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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 19 commentary Scarf new record Tan writes a letter from an old Friend hit the desk the other it was from John Bowler colourful character and a writer of humorous sports now making his Home in some folks in Torrejon and Ankara May recall the fabled Fedele from the mid 1970s and Early Fedele possessed one of the slowest working bowl ing balls that Ever qualified for the european Ameri can Bowling Congress masters the last time i saw Fedele was during a Short visit to the 1981 masters in a retired air Force was a several time contributor to stars and stripes sport one of his Best was a Takeoff on How the italians Fedele is now teaching air Force Junior Roth at a High school near one of his three sons is stationed in with the air Here is another writing contribution by Fedele More in a serious records Are made to be broken they put an asterisk by Roger Maris name after he broke the babes Home run there have been 12 perfect games pitched nine inning affairs Harvey Haddix pitched 12 perfect innings and gets Only a whats More Only three of those pitchers made it into the Hall of Fame Haddix not being one of nor Don Jim Bun Ning or Catfish that another Story for another As i watched Pete Rose do his patented headfirst slide into Sec Ond the other and also come within 36 hits of breaking to Cobbs hit i thought to file photo the Contro Harvey Haddix Versy is about to Start footnote for feat it is nearing asterisk time after Rose played More came up to Bat played under better so what he also plays night suffers from Jet lag and the hazards of artificial turf faces a group of Young pitchers and a roster of pitching specialists in Cobbs would have had him looking for a flak Vest to Wear when coming to the so what records Are made to be broken this Falls under the category of players get stronger and better with each passing generation improvements Are made in equipment schedules get longer As own ers Chase the Green stuff for their stockholders the medical world fixes broken players faster than replacing a busted shoestring ballparks Are bigger and rules allow hitters to stay on Long after their Fielding legs have left and pitchers to stay out of the Way of fastballs and off the though not much of a batting helped them stayed face Progress dictates that records arc made to be broken in All it was just last year that we went through the Walter Payto Jim Brown and today we can talk about Herschel Walker breaking Eric Dickerson single season Rush ing in sure Yard plus in the Usel cannot compare to Yards in the at least in some folks later this after the Ros Cobb we can turn our attention to Holmes mar Cianos undefeated in we will always have a debate on records being and at least it will allow thinking men and women everywhere to talk about something other than the trials and tribulations of their daily lives or the state of the let the debates we have a lot to debate in the upcoming and for generations to but do not mourn for those whose records be cause they Are shining stars that will forever be guiding lights for future stars and to Cobbs lifetime batting record May never fall no one will Ever hit but dont bet on either of those lets have a debate about the Recor Book keep its time we close out the modern record books and make them the old and those grand old ones lets face they should be called the ancient and Given a place of Honor for those Iron men and women of the sports lets be honest except for the few True scholars of who of us or even the likes of Jacob Sam Lloyd John Tom fears or George Trafton they Are All Hall of Farmers either in baseball or and in their time were but As time moves other greats Are added to join the Marcianos and and the list goes on and they set the Standard for and with each generation the Standard is like old the record setters will never but they will fade the thrill and Joy they brought to their generation will never be but like us old Well have to make Way for the new generation and their Pete Rose will Beatty Cobbs hit that and 50 years from now someone will beat so what new site for ladies open the ladies German open will to heading to a new site for according to Brian who organized the first tournament two years it will be at a site near a big City and More convenient for the said from his sports shop in near Cornford seems to be leaning toward the Nice erred Golf club course in the last two tournaments have been held in Braun near that was a Little out of the Way to have Strong press and television said the ladies German open is a Stop on the Wom ens professional Golf association this years held july 1 went to a playoff Between West Germany Barbara and United kingdoms Julie on the final Helbig shot