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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 30, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports jays Batter indians 9-1 with 16 hits from press dispatches Cleveland Toronto Blue Jay Pitcher Jim Clancy says that his team is ready to turn the tables on the Boston red sox. All we be got to do is play our game and let them do the scoreboard watching Clancy said after pitch Al Roundup ing a Complete game nine hitter in the Blue jays 9-1 rout Over the Cleveland indians thursday night. He struck out five and walked  fifth consecutive Victory for the second place Blue jays pulled them to within 4 a games of the american league Eastern division red sox who were Idle  think people were counting us out in the Early part of the season saying that Boston would run away with it. I think this is it that we re going to get on that Roll. It s the greatest time of the season to do it. Every body s at their Peak now Clancy said. The Blue jays had 16 hits helping Clancy 14-7, to his eighth Victory in his last 10 decisions. Tony Fernandez and George Bell each had four hits with Fernandez collecting a double and triple and Bell hitting two  be been struggling lately at the plate Fernandez said. But i be been hanging in there giving 100 per  Only run Clancy allowed was Andre Thornton s 17lh Home run in the sixth  Schrom 11-6, was the loser yielding five runs on 10 hits in four  scored runs in the first and third innings putting Toronto ahead 2-0. He led off the game with an infield single and eventually scored on a two out single by Bell in the third Fernandez tripled an came Home on Willie Upshaw s single. Rick Leach who had three hits led off the Toronto fourth with a double and scored on a two out double by Fernandez giving Toronto a 3-0 Lead. In the fifth Lloyd Moseby hit a Lead off single and scored As Bell followed with a double knocking out Schrom. Bell scored on Leach s double off Rich Yett. Toronto broke the game open with a four run seventh highlighted by a two run double by Garth Long and an rib single by Manny  other games thursday White sox 6, rangers 2 Chicago Steve Carlton won his 321st game As the Chicago White sox beat Texas for the first time Ali is season it was Carlton s second american league Victory after 319 with St. Louis Philadelphia and san Francis co in the National league. In 6 a innings he gave up six hits walked four and struck out four lifting his career Mark to 4,015 strikeouts second on baseball s All Lime list behind Nolan Ryan. The 41-year-old left hander who is 2-2 with the White sox was backed by Ron Hassey s two run Dou ble and Harold Baines 20th Homer. Chicago took a 2-0 Lead in the first inning off loser to Guzman 9-12, when Daryl Boston Dou Joohn Cangelosi walked and Hassey drove them both Home with a double Down the right Field line. Baines Homer into the left Field stands in the third see Al on Page 26 Steffi Graf backhands to Andrea Temesvari in route to a crushing 6-1,6-0 win thursday in the is. Open. Lend Navratilova Advance by Bob Greene new York a defending Champion and top seeded Ivan Lendl his powerful Arsenal in top gear easily Defeated Robert Seguso 6-3, 6-1, 6-2thursday night to Lead a Parade of seeded players into the third round of the . Open Tennis championships. The Victory was tainted by several questionable Calls especially one in the seventh game of the match that gave Lindl the Only service break of the first  that Seguso who upset Jimmy Connors in the first round at Wimbledon earlier this summer constantly questioned line Calls. Other straight set winners thursday included Martina Navratilova the women s top seed and no. 3 Steffi Graf of West Germany. Seeking her third singles title in four years Navratilova downed Betsy Nagelsen 6-2, 7-5, while Graf crushed Hun Gary s Andrea times Van 6-1,6-0. The third Day of play on the hard courts at the National Tennis Center got a late Start. Rain caused 18 scheduled matches to be postponed including second round singles matches Between fourth seeded Stefan Edberg of Sweden and Kevin Curren and Between India s Ramesh Krishnan and Mexico s Leonardo  Annacone who shocked four time . Open Champion John Mcenroe on opening Day tuesday was ousted in the second round thursday by Aaron Krickstein who battled Back to win 4-6, 4-6,6-3,6-4, 7-6.other men posting second round victories thurs Day included fifth seeded Yannick Noah of France no. 8 Henri Leconti of France no. 15 Brad Gilbert and j9han Kriek a two time australian open  women s play fifth seeded Pam Shiv or also advanced into the third round along with no. 8bonnie Gadusek and no. 15 Kathy Jordan. After the controversial Call gave Lendl a service break he closed out the opening set by breaking Seguso s service again this time at Deuce in the ninth game. But the right hander a member of the . Davis cup team began the second set with a service break of his own. Then Lendl ranked no. 1 in the world began a 10-Gamc spree that wrapped up the second set and gave him a 4-0 Lead in the third. The czechoslovak right hander then held his own serve to close out the second round Victory. Navratilova breezed through the first set in 23 minutes after breaking Nagelsen s serve to begin the match. And she took a 2-1 Lead in the second set after breaking Nagelsen at love in the third game. Graf beat her hungarian foe in just 39 minutes the quickest match so far in this tournament and showed she had fully recovered from the viral infection and broken toe that has kept her off the women s tour for most of the summer. Cardinals get Thurman jets acquire King by the associated press two nil veterans Cut just two Days ago have found new he pcs with other teams. The Dallas cowboys. And offensive lineman Veteran like Thurman islets locker room at giants stadium after being Cut by the new York giants. Nil Roundup  said they were Happy to be in relatively familiar surroundings. Thurman will be reunited with some familiar faces who have joined Stallings on the Cardinal coaching staff. Jim Shofner the cowboys former quarterback coach who is Stallings offensive coordinator and secondary coach Mel Rinfro signed Thurman to his orig Inal cowboys contract in 1978. Gene said my role will basically be the same As the last two years with the cowboys Thurman said. I will be in the pass situation defense. The systems Are a lot alike. Gene made me feel wanted. He said if i did t want you 1 would t have claimed you " to make room on the roster for Thurman and defensive end Al Bubba Baker who signed a contract this week after holding out most of training Camp the cardinals placed linebacker Bob Harris on the injured Reserve list and Cut Rookie safety Kent Kafetzis the ninth round draft pick this year from Hawaii. King was also pleased particularly with the location see nil on Page 26  
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