons pact was a multiyear but other terms were not the hiring of Robinson brings him Back to his native Bay one of 11 was a storied athlete at Oakland Mcclymonds High where he played on the same basketball team As Bill Russell and the same baseball team As Vada pin the Only major leaguer Ever to win the map award in both is married and has two he now re sides in Bel Frank Robinson Tough but open minded Virginia edges Maryland by the associated press it was billed As a confrontation of Cen ters Virginias Ralph Sampson Maryland Buck Williams but in the final Virginia kept alive the nations longest winning Streak from the Virginia guards Jeff lamp and Jeff Jones outscored Maryland backcourt pair of Greg Manning and dutch Morley 2813 wednesday and the Cavaliers triumphed at College 6664 on a jumper with six seconds left by when the time comes to we want it in his lamps said Vir Ginia coach Terry whose team has won 17 in a Row Over two we Are forced to use Sampson As a lamp is a clutch and we know we can get the Ball to sometimes we cant get it to Sampson so its just a Good thing we can go to lamps shot came after an Odd Call by referee Jim Knight on an inbound Maryland Ernest Graham was trying to inbound the Ball under the Virginia Bas heavily Graham tried to Call but Knight ruled Graham had not asked for time before the count reached four Knight kept count and when the count got to Vir Ginia took you have to Call timeout by four Sec Maryland coach lefty Driesell College basketball and that was the quickest four seconds Ive Ever it was a horrible mis take by the official and a Heck of a Way to lose a Ball three seconds lamps Basket had tied the game in lamp had 18 Points and Jones compared to the six by Maryland Best outside and seven by the Point in the Battle of the big at actually did outplay members of the los Angeles dodgers begin their training at dodger stadium overlapping sports with laps around the though bowl still to baseball is beginning football fever is with the super to take a photo each scored 15 but Williams held an 117 rebounding Edge to help Virginia play Maryland close All the neither team led by More than four Points in the and there were eight ties in the Sec Ond in other games involving ranked teams third ranked Kentucky Defeated Mississippi 5 Wake for est downed Duke sixth ranked Louisiana state fought off Alabama la thanked Tennessee whipped Florida 17 North Carolina beat North Carolina state 7370 and 19thrated Clemson dubbed the Citadel Center Sam Bowie scored 18 Points and Derrick Hord added 14 to Pace Kentucky Over a determined Mississippi Mississippi chances for Victory took a serious blow Early in the second half when the rebels lost their High Elston turn who left the game with a hip Kentucky coach Joe Hall said he thought the referees let Mississippi play continued on Page 23 missourian chosen As Caas first Black president Miami a the National collegiate athletic association concluded its 75th convention wednesday by electing its first Black president Only one More delegates that history had been Jim president of Lincoln University in Jefferson was accepted by voice vote of a record John athletic director at the University of was named to re place Frank As but this convention will be remembered primarily As the one that marked the associations entry into women speculation that officers of the association of intercollegiate athletics for women would attempt to overturn votes taken tuesday proved a package of governance proposals that insure female representation at the highest Levels of Mcaa leadership and another for division i schools to sponsor women championships will
