European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 7, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports top stars linked to drug Case Phiny caterer was supplier says Smith by Pohla Smith Pittsburgh up Kansas Civ royals outfielder Lonnie Smith ticked off some of the biggest names in baseball thursday in connection with illegal drug use and named a Philadelphia caterer As one of his former major sources of cocaine. Smith who underwent rehabilitation for cocaine addiction in 1983 and continued therapy through this Spring said Ca Terer and baseball Groupie Curtis Strong supplied the drug to him and former St. Louis Cardinal teammates Joaquin Andu Jar and Keith Hernandez. Now with the new York mets Hernan Dez like Smith has been granted immunity from prosecution. He is in Pittsburgh under subpoena to testify against Strong. 38, who is charged with 16 counts involving Sale of cocaine to major league players in Pittsburgh Between May 1980 and june 1984. Hernandez is expected to testify Friday the fourth Day of Strong s trial before pre siding . District judge Gustavc Diamond and a jury of nine women and three men. Baltimore Oriole Lee Lacy and Cincinnati red Dave Parker also have been subpoenaed and were reported to be in Pittsburgh awaiting Calls to the witness stand. Smith said he met Strong in 1981 As a Philadelphia player when he went with teammate Gary Matthews to the hotel room of another Ica mate Dick Davis to Purchase some  Matthews is now with the Chicago cubs and Davis plays Ball in Japan. Later under intense hostile Cross examination by defense attorney Adam Renfrew jr., Smith named still another Phillies teammate Pitcher Dickie Solcs now of the Texas rangers As a fellow cocaine user. Asked by Renfroe to name any other teammates who May have been using controlled substances Smith responded in answer to two different questions that bake Mcbride Nino Espinosa Larry Bowa Pete Rose Greg Luzinski and Randy Larch then All with the Phillies were supposedly taking uppers or Grce Nies amphetamines curing his two years with the team. It was never made Clear however whether Smith had first hand knowledge of players drug use or was repealing gos sip or items remembered from news re ports of an investigation of illegal amphetamine abuse by the Phillies at that time. While questioning Smith about team mates he knew who used drugs. Renfroe tried to introduce the name of Phillies first baseman Mike Schmidt but after a prosecution objection and a sidebar conference with both counsels. Diamond ruled the question out of order and told the jury to ignore the mention of Schmidt s name. During a total of 4vi hours on the wit Ness stand. Smith recounted his initial introduction to cocaine while playing Winter Ball in Venezuela in 1977 and How his occasional recreational use of the drug turned into a hard addiction that led to hearing hallucinations and a plea to his former St. Louis manager Whitey Herzog for help during a series in Philadelphia in june 1983. His plea Smith said came the Day after he made his last connection with Strong obtaining a Little More than an eighth of an ounce of cocaine after a night game. I stayed up All night Long using it see drugs on Page 23 royals Lonnie Smith names names in or men s top 4 reach open semifinals by Peter Alfano new York not it appears that order has been restored and men s Tennis is Back on serve. After a wimbly ddn marked by upsets and dominated by the emergence of the teen Star Boris Becker the four top seeded players have advanced to the semifinals of the is. Open. That Means Jimmy Connors is still around and that seems Only right too. Connors advanced thursday night when he routinely Defeated Heinz Gunthardt of Switzerland 6-2. -2,6-4. He will play Ivan Lendl in the semifinals saturday and that is also a familiar Tennis tune. Lendl beat Yannick Noah. 6-2, 6-2, 6-4, in an afternoon match and is attempting to reach the open final for the fourth consecutive year. John Mcenroe the no. 1-seeded player and four time open Winner and Mats Wilander will play in the other semifinal match. None of the four had a particularly difficult time in the quarterfinals which did not Surprise con  have to put up with so much Here the people noise air planes wind movement it takes concentration con nors said. The Best four players usually do Well. During this tournament Connors has allowed the Media to depict him As a grand old Man just a grounds Rock from retirement. The open has been a testimonial dinner. He is still