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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday August 29,1967 Rozelle delays supplemental draft by Dave Goldberg new York innings for the Victory. With two outs in the Bottom of the ninth to Jackson hit Bis 21st Homer against Texas starter Paul Kilgus. Texas had taken a 2-1 Lead in the lop of thinning when Oddie Mcdowell walked with the bases loaded and two outs. Jackson entered the game with Only one hit in his previous 19 Al Bals inc Fud ing 12 strikeouts. Brewers 4, ind Ltd 3 Milwaukee  keyed a four run fourth inning with a bad hop triple and also made two Fine defensive plays As Milwaukee beat Cleveland. Brewers designated hitter Paul Moli Tor whose 39-game hitting Streak was slopped wednesday night had a double and a single on thursday. The Brewers 27-is since the All Star break and 11 games Over .500 for the season completed a three game sweep of the indians and moved within seven games of first place in the american league East. Rain in new York new York the afternoon game Between the Seattle mariners and the new York Yankee was rained out thursday and rescheduled As part of a saturday ii night doubleheader. Atn sports television baseball Boston at Clenond or at Lull at is. Louii 7 . Saturday. Track and Field world championships Toped Midnight saturday. Pm son football . Giants is. . Jets 3 is �.m. Sunday. Radio baseball new York met at san Frncisco 10 . Saturday and Minne Sota Al Milwaukee 3 30 . Sunday. The other  Lew Cryer commissioner of the Pacific coast athletic association and chair Man of the Mcaa division i eligibility committee said the Carter and glad Man cases if appealed would be decided on an individual basis. I have no idea where Cris Carter stands Craycr contacted at his Irvine calif., Home said. Because or. Austin got his eligibility Back does t mean everyone else will. It s up to Ohio state to make the Appeal. What inc results of the Appeal will be if they Appeal Al All i Don t know Cryer said. Every Case is  Craycr said his committee would slip in if they Ohio slate officials follow the procedures necessary the things they have to do through the Mcaa of  Earle Bruce Carter s coach at Ohio state told the Columbus dispatch that he expects to meet with the player on Friday. There is the Earle Bruce thai always is preaching rules abiding by the rules always trying 10 do things the right Way Bruce told the newspaper. Then there is the Earle Bruce Well i m human. I see a Guy with incredible Talent an All american who could help our football  the Mcaa has gone and changed the rules so now i have to ask myself Are you bigger than the a cart to be honest i still can t believe this is happening. I m always telling my wife not to watch the soap operas and Here i am living one i m smack dab in the mid dle of  announcement by the nil Fol Lowed a meeting Belicen Rozelle and representatives of the National association of directors of collegiate athletics who have been highly critical of the draft. The athletic directors feel that by drafting players who had violated College rules the nil was rewarding wrong  decision to hold the draft was made by the league a week ago in the face of Carter s threat that he would sue if not Given a Chance to be picked by an nil team. The league said in was made reluctantly because it did not think it could deny the players a right to earn a living. Cubs gain split maybe with braves by tie associated press Chicago everybody agreed the second game of thursday s doubleheader Between the Atlanta braves and the Chi Cago cubs should have been suspended because of darkness. And that s exactly what the umpires did in the eighth inning with the cubs leading 8-6 after the braves won the opener j-2 on Dale Murphy s two run Homer and the six hit pitching of Zane Smith. The two teams Are not scheduled to meet again. The question is do the cubs win if play is not resumed cub manager Gene Michael thinks so. Atlanta manager Chuck Tanner was not sure. According to inc National league of fice the cubs would be declared the win ners if the game is not completed. The iwo teams have identical open dates sept. 3 and sept. 10. If they agreed to meet and Complete the game they would also make up the game lost to rain in the series. Tuesday s game was rained out and was rescheduled As pail of a doubleheader wednes Day which also was rained out. Well Wail and see How things go said Tanner about completing the sus Pended game and making up the other game. Ill have to talk to general Man Ager Bobby co. Never before have i been in a series As weird As this  Michael apparently was aware of the Rule that if the game is not completed the cubs would be declared the winners. Regardless the pitching and hitting records All stand including the five Home runs hit by the cubs in the second game. No Roundup Murphy Smith Leon Durham hit 8 pair of two run homers and Andre Dawson Jerry Humphrey and Keith Moreland also homered for the cubs. Dion James Hom ered for the braves. The umpires kept meeting Between innings from the fifth on to assess the dark Ness situation. I kept checking with the other umpires said Dick stello the Crew chief. Every once in a while it would get lighter. No one was complaining and they were hitting the  what finally convinced the umpires to Call in was when Lee Smith came on to relieve in the eighth and Catcher Jim Sundburg was having trouble handling the Warmup pitches. Sundberg could t even see inc Ball Lello said. His reactions convinced  have to protect the players. It s a situation where you re damned if you do and damned if you Don  ii was Loo dark to go on Tanner said. If they had called in in inc sixth i would have complained Michael said. We be played when it has been Darker. But when they did Call in in was close to being too  Smith 14-7, walked one and struck out three As the braves stretched their winning Streak to five games in the opener. It was Smith s first Victory Over the cubs the Only no team he had not Defeated his seventh Complete game of the season and his eighth Triumph on the Road against two losses. In the Only other no game thursday expo 3, padre 0 san Diego Bryn Smith pitched five scoreless innings and became Only the second Montreal starter to win this month As the expos Defeated san Diego. Smith 8-6, earned his first Victory since july 29. He allowed four hits struck out two and walked none. The Only other Montreal starter to win this month was Dennis Martinez who beat new York on aug. 10. Joe Hesketh Bob Mcclure and Andy Mcgaffigan pitched the final four innings for Montreal with Mcgaffigan get Ting his ninth save. Hesketh pitched iwo innings allowing two hits and Mcclure and Mcgaffigan one inning each. Montreal scored a run in the second off starter Jimmy Jones 6-5, when Tim Wallach singled and scored on Tom Foley s double Foley is now 20 for 35 Over his last 11 games a .571 average. Jones walked Hubie Brooks with two outs in the sixth and Brooks scored on consecutive singles by Wallach and Andres Galarraga. Montreal which had 13 Hiu added run in the seventh when Herm winning Ham and Mike Fitzgerald led off with singles and Tim Raines singled to score Winningham. Royals from Page 21 has guided Omaha to a 62-70 record. This is what i be always wanted. I web a in the royals organization for 17 seasons and that is not something that not Many ballplayers can  Wathan said he did not plan an major changes on the team. I think Well gel Back to the old style of running a Little Bil More hit and run instead of just waiting for something to happen he  Wathan said he did t think he would have a problem managing players that he had played with for Many Yean. He said he planned to meet with key players and explain that he expected a business like  Wathan played on Esch of royals championship teams including the 198s world series Winner. He was a coach for the royals in 1986 before moving to Omaha. Wathan. The royals regular Catcher from 981-83 had a career .262 batting average. He hit .300 or belter three times including. 328 in 1977, Walhan Sel a major league record for catchers in 1982 when he stole 36 bases. "1 regard this As a Golden Opportunity Walhan said. "1 have Confidence in my ability that i will be Back to manage next  Schuerholz refused to say specifically Why Gardner was fired. We fell we needed to make a change at this Lime being in the race As we Armand still have a Chance to win Schuer Holz said. We fell if we wailed any longer in would have been Loo Lale for anyone to turn it   
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