European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. June 24,1988 the stars and stripes Page 27 soviets loin Holland in Europe soccer final from press dispatches Stuttgart West Germany Gennadi Litov Mehenko and glee Protasov scored three minutes apart in the second half and the soviet Union beat Italy 2-0 wednesday to Advance to the finals of the european soccer championships. The soviets will play the Netherlands who beat West Germany 2-1 on tuesday in Hamburg. The final is on saturday in Munich s olympic stadium. The soviets will be playing their fourth european championship match since winning the Competition s first tournament in i960. Litovchenko put the soviets ahead in the 60th min Ute after several italian errors and Prusov scored his second goal of the tournament in the 63rd minute. Soviet defender Oleg Kuznetsov was Given a yellow card by belgian referee Alexis Ponnel and will miss the final because in was his second yellow card of the tournament. My players succeeded in carrying out our tactics which was to Check All Over the fired soviet coach Valery Lobanovsky  missed three Good opportunities in the first half. Had we scored it could have been a different Story Italy coach Azeglio Virinia said. But the result is  Stuttgart s Neckar stadium remained a Jinx for Italy which was eliminated from the 1974 world cup there in a 2-1 loss to Poland soviet striker Igor Bulanov missed the game with Groin injury and sweeper Vagis Chidi Patulin played with a Large Bandage Over his right Eye because of collision in the game with England last saturday. The highly rated italian defense which had allowed Only one goal in three previous games had trouble containing the Swift soviet attacks. The soviets checked closely in Midfield areas rarely allowing the italians out of their own half. Mariners seeking new Pilot Seattle Chuck Armstrong president of the Seattle mariners says that an eight game losing Streak has forced the club to Start a search Lor a permanent manager. Jim Snyder was named interim manager two weeks ago after Dick Williams was fired. The team won its first two games after Snyder became manager and an Active search Lor a permanent replacement was put on hold. But the team went 3-3, and then lost eight straight. The mariners have hit Only .194 in going 0-7 in Milwaukee Minnesota and the current Road stand in Tenas. And had scored Only 10 runs through monday night on Hal Road  Force this on us said Armstrong who has been on the Rood with the club for four Days and planned to return sometime tuesday. When 1 get Back Home i will Start making Calls he  Seattle times said the list of prospects for a new manager might be Down to three new York Yan Kees coach jct Torborg san Diego padres coach Gre Riddoch and Oakland athletics coach Jim Lefebvre. Botox s Boggs admits affair Cleveland Boston red sox third baseman Wade Boggs admitted wednesday Hal he had an affair with the California woman who has filed a 16 million Alimony suit against him but said he will not Settle out of court i Don t denounce that it was an affair. Boggs said before wednesday night s game against the Cleveland indians. "1 was with her for two years and 1 tried to break in off for two years. My wife Debbie knows everything  the lawsuit was filed june 3 by Mango Adams of Costa Mesa calif., who contends she and Boggs lived together on the Road for four years. She says he agreed to provide for her. She s not going to gel a red cent not one Boggs said. She does t deserve it i won t Settle i have to do what i feel is the right  Boggs said he was sorry a number of his teammates have been pulled into the lawsuit. Adams reportedly i seeking depositions from nine players along with others connected with the team. The Alimony suit has caused some dissension on the red sox provoking a shouling and shoving match in the lobby of the Hollenden House hotel in Down town Cleveland on sunday. Boggs said his family also has been affected. Boggs has a a year old daughter and an 18-Rnqnlh-Oldson. This is the Way Margo chose to break it off Boggs said. Why can t in be a on on on thing my word against hers Why does she have to drag others into this cards Horner to have surgery St. Louis Bob Homer was placed on the 15-Day disabled list wednesday by the St. Louis cardinals an the team said he would have exploratory surgery Mon Day on his left shoulder. Team doctor Stan London said Homer who has been bothered by the shoulder for More than a month will have arthroscopic surgery. Homer was placed on he disabled list retroactive o june 20. To replace Homer the cardinals purchased the con tract of first baseman Mike Fitzgerald from Louisville of the class aaa american