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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, June 21, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June the stars and stripes a sports British bookies expect Mcenroe to be unbeatable at by Andrew Warshaw England a Mcenroe May have lost four competitive matches this but in the View of Brit ish no one will touch him at the 1985 All England Tennis championships that get under Way Here on the women the Wimbledon seedlings committee took the unprecedented step of installing Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert Lloyd As joint top seed for the singles the first time the commit tee had been unable to announce a Clear pre tournament bidding for his fourth Wimb Ledon singles Crown in five will be the Oddson favorite at 4to9 when he Steps onto Center court to face Australia Peter Mcnamara in the first the tempestuous Lethander already has been beaten this year at the tournament of champions in new the act finals in the world team cup in West most in where he failed in his bid to become the first american since 1955 to win the French the 25yearold new yorker lost Only three times All last so his record this season stands at its still an impressive and according to the bookies the top seeded Mcenroe once again will come into his own on the famed grass courts of the worlds most coveted grand slam 2 seed Ivan Lendl of czech Oslo yet to show a champions touch on comes next in the betting at 5 followed by Sweden Mats i Lander who beat Lendl in the final of the French open played on slow Clay earlier this if form is anything to go a 17 year old unseeded West German could cause one of the biggest upsets in the history of the tournament and win the first Boris already being hailed As the Best Prospect since Mcenroe him comes fourth in the betting at 12 even though he does not figure among the 16 last Becker won his first grand prix title at the pre Wimbledon Queens club event in West picked up and moved up to 20 in the world Beckers big serve and Al court game had his opponents reeling on the Bowcut and Johan whom he beat in straight sets in the said afterwards if he plays like that every Day at he can win the Tournai he has one of the Best serves i have Ever but on top of his he hits some incredible Kriek Becker plays american Hank Pfister in the opening and the first seed he could meet is Sweden Joakim nys a Cla court specialist with no proven record at its not so unusual for an unseeded see Wimbledon on Page 29 mets Gooc Fen Blanks cubs end hawkins7 Streak by the associated press Andy baseballs hottest pitch was finally and perhaps it was fitting that the games hottest Home run Pedro was the Man who brought him who had won his first 11 Deci served up a Lead off Home run to who has hit 10 of his 14 homers in to Start a four run los Angeles dodger rally in the Bottom of the seventh inning that resulted in a 51 Victory Over the san Diego in never going to forget this Hawkins said wednesday this has been a very big part of my its been a dream come i was relatively unknown until and Ive basically been picked apart for the past five or six weeks and its been now i wont have to Deal with you Guys the another of the National leagues Premier new Yorks Dwight was hanging on for dear but he worked out of a ninth inning Jam and pitched the mets to a 10 Victory Over the slumping Chicago i was just missing the Guerrero said of the first two games of the dodgers showdown with the whom they Trail by four games in the no there was nothing i was still swinging the Bat Jerry earned the allowing Only three hits Over seven Ken Howell pitched the final two innings for his seventh enjoyed the Best Start by no Roundup up photo Pedro Guerrero brings Down Andy Hawkins a National league Pitcher since when Elroy face went 170 for Pittsburgh in route to a 191 after Guerrero broke a 11 tie with his Lead off the dodgers got runs Cor ing hits from Dave Anderson and Pinch hitter Reynolds and scored another on an error by san Diego left fielder car Melo at Shea Gooden was but manager Davey John son had seen enough of his bullpen recently to determine that the mets would live or die with their Ace it was his game to win or said mindful of a recent 16 Road trip during which new Yorks bullpen was to tally if id have taken him out in that they have lynched they the largest Shea stadium crowd in nearly eight years might after surrendering hits to Keith Moreland and Ryne Sandberg to Start the got Leon Durham and Richie Hebner on pop then ended the game by striking put Thad Bosley to hand the cubs their eighth straight now has three six Complete games and a personal four game winning he struck out walked two and scattered six hits in lower ing his major league leading earned run average to he also leads the majors with 125 the mets have beaten the cubs on three Complete game the first two by Ron Darling and de the last time the mets did that was in with Jerry Jon Matlack and Tom Seaver the the mets got their Only run off Scott in the fourth Keith Hernandez walked and moved to third on a double by Gary after Danny see no on Page 27 new York shuts out Baltimore by United press International the new York Yankees arc making Earl Weaver wish hed never left his vegetable after a 214year Weaver re turned As manager of the Baltimore Ori Oles last Friday and promptly guided his club to three successive victories Over the Milwaukee then the Yankees came to town and promptly took some Luster off weavers achievement by sweeping a three game be the Yankees we rent exactly cordial i in two of those victories they american league dubbed the orioles including wednesday nights in glad were playing like we said whose club hits the Road for nine de pitched a six hitter for his first shutout of the season and Ron Hassey hit a pair of homers to spark the Yankees Hassey led off the second and third innings with Home the first time in his career he had two in the same new York jumped to a 20 Lead in the first Rickey who reached base 14 of 16 times in the and Ken Griffey opened the game with Henderson stole second after his walk and both runners advanced on a wild pitch by starter Dennis Don Mattingly sacrifice Fly scored Dave Winfields single sent Griffey to third and Scott Bradley Fol Lowed with a single to score the Yankees scored four times in the Sec Hassey led off with a Home Mike Pagliarulo singled and Bobby Mcacham and Henderson followed with walks to Load the Ken Dixon relieved and Griffey singled to score matting Lys second sacrifice Fly scored Winfield followed with a single to score Hen making it elsewhere in the Al White sox As 7 Chicago Rick Lang Fords wild pitch with one out in the Bottom of the 12th inning enabled Rookie Ozzie Guillen to score from second base to give Chicago the Chicago tied the Garnoc in the ninth with two Carlton Fisk slugged a two run Homer and Greg Walker hit a Solo Dave Kingman hit a pair of three run homers and drove in six runs for the Blue jays Brewers 1 Milwaukee George Bell hit a two run triple to highlight a three run third inning that led Toronto to Jim was the Winner while Bill Caudill notched his 10th Pete fuck took the royals twins 2 Kansas Hal Mcrae belted a Solo Homer in the eighth inning to see Al on Page 27 Breland stops Dejesus in second for 50 pro record Mark Dis playing More right handed Power than in his previous pro scored two second round knockdowns wednesday night and stopped Dario Dejesus at of the the 1984 olympic welterweight improved to 50 with two Knock outs As a Dejesus fell to Breland made use of his height advantage and took control with his left Jab from the the 6foot2 new yorker chased Dejesus in the first round and opened a Cut under the Miami boxers right de Jesus threw few punches and constantly circled the a left Jab followed by a straight right put Dejesus Down near the ropes Midway through the second he got up at the count of but a Breland flurry chased Dejesus across the and a right upper Cut sat him Down in Breland Deje sus Rose at but referee Larry hazzard would not let him it was the second straight second round knockout by who was criticized after his first three pro fights went the full six wednesdays fight was Breland first scheduled Breland will fight again july 20 in nor an opponent has not been Tracy two time new York Golden Glove Champion and the adopted son of former heavyweight Champion Floyd Pat made his pro debut with a four round unanimous decision Victory Over Ray Doughty on the  
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