European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                In w i no o i a no ainu o i Harco june Cox Blue jays Lack of stars a Blessing by John Nelson a sports writer the Toronto Blue jays in the words of manager Bobby a team with no no big and that a nobody knows its Cox 1 have to there getting to be known around the league a Little the reason for that is ominously up until a few of weeks the Blue jays were threatening to run away with what Many consider baseballs toughest Divi the american league they were threatening Todo what Detroit did in 1 dont think anybody will run away with this Cox its too but then i said that last since expansion in the Blue jays have made almost steady an indicator of the front office s commit ment to a Winner is in a payroll that has expanded from million in 1982 to about million this with the emergence of players such As Lloyd Willie Damaso Jesse Barfield and George a starting rotation anchored by Dave and a bullpen including Gary Lavelle and Bill the Blue jays no longer Are just an expansion club getting the said this so i can say it you have to respect this said the Blue jays second base were not the Cinderella club of 1980 and you take us for and we can make a Hole in any in some the Blue jays resemble the 1983 world series Champion Baltimore they use a similar system of interchangeable they display the same unselfishness and they go about their work without that the Best thing about this Garcia there Are no superstars As a the Blue jays Lead or Are among the league leaders in runs runs batted stolen slug Ging batting total bases and Fielding few individual team members rank among league leaders in anything the notable exceptions being Barfield with his 12 Home runs and Stieb with his earned run average of part of the reason for this Lack of individual stars is Coxs platoon Ranee Mulliniks and Garth Lorg share third Ernie Whitt and Buck Marti Nez Divide the catching duties and Len Matuszek and Jeff Burroughs split the designated hitters this is a but team with Good said the left handed reliever who was acquired from san Francisco last theres really no key player there Are a lot of talented players who have played together for matured Ogeth and they act As a certainly the single most dramatic improvement of the Blue jays this year was in the where Caudill and Lavelle have added a Quality right lefty Combina Tion few clubs but nearly All its important for any championship team to have More than one Lavelle if you depend on one theres always going to be a time during the season when he struggles a Little a slow if you have the other Guy can pick you weve got Good hitting with some Good defense and Good Lavelle you Combine All those kinds of and they make up a championship to obtain the Blue jays traded away pitchers Jim Gott and Jack Mcknight and infielder Augie to get they traded outfielder Dave Collins and infielder Alfredo Griffin to some say they might have Given up too especially in the Caudill wherever Cox one of the questions he must answer is about the strength of his it Hast been any Handicap so for one third of the weve been Good with what we Cox besides his platoon Cox also uses rookies Manny a and Louis an Thornton has been an and Lee catches every thing hit at Cox adding that he Doest need too Many Pinch hitters off file photo Bobby Cox leads Noname jays the Bench because Moseby and Upshaw both left handed hitters hit lefties so Cox said he is trying to keep his teams Early Success in weve played one third of a were de lighted to be in first but Ive been around Long enough to know that a lot can happen in that final the players Are not kidding Detroit won the division by 15 games Over Toronto last year after a 355 the Blue jays wont attempt such a anything can Garcia but i think what Detroit did last year was out of in a believer that this season will be decided in it will be trying for olympic recognition team Usa program open to bowlers by Chuck Vinch Munich Bureau chief Germany even if youre the Type of Bowler who Only Rolls three games a week in a local you have the Opportunity to become a member of the team that represents the United states in International Bowling Competition under a new program begun this the sponsored by the Ameri can Bowling Congress and the women International Bowling is called team according to Tom director of special projects for the new was in Augsburg this week acting As tournament director for the first annual Bowling championships of the Conseil International do sport the govern ing body for International military sports he said the team Usa concept is a Means to broaden the Pool of available Talent that the Abc and wisc use to select bowlers for the basical anyone who bowls in a league sanctioned by the Abc or who has a membership can potentially become a member of team were involved in quite a few International events Bowling was a demonstration sport in the last pan am and were pushing to get it into the olympics so we need Good bowlers to represent new in the the Abc and wisc has held trials every two years to select the he out of six men and six women were while that program worked new said the members of the team really we rent representative of the total Abc and wisc since the trials were open Only to the top finishers in National we want to give everyone a shot at he team Usa is a nationwide tournament which starts at the local Abc members Start with either a tournament at their local Bowling Center or with the scores from their local association they Progress through state and regional championships to the National with the Field being Nar rowed at each he said the with a smaller will probably not hold local and state Roll offs but will Start at the regional he added that the military will have its own qualifying Competition and will be seeded in the National new said team Usa and Competition such As the cism Bowling tournament Are part of the concerted Effort by the Abc and wisc to convince the International olympic committee that Bowling belongs in the olympic were hoping to make it a demonstration sport in the 88 games in and eventually a medal he but its a Long we have to convince the Ioc that Bowling is represented in a lot of countries around the that its not just a North american its a sales the Ioc has a problem in that there Are Only so Many sports that can be included in the when asked to compare Bowling As a potential olympic sport to such current olympic events As yachting and synchronized new laughs and no but he there Are a lot of people who feel consid ering some of the other sports they have in Bowling should be in he said bowlers often get rapped about whether or not there really in sure anyone who has seen the pro bowlers tour realizes there watching ath he the pros bowl hundreds of games a they Are definitely ath new said getting Bowling into the olympics involves convincing the Ioc that the sport has an International follow and i think things like the establish ment of the cism Bowling tournament and starting projects like team Usa will help do warriors match offer to keep Carroll Arn sports Oakland a the Golden state warriors announced thursday night that the National basketball association club has decided to match a multimillion Dollar offer from the Milwaukee Bucks in an Effort to keep 7foot Center Joe Barry at a press conference in warriors general manager Al Attles made the announcement along with coach John neither Carroll nor warriors owner Franklin Mieuli were Attles said Mieuli told him earlier in the Day that the team would be willing to match an offer from the Bucks calling for Carroll to receive a reported million Over five along with a million Bonus for signing that is due by july i was Happy when i got the Call from Atiles we won 37 games with him Carroll two years ago and Only 22 without him last has said he Doest want to play with the warriors and last year played in 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