European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday october 19. 19b5 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary St. Louis holding All fhe right cards am. You to know in order to Chart the show my showdown world series is right there in Ilie lineups. I lie Hiloni s to Kansas City in a nun her us area. Consider i or in St. Louis . A shortstop. I in Smillir Lor the if Kovals at Iii list buddy . In Smith is the i /. An ice Bil Camii cd with what must be .1 in in i i be. Who Sel the defensive Slan Dani for in., p me was the most valuable i inc National Learue Plau ills. Sprouting Muscles on i spinal irame i., produce a pc h inc run ill lip la in Ilie two games. Buddy Biancalana is Best Knon is Daud i cd scr s favorite Ball player Iller Terry i of scr. If course. Hia Cal Ina showed .1 Little playoff Pii Neh. Loo. Balling All of .222. was not bad. Though consid ering that he hit iks during the regular season when he first caught s Eye. Need Mure ? of. Try this. For the Kansas cil royals at first base. Steve Balboni. For the is. cardinals at first base. Jack Chirk. Balboni delivered the deep dip hit in Maine three against Toronto a Bloop single. Me also set a playoff record eight strikeouts in 25 at Bals and batted a ices than Lusty .120. Clark was the hero of the playoff clincher with a . Three run Nolti Miniri the Putin my Lor the i in rec . I Mutiri cleanup is i i la a Lik k i \ who kills till royals Lei no 4 inner is Mil me will not be in Iligir lineup however be cause he is a do Iii at. Hitter and the pm Cost Ilc Lorld series Pilj be played b league Rule-., without Benefit of Ilie Lill. So in Lead of four swings one of the rivals most reliable bats will be limited to one Chance at the plate. In his place pc s Puchis. Who have not swung a Bat in Mger since i hair Little league Day will be taking their cuts. St. I Ouis will Start its Ace. 21-Gamc Winner John Tudor in the first Girne of the series and could have him Back for two More starts if the series goes Long Kansas City s Best Pitcher Bret Saberhagen. Who won 20. Is nursing a bruised hand and is questionable for the series. In any event he would nol Start before Iamb 3. Reducing his maximum contribution of two starts one less than the cards can get from i Moor the evidence Nisi a cps mounting. The cardinals have the horse. Lulls Dales. and the royals Simp do a e Haven l even i ibo Tommy Lien and in i my inn bailed in .1 Illic be e his " i Hilzim e. " i p Jilin a i n Nice i iceman and ins i Iii stolen Kansas ill a Lviv lie hitlers Bill not i up Ali a t Ler. Tii Ghlen with \1ck.ie i sine the royals a be in this s. Ries on a pass. My. In thro Ueli Lite p Back d when the i it Lillie lays went into a . Total Ballini stupor nil. l Jay hitlers were hang a line old time against pc pitching winning the Lisl two games Al and -5. The had it scored five runs in he fifth inning of Iamb a when the France Sel in ii was As if Thev had taken a collective dose of Somines t hey scored just eight runs in the next 40 innings and frittered away Canada s Chance to Host its first orld series. Instead it s an All Missouri series Nice for Ameri Ca s heartland and great Lor Long shot players. The pick is easy. St. I Ouis in five games certain. In four games perhaps in three games if they decide to end the carnage Early. Nordques hand flyers 2-1 setback from press dispatches i Iii i goalie Pelle Lindbergh faced one shot in the second period and it proved to be his undoing. Lindbergh who saw Only 14 shots the entire game was beaten twice by Quebec right Wing Mark Kumpel. The game win Ner came in the second a cruel on a to loot shot glanced off Lyrad Marsh s Slick to give the Nordques a 2-1 Victor thurs Day night Iner the Philadelphia i hers. Nordques oath Michel Lier Geron said his team has been indic. Led Troni criticism that in was defenceless. People have been saying we have no Gergeron said. Hut in winning our five games so far we have Given up Only six goals so nobody can say we Don t have a Good the Nordques defense appeared mainly in the form of goalkeeper Richard Sev Igny who blocked 42 shots. When you face so Many shots you have to be very Lucky he said. It s ail part of the Lindbergh saw it a different Way. Their goaltender was unbelievably he said and complained he was under worked by a Cuci when you have so few Sli ols to face As i did Long he you gel Eold and you Don t know what s going to it was a frustrating game for us. But we seem to run Minlu situations like ins several limes in a season said flyers Cap Tain Dave Victory was Quebec s fifth straight. The flyers fell lo2-2.Philadelphia went ahead 1-0 at ?"14 in the first period when Murray Craven put a rebounded Shoi Pasi Sevigny. In the Only other games thursday Nurah slurs 1 1, red whips i the North stars broke Loose Lor their first Victory by Oul shooting the wings 23-s in the first period and then Bellows and Brian assisted on each other s goals i 1 seconds apart in the first period to Starl the rout. Bel lows. Neal Broten Lawton Dirk Graham and Tony Mckency each had a goal and Philadelphia goalie i Elle 1 in Vergh. A Quiel Ghl did t pay dividends Luo. .sist.s. Dennis Maruk. Scored i a a Truk Mil set up another. \\hulcrs4, in tils 3 of last Hutiu Arkord . Kevin l Meen s Fuu rih goal of the season l 4l into uncut inc handed inc devils their first loss Alier three wins. tied it with 4 55 left when Irey hipped in a Backhander for his second goal of the night. Dineen a a n it a firing a rebound of his own shot a it Glenn Husch All Missouri world series is since 44 Kansas City. To. A they la have logo a Lille bit farther this Lime to decide the championship of Missouri Lack in l 44, when a. I Ouis was Aboul As far West As you could go and still see major league baseball the St. Louis Cardi nals were involved in another world series their opponents then were the is. Browns the whole affair was played in sports Man s Park. The teams did t have to do much More than Chance irom i hair Home Whites to Road i rays. This Lime i lie cardinals have to Cross the breadth of Missouri to play the Kansas City rivals in this show i showdown starting saturday Naglit. Fans from 49 other states and other pans of the world presumably will be watching to Sec whether the championship winds up belonging to the Eastern or Western Border of Middle America. It s the first intrastate world series since the Fos Angeles dial Gers and Oakland a s. On opposite ends of the Golden state free Way went at it in i 174. Fos Angeles and the California Angels could have been in this one. So could the new York mels and new York Yankees. They All were in con Tention. The Media always talks about a subway series so there s nothing wrong w Ith an i 70 series " George Brett the royals third baseman said. A few disc jockeys and other radio types on the Eastern and Western Borders of the rest of America namely in new York and los Angeles have been cynically Sug Gesting that Abc. Which owns the telecast ing rights to the series is ready to take the pipe Over potentially dismal ratings for this Best of seven matchup whoa not so fail said Tim Mccarver. One of the new York mels broadcasters who will be joining Al Michaels and Jim Palmer in the network Booth. This is the world series. I think it transcends sports in the same Way thai the super bowl is More than just a championship football game. They could be playing this thing in Wichita and t Opeka and you d still attract the View ers. The world serie., is a special part of
