European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday september 26, 1985 Cosel rips monday night colleagues Radnor a. Up Veteran sports Caster Howard Cosell. In a new Book rips apart his former monday night football colleagues calling Frank Gifford a Don Meredith unprepared and . Simpson a Cosell spares no one in his Book. I never played the game written wit Peter Bonne narc an Abc sports beat pro Ducer. The Hook to be published in october describes Cosell s 32-year broadcasting Ca reer. In the Book. Cosell describes Gifford As Nice and having led a charmed life. After so Many years of playing the role of hero. He has grown so accustomed to the part that he often seems More concerned about preserving his image than expressing his True feelings. As a result there is nothing controversial about Frank co sell wrote. Like president Reagan he is a Teflon Man no matter How Many mistakes he makes during a telecast no matter How glaring his weaknesses As a performer nothing Sticks to him he wrote. The Tele vision sports critics wooed by his smooth off camera personality generally rave about him rarely taking him to task on purely objective Cosell is equally Tough on Meredith whom he describes As rarely prepared for a telecast. He d try to compensate for his Lack of knowledge ability by singing a song or talk ing to his imaginary alter ego Marley Smy Lapp. And everyone would write about Alex Karras left Howard Cosell and Frank Gifford right teamed up on some of abcs monday night football telecasts. How funny and irrepressible he was Cosell wrote. One of Meredith s greatest attributes was supposed to be his unpredictability. Well few people Ever knew it but Mere Dith s unpredictability was t necessarily a matter of his performing Cosell said he always liked Simpson As a Friend but was disappointed in his ability As a sportscaster. Thanks to All the commercials juice was getting i thought his speech was improving and he could handle the assignment. I was wrong Cosell wrote. Once again except in rare instances it was a mistake to take a Jock and put him on the air and i ended up feeling sorry for the Gifford Meredith and Simpson could not be reached for comment. Cosell also worked with Keith Jackson and Alex Karras on monday night telecasts. One chapter of Cosell s Book appears in the current Issue of to guide Magazine which has its Headquarters in Radnor. Bears react to Man Ley remark Lake Forest Iii. A Dexter Manly s statement that the Washington redskins would try to put Walter Payton out of the game sunday was taken lightly by the Chicago bears. I think he s trying to get his team fired up said linebacker Wilber Marshall. They lost to Philadelphia and they have to get things going but he might be helping us prepare for the redskins having dropped to 1-2 after a 19-6 loss to the Philadelphia eagles play the bears at Soldier Field on sunday. After the loss to the eagles Manly a defensive end said we re going to have to Knock Walter Payton out of the game. If we can get him we re going to be All what if the redskins Are Flat again then the Chicago bears will kill us said Manly. I really mean it they la kill coach Mike Ditka dismissed Manly s remarks and said things like that arc said out of frustration things like that arc said out of stupidity. We Don t worry the bears who Defeated Minnesota 33 24 thursday night were Given monday off and most of the players including Payton were not available. A few drifted into Campana some laughed off Manley s remark. No comment it s ridiculous said pay ton the National football league s All time leading rusher when reached at his Home. If he said it that s Fine said wide receiver Dennis Mckinnon. That Means they la isolate me and Willie Gault and Well have More tight end Emery Moorehead said that s his Manley s Job. I m sure a lot of people have tried. He has to do More than just get Walter out of there. He d better watch out Walter might run Over him guard Mark Bortz said that does t show any class. No. I it s difficult to take Walter out of a game. No. 2, we re going to protect him. Walter is a Tough individual but we re not going to let them take any cheap shots at Mike Singletary the bears Middle line Backer was displeased. For a Guy to say something like that is ridiculous he said. If you want to control or shut a Guy Down that s something else. But to try to Hurt a Guy i m opposed to that and i Hope a lot of Guys in this league arc opposed to it Singletary said. I think they re frustrated. I know Dexter and i can understand his frustration but you have to be careful about what you say. We arc responsible for our actions. Any Way they have a lot of other people to Deal with aside from Walter sing Clary said. Gault thought about the situation and said i think when you have the Caliper of players like Walter Payton and Jim mama non it s always natural for a team to want to disrupt their game. My reaction is we have to play this like other games we have to protect each team Trainer Fred Caito said he had no plans to order extra tape and bandages for the game. A lot of people have tried to do that said Caito. It s nothing but a lot of asked monday in Washington if he had indeed threatened to Knock Payton out the game Manley replied i said it. I said it. What if i do it in a futile attempt to extricate his foot from his Mouth Manley continued no Way we re going to get him out of the game. He s probably the toughest Guy i have Ever met. Heck he s Only missed one game in his career. It was probably stupid of me to say it but i m not going to apologize. Look if it happens it happens. Would t it be something if he knocked me out. This is a Contact sport it in t racquetball. During the off season All i could think about was Chicago knocking us out of the playoffs. We be got to Knock pay ton out of the told that Bortz had said Manly s com ments showed no class Manly said that s True. I guess i m just the worst person in the Al Polo Dexter Manley. Out to get Payton Parker backs Ueberroth plan to test players for drugs Cincinnati up Cincinnati reds Star Dave Parker who recently Testi fied he used drugs earlier in his career favors commissioner Peter Ueberroth s re quest that major leagues agree to drug testing As Long As the players Union is involved in the program. I would t mind being tested for drugs and 1 Don t think there s a Guy in this club House who would mind Parker said tues Day night after the reds beat Atlanta 7-5. But i would favor that the program be administered under the guidance of the players Ueberroth sent letters tuesday to Al major league players asking each to agree to be tested for drugs three times a season. The reds like most teams held a meet ing to discuss Ueberroth s proposal. We have no Gripe about testing said Parker. The players Union should be involved but As for individual players i Don t know of any who would mind some sort of drug Parker also agreed with Ueberroth s wait and see approach to players like himself who testified they used drugs. Ueberroth said he decided not to take any action at this time against Parker and the others who admitted to drug use in Tes Timony during a trial at Pittsburgh. The rial resulted last week in the conviction of caterer Curtis Strong on 11 counts of co Caine trafficking. I m gathering facts and transcripts and will talk to those players Ueberroth said. I May hold meetings. Although there has been a great demand for me to do something dramatic i m not going to do that said Parker the Man said he will wait till the end of the season. Well just have to wait and see what after the Atlanta players met to hear details of Ueberroth s proposal. Dale Mur Phy the braves player representative said the problem of drugs must be dealt with. It s an unfortunate problem in society and we be got problems in baseball too said Murphy. It s a question we need an answer for. It needs to be addressed but i think it needs to be addressed through the players association. Personally i m kind of on the Middle of the Fence about the commissioner s recommendation. We probably could help people this Way but i m not sure of the Best approach
