European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes August 1985 columns today crossword it was Paf Ofca against Paloska by Baker during he Brief baseball strike the other Day my sympathies gravitated in Masse to the they were being called an overpaid Bunch of Paloukas by the very people who should have been pulling for them All he country miserably underpaid Paloukas who arc Likely to get even More underpaid in the coming years As american business uses More and More sweated asian labor to undercut the pay of american Paloukas without baseball a new York time subs poll showed a heavy weight of sympathy among the fans for the baseball what is the country coming to rooting for the owners is like rooting for the internal Revenue what the owners were asking was that the players surrender some of their recent economic american businesses everywhere arc asking this of the hired the jargon word Lor what they want is in Many give backs can be out of the unions with the threat that their jobs will be lost to taiwanese or Southeast asian workers willing to do them for the baseball owners seemed infected by give Back though it was hard to Sec asian ballplayers even in Japan cannot yet turn out the Quality product to which americans arc accustomed at the Ball the idea of replacing their Union workers with citrate labor had clearly registered in the owners for last week the owner of the Houston astros was saying the fans might like to see the rest of the season played out by minor leagues brought up from the he was obviously aware that the working stiffs were on the Side of the he he that construction workers or plumbers making an hour Are going to refuse to Cross picket lines of Guys making a this Ham handed Effort to make the modestly paid Paloska despise the gloriously overpaid Paloska was probably in View of All the to interviews with fans already speaking with sour envy of player pay it raised an arresting however if the fans Are so fed up with overpaid Paloukas that they will pay to see Bush leagues play for wages of an How come the owners dont Stop Over paying their Paloukas and Field teams composed of a hour Bush leagues this happened during world War ii when a shortage of physically sound men for civilian purposes forced the owners to Stock up with players not much better equipped than Pete the on armed outfielder of the Louis of in a league full of on armed Outfield the first owner who promises a couple of to drawer professionals Large paydays is going to find his Park overrun with paying in despite whining about players the fans want top the interesting question is Why they resent the Glam of Rousky outrageous baseball players As a class prob ably fit most modern definitions of working class As opposed professional business creative most fans doubtless share social and economic backgrounds similar to Ball players Many doubtless dream had they been but blessed with a few special motor they might have been ballplayers earning those great pay you might think they be pleased to see people of their own sort get such a wonderful break and know such wealth and successful Rock who Are paid far More than All but the richest baseball seem to be deeply admired by their fans for the wealth that pours upon yet when the ballplayer objects to having the owner Cut his the baseball fans sympathies go not to gloriously overpaid but to big which would readily Force a pay Cut on every fan in the Ballpark if it could get asians to take their jobs for cheap whats the country coming to next thing you know everybody will be cheering for whats that you say everybody already does Well but Only very so c new York times at times even a Diamond Star has to rough it  Indus to mismanagement and Union line of work were w in a Hewer i put a Bunch of Hotshot dru6 the first thing m15 sep compounds Watt help promote 60ox ipod Ishomel a0rqap by Eugene Sheffer across 1 wagers 5 Boston party drink 8 Sale tag 12 Indian 13 Jungfrau 14 entice 15 old time tellers 17 Chew on 18 Groucho trademark 19 ignores 21 Scarletto Home 24 harem room 25 melt together 28 javanese tree 30 she love she loves me 33 printers 34 Lessen 35 weep 36 cozy room 37 Wax 38 rip 39 observe 41 italian wine 43 stick together 46 volume of maps 50 afghan Prince 51 cultivated Portulaca 54 Punjab Princess 55 theater sign 56 rim 57 Corner 58 conclude 59 ooze Down 1 kind of Pear 2 Case for Small articles 3 chinese society 4 staid 5 chinese Pagoda 6 House Wing 7 Church part 8 Chilly answer to yesterdays Puzzle solution time 25 minutes 9 Indian ceremony 10 Dies 11 stitches 16 tax shelter 20 mislay 22 bumpkin 23 armadillo 25 splicing pin 26 Indian 27 Hope for weather 29 tropical american tree 31 pro Nobis 32 War god 34 Maple Genus 38 names 40 uncanny 42 spigot 43 wheeled vehicle 44 Sharif 45 being 47 bail 48 French Angel 49 degree 14 52 decorative vase 53 doze 814 Hubert c that