European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 02, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Ver wins a Norman bar Steve Wilstein san Franasco a Jim Gallagher donning a Clown s mask joked As lie watched nervously sunday while Gre Norman blundered away the $3 million tour championship by a stroke with bogeys on two of the final three holes. Some May say Norman choked bad Lyon the last Hole. He would t disagree. Much bluntly calling it a pathetic men Tal All the tricks of the olympic club past the graveyard of champions like Ben Hogan Arnold Palmer and to Watson came Back to haunt Norman on halloween As he wasted a two stroke Lead with seven holes to play. With those two bogeys Norman los the tournament the Chance for the Money title and perhaps the vote of his tour championship Peers for pea tour player of the year."1 made two mental errors and it Cost me the championship the drained an Stony faced Norman said. Nick Price despite his tie for 18th, secured the Money title with $1,478,557 and May also win the pea s top player award. Paul Azinger farther Back in a tie for 21, finished second in the Money race with nearly $100,000 More than nor Man s $1359,653.Gallagher was Happy just doubling his year s earnings with the $540,000 win Ner s Check. I guess i had a great year in on week said Gallagher who credited his Ryder cup Triumph Over seve Ballestero with giving him the Confidence to win against the top pea players. It was Norman s tournament to win. I d run out of holes. It turned out i was he was More than Lucky. Gallagher who set a course record 8-under, 63 in the first round before unravelling with 73and 72 in the next two rounds Wal Al ready in the clubhouse with a Gutsy 69 for277 while Norman was still thrashing on no. 16.Norman hit his third shot on 16 into a Bunker on the left leaving himself a Long putt for Par. He ran that by the Hole by about four feet and made that for bogey to drop into f tie with Gallagher. As Gallagher watched the dramatic finish unfold on to he slipped on the Clown s mask at one Point for Nis toddler Mary Landon Back Home in Greenwood miss., who had been a Clown for Hallow Een. Gallagher broke the tension a Little by fooling around then he got up to pre the stars and stripes Orts november2,1993 Page 40 pare for a playoff that never paired 17, then hit his second shot an 8-Iron, on 18 from the fair through the Green for a bad lie in tit rough chipped out and two putted for fatal bogey. Shu a ices by Dave Goldberg Miami a it was Bryan Cox s Best hit of Miami s 30-10 win Over Kansas City on sunday a perfect Dunk of a pail of ice water on Don Simla s head As the dolphins coach tied George Halas career record for coaching wins. I could t have done it any better Cox said. Hews still into the game watching the Ball being snapped when i got indeed one reason Don Shula got ta324 wins is that see Page 3d for Gam report he ii always into the game so much. In this Case twas with his team holding a 20-Point Lead and 20 seconds remaining the crowd Yelling Shula Shula Shula and some of his less rambunctious players unfurling a Banner for the cameras that read -"shula324" that 324 made Shula s career record 324-152-6 in 30yean with the dolphins and Baltimore Colts very Simi Lar to Halas 324-151-31 in 40 seasons All with the Chi Cago bears. Shula goes for no. 325 next week when the dolphins visit the new York 5ets, who earlier this Yea handed them their Only loss 24-10. Maybe hell retire before he gets there de Occas key Halas son in Law said of Shula last week. Fat usually reserved Shula surrounded by a Phalanx of cameras went to Midfield where his Good Friend Kansas City coach Marty sch Ottenheimer. Was waiting. Then he jogged off the Field waving both hands aloft to what remained of the crowd of 67,765 and went into the locker rooms to congratulate his players an coaches. And of course Towel off the water that Cox withheld from Louis Oliver deposited on him. Then he gave game balls to Cox quarterback Scott Mitchell an kicker Peter Stoyanovich and the three of them gave the balls right Back to Shula i think we want to win every game for the Gipper Rookie running Back Terry Kirby said but i think one really is for coach was a Mark of the kind of regard in which his play ers hold the supposedly Stern Shula. Just before the end of the game Oliver sent an equipment manager to get the Banner which a fan Hung on the Side of the stands. Oliver and Keith Jackson held it up with 30 seconds what did Shula who said he probably had t been dunked with water since 1930, the year he was born say to Cox i told him i loved Shula he went into what can Only be considered his prepared remarks acknowledging Halas whom he knew but not Well. _ i m very Happy to tie a record by a Guy who s meant so much to the National football league he said. I never even thought when i first started coaching that there would be a Day like this asked How he kept his focus this week with All thee record hoopla surrounding him he replied in Over now right no it s not Over. Hell beat someone else perhaps As soon As next m the crowd after his Milestone Victory sunday. Earnhardt nears title see Page 34
