European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 sports letters roses fans stand up of be counted dear editor Dave Walczaka time catches up with Char lie in the june 28 Issue appalled Opin ions Are but maybe Dave should look at the career stats Are one and to be roses lifetime average is what Dave ignored is that in the same Cincinnati beat san Francisco 6 4 and Pete Rose Over the if you believe Dave went 2 for that not bad for Dave not also in the same the major league leaders statistics have Pete Rose at for the eighth in the National ill admit my Bias i was born in Cincinnati 39 years whats Dave one More Cincinnati is a contender again for the first time in several the reason is the example Pete Rose shows for the younger players on the in a military surely leadership by example is something we should not lets have More objectivity and less personal Ted Motter Ramstein Germany Why such abuse dear editor this letter concerns the commentary by Dave Walc Zak entitled time catches up with Charlie i want to know Why such abuse was levelled at Pete Rose what was Walczaka purpose in writing the commentary did Pete Rose neglect to autograph his pop Corn Box years ago i am infuriated by the careless statements concerning the status of Pete i will present but a few of Walczaka and then refute he opened the commentary like a Good Friend who has overstayed his its time for Pete Rose to go the problem is he keeps hanging All for the Chance to break Tycobb s record for most Ca reer or How about this one if he we rent so Pete Rose would be laughable in trying to wrest one More season out of a 44yearold and yet another with his legs going Hes been relegated to first where at he probably holds the record for the most games played at first by a overt Hill i can hardly believe that this blatant disregard for the truth has been allowed to go to i will try to hold a civil on the very same Day this article was 44 year old Pete roses 54 hits and batting average had placed him eighth among the top 10 hitters in the National just imagine if his legs we rent giving most major league players never see the top not Only is Rose one of the elite players but the team he the Cincinnati were recently in Sec Ond place in the National league player manager Pete Rose is not Only not Over the but he is having a great Pete Rose has become Only the second Man in the history of baseball to get Over base barring Rose will probably break Cobbs record of hits in and become the Al time hit Leader in of Pete Rose is trying to break the but by no stretch of the imagination is it the Only reason Rose is still Rose loves he has always been a team player if he want contributing to the he Rose is Why criticize the Man for striving to accomplish his goals Mark quirk Turkey sticking with cubs dear editor the Chicago cubs a Little More respect please Good grief thirteen straight losses before the night Mare that tied an Al time Chicago cubs record for consecutive in just two weeks the cubs blew a firs place Lead and dropped to fourth we Loyal old cub fans residing in Europe and 1 mean really old 1 saw the cubs play Many times in their last National league championship Way Back in 1945 Are desperate to reverse this losing we think we know the the cubs need an extra shot of and we request a Little bit of understanding and assistance from All of you compassionate after if you had been categorized As a chronic loser for 40 you might need a Little ego rebuilding what can you do you might Start by eliminating the term cubbies from your in the last couple of years or so there has been an increasing tendency at least Here in Germany to adopt the dim Unitive cubbies for i wonder if that True in Chicago As even when labelled its Tough enough to be taken seriously in a City inhabited by bulls and Black but cubby the Only person named cubby i can recall was the Junior member of tvs former Mickey mouse in sure new Louis and Cincinnati fans dont refer to their teams As Cardies and a Little More respect please for the Chicago eliminate that Subtle cubbies if the cubs can regain the self respect necessary to win the National league and if the american league race remains the same As it has the cubs have a very Good Chance of winning the world Thomas Powers Heidelberg Bell win Kilometres despite fire by Randy Barnett motor sports writer Germany the porsche factory team fought Back from the Shock of a fiery explosion in the pits with Germany Hans stuck and englishman Derek Bell hanging in to capture the Kilometres of fourth round in the world endurance the fire severely injured three porsche Massimo Sigala of Italy and Oscar Larrauri of Argentina finished second in their Only 40 seconds Back after 620 Miles of High Speed racing on a Broil ing hot the pol position porsche driven by Ger Many Jochen mass and Belgium Jacky icky failed to the car was sidelined with a broken with 25 laps to go in the endurance Bell said that our Victory is a morale Booster after what happened in the pits Here and we really owed our win to the we All Hope that the injured men have a speedy the fire occurred at the end of the first hour when both porsche went into the pits for routine stops to take on fuel and change the stuck Ell porsche was running first at the time and the Massicks car was the fire erupted while car was being the 50liter refuelling tank developed Back pressure and spilled Gas under the the Gas ignited and the fuel tank went up like a fireball in front of the porsche mass car did not have severe fire nor was he and he and icky were Able to continue Quick action by firefighters prevented what could have been a Norbert a porsche development and two mechanics who were refuelling the car All were severely they were flown to the Ludwigshafen Hospital by helicopter for Burn the fire dramatically slowed the pit with Bell leaving nearly two laps Hans stuck left of Germany and Derek Bell of England feel the wet taste of Victory after grabbing first place at a photo Down and icky taking off after a nearly 10minute two hours later into the another fire erupted on the pit the Kremer porsche driven by Manfred Winkelhoch burned while a suspected ruptured fuel tank was being the car was dam aged and could not just past the races first Ger Many Stefan Bellof led in a Brun porsche and Bell began the Job of climbing Back up among the when Bell handed the car Back to stuck an hour the German zeroed in on the Bellof finally passing it and taking the Lead for Good just past the three hour Midway the Bellof also driven by Bel Gums Thierry quit with mechanical problems about an hour while running overjoyed by his and Bells Victo said it was but fighting Back like this today and winning is the most rewarding part of this when i passed Bellof to get Back in i was really i was Able to make up time and still not use too much of my fuel allotment because of the Pace that was a break when it and i needed a Pace car was used in sundays race in american allowing the cars to close this worked to Stucks advantage when Ger Man Driver John Winter crashed at the Sec Ond chicane in his Joes porsche Winters car ended up on top of the protective tire helpers had to remove the car and tires before the race could return to full the heat affected tires and Only 16 cars from the 36 starters completed the 147 a disappointment for the italian Lancia fans came with Only three laps to go when the Lancia Martini driven by Riccardo Patrese ran out of Gas while running finishing third and two laps Down was the Joes porsche driven by Klaus Ludwig of Germany and Paolo Barilla of fourth came the Lancia Martini of Bob Wollek of France and Mauro Baldi of also two laps fifth was the porsche 956 driven by englishmen Jonathan Palmer and David four laps in winning the stuck and Bell covered the distance in 5 23 seconds at an average Speed of the Victory also sent stuck and Bell into a tie for the world endurance driving both with 62 icky and with no Points scored follow with 51 Points the next round is 11 in
