European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes january 1981 merger be of fhe altar Pittsburgh up1 the ques Tion for whom would the couples children Root the son of new York giants owner Wellington Mara will marry the grand daughter of Pittsburgh Steeles owner Art Rooney saturday in Kathleen Mcnulty a senior majoring in communications at bos ton will March Down the aisle in immaculate heart of Mary her Fiance is Timothy Christopher a Talent scout for the giants and a 1978 graduate of Boston there is plenty of Good natured kid Ding going on Between the two clans Over the storybook match of the progeny of football Blue the elder Rooney Friendship with the Maras goes Back More than 50 when he was a close Friend of the late Timothy the two men were Active in horse racing and the brides one of Art Rooney five is president of Yonkers in Rooney bought the reportedly for eight years after Mara purchased the the Bride and Groom met in 1976 while the families vacationed in Palm and Sparks did not Fly a year Young Mara visited Kathleen Rooney at Yonkers race Way and the two became an item shortly the eldest of five took plenty of kidding about dating someone from the and with stood teasing about a possible merger of the just so her Husban Tobe has it Rooney the Steeles Are always first with but the giants take a very close Mara said he wont switch loyalty from the giants for and his Brid Tobe said Shell remain faithful to the Steeles to the although the pair regularly watch both teams note Pittsburgh is not scheduled to play the giants next after a honeymoon in Martin in the the couple plan to attend what else the super bowl in new before making their Home in Lietzke and Gilder stroke 65s to Lead Bob Hope classic Palm a Bruce Lietzke and Bob Gilder took advantage of Ideal scoring conditions to fire 7 underpay 65s for a share of the first round Lead wednesday in the Bob Hope desert Golf Lietzke played at Bermuda dunes and Gilder conquered Tough two of the four courses used for the first four rounds of this 90hole Ray Floyd at la Snead at Tamarisk and Jerry Pate at Bermuda dunes were a single stroke off the Lead after posting 66s in the sunny desert weather that sent temperatures into the mid70s without a Trace of a the big group at 67 in the unusually Low scoring included 47yearold Doug Bobby Keith Gary Lee elder and Lee All at la and Mark Lye and Dave de at Bermuda Ben Doug Tewell and Vance with had the Best scores at Indian generally considered the easiest of the four beautifully conditioned Layouts at this desert playground of show business Jack who scored record setting victories in the open and pea last opened his 1981 season with a 68 at la defending Champion Craig Stadler shot a 69 at la Quinta with his Amateur team that was composed of Host comedian Bob former president Gerald Ford and House speaker tip the format for this the longest on the pea Calls for the pros to play one round on each of the four each Day with a different three member team of am at the end of four Days and 72 the Field will be Cut to the lowest 70 scorers for the pros Only final individual scores Are not kept for the am and they Are required to pick up when they Are out of the so no score was available for their team was Only 6 under for the with Stadler account ing for three of the Lietzke built his Effort on a Mastery of the Bunker he was in three Sand traps and played those three holes 2 under he holed from a Bunker for a Birdie on the 17th Hole and reached a greenside Bun Ker on the par5 18th in two and got it up and Down for a he also saved from a Bunker on the Mayer upsets Mcenroe in masters shocker continued from Page 21 alive in this round Robin Competition but now faces the awesome task of having to beat Bjorn Borg for a Chance to reach the although lacking his usual Confidence following a six week Defeated Joseluis Clerc 64 in an afternoon in other opening Day matches of the round Robin Jimmy Connors Rode a Strong service to overcome Guillermo Vilas 60 and Ivan Lendl took advantage of seven service Breaks to rout Harold Solomon three times Solo Mon double faulted on break Mcenroe gained the Only break of the opening set in the eighth game and then closed out the set in the ninth game with an Mcenroe also ended four games in the second set with aces but his serve eventually destroyed him in the final the 1978 masters dropped Only six Points on his first seven service games and seemed on his Way to a comfortable Victory when Vilas achieved his Only break of the match in the seventh game of the second but in the final Vilas committed his first double fault on break Point in the second giving con nors All the lift he Borg experienced his Only difficulty after he swept the first four games against Clerc and was up 4015 on his own service in the fifth a double helped Clerc win the next four Points for the break and he held his own serve for stars tie third time this season by the United press International the most interesting of the Nils four divisional races is the Adams Battle be tween the Buffalo sabres and the Minne Sota North two teams so closely matched that one cant beat the for the third time this the sabres and North stars played to a tie wednesday leaving Buffalo one Point ahead of it was also the sabres 14th deadlock in 42 games the prompting Strong talk from North stars coach Glen this is just one More Strong Case Why we should have overtime in this Sonmor said after the 11 they have 14 theres no Way a team should have Over a Quarter of its games end in Sonmor should because 11 of Minnesota 42 games have also ended without a he didst downplay the Quality of the it was a close game Between two very even hockey Sonmor we were a Little sluggish in the first period and they really Carne out at us and dominated Ron Zanussi jammed in Goalmouth pass at of the first period to give Minnesota the which it held until Don Luce scored at of the third Peri the sabres might have tied it had it not been for a spectacular perform nil Roundup Mance by North stars Rookie goalie Don who stopped 29 of 30 Buffalo shots and kept his team in the game when the sabres peppered him with 16 firstie Rod were Lucky that Beaupre was Brilliant or we woul Dve been out of it son mor i dont know if it was his Best because Hes played so Many great games for Buffalo coach Roger Neilson Beaupre was As he has been in All three games against we had four deflected shots we were sure would go Beau res bid for his first shutout was ruined by the 32yearold who has been used sparingly this season and is re Mored to be on the trading he was playing his first regular shift of the game when he tallied his 10th in other nil games penguins blues 3 Rick Kehoe scored his third hat trick of the season to help Pittsburgh end the blues 11game unbeaten Kehoe scored one goal in each period to raise his season total to a career High 34 Louis had a 20 Lead on Early first period goals by Mike Zuke and de but be Hoe scored his first at of the first period and Greg Sheppard tied the Sheppard was awarded a penalty shot Midway through the final but he fired wide of the goal against blues goalie de oilers Maple Leafs 4 Wayne Gretzky scored two goals and assisted on the Winner by Lee Fogolin with left in the Edmon tons leading Point scorer with scored his 22nd goal of the season with 35 seconds left in the second period to Cut the Leafs Lead to 31 and inspire the oilers in which they scored six goals in the final Rick Vaive scored his 22nd goal for Kings whalers 4 Marcel Dionne snapped a 44 tie at of the third Rookie de Fen semen Mickey Volcan and Stuart Smith scored their first nil goals for the whalers in a Span of 22 seconds moments earlier to even the score at but 20 seconds after Smiths Doug Halward sent Dionne in for a oilers Gretzky honoured Montreal a Wayne 19yearold Edmonton oilers has been named the National hockey league player of the Gretzky scored three goals and had seven assists in three games for the week that ended on