European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes wednesday october 16, 1985 who s on first no he s in court by Art in  who s on first no who is in court testifying in a baseball drug trial. Well if a Haj is in court then what is on first no. What is also a government witness. Who told the prosecutors what gave him amphetamines during the world series. In order to save his skin what offered to name the people who sold them to him. Who did what name i Don t know. Don t Tell me you Don t know who else is involved in the scandal. I Don t know is testifying for the government after they threatened to give him 30 years. Who could he on second i told you who is not playing baseball anymore. He s spending All his Lime ratting on his pals. But if who in t playing baseball and neither is what and 1 Don t know is in court then that Means no one is covering first. Someone is on first but he has t been indicted yet. Do i dare ask who is on third i Don t know. What is i Don t know doing on third 1 Don t know is not on third. All i said was i Don t know who is on third. The reason Don t know is they re still searching everyone s locker. It sounds like a big scandal. Once they Start rounding up the usual suspects there is no end to it. Everyone is copping a plea with the assistant attorney general. As Long As you re willing to blow the whistle on 10 Pas you can play baseball. Who is representing the defense no. Who is a witness for the prosecution. The govern ment wants who to Tell the jury where he got the dope. What dope that s right. What bought dope from a third party. Who i Don t know. You mean i Don t know Vas a dealer woj some coke., . Conko Assw according to what he was. Who led them to what and wha led them to i Don t know. Once i Don t know takes the stand there will be a lot Mure players involved. We Haven t talked about Home plate yet. That s where they unloaded the stuff at night. Where under the plate. Who knows about it of course who knows about it. And so does what every player helped himself to wac when he came to Bat. Did the manager have any idea As to How much was being used no the Only one who knew was the caterer for the team. Who was that it was t who. What possibly. How far will the witnesses go Back in baseball to save their own necks i Don t know. That s More than Likely. A l01 Angetti time for fhe Sake of heroes baseball by c Ari. Rowan Washington baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth has done what i argued recently thai he had to do ii capt the reality that baseball was on trial in those Pittsburgh drug cases As much As the iwo accused cocaine pushers Curtis Strong and Robert w. Mccutc. Ueberroth has rejected my suggestion that even though the . Attorney granted immunity from prosecution to seven baseball stars in Exchange for testimony that they bought cocaine and or other illicit drugs from the accused. Ueberroth ought to punish the drug abusing takers for the Good of baseball. It seemed to me that if a Ascall commissioner could banish Willie Mays for Tak ing a Job As a sort of Doorman receptionist at a gambling Casino he surely could say that no player could remain in baseball after admitting to buying even distributing cocaine amphetamines and of her illegal drugs. Ueberroth argues at least for now that throwing the seven players who testified out of baseball will not solve the problem because the game will simply be left with Many More drug users who have not admitted in court or in any other Public Way shul icy arc abusers. Ueberroth is probably right. So the commissioner has asked All baseball players to voluntarily submit to urine tests three times a year. This has aroused a Stormy controversy that goes far beyond a Schiill or football basketball or other sports that have been plagued by drug abuse. There is a serious question of rights Here constitutional and otherwise As we americans decide How far we will go in trying to eradicate an awful curse. Jim Wohlford of the Montreal Lipos says what the commissioner is suggesting is illegal and violates our constitutional  Bui millions of americans arc saying that no one abusing drugs has a constitutional right to play baseball for a team owner or manager who does not want any Doc Heads around. I heard one player say that when All the lawyers and the stockbrokers on Wall Street Volunteer for drug test ing then i la  i understand that some athletes Don t want to be singled  but an athlete is singled out when he gets an owner to agree to pay hint $500,000 a year even More than $1 million a year to do his thing in Public and draw Inlo a stadium thousands of moms and pops and their children. Thai lawyer or stockbroker who is snorting cocaine Means nothing to he children of America. But it can be devastating to have children read that he year their baseball team won the Pennant the Star players were on drugs or that a great nil running Back led the league the year he was on cocaine. Why should t a youngster begin to believe that taking drugs is an easy Way to Success and Fame athletes Are paid incredible salaries because they arc idols and heroes More than for the hits homers touch Downs and Sla dunks thai they pile up. They owe some thing More especially to the children who Idolie them than do the faceless lawyers and stockbrokers who have a More legitimate claim to privacy. I would abhor a development in this society where every Agency of government every major corporation required urine and drug tests whether for drug abuse aids herpes or whatever As a condition of employ ment. Yet i know that i would nol knowingly hire an abuser of cocaine heroin or other mind bending drugs. I Hope that the players will Volunteer for inc tests that Ueberroth has requested. That is better than having owners make it a mandatory condition of employment a step some will surely take in the name of saving baseball. \ Tellof a about it at the 9pifpys Pinner tonight 0ut what a5ou1 her punions2