European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 Blackmar grabs Hartford playoff a Phil Blackmar Sank a 10foot putt on the first Hole of sudden death sunday the 37th Hole of the Day to break a tie with Jodie Mudd and Dan Pohl and win the Cano Sammy Davis Hartford putting first on the 172yard 16th Slid his 13foot putt past the cup on the left then rolled his putt straight into the putting Pohl left his eight foot putt Short and Blackmar was left with the Golf tournaments first Phil made a great Pohl the greens were getting really spiked up and he deserved to Mudd and at 260 pounds the largest player on the professional each finished regu lation play at 13underpar 271 after four rounds Over the tournament players club of connect Cut rav Floyd and Wayne co leaders after the third each shot 1overpar 72s in the final round and finished a stroke Back at 12underpar Lon Brett defending Champion Peter Jacobsen and Andrew Magee were tied at 11underpar the 36hole final was necessitated by a five hour rain delay on Friday that threw the tournament schedule into because of a pea regulation which forbids playing More than 27 holes on the Day of a 36hole the final two rounds had to be played on it was the first pea tournament Victory for a 1979 graduate of the University of Texas and a Rookie on the professional neither Pohl nor Mudd have won on the pea Blackmar was in the clubhouse when Pohl bogeyed the 18th to drop Back into a tie and Mudd missed a Threefoot Birdie putt on the 16th Blackmarr approach to the 585yard 9th where he finished his final flew Over the but struck a photographer and stayed on the fringe of the from he was Able to save it probably would have gone out of Blackmar in glad he stopped Smoky joe7 Dies West a Joseph Smoky Joe a former bos ton red sox Pitcher with a legendary fastball who often was considered but never accepted into baseballs Hall of died saturday at a convalescent born in Kansas City on pitched for the red sox from 1908 until he had an Overall re Cord of he was traded to the Cleveland indians in where he finished his playing career after a sore Arm forced him into the he left professional baseball before the 1922 season and took a Job As head coach of Yale University s baseball he retired in 1942 and spent the rest of his life in the new Haven Wood was 2117 in 1911 and that year pitched a no hitter against the Louis but his Best season was when he went he was relieved Only five times in his 40 starts that averaged seven strikeouts per game and posted a stingy Era of he went on to win three world series games As Boston Defeated the new York giants for the 1912 world Champi famed Pitcher Walter Johnson once said Wood had the Best fastball in the Wood was nicknamed Smoky Joe by a Boston Wood also could he ended his career with a lifetime batting average of he hit in no funeral arrangements had been made by sunday according to the Hawley Lincoln memorial funeral Home in new last Wood was presented with an honorary doctorate from the Only former professional baseball player to be so at the presenta he was described As the country oldest living he was confined to a wheelchair at the time and said he Seldom watched televised base Ball games because of his failing Eye after Wood often at tended various baseball his last appearance at a major league Ball Park was in the Spring of 1984 when he was guest of Honor at a red sox old timers game at Fenway up photo Joseph Smoky Joe Wood denied Hall of Fame Bradley wins by 1 shot with on 18th Montreal up Bradley Sank a 15foot Birdie putt on the 18th Hole sunday for a on stroke Victory Over Jane Geddes in the Lyga Dumaurier the two were tied entering the 18th Bradley overcame a two stroke deficit with a Birdie on the par3 17th which Geddes Bradley 70736768 went into the final round at Beaconsfield Golf club one stroke behind Val Skinner and two behind her 68 sunday gave her a 10undcrpar 278 for the the Victory was Bradley first on the Lyga tour since the 34 year old Veteran has won 13 Lyga tournaments since who won shot a par72 sunday to finish at Amy Alcott had a 68 and came in at 8under for third place and Geddes had said she planned a conserva Tive round but she was forced to Start playing aggressively after Skinner and Bradley had birdies on two of the first three All Al Lendl tops Gomez in open from Page 21 in the sixth and Scott Mcgregor pitched a four hitter to Lead by winning three times in the fou game the orioles closed their season against the White sox with an 8 to 4 Edge while belting Chicago pitchers for a total of 21 Home mariners red sox 2 Boston Jim Presley banged out four and Domingo Ramos lined a key two run single to Lead four thinning hit broke a 22 tie and made a Winner of Mike Moore scattered nine struck out seven and walked one in going the distance for the fifth time this Bruce lost for the first time in his last six As Brewers 2 Milwaukee Alfredo Griffin had three scored three times and knocked in a run to Lead Oakland Over Bill worked the first seven innings and allowed two runs on five hits to notch the Danny suffered his eighth straight the Brewers have lost 16 of their last 23 royals indians 4 Kansas City Hal Mcrae belted a two run and Steve Balboni added a three run shot to give Kansas City the the win gave the royals a sweep of the three game Kansas City starter Mark Gubicza scattered six struck out five and did not walk a Batter Over seven innings to improve his record to Indianapolis a to seeded Ivan losing Only 11 Points on his eight service continued his Mastery of defending Champion Andres Gomez 63 sunday to capture the mens singles title in the open Clay court Tennis championship for the first lends fifth championship this year and his 43rd Overall added to his earn pushing his 1985 total to who was in the final at the Indi Anapolis sports Center for the third consecutive received As he lost to his czechoslovakian Nemesis for the ninth time in 10 the two could meet again this week when Czechoslovakia and Ecuador meet in Davis cup controlled the opening set with his serve As he kept Gomez on defense and lost Only four Points in his three service seeded was having trouble getting his first serve playing Lendl rarely attacked As he waited like a cobra for an Opportunity or for a Gomez who complained about being forced by the mens International professional Tennis Council to come to the tour broke Gomezs service for the first time in the third game after the 25yearold Gomez had an advantage Lendl then broke Gomez the next two times he completing the set in 38 whose Only Victory Over Lendl came on Clay in Washington in was serving More effectively in the second and the two divided the first four Lendl maintained control with his serve and broke Gomez when he double faulted to lose the sixth Lendl then held his but let one match Point get away when he hit a backhand into the that allowed Gomez to win his last game before Lendl held serve to close out the Yarborough surges to take Talladega a Cale Given a big break near the pulled away on the next Olast Lap and won sundays Talladega 500 Nas car grand National Stock car race by several it was Yarborough first Talladega 500 although he had taken two Winston 500 races at the Alabama inter National motor it also was his first Victory since june 10 of last Yarborough put enough distance be tween his Ford and Neil Bennetts Chev Rolet to break the draft and prevent any attempt by Bonnett to Slingshot past him on the final finishing behind Bonnett were Ron Bill Elliott and the years dominant Driver and the fastest qualifier for this led most of the Way until his Ford began sputtering and missing while coming off pit Row on the 167th of the 188 Yarborough averaged Mph and finished one second ahead of Bon Yarborough was the 15th different Talladega 500 Winner in the races 17 year the which took almost three hours and 22 had 44 official Lead changes among 12 heavy rain delayed the Start for 46 and the 42car Field ran the first eight laps under caution to dry off the in 44 laps were run under seven caution Geoff Bodine was running with the leaders until he blew a tire and rammed into a Wall on the fourth spinning several times before halting in the he suffered a sprained Foyt and Bodine were penalized a Lap shortly after the Halfway Point for pitting too soon under a caution but a later yellow Flag allowed them to Circle the track and catch up with continually put Dis Tance Between himself and the others until his engine