European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 10, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 sports letters Winter rules a disservice to Golf dear editor read a recent Story in the stars and stripes by your Craig dooms about an almost Golf tournament in the Stuttgart area. Much could be said about the Perm lied use of Winter rules or belter preferred lies. 1 was astonished because it docs g disservice to the game to the legitimacy of the outcome and to in competitor Given the military passion for rules it was doubly astonishing. Will they be towering the net for the next Usa eur Tennis championship this is not As outrageous or dissimilar As it May sound. Playing the Ball As it lies a part of the very nature of Golf i Grant you some of us have played the old course at is. Andrews Scotland when Peg Ging up the Ball on fairways was required but that was prior to the British open when officials were Irving to keep the venerated Public course in goo shape for one of golfs Premier events. And a rare pea tour event has allowed doodling the Ball around in the Fairway but usually for extraordinary reasons. The casual approach to a line tournament such As the Usa eur championships is laughable. It Justin t Golf. Among excellent players the difference Between winning and losing is often no More than stroke or two. It would be a shame to arrive at a. Champion became he May have benefited More frequently from improved lies. Too it is a practice that distorts results. The rules of Golf do not exist for penal intent they Are de signed chiefly to provide a fair setting in which to Parade our Golf i Lutes and May the Best player win. Even though everyone May tee the Ball up on a healthy tuft of grass which contrary to popular myth does t spare a Golf course Ai much As n serves to damage the healthy grass responsible for reseeding Barren patches it doubtlessly will serve one player More than another and will hardly be lit preparation for someone advancing to the next level of Competition where he or she will have to play it As it iks. That s the nature of the game anything else is simply not Golf. What a sad and silly Way to run a tournament. George Eberl few Hills no. Dear editor i would like to make a few comments concerning the recent Roll pm Over open otherwise known As the Usa eur Golf championship played recently at Stuttgart. It was very interesting to read some of the com ments from these top notch golfers concerning the local Rule allowing players to lift clean and place heir Ball. I thought the one from the gentleman i assume he is that because he is definitely not a golfer from Naples who informed us that Llie Urga rules were written mainly for the pea tour was most interesting. I have played this game for Over 25 years and buy a copy of the Rule Book every single year and have never but never seen anything in the Book that states thai these rules Are written mainly for Thetga tour.1 the rules Are written for playing the game of Golf period. If one dots not like to play by these rules then i would suggest that he she try his her hand at a differ ent game. I would suppose that when one plays this gentleman s Home course in Naples that there is a Long discussion before the match Aslo which rules Are being adhered to and which Are not. It irritates me no end to see people attempting to play the game of Golf utilizing such weird things As mulligans gimmes Winter rules and All of the other garbage thai violates and desecrated the game Mostof us love very much. Maybe i could possibly under stand it when one is playing his saturday morning round with the boys but even then i wonder if these people who Bend the rules when they Are play ing Are not the same Type of people who would Bend other rules in life that Are More important. But for golfers of the Caliper that were in Stuttgart 10 condescend to this inane ruling is absolutely Ridic Ulous. Golf is a game that to me is above the rest of he sports in the fact that basically the golfer is his own judge most of the time. Raymond Floyd called a penalty on himself recently in a tournament. Would John Mcenroe or Jimmy Connors or Larry Bird or Jim Mcmahon or Don Mattingly do this in their sport the answer to that is no. Would one of these gentlemen who played at Stuttgart do in i wonder. The reason Given for the Ruli la was thai it was unfair to a Gaiter to have his Ball Roll into a Patch of grass in the Middle of the Fairway. The person who made that ruling should Slick to being the usar eur official at tiddlywinks matches or whatever. This occurrence is quite simply termed rub of the Green in Golf. One of the players said it was not fair that is quite possibly True. But is it fair for some golfers to play a course Early in the morning when the Dew is on the ground and others to play it later the same Day when it is dry is 11 fair that one golfer plays with the wind at his face and later on the wind changes and either Dies or Isnow at another golfer s Back who determines what is fair and Why should top flight golfers have to worry about in if you can t hit the shot from that tuft in the grass in the Middle of the Fairway pack your bag Ana Lake up another sport that is fair. In closing. I would like to say that to me Golf i meant to be played one Way by the rules. You hit it from where it lies and you Hole out every put. If you do anything at All different then to Para phase Bobby Jones you Are playing a game with which 1 am not  i would appreciate your priming these comments in