European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 07, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. September 7, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary integrity lacking in this Pennant race integrity is the most Villa element in sports. It is the Quality that Sells the product the Assurance that what the fan is buying is the legitimate thing. It is Why there is no basketball program at Tulane University Why Paul Hornung and Alex Karras spent a year at the height of their football careers sus Pended for gambling Why shoeless Joe Jackson in tin the Hall of Fame. At the moment baseball s integrity is in one Terri ble slump. This is september Pennant race time the most exciting month in the baseball summer. It s a time for tension a time for squeezing the Bat handle just a Little bit tighter a time for watching scoreboards and worrying about How the other Guys Are doing. Instead baseball is preoccupied with a Naty bit of old business the drug trial in Pittsburgh. American jurisprudence does not concern itself with the peculiarities of the major league schedule which explains Why their individual roles in Pennant races notwithstanding a number of players arc spend ing some important september Days in a Pennsylvania courtroom testifying in that drug Case. So Kansas City hot on California s Trail in the american league West played at Home tuesday and wednesday without Lonnie Smith who had a Date in court and made it to the witness stand thursday. The new York acts chasing St. Louis in the National league East were temporarily without Keith Hernandez who missed wednesday s game travelling from san Diego to Pittsburgh then waited patiently through Smith s testimony thursday with out making it to the witness stand himself. Eventually he should rejoin his club in los Angeles for a weekend series. Great for frequent flier mileage cred its. The court s lineup of witnesses also includes Enos Cabell of the los Angeles dodgers and Dave Parker of the Cincinnati reds among others. . Attorney James Ross is living a baseball fan s fantasy Man aging a veritable All Star team of witnesses deciding who will Lead off who will Bat cleanup As he presents the government s Case against Curtis Strong who briefly provided food and beverages in the Phila Sclpia Phillies clubhouse. All of the witnesses have been granted immunity ostensibly to assure Candor and cooperation. These arc not spare parts we re talking about Here. These players Are important ingredients in their teams Pursuit of pennants. Without them in the Lin.  the integrity of those races could be seriously affected. Worse than that though the integrity of the whole sport May be permanently stained by the Pittsburgh , opening witness in the government s Case against Strong suggested that even the sport s show Case event the world series May have been brushed by cocaine. In 1982, Smith told the court Ihrcke weeks before the series he purchased cocaine for Hernan Dez and Pitcher Joaquim Andujar then his teammates with the St. Louis cardinals and the three of them used the drug. That s As in world Champion is. Louis cardinals. Andujar s name had not surfaced before in this mess. Neither had that of Gary Matthews of the Chicago cubs who also was mentioned by Smith As having been present when he made one buy. Who knows How Many others will be named before this is All Over major league baseball is not on trial Here attorney Ross told the jury. The defendant Curtis Strong  wrong. As Long As major league players arc paraded up to the witness stand to deliver details of their adventures in the drug culture and As Long As their teams spend important september Days without them baseball most certainly is on trial. The verdict May not be pretty either. Ten a Oclima Pruni drugs from Page 21 Smith said. The next morning i found myself too jittery and Shook up to play. 1 went in to see Whitey and told him him i had t cocaine addiction and wanted  a couple Days later Smith entered a St. Louis Hospital where he underwent 28 Days of in patient treatment. After Smith was traded to the cardinals in 1982, he did Andujar introduced him to a Man named Luis Martinez who became his St. Louis connection. He said Strong also continued to serve As a supplier sometimes travelling by bus or train to meet him in Pittsburgh when the cardinals were playing the pirates. During the Winter following the 1982 season. Smith said. Strong supplied him with cocaine by mailing it to him at his off season Home in Spartanburg . I would Call Curtis Strong Over the phone and Tell him i d like an eighth later it became a Quarter and in return he d mail me the drug Smith did. But tint i d Send him Money by express mail. Actually first i sent him  or Ders but he told me he d prefer Cash. He would express mail it Back to me inside a newspaper. He d tape it to pages inside the newspaper put two pieces of cardboard around the papers put it in an envelope take it to the Post office and mail it to  in his earlier and smaller buys. Smith said Strong would offer him a selection of one Gram units packaged in Girlie mag Azine papers folded  tried repeatedly to damage Smith s credibility asking him pointed questions about his $700,000 annual salary and upper class lifestyle. The defense attorney also brought up occasions when Smith s previous testimony before the grand jury that indicted Strong differed from his testimony in court. Well i m Only human Smith said. Smith neatly dressed in a Light Gray striped suit remained Calm and composed de spite repeated attempts by Renfroe to Nile him. After numerous admonishments to avoid improper questions repetition and Yelling it Amon Cut off Renfroe across Examina Uon. At one Point. Diamond threatened him with contempt of  is one of seven men indicted for drug trafficking to major leagues in Pilu Burgh by a grand jury that interviewed Smith and at least u other current and former ballplayers. 2-Fiif, 6-1 Victory Cox hurls cards Over cubs from Pren dispatches St. Louis Danny Cox pitched a two hitter Tito Landrum hit a three run Homer and Willie Mcgee collected three hits thursday night As the St. Louis cardinals cruised past the Chicago cubs 6-1. The Victory boosted St. Louis Lead in the National league East to Ivi games Over Idle new York. The cardinals have won 11 of their last 15 games. Cox 15-8, surrendered a first inning run and then blanked the cubs the rest of the Way. He finished with five strikeouts and one walk. Chicago scored in the first inning when Shawon Dunston doubled stole third and scored on a sacrifice Fly by Ryne Sand Berg. Cox retired 16 straight batters after Dunston s hit. Bob Dernier broke the string with a sixth inning triple in which he was thrown out at the plate trying for an inside the Park Home run. Cox then retired eight straight batters before walk ing Dernier with two outs in the ninth. It Roundup the cardinals tied the game in the  Ond As Ozzie Smith walked went to  Ond on a groundnut and scored on Cox s single. St. Louis made it 2-1 in the third. Mcgee singled to Center went to second on a balk by Steve Engel 1-3, and then to third on a Fly Ball. He scored on a single by Cesar Ceoeno who also had three hits. In the fourth. Smith doubled to left and Tom Nieto singled him Home. The Cardi nals added three runs in the fifth on land rum s Homer his fourth. Mcgee the National league s leading hitter raised his average to .368. The contest was a makeup of a game wiped out by last month s players strike. In the Only other no game astros 4, pirates 3 Houston Glenn Davis and Jerry Humphrey drove in two runs apiece Lead ing Houston Over Pittsburgh. Bob Knupper 12-10, won his 47th game with Houston tying Dave Roberts As the winning est left hander in the team s history. Knupper gave up eight hits in eight plus innings and Dave Smith got the final three outs for his 21st save. The Victory was the eighth in the last nine games for the astros. Pittsburgh took a 2-0 Lead in the first on singles by . Reynolds and Johnny Ray and a two run double by Mike Brown. Houston moved ahead 3-2 in its half of the first against Bob walk 1-2. A single by Craig Reynolds and walks to Denny Walling and Jose Cruz to id cd the bases. Reynolds scored on Mumphrey s infield grounder and Davis had a two run single. The pirates lied it in the second when Tony Pena led off with a double stole third and scored on Knepper s wild pitch. The astros went ahead 4-3 in the third As Walling singled went to third on a sin Gle by Cruz and came Home on Mumph Rey s sacrifice Fly. Al from Page 21 right Field Fence f