European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary baseballs old timers legacy lives they would go Over to quaint Crosly father and and Root for the reds against All but when the Louis cardinals came to the father would turn to the son and say watch the old Guy in right i want you to play like the old Guy in right Field was named Enos Bradsher and he never stopped running on the bal ran to his ran to the ran to first base on a base on ran Over the first base mans foot if he got half a the Little boy in Cincinnati with the Coa dark eyes and the mop of hair followed his fathers and imitated the Man from the dreaded six or seven years from Pete Rose will follow Enos Slaughter into the baseball Hall of Slaughters Day arrives when he and the late Arky Vaughan will be inducted at roses debt to Slaughter is one of the better Story lines of baseball As Rose tries to catch another to in total base one of the glories of with its Century plus heritage of records and is the overlapping generations of an almost biblical Parade of spiritual baseballs history of bleacher sitting and paper Reading brings the past right up to the pre Billy Martin lugs his personal angst to the Man agers but he is also a product of his Casey which also Means that Little bits and pieces of John Mcgraw and Wilbert Robinson Are floating around in Martins sometimes the influences Are hidden Stengel always assumed Mickey whom he occasionally called had never Given much thought to being a baseball player when he arrived in the major leagues in before an exhibition Mantle seemed be mused when Stengel tried to Tell him How to play the Al from Page 21 time in their nine meetings this Frank lost his third straight allowing six hits in eight red sox mariners 3 Boston Jim Rice broke a tie with a two out single in the fifth then singled Home two More runs in the Sev leading Boston to its fifth straight Seattle suffered its fifth consecutive de with one out in the Boston Wade Boggs extended his hitting Streak to 28 games the longest in the major leagues since 1980 with a ground single through the Middle on an 02 pitch from starter Billy Bobby allowed Only four hits in six Steve Crawford and Mark Clear Clear gaining his second Ojeda snapped a five game losing Streak As a allowed six hits before needing Relief in the Blue jays Angels 0 Toronto Dave Stieb scattered seven hits and Damaso Lloyd Moseby and Willie Upshaw each had two hits and two Bis to lift Ernie Whitt added a Solo Homer in the eighth As the Blue jays won their fifth straight who was shelled for 11 hits in his last improved his record to 106 and has won four of his last five he struck out three and walked one in his second shutout of the season and fifth Complete Stieb also lowered his american league leading Era to Toronto scored twice in the off starter Mike Al Oliver and up Shaw stroked singles to Start the inning and both advanced on a Jesse bar Field walked to Load the bases with two Garcia slapped a two run single up the ups Haws two out after Ranee Mulliniks single and George Bells Dou gave the jays a 40 Lead in the Brightfield Wall in ebbets not seeming to grasp that Stengel had once patrolled that Mantle was not quite As devoid of baseball background As it might have a few weeks ago at the Yankees old timers Phil Rizzuto interviewed Stan Musial and Mantle told How his had driven up from to to watch the cardinals minor league team in and How Mutt Mantle told his 8yearold watch this fellow named Hes going to be a major leaguer some Musial made his debut in Louis barely a year giving Young Mickey the incentive to Roar into the majors at the daily winds of baseball for Over a Cen Tury have produced some epic Musial carries the nickname Stan the Man from fans in Brooklyn grown weary of watching him club the dodgers into and Rose proudly carries the nickname Charley from the sultry Sun Day afternoon in in when two Yankees watched him run during an exhibition and the Reader already knows that the two fat cat Yankees were Whitey Ford and the Yankees of the postwar dynasty were professional about hustling from first to third on a base but they were not awed by Stengel obtained Slaughter for his Hustle in and the Tough old Bird served two hitches with the some of the old guard Yankees would snicker when Slaugh Ter raced to first base on a but the old boy had earned his respect with the Gas House gang of Louis More than a decade Slaughter had Learned his lesson in the minor leagues when his Eddie asked him if he was weary because he had not run out a grounder to the jobs were scarce