European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday August 31,1986 the stars and stripes Pago 21 sports Evert Becker Connors win new York a Chris Evert Lloyd and West Germany s Boris Becker breezed to easy victories Friday night after Jimmy Connors came up with the big Points to Down 19-year-old Claudio Pistolesi of Italy in the . Open Tennis championships. All three advanced into the third round of the year s final grand slam tournament. But the biggest stir of the Day came when John Mcenroe who suffered a stunning first round defeat in the men s singles received another blow Friday As he and teammate Peter Fleming were disqualified in the men s doubles when they failed to show up for their opening round match on time. Evert Lloyd took just 35 minutes to Romp past Czechoslovakia s Regina mar Sikova 6-0, 6-0, losing just 14 Points in the match. Becker the Wimbledon Champion crushed Cassio Motta of Brazil 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 in a match that was halted briefly when the crowd at Louis Armstrong began a i saw it in Mexico during the Davis cup Becker said of the wave. Connors will turn 34 before this two week tournament ends and has won this grand slam title five times. He ousted Pistolesi 7-6,6-4, 7-5. Connors was joined in the Victory ranks by Tom Gullikson the oldest Man in the tournament who will turn 35 on sept. 8. Gullikson whose career High lights have come in doubles Competition upset loth Sec did Andres Gomez of Ecuador 3-6, 6-7,7-6,6-3,6-4. Mcenroe was very very upset Ken Farrar a Nabisco grand prix super visor said of the left hander s mood after being informed he had been disqualified. It was sort of a Nasty situation. He is very disappointed about not playing and very upset about asked if Mcenroe asked the supervisor and tournament referee Gayle Bradshaw to reconsider the default far Rar said padres run out of patience Gossage suspended without pay san Diego a an Early and unexpected end came to Relief Pitcher Rich Goose Gossage s baseball sea son Friday when he was suspended without pay by the san Diego padres. Club president Ballard Smith said the suspension was effective immediately and was brought on by Possage repealed personal verbal attacks against team owner Joan Kroc and Smith. Gossage who has struggled with a 5 7 record and a 4.31 earned run aver age told new Day newspaper last week that Smith does t know anything and does t care about baseball. It was the latest in a series of tirades by Gossage who earlier this season challenged manager Steve Boros and Kroc. In his anger Over a ban of Beer in the team clubhouse Gossage berated Kroc saying she was poisoning the world with food served at Mcdon Ald s restaurants. Kroc is chairwoman of the Board of the giant fast food Chain. Reached at the team hotel in Mon Treal where the padres Are playing the expos Gossage declined comment on his suspension saying he was waiting to hear from Smith. Team spokesman Bill Beck said Boros informed Gossage of his suspension Friday morning. I Don t mean to be abrupt gos Sage said by Telephone from Montreal. But i can t answer anything right now. I m waiting for a Call from bal lard in Montreal Boros told Abc radio that he expected Smith to act after pulp two Rich Goose Gossage. Repeated verbal attacks Gossage s comments to new Day. Heals said he supported Smith s action. I saw the article and had an inkling that something might come about something serious Boros said. Smith said major league Rule 13 allows owners to discipline players for repeated and continuing insubordination and similar player behaviour that is not in the Best interest of the despite recording 21 saves this sea son Gossage has struggled All year. He has failed in 12 save opportunities and has pitched poorly in numerous other games where no save was possible. His attitude also seems to have affected his play Smith said of gos Sage. We believe it will be to every one s Benefit for management to take control of the s strongest comments came when management began prohibiting Beer in the clubhouse in june. The padres said the move was made to re Duce the team s liability in Case of an alcohol related the time Gossage called Smith and Kroc gutless spineless of a sudden we re being treated like 14-year-old kids he said. It stinks. I guess Ballard Smith and Joan Kroc Don t have anything better to do. Their life is so late april Gossage marched into Boros office with reporters in to after a defeat. He confronted the Man Ager Over Boros remark to reporters that Boros thought Gossage was tired. Boros asked Gossage to talk privately but the Pitcher la let everyone know when i m tired including you Gossage his comments to new Day gos Sage said he missed the Yankees where he was the Ace reliever from1978 to 1983. Though he feuded with Yankee owner George Steinbrenner Gossage said he preferred him to d rather have a Guy like