European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. August 6,1987 the stars and stripes Paga t7 Joe Nark to Throat hands up Flor pulling Emery Board Tram hta pocket us umpires and twins manager Tom Kelly watch. Joe Niekro says Emery Board for fingernails not baseballs Anaheim Calif. A those Pesky fingernails can be a real problem for a Knuck Leball Pitcher. Joe Niekro says. Thus he always has taken his per Sonal manicure set to the Mound. Ill be honest with you 1 always carry two things out there with me an Emery Board and a Small piece of Sand paper the Minnesota twins Pitcher said after the umpires searched him on the Mound at Anaheim stadium Mon Day night and discovered his grooming aids. He was thrown out of the game for defacing the Ball i be done that Ever since i started throwing the Knuck Leball Niekro said. Being a Knuck Leball Pitcher i sometimes have to file my nails be tween innings so 1 carry an Emery Board with me to the  he needs the Small piece of Sand paper the 42-year-old Niekro explained in Case the Emery Board gets soggy. Sometimes i sweat a lot and the Emery Board gets  he said. I use the other As a Back up. Some Pilchen in the past have been accused of doctoring the baseball to give it erratic movement and make it harder to hit. In 1980, Rick Honeycult was suspended for 10 Days when a thumbtack was discovered taped to a Finger. Niekro was searched and ejected in the fourth inning of the twins 11 -3 Victory Over the California Angels and now faces a possible i May suspension and a Fine. The umpires confiscated the base Ball that was in play at the time plus five others that had been used earlier in the game and arc sending them to american league president Bobby Brown. Bob Fischl the american league s executive vice president said it would be a couple of Days unit the Balji Are examined and any action taken. California manager Gene Mauch predictably suggested that Niekro was using the Emery Board and sandpaper on More than his fingernails. Those balls weren t roughed up Mauch said. Those balls were Bor Derline mutilated. He did a Job on a couple of pm. 1 mean those balls were  Mauch said nobody from the Angels had said anything to the umpires. "1 noticed Palermo second base Umpire Steve Palermo pocketed a Ball earlier in the game and 1 thought they must know something " Mauch said. Home plate Umpire Tim Tschida halted play in the Bottom of the fourth sea Niekro on Paga 19 cardinals fall 10-5 to expos by ihi1 associated press Montreal Tim Raines says the key Factor in overcoming a deficit is Lim ing. We knew we could gel Back because in was still Early in the Garni Raines said after the Montreal expos overcame a 5-0 St. Louis  in the second inning and beat the cardinals 10-5 tuesday night. The loss reduced the cardinals Lead to a i games Over second place new York m Roundup in the East. The expos Are third six games Back. The key thing is for your bullpen to shut Down the other team and give you a Chance. Thai s what happened tonight. Our relievers were great Raines said. The expos bullpen turned in an Excel Lent performance with Bob Mcclure 5-1, pitching three innings of one hit Ball to get the win and Jeff Parry to firing four perfect innings for his fourth save that was More innings than either one of them has worked this year and it gave us a real shot in the Arm expos manager Buck Rodgers said. Rodgers however was not around to see the outcome. He and pitchers Bryn Smith and Floyd Youmans were ejected by Home plate Umpire Tom Hall Ion for arguing Ball strike Calls. Smith said i just told him he was missing a Good game while Youmans claimed Allie did was smile  the expos who snapped a three game losing Streak trailed 5-2 when Raines batting Lead off for the first time this year opened the fifth with a single Milch Webster and Hubie Brooks walked to Load the bases before Tim Wai Ladi drove in Raines with an infield out. Andres Galarraga singled in Webster and Vance Law drove Home Brooks with a base hit off loser Lee tunnel4-3. Galarraga also scored on the play As third baseman Terry Pendleton made a wild throw trying to gel Law going into second. The expos added three runs in the sixth two on Raines 11 in Home in and one on Law s sacrifice Fly. Wallach hit his 17th Home run in the eighth inning for Montreal s final run As see no on Page 19 Sutton wins Battle of 300-game winners by the associated press Anaheim Calif. For Only the fourth time in this Century 300-Gamc winners met on the Diamond in a major league baseball game tuesday nigh and when in was Over Calico Mia i Don Sutton had registered his a Isth Carter Victory at the expense of Sieve Carlton making his debut with the Minnesota twins who acquired him last week from the Cylc Ucland indians. However in was the California Hillers who stole got their final run in the we Nih on a Dou see Al on Page 22