European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse 26 the stars and stripes August 1985 everyone eager for docs furn by Kork Becsky new York not the first thing Dave John son said when the strike was Over is it docs lie said it with the glee of a Man who would have some voice in whether it was docs Richard Lussey also wanted to know when docs turn last As the director of program planning of ohcs game of the had selected the cub Smets game for this saturdays and he would not mind at All if it were docs turn saturday instead of Friday or Jim i Rey did not his team is having so Many with three starting pitchers out of the and players having missed 158 games due to that he didst waste any time worrying when it was docs he knew docs appearance would be As inevitable As a Telephone Call during what was the difference Goodwn was 30 Over the cubs this and he want going to miss an Opportunity for a were going to get a few men on get a few runs and hold prey revealing his secret plan for Dwight everybody makes plans for who went into saturdays game with a 173 won lost and innings pitched despite a cautious stewardship by John son and Mel the mets pitching the mets management is on record that it will not do anything to ruin the right Arm of this diligent and talented they might ask him to pitch with Only two or three Days of but Only in the tense final not Only did Johnson not Rush Goodwn into action on Only four Days after his Justant Heydayat theoffice 41 Victory in Chicago last but John son did not schedule Gooden to pitch Friday against the cubs because it was Ron Darlings we didst want Ron to have to wait seven Johnson and we figured it was a Chance to rest Doc one More Hes already got a lot of we dont want to overwork word had filtered Down by mid morning thursday that Abc was sending its i to Crew to do the mets game in new York and its backup Crew to Minnesota for a photo mets Ace Dwight Gooden doctor of the strikeout the twin Angels american league Hussey had loaded up on mets cubs games because of the Large audiences in their the rivalry that developed Between those teams last and because of the Young right handed Pitcher with the nickname of doctor As in the Symbol for i would say Gooden is Worth half a rating Point to Hussey said a rating Point is 1 percent of 88 million television we average around rating Points for the game of the As soon As Gooden was announced for eight Abc affiliates in the upper Middle West and California decided they would rather see the Young Man than the twins and the any bulge in audience because of Gooden would sell a lot of Beer around North the mets had no particular Box office reason for holding Gooden off until when they were giving away t shirts to Young fans and would attract a Large crowd any on the goodens Gate Appeal is still statistically minimal the mets attract admissions per game and when Gooden pitches but at Home the mets have now drawn an average of when Gooden pitches compared with their season average of the difference of multiplied by an average ticket Price of produces a lot of Money that Nelson Doubleday can give out to starving Young novelists and or even to starving Young pitchers and but they didst schedule him for the extra admissions or for the game of the it was just his simple As Frey was the mets batting coach when Gooden was 194 at Frey remembered seeing him at the mets minor league Complex and when Lynchburg played a league game in Shea Gooden was racked in the ninth he recently met Gooden for the first time and he seems like a terrific Young the terrific Young Man went out against freys in front of a packed House and a National to audience including those Las minute television markets in Sacramento and and he promptly got things lived up to expectations As Bob Dernier grounded out and Davey Lopes was called out on but then Ryne Sandberg slapped a single to left and Leon Durham lashed a double into the Loftfield Corner and Keith More land smacked a two run single to Center Gooden was before the mets Ever got to that was the terrific Young Man was roughed up for another run in the but Strawberry and the gang allowed him to finish up in the Security of an 83 his fourth straight Over the cubs and his 12th straight Over the world in his next turn is thursday afternoon at Shea against the no Johnson can Lopez wins Henredon with record 268 High a Nancy who entered the tournament on her husbands smashed the Lyga re Cord for 72 holes sunday by posting a 20 undo rear 268 and scoring a i shot Victory Over Val Skinner in the Henredon classic knocked three strokes off the re Cord set by Hollis Stacy in the 1977 rail Charity classic and shattered the Henre Don classic record of 272 set in 1983 by Patty Lopez was four shots shy of the biggest margin of