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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 20,1988 the stars Anc stripes Page 27 sports wire Aaron says he May get oaf of baseball from press dispatches Atlanta Hank Aaron baseball s All time Home run King and the director of player development for the Atlanta braves says he is considering getting out of baseball to pursue business  can t go any further in baseball that s obvious Aaron said. The reality of it is disappointing to  be been Here 12 years and i m still in the same Posi Tion. Nobody s called me and said will you be our general manager our president nobody s Ever going to do that he said. But that s America and it s the Black plight in America and the Black plight in baseball. I be reached my Pla teau so it May be time to go on to another phase of my  said there was nothing definite about the possibility of leaving baseball nothing close to  he said it he reaches the Point where he wants out of baseball he will first talk with Ted Turner the owner of the braves because he has been very fair  yanks option Pitcher Eiland new York the new York Yankees sent right hander Dave Eiland to Columbus of the class aaa International league thursday and recalled first base Man outfielder Hal Morris. In three starts Eiland was 0-0 with a 6.39 earned run average. In his major league debut on aug. 3 in Milwaukee Eiland allowed Only three hits in seven innings and left with a 5-1 Lead in a game the Yankees eventually  started the season with Albany of the class a Eastern league where he had a 9-5 record with a2.56 Era. In one Start for Columbus he was 1-0. Morris 23, was with the Yankees earlier this Yea when his contract was purchased from Columbus. Mccaskill on disabled list new York the California Angels placed right hander Kirk Mccaskill on the 21-Day disabled list thursday retroactive to aug. 9 because of a nerve irritation in his Arm. Mccaskill 8-6 with a 4.31 earned run average tried to throw prior to the Angels game against new York thursday night but could not. Javier sidelined 15 Days Baltimore outfielder Stan Javier was place Don the 15-Day disabled list by the Oakland athletics thursday and Catcher Matt Simatro was recalled from Tacoma to fill Javier s spot on the roster. Javier 22, is suffering from a sprained left  aggravating the injury on aug. 10, he has batted Only once taking a called third strike in the ninth inning of wednesday s game against the Baltimore  has played in 102 of the athletics 121 games and is batting .273. Watson eliminated in Colorado Castle Rock Colo. Tom Watson came up Point Short and was eliminated in thursday s comple Tion of first round play at the $ 1 million International Golf tournament. Watson needing a Birdie Birdie finish to Advance tothe second round of the tournament birdied the 17th Hole and missed from four feet on the 18th. It s the same thing i be been doing All year said Watson a 5-time British open Champion who has won Only once in the last four years. It does t matter How close you hit it if you can t make the putts. I had my Chance and i blew  under the modified stableford scoring system use for this tournament eagles Are Worth five Points Bir Dies Are Worth two and pars Are Worth nothing. Bogey Cost players one Point and double bogey or higher Cost three. Watson was minus-1 going to the Par-5 17th Hole atthe Castle Pines Golf club. He got onto the Green in two and missed a 20-foot Eagle putt but tapped in Togo to plus-1. On the 18th, he came within a couple of inches of holing out a 7-Iron second shot. The Ball Slid about four feet past the cup. Needing that putt to qualify Watson watched the Ball hit the cup do a 360-degree Circle around the Hole and come to rest on the lip. He finished with 1 Point one less than he needed to qualify. Defending Champion John Cook also missed wit Zero Points. Ben Crenshaw and Mark o Meara led 39 qualifier from the 81-Man Field in the second half of the first round. Each had six birdies and two bogeys and tied with10 Points to earn $8,750 in Day Money. The qualifiers from thursday s play join 39 other who advanced in first Day play wednesday including Jack Nicklaus Ray Floyd and Paul Azinger i second round play Friday. Those 78 players will compete for 54 places in sat urday s third round when the Field will be trimmed to 18 players for the final round sunday. Of France 6-4, 6-2, after finishing off Toronto s Ren