European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 02, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 2, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 a sports Rose s $1 million contract richest Ever for manager Cincinnati up Pete Rose be came the highest paid Lanager in the history of baseball thursday by signing a to million a year contract to continue As player manager of the Cincinnati reds for the next three years. Pete is one in a million and we want to Reward him with an appropriate contract said reds owner Marge Schott who broke club tradition by revealing financial terms of a contract. Pete is definitely the highest paid Man Ager in  confirmed reels general manager Bill Bergesch. Rose said he Hopes his contract will pave the Way for other managers to make More Money. I never did understand the amounts of Money that managers were paid for the responsibility they have and the decisions they make said Rose. It s hard to ask a Guy who makes $100.000 to Tell a Guy Mak ing s2 million what to do. I always wondered Why managers did t make More Money. That s one reason i glad i got this contract. Hopefully i la help other managers in the  Rose who played in 119 games this sea son and broke Tycobb s career hit record of 4,191, said he intends to keep playing for As Long As i can do the  the contract does t Call for me to Playa certain number of games said Rose. However my salary could decrease in the third year of the contract if i m not a play  reds officials said they expect Rose to remain extremely valuable to the club even after he quits playing. This year in his first full season As a manager Rose guided the rids to the Best turnaround in the major leagues from a 70-92 record in 1984 to 89-72. Pete still has a lot to give us As a player and How Long he continues to play will be up to him said Bergesch. But i know that when he devotes his full Lime to Man aging he will be one of the  Rose said his goal is to create another big red machine like the one that dominated the National league in the 1970s and won the world series in 1975 and 1976. Hopefully we can get As Good As we vere in the "70s, although i Don t know if anyone will Ever be that Good again said Rose. But we want the attitude to be the same As it was in the 70s. What i mean by that is when the ballplayers went on the Field they expected to win and they did  i m very excited about 1986, even More so than 85. We be got the thing going in the right  Rose who earned a base salary of$225.000 and another ii 20,000 in an Atten dance Bonus this year described his new three year Deal As a pretty simple con tract. It has nothing to do with attendance nothing of do with game winning hits or bringing in the wrong Pitcher he said with a laugh. It s just a Flat  Rose s is million a year pay exceeds the $600,000 the Baltimore orioles Are report edly giving Earl Weaver to come Back to manage in 1986. Weaver had been the highest paid manager in baseball. I Don t really look at this As a contract said Schott. "1 look at it As rewarding a Guy who s done something tremendous for base  although Rose will be celebrating his 45th birthday just a few Days after next season starts he said he expects to hit bet Ter next season than the .264 he batted this year because he won t be distracted by chasing Cobb s record. I think i la be a better offensive player next year and i plan to keep playing As Long As i think i m helping the team he Saiu. A photo Cincinnati s Pele rom. Onegin a million is base ruling Hurt cards in game 6 Ueberroth says ump missed the Call new York a the ninth inning Call that helped the Kansas City royals win game 6 of the world series and eventually claim the championship was a bad one. Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth Laid thursday. He also said he is considering a Rule change that would allow the designated hit Ler to be used in every world series rather than every other year but Only alien the american league team is the Home team. He Laid such a change could come As Early As next year when the do is scheduled to be used in All series games. Ueberroth discussing last week s controversial world series Call in an appearance on Abc s Phil Donahue show defended american league Umpire Don Denkinger As one of baseball s Best and said human errors Are part of the  the royals won game 6 2-1 last sat urday night and then beat the St. Louis cardinals 11-Don sunday to win the world series four games to three. During the show Ueberroth viewed videotapes in which Denkinger called Jorge Orta Safe at first base after he hit a slow bouncer wide of the bag. The tapes show Jack Clark Fielding the Ball and flipping it