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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, August 24, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Angels end yanks win Streak of 7 from press dispatches Bob Boones Pinch hit single with two outs in the ninth inning drove Home Bobby Grich from second base thursday night and gave the Cali fornia Angels a 32 Victory Over new snapping the Yankees seven game winning Rich who relieved starter Ron Guidry to begin the walked Grich to Start the in Grich moved to second by american league beating third baseman Mike Paglia rules throw on Juan Beniquez sacrifice Dave Righetti relieved and got two outs before batting for Jerry slapped his game winning hit to in other Al games thursday red sox rangers 4 Boston Wade Boggs and Jim Rice delivered run scoring sin Gles during a four run third inning and Rookie Mike Trujillo pitched eight Strong helping Boston beat Texas and break a six game losing tigers As 3 Darrell Evans hit his 28th Home run of the season on the first pitch of the 13th inning and Lance Parrish added a run scoring giving Detroit a Victory Over Bill got the Victory with two innings of shutout mariners orioles 0 Seattle Matt Young pitched a five hit shutout and Phil Bradley drove in three runs with a Homer and double As Seattle beat broke a six game losing Streak that dated to june he struck out seven and walked Alan Wiggins had three of Baltimore royals White sox 3 Chicago Steve Balboni six thinning Homer deep into the Loftfield seats triggered a four run rally that sparked Kansas Frank White Drew a on out walk from loser Joel in the Balboni followed with his 26th Home John Wathan Dan Spillner replaced buddy Biancalana was Safe on Catcher Carton risks interfere then Willie Wilson tripled in two wins Walker cup Pine a Amateur Champion Scott Verplank scored a 1up Victory Over Colin Montgomerie thursday As a hard pressed United states team captured the Walker cup for the seventh straight time with a 1311 Victory Over a team from great Britain and Verplanke Victory clinched at least a tie for the Bob won the trophy for the United states minutes later when he finished off Cecil Bloice of England 4and 2 by parking the 16th the Victory marked the 27th time the United states has Defeated a team from great Britain and Ireland in the worlds oldest International Golf great Britain has won and one match in the biennial event ended in a two teams started the final Day of Competition at the Pine Valley Golf club tied at the United states took winning three of the morning foursome Matching and halving the other to Lead 9vi to that meant the United states needed to earn Only three of the eight Points up for grabs during the afternoon singles play to win the they earned 316 but not without a Davis love Iii scored the other Victory for the United states during the afternoon he had the easiest time defeating Peter Mcevoy of England 5 and Sam who was runner up to Verplank for the Amateur got the other half by drawing his match with Garth Mcgimpsey of Northern the British Amateur the Verplan Montgomerie match was the Best of the afternoon As Verplank fired a 1underpar Montgomerie had a Chance to tie the but missed an 8 foot Birdie putt on the final he finished the round at the team from great Britain and Ireland got victories from John 17 year old Peter George Macgregor and Sandy Hawksworth of England rallied from two holes Down to crush team Captain Jay Sigel while countryman Baker whipped Randy Sonnier 5 and Macgregor of playing in his fourth Walker Defeated Clark Bur roughs 3and2 and Stephen was a 2andl Winner against Duffy the teams of Randolph and Jerry Lewis and Burroughs and Mike Podolak and love scored the foursome victories for the while Verplank and Sigel halved their the half Point Sigel earned gave him in four Walker cup Mak ing him the Al time Point Leader for the United surpassing Bill Campbell who had 12 in seven appearances Between 1951 and Mandril retires from the ring new York up to use a boxing Ray Boom Boom Mancini retire ment was a unanimous Mancini said thursday the decision was his but his manager and lawyer All were elated by the announce the 24yearold former world boxing association Champion from Young leaves the ring with a 293 no one has persuaded an admittedly nervous Mancini said at a news con this decision is my my heart has been the biggest part of my career and i let my heart make my the question am i willing to pay the go to the gym every Day theres no doubt in my mind i can come Back and win a world title but if i dont have the same drive and hunger As the first then in just kidding Mancini held his title from 1982 until june 1984 when he was stopped in 14 rounds by Livingstone in his last he lost a 15round decision against Mancini said he Felt he won the rematch with but there was no longer anything to fight he has moved to los Angeles and in tends to pursue an acting he is auditioning for a rambo Type role in a Tele vision the Birds of i always said Early in my career when i win the world title for my father and gain some in going to take care of my family and walk he that what its come Mancini began fighting to win the world title that his never got a Chance to Lenny Mancini was a rank ing lightweight whose career was interrupted when he went into the army during world War a photo exch amp Ray Mancini quits with 293 record Mancini parents attended thursdays news Hes brought me a lot of happiness and he put Youngstown on the Lenny Mancini in glad Hes retiring be cause i dont have to go through All that Hes been Good for Mancini boxing is thanks to Hes kept it Hes got a new life Hes going Mancini Dave said he didst know what Mancini would decide until the official announcement came who supported Mancini decision to said he received lucrative fight offers for Mancini up until wednes Day last night i got an offer for million to fight Aaron and Hector Ca Machos people Well top it by a Wolf that gives you an idea of what Hes walking away he wont come if he were going he would have taken the Money last Hes walking out a healthy in one piece and a Wolf said Mancini career purses total de Over his biggest payday was just under million for a 1984 title de sense against Bobby Edward Mancini said the a fighter is set for life even if he never works once we put these investments to he knew he was flask he Doest have to be an Alexis a Wilfred Benitez or a Roberto he alluding to former champions who Are now believed to be Mancini wont miss the punishment he even in fights he a Cut left Eye in the second Bramble fight was the worst of his bloody Mancini intends to keep Busy enough so that he wont miss in not retiring to he Guys come Back because they have too much time on their ill be Mancini won the Aba title May on a first round knockout of Art Frias and successfully defended the Crown four besides the Only fighter to beat Mancini is three time Champion tragedy played a part in Mancini Ca on he defended his title against South korean challenger Duk Koo Kim died of injuries after Mancini knocked him out in the 14th Mcenroe opens defense against Glickstein new York a to seeded John Mcenroe will open the defense of his open mens singles title by meeting Shlomo Glickstein of Israel in the opening Chris Evert the women 1 will face Australia Janine while Martina seeking her third straight title on the hard courts at the National Tennis will play Pascale Paradis of France in the first the pairings for the grand slam which begins were made in one of the toughest first round Gigi Fernandez of puerto Rico will take on unseeded Bonnie Gadusek in women Wimbledon Champion Boris Becker of West Ger playing in the open main draw for the first is seeded eighth and will face Australia Peter Doohan in his first round if the seedlings Mcenroe and Becker would clash in the also in the top half of the draw Are third seeded Mats Wilander of 6 Anders Jarryd of 10 Joakim Nystrom of 12 Johan 13 Tim Mayotte and 16 Tomas Smid of Wilander will play India Vijay Amrit Raj in the first while Jarryd will meet yet another Mikael in his opening round pern As a student at the University of has won the Mcaa Tennis title the last two in the mens besides other potential quarterfinal if the seedlings would pit Wilander against 5 Kevin cur Ren against 4 Jimmy Connors and 2 Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia against 7 Yannick Noah of in the women potential quarterfinal matchup would Send Lloyd against 5 Claudia Kohl Kilsch of West 3 Hana Mandrikova of Czechoslovakia against 7 Helena Sutkova of 8 Man Uela male Eva of Bulgaria against 4 Pam and seeded against 6 Zina  
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