European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 Ruiz pays with running Success Michelle Fikac staff writer Germany Ruben Ruiz is paying Back the through my running in pay ing Back the and the people that helped me to get where i he the 28yearold distance runners Suc Cess includes finishing 15th out of runners in the Paris he was the first american to Cross the finish line at Paris in with a he also set two records at the 21st support come championships in the meters in and in the running victories took off in High school for Young Ruiz like the shot of a starters he won the mile and two mile events at the Arizona High school track championships while attending Tucson Sunnyside High school in Ruiz ran the two mile race with the Aid of cortisone because he had torn a Liga ment in his Ive always been foolish with injuries and running with he Ruiz didst participate in the Usa eur track championships recently because he was recovering from Shin i want to be at my Best when i he if i get i know i did my Best and i was beaten at my photo by 4 Pam self Rio Ruben Ruiz he runs to win Ruiz said he feels greedy during compe i dont want to i want to emphasized the first Ruiz personal Best was when he was ranked second in the nation while attend ing Pima Community College in Tucson on a full track after a three year he resumed running in Marathon running int just running a Long distance its running a Long distance with Ruiz Ruiz forms his own training program that incorporates the disciplines of Dis time and i like to build a 80 to 90 mile week base for distance endur he i keep the same mileage and do Speed work during the base week that i have set for the repetition of increases his Speed within certain intervals of con your body gets used to a certain Pace quickly when you run Long distances at the same Ruiz the body needs to be As Well As the to in crease time and Knock Down the time of a Ruiz said the results of training do not affect the runners time or Pace until an adjustment is made Between the i never feel the effects of my training until a week after the change in stride or time has been he i train for different races a month in Advance to feel the effects of my adjustments to the time and distance of a particular Ruiz runs and trains with Kaiser slain turn if the cites top sports club which is primarily known for its soccer team in the German bund Sligo which also has a track in learning about German culture and training with people that Are serious about the he the process of self training started with Jim High school running he taught me the discipline that it takes to be a i Learned 1 have to work for whatever 1 want to do with my life and my for 1 have a debt to is combining his running skills with swimming and biking in the ironman triathlon Competition starting with the v corps its something Ive never and if 1 stay close to the Lead ers 1 can he said that the change in training has been More intense with the three forms of endurance sports used in the 1 try to do All three each Day before during my lunch hour and after he Ruiz Hopes to coach a track team after he gets out of the if i can teach How 1 was 1 will have paid Back what 1 he at a time when soccer is in the Doghouse football making big gains in Britain by Joseph Grigg London american football is making big in roads in what historically has been soccer mad its doing so with All the traditional american football razzmatazz at a time when crowd violence and hooliganism among fans have plunged British soccer into its worst crisis american football is storming said Rad Cliffe founder of the Milton Keynes its an Amateur game Here so far and strictly a family Milton a new town about 50 Miles North of Lon claims the Bucks Are one of this country top a few years ago there were Only a handful of Phillips today there Are organized in a National they will compete for a league climaxed by the first British superbowl at Birmingham other teams in the league include the Birmingham the spartans and the titans from a Birmingham americans from air Force bases in Britain have helped coach the British on a Fine Day we can attract a crowd of at the Milton Keynes Phillips once we even Man aged a record fans of american football Here claim that Good going at a time when some third and fourth division pro soccer clubs have trouble attracting even Phillips admits american football still has a Long Way to go before it begins to rival pro soccer in this where soccer was born and where a cup final is watched by in addition to millions More on compared even to the Standard of american College most of ours Are still in the kindergarten Phillips but were growing in popularity All the although All British players Are amateurs and buy All their own which costs around in this commercial sponsorship helps keep them the Milton Keynes Bucks Are sponsored both by a local garage and a popular Brand of american at big games big by standards of american foot Ball in this country sponsors banners Fly Over the along with coloured ads for hamburger Popcorn and coached by american add to the Al America atmosphere in the heart of the Bucks have got that is the chant of the Milton Keynes Walsall yells we got we got we got the Power to Phillips says his team trains for up to three three evenings a week in the Hope of making it to the Birmingham off the they do every kind of said glad Stone the Milton Keynes Star they include insurance storekeepers and Bank american football is catching on Here in a Way base Ball never has managed although there have been British baseball teams since before world War most baseball in this country now is played by teams from the air bases in but its a game that never has pulled in the local although american football still has a Long Way to go in it got a lift from the televising of games from the since most britons have trouble understanding the Complex to usually has a commentator on hand to explain whats its probably As difficult As explaining Cricket to said one British pro soccer in Britain is deep in the dog House As a result of recent crowd British to audiences were scandalized earlier this year by live scenes of mobs of hooligans storming a held and battling in one such mounted police had to be called to the stadium at near when hundreds of fans from Millwall invaded the hurling rocks and other Many police were British fans have been banned from playing in Europe since last Spring when Liverpool fans rioted at a game in Brussels against Juventud of the riot resulted in a Wall killing 38 prime minister Margaret Thatcher is campaigning personally to get British soccer clubs to put their own House in order by such measures As installing closed circuit to and issuing special passes to fan Cox news distributed by new York times past Diamond stars fare poorly in pay comparison Washington a winners on and off the Field in their former base Ball greats fare poorly in a financial race with today while Money from television and higher ticket prices account for part of the free Agency and the open pocketbooks of owners trying to buy pen Nants have sent salaries into since when players were Given free Agency and the right to sign with another team after playing out their Sala Ries have risen from an average of in 1975 to last according to an article in this weeks news world the article details the disparity of Sala even taking into account by comparing an Allstar lineup of the 1950s to a group of today the old timers lineup includes Outfield ers Joe Dimaggio of the new York Yan the new York giants Willie Mays and Ted Williams of the Boston red in Dimaggio became baseballs first with Dimaggio salary would be Mays in 1959 would be Worth today and Williams in 1959 would be Worth by outfielders Jim Rice of the red sox the Yankees Dave Winfield million and the new York mets George Foster million have a combined salary of other including the salary yesterdays stars received and their inflated Worth in 1985 Are first base Louis Stan Musial in 1958 Baltimore Eddie Murray million second base Brooklyn Jackie Robinson in 1950 Louis Tommy Herr shortstop Cleveland Lou Boudreau in 1950 Louis Ozzie Smith third base Milwaukee Eddie Mathews in 1966 Atlanta Bob Horner Catcher Yankees Yogi Berra in 1961 the mets Gary Carter Pitcher Philadelphia Robin Roberts in 1950 Atlanta Bruce Suiter changes in the Money game Are also reflected in big raises and career after winning the american leagues triple Crown and most valuable player award in Mickey Mantle hit the Yankees for a last year Wade Boggs received a raise from the red in a career that spanned 15 years with the Dimaggio was paid a total of Kansas City Pitcher Dan Quisenberry earned million from 1979 until last when he signed a lifetime contract that his agent says will guarantee him Over million after