European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 10, 1985 the stars and stripes 21sports Rose ties Cobb s record by the associated press Cincinnati s Pete Rose joined Tycobb As baseball s All time hit Leader sunday As the reds and Chicago cubs played to a 5-5 tic in a game called after nine innings because of darkness at Wrigley Field. Rose struck out against Lee Smith in the ninth inning with runners on first and second none out and the score tied but his 2-for-5 Day at the plate left him with 4,191 career hits. Rose s 4,190th came in the first inning on the first Pilch to him from Chicago starter Reggie Patterson. It was a line single into left Center Field. Rose grounded out in the third inning and came to Bat for the third time in the fifth against Patterson. The count went to 0-2, then Patterson bounced two pitches in front of the plate. Rose took a third Ball outside then stroked the next pitch into right Center Field. I was very Happy All Day with the Way the people Here received me said Rose who can now break the record in Cincinnati. The reds Start a 10-Gamc Home stand monday night against san Diego. The fans there will be revved up like the fans Here Rose said. It was a very Nice reception they gave me baseball Roundup  it s All part of the game. It was just another hit to me Patterson said later. Cubs first baseman Leon Durham came Over to me after the hit and said Rose u going to buy me a Steak dinner said Patterson 26, who joined the cubs sept. 3 from i hair top farm club at Iowa. Rose was originally going to Bench himself in favor of right handed hitter Tony Perez with lefty Steve Trout scheduled to pitch for Chicago. But Trout fell off his. Bicycle Friday night hurting his shoulder and Elbow so Patterson started and so did Rose. In other National league games. Atlanta beat St. Louis 7-3 Philadelphia outscored san Diego 9-7 Mon Treal downed san Francisco 9-6 in 10 innings and new York took 14 innings to Edge los Angelus 4-3. In the american league it was Toronto Over Minne Sota 10-9 new York Defeated Oakland 9-6 Seattle beat Detroit 6-2 and Boston trounced Clen and 8-1. In a pair of 11-inning games it was California 7, Baltimore 4 and Kansas City 13. Milwaukee 11. Chicago beat Texas 7-6 in a late Al Pam Chicago scored three times in the first Keith More land tripled for two runs and scored on Ron cry s single. Rose s groundnut scored Eddie Milner and Cut the Lead to 3-1 in the third but the cubs scored twice in the Bottom of the inning. Buddy Bell trimmed the Lead to 5-4 in the sixth with a three run Homer his third for the reds. Chicago reliever Lee Smith who took Over in the ninth gave up a Lead off single to Ron pester. Pinch hitter Max Van Abl and Milner then singled scoring of Star with the tying run. Rose who had singled twice then struck out. As did Dave Parker and Nick Esasky after him. I thought we d win it right  Rose said but it was getting kind of dark. But i could Sec the  Cincinnati s Ted Power retired the cubs in the ninth then the umpires called the contest. If the outcome of the game is needed to decide a division race it will be replayed after the regular season. Rose s hits and All statistics accumulated in sunday s game count. Lend Rolls Over Mcenroe in final is. Open Winner inn Lendl from czechs Totaita. Not too Many people expected me to win new York a i m just so Happy that i m not even going to try to describe  Ivan Lendl said after Captur ing the us. Open men s singles title Sun Day. Even John Mcenroe who was denied his second straight and fifth career open championship agreed. I suppose that it s More fitting that he won it because he had t won it before Mcenroe said after his 7-6, 6-3,6-4 loss. The thrashing of Mcenroe convincingly destroyed the Label of loser that has haunted Lendl. Who lost in the finals the three previous years. A loss to Mcenroe would have tied the us. Open record of four consecutive final defeats set by Wil Liam m. Johnston in losing to Bill Tilden from 1922101925. But sunday belonged to Lendl who emerged a Winner Only his second grand slam title in eight finals. He previously had won the 1985 French open beating Mcenroe. I just took a different approach to this year s open than Ever before Lendl said. I tried to Lead a Normal life and try to do everything like i would do every other Day and just go for my matches. "1 went to a couple of aerobic classes. I went to play Golf. I played with my dogs anything. I just tried to keep myself relaxed that  he said the fact that attention was focused on Mcenroe Jimmy Connors and Boris Becker also helped. Going into sunday s match Lendl was ranked no. 2 in the world behind Mcenroe. After the Victory he ascended to the no. 1 spot. He became the first foreign Man to win the . Championship since Guillermo Vilas of Argentina in 1977, the last year the open was played on Clay before switching to the hard court of the National Tennis Center. The Victory gave Czechoslovakia a sweep of the major titles in this grand slam tournament. Hana Mandrikova won the women s singles saturday edging Martina Navratilova 7-6, i-6, 7-6. It was the first Lime since 1973, when Australia s John Newcombe and Margaret Smith court won that both . Open sin Gles titles had gone to foreigner. New comic also was the last right hander to win the men s singles. Navratilova avoided a triple loss at the . Open sunday by posting a 6-3, 6-4 Victory with Heinz Gunthardt Over austra lians Elizabeth Smylie and John Fitzgerald in the mixed doubles finals. Earlier sunday Navratilova and Pam Shriver lost the women s doubles championship to Claudia Kohide Kilsch and Helena Sutkova 6-7 5-76-2,6-3. Vikings upset fumbling 49ers 28-21 Minneapolis up Joey Browner recovered the fifth Fumble by san fran Cisco to set up running Back Ted Brown s 10-Yard run with 1 49 left sunday lifting the Minnesota Vikings to a 28-21 Victory Over the defending super bowl Champion ers in both teams season opener. The Victory avenged the Vikings 51-7 loss last year to san Francisco and marked a successful return for Bud Grant As Minnesota coach. He had taken an 11-month retirement in 1984 while the Vikings Stum bled to a 3-13 Mark. Minnesota capitalized on two late Fum Bles by the 49ers, scoring 21 Points in the fourth Quarter. Minnesota i Willie Teal hit Kickoff returner Derrick Harmon with less than 3 00 remaining and Browner recovered the Ball at san Francisco s 34 to set up the game winning score. Brown s to came on his first carry of the game. It was the third Fumble Browner recovered against the 49crs, who had lost Only 12 fumbles in their 15-1 regular season March to the super bowl. The Vikings tied the score 21-21 on Al Fred Anderson s a Yard plunge with 2 56 left set up by defensive end Doug Martin s 29-Yard Fumble recovery. He had scooped up a Ball knocked Loose from running Back Wendell Tyler. Joe Montana the National football conference s leading passer the last two seasons fired two touchdown passes to Roger Craig who also scored on a 10-Yard run. Showing no ill effects from a bad Back that slowed him in the exhibition season Montana completed 24-of-38 attempts for 265 Yards Ana was intercepted twice. Tyler rushed for 125 Yards on 21 carries. Montana who was shaken up in the first half completed 16-of-22 passes in the Sec Ond half engineering two fourth Quarter scoring drive. He connected with Craig on to throws of 19 and 18 Yards the first coming with 8 54 elapsed in the final period to Cap a 62-Yard drive. Montana completed 4 of 5 in a drive Midway through the second half hitting Jerry Rice for is Yards on third and 8 and and Freddie Solomon on an 18-Yard loss before firing an 18-Yard to strike to Craig with 2 11 elapsed in the period. Minnesota tied the score 14-14 on Tommy Kramer s 44-Yard scoring strike to Mike Jones Midway through the fourth Quarter. Kramer was 3 of 3 in the 66-Yard drive. Kramer completed 12 of 25 for 191 Yards