European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 13, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Rhein main football team sinking fast chapter one air Force football. To quote pro hoops Ler Micheal Ray Richardson the ship be  make that Rhein main s rocket ship. If the rockets founder much further they la land 2,000 leagues under. As it is they re 0-2, anchoring the Continental sports conference. Try these bad Waves i when Rhein main lost 6 3 last week it was the rockets first Home loss to we Bruecken. Ever. 2 the rockets have yet to score a touchdown. Talk to officials and they la Tell you this is the least disciplined Bunch at Rhein main in memory. It s no wonder the rockets have fumbled 16 times and been penalized 207 Yards. All this after Rhein main floated near the top the last two years with a combined 13-6 record which included a playoff loss. Those rockets you see now Are struggling to stay afloat. Or on deck. The Maxim in air Force football reads like this win or watch your players Start jump ing overboard. Guys in this league have better things to do than lose. Then there s the skipper Reggie Drewrey in his first year As head coach. Is he going to right his course or go Down with his rocket ship i m not a panic person Drewrey said. I believe in the football players we have on this  Drewrey spoke with me at the no club wednes Day. He had snubbed me after Rhein main s opening game loss seems he was upset that 1 1 predicted last Spring that his team would take a dive and 2 i compared his  approach to Warren Stanley the approachable Guy who produced that 13-6 record. Now Drewrey talked about his injury riddled run Ning backs about his Hope of settling on one Quarter Back. When i asked about Lack of discipline causing penalties he replied i won t address  is Drewrey s coaching Job in jeopardy i have the support of the Wing the fans and the athletic depart ment he said. It s not a win or else situation. It s not at that  Rhein main s base commander co. Raymond Holden confirmed his support. Drewrey 38, coached air Force football in Turkey and coached Rhein main s linebackers and defensive backs last year. He says he knows the game. That s not enough on this level where organization e.g., getting the players to practice often overcomes x s and o s. As Drewrey left the no club he asked a fan for an opinion about the team. The fan. Hank Walls said it s attitude. Bad attitude. Once they get that first touchdown they la take off. The season s just be ginning. Two games is nothing. Sure we re Gonna badmouth pm until they get their act to Gether. If they Don t get their act together Well Send them to Nicaragua. But i m not Wor ried. Other bases say Rhein Reggie Drewrey main s Down let s get pm while they re Down. I Ain t give up on pm  the rockets should begin to surface sunday when they play Host to Spang Dahlum 0-1 and seemingly going nowhere. If not Drewrey and his men better search for lifeboats. Chapter two pro football. Life its own self the hysterical Book by Playboy columnist Dan Jenkins offers these remedies for the nil 1. Award Bonus Points for teams that recover their own spikes in the end zone. 2. Allow Only one Field goal try per game and if the kicker misses he has to go Back to Romania. 3. No More holding Calls. Let the weightlifters fight it out in the line. 4. Do away with the fair catch. 5. Find out what encroachment is and get rid of it. 6. Shoot Down the Goodyear Blimp. Show More closeups of cheerleaders on television. Sounds Good to me. Chapter three baseball. Did you Sec where Pittsburgh manager Chuck Tanner denies knowing his pirates distributed stimulants to other players right. Like he s oblivious to chewing tobacco. Hell probably get away with it just like he survives the pirates plunge. Here s the Way statistician Bill James sees the dues Boss Tanner has been campaigning for the innocent bystander of the year award since the Day Spring training opened and the Media for the most part has just bought the whole show. I would submit to you that the problems faced by Chuck Tanner in the last two seasons Are extremely similar to those faced by Whitey Herzog in St. Louis. But whereas Herzog attacked his problems aggressively making personnel changes where needed and bringing along youngsters As fast As he could get them Tanner s strategy Lias been to scratch his butt and clap his hands a lot allowing a team with pretty decent Core Talent to decay into sloppiness and de Spair while assembling a cast of tired veterans just going through the motions. Johnny Ray is As talented As Tom Herr. Tony Pena is As talented As Ozzie Smith. Jose Delcon has As Good a stuff As anybody in the league. John Tudor in Pittsburgh was just As Good a Pitcher As John Tudor in St. Louis. I think if you put Pena and Ray together with a Bunch of Young kids who show a Little fire and determination you d be amazed by what a different team that would be. The Man has become a walking instruction on the Wisdom of Leo Durocher s adage Nice Guys finish last " to Sun my Sarton jays sweep tigers yanks fall Back from press dispatches Juk onto Lloyd Moseby singled in Tony Fernandez from second base with