your paper and please feel free to use my name. Thank you. Mike  Germany Boston stops tigers on Seaver s 5-hitter from Prii dispatches Detroit Tom Seaver pitched a five Hitler and struck out nine batters his season High As the Boston red sox ended the Detroit tigers1 four game win Ning Streak 6-1, Friday. The Victory raised Seaver s record to5-10 after three straight losses ii was his second Complete game of the year. He walked Only one Batter and had a shutout until the ninth inning. Randy o Neal 1-7, took the loss a Detroit fell set games behind Boston in the american league East o Neal starting Only three Days after picking up his first save of lie season lasted lest than three innings As Boston scored four runs in the second largely due to his wildness. After Don Baylor reached base on shortstop Alan Trammel Fielding error o Neal walked Pirec straight waiters to Force Baylor in. Al Roundup Rich gtd Man s infield out brought Home Dwight Evans and de Romero s sacrifice Fly scored Bui Buckner. Tonya Mas then raced Home making it 4-0, when Marty Barrett got the red sox Slone hit of tie inning a single to left. Boston scored again in the third in Ning when Evans worked o Neal for Aone out walk and scored on Buckner i screamer Down the left Field line. Jim Slaton relieved o Neal to gel the last out. Boggs touched Slaton for a Lead off Home run in the Foutuh. Making Boston s Lead 6-0,Detroit scored in the ninth on a Dou ble by Lou Whitaker a ground out end John Grubb s single. In other games Friday Yankees 2, royals 0 new York. Tommy John Juil reactivated from the disabled list hurled a five hitter Over la innings to lift Newyork Over Kansas City for Only its fifth Victory in 15 games. The 43-year-old left hander who raised his record to 4-1, John walked one and struck out five. Dave Righetti pitched 1 i innings for his25th save. White sox 12, brewery 6 Milwaukee Daryl Boston drove in four runs and hit his Hist Homer of the season to Lead Chicago past Milwaukee. The game featured seven Home runs including two by Milwaukee s Rob Deer. Indium 3, orioles 0 Baltimore Julio Franco cracked a two run Homer in the fifth in Ning and knuckle Baller Tom Candiotti pitched a five Hiller Over set innings to Lead Cleveland Over Baltimore. The Victory ended a five game losing Streak for the indians who had dropped double headers on successive nights to Detroit. Baltimore lost is third straight and dropped to five games behind first place Boston in the Al East. Rangers 9, Blue jays 7 Arlington Texas Scott retch or s iwo Nin single with two oils and the1bases loaded in the Bottom of the eighth inning rallied Texas past Toronto. Angels 6, mariners 4 Anaheim Calif. Vern Ruhle making his first Start in Over a year Al Lowed two runs Over seven innings and Dick Schofield hit a three run Homer to Lead California Over Seattle. A �5,ttliw2 Oakland Calif. Jose Cansec hit a two run Homer and Dave Kingman hit a bases empty shot leading Oakland Over Minnesota. Canseco s Homer driven deep into the left Center held bleachers was the Rookie outfielder s 26th of the season and raised his major Teague leading rib total to 94. Reds take double header from dodgers from press Ali patches Cincinnati Kal Daniels hit a pair of Solo homers and Chris Welsh and and Ron Robinson combined on a five hitter Friday right As the Cincinnati reds by the los Angeles dodgers 5-1 to sweep a double header. Bill Gullickson held the dodgers to five hits in the opener for a 4-0 Victory the right handers first shutout since May ii 985, with Montreal. The sweep came after the dodgers had won nine of their previous 10 games during which they averaged s.5 runs a game. Cincinnati was coming Oft a z-7 Road trip to the West coast. Daniels homers his third and fourth of the season came in the third and no Roundup fourth innings of the second game. Eddie Milner also homered Welsh 4-3, got the Victory Only hours after coming off the disabled list. He had arthroscopic surgery after tearing Carti Lage to his left knee on july 17. The left hander allowed five hits Over seven innings before Robinson came on. Alejandro pent 1-2, was the loser of the second game giving up six hits in five innings. Kurt Slit Well singled Home the reds first run set up by second baseman Steve sax s throwing error in the second. Daniels second Homer put the reds ahead 3-0, Nick Esasky reached on an infield Hil and Milner hit his i Ullh Homer off Joe Beckwith in the sixth. Daniels bad five hits in the double header driving in three  other games Friday braves 7, giants 6 Atlanta Dale Murphy drove i three null with a Home run and double and Ken Griffey hit a two run Homer As Atlanta build a 7-1 Lead then held on to beat san Francisco. The Victory was at Lanta s fifth in a Row. Expos 5, Mefs 3montreal Tim Raines drove in two runs with a pair of singles to Lead Montreal Over new York. Bryn Smith allowed seven hits in 6w innings for his first Victory since july 10. Cubs 2, Phillies Chicago Jody Davis two out single in the Bottom of the sixth capped a two run rally to lift Chicago Over Phila Delphia and Send the Phillies to their fifth straight loss. Cancun a 3, pirates 1 St. Louis Danny Cox fired Athree Hitler Over eight innings and Terry rendition went 4-for-4 to spark St. Louis Over Pittsburgh astros 5, padres 0 Houston Mike Scott pitched a six Hitler and Jose Cruz drove in two runs giving him 1,001 in his major league Ca reer As Houston beat san Diego. Scott 12-7, struck out nine batters boosting his major league leading total to 216