European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 British newspapers Call Slane Budd rematch a mismatch a photo Mary Decker Slaney 14 staying ahead of Zola Budd 4 said in looking Forward at some stage to meeting Pica by Andrew Warshaw London a British newspapers reacted so optically sunday to the race be tween Mary Decker Slaney and Zola describing the runners first meeting since colliding at the los Angeles olympics As a mismatch rather than a Slaney crushed Budd by some 70 me ters at London Hal filled Crystal Palace stadium saturday winning the meters at an Laa Mobil grand prix meet in the fastest time in the world this the Barefoot Budd finished Way Back in fourth if this was really revenge for the los Angeles collision which denied Sla Ney then Mary Decker her Chance of olympic then it was a hollow kind of wrote the mail on sunday in a Bac Page Lead Story on the the confrontation Between 26yearold Slaney and the South Africa born Budd was televised live in the United states and four other the two athletes each received a reported Zola Budd was sacrificed to the Talent of Mary Slaney upon an altar of Ameri can television said the mail on Mary Slaney was once again Ameri Cas and Zola was left to try to put her own future into some kind of per the Mas circulation news of the world said the americans crushing Victory further exposed their much hyped revenge match As the artificial Sham it had so obviously despite the big buildup of the London the British Public seemed unit Only people turned up to watch in the Crystal pal Ace the sunday people joined in the British Media describing the Slaney Budd confrontation As an athletics soap opera demanded by the giant american to this Slaney did not let them the paper All the British press agreed that Slaney was far Superior and that the inexperienced Budd still has a lot to this was not so much a confrontation As an object lesson delivered by the Ameri can girl to the South Africa born tender wrote the sunday some observers said without Pica she was invited by the organizers but was withdrawn by the romanian federation the race could not conceivably have been billed As an olympics Zola Budd is a on paced runner and Mary Decker Slaney is the Complete wrote the while most newspapers devoted consid Erable space to the buildup to the the sunday times did not even report who runs next Over 800 meters in Edinburgh on had no doubts that it was right to run against it has taken the pressure off we can both look Forward to the future and enjoy our racing she Slaney said is looking i am planning to Peak in late August or Early and in looking Forward at some stage to meeting Strawberry Powers mets Over braves 164 from press dispatches new York Darryl Strawberry drove in seven runs with two including a grand and the new York mets tied a team record with five Home runs saturday to beat Atlanta Dwight Gooden picked up his eighth straight Howard Danny Heep and Clint hurdle also homered for the National league who have won 14 of their last 16 new York pounded out 18 hits off four Atlanta Strawberry hit his second career grand both this in the first he belted a three run his 10th of the in the the seven runs batted in were a major league High this season and came within one of the mets team record set by Dave Kingman in gave up two hits Over six who struck out gave up a Lead off single to Claudell Washington in the first and Glenn Hubbards fourth Homer in the the mets loaded the bases in the first inning on walks to Len Dykstra and Gary Carter and an error on Pitcher Steve bed Strawberry then homered Over the right Center Field Johnson hit a two run his in the second inning and new York added five runs in the fourth against reliever Len Keith Hernandez singled in the first run before Strawberry and Heep hit consecutive making it in other no games saturday a photo Darryl Strawberry 2 7 Bis dodgers cardinals 0 los Angeles Fernando Valenzue la fired a three hitter and drove Home a run and Bill Russell collected three hits and an lifting los Angeles Over the sellout crowd of watched strike out seven and walk one in pitching his fifth tops in the major it was the 12th com plete game for the Lethander in 20 starts and dropped his Era to it was the dodgers third straight Victory and ninth in their last 10 allow ing them to stay a half game ahead of san Diego in the National league the cardinals Lead in the East dropped to a half game Over the John had his nine game winning Streak he was tagged for eight hits and three runs in five padres pirates 2 san Diego Lamarr Hoyt won his 11th straight game by pitching a five hitter Over eight innings and Terry Kennedy drove in two runs As san Diego beat making his first appearance since winning the most valuable player award in tuesday nights Allstar raised his record to Rich Gossage pitched the allowing one for his 20th the pirates scored in the second on Steve Kemps second Home run of the sea son and added a run in the eighth on Dou Bles by Kemp and Marvell Hoyt walked Kemp in the break ing a string of straight innings with out a Hoyt has walked just 14 Bat ters in 147 cubs giants 1 san Francisco Dick Ruthven continued his career Mastery Over san Francisco in combining with two relievers on a four hitter and Larry Bowa continued his hot hitting to spark gave up two hits in five innings and picked up his first Victory since june he lifted his career record to 187 Over the reliever George Frazier pitched the next two Lee Smith relieved Fra Zier and escaped a on out Jam in the eighth by getting David Green to ground into a double play in recording his 21st Phillies reds 6 Cincinnati Juan Samuel Hom doubled and driving in five to Send Lethander Shane Rawley and Philadelphia Over Samuels three run Homer off Ron Rob put the Phillies ahead 32 in the raw Leys base loaded single and Samuels rib single capped a decisive four run sixth fanned two and walked four in seven with the reds trailing Tony Perez had an rib double and scored a run As Cincinnati scored three times in the finally bringing on Phillies right hander Kent who earned his 10th Perez also doubled Home a pair of runs in the first for a 20 Cincinnati the two Bis moved him ahead of Goose gos Lin into 14th place on the Al time with Samuels Homer was his ninth of the following walks to Rick Schu and Steve expos astros 1 Montreal Bill Gullickson pitched a seven hitter and Hubic Brooks and Herm Winningham knocked in two runs each to spark Montreal Over hous the astros broke a string of 42 innings without a run by stringing together three two out singles in he ninth inning with Jerry Mumphrey getting an rib base Houston had last scored in the second inning of a july 13 game with the walked none and struck out six in completing his second Nolan went giving up four three walking eight and striking out the Al time major league strikeout King has not posted a Vic tory since june