European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes january 1981 Lietzke swings into Hope Lead Palm a Bruce finished off a 6undcrpar 66 with a blistering 30 on the Back nine including two eagles and moved into 2shot control thursday in the second round of the 500 Bob Hope desert Golf one of the games brighter Young players and Winner of at least one title in each of lie last four put together a 36holc total of 13 shots under Par for this Marathon 90holc he made his move with eagles on both par5 holes on the Back nine at la Jack remained in solid Contention with a 67 at Tough Tama risk and had a 135 total after playing the two toughest of the four desert courses used in this unique Jerry like lick Zyc playing his Sec Ond round at la shot a 67 in the Ideal playing conditions sunny temperatures in the mid70s and no wind and was alone in second at Bill a former Champion Here and Winner of an important japanese tournament Over the had the Days Best a 65 at Indian and joined Dave Edwards and Nicklaus in a tic for third at Edwards shot a 68 at la Quin the format for this event Calls for each pro to play one round on each of four new elected to Hof each Day with a different three Man team of after four Days and 72 the Field will be Cut for the pros Only final round at Bermuda Holder of a record 17 major professional titles and a record setting win Ner of the open and pea last season in one of the games great has played the two courses generally considered the toughest of the la Quinta and he was to be at Indian Wells Friday and play the last 36 holes at Bermuda i played very Well he i turn a a very Low round into a pretty darn Good it was a Good score but it could have been much said who i awaking an unusually Early tied at 136 was a Sta loaded group that included Lee Ben Ray Doug Lee eld George Jay Haas and Mark Haas shot a Floyd and elder 69s and Floyd All at where former president Gerald Ford and most of the show business celebrities also were play Burns had a 68 and Lye 69 at la Quin Snead shot a 70 at Indian Wells and Crenshaw 68 at Bermuda Bob who had a share of the first round and defending Champion Craig Stadler were at Gibson re cafes difficult Early Days of his career continued from Page 21 when someone asked me a ques i told them what i thought and they didst always like a lot of writers thought i was a lot of players thought i was that the Way i that the Way i grew i grew up fighting a lot of you want me to kiss a baby if 1 want to do Gibson said the indignities he experienced As a Young Black Man breaking into baseball in the late 1950s toughened he said the unfortunate racial incidents stretched Back even farther than his major league 1 remember when i first started playing baseball and basketball at Creighton uni he i was i went to a game and we were Halfway to Tulsa on the bus and the coach told me i had to stay behind at a hotel on the other Side of the i started crying because i was 1 told him that i have come if 1 had known that and he said that he that Why he didst Tell Gibson recalled another incident that remained with the first time i got into a Cardinal uni form i had a certain seat on the he two or three Guys tried to rough me its not sour those things teach you in those Days you had to fight things in addition to fighting Mickey Mantle and Willie who retired in finished his career with a 251174 record with a he struck out one of Only four pitchers to strike out More than he five times won 20 games and went 72 in the world All seven victories in a he appeared in six ail Star games and missed another because of Gibson will be formally inducted at the shrine in along with one player and one executive to be named in March by the special committee on old if it had not been for a quirk of the Louis he May never have made it to the Hall of when i signed in he i was a Good outfielder and a pretty Good the cardinals didst have much of a pitch ing so no matter who you they asked you to be a i figured there were Only two spots in the Outfield and 10 so i said i hated the four Days Between i guess that Why i started agitating my angry Borg ousts Mcenroe continued from Page 21 consecutive Points on his own and except for the opening game of the match when he was broken by Connors never yielded More than two Points in any service in not just satisfied to make the Semi Connors i won this tournament before and Ive been in the semis be to get into the semis is an easy but once you get into the semis you know the other Are playing Good Tennis and theres More pressure on although the semifinalists were deter mined in the first two the round Robin will continue with four matches of Little about All that is at be sides personal is the that will go to the two group leaders and the determination of the semifinal each semifinalist is guaranteed at least the Winner of sundays final will earn and the runner up a photo Philadelphia Julius Erving laughs As he outta Nevers Milwaukee Mickey Johnson Mark reached thursday night by mixers Star Johnson helps fire Bucks Over 76ers by the associated press Marques Johnson said it May have been the Milwaukee Bucks most important Vic tory of the they achieved it because a Likely super Star of the future upstaged one of the pre Johnson poured in 24 but it was Sidney Moncrief who ignited the Bucks by scoring All but four of his 22 Points in the second Moncrief also shackled Phila Delphias Brilliant Julius Erving in the closing minutes As the Bucks held on for a 113110 the with the Best record in the National basketball had a six game winning Streak broken despite a Milestone 28point Effort by who has Points in nine professional sea who received a standing ovation from the capacity crowd of when his feat was became the 13th player in pro basketball history to score Wilt Chamberlain leads with Erving said he was Happy to have sur passed but would have preferred to do it at Home and in a winning i feel very fortunate to be one of the players with the Talent and skills to accomplish that he but if we achieve what we can As a everybody will attain his own individual tonight we didst play Well As a he we gave Milwaukee too Many easy baskets off the transition game and let them push the Ball up court too Sidney Moncrief had a great game for Hes a bonafide Star who could Start for almost any other the Bucks have won two of three games with the 76ers this and atoned for a 136121 thrashing in the teams last meeting in Milwaukee the 136 Points were the most allowed by the Bucks in a game this its great to beat Philly because they really took it to us and embarrassed us last Johnson i had a lot of people play absolutely Bucks coach Don Nelson Aba Roundup and Ive got to single out Sidney which i dont normally he was so Strong on both i put him on a Guy i wanted to shut Down Andrew and i finally put him on Doc Erving and got two steals out of Nelson the great thing about Moncrief is he can have an of night but you know hell always be there at the tonight he was there All the bullets pistons Elvin Hayes scored 22 of his 28 Points in the second half and Kevin Porter had 16 of 25 in the final two periods to Pace the who despite the absence of four including starters Wes Unseld and Bob it was Detroit seventh straight