in the and Slaughter told the manager that he Felt just he told Billy Southworth he was just Fine in when he ran into a Concrete Wall and broke his Collar he finished the but they made him take a month until he argued his Way Back into the he swung so hard at the first pitch that he Tore open the skin where the Bone had turning his uniform As Crimson As the picturesque Redbird on the front of his he told Dyer he was just Fine in when he took a pitch on the right Elbow during the fifth game of the world he rub the injury give pm the he said but on the train Back from Boston that Robert Hylan advised him not to play with the bad i thought you were Slaughter How in the world do you think in Gonna miss this one if in in All right to batting almost Slaughter drove in a key run in the sixth and in the seventh with the score he led off the eighth inning with a base he then raced All the Way from first on the i Landrun As Harry Walker slapped a hit into left and Leon Culberson and Johnny Pesky did not get the Ball Home in baseball players should not make the Hall of Fame on the basis of one but country Slaughter hustled like that for 19 and was batting an even for his career when they took away his uniform in Rose was in the major leagues four years and have to tear the uniform off new York times my up photo Mike Flanagan 7strikeout Effort from Page 21 Nedy As Louis rallied for five runs in the ninth inning off Rich the Victory extended Louis winning Streak to five san Diego lost its fifth the who trailed 60 after five were behind 64 going into the but Steve Braun led off with a Dou ble and scored on Vince Coleman his fourth hit of the Coleman stole moved to third on a groundnut and scored the tying run when left fielder carmelo Martinez dropped Tim Herrs sacrifice Fly for a two base Jack Clark walked after Pinch hitter Mike Jorgensen struck Pendleton singled to driving Home Bumbry fielded the Ball cleanly but threw wildly Back to the allowing Clark to and Pendleton also raced Home when gos Sage retrieved the Ball and threw to Kenne who let the Ball get through him for an who entered the game in the took the loss while Ken got the Jeff Lahti earned his Lith braves Phillies 2 Philadelphia Rafael Ramirez scored the winning run in the ninth inning on a wild throw by second baseman Derrel Thomas As Atlanta slipped by the Phila Delphia Phillies in a game delayed three times by Ramirez opened the ninth with a single to right off loser Kent after Dale Murphy struck Bob Homer Terry Harper then hit a grounder to shortstop Mike whose flip to Thomas forced threw wildly to first on the double play allowing Ramirez to Bruce pitched the final two innings to Stop a three game Phillie win Ning Joe a 23yearold righthand making his major league Al Lowed Only three hits Over seven innings and left the game for a Pinch hitter in the eighth with Atlanta ahead recalled earlier in the Day from Richmond of the International league As a replacement for the restricted Pascual who left the team struck out one and walked no he retired the last 13 batters he giants pirates 3 san Francisco Chris Brown cracked a two run single and Bob Brenly hit a run scoring double in the eighth in Ning rallying san Manny Trillo led off the eighth with a single off Cecilio and took second on a single by Chili who went 3 for a wild pitch by Guante advanced the after Jeff Leonard popped Brown singled to right to tie the score Brown took second on the throw went to third on David greens groundnut and scored when bran by Greg who pitched the final two innings in Relief of Alec earned the dodgers cubs 3 los Angeles Pedro Guerrero hit his 22nd Home run and scored three and Fernando Valenzuela won his fifth straight game As the los Angeles dodgers downed the the third straight for the dodgers and 12th in their last 15 increased their Lead in the National league West to games Over struggling san Valenzuela won for the his seventh time in his last eight decisions to up his record to equalling his Victory total for All of last he gave up five walked eight and struck out six before leaving in the eighth Ken Howell came on to pitch 1 13 innings and record his i oth after the cubs took a 10 Lead in the third on a run scoring single by Ryne Guerrero homered with one out in the Bottom of the fourth to tie the Mariano duncans infield single with two outs in the fifth scored Steve Yeager from third base with the godhead los Angeles added two More runs in the sixth when Larry Bowa let Candy Maldo Naxos grounder to Short go through his legs for an allowing Guerrero and Greg Brock to