Victory Ever recorded on the Lyga 1 just played the Golf course and took it would give Lopez it just happened that i shot 20 taking her fourth Victory this year and 33rd of her birdied three of her first five holes on the Willow Creek Golf club course and went out with a 3under Par keeping up the Lopez birdied the 10th and 12th then tacked on a Birdie putt at 17 to Seal the record and give her a 6underpar 66 for the final All this came after her new York mets infielder Ray had to convince her to enter the i signed up at the last minute because Ray told me to go ahead and she he said if the baseball players i can watch you it didst take much to talk me into playing because when you play you like the baseball strike ended before the first round and Knight Only saw his wife play three i told him i wanted to shoot for 22 under since his number is Lopez i thought i might be Able to make i was just Lopez became the Lygas top Money Winner in capturing the top prize and raising her winnings to More than Alice who led that list prior to last weeks had to withdraw on the Back nine of sundays round when she was overcome by the heat As temperatures approached the Low Skinner said saturday that she would not attempt to Chase Lopez around the par72 but Skinner said she was Happy with her Best Outing which netted her i really tried to stay in my own Frame of mind and just keep my act together so that i could have my Best Skinner in order to Challenge that you would have to become i dont know that i wanted to play for but at the that time had probably Lori who complained earlier in the tournament that the course played too bogeyed two of the last three holes but closed with a 68 and finished third with an 8underpar Jane Geddes struggled to a 73 and tied Betsy King was alone in fifth at 7under Par 281 after closing the Day with an even Par defending Champion Sheehan finished at Over pea from Page 21 was a Clear it was tied two other in the it was Trevino Putter stick he purchased in the Netherlands last year and which brought him the 1984 pea title that proved to be the differ he dropped out of a tie for the Lead when he three putted from the missing a 4foot second on the and after driving into the missed a 6foot Par putt on the that gave Hubert a 2shot Lead with one Hole to the hollow eyed in a slump for several brought it with rain pounding he saved Par from a Bunker on the 18th with a spectacular shot which hit the Hole and stopped one foot while Trevino failed on an 18to 20foot Birdie Tom needing this title to com plete a career sweep of the grand slam or a High finish to gain a spot on the Ryder cup failed in he shot a 72 and was tied for sixth at 283 with Fred Corey Pavin and buddy Gardner had a closing Pavin 69 and couples masters Champion Bernhard Langer of West Germany shot seve Balleste Ros of Spain had and Jack Nick Laus had the same total after an Embarrass ing Holder of a record 17 major professional got to 1 under Par for the tournament when he Eagle the Lith but hold the he made bogey6 on the then chopped up the hitting a very poor Bunker shot and eventually three putting for a he had a closing Arnold who won the open on this course a Quarte Century had a 76 and finished at he has never won the who held a 3shot Lead at the Start of the Days led by two going to the par5 he put his third shot through the Green and eventually made Trevino lashed his second shot onto the Green and rammed in a 10to 12foot Eagle it was a 3stroke swing in Trevino favor and gave Lee a 1shot but it lasted Only until the next where Trevino three putted for that put them Back into a and it set up what could have been the turning Trevino appeared to have Green on the ready for a two times in the next three and Green refused to on the Trevino put his approach some 10 feet away and was looking at Bir Huberts approach ran through the Green to the rough behind the putting sur he was looking at a but Green chipped in for Birdie and tre Vino had to make the 10footer to stay he after both had on putted for Par on the Trevino again appeared momentarily to take the upper he hit his approach to within two feet of the cup for a certain that put the pressure on from a Sid Hill he hit to within three grinned and Shook his Finger at Trevino As Lee applauded the both made Birdie and remained in a Trevino dropped one behind when he bogeyed the 10th from a but he re gained a share of the Lead when Green three putted for bogey on the who had a shot at an eagle3 on the instead three putted for Green Par red in from Trevino matched a 12thhole bogey against a 13thhole then suffered the decisive bogeys on the 15th and the the 19th of greens was Worth from the total purse of and provided him with a position on the Ryder cup team that will play Europe Best in England next