George who wants to win every game than have the Guy we have Here who does t know anything and does t care. He Smith cares More about our citizenship than winning. He wants choirboys and not winning players. What Are we in this game for to show what sea Gossaye on Page 26 explosions Rock expos stadium T tnn.,a Luis Macj a of Karph thai the Art he could t understand Why we could t have waited longer. He never really asked us to reconsider. He just kept saying How could you do this Why could t you have waited longer " besides Connors and Gullikson other singles winners Friday included four swedes no. 2 Mats Wilander no. 4 Stefan Edberg no. 7 Joakim no Stromann no. 13 Anders Jarryd and no. 16 Milos Lay Mccier of Czechoslovakia in the men s singles. Seeded women advancing to the third round included no. 6 Claudia to hic Kilsch of West Germany no. 7 Helena Sutkova of Czechoslovakia no. 9 Man see Tennis on Page 26 Higuera sets Mark from press dispatches Montreal two explosions Fri Day Shook olympic stadium Home of the Montreal expos when two bottles of oxygen exploded inside the stadium s unfinished Tower officials said. There were no injuries among the 60 workers on the construction site. The National league baseball game Between the Montreal expos and the Sandiego padres scheduled for Friday night was postponed until saturday to allow engineers to determine whether structural damage was caused to the Tower. The explosions occurred about 30 minutes after 10 tanks of acetylene near the top of the 10-Story Tower caught fire. The names heated the two oxygen tanks to the Point where they exploded. No Roundup everybody was out a Good half hour before the explosion said Iron worker Alvin Sylvain who alerted the work Crew. I stayed behind to make sure there was no one firefighters managed to contain the fire to the top of the Tower about an hour after the explosions but they had trouble directing water on the Blaze because their Aerial ladders which go As High As seven floors were too Short. Sylvain said he saw a bottle of Acet Ylene catch fire and spread to other bottles of the fuel. Acetylene bums intensely but does t explode. He said he ordered the other workers to leave because he feared that the Acet Ylene would eventually set off the nearby oxygen fire quickly spread to wooden forms and floors in the Tower. Elsewhere in the no Friday mets 2, dodgers 1 new York Bob Quieda pitched a five hitter and cookie Wilson had three hits and an rib As new York extended its winning Streak to four with a Victory Over los Hernandez drove in Wilson with a first inning infield single off Rick Honeycutt 9-9. Wilson singled Home a run in the eighth , 15-4, won his third straight decision. In his last 16 starts he has a re Cord of 9-2. He struck out seven batters see no on Page 26 17thwins from press dispatches Kansas City to. With All due respect to Boston s Roger Clemens says Kansas City interim manager Mike for Raro the Best Pitcher in the american league is Ted Higuera. He s the Best in in my opinion Ferraro said Friday night. Higuera 17-8. Set a team strikeout record while leading Mil Waukee to a 3-1 Conquest of the royals. Higuera s six strikeouts boosted his season total to 173, breaking the 15-Ycar-old Brewer record of 169 set by Marty Pattin. Higuera s lifetime record against the royals is 4-1."when you face him you have to look for five pitches Ferraro said. I m sure Al Roundup some people May disagree. But in my opinion he s the Best there Brewers manager George Bambur Germaid he would no longer refer to the mex ican born right hander As one of the top five s the Best Bamberger said. What else can you say every time i Send him out there i feel we be got Al least an 80 percent Chance of Higuera gave up six hits and did not walk a Batter in out dueling Dennis Leon Ard. Speaking through an interpreter he said he was not aware of the strikeout did t know what was going on when they kept throwing the balls out of the game after every strikeout he said. With at least six More starts this sea son Higuera is on course for 20 victories and 200 strikeouts. I m not worrying about any of that he said. Leonard dropped to 6-1 1. For the Sec Ond consecutive Start he had nothing to show for a Good performance. Leonard allowed seven hits in eight plus innings. In other games Friday indians 7, red sox 3 Boston Joe Carter hit threesome runs and singled twice in five at bats Friday night powering Cleveland past drove in four runs. He is the first Cleveland player to hit three homers in a game since George Hendrick did it on june 19, 1973, and the first Indian to accomplish the feat on the Road since Bill Glynn hit three on july 5, 1 954. The loss was Boston s fifth in its last six Cory Snyder homered and Brook Jacoby and Pat Tablor each had three hits in the indians 16-hit attack against four pitchers. Tom Candiotti 13-9, pitched a six hit see Al on Page 26
