European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday augusts 1966 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Norman s record 65 leading pea tourney or a nor Ron. Hot tournament Streak continues by Gordon s. White or. Toledo Ohio not eighteen Days after win Ning the British open Greg Norman set out Afier his second major Victory with an Inverness club course record of sin under 65 on thursday in the opening round of the 63th pea championship. The 31-year-old australian had the first round Lead by two shots Over Craig Sadler and Phil Blackmar in he continuing Effort to establish himself As the Domi Nant player in professional Golf. His 65 beat Hale Irwin s Modem Inverness Mark of 67, set in the third round of the 1979 United Stales open Norman who la going into the final rounds of the masters and the United states and British opens is Riding one of the hottest streaks in recent years. He leads the pea tour earnings list and has three Victo Ries and three seconds in his last 10 tournaments. Greg could very Well be playing for his fourth major Here said Jack Nicklaus who beat Norman by a shot for the masters title in april. Thai s How close he came and How Well he is Nic Jaus was five shots behind wornian after two bogeys in the last three holes left him with a 70. Ray Floyd who won this year s . Open shot is five Over 76. Gary Koch who was three shots behind Norma after a 68 on the 6,982-Yard course said there s nothing i can do to control another golfer. There s still a lot of Golf to play Here and if i shoot Well but nor Man shoots better t can t do anything about it. But t can think of a lot of other Guys i d rather have up there right Koch finished sixth in the British open the Best showing by an american in that tournament. We see players on these streaks said Bruce Lietzke after shooting 69. It s Greg Norman s Lime now. But there seems to be no end to his clearly the Man to heal Norman said "1 did t attack the course. In my mind i did t play aggressively just the Long and accurate slugger carded six birdies and no bogeys. He ran a string of five birdies in a six Hole stretch on the Back nine and made Only one serious mistake All Day. He salvaged a Par from that error on the Par five eighth Hole. If he goes on to win he will become the first player to win two of the four major tournaments in one year since Tom Watson took he . And British opens in 1982. Before that Nicklaus won the . Open and pea championship in j980. And it is those two me whom Norman May succeed As the world s Premier Rains fell All night and ended just before Dawn on thursday so that the tiny greens hard and fast in practice Early this week were a bit softer and More receptive to shots Bui still fast. This resulted in 25subpar rounds on a course that has hosted four . Opens but has never Given up a subpar score Over the 72-Hole stretch of a major tournament. Norman s Long precise play produced a Birdie on the Par-4 fourth Hole where he hit his most satisfying sae pea on Page 26 Kelly Heads guarantee contract list Usel gives All players right to Deal by David Ginsburg Washington a the Usel has told in players they arc free to continue their careers As soon As they can and in any league they 12 hours of give and take negotiations thursday the league s own in and its player association decided that Alt Usel players including those with guaranteed contracts would be Given the immediate Opportunity to pursue professional football and other Careen Are approximately 30 player with guaranteed contracts including quarterback Jim Kelly whose National football league rights Are owned by Buffalo and running Back Kelvin Bryant Washington among about 530 player sin the Usel under the terms of the agreement each is now freed from a contractual lie to the league. Earlier thursday Herschel Walker pro football s All time single season Rush ing Leader announced that he has dead to to seek an nil contract rather than tit out for a second straight , whoa nil rights Are held by Dallas made he announcement by Declar ing. I m a football player and i want to play football. I love to play football god has Given me the ability to play foot Ball and 1 want to play with the very Walker s agent. Peter Johnson said he would probably open contract talks with the Cowboy next week. Kelly was not As certain that he would play this season. If i went to Buffalo it would Cut my career a couple of years Short because of weather " Kelly said thursday my Veenis talked Wilh former Buffalo quarterback Joe Ferguson. He said playing up there definitely Cut his career a couple of years Short. And 1 feel that if my Ca reer is Cul a couple of years Short i think should be paid for thai. If Ralph Wilson Buffalo owner snot As serious As i Hope he is about sign owners and its players Union Calls for Al clubs to carry a nucleus Rosier of no fewer than 10 players for the 1987 us season. That roster to be completed by sept. 15, 1986, would include players re signed by the club and those with guaranteed player with a guaranteed contract has three options according buddy Ayd Clytte he May leave the league to negotiate a contract with another professional football team slay in the Usel and collect the Money from his contract or renegotiate the con tract at the team s agreement came three Days after the league announced it would suspend play Uncle the fall of 1987. That decision came less than a week after a jury ruled that thenal bad violated Federal anti Trust Laws but awarded the Usel Only $ 1 in damages tripled to $3 under anti Trust rules. We re alive and viable said Larry Csonka. General manager of the Jack Sonville bulls. The likelihood of nil the Quality players finding a Job in the Flor Cal Canadian football league is extremely commissioner Harry usher expressed optimism in the Wake of the league s recent misfortune the Union and the league have shown Trtat both parties Are commuted to inc future. We will not give up in the face of the nil s illegal monopoly usher said in a prepared Allen executive director of the us Flea said the league was in a transitional phase and would continue its quest to could have become utter chaos was dealt with rationally by the league audits players Allen said. There Aren t any villains it s a win win said the agreement was an Ami Cable one that rewarded those playerstusf1ing me i will sit out because i want to Aydelette said the group representing who sought to be part of the Usel play for a team thai want to make it to in league s owners and the us Flea which has not played since july of 1985.the championship. If i Don t get what i were my is angry at the outset of the we wanted to make sure players Loyal think i deserve i will Sil out and become a free agent next the agreement Between the Usel talks but both sides made numerous concessions before reaching a final agreement Well into the night. To the league would continue of Weir Ca reer Allen said. This addresses the players tigers clobber tribe sweep 4-game series i i Iii in. A Ahtu Auina non Vila tit i Al rim hit Fiul two Nins in a i innings. Jcoby the associated prs Detroit Lou Whitaker drove in three Detroit runs with two. Singles thursday finishing a six rib night an leading the tigers to a 6-2 Victory Over the Cleveland indians a sweep of a Dou ble header and the four game series. Whitaker also drove in three runs inthe tigers 15-1 rout in the first game. Kirk Gibson s three run Homer powered five run fourth inning As Jack moms cruised to his sixth Victory in his last seven decisions in the of Ner. The tigers have won 17 of their last Al Roundup 23 games. Mark Thurmond 2-1, pitched six scoreless innings in the Nightcap allow ing six fails. Bui Campbell relieved for his third save. Detroit s is runs Anco 20 hits in the opener were both season highs for the team. Pat Sheridan scored four times. Morris staked to a 10-0 Lead by the fifth inning allowed four Hiu Over seven shutout innings. Jim Slaton relieved m the eighth giving up Cleveland s run. The two limited Cleveland to seven hits. John Grubb also homered in the fourth inning with the bases empty in other Al games thursday Brewers 10, Yankee 2 new York Cecil Cooper and Rick Manning hit three ran homers to lift Milwaukee Over slumping new York. The Brewers won three of four games in their series against the Yankees who have lost eight of their last 11 games Tim Leary so i. Won Only his second game in Bis last eight starts allowing five hits and two runs i in. John Henry Johnson pitched 3% innings of three hit Relief for his first save since 1981. Cooper s Homer gave Milwaukee a 5-1 Lead in the fifth. Manning hit his third Homer of the season in the seventh. Blue jays 5, royals 4 Toronto Willie up Haw hit a run scoring single in the eighth inning after Steve fairs balk had tied the game leading Toronto past Kansas City. The Blue jays entered the eighth Trail see Al on Page 23
