European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 for the stars and stripes Friday july 3.19b7 Graphite Bat Best of both worlds Nashville Tenn. A the Ping is gone and the crack is Back for Jess scald has a space age alternative to the aluminium Bat. Scald the president of Worth sports co. Or to Lahoma Tenn., is marketing a Graphite Bat that he says combines the durability of aluminium with the satisfy ing tee and sound or Wood. We Sec the graph in bal As one Possi ble solution to the growing problem of providing wooden bats of a major league Caliper Heald said. We re not suggesting that now is the time for Graphite in the majors but we Are suggesting thai it s not too curly to begin looking for solutions before the problem becomes severe there is plenty of Wood for making base Ball bats but Only i percent i considered to be of the Quality required for major league Bat. And players go through an average of 2s to 30bats a season. Traditionally Only one Bat out of every 100 has been used in the big  Heald said. The other 99 went to College High school and youth  but with the introduction of alumni num bats in 1971, about 75 percent of the Market Tor those lesser Grade Wood bats is gone. And hat makes it More expensive to produce top of the line bats. The major leagues like the colleges could have adopted the aluminium Bat but purists hated the Ping sound of Metal hitting Ball. Unlike an aluminium Bat he graph Ite Bat duplicates the traditional cracking sound Wood makes when striking a base Ball Heald said. And the Graphite bal would also be economical he added estimating that most major leagues would go through Only three a season. Al from Page 21 now and it will give us More momentum. Now we have to keep the momentum. They Toronto have to regroup. They can t Lei this hurl them if they do then we will win this division easily. Claude Washington opened the Yan Kee i2lh with a single. Mark Sains Fol lowing sacrifice bunt was fielded by Catcher Charlie Moore but tin throw o second was too late to get Washington. Paul Zuvella sacrificed the runner up a base before Wayne Tolleson singled in the winning run. In other games wednesday while six 5, a i 3 Chicago Greg Walker s two run Homer in the 10th inning gave Chicago a Victory Over Oakland and a sweep of their three game series. Harold Bambi singled with one out in the 10th. After Ivan Calderon forced Pinch runner Fred Manrique at Sec Ond Walker hit his 16th Home run of the year into the Center Field bullpen off reliever Dennis eckersly. Jim Winn 3-4, who had rescued Bob James in a bases loaded Situa Tion in the top of the 10th, was the Wlker Winner. Jay Howell 2-2 was the loser. The White sox had lied the game with one Cut in the ninth when Pinch hitter Daryl Boston tripled and scored on a wild pitch by Howell the a s scored a run in the first. Luis Polonia singled for his first of four Hils and Stan Javier walked before Mart Mcgwire doubled to score Polonia. Chicago tied it in the Bottom of the first when Ozzie Guillen led off with a Tingle and scored on a double by Gary redux. Chicago went ahead 2-1 in the sixth on Greg Walker s rib single. Reggie Jackson lied the game in the lop of Fth seventh with his 1 1th Homer of the season and he 539 of his career. Rtds6, Boston Roger Clemens pitched a six hitter and Rookie Todd Benzinger hit bit tint major league Home run As bos Ion Defeated Baltimore for sweep of their three game Leritis Clemens 7-6, Illo cd Only one Baw runner Lee Lacy on a one out walk in the fourth before Terry Kennedy broke up the no hit bid with t two out untie in the fifth inning. Clement was one out away from a to Toul when he gave up a two run Tingle to Kennedy in the ninth. Staked to b comfortable Lead gemans Well on to pitch his eighth Complete game in 17 starts. He had no strikeouts and issued two walks. The red sox ripped Baltimore starter Mike Griffin 0-2, and relievers Doug Corbet and Tony Arnold for 12 hits in winning for the ninth time in 11 starts and handing Baltimore its 27th loss in 32 games since May 29. Brewers 13, Tolgen 2 Milwaukee Greg Brock . Surhoff and Mike Felder drove in three runs each and Milwaukee scored fight times in the third inning to rip Detroit. Brock collected four of the Brewers in hits including a two run single that sparked the third inning rally which also included two run triples by surhoff and Felder. Milwaukee s Bill Wegman pitched an eight Hitler and struck out seven to even his record Al 7-7, it was his third com plete game of the season. Wegman lost a shutout in the ninth when he gave up a Homer to Darnell Evans and walked Darnell cotes with the bases loaded. It was evans1 15lh Homer of the season and the 362nd of his Ca reer surpassing Joe Dimaggio for 32nd place on the All time list. Angels 10, indians 5 Cleveland Devon while singled twice doubled and homered scor ing four limes and driving in three runs and Jerry Reuss kept his american league record perfect As California Defeated Cleveland. California which collected 17 hits won for the ninth time in 10 games. Cleveland has lost nine of its last 10. Reuss 3-0 since signing with the an gels june 19, was 0-5 in the National league this year before the Cincinnati reds released him on june 13.  