European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June the stars and stripes Page 23 whatever happened to fun in sports by Hal Bock a sportswriter the carnage was frightening 38 375 injured a horrible toll in human this was not some mine explosion or skyscraper fire or any of the other disasters that too often pock Mark our this was a soccer and that what makes it even More we seem to be allowing sports to slip away from too athletic events become a Jekyll Hyde trans formation changing from a recreational recharging of the human spirit into something ugly and the Brussels tragedy was simply an exclamation punctuating a continuing Litany of depressing the sports Page is beginning to resemble a lice a crowded police former North Carolina state quarterback Percy Moorman was sentenced last week to prison for the rape last August of a female no state basketball player Chris Washburn was convicted of burglary in the the University of Florida was stripped of its South Eastern conference football championship because it is serving a two year probation sentence imposed by the the gators won All those it after bending recruiting rules just a Little too commentary baseball held its breath As a Federal grand jury in Pittsburgh handed up indictments in a drug trafficking about a dozen major league players were called before the grand commissioner Peter Ueberroth is so nervous about drugs that he announced a mandatory testing policy for All baseball except the major league who Are of limits to him in this what will happen tomorrow what is there left to happen weve had a College Point shaving scandal that has Cost Tulane University its basketball weve had the san Diego padres and California Angels report players Only to have them sur face later in drug rehabilitation in an Arena designed for Leisure and weve had too much bad news whatever happened to fun fun int having half the Tiger stadium bleachers chant curses at the other half and then wait for the obscene that Why Detroit general manager Jim Campbell has closed the letting the club lose admissions per game rather than expose the rest of the stadium to that sophomoric fun int paying top Price for a scat at an event and then having a Bunch of Bacr Bravo crazies spoil the game for you with their that Why the Atlanta Minnesota Pittsburgh pirates and Chicago cubs have introduced family sections in their ballparks this allowing fans to concentrate on the game instead of the grandstand Fol other teams Are trying different marketing Jow alcohol Beer or cutting off sales after the seventh there vending dollars still to be no matter what the Price in fan near Beer hardly seems the no Beer might the soccer riot was triggered by misplaced apparently fuelled by an excess of fury raged Between English and italian people died because of and the so frightened by the whole were afraid that postponing the game would Lead to More so they played and the Only goal in the game be tween the English Liverpool team and the italian jul ventus of Turin team in the european championship cup game was scored by Michel in View of the raving nationalism that Fig ured in the Michel Platini is Angels beat tigers Chison crush royals from press dispatches Detroit a two out single by Bob Boone drove in Ruppert Jones with the tie breaking run in the seventh inning As the California Angels Defeated the Detroit tigers 63 Friday Jones Drew a Lead off walk off Jack moved to second on Jerry Narrows grounder and scored on Boones single to the rally made a Winner of Pat who came on with one put in the fifth and worked 1 innings in Relief of starter Kirk Donnie Moore pitched the last striking out to pick up his Lith Morris gave up Only six hits but the tigers committed four errors behind leading to two unearned he struck out six and walked in other Al games Friday White sox royals 3 Chicago Home runs by Ron Luis Tim Hulett and Carlton Fisk powered Chicago Over Kansas the White sox have hit nine Home runs in winning their last three powering out of a batting slump that had produced a seven game losing Fisk has homered four times in the three wins and has 12 this Blue jays indians 2 Toronto Damaso Garcia and Ranee Mulliniks each drove in two powering Toronto Over it was Toronto ninth Victory in its last 10 Brewers twins 4 Minneapolis Cecil Cooper hit a three run triple in the seventh inning As Milwaukee handed Minnesota its ninth straight Rookie Ted pitched 7 innings