European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 12,1986 the stars and stripes sports . Women stun soviet robots by George Vecsey Moscow not late in the game an old fashioned 83-60 stomping of the soviet team on its own court Anne Donovan found herself looking at the soviet players to Sec How they were taking it. "1 did t see anything she said after the Ameri can women captured the Goodwill games basketball championship. They play like robots. You never know what they re thinking. E it we play with  that s easy to say after beating a team that had won 26 of its last 28 International tournaments and in their own capital City with dozens of american personnel in civilian clothes cheering and trying to get a wave going. A few brazilians in the stands got the Point but the soviet majority quietly abstained americans Don t necessarily read East european  correctly but that s another Story. The soviet women smiled and stood erect during the medal ceremony in keeping with the High sports Manship level of this event but they had won 152 of commentary their last 134 International games and they were not amused. This was the first team meeting Between soviet and american athletes in this festival organized by those two great world Powers the soviet Union and ted Turner. There will be other .-soviet meet Ings in the next week in water Polo team handball and volleyball but nothing is Likely to Shock the russians More than thursday night s humbling. When you Don t play for 10 years and you beat them in Russia said Teresa Edwards of Georgia who did t bother to finish her sentence. They think they re the Best. We think we re the Best. There s no doubt we were the Best  basketball is supposed to be the american game but the soviet National team is consistently the Best in inc world because it is constantly refined piece by piece season by season. The americans Don t have enough Money or interest to maintain a National team so Kay Yow of North Carolina stale had to scrape to Pul together a learn for these games and the world championships in the soviet Union next month. The americans declined to attend inc 1980 sum Mer games Here and the soviet Union retaliated in 1984, but the two teams arc not total strangers to each other. Donovan the 6-foot-8 Center from Ridgewood. N.j., remembered her first game against the soviet team when she was a freshman at old Dominion University. She was pretty sure of herself until she ran out on the court and saw Yulan Soma Nova All of 7-fcct-l. With an imposing jaw and forehead and a Skyhook and a birth certificate not much newer than that of a Arcco Abdul Jabbar. Soma Nova could move a Little in those Days. And. Donovan recalled you see . On Page 26 Strawberry tops no All Star voting san Diego second baseman Bip Roberts screams As St. Louis Alan ital cely slides into him on aucsil1 . The padres won 4-3 see no Roundup on Page 23. New York a Darryl Straw Berry one of three new York acts vote to the starting lineup was the leading vote getter for the National league All Star team announced thursday and he said the Honor would Spur him on As themes try to win their first division title since 1973. Winning the award will give me added incentive for the second half of the year to really put some numbers on the Board Strawberry said wednesday after learning the final tally. Strawberry attracted 1,619,511 votes More than 135,000 ahead of the next most popular player in the fan balloting his teammate Catcher Gary Carter. The third acts starter will be first baseman Keith Hernandez. Also selected to the starting team for tuesday s game at Houston were second baseman Ryne Sandburg of Chicago shortstop Ozzie Smith of St. Louis third baseman Mike Schmidt of Philadelphia and outfielders Dale Murphy of Atlanta and Tony Gwynn of san Diego. Strawberry was hitting .295 with 13 Home runs and 45 Bis through wednesday. He is the first no player to Start All Star games in his first three full seasons in the major leagues. The Only other players to be selected As starters in their first three seasons were in the american league Joe Dimaggio Rod Carew and Tony Oliva. It s an Honor and it Means a lot to me Strawberry said. To have my name associated with people like dimag Gio and Carew is something that makes this extra  Hernandez hitting .286, won his eighth consecutive Gold Glove award last season and will be making his first All Star Start although he has been a re serve on three previous teams. I be been watching this All Star elec Tion with quite a bit of interest the last 10 Days Hernandez said. I Don t want to get into a lot of detail about Why. But i am  despite a .309 season with 91 Bis in 1985. Hernandez received a great Deal of unfavourable publicity last year when he was one of the players called to testify in inc Federal drug trial in Pittsburgh and later received penalties from commissioner Peter Ueberroth. This one will rank right up there with the first one Hernandez said particularly because of the fan  Carter is hitting Only .241 but has 13homers and 57 Bis. He won his sixth consecutive selection with 1,486,141 votes. Since 1970, when the fans re gained the vote for the starting teams Only Carter Johnny Bench and ted Sim Mons have been selected As starting catchers for the National league. Murphy earned his fifth straight Start ing assignment with a .273 average 14 homers and 36 Bis. Gwynn held off a late surge by Montreal s Tim Raines Lowin by 82,848 votes for his debut As a starter. Gwynn the 1984 no batting Champ is hitting .335. Sandberg makes his second Start at second base. He has a .276 average with 43 Bis. Smith makes his fourth straight Start at shortstop and joined Strawberry. Carter Sandburg and Murphy in attract ing More than 1 million votes. Smith is batting .290. Schmidt at .285 with 17 homers and 61 Bis was a starter at third base from 1979-84. He began this season splitting his time Between first and third base but has been mostly full time at third for most of the season. Gooden Clemens to Start All Star Duel by John Nelson new York a Roger Clemens of the Boston red sox and Dwight Gooden of the new York mets on thurs Day were named to their leagues pitch ing staffs setting up an anticipated face off of Young struggling pitchers in base Ball s 57th All Star game. The american league which has lost 13 of the last 14 All Star games selected eight pitchers while the National league chose 10. Clemens a right hander who has the most victories in the major leagues this season was off to a 14-0 Start one Victory Short of the american league record before losing his last two. Gooden 10-4, who won the 1985 by Young award in the National league with a 24-4 record has split his last four decisions losing his most recent Outing wednesday 11-1, to the Cincinnati reds. Both managers Dick Howser of Kan Sas City for the americans and Whitey Herzog of St. Louis for the nationals have indicated these two pitchers would Start for their respective squads. Both Are in their third seasons. Last year Dave Stieb of Toronto made his second straight Start for the Al see All Star on Page 26