Simpson 6-1,6-2 in a match delayed from wednesday. Canada s top player 13th-seeded Helen Kelesi look advantage of Sloppy play by seventh seeded Lori Mcneil to win the first set but was beaten 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Chavez Ramirez Date set Las vegas Nev. Undefeated world boxing association lightweight Champion Julio Cesar Chavez of Mexico will meet his world boxing Council counterpart Jose Luis Ramirez of Mexico in a 12-round fight oct. 29 to unify those titles for the first time in 10years, Las vegas Hilton officials announced thursday. Promoter Don King had announced the matchup earlier this month but a Date and site had not been , 26, has 49 knockouts in his 61-0 record and will be defending his 135-Pound Crown for the second time since winning it last november. Ramirez 29, who turned pro at the age of 14, will be defending his Crown for the third time since winning it in july 1987. He is 101-6 with 82 knockouts. The last person to hold both the Aba and we lightweight titles was Roberto Duran who unified them in 1978. Schenk claims Victory Copper Mountain Colo. Leslie Schenk of team Lowrey broke from a Lead group of racers on the second ascent up Fremont pass thursday to claim he second straight Victory in the Copper Mountain Road race the third stage of the women s Coors International bicycle classic. Schenk of Cincinnati finished the 54-mile course Inan unofficial time of 2 hours 27 minutes 1 second 59 seconds ahead of both Inga Benedict of the . Olym Pic team and Madonna hams of the celestial season Ings  retained the red race Leader s Jersey with an Overall time of 5 hours 42 minutes 16  moved into third place 3 08 behind Benedict in the Overall , a new zealand native won the Copper Mountain Road race in 1986. Olazabal leads Irish open Golf Richardson in Bologna Dublin Ireland Jose Maria Olazabal of spain1-putted seven greens and posted a 6-under-Par 66 for the Lead in thursday s first round of the $408,000 Irish open Golf championship. With Only one bogey in his round Olazabal tame the por Marnock course to Lead Vicente Fernandez of Argentina by one  for third place at 68 were welshman Ian woos Nam Ireland s Des Smyth and Irish Amateur Eoghan Connell. Curtis strange . Open Champion making a rare appearance in the tournament posted 71, while de fending Champion Bernhard Langer of West German also was Well Down the Board after shooting a Par 72. Art Rooney or. Suffers stroke Navratilova Evert Advance Pittsburgh Art Rooney sr., the chairman and founder of the Pittsburgh Steeles was in critical condition with a paralysed upper right Arm thursday after suffering a stroke his doctor said. He s awake. He responded to questioning said cardiologist Theodore r. Gelet Rooney s family physician. He said Rooney s prognosis was , 87, has a pacemaker and his heart prob lems were complicating the stroke. Montreal Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert moved closer to another showdown thursday As they advanced to the quarterfinals of the player s Chal Lenge women s Tennis tournament. Navratilova the top seed thumped no. 11 Sylvia Hanika 6-1, 6-1, to improve her career record against the West German to 14-2. She has not lost to Han Kasince 1982. Evert seeded second eased by Isabelle Demongeot Bologna Italy Micheal Ray richards9n arrived in Bologna thursday to play basketball in the italian league resuming a career halted by a two yearn a ban for cocaine use. The 33-year-old guard formerly of new Jersey said he signed a two year contract in Italy to have a new experience and extend my  will get $700,000, plus a House and a car for two seasons with Virtus Knorr  arrived in this Central italian City along with his wife their two daughters and the new Ameri can coach of Virtus Knorr Bob Hill. A group of fans welcomed him As he arrived at the local sports Palace to meet his new teammates. Richardson who became the first player banned under the Aba anti drug program was granted an Amateur status by the International basketball federation Fiba to play in Italy. Sources close to Virtus Knorr disclosed that the federation asked for a bimonthly report on Richardson s  was banned from the Aba in 1986 after testing positive for cocaine. Last month his right to play in the Aba or Europe was restored. My time on drugs is definitely Over he said in recent interview with an italian sports daily. 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