one out in the seventh inning wednesday night to break a 2-2 tie and give the Toronto Blue jays a 3-2 Victory Over the Detroit tigers. The Blue jays completed a three game sweep of the tigers their first series sweep of Detroit. The tigers have lost seven straight Fernandez opened the seventh with a single to Center and was sacrificed to Sec Ond by Damaso Garcia. Moseby then smashed his single up the Middle to make a Winner of reliever Dennis lamp 9-0. Tom Hunke struck out the Side in the ninth to record his Lith save. Walt Ter Rell. 13-9, took the loss. Toronto Drew a crowd of 31,269 to set a club season record of 2,112,028. In other Al games wednesday Brewers 4, Yankees 3 Milwaukee Cecil Cooper s sin american league Glt Down the left Field line scored Rookie Mike Felder from third base with one out in the Bottom of the ninth inning to give Milwaukee a Victory Over new York snapping the Yankees ii game winning Streak. The loss dropped the Yankees 2vi games behind Toronto in the american league East. Felder Pinch hitting led off with a sin Gle and advanced to second on Paul Moli Tor s single to left. The runners advanced on Randy ready s sacrifice bunt. Dave Righetti came on to relieve Rich Bordi 5-6, and Cooper hit an 0-1 pitch just inside the left Field line. The Yankees thought the Ball was foul and argued with third base Umpire Vic Voltaggio who made the Call. Teddy Higuera 13-6, went the distance for Milwaukee allowing six hits. The Victory broke a seven game Mil Waukee losing Streak. Royals 2, Angels 1 Anaheim Calif. Jamie quirk singled Home one run and Pinch hitter Jorge Orta hit a run scoring double in the seventh inning to snap a scoreless tie As Kan Sas City Defeated California. The Victory gave the royals who won two games of a three game set at an Aheim stadium a 2u-game Lead Over the Angels in the american league West. Mariners 9, indians 5 Seattle Jack Perconte had three hits including a Home run to Lead Seattle to a Victory Over Cleveland. Perconte led off the first inning with his second major league Home run in 1,284 at bats. He also singled and scored in the sixth inning when the mariners scored four runs. Mike Moore 14-8, was the Winner. Red sox 4, orioles 1 Boston left hander Bob Ojida tossed a three Hitler and Tony armas hit a Solo Homer to Power Boston Over Balti More. Ojida 7 9, struck out a season High of eight and did not walk a Batter while retiring 27 of the 30 batters he faced. Rangers 6, a s 3 Oakland Ellis Valentine ripped a pair of singles drove in a run and scored three times As Texas beat Oakland. The Victory went to Mike Mason 7-13, who went six innings giving up three hits and one run. Greg Harris relieved and picked up his 10th save. While sox 5, twins 0 Chicago left hander Britt Burns posted his 17th Victory in pitching a four efe hit shutout As Chicago Defeated Minnesota. Burns 17-8, hurled his eighth Complete game striking out 10 and walking two. Cocaine was sold openly Parker testifies Pittsburgh a Dave Parker said wednesday that the Man who was his primary source for cocaine became so Well known among the Pittsburgh pirates and other major league players that he was. Selling drugs directly and frequently in front of three Rivers stadium after Parker was testifying in the trial of cur tis Strong accused of dealing drugs to major league players. The Cincinnati reds outfielder said Shelby Greer a former Pittsburgh resident gained a hassled Access to the pirates locker room because of their Friendship and sometimes travelled with the team on Road trips at Parker s request. Parker said he sometimes arranged Greer s travel with the pirates travelling Secretary. I introduced him Greer to the whole team actually Parker said. For a while he came into the clubhouse a hassled until they changed the  Parker also told the Fri that Greer visited a Pittsburgh hotel room in 1981 and furnished cocaine to Parker former pirates outfielder Lee Lacy and to Derrel Thomas Steve Howe and Dusty Baker then of the los Angeles dodgers according to documents entered As evidence. Greer 29, now of Philadelphia was indicted by a Federal grand jury in May on 10 counts he distributed cocaine in Pittsburgh. His Case has yet to come to trial. In the Early stages of their relationship Parker said Greer was introduced to me As being in the Oil and Gas business in drilling. Later we became pretty Good friends and 1 Learned that was t exactly what be  Shelby Greer was one of my sources Parker said. According to Parker he began snorting cocaine during the pirates 1979 world championship season. He said that Strong 38, of Philadelphia also became so Well known among his for Mer teammates that he was invited to the pirates 1981 new year s eve party at the Home of former team Captain Bill Madlock. Curtis was pretty Well known to have cocaine. Most of the Pittsburgh pirates know him. He was friends with a lot of Guys in baseball Parker said. In his first courtroom admission of drug use Parker said that he bought cocaine from Strong and used it with him in Pitts Burgh and in Philadelphia. Parker testified that Strong also sold the drug to former pirates teammates Lacy Dale Berra John Milner and Rod Scurry