European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes August 1985 Mcenroe triumphs in players Montr Hal a to seeded John Mcenroe beat Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl for the second time in a week Cap Turing the players International Tennis tournament and its top prize with a 63 decision marred by As he did in Vermont last my Kroc wore Down who is ranked 2 by the association of Tennis warned by Umpire Shales when he argued an out Call in the decisive game of the first left the court in pro test after the third game of the second Lindl was at double break Point when he Felt a serve by my Kroc had gone wide and he demanded a after a heated Dis Cussion with Lendl sat Down and dried himself off with a while Mcenroe waited impatiently for play to it was not until the tournament supervisor and referee appeared to discuss the mat Ter that Lendl the Point was re played and Mcenroe whose Only service break in the first set came in the 12th earned his eighth Victory on the 1985 grand prix his Triumph was the second straight at the players Mcenroe also broke Lendl in the hard fought eighth game of the second set after four break he finished with a flour capturing the ninth game at Lindl admitted that he allowed himself to unravel after the Call in the 12th game of the 40minutc although Lindl was still a Factor until the eighth game of the second he had consecutive double once while hold ing the advantage and once at said the double faults were not due to brooding Over what had already Hap those Are Points you cant afford to give Mcenroe said of the youre not going to win a match by double fault youve got to make me win the Mcenroe had said entering the final that he planned to play and that was in evidence from the first which Mcenroe won at he ended it with a booming serve that Lindl meekly returned into the Mcenroe was just As forceful in the Sec Ond drawing the admiration of the crowd when he moved up 300 with a pair of drop shots at the Lindl recovered from his shaky Start to win the acing the winning Point at i was serving and volleying a said last i played him from the and this week 1 was coming in i feel if i can come up with the right mix Between coming up and staying its going to help who except for an occasional Exchange with the chair Umpire was on Good said he didst play his Best partly because of wind and partly due to blinding at i pick up his serves very Well and he was catching me off the Winner 1 dont feel i played As Well As last but i was think ing to myself that these Are the kind of matches you need to win to stay three Wheeler into the pits a photo Michael Andretti guides his car into the pits minus his front right wheel during the Pocono 500 in Long the wheel came off As he was coming into pit Andretti had the wheel replaced and continued son of Mario was involved in a helicopter crash on his Way to the but was Mears out duels Unser to capture Pocono 500 Long a Rick recovering from serious foot and leg injun took the Lead five laps from the end and captured his first Victory in More than a year sunday at the Dominos pizza Poco no 500 indy car injured in a racing crash last sep tember in won his Duel with Al Unser in the 500mile race on Pocono International raceways Unser was racing with a broken right ankle held together by two surgical pins and had to be helped into and out of his race Mears fielded by the Penske racing crossed the finish line seconds ahead of users Al Unser one of Mears team mates and the younger users was a close third in another that moved the elder Unser into the cart pig season Point past Mario Andretti and Brazil in Emerson Andretti and Fitti Paldi came into the event tied for the one Point ahead of Bobby who also challenged throughout the lost any Chance he might have had to win when a Flat tire forced him to pit just two laps from the he finished Danny another Penske racer and the defending was a Lap followed another Lap Down by both Fittipaldi and the 33yearold from had not won since May of 1984 when he earned his second Indiana Polis 500 he was driving in Only his fourth race of the 1985 All of them on Oval Mears took his first Lead of the Long Day on Lap 164 when Unser was forced to take his second Sto Panago penalty of the the younger Unser was made to go into the pits for a moment for passing Andretti on a restart following a caution Mears led until he made his final scheduled fuel Stop on Lap a photo Winner Rick Mears seconds ahead of Unser place 12 in Mac Fourney san Vito and hell Nikon Advance san Italy Host san Vito won twice and edged Torre 1110 to earn the right to represent the Mediterranean sports conference in the Safe mens fast pitch softball tournament at Torrejon san Vito finished the double round Robin schedule with a perfect 80 record after besting hell Nikon 2112 and 213 in sundays Windup hellenic on Squeaker Over Torrejon left it with a 62 Mark compared to Torrejos 44 rounding out the standings were at 26 and Iraklion in other final Day Aviano out scored Iraklion and Torrejon bested Aviano leading the champs on the Al Lourna ment team was Pitcher Al the most valuable others honoured from the Host team were Catcher Dave second baseman Brian third baseman Ron shortstop Mike Mobley and Outfield ers Ron Perkins and Dave selected from hell Nikon were first base Man Kyle outfielders Mike Gregory and Bob peer and designated hitter Nel son the Only other player named to the team was outfielder Stan Farrera of Kef Lavik Routs Nav London to take title Raf England romped through the Navy Europe mens slow pitch softball tournament unbeaten to wrap up its second straight championship with a 60 Victory Over Navy lon Don in sundays championship Michael Flowers scattered five hits and slugged a two run double As the champs jumped off to a 50 Lead in the first inning and never looked Francisco Garcia tripled in a pair of runs and Harold Oconnell doubled in another to spark the winners big first Oconnell also doubled in a third inning run for the champions beat maw Gen Navy London 73 and the submarine tender Hunley 95 in route to their championship game Handall raiders bases empty Home run in the Hunley game was the Only round tripper of the double elimination which was played in Windy Nav London opened with a 43 Victory Over in 9 innings before losing to London then worked its Way Back to the title game by beating holy Scotland Edzell 84 and the Hunley other teams in the Competition were and
