European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. November 23, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary cose knows How to play the game by Dave Kindred Atlanta at noon. Wailing for Howard Cosell in the Book store at a Rich s department store. Look at this a Guy paid me $50 Tor my spot in the said Dennis Mcc lure 3.1. An Atlanta business Man who had been up front of Mac 300 people in a line snaking from the Book department Back past the skillets and toward the chocolate Chip cookies. Por two hours Howard Cosell signed his Book. I never played the a Best seller in its i oth printing almost 300,000 books. Rich s turned away another 100 customers. I told Howard i d been iffy about him As a Broad Caster said Louis Trousdale. A political lobbyist the Man who handed Mcclure a $50 Bill. I also told him being your own Man is risky and i Admire and re Spect him for Why pay $50 for a spot in line the line was so Long it would pc taken an hour and i have to get Back to Athens Trousdale said leaving with six Cosell books. The books Cost $85 plus the $50 plus $10 Trousdale gave As a peace offering to the Man behind him in line. It was a $145 trip to Sec Howard Cosell. 12 45 at the autograph table in Rich s. Sir Francis Cosell shouted As a Man in Blue jeans approached. Sir Francis the once Youthful but now aging and fragile Francis Tarkenton had been lured out of his office next door by the Man once his partner on monday night Cosell was signing a Book for a Young woman. He said to Tarkenton for the woman to hear Why is it Francis that All the Beautiful girls arc married married 4 years Grandfather of four Howard Cosell is 67 years old All but retired from Abc to sports now a radio broadcaster of two commentary programs on Abc and Here he is signing copies of a Book that has outraged Many sportscasters a Book that has caused some people to Call him an angry and bitter old Man. Here he is calling a woman Beautiful and us Annc Lyles 28, of Dunwoody said Tiv Crobo by talks about Howard being a mean person. I Don t see Tarkenton on Cosell this response amazes me. If i had a Book to sell four people would show up. Howard is the biggest celebrity i have Ever known in sports. There s not a player past or present to match Howard. And you Don t Sec anybody Yelling 1 Hale Vou Howard they re All gracious and he s gracious. People love being around file photo Humble Howard Cosell. Telling it like it is another customer James h. Mcelroy 65, of at Lanta said got so i Don t watch monday nights anymore. It s just a different program without How Ard. A lot of my friends think i m Wacky for liking Howard. Me 1 just thought he always knew More than anybody else and he could interview somebody so you knew you were getting honest 2 30. In a storage room behind the Book store Cosell signing 90 books ordered by phone. My hand my hand the author cried out happily. Ill never be Able to use this hand 2 45. In a limousine Cosell smiling. No sports Book Ever sold half a million copies and that s where the publisher says this one is headed. Hell a Book on nuclear peace in our lifetime would t sell this Many. This society is 3 15. At webs. Nick Charles the interviewer said to Cosell that the Book seemed bristling with and Cosell admitted he began his sports journalism career with romantic ideas Aboul the games Only to change in the last 15 years and Why should t i change big Lime College sports has corrupted the educational process. Cosell said. Boxing is disgusting beyond repair. As for the monday nights he wants no truck with an nil he sees As an amoral Structure built to maintain the political Power necessary to hold cities hostage to its greed. But int there some redeeming value in sports Charles asked. Cosell the Way to help sports is by cleaning up this mess not by somebody saying look at the Beauty of that double there is no trifling with morality he said no Tri fling with integrity or truth. There is no Way snorts is Worth that. 3 45. Back in the Limo. Cosell the Media Don t want to hear criticism of sports because the Media arc enmeshed in sports. But the Public wants to hear. The factual repudiation of the Media is lodged in the sales of my Book. Why beginning with the 60s. The birth of the drug culture the birth of the Pill the unending and unwanted War the three assassinations the shoot Down at Kent state going into the 70s. The be trayal of the presidency the Cia and Fri disclosures. Why would that generation adopt Muhammad Ali As a hero an anti hero who rejected military induction. Because they were disenchanted. Today they arc part of the principal viewership and readership of Media. And that generation is not going to go through a looking Glass and say hey this is our Camelot this is our wonderland " 4 o clock. An Airport bar. A blonde Howard 1 love you 1 just love you i gotta gel your autograph do you have a pen. I just love you would you sign right Here in my phone Book of this is great and i want to give you a copy of my favorite poem i have it right Here of. Howard co sell this is so and you could t have shut her up with Cray glue across the lips. Cox not so evict Duke Triumph in nit openers Houston a the sixth ranked Duke Blue devils and the Alabama Bir Mingham blazers reached the second round of the nit big Apple preseason basketball tournament As expected thursday night. Bui the Texas am aggie and Lamar cardinals made them earn i hair spot in sunday s second round matchup in the Summit. Duke s David Henderson scored 18 Points and guard Johnny Dawkins added 14 As the Blue devils finally edged stubborn Lamar University 66-62. It took a pair of free throws by Dawkins with 17 seconds to play and two More by Henderson with five seconds to go to finally subdue the surprising cardinals. Alabama Birmingham s Jerome Mincy and Sharpshooter Steve Mitchell had clutch performances in the closing minutes to Lead the blazers to a 71-68 Victory Over Texas am in the first game. The blazers will meet the Blue devils for a semifinals berth in new York s Madison Square Garden. Only 1,250 fans attended the opening games of the 16-Leam Field. The Blue devils never led by More than five Points in the first half and took their biggest Lead at 60-49 in the closing minutes. Mark Alarie also scored 12 Points for Duke and Karl Mccauly and Anthony Todd each scored 14 Points to Lead Lamar. App Wio Duke s Johnny Dawkins. Winning free throws Fresno Safe rips Wichita state 47-6 Fresno Calif. A quarterback Kevin Sweeney threw two touchdowns and ran for another As Fresno state finished off its first undefeated season in 24 years with a 47-6 Victory of Wichita state in a non conference game Friday night. Sweeney a Junior completed 22 of 27 passes for 275 Yards to boost his career yardage Mark to 8,262, breaking the Pacific coast athletic association record of