European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Long Driver with no smile Bill Glasson reminds me of Ben not his his its big poker face All Day one of the photographers asked the Good looking 25yearold Glasson to loosen up a Little and maybe give him a smile after he came in with his even Par 70 after it want As if he was on his Way to the he had parred a positively unforgiving Oakland Hills course Only a few minutes placing him right up there with the open first round the Way Glasson gritted his youd think he was going to the before you go passing sentence on maybe you would t be turning any cartwheels either if the doctors said you had to walk around with braces on both without whose mobility is limited and who has been cautioned against walking too be Able to play certainly not on the where the competitors Arent permitted to use carts and the Hills would be too much for him without those Glasson has had three operations on his left knee one on his right and also has been told he needs now you see Why he Doest smile too i know i he whenever in on my Mother always says to Why dont you smile i dont have that much to smile about and that what i Tell in trying to smile Glasson has to be considered one of the More dangerous Young Lions on two counts his Yard average made him the longest Driver on the pea circuit last although this is Only his Sec Ond year on the tour he won the Kemper open two weeks ago and stands 17th on the Money winning by Hes a Little weary answering All those questions about his knee problems which Are All re lated to injuries he suffered playing baseball and basketball in High the doctors say it would be better if i didst walk too much or play he said in answer to a ques Tion about his theres no More cartilage in my left i was 16 when it went out on me the first time while i was playing i planted it trying to get traction and the Guy went around the braces i Wear playing Golf Are constructed with elastic and fiber supports and i try to get them off As soon As i finish i try not to play More than two or three tournaments a Row and in not Able to do a whole lot after r come off the i can do certain things All but not for i can get from a car into a but i cant go shopping because of All the i used to dance a no Glasson Knees Hurt him after he finished thurs Days round but he foresees no problem unless theres a marked change in the weather Over the next few cold weather makes them a Little he other than theres what i like about Glasson is the Way he plays Down his golfing doing it without being falsely and then goes out and tears up the course As he did thursday with his Ive never played greens like this one he people ask me about the 1 Tell emits too hard for i was just fortunate enough today to hit the Ball in the right he got the inevitable question in the interview did he think he could win i didst think i could win the he the open is another but dont get me its an Honor to play in in an american in everything i Glasson explained what he meant by 1 didst want to Hurt anyone feelings by saying the open Doest mean More to me than any other he i didst want anyone to take that statement As being Una Merican because that want what i was trying to what i meant is i dont feel any More pressure in the open than i go through every Glasson said All that with a perfectly straight he never smiled even United press International three oilers my named to nil Allstar team Toronto a Center Wayne defens Eman Paul Coffey and right Wing Jari kurd of the Stanley cup Champion Edmonton oilers were named thursday to the National hockey leagues Allstar Gretzky was a unanimous Choice for the selected by 59 members of the professional hockey writers it was the fifth consecutive season in which the 24yearold Gretzky was named to the first he made the second team in his first year of nil behind Marcel in Gretzky has won the scoring title the last five years and the most valuable player award in each of his six nil who won the Norris trophy As the leagues Best defens Eman for was joined by Bostons Ray Bourque on the speedy Coffey was fifth in the scoring race with 121 35 Points More than it was the first time Coffey was voted to the first team he was on the second team for three straight Bourque made first team for the fourth time and was a second Teamer in two other kurd also received an individual the lady Yng trophy for most gentlemanly As Gretzky right he scored 71 goals and 135 second in the kurd made the second team last Philadelphia goalie Pelle Lindbergh and Detroit left Wing John Ogrodnick were the other Lindbergh led the flyers to the Best re Cord in the league during the season and had the most he also won the Vezina trophy As most valuable Ogrodnick made an Allstar squad for the first he was the red wings leading scorer with 55 goals and 105 placing him seventh the second team had buffaloes Tom bar Rasso in Rod Langway of Washington and Doug Wilson of Chicago on Winnipeg Dale Hawer Chuk at and new York islanders Mike Bossy on right Wing and John Tonelli on left from Page 21 de his modest hitting Streak to six in the minors i once had an 18game