European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes May 1985 Kite ties tog leads Zoeller by 4 a Tom Kite matched the course and tournament record with an 8underpar 64 and established a 4 stroke Lead thursday in the first round of the Mon tournament of kites playing partner in the warm open titleholder fuzzy birdied the last two holes for a 68 and was second alone in the elite held that brings together Only the winners of pea tour events from the last 12 australian Greg Wayne Mark Mccumber and Lanny Wadkins were next at 69 in the 27man this was kind of a said who spread nine 3s across his card and made his Only bogey on the 18th Hole at the la Costa country club As you i Haven been playing too Well he this was kind of like a baby learning to Ive been Lucky that i Haven had Many slumps in my said generally acknowledged As one of the games most most consistent i can say this one is defending Champion Tom a 3 time Winner could do no better than a Jack Nicklaus bogeyed two of the par5 holes and shot pea Champ Lee Trevino had the same masters Nam Ponhold or Bernhard Langer of Germany struggled to a 76 and was last in the Calvin who has taken two titles this season and last year won the Vardon trophy for the Low stroke became the first Man in the 33year history of this tournament to be who took an undetermined num Ber of putts on the fifth told tour official Glen Tait he was unsure of the score he had on the his playing part Ner and Curtis said he did not know peeves score on the when i asked he a i hit it once when it was so that i hit it twice when it was so that Tait in the Tait said Peete was unable to definitely determine the number of strokes he had on the Hole and so was seve Ballesteros of the British open is not in the seniors Section of the in which nine winners from the seniors tour Are chasing in prize 55yearold australian Peter Thomson Bir died three holes in a Row in a 70 that gave him a 2shot a Lucky Start made the said a Stime British open Champion who has won three of the last four tournaments Hes played on the seniors he pointed to a Bunker shot that he holed for a Birdie on the third you Hope to get you should get it but when it goes that Thomson Arnold Palmer and Dan Sikes shared second at Par defending Champion or Ville Moody shot who said he spent most of last week working with his Peter had it two under Par for the Day when he made his big starting on the eighth he scored from about 20 feet made a 30footer on the next Hole and a 25 footer on the he pitched to four feet on the made the then holed a 15footer on a photo toc Leader Tom Kite nine threes across his card the putt that put him nine under on the Kite got to eight under Par with an 18 it was followed by his Only when foot putt on the 15th and had the course he drove into a Fairway Bunker on the record in his grasp with a 10to12foot Reserve clause gave players identity by Fred Mcmane new York up remember when you could Tell which team a baseball player was on without having to do research Ernie Banks was always Mickey Mantle gloried in being a Ted Williams wore red sox throughout his entire the Reserve clause May have been medieval in concept but it made players much easier to ask fans what is the one thing that annoys them most about today game and chances Are  say its the constant switching of teams by players who have played out their options and sold themselves to the highest bidder in the free agent fans want to be Able to identify with their but the Way players today move from place to place like army brats makes that increasingly More for Bruce Sutler and Rich two of baseballs Premier Relief have twice played put their options and moved on to new each time leaving behind disgruntled fans angry at both management for let Ting the player go and the player himself for wanting to things May be recent signings of Star players indicate More of a willingness by club owners to keep a player under con tract until the end of his the Kansas City Roy for recently signed George Willie Wilson and Dan Quisenberry to lifetime Jim Rice also figures to be in a red sox uniform for the remainder of his the 32yearold who has spent his entire 11year major league career with signed a five year contract last february with an option for to make him feel even More he was named team the Atlanta braves also gave a six year contract that included deferred payments for the next 36 years and the Louis cardinals wrapped up Allstar shortstop Ozzie for the next five years and included in their Deal an Opportunity for the shortstop to Purchase a lucrative Anheuser Busch Beer distributorship at a fair Market Price at the end of his the Case of Wilson and Quisenberry is unique in today All have spent their entire careers with the royals in All will spend the rest of their baseball Days with the received a five year Extension plus two option years that could tie him up through by then he will be nearly the club also guaranteed him front office employment after his playing received a fou year Extension to a contract that still had two years to run and the club tagged on 10 option years that could bind him through the year got a fou year Extension plus five option years that could bind him through we cant afford to lose these royals co owner Ewing Kauffman said on the Day the signings we think we need if we didst sign they become free agents and our attendance would drop like we have to keep these players or were lifetime contracts could become the new trend in i have been approached with some very sophisticated insurance plans where you could make Lon term con tracts stretch i dont know whether you Call them lifetime contracts or but Ive seen some of those plans that look said Howard president of the Minnesota czechs from Page 25 hockey and this tournament was no they had missed five earlier opportunities in the game when Darius rus Nak finally struck at in the third Peri trailing 24 and the crowd singing mis Tri champions the canadians knew time was running the canadians refused to and Scott Stevens pulled one Back at after a scramble in front of czech goalie Jiri with the seconds ticking Canadian coach Doug Carpenter finally pulled Riggin for an extra that left the Canad an net unoccupied and yawning with a min Ute and a half but pulling the goalie Seldom works it did not this time just 23 seconds later Jiri Lala scored an empty Netter for the final we have played against Many Canadian teams with More illustrious but this team was the toughest weve said czechoslovakian coach Ludek whose team had tied Canada correction the stars and stripes incorrectly reported the site of saturdays air Force baseball doubleheader Between Ramstein and sem the twin Bill will take place at sem Bach at 1 44 in the preliminary this was an extremely Tough Tournai probably the toughest i have expert Czechoslovakia had been written off As Gold medal contenders after finishing fourth in a three Way tie with the and Canada in the preliminary their emotion filled 21 win in the medal round opener Over the soviet defending world champions who had finished the first part of the tourney with a perfect 70 record proved to be the key to their the czechs then came from one goal Down to whip the 112 in the second medal round they deserved to they played very Well and very said Canadian coach Doug Abc from Page 25 and Only scoring a 221 game that what happened to Michael tedrow of who sandwiched opens in the first two frames and an open in the tenth around seven straight last year they were known As the Hei Delberg this year Treyve cleaned up their they Are now known As the the quartet of Bob Gary Jerry Lester and Jerry Steele Are All Guy and Stuttgart Roscoe Guffey were the Only bowlers to throw three straight deuces for 600 series