among the Best players in the world but he is 33 years old now and has t won a tournament this year. His news conferences have been lengthy retrospectives filled with talk about his career and the state of men s Tennis. It is also beginning to look like the  you Guys will be sorry when i m gone Connors said thursday night after dominating Gunthardt. Strange but he did not play like someone contemplating retire ment. From the Start he attacked Gunthardt. Connors docs not respect any player s serve. As hard As an opponent May hit it Connors can Send it Back faster. He had heard about Gunthardt s ability to per server to win five set matches. Maybe in a Concession to age. Connors did not want to go five sets on this warm and humid evening. I jumped on him Connors said. I just wanted to get out and get it Over with. He s been winning five setters and i did t want him to think he could get that far  Gunthardt appeared nervous in his stadium debut. He was broken in the first game of the match and never really recovered. Although Connors was winning comfortably enough to play to the crowd of 19,148, he rarely acknowledged anyone was even watching. I like to entertain the crowd but business is Busi Ness he said. Tennis is still the most important thing to me. I be got a one in four Chance of winning and Well Sec what  his matches against Lindl have often been acrimonious and Lendl said he understands that Connors will have the Benefit of crowd support. All the people Are behind him Lindl said. Connors turns them on in some  on Days when Lindl has t played he has gone Golf ing which May be his favorite Pursuit. Otherwise he concentrates on conditioning and does t dwell on Tennis. Lendl has been in seven grand slam finals but has won Only the French open in 1983. Thus he has been labelled a player who cannot win the matches that really count. He used to bristle about this but now jokes that perhaps he will enter the open record Book As the Only player to lose four consecutive finals. Mcenroe was fined $ 1,500 for verbal abuse during his match against Joakim Nystrom wednesday night. Mcenroe was upset with the chair Umpire Steve Wyn Yard of Britain and Bob Howe the tournament referee because he wanted the Man who holds the lbs Boom microphone at court Side to be removed. The Man had left the court earlier but Only because it was his dinner break. Mcenroe is convinced the Man tries to eavesdrop on his disputes with the officials. Randolph leads yanks by a s pm photo Willie Randolph. Smacks 2 homers from press dispatches new York Willie Randolph hit to Home runs thursday night the first multiple Homer game of his major league career to Lead the new York Yankees to a 7-3 Victory Over the Oakland a s. The Victory was new York s fifth in a Row and enabled them to remain 2% comes behind Toronto in the american ague  Whitson 9-7, worked six innings for the  Baylor gave the Yankees a 3-0 Lead in the first with his 21sl Homer a three run shot off Tim Birtsas. Oakland tied the score 3-3 in the sixth when Mike Davis beat out an infield hit Dusty Baker walked and Dwayne Murphy slammed his 19lh Homer. With two out in the sixth Randolph who had four hits lined a 2-1 pitch from american league Keith Atherton 4-7, into the right Field bleachers to give new York a 4-3 Lead. Dan Pasqua singled Home two insurance runs in the Boito of the seventh. Randolph slammed Bis fifth Homer of the season a shot Down the left Field line in the eighth. In other Al games Blue a is 7, twins 0 Toronto Doyle Alexander tossed a two hitter and Lloyd Moseby drove in three runs with a two run Homer and a sacrifice Fly boosting Toronto Over Minnesota. Alexander 14-8, struck out five and walked one in route to his third Complete game and third shutout of the season. The 35-year-old right hander limited the twins to a fourth inning double by Kent Hrbcek and a sixth inning single by Greg Ganc. The Al East leaders took a 3-0 Lead in the first. Damaso Garcia led off with a single off Ricort Blyleven 13-14, and advanced to third on Moseby s double. Ranch Mulliniks then sliced a double Down the left Field line for a 2-0 Lead. One out later Al Oliver reached first on third baseman Gary Gatti s throwing error and Willie Upshaw singled to Load the bases. Mulliniks then scored on Ernie Whin s groundnut. Toronto made it 4-0 in tic second on Moseby s sacrifice Fly and str cached its Lead to 6-0 in the sixth. Tony Fernandez tripled and with two out Moseby blasted a 3-2 delivery from Blyleven Over the see Al on Page 23