hit Ting Streak of two or More but nothing like said now batting it also was the first Homer had Given up this mets manager Dave Johnson said he went to Orosco in the eighth because he thought Lynch was he is my Best Relief Jesse is usually effective even if he works two nights in a and last night was the Best Ive seen him pitch All Johnson i was looking for him to pitch the same Way Rookie John Christensen led the mets with two hits and drove in three Juan Samuel hit a Home his fifth of the for the Phillies leading off the Bottom of the Mike Schmidt also had a run scoring Pinch hitter Tim Corcoran drove in another with a sacrifice in other no action cardinals pirates 1 Pittsburgh efficient Louis got Only two Jack Clarks 13th Home in the second and a seventh inning rib double by Tito that making the most out of the Landrum you might not see a game like this again for a John scattered six hits Over innings before Jeff Lahti came on to strike out exc ardinal George Hendrick on three pitches for his fourth Ive been struggling this year but i feel like Ive gotten into a Groove the last Cou ple of times said he has won three straight his Only blemish was Jason Thompsons eighth in the reds braves 2 Atlanta Eddie Milner was just trying to hit the Ball hard when he stroked a run scoring single to break a 22 tie and Start a seven run Cincinnati rally in the Lith the reds had been held to Only one hit Dave parkers 10th a two run shot in the fourth inning Over the first eight innings by Rookie Steve they managed one More off three relievers before breaking the game open with seven singles swoon the infield and one a Blooper in the they All Milner said of the hits in the final Dave who earlier had extended his hitting Streak to 14 started the inning with a single off Gene he scored one out later on miners liner to Cincinnati starter Jay Tibbs pitched 7 Strong John the third Pitcher for the retired six braves in order Over the last two innings to up his record to expos cubs 7 Montreal Terry Francona rarely gets to Start at first base for so he tries to make the most of his limited Opp Ortu he didst fail As he and Hubie Brooks each had two hits and drove in two when you dont play that often you try to at least get in Good a bats and hit the Ball hard Francona you try to make your presence known in a positive Bryn pitched innings As the expos moved to within two games of Chicago in the no Jeff Reardon retired the final cub Batter for his 19th tops in the major Richie Hybner drove in three runs with a Pinch double in the Chicago Davey Lopes had three hits and his 21st stolen base for the padres giants 0 san Francisco san Diego manager Dick Williams didst hesitate to summon his stopper despite having what would normally be considered a Safe and starter Dave didst mind a weve got an outstanding be the Goose Rich Gossage has a great and it was an Ideal situation for said he hurled seven innings and combined with Gossage for a shutout for the second time in three the in their ninth shutout loss of the hit several line drives that were the padres turned the last one into their fourth double play of the in the ninth Dravecky also started a two run rally in the third inning with a Lead off single off Bill Laskey and scored the eventual winning run on a single by Steve Terry Kennedy drove in the innings second run with a Sacri fice Fly and carmelo Martinez closed out the scoring in the top of the sixth with his ninth Homer of the Weaver from Page 21 signing outfielders Lee Lacy and Fred Lynn and reliever Don the orioles won 18 of their first 27 games to take first place in the Al but have gone 1117 including losing the last Williams summoned Peters to his Washington Law office for a conference and Weaver entered into negotiations who was in the dark about his future for about 48 showed up at memorial stadium thursday morning in an Effort to determine his but Peters was at the meeting in i thought that this was a class opera but i guess i was sadly Altobelli said during a walking interview on the Way to Clear out some belongings from his clubhouse asked if he had been summoned to the Altobelli nobody asked i just thought it was the natural thing to Altobelli spent 14 years in the orioles farm the last 11 As a successful but he was barred from advancing to the orioles during the successful ten ure of Altobelli subsequently Man aged the san Francisco giants for three seasons before being fired near the end of the 1979 As an organization be was the Choice of Peters to succeed led the orioles to six Al East four american league pennants and a world series championship in Baltimore finished first or second in the division in 13 of his 15 partial or full sea sons and won 90 games or More 12 when he Weaver had the longest tenure with one club in major league history and was 17th in number of with he signed a three year contract to serve As a consultant and special assignment major league scout with the orioles starting in he resigned before the end of the season so he could serve As an Abc television commentator at the 1983 world be in which the orioles under Altobelli Defeated the Philadelphia