and earned his second win against Minnesota in less than a he lost his bid for a shutout in the eighth when the twins rallied to score four Rollie fingers came on to earn his eighth Yankees mariners 3 new York Don Baylor Hom ered and drove in three and Dave Winfield and Andre Roberston added Solo homers As new York Defeated Seattle had taken an Early 30 Lead american league off Yankee starter de Rookie Brian relieved in the fifth inning and stopped the mariners the rest of the Winfield and Baylor started the Yankee comeback off Mark Lanston with consecutive Home runs after two were out in the third rangers red sox 1 Boston buddy Bell led off the eighth inning with a tie breaking Home run to lift Texas Over Lethander Mike Al Lowed five hits Over before being replaced by Dave who earned his third Bell lined a 10 pitch from right hander Al Over the 379 foot Mark in Center for his fourth Homer of the it was Bells 12th career Home run in but his first since orioles As 2 Baltimore Eddie Murray drove in two runs with a pair of doubles and Lenn Sakata hit a Solo Home run As Baltimore Defeated with the orioles trailing 20 in the fourth Murray hit his first rib double following a Lead off walk to Cal Ripken Gary Roenicke doubled off the right foot of Pitcher Bill Krueger to drive in then came around to score the godhead run on a passed Ball by Mike Heath and Fred Lynns infield Sakata hit his first Homer leading off the a Fielding error by third base Man Carney followed by an other Murray rib made it 52 and finished two walks off reliever Steve Mcclat one loaded the bases and Murray scored on a sacrifice Fly by Fritz Larry sheets doubled Home another run in the Dennis who departed after five innings because of tenderness in his right allowed All five Oakland hits in the first three Nate Snell pitched the final four innings to notch his second Dusty with 21 Bis on 22 hit his fifth Homer in the Oakland cards top reds on Cox 2hifter from press dispatches Louis Danny Cox pitched a perfect game for 7 innings then settled for a two hitter Friday night in leading the Louis cardinals to a 50 Victory Over the Cincinnati Jack Clark slugged a two run Homer and Tom Herr drove in three runs to spark the cardinals did not allow a base runner until Dave Concepcion singled with two out in the until Concepcion sin Cox had allowed Only four balls to be hit out of the Ron Oester also singled in the eighth for the reds other the cardinals took a 30 Lead when they sent eight men to the plate in the third inning against former Cardinal John Vince Coleman and Willie Mcgee led off with singles and then pulled off a double Herr lofted a sacrifice Fly to Center to score Coleman and Clark followed with his 10th Home run of the Louis added two runs off reliever Frank Pastore in the sixth to make it Herr lashed a two run single to Center Field to score Coleman and both of whom had in other no games Friday cubs astros 2 Houston Chicago Keith More land hit a three run Homer to highlight a four run 10th inning and rally the cubs past Bob Dernier led off the Chicago 10th with a single off loser Dave and went to third on a single by Ryne Davey Lopes then singled to Center Field to score Dernier with the tie breaking braves pirates 2 Pittsburgh Rafael Ramirez singled Home two runs to Cap a four run fourth inning that lifted Atlanta Over the braves batted around in the fourth to break a 22 tie and win for Only the third time in their last 10 Terry Harper added his fourth Homer for two runs in the padres mets 3 san Diego carmelo Martinez hit a Solo Homer and drove in the game win Ning run with a Surprise bunt single in the eighth inning As san Diego beat new National league a photo Danny Cox pitched a perfect innings cookie Wilson tied the game 33 with his first Homer in the top of the Steve Garvey led off the Bottom of the inning with a single off reliever Doug giants Phillies 3 san Francisco third baseman Rick playing in his first National league made a damaging error in the top of the seventh but belted a three run Homer in the Bottom of the inning to give the san Francisco giants a 43 Victory Over the Philadelphia Phillies Friday Winner Mike allowed four hits in eight dodgers expos 0 los Angeles Mike Marshall cracked a three run double in the first in Ning to Back Rick Honeycutte and Tom Niedenfuer combined six hitter and Power los Angeles Over Bill took the Leav ing after two innings because of a pulled Groin