European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. September 19,1966 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports mets finally Clinch no East fans go wild in Victory spree Dwight Goodwn has a special meaning from press dispatches new York neither the new York mils nor their fans surprised anyone wednesday night. The Meu certifying what others had Long ago con ceded clinched the National league East division title with a 4-2 Victory Over inc Chicago cubs. Their fans reacted about As expected criminally. Thousands of Shea stadium patrons ignoring sever Al appeals rushed the Field at the instant the game ended. Many of them somersault a Down the Backstop netting. Others stole bases and Home plate and ripped pieces of Sod from the Field i was glad to gel out without getting killed said Chicago s Dave Martinez who was a Pinch runner when the game ended on a grounder to second base Man Wally Backman. At the last ground Ball i wanted to get out of there said winning Pitcher Dwight Goodwn. But i could t leave the Field right away. My teammates grabbed me and then the fans hit. I was really worried someone would get Hurt they need dogs and horses added Chicago Man Ager Gene Michael. They re the fans afraid of dogs. Why can t they use them we have never used them Here and i have no plans Todo to said new York police commissioner Benjamin Ward whose dogs were they in Philadelphia Ward was referring to 1980, when police in Philadelphia used dogs to protect the Field in the Post season. Gooden pitched a six Hitler and Dave Magadan went three for four. Giving the mets 95 victories More than the second place Phillies could achieve even by winning the rest of their games. All through the game when i got two strikes on Batter i did t want to make a mistake by trying to overpower him Goodwn said. It has a special mean no Roundup ing far me to win this after missing my first  Goodwn was the losing Pitcher last weekend when the Phillies Defeated him to prevent the mels from clinching the  a crowd of 47,823 cheering under a full Moon Gooden raised his record to 15-6. Dennis Ecker sly 6 10, look inc Loa As the acts finally wrapped up a title they could have formalized five Days ago. Magadan a late replacement for virus Ridden first baseman Keith Hernandez produced his first Marjor league a blk with third and fifth inning singles. Good in lacked his Best stuff but struck out seven and walked four in his i he Complete game. The enthusiasm of inc fans began building with nine outs to go and reached a Crescendo with one out to go when the fans began chanting we re no.  when Gooden who struck out eight retired Chico Walker for the last out inc crowd erupted into a frenzy. Many of the fans had descended onto the Field unfair territory before the final out and As Many As 5,000 people were on the Field As soon As second baseman Wally Backman threw to first baseman Keith Hernan Dez for the final  other no East team had Ever clinched the title this Early. The 1972 pirates wrapped it up on sell. 21,but they needed Only 144 games opposed to new York s 145. With their third division title the mets earned the right to oppose the West division champions in the no  contended with baserunners in almost every inning. He made enough big pitches to carry a 3 0 Lead into a seventh leaving Little doubt a Celebration would soon take  York look a 2-0 Lead in the third. Len Dykstra see no on Page 23 Boyd hurls botox Over Brewers 4-1 pram press dispatches Boston Denny Oil can boy scattered eight hits and Don Baylor and Dwight Evans hit Back to Back Home runs in the sixth inning wednesday night to Pace the Boston red sox to their 11 in straight Home Triumph a 4-1 Victory Over the Milwaukee Brewers. Boston has a 10-game Lead Over both Toronto and new York in the american league East Detroit beat the Blue jays 8-6 wednesday and Baltimore Defeated the Yankees 8-3. The red sox Victory Cut the magic number for clinching the division title to seven. Any combination of red sox Vic tories and losses by a competitor Tojal Ling seven will give Boston its first Divi Sion title since 1975. Boyd. 15-9, struck out six in recording his ninth Complete game. Boston took a 2-0 Lead in the second Al Roundup inning on just one hit Baylor Drew Alei Idoff wait and Evans doubled High off the Wall in left Field scoring Baylor. A wild pitch by Mark Knudson. 