European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 6,198b  and stripes Page 21 sports sex Tiger Greenberg Dies at 75 Beverly Hills Calif. A Hank Greenberg whose Home run prowess with the Detroit tigers put him in baseball s Hall of Fame die thursday at age 7 5. Greenberg died at his Home after suffering from cancer for 13 months according to a statement issued by Arn Tellem Law partner of Grcen Borg s son Stephen. Greenberg who was the american league s map in 1935 and 1940, finished his career with 331 Home runs and a .313 Balling average. He hit 58 homers in 1938. He was an owner and executive of the Cleveland indians from 1948 through 1998 and a vice president of the Chicago White so from 1959 through i960. He is survived by his wife Mary to two sons one daughter two Broth ers a sister and eight grandchildren. Jim Campbell president and chief executive officer of the tigers issued a statement thai said Hank Green Berg was a tribute to baseball on and off the Field. He was one of the most feared Home run hitters of All time. Later he proved to be equally productive As a baseball executive. More than anything though he was a gentleman. The tigers and All of baseball will miss him " Greenbey career in i. Whom he played 12 of his 13 seasons. He missed three seasons 1942, 43 and 44 because of world War ii and finished his career in 1947 with the Pittsburgh pirates. He was bom Henry Benjamin arc Enburg on Jan. 1, 1911 in the Bronx in new York City. Funeral services will be private in All my years of being on the erg began his major league 1930 with the tigers for Hank Greenberg Hallof Famer playing Field i never dreamed that this would be the final result Green Berg said at his Hall of Fame in Shn nement in 1956. I can t possibly express How 1 feel. It s just Loo wonderful for words. Greenberg a first baseman and outfielder led the american league in homers and Bis four times. His Besl season was 1938 when in Addi Tion to hitting 58 homers he drove in146 runs. That year he also scored 144 runs and Drew 119 walks both league leading figures. His homers Hal year were Only two shy of the record Sci in 1927 by babe Ruth and subsequently broken in 1961, when Roger Mam hit 61. Before Green Beig. Jimmy Foxx of the Philadelphia athletics in 1932 was the Only slugger to reach the s8-Homer Mark. Greenberg played in four world see a Reenberg on Page 26 Nebraska gets temporary stay of suspensions Lincoln neb. Iup1 the Mcaa stayed sanctions thursday again 60 University of Nebraska foothill players allowing the school to Field its regular Rosier for saturday s nationally devised game against Florida slate. The Mcaa agreed 1o postpone enforcing suspensions against Nebraska players who misused season ticket passes by turning them Over to non Clai Ives and non students. Nebraska officials requested the  believe thai the uniqueness of this Case merits delaying the implementation said David l. Lyra guard chair Man of the Mcaa Council s subcommittee on eligibility appeals and director of athletics at the University of California Berkeley. It would be unfair to any student ath Lete declared ineligible by the University for saturday s game should the subcommittee ultimately uphold the Appeal and restore the eligibility of each individual who is affected Nebraska officials had at one Point considered forfeiting the game to Florida state. I think we re pleased with the stay said Nebraska coach Tom Osborne whose team is ranked no. 8  gives us an Opportunity to draw our breath. The decision by the Mcaa came so fast that we could t alter  Martin Massengale Chancellor of the University of Nebraska Lincoln said the Mcaa agreed to hear the Appeal by con Ference Call next tuesday. Our request was to stay the ruling on the eligibility of the players until our a peal can be heard by the Mcaa coun cil s subcommittee on eligibility a  Massongale said. Nebraska players receive two pastes for each Home game and 60 players gel four pusses. Osborne declined to say which players were involved but said you re talking about three fourths of the Lap two  the Mcaa said 53 players Ore ineligible for one game and seven Are ineligible for two games. Nebraska was Given the option of sus pending 60 players for one game and seven for a second game or of holding out 10 for six games and seven for another game Osborne said. Had the team held 10 players out for the game against no. 11 Florida stale Osborne said he would have wanted 10 adjust practice to be Ai least two deep at every position. He said although forfeiture of the Florida stale game had dec considered it was ruled Oul. He said had a slay not been granted the huskers would have held Oul 10 players and still played the  Goodrich producer of the game for Abc sports said Abc planned m televise the game nationally As scheduled he said the controversy May build interest in the game. Osborne said the violations were "10 Lally  we never would encourage anybody 10 tic but we could have said you Don t have to incriminate yourself if you Don i wan to " Osborne said. This is a Case where people really were totally honest. We were Given the see Nebraska on Page 26 Mecir eliminates Nystrom Becker crushes Grejber in straight sets new York a just color the . Open red White and Blue the colors of the czechoslovakian Flag. In the semifinals for the men to czechs face a West German and a swede. In the women s semifinals Martina Navratilova a czech bom naturalized american faces West German Steffi Graf and american Chris even Lloyd faces who else Coccho Slovakia s Helena Sutkova. On thursday night West Germany s Boris Becker easily advanced into the semifinals of the . Open Tennis championships crushing Czechoslovakia s Milan Grejber 6-3, 6-2,6-1. Becker the reigning Wimbledon Champion will Lake on another Czecho slovak 16th-seeded Miloslav Mecir in saturday s semifinals. The other semifinal will pit yet another czechoslovak defending Champion and top seeded Ivan Len against fourth seeded Stefan Edberg of Sweden. Earlier thursday Mecir eliminated no. 7 Joakim Nystrom of Sweden 6-4, 6 2,3-6., 6-2.the women s singles semifinal on Friday will Send top seeded Navratilova seeking her third . Open title in four Yean against no. 3 Steffi Graf of West Germany and no. 2 Evert Lloyd a six time Winner of America s Premier Tennis event against no. 7 Sutkova. Becker seeded third in the 128-Plavcr men s singles Field had no problems with his 6-foot-b opponent who was Booe repeatedly for his uninspired Effort. Grejber the tallest player in professional Tennis repeatedly let Becker s passing shots sail by without even lifting his Racket or attempting to or for the Ball one of Only two unseeded players to reach the quarterfinals Grejber spent the entire match hitting his volleys Long or into the net when he did make a Effort to go for the Ball. Several times Becker hit weak service returns across the net Only to see Grejber look at the Ball turn around and walk Back to the Baseline to serve the next Point. At the end of the third set i looked at the scoreboard and it said. 6-3. 6-2, 4 0 " Becker said. And i said. What the hell is going on this is a quarterfinal match in the third set. The crowd cheered Grejber every time he won a Point. They did t cheer  was billed As a Battle of big servers. It turned into a big Yawn. Becker finished the 81-minute blow out with three aces while Grejber had iwo. Grejber won just 13 Points in the second set and 14 in the third. The fans paid much Money to see the match Becker said. But it s too difficult to win a match and you have to play 100 percent. He s a pretty strange Guy off the court and i Don t think Many players talk to him Becker said of Grejber. Grejber did t want to talk much after the match last Lime t won now i lost Grejber said. He s a Good  it is the third Lime the 18-year-old Becker has reached the semifinal of a grand slam tournament. And he won he first two Wimbledon last year and again this year. For Only the fourth time in the history of the United Stales Tennis championships there Are no americans among the final four in the men s singles. And for the first time the semifinal Field consists entirely of europeans the last time there were no americans in the men s semifinals was in 1966when Manuel Samna of Spain and Htee australians John Newcombe. Fred Stolle and Roy Emerson advanced to the final  women s semifinals Field is Only a Little bit belter Evert Lloyd being the Only native american. West Germany s Boris Becker gain semifinals