a 68 and Brown a 69 to tie at 28x and Force a sudden death the title was decided on 10 the first extra Hole when Brown parred and Helbig Hilbigs second shot carried Over the who represents International business a had earlier rounds of 71 and prior to her final round Helbig had rounds of 73 and defending Champion Beverly Huke of the finished in a five Way tie for third place at others were Chris Lehmann and Diana Heinicke of the United states and Jane Connachan and Muriel Thompson of the United Peggy Conley of so and a for Mer member of the la Dies professional golfers association shared the second round Lead with Huke at thanks to a second round but Conley faded with final rounds of 76 and 75 to finish at Germany first pro woman golfer and an Lyga Gerda Boykin of missed the Cut for the final round by one she posted rounds of 73 and boo Odem Peggy Conley had faded the stars and stripes my from Page 17 two innings for Andy was the the cubs took a 20 Lead in the first on a sacrifice Fly by Keith Moreland and an rib single by Leon Chicago picked up four More runs in the Durham led off with a Jody Davis was Safe on second baseman Tim Flannery Ron Cey singled to Center to score Durham for his first rib in 35 Larry Bowa then doubled Cey to third and Sutcliffe sacrifice Fly brought in Cey with the third run of the Bowa scored on Bob deniers squeeze the cubs went ahead 81 with two More runs in the eighth on triples by Thad Bosley and Sandberg and an rib single by Gary cardinals giants 3 san Francisco Darrell who previously doubled and walked with the bases loaded in the sixth breaking a tie and leading Louis Over san porters walk came in a four run rally off starter Mike and relievers Mark Davis and Greg Minton after the cardinals entered the inning trailing Willie Mcgee and Tom Herr opened the inning with Jack Clark hit a run scoring double for the chasing Davis struck out Pinch hitter Tito land and Terry Pendleton was walked intentionally to Load the Porter then walked on four pitches for the godhead Minton replaced Davis and Ivan de Jesus hit a run scoring Force Winner Danny capped the rally with a run scoring bunt the giants took a 20 Lead in the third on successive two out singles by Manny Chili Jeff Leonard and Chris after the cardinals scored in the fourth with the help of a double by the giants made it 31 in the Bottom of the inning on Rob deers Krukowsy Sac Rifice and Dan Gladden who entered the game with Only six led off the fifth with his third a towering shot to Phillies astros 6 Philadelphia Mike Schmidt had three including his 14th Home drove in three runs and scored and to Diaz hit two homers and drove in four runs As Philadelphia routed it was Only the second three hit game of the year for who monday night delivered a ninth inning Home Jerry worked in Bob took the the Phillies took a 10 Lead in the first on schmidts Houston tied it in the second on a Dou ble by Mark Bailey and the first of three singles by Dickie who had four including his second Home an error by shortstop Thon on a Ball hit by Diaz helped the Phillies to a pair of unearned runs in the Houston tied it in the fourth with two Jerry Mumphrey hit the first of his three doubles and Glenn Davis hit a Home run Over the Brightfield his fourth of the the Phillies moved ahead again in the fourth on a double by Rick who eventually scored on Koosmann sacrifice Philadelphia boosted it to knocking out Knepper in the expos braves 2 Montreal Tim Wallach hit a three run double in the first and Jeff Reardon pitched 1 innings of perfect Relief for his  24th save As Montreal beat Tim Raines had two hits and scored two runs to help Joe to his Sec Ond consecutive Hesketh allowed six hits and struck out seven in 5 Wallach erased an Early Atlanta Lead when he lined his league leading 25th Dou ble to the Brightfield Corner off Zane Raines led off the Montreal first with a base hit to Center and moved to second on a Andre Dawson and Hubie Brooks followed with walks setting the stage for reds mets 0 new York Tom Browning pitched a five hit and Dave Par Ker slammed his 200th career a two run shot As Cincinnati Defeated new limited the mets to five he walked none and struck out he pitched his second shutout and third Complete game of the Ron Dar gave up nine hits and four runs in seven Pete Rose went 1 for 3 and needs 33 to break to Cobbs record for career Cincinnati took a 10 Lead in the second on consecutive singles by buddy Dave Concepcion and Ron the reds made it 30 in the Max Venable led off with a and one out later Parker stroked his 18th Homer of the off the scoreboard in right Cincinnati added a run in the Eddie Milner beat out an infield Venable forced Milner and then stole Sec Ond Rose doubled to right Center to score  
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