European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 11, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 Shinn Ecock Hills pleases open golfers a hold lick runner. No Railroad lies Southampton , up the Field for the . Open begun a week Long trip Back in time monday and the Vail majority believed in was going to be a Delight Ful if arduous journey. La s a Heck of a Golf course said Tom Kite runner up to Jack Nicklaus in this year s masters. It s the Way a Golf course ought to be said 198 open Champion David Graham. I be always thought the Driver was the most important c us in your bag and this course rewards the Good  the shinned oct Hills Golf club founded in is9i and five years later the Host of the second . Open put its charms on Public display monday As this year s open competitors began Prepa rations for thursday s first round. Perhaps the most complimentary re Marks came from Jack Renner one of the tour s steadies players and Winner of More than 5200,000 the past two years on the circuit. I be popped off on this subject before and 1 guess i will do in again said Tenner who will turn 30 Neil month. Why can t people build Golf courses today that look like this one i Don t Sec any Railroad lies out to arc a feature or courses designed by famed architect Pete Dye. I Don t see any greens sitting in the Middle of the water such As the infamous i7lh Hole at the tournament players club in Florida. This is a very hard Golf course. It s one of the hardest courses i be Ever seen. But it a fun to play i started out today planning on playing just nine holes but 1 was having so much fun i went ahead and played 18 More. "1 May not play very Good but it is a great course to be  most of the game s leading names played a practice round monday Over a layout that As much As any in tills country resembles the link land courses of Britain. Tom Watson sevc Balic Stvros and acc Trevino All Drew Large crowds As thousands crammed onto the tiny neck of Long Island which helped give by rih to Gol f i n America. Nicklaus who played the course last week skipped monday s practice Bui planned la tour the course tuesday. The week began with a Bright Sun and Gusty wind drying out a course that had been softened Over the weekend by heavy Rains. Obviously said re incr the wind is i he key. We played sunday and the wind blew 20 Miles an hour from one direction and we played today and it is blowing just As hard from another direction. "1 think if the wind blows you will see some scores in the 90s. And i Don t mean a real hard wind. In just a Normal wind you will Sec some real High scores. The rough is brutal and there is nol an easy Hole on the Golf course. But i Tove in. I Ean t find anything bad to say about the  amazed at what he wrought flood started turmoils of ree Agency by Alan Ladler san Diego a when Curt flood was introduced in his first old timer s game last weekend the announcer at Jack Murphy stadium touted flood s .193 lifetime batting average. The Diamond vision scoreboard touted his sin seasons of having hit Over .300 and his three All Star came appearances. There was no mention of flood s lasting contribution to baseball the one that Cost him Hii career. Flood paved the Way for tree Agency. Flood broke in for a cup of Coffee with Cincinnati in 1956. He was Back for another Short stay in 1957, but two years later flood made the majors to stay after being traded to the is. Louis cardinals. The Houston native was with the cardinals for 11 years. Bui it was when flood was traded from the cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies after the 1969 season thai the outfielder challenged baseball s Reserve clause in court. He claimed that the sport s owners practice slavery in their unilateral control of contracts and trades. Flood sat out the 1970 season in protest and moved to Denmark while his lawsuit wound ils Way through court. He was coaxed Home by the owner of the washing ton senators who gave him a is 10,000 contract for 1971 big Money in those Days. But she year Layoff eroded Hood s skills and he quit baseball for Good i 3 parrs into the 1971 season. He moved to Spain and was there when the . Supreme court in june 1972 ruled against him. I be got to believe that Curt flood s position for the first Lime forced baseball s owners to look at i hair product and found out they had n pretty Good  former teammate Lou Brock said. Today s players they do not know who curl flood is or was or what he stood for the Only thing they know is that their agents Are telling them that they the agents arc responsible for their huge contracts Brock said. "1 still believe that today s player owes him  when flood returned to the United Stales in 1976, free Agency was a part of baseball the Impact of in did t really occur to me until 1978 or 19t9," flood said. Cut until that Point people really did l know not photo Curt flood. Only Bob Gibson gave him support what i was trying to do As far As my col leagues and my Peers were concerned. When they think you re attacking baseball you have your work Cut out for  he recalled the Lack of support from players of his Day. We were at the supreme court a vol of my trial and some of the most important things to a baseball player were being argued in open court and Only Bob Gibson my Roommate at the Lime showed up other than players who were out of the game. I guess they were afraid of guilt by association. Some of the players who really would have benefited the Mosi did t show up flood said. That disappointed  fifteen years after taking his stand the 48-year-old flood says he s still amazed by what he wrought. I went to the Ballpark about three months ago and i wanted a baseball flood said one of my friends bad 3 baseball in his locker and. A Check for $97,000. Under this Brand new baseball was a Check for 197,000. In order to make that kind of Money we had to win three world series. I be never had any hard feelings he said. What happened probably had to Hap pen and it just happened that it was me. I be never Felt bad about having done in. I m glad that so Many of my colleagues have enjoyed it. Bill they assume that this is the Way it s always been Don t in Cut Champion Italy advances in world cup Puebla Mexico a Alessandro Altobelli scored a hat Irick to Lead Italy to a 3-2 world cup group a Victory Over South Korea tuesday and a. Place in the second round of the Competition. The Victory gave Italy second place in the group behind Argentina and it will face european Champion France in he second round in Mexico City next tuesday. Argentina finished first in group a with five Points and will play a wild card team still to be determined Nlaly had four Points. Bulgaria to and South Korea one. South Korea was eliminated. Altobelli Kepi alive his record of having scored in each game of the tournament and boosted Bis local to live to overtake pen Mark s Preben Emkjaer As the Competition s leading scorer. Altobelli scored in the 18th, 73rd and 82nd minutes and also missed a first half penalty. Choi soon to scored for South Korea in the 62nd minute leveling the scores at la while huh Yung Moo scored a Consolation goal 90 seconds from the end. Italy dominated the match for Long Peri ods while the Sodalh koreans were restricted to rare counterattacks. The defending champions always appeared to have the game under control except for when the koreans grabbed the equalizer against he re n of play. Altos Coli e first goal came after the Ilat ians had a Penally Appeal turned Down. Antonio Digennaro crossed and Altobelli the Veteran inter Milan striker chested the Ball Down and faked before firing into the  missed from the penalty spal in the 36th minute shooting against the Post after himself being fouled in the area. The italians appeared to be cruising. When Choi struck his Superb equalizer from the Edge of the Penally area. The goal jolted them Oul of their lethargy however and Altobelli restored the Lead with a close Range  third Effort deflected into the net by a defender also came from just us Yards out. South Korea s second goal came Loo late to give the underdogs any Hope of forcing a draw. Argentina 2, Bulgaria 0 Mexico cite a Argentina clinched first place in group a of the 1986 world cup on tuesday with ils Victory Over Bulgaria thai virtually eliminated the Easl i european Side from the tournament. Striker Jorge Valdano headed Home a see world cup on Page 28 Ulius goalie to Iuno Clatt does Bael up. In vain attempt to Block goal by South korean to Choi soon nol shown