European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports a photo White sons Scott Fletcher fires to first Oakland Carney Lansford fails to prevent double play Heisman Winner leaves Usel Blyleven baffles California again with four hitter by Joe Illuzzi up sportswriter because Bert Blyleven pitches so Well against youd think the Angels would pick up All the hints the Cleveland right Bander has been firing at Blyleven tossed a four hitter and struck out 10 monday night in posting his second Victory Over the Angels in six the 34yearold who lives in Villa openly has been seeking a Way out of and its no secret hed love to pitch for the for me it feels Good anytime i beat the said the 14year who re corded his fourth straight Complete game and ninth Overall with the 21 i was brought up Here an Angel but now in an indians i have a lot of family out and i enjoy pitching i think a lot of it has to do with the mental i know every time i go there Are eight Guys who Are going to bust their buns for in just Happy i won i cant control somebody else in his Outing last wednesday against the blanked Cali fornia on three i thought Blyeven pitched better today than when he shut us out his last said California manager Gene we All know what Blyleven is capable the Angels picked up former Montreal Pitcher Steve Rogers to help Bol Ster their a perennial sore Rogers is currently pitching for the an gels triple club in Edmonton and will probably be called up later in the season for the Pennant the addition of Blyeven would make California a Formida ble team in the Al Joe Carter snapped a 11 tie with an eighth inning Home run to help the Indi ans break a fou game losing Streak and defeat Angels starter Jim elsewhere in the majors monday red sox tigers 2 Boston Bill Marty bar baseball Roundup Glenn Hoffman and Jim Rice each drove in two runs powering the red Dennis Oil can fired a six hitter in completing his american league leading 10th game despite walking eight Walt took the Rice hit his 13th White sox As 1 Harold Baines drove in three runs with a sacrifice Fly and a and Dan Spillner tossed innings of scoreless Relief to help the White sox snap a fou game losing spill Ner improved to Tim Birtsas slipped to Yankees orioles 4 new York Joe Cowley allowed six hits Over eight and Willie ran Dolph singled Home the winning run in the eighth inning to spark the cow struck out Brian Fisher pitched the ninth for his third Dennis took the royals twins 6 Minneapolis designated hitter Hal Mcrae paced a five Homegun attack with a pair of homers and five Lead ing the Jim Darryl Motley and Lonnie Smith also homered for Kansas Tom Brunansky hit his 17th Homer for mariners rangers 0 Seattle Frank wills and Edwin Nunez combined on a five hitter and Phil Bradley clubbed his 11 the Home run to lift the mariners to their fourth straight astros dodgers 4 los Angeles Kevin Bass smashed a three run and Glenn Davis cracked his first Homer of the season to Pace the As Joe walked hit three batters and had three wild but got the Jerry Reuss fell to Pedro Guerrero blasted his 13th Homer of the month and 17th of the of sign contract with Nils oilers Philadelphia a running Back Mike the 1983 Heisman Tro Phy Winner who signed with the United states football is jumping to the National football leagues Houston oilers under a fou year contract Worth an Esti mated his agent attorney Art Wilkinson said at a news conference monday that the former University of Nebraska Al american had bought out his multiyear contract with the a sols Jacksonville bulls to join the Oil in new nil spokesman Dick Maxwell said Rozier is free to sign with the oilers immediately because we have re viewed his and found that he is free of any contract the oilers and Rozier have been await ing nil clearance to sign before an 1 guideline Date designed to ensure that Usel players were free of other contractual Houston obtained nil rights to Rozier in a 1984 supplemental draft of Usel he was the 2 pick behind Brig Ham Young quarterback Steve Young of the los Angeles Wilkinson said Jacksonville attempted to retain Rozier with an offer that included million in real the Down payment was to the Issue was not enough Wilkinson adding that it was decided to go with the Safe Money from Wilkinson said Rozier Felt glad about the Opportunity to play in the Usel this year and prove he could he did he feels like he can come in and be every bit As Good a running Back As Earl Camp Bell was at and he was at Nebras a former Heisman Winner from the University of led the nil in Rushing his first three seasons and spent More than six seasons with the oilers before a 1984 Trade to new Wilkinson admitted that Rozier had turned Down a million oilers offer in be cause it involved a deferred payment schedule with the final payment in it was not acceptable because we would have had to buy out our contract with Pitts Burgh of the Usel for the Pittsburgh mailers still were in existence at the of won the Maxwell and Walter Camp trophies in when he set Nebraska and big eight conference Rushing he then signed with the mailers and played with them in under a personal service contract with team owner Edward de handicapped by ankle he had a subpar season his year in the mailers folded after the 1984 he rushed for Yards and 12 touch Downs this season and scored three More ads on pass Rozier caught 50 passes for 366 Wilkinson said Debartolo owed Rozier million under their personal services and they finally convinced Debar Tolo to buy out the pact for a bit less than How could we pass up the nil again granted this was somewhat of a he could have had a second poor and we might have no bargaining Power at All with the we knew that would not be the Mike was now and he had some thing to a photo Mike Rozier former Nebraska Star
