European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 16, 1985  and stripes Page 23 commentary a cheer for those who make the Calls r car the crowd 8i al1 a a football official or baseball Umpire 1 go Back to an experience that proved Disraeli was right when he said us much easier to be critical than it is to be Correct. I m talking about those fans who regard the referee or Umpire As some kind of mortal enemy and take Delight in booing their decisions. This is supposed to be a very healthy safety valve. It always sounds to me More like some big ship making its Way out of the Harbor. The personal experience i have in mind took place in san Bernardino calif., years ago. The St. Louis Browns were doing their Spring training there and had an exhibition game scheduled with the Holly Wood stars. I a i customary in those Days for Only two Umpire to work Spring games one behind the plate and the other on the bases but on this particular Day Only one of them Art Passarella showed up theother ump had taken sick. I happened to be there writing when for some reason i never could understand they asked me if i d nil in on the bases. I told them absolutely not. I was t crazy. I d never Umpire in my life. That did t matter they assured me. It was Only an exhibition contest. Nobody was going to report my mistakes to the league office or hold them against , no finally i agreed to work the bases. I remember Marty Marion one of baseball s finest shortstops playing second base that Day. He a managing the Browns at the Lime and wanted to look Over some other Young shortstop. With one out and a runner on first the Hollywood Batter hit a roller to the shortstop. He ferried the Ball Over to Marion who pivoted across second base perfectly and tired to first for the double play. Marion started on his Way into the dugout when be heard me holler Safe what he screamed fit to be tied and the fan started to boo me. You never touched the bag i told him. So what he said. Name me anybody in the league who  i recall that vividly but what i remember even better was a close play later Al first involving a Holly Wood base runner whom i also called Safe. Again some fans started booing me. Pay no attention to them Roy silvers the Browns first baseman said. He beat the throw. The fans can t really see it from where they arc. They Only think they can. You made the right  that always stuck with me. Here i had made a Call against Sievers team and he was tilling me it was the right one and the fans were wrong primarily because they weren t As close to the play and could t possibly have had As Good a View. With All the recent Flap Over Calls by both baseball and football officials it makes me think Back to that one and Only umpiring experience of mine. Believe me 999 limes out of 1,000, no one in the stands has a better View or better perspective than any of the officials Down there on the Field. Of course they make occasional mistakes. Who s perfect on balance though the men who make the Calls generally Render the right ones and do a far better Job than they get credit for. Naturally they blow one sometimes. But How would you like someone standing Over you just waiting to criticize or boo you for any mistake they think you be made both football and baseball game films and instant replay seem to support the officials far More often than they show them up Over disputed Calls. Lut sunday most of the los Angeles rams Felt  done in by Back judge Tom Kelliher s fourth Quarter Call against them in their 24-19 loss to the new York giants. But the game film tends to support Kelleher i decision. Ram receiver Bobby Duckworth was cutting across from left to right in the end zone and went up in the air to catch Jack Kemp s pass. At almost the same time he was hit by giants Strong safety Kenny Hill. Duckworth came Down with Only one. Foot in Bounds and Kelleher ruled the pass incomplete. The rams argued that Hill had knocked Duckworth out of Bounds but Kelleher said the . Receiver s momentum was such that he could t have possibly landed with both feet inside no matter what. Just for your information Kelleher has been officiating for 26 years has seen that same play hundreds of times worked three super bowl games and is considered one of the nil s finest officials. One More thing he interpreted the play strictly according to the rules. At their league meeting Here last month nil owners considered whether to use instant replay for the forthcoming playoffs. Sixteen voted in favor of it eight against it and four abstained. A you can see there is some sentiment for instant replay in the nil and very quietly the nil also is studying the feasibility of using it. I think any sport that substitutes instant replay for its officials or even augments them with the device is losing something the human element if nothing else and i think that s a plus not a minus for any sport. What will the fans do if instant replay is adopted boo the to Monitor they la never have instant replay in  declares Tom Gorman who Umpire in the National league for 25 years. Why i la Tell you Why. Say the bases arc loaded with none out or one out. A Ball is hit to the Outfield or there s a close play at first base like that one in the world series they re still talking about. Maybe that Ball is or in t trapped in the Outfield. Maybe the other runners Aren t sure what the Call is at first base. How do they know whether to tag up or not they always look for our signal. What Are they going to have to do now wait for the instant replay  in Ltd Fnu Mimi Lemml a ,. If &. Bruins capitals