European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 18, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Browning hurls perfect game reds defeat . In 1-0 masterpiece by the associated press Cincinnati Cincinnati s Tom Browning pitched Llic i4lh perfect game in major league history Breeding past the los Angeles dodgers 1-0 Friday night. Earlier this season. Browning flirted with ii no hitter one of Sis broken up in the ninth inning. This Lime he finished what he  for the firs no Hilter in the major leagues since april 15, 1987. In the ninth. Browning completed the no hitter by gelling Rick Dempsey on a Fly Ball 1o Paul o Neill at the warning track in lift Field Steve so on a ground or to shortstop and Pinch hitter Tracy Woodson on a strikeout to end the game. Browning struck out seven and had the dodgers Well in hand All the Way. Moil of the balls hit were routine. He allowed eight balls to he list out of the infield. As soon As Browning struck out Wuo Dion the reds hooded the Field to mob the left hander. The players jumped on drowning to the Side of inc pitchers Mound and formed a pileup. His learn males lifted Browning to la Cir shoulders and he gave them a series of High fives. A crowd of 16,591, which stayed to watch Afler a rain delay of two hours and 27 minutes at the Mart gave Browning a standing ovation As he left he Field. The last perfect game in by califor Nia s Mike Witt a 1-0 Victory Over Cali fornia on sept. 10, 1984, the reds last see my on Page 26 Al Roundup no Roundup the perfect game by Cincinnati s Tom Browning Friday night against the dodgers was lie 1 Jyh in major-Lrpkmi-1 history. Botox Stop yanks to up Lead to 41/2 by the associated press Boston the Boston red sox spurred by a five run fifth inning slopped new York 7-4 Friday night and increased their East division Lead to 4 i games Over the Yankees. The loss was Only the second in nine games for the Yankees. The red son trailing 2-0 just eight pitches into the game rallied to win for the ninth Lime in 12 games and ended the threat of a repeat of the 197s Boston massacre the Yan Kees four game sweep at Fenway Park in sep Temnor in the a Mdse of their Miracle comeback. The Yankees who look the opener in the four game series thursday night by beating Boston Ace Roger Clemens 5-3. Had the lying run Al the plate in the eighth and no a innings Friday night bul this Lime the red sox Hung Lough. Was Gardner. 8-4, allowed just three hits after the firs inning before being relieved by Dennis lamp with one out in the eighth. Lamp Jave up a two run double 10 Dave infield and after walking Jack Clark was re puce Day Lee Smith. Mike i Agliarulo the hero in the Yankees winery a night earlier hit a Fly Ball to deep right held that Dwight Evans caught at the Fence to end the. Inning. Willie Randolph led off inc ninth with a single and Ken Phelps walked with one out but Smith re tired Rickey Henderson on a Short Fly Balland got Claudell Washington on a grounder for his 27th save. The red sox who grounded Inlo three double plays in the first four innings broke a 2-1 lie with five runs in the fifth. Sieve Shields 4-5, got the first two batters before Wade Hoggs broke an o-for-8 slump by beating out 11 single into the Hole at shortstop. Many Barrett without an extra base hit since aug. 19, lined a double Down the left Field Tine and Hoggs scored when Henderson was slow in retrieving the Ball in the Comer. Evans singled off the left Field Wall scoring Barrett and a hit batsman and an infield single by Ellis Burks loaded the bases. Carlos Quinlan made his major Seagul debut As a Pinch Hitler and Drew a walk forcing Home a run. After Date Mol Mircic replaced Shields Pinch Hitler Todd Benzinger capped the rally with a iwo run single Gardner a reliever until pressed into a Starling role because of injuries in late june had a career High eight strikeouts while walking two. Henderson nil a 3-1 pitch for a sin see Al on Page 26 13,000 March into stadium to open olympics b John Nelson a sports writer Seoul South Korea the olympic flame Burns in Seoul and so too has the world s most politically fired sports rivalry been rekindled. More than  athletes and officials including both americans and so Viets for the first time since 1976, marched into inc olympic stadium sat urday in opening ceremonies reflecting the ancient Oriental philosophy of har Mony and Friendship. The world has overcome numerous obstacles to finally come together Here from East and West i Ark sch Jik presi Dent of South Korea s olympic organi ing committee said in opening the games symbolizing a smooth transition from past to present. Sohn ice Chung 15 year old korean Marathon runner at the 1936 Berlin games brought the flame into 70,000-seat olympic stadium jumping and waving to the crowd. He relinquished it to 19-year-old Lim c Hun a a triple Gold medallist Al the asian games for u final Lap. Lim passed the Inch to another Young korean who with two countrymen mounted a circular platform that lifted them to the olympic Torch for the Light ing of the cauldron. The opening ceremonies began at the stadium whose swooping roof inc evoked images of a Chosun dynasty bowl when 1,500 koreans in White native dress marched in precision to 500-year-old Folk music of the Flower Crown dance. Their performance was strongly influenced by the Ages old Oriental concept of Yin and Yang inc Emblem on the korean hag which represents opposing forces coming together in Harmony and Friendship. And so it was that the United states and soviet Union returned to the olympic Arena at the same Lime 12 years after their last meeting in Montreal. I m glad the sky is High and so Blue Yuk Hee Jin. A 17-year-old korean High school student said As he entered the stadium for the ceremonies. "1 believe cod is Blessing my country for its years of hard work and preparation for these olympic  outside the stadium extraordinary Security precautions created lines of ticket holders hundreds of Yards Long. Sleepy eyed Security guards peered through each Spectator s camera and others searched Flower Beds for bombs. Most of the korean spectators a Csc see olympics on Page 26