to Pitcher Todd Worrell on the bag apparently before Orta touched base. I think he May have missed it. He May have been Safe. I think he missed the Call Ueberroth said. In All of sports sometimes there s a Fumble and they re show it and sure enough the Guy fumbled before he was on the ground. And you watch basketball and somebody bumped somebody and the referee misses  a spokesman at the commissioner s of fice. Chuck Adams said Ueberroth meant to say that Orta May have been out. When Donahue said Denkinger blew the Call the commissioner agreed. It s part of the game Ueberroth said. Umpires arc not perfect. They make mis  cardinals manager we icy Herzog has blamed Denkinger s Call for his team losing the series and suggested that umpires who make inept Calls should be suspended. This happens to be a very Good Umpire Ueberroth said one of the top five umpires in the entire league and he May have missed one. This Umpire happens to be a darn Good Umpire. Both leagues would agree with that and the managers would agree with that All of them including St.  Ueberroth told Donahue that he does t like the system under which the american league uses the designated Hitler and the National does not but he said fans not he. Should decide whether pitchers hit. However he said he might change the current Rule under which the designated hitter is used in the world series every other year. Instead he said he might have the game played under american league rules in the Al Park and National league rules in the no Park. I May do something for the next world  Ueberroth said. It does t seem fair thai the american league plays All year Long with it and then they go into the world series and put aside the thing for Ever every other  the commissioner also said he disliked having former president Richard Nixon As see Ueberroth on Page 23 cars dispose of "monkey7 in 4th Outing by the associated press Landover my the Cleveland Cavaliers in the words of world b. Free were hoping that a Monkey would i grow into an ape. We got the Monkey off our backs. Free said thursday night after the Cava Liers beat the Washington bullets to win for the first time in four starts. And that devout followers of the National Basket Ball association realize is a remarkable  season the Cavaliers who beat the bullets 114-107 to hand Washington its first lose in four games did t win until their 10th try. That was t a Monkey said free who scored 24 Points. That was an ape. Meanwhile. Seattle which lost its third straight game fell to new Depths tying an Aba record for the fewest Points in the he Roundup fourth period eight in a 90-73 loss to Denver. A precedent Wai set when the Kings gave the City of Sacramento its first Ever Victory beating Houston 122 116. And new York s frustration continued with the kicks dropping a 110-104 decision to gel Dan state despite 27 Points by top draft Choice Patrick Ewing who still u troubled with a stiff left Arm. Cleveland avenged a defeat tuesday at the hands of Washington by storming to a 44-20 Lead in the second Quarter and hold ing on. The Lead was built on a 13-Point run in the first period. The bullets led by Jeff Malone who had a game High 25 Points pulled to with in 44-32 with a 12-Polnt Streak of their own in the second period. Roy Hinson matched free s 24 Points and Phil Hubbard added 21 for Cleveland. Darren Daye had 21 for Washington. Warriors 110, kicks 104 Oakland Calif. An end to some one s frustration was guaranteed with both teams non winners going in. Patrick can t straighten out his left Arm new York coach Huble Brown said of Ewing who picked up Early fouls played Only 14 minutes and scored but six Point in the first half. He s nowhere near top condition. Give him credit. He is play ing with a sub team and an  Joe Barry Carroll won the Battle of the big men scoring 28 Points As Golden state won its first game after three losses. Ewing fouled out with 32 seconds remain ing. Sleepy Floyd added 22 Points for the warriors while Pat Cummings scored 23 for the kicks who fell to 0-3. Lakers 144, suns 107 Phoenix Arix. There was no re Versal of form As far As los Angeles and Phoenix were concerned with the unbeaten lakers rolling to their third Victor while the suns fell to 0-3. Byron Scott scored 16 of his game High 31 Points in the third period when the lakers turned a 72-53 halftime Lead into a 103-71 margin. Phoenix got 23 Points from Larry Nance. Denver 90, Seattle 73 Denver Seattle s inept attack helped Denver which climbed to 4-0, set a defensive record for the fewest Points Al Lowed in franchise history. The nuggets had limited the new York nets to 78 in 1976. Aba scoring Leader Alex English see Aba on Page 23