European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Beer a problem Tor baseball men this headline was displayed in London papers recently As belgian authorities searched for 11 Liverpool fans who had been at the cutting Edge of the rampage that killed 38 mostly of Juventud of before the european cup soccer final in Brussels May from the belgian authorities and British papers hunted these whose angry Fea Tures and swinging limbs made them look like just the average fan next door in or new the United states Hast had any mass trampling and collapsing Walls of the sort that killed 38 people in nor has it had a tragedy at a sporting event like the one this Spring in where 55 fans were burned and suffocated to death when bleachers caught fire and nobody could escape because the Gates were locked to keep out the mob on the but violence is hardly confined to soccer matches in the violence level is rising in the United fuelled by a mixture of illegal drugs and a permissive attitude that says anything goes at a sporting this baseball season could be the most exciting in new York since the mets were formed in be for the first both the mets and Yankees Are contenders in the same going to the Ballpark should be a treat in the second half of the but some fans will stay Home and others will go wearing old clothing and fearing a Beer Shower from the upper deck or a rum ble breaking out in the next its not the obnoxious commercials on the message the loud music on the speakers or the jets the real problem at the Ballpark is the Guy with the Container of Beer in the next in an article by Craig Wolff in the new York times on june Many baseball officials acknowledged that it was time to act against the Bee pro pulled louts who rampage through the Peter the commissioner of chose that interview to disclose that next season All major league clubs must offer a family Only Section for people who care to bring children and would like not to be around fans who this is a Nice beginning the right to not be abused by others seems to be in Vogue these there is actually an entire Section at Jones Beach state Park where people cannot play their radios without a head a family Section at the Ballpark is a Good but what if that Section is directly below a drinking Section a month ago at Shea i watched a family take a direct hit from a Beer Container that was intentionally or from the they accepted it with a stiff upper this does not happen at the baseballs main Competition for the family almost every one reads of one of the 26 major league clubs tightening its policy about the serving of the United states and Canada do not have the  plague of soccer the Way Europe with Loyal destructive crazies making the relatively Short treks to other cities for a big in the american what we have is a col Lection of Beer cup Lone ballparks packed with Billy the Jesse and Frank Bonnie and John Charles son of Butch and Sundance individualists arriving in vans and doing their one of the interesting things Wolff Learned was in the second weekend of Only three of 1 25 persons arrested at Shea were Black the ratio of Blacks at a game is far higher than confirming the empirical observation that the problem at Ball Parks is not a minority another finding was that Beer sales bring in million a season at both Shea and Yankee stadiums and that baseball made million in Beer Advertis ing from the networks alone last there Are 33 million reasons Why Ueberroth Doest like to talk about baseballs chummy relation ship with and also perhaps in the Rush to test everybody in baseball for illegal nobody in authority is talking about testing for that Legal stuff a lot of officials journalists pour into their systems on Long nights on the Ueberroth needs to talk to Don Newcomb and Ryne Duren about which drug docs the most harm to baseball people its the same one with cuddly folks like Mickey and Billy in the baseball is currently pausing for its Midsummer company the Allstar game in and new York is preparing for the second half of a vibrant will fans be Able to enjoy a Day or night at the Ballpark How willing is baseball to turn Down the Golden spigot new York times leading nil East despite Bleak forecast Whitey air has cards scorning experts by Warren a yes Louis Whitey Herzog will not become the highest paid Bass Fisherman in the country any time one of the biggest preseason predictions had Herzog being the first manager All i can say about the Guys who said that is they should be managing some where if there so Herzog it Doest look like ill be fishing this even if i was i want to manage at Fenway or i like managing its better than being a general when things Are you got to blame somebody so its the that the Way it a Guy with a Las place club May have done a helluva Job to deserve manager of the year but he wont get but things Are going Well for Herzog and the the cardinals rest in first place in the no East after Many forecasters picked Louis to be last or at Herzog said the same Media people who predicted the Louis cardinals and Montreal expos to finish at the Bottom also picked the Chicago cubs and the new York mets to be there last and we know How they wound up one and Herzog i didst put a lot of Stock in those predictions but i could see where they were coming but i thought wed have a Good the cardinals lost Ace reliever Bruce Sutler to free Agency which raised questions about the some wondered about the Louis starting rotation after Joaquin but those questions have been an so we have a sound Herzog i bet a lot of managers would love to have John Tudor and Danny Cox As their top i think Kurt Kepshire will come on we have a solid four and our the numbers Are but there is no stopper or big Guy like we had with Herzog directed the cardinals to a world series championship in that Bunch played White Ball a team that stole played solid defense and enjoyed Good this White Ball is this is a Good group to her zog they like to sacrifice for each they have a Good the players credit the big thing is the said Jack its Nice to come somewhere where somebody is in control and everybody knows its not like Hes a sergeant or something but we know Hes in he knows what it takes to some managers dont know most Tom Herr Whites fun to play Herr theres no mistaking that Hes the Boss but he lets us he leaves so much responsibility up to he gives us the Green Light to steal to almost even kids who Haven been Here that the cardinals Are to stealing bases at a record Rookie sensation Vince Cole Man has stolen 63 through the cardinals Are on a Pace to steal 322 bases this but Herzog said that nothing Ive always had clubs that stole 200 bases or More a he i had them in Kansas City and i have them you got to have a speedy club in a big that my kind of we have Good Speed and we play Good although we didst we had 31 unearned runs in our first 30 but we came and Tudor settled Down and pitched like he is noted Coltman has been a spark plug for the the big thing with Vince is the Way Hes turned everyone from Llie players to the Herzog but you cant separate Coleman from Willie Herr and Clark As the top four of our each one comple ments the you take one out of line up and they Arent the hailed the trades to bring Clark and Tudor to strengthen Clark gave us a cleanup hitter who gives us a Home run Herzog Tudor gives a Quality starting while Herzog said this team has the potential to be a Good it is not his id say the 77 Herzog we were 3636 at one Point and we won 24 of 25 we won 16 in a lost then won eight in a Herzog said it was still far too Early to be giving the division title to were Only Halfway Herzog Rodgers has done a helluva Job with the  be in the mets Are playing real Good Ball right now and the cubs Are a Little it should be Usel making Little headway with problems by Dave Goldberg a United states football league owners Are once again Back at the game to which they de vote More time than football mulling Over yet another change in the size and shape of the while the Baltimore stars and Oakland invaders spent a week preparing for Sun Day nights championship the own ers spent their time in meeting try ing to figure out what the league will look like when it is scheduled to resume play in the fall of but they accomplished you might see 14 teams playing in exactly the same places they Are Jacksonville bulls owner Fred Bullard said after a four hour meeting the Only major development was a motion to incorporate the which would allow it to form an executive committee to make decision making the owners also faced other problems like meeting the payrolls of the Tampa san Portland and Houston franchises and determining what will be done with the los Angeles which has had no owner for the past those payrolls must be met by the end of july under the contract Between the league and its players All the unpaid players would become free As they did after last the owners Are also trying to figure out just who will play where and even when they will one proposal would have the season begin in november and end in March to avoid conflicts with the world series and the National football leagues super As of there is no consensus As to the season or number of Corn see Usel on Page 25