0-1, put Evans on third and he scored on Tony Annas infield out. In the sixth Baylor belted his 30lhhome run Over the Wall in left Field and Evans followed by slugging no. 24 High off the Light Tower behind the same Wall. Wade Boggs extended his hitting Streak to 19 game with a first inning single. Bill Schroeder hit his sixth Home Runin the ninth inning with one out for Mil Waukee s run. In other Al games Angels 3, royals 1 Anaheim Calif. Brian Downing hit a two run Homer with one out in the Bottom of the i oth inning to lift califor Nia to Victory Over Kansas City and re Duce the Angels magic number for win Ning 1he Al West championship to nine. Downing hit his 18th Homer of the season off loser Bud Black 5-8, after Dick Schofield had collected his fourth single of uie game. Doug corbels 4-2, picked up the Vic tory. He blanked the royals on one hit Over inc final three innings. Rangers 4, a s 0 Oakland Calif. Pete Incaviglia drove in three runs with two homers and rookies de Corrca and Mitch Wil Liams pitched a combined six Hitler to Lead Texas Over Oakland. Incaviglia hit a Solo shot in the fifth and two run Homer in the seventh to give him 27 for the season. Texas scored its final run on Larry Parrish s 27lh Homer a Solo shot in the eighth. Correa 10-13, went Cihi innings. He struck out 10, a career High. Oakland starter Rick Rodriguez Mak ing his major league debut pitched seven innings and absorbed inc loss. Tigers 8, Blue jays 6 Toronto Lenny hem Don s Pinch hit Isnec Nin Homer capped four run seventh inning leading Detroit Over Toronto. With the score tied 3-3 and one out in the seventh singles by Dwight Lowry and Lou Whitaker off Jim Clancy. 14-11, put runners at first and second. Alan Trammel singled past the Glove of div ing second baseman Manny Lee scoring Lowry and advancing who Laker to third. Jeff Musselman relieved and hem Don hitting for Bruce Fields drove a 1-2 Pilch into the bleachers in left Field give see Al on Page 23 Kirk fired As Memphis state basketball coach Memphis Tenn. A Dana Kirk who coached nationally ranked Memphis slate into the Mcaa basketball tournament the last five seasons was fired by the University wednesday. School president Thomas Carpenter said assistant basketball coach Larry Finch would be the interim head coach until a replacement can be found for Kirk who led the tigers to the final four in the 1984-85 season. Carpenter in a written statement gave no reason for Kirk s firing other than 10 say the school decided 10 change the leadership of the men s basketball  thai ready ill i can say on the advice of counsel said Carpenter when reached by Telephone at his Home. He said the University Weald buy out the rest of Kirk u contract for about $159,000. Kirk 51, was not in Hii office at the University and could not be reached for comment school officials said they did not know where he was and hit Tele phone number is not listed. In seven Yean Memphis state Kirk had a record of 15s-s8. After 13-14 re cords in each of his first two seasons Memphis stale posted Marks of 24-5.23 a 26-7,31-4 and last year 28-6. A native of Logan w,va., Kirk came to Memphis state after three seasons at Virginia Commonwealth five years As an assistant coach it Louisville us five Yean As head coach at Tampa. Finch said he had no Advance notice of the act Loa by the school. I Jurt w shocked As everybody de Finch Aid adding that he did i know Why Kirk Wai fired. The past few Yean have provided the Memphis state basketball program wit National attention but also have marked some troubled times for Kirk Kirk has acknowledged his Persona finances were under review by a Federal grand jury but denied any wrongdoing. Kirk was called before a grand jury last september about six month after the panel began investigating sports bet Ting in the Memphis area. The probe into gambling has led to indictments against suspected bookmakers in the area but Hain t resulted in charges against anyone associated with the University the Memphis commercial Appeal re ported earlier this month that Federal authorities looking into Kirk s finances subpoenaed records of a contract he Hel with four Memphis car dealers. Ford dealer Tommy Keesee or. Said Kirk was paid a salary and furnished with a car while acting As a spokesman for the metro Ford dealers association. Irs agents also subpoenaed records of Kirk s dealings with Memphis radio and television station where he has con ducted sports talk shows