Carllyn s-6, he loser gave up five runs on nine hits in 4% innings Ron 4, twins 3 Kansas atty to. Pinch hitter Jim Eisenreich doubled to score buddy Biancalana from first base with one out in the Bottom of the ninth and lift Kan Sas City Over Minnesota. Biancalana wait Pinch running for Steve Barboni who had reached on third baseman Gary Gaetti i error. Keith Al non 4-3, took the loss in Relief of Frank Viola who had struck out is Pete o Brien and Oddie Mcdowell hit Home runs to Lead Tevius Over Seattle. Winner Charlie Hough 9-3, allowed two runs on Lix bit walked one and struck out five before leaving with no outs in the seventh in favor of Milch Williams. Jeff Russell finished up. Mike Moi Jan 6-9, we holding i 2-1 tend in the fourth when o Brien followed Ruben siem i Leado Litwalk with his Isih Home run of the Cason. The blast gave the rangers the Lead for Good and Mcdowell s ninth Homer of the season made it 6-2 in the sixth. Toronto Blue jays outfielder Lloyd mos by the first major leaguer to test the Graphite bal for Worth enjoyed the cat Issic sound which he called important  Hilling is a mental thing he said. The sound of aluminium turns me  the Graphite Bat is made of a Carbon fiber compound similar to thai used for such diverse items As football helmets and shells of racing cars. It s filled with cellular or Culhane foam to provide a Sweet  Boston red sox outfielders Dwight Evans and Jim Rice said the Ball jumped off the Bat quicker while bos ton teammate and three time american league Balling Champion Wade Boggs said he believed he could hit the bail farther with a wooden bal. There was a difference of opinion be tween Jose Cruz and his Houston astros teammate Glenn Davis. Cruz fell the Graphite bal propelled the Ball better than Wood Davis said it did t. The Graphite Bat has been approved for use in some baseball and softball leagues and is being studied by other organizations bul Don l expect in to show up soon in the major leagues. Introducing something new to an extremely traditional port is Wing 10 be controversial Heald said. We re talk ing about a piece of equipment thai has really changed very Little since baseball s beginnings. Guys have been using this stuff Wood so Long in would Lake a lot to get them to change. It s going to take some getting used to Davis said. To the wrong person to  said new York mils outfielder Mooke Wil son another who isted the Graphite Bat. You re talking to someone who is pretty traditional. I like Wood. I used Wood bats in College when everyone else was using Metal  slowing Down Stock cars creates new problems Daytona Beach Fla. A the cars will be slower but not necessarily better for saturday s firecracker 400 at Day Iona International Speedway. This will be the first of two Lascar Stock car events this season for which the rules have been altered in an Effort to slow the cars Down. The Oiler will be on july 26 at Ala Bama International motor Speedway where Bobby Allison running Al about 205 Mph Tore out 50 feet of catch Fenc ing and nearly flew Inlo a full grandstand during the Winston 500 on May 3. That prompted the Slock car Sanction ing body to mandate smaller carburettors for the remaining races this season at Day Iona and the Talladega ala., track where 200 Mph laps have become commonplace. The move appears to have worked just the Way Lascar had hoped. Last july Sterling Marlin was the fast qualifier for the firecracker at 203.666 Mph. In wednesday s opening practice sessions on the j.5-mile, High banked Daytona Oval the Fasi laps were in the 194-195 Mph Range. Allison talking about the Rule changes which also include placing Glass in the right Side windows said to looks like in took about 10 Miles an hour out of Pur Effort bul we Don t know yet what it la do to car Brand versus car Brand. "1 agree thai it la make the track seem larger by slowing Down the can Sand that la make for belter racing Darcy Allison Bobby s sen and the Winner of two races air tiny in his Rookie season said the window Glass has been the biggest change for him. It s weird he said. I can t hear anything the cur is so  As for the smaller Carburettor which slows the flow of gasoline thereby Cut Ting Back on horsepower the youngster said the car Felt Tike it did t have any horsepower. Comparing what we re run Ning and what everyone else is running it looks like nobody s got a whole lot of Power the elder Allison drives a Quick be Sabre while his son who won that first race Al Talladega drives a Ford Thun Der third. Alan Kulwicki last year s top Rookie and another thunderbird Driver said so far it s like driving a sportsman car. The speeds Are slower and the can easier to drive right now. But before we re done everyone will Lay the rear spoilers right Back and that could make the cars real Loose real Dif Ferent Kulwicki  Earnhardt the defending Winston cup Champion Winner of seven races this year including last sunday s event at Michigan International Speed Way and the current Point Leader lays the new rules could cause problems. It s going to be a right awkward Situa Tion her Earnhardt said. The Crew men Are going to be jumping around with different sprints in their hands All week trying to find the setup that la make their car work the Best. Everyone is in agreement when things Are undertaken for safely like this but we needed a Little More time for Tot ing before the changes Well Inlo effect since they altered the cars a whole  most of the Drivers Are in agreement that the pole speeds will be under 196 and that races speeds on saturday will be just Over 190. Ii should be pretty interesting said Bobby Allison. You might even see a new face winning the pole or a few of them up near the front because everybody is guessing right now penguins Star Ruskowski signs with North stars Minneapolis up1 Pittsburgh penguins Captain Terry Rutkow Sci wednesday signed a contract with Minne Sota a North stars spokesman confirmed. The Mulli year con not we signed today Over the phone. Terms were not disclosed North Stan spokesman Joe Januz said. The North stars Active offer was the most attractive for Ruskowski s future Janasz said. They had some terms to Force Terry id believe his future would be belter with  Ruskowski a 32-year-old left Winger had 14 goals and 51 Points in 70 games and 146 penalty minutes for Pilli Burgh last season. He has played in. The National hockey league for eight ieans and was looking for a club that would offer him More Security. Kuskoski said inc North Stan offered him More Money and More Security including a Chance to become an As Sis ant coach for the nil team after the 1987-88 season