Exchange goalies Peeters for Riggin Toronto up in a Mir Trade of goaltenders the Boston Bruins thursday night traded Pete Peeters to the washing ton capital for Pat Riggin. The announcement was made by Bruins general manager Harry Sinden following a game Between the Bruins and Maple Leafs in Toronto. Riggin 26, who played three plus sea sons with Washington had the second Best got against average in the nil last year with i 2.98 Mark. Fie set a team record of 28 victories. He teamed with capitals goalie Al Jen sen to win the Jennings trophy in 1982-83 when he set a club rec. J 13-game unbeaten Streak including 10 straight victories. Paten won the Vezina trophy As the nil s top goalie after the 1982-83 season but received much criticism for failing to recapture the Mastery he exhibited that season. He was in goal for team Canada s 3-2 overtime Victory Over the soviet Union in the 1984 Canada cup tournament. His last appearance was his 300th game in the league. The Point is we feel Pete Pecten would be better for us than Pat Riggin or we would t have made the Trade said Washington general manager David Poile. You Don t Trade a player who you re completely satisfied with Poile said identified two areas in which he prefers Peeters Over Riggin. I like peelers size i like big goaltenders. And i like his track record. He s played on the nil All Star team he s played in the Canada cup in a big game against the russians. He s won More games than any other goaltender in the past three years he s got just a terrific track record Poile said. In seven games this season Riggin is 2-3 i with 23 goals against for a 3.74 per game average. Pecten 28, was in his fourth year with Boston. He compiled a 3-4-1 Mark in eight games this season allowing 31 goals for a 3.84 average. Nil from Page 21 Cut said. When death defeats greatness we All mourn. When death defeats youth we mourn All the  Lindbergh 26, was the Winner of the Vezina trophy last season As the Best Goat tender in the nil. Brian Propp scored one goal and set up another for the flyers who scored four times in the third period to defeat the de fending Stanley cup champions. The big question during the week was How we would react tonight to Edmonton Philadelphia Captain Dave Poulin said. Nobody knew. But we knew we had to re Spond because Edmonton is a great  in other nil games thursday Maple Leafs 6, Bruins 6 Toronto Rick Vaive scored a hat trick in the third period to lift the Maple Leafs into the overtime tie against Boston. Even so Toronto now 1-12-3. Saw its wingless skid extended to a club record 13 games. The Toronto Captain scored his ninth 10th and 11 in goals of the season within a Span of 12 49, completing the hat trick at 13 03 to Force overtime. Kraig Nienhuis scored two goals and Dave Reid Keith Crowder Ken Linseman and Steve Kasper one each for Boston now 10-5-2 on the season. Blues 5, Nordh ims 3 St. Louis Mark Hunter scored two goals to defeat Quebec on the strength of the blues five goal comeback against re placement goalie Mario Gosslin. Doug Gilmour scored the game Winner at 4 17 of the final period by sliding a rebound under Gosselin s pad. Hanau dropped from Junior b Grid playoffs Hanau will not be playing in the Junior b division playoffs against Grafe Woehr sat urday due to a protest that was upheld. Bat. Stoelz lodged a protest against Hanau claiming that they pooled their players from More than one youth activity Center. The rules state that players for a team can Only be pooled from one Center. Grafe Woehr will play bad Stoelz for the championship nov. 24 at Vilseck High school at 2 . Nil from Page 21 hell go Down White said. We re a lot More worried about Walter Payton than we Are about a  in other games sunday Buffalo is at Clev a Tampa Bay visits the new York jets the los Angeles rams visit Atlanta Miami is at Indianapolis new Orleans meets Green Bay at Milwaukee Pittsburgh is at Houston Philadelphia is at St. Louis. San Diego is at Denver Minnesota is at Detroit new England is Al Seattle Cincin Nati Calls on toe los Angeles raiders and Kansas City is it san Francisco. On Mon Day night the new York giants visit Washington. New England tied for the american football conference East Lead at 7-3 with the jets is trying something new to combat the problems it will face in the Seattle kingdom. All week Long the patriots have been working out at Sullivan stadium with i tape recording of screaming fans pouring from the loudspeakers. Getting used to noise is a key to playing the sea Hawks who Are 6-4 and tied for second place in the acc West with the raiders a game behind Denver. We had the Loudspeaker on full blast so nobody could hear anything and that s basically Whit it sounds like out there quarterback Steve Grogan said. Grogan will be working against a Seattle team that has t allowed a touchdown in two straight wins. Moreover in its last three Garnet the Seattle defense has score three touchdowns and the special teams re turned a blocked Field goal for a fourth score the kind of big plays that last year boosted Seattle to a 12-4 record. Seattle coach Chuck Knox knows what the patriots Are up against. We be gone in and played in stadiums in Denver and the closed of the Orange bowl in Miami where the crowd noise has been awesome he said. We be gone on silent count or no count. You can t take a crowd out of a  new England coach Raymond Berry has an idea about that. My favorite plan is to score Early and often and shut them out so the crowd does t holler be said. That s what i d really like to do. But it s pretty hard to guarantee