association. Fitzgerald balled .232 in 63 games this season for Louisville with six Home runs and 26 runs batted in. 14 Seahawk vets unsigned Seattle the signing of Veteran wide receiver Daryl Turner by the Seattle sea Hawks this week left the nil team with 14 unsigned veterans including starting defensive linemen Jeff Bryant and Joe Nash. The other unsigned Seattle veterans Are linebackers Greg Gaines and Sam Merriman defensive backs Terry Taylor Paul Moyer and Charles Homes Offen Sive linemen Ron Mattes Blair Bush Jon Borchard tand Alvin Powell wide receiver Byron Franklin run Ning Back Eric Lane and kicker Norm Johnson. . District judge David Daly of Minneapolis Hassid be will make a ruling by july 10 As to the status of the league s free agents. If Doty rules the players Are unencumbered free agents they will be Able to sign with any team for the 1988 season without any compensation due their original team Aba finale tops pro ratings new York the dramatic seventh game of the Aba championship series Between the los Angeles lakers and the Detroit pistons was the highest rated professional basketball game Ever on television cos reported wednesday. A network spokeswoman said the lakers 108-105victory tuesday night Drew a 21.2 rating and a 37 share. Each rating Point represents 886,000 House holds and each share Point represents the number of households with tvs in use during the game. The figures surpassed the previous highs Ofa 19.3 rat ing and 33 share for the 1984 seventh game Between los Angeles and Boston won by the celtics 111-102. The lakers pistons game also ranks sixth on the All time list of basketball games exceeded Only by five Mcaa championship games the spokeswoman said. The highest ranked game was the Indiana state Michigan slate contest which drewa24.1 rating and 38 share. Final rites planned for Dodd Atlanta the funeral for former Georgia tech football coach Bobby Dodd wit be held at 10  at Alexander memorial coliseum on the tech Campus school officials announced wednesday. A private burial will , a legendary figure in College sports died from lung cancer. He was 79,in 22 seasons As tech s head football coach Dodd s teams were 165-64-8 and went to 13 bowl games win Ning nine. He retired As coach after the 1966 season and As athletic director in 1976.the family asked that instead of Flowers contributions be sent to retarded citizens Atlanta Bobby Dodd Center 1440 dutch Valley Atlanta a. W. German sets discus Mark  Iceland Wolfgang Schmidl former world record Holder in the men s Dis Cus set a West German record wednesday during an International track and Field meet Schmidt threw the discus 223 feet 10 inches in winning the Competition and bettering the West Ger Man Mark of 223-4.schmidl. A former East German won a Silver medal during the 1976 Montreal olympics. Bui he was jailed in 1982 for is months for illegal Western  la stand barred from sports upon his  was allowed to emigrate lowest Germany i october following International pressure from Fulli athletes. Ozzie tops no vote getters new York shortstop Ozzie Smith of the  cardinals the top vote getter for the National league All Star game last year again is no. 1 wit two weeks remaining in the fan balloting the baseball commissioner s office announced according to figures released wednesday Smith has received 1,282,623 votes and is More than 1 million votes ahead of san Francisco s Jose uric the runner up at shortstop with 225,611 votes the no. 2 Overall Vole Mctier is outfielder Darryl Strawberry of the new York Mats with 915,372. Andre Dawson of the Chicago cubs with 621,667votes, and Vince Coleman of is. Louis with 542,539 Voles arc running 2-3 among no outfielders. The other leaders Are Catcher Gary Carter of Newyork 464,673first baseman will Clark of he san Francisco giants 569,714second baseman Ryn Sandberg of Chicago 655,883 and third baseman Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies 493,027 the closest position Battle is at Catcher with Belo Santiago of the san Diego padres second with 445,048voles, and Tony Pena of St. Louis third with 439,457 Voles. The Vole for first base also is close with Keith Hernandez of new York less than 20,000 Voles behind Clark with 549,883  no s starting Leam for the july 12 game at Cincinnati will be announced july 6. Nil soviets reach agreement Toronto the nil and the soviet ice hockey federation have reached an agreement to play 14 games this season inc Toronto Sun says. An unidentified source told the Sun thai the agreement was reached last weekend in a sports Cente Rnear Stuttgart West Germany by nil president John Ziegler and soviet hockey Boss Anatoli Kolesko. 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