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Rave reviews
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Golfers say
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OAKMONT, Pa. — If the
Oakmont Country Club course
really were the “she” the golfers
call it, she’d talk like some tough,
sultry blonde on the arm of a
gumshoe or a gangster in a
1940s B-grade movie, always re
peating, “Bet you say that to all
the girls.”
And maybe “she” would be be
right. Maybe the pro golfers on
hand for the U.S. Open that be
gins here Thursday do say the
same thing to all the “girls.”
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Maybe its just good manners for
them to come off a practice
round on the host course of a
major tournament, wipe the
sweat from their brows and com
pliment the course as the tough
est or most challenging they’ve
ever played.
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Kirk Gibson’s one-man show
got rave reviews but the Boston
Red Sox earned the curtain call.
Gibson put on an exhibition
of strength and speed Tuesday
night that demonstrated just
how awesome his individual ta
lents are but Jim Rice and
Dwight Evans proved once
again that baseball is, above all, a
team game. The Detroit Tiger
outfielder hit one of the longest
home runs in the history of Ti
ger Stadium and also made a bid
for a dramatic inside-the-park
homer on a play that resulted in
an injury to home plate umpire
Larry Barnett. However, his
efforts were wasted when Rice
and Evans hit two-run homers to
ead the Red Sox to a 6-2 triumph
over Detroit.
If those aren’t the standard
lines issued automatically at
Open courses, then Oakmont
must really be something — a 15
on a scale of 10, a combination
Ursula Andress-Linda Evans-
Bo Derek of golf. Because that’s
all you’ve been hearing around
the course.
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“I’ve played here a lot, and
this is the toughest Oakmont
I’ve ever seen,’ defending Open
champion Tom Watson said af
ter his practice round Tuesday.
“The rough is the deepest I’ve
ever seen — deeper even than
Winged Foot (Mamaroneck,
N.Y.). With this rough, if you
land in it, you have a 20 percent
chance you’ll have a play to the
green. This rough makes it
almost impossible for chip
shots.”
Gibson hit only the 16th ball
out of Tiger Stadium in its his
tory with one out in the fourth
inning when his blast off Mike
Brown cleared the right field
roof and hit the roof of a lumber
store across Trumbull Avenue
— an estimated 540 feet from
home plate.
It was his fourth home run of
the season and only the fourth
ball to clear the right field roof,
which juts out 94 feet from the
ground. Only three balls have
cleared the barrier since 1969.
“I saw Reggie Jackson’s home
run in the 1971 All-Star game
and I saw Jason Thompson hit
one (in 1977),” Boston Manager
Ralph Houk said, “but I think
that’s the longest home run I’ve
ever seen in the Detroit ballpark.
But it only counts as one run.”
Gibson also had the fans ap
plauding in the sixth inning
when he hit a ball 440 feet to
center field that caromed off the
glove of Tony Armas. Gibson,
one of the fastest runners in
baseball, raced around the bases
and nearly caught up to the run
ner in front of him, Lou Whitak
er. A perfect relay throw from
Armas to shortstop Glenn Hoff
man to catcher Rich Gedman
got Whitaker at the plate but
Gibson scored after colliding
with Barnett and dislodging the
ball from Gedman.
Umpire Dale Ford said the
ball was an inside-the-park hom
er because there was no interfer
ence, but official scorer Ed Bro-
walski of the Polish Daily News
later overruled the decision af
ter consulting the baseball rule
book. Gibson was credited with a
double, ruled to have advanced
to third on Armas’ throw home
and scored when Gedman was
charged wieean error for not
hanging onto the ball.
“It was a great relay,” Gibson
said, “I was surprised it was
there. It was an exciting play. I
was going as fast as I can. I can’t
just stop on a dime, you know —
it’s like trying to stop an 18-
wheeler on a wet road. Maybe
some day I can hit one like that
It’s nice to hit a
to win a game,
barr edt long.
“But we lost the game and the
umpire got hurt. Everything was
overshadowed by those two
things.”
Rice hit his 14th homer of the
season after Evans walked in the
third to give Boston a 3-0 lead as
the Red weox took advantage of
starter Dan Petry’s wildness to
score four runs on two hits.
Evans hit his 11 th homer after
Jerry Remy singled off reliever
Howard Bailey in the fourth to
give Boston a 6-0 lead before
Gibson put on his hardhitting
display.
Brown, making his first start
since May 28, gave up just four
hits in 7 2-3 innings to get the
victory before Bob Stanley re
lieved and earned his 12th save.
Elsewhere in the American
League, Toronto outslugged
Oakland 13-7, Cleveland beat
New York 9-6, Texas defeated
Seattle 7-1 and Minnesota top
ped Kansas City 8-1. Baltimore
at Milwaukee and California at
Chicago were rained out.
In National League games,
Montreal defeated Pittsburgh
73, New York edged Chicago 4-
3 in 10 innings, St. Louis nipped
Philadelphia 5-4, Cincinnati
topped San Diego 4-3, Los
Angeles turned back Atlanta 4-3
and Houston beat San Francisco
3-2 in 12 innings.
BLUE JAYS 13, A’S 7 — At
Toronto, Jesse Barfielc
two homers and drove
runs and Buck MariEc
4-for-4 and droveinilm
to spark a 16-hit attad(
riecl the Blue Jays
Barfield, whohad nothin
er or driven in a run
17, belted a three-run
cap a four-run first inm
two-run homer to hi
five-run third inning.
INDIANS 9, YANKIl
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the Indians to victory
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TWINS 8, ORIOLES
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LONDON —Jimmy Connors
will defend two things when the
Wimbledon tennis champion
ships open next Monday: his ti
tle as champion and his honor.
Connors, who was eliminated
in a bid for his first French Open
two weeks ago when he was up
set by Christophe RogerVasselin
of France, has a chance for re
venge. The two could face each
other in a third-round Wimble
don match.
The 30-year-old defending
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pionships, opens his defense on
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can Eddie Edwards. He is then
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sus
pended Baltimore Colts quar
terback Art Schlichter said he
had “no regrets” about going to
the FBI with the story of his in
volvement with four Baltimore-
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Schlichter, discussing his
gambling in an exclusive inter
view with Lee Vlisides of WBNS-
TV in Columbus, said, “At times
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