European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Ireland Oconnor thai keeps title fires 7 birdies in leads British open by Ben Abrams staff writer England ire lands Christy Oconnor got off to an inauspicious Boge Birdie bogey Start in the 114th British open Golf championship thurs then he went he birdied the fourth Hole on the Royal Georges Golf club course to get Back to even he followed with chippers on the next six parred 11 and came Back with another Birdie on 12 to Register 10 threes and a Deuce in route to a six underpay 64 that stood up for the first Days the seven straight birdies is believed to be a British open the 64 was an opening Day re it also broke the Royal Georges Standard of 65 set by Henry Cotton in the second round of the 1934 tournament and matched by Gordon Brand four years Cottons 65 came on the heels of a 67 for a 132 two round score that still stands As an open that 65 prompted Dunlop to name its the new Ball the Dunlop still a popular the single round record in the British open is 63 set by Mark Hayes at Turnberry in it was almost lost in the excitement of the famous Tom Watson Jack Nicklaus which Watson won in a re Cord i tried not to get too Oconnor i worked on doing my Best to play each Hole i Dividu i tried to concentrated very because i tend to lose my concentration every once in a i didst even look at the Leader i just played it one Hole at a time and it Oconnor had the Good Fortune to play when the weather was it never was a great Day for but the Early players got Only a see open on Page 26 Page gains to in first pro bout a photo Ireland Christy Oconnor opening Day record 64 from press dispatches Thailand Kha Osai pounding venezuelan Rafael Orono with a Sledge Hammer left Hook and stopped him in the fifth round wednesday in Bangkok to retain his world boxing association Junior bantamweight Kha Osai twice had Orono Down with one knee on the Canvas for mandatory 8 counts in the fifth seconds before the end of the referee Ismael Wiso of puerto Rico stopped the fight As Khao Sais blows sent the challenger into a dazed Bounce off the Corner the scheduled 15round bout was Khao Sais second title he now has won 27 24 by against Only one loss As a the 26yearold from Thailand impoverished Northeast Region took the Crown last november from dominican Eusebio Espinal and retained it by Knock ing out South korean Dong Hoo Lee in the 27yearold from san Cris is a former world boxing Council super flyweight he now has a record of 32 two draws and three losses in his 37 in olympic boxing Cham Pion Jerry making his pro scored a technical knockout 2 minutes and 55 seconds into the first round of a Junior welterweight bout against Jim Vozar wednesday the fight began with jabbing right from the Vozar lunged at the 24yearold Page swinging Vozar went Down Early in the but it was ruled a slip by referee Pete Page stayed on Vozar after the Cleve land fighter got up and hit him with a five punch combination to score the there were fans to witness the fight at the James Rhodes gym on the univer sity of Akron who fights out of was guaranteed for the scheduled six round bout win or who won the Gold medal in the 139pound fight class in the 1984 olym weighed in at 140 Vozar re strike Date prompts session ported in at Vozar is now pages first professional win comes after a record of 10033 As an in glad its Page the anxiety is i Felt i was ready to go More Midway in the first round i figured id get him by the pages Anglo whose past fighters have included Muhammad said Page is going to be a he Kuva come two years youll probably see a Crown on his devastating As he he made about five and were going to work on Dundee said Page looked better than he did in the he said he didst know Page was such a Good the Guy Vozar came Forward and brought the Best out of Dundee Page is the next to the last fighter from the last olympics to turn Only Paul Gonzales has yet to go he was the 106pound Champ in the Dundee said Page mane Vered into some real sunday and he threw real Good uppercuts i didst think he could in South Kwon Sun Chon retained his International boxing federation flyweight Crown wednesday with a draw against compatriot Chung Chongkwon in a title bout in the Southern port City of both fighters arc from South this was the kaons fifth defense of the title he wrested from filipino Rene Busa Yong in december one of the three korean judges scored the fight the second gave it to Kwon and the third awarded it to the score was identical to that of their previous title bout in the Chal ranked first by the filed a complaint and the if ordered a the fight was very Champion Kwon knocked Down challenger Chung once in the second and the Chal Lenger knocked Kwon Down once in the 10th both fighters weighed in at 112 Kittle headed owners will resume talks for from press dispatches negotiators for major league baseballs players and owners were to return to the bargaining table in new York thursday for the first time since the Union set 6 As a strike now that theres a we Hope it will have some effect on the stalled Nego Union spokesman Mark Belanger said a Baltimore orioles shortstop during is Spe Cial assistant to Don the acting executive director of the players Lee president of the player re lations committee which bargains for the and his staff were unavailable they were returning from the Allstar game in on monday the Union set the strike Date which would take effect if a new collective bargaining agreement is not the agreement ended Belanger pointed out that in when the players struck for 50 Days during the things were that strike was planned by them the they had strike their losses were they were trying to bust he acknowledged that Public is strongly against another were concerned about the pub Belanger but we cant go about this thing trying to take care of the we have to take care of the the primary Issue is the owners say they Are operating at a that they were More than million in the red last the looking at the same financial insist the owners lost about the owners last contribution to the no expired players pension plan was on third of the teams Tele vision revenues under the previous net work the new to contract is Worth Bil lion Over six the players say the owners contribution should continue to be which would mean million a the owners say the fact that their previous contribution was on third of the to Money was Only and they insist they need the added to income to pay increased in baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth voiced More optimism about avoiding a players although he seemed almost re signed to a walkout earlier in the asked about the players unions decision to set a strike for Ueberroth said on in kind of Happy about the he should get their Job and get this Over it puts the pressure on everybody think  get it Ueberroth team to recover Chicago a outfielder Ron Kittle has been reassigned to the Chicago White sox triple affiliate to Complete his rehabilitation from a nagging shoulder the 1983 american league Rookie of the was placed on the 15day supplemental disabled list july appeared in 49 games and was hitting just with eight Home runs and 16 Bis when he was placed on the disabled he has been hampered by a shoulder injury suffered april he crashed into the left Field Wall chasing Down a Fly Ball in a game against Kittle will report to the Buffalo bosons by the same Day he is eligible to come off the disabled he can stay at Buffalo no longer than 20 but can be called Back to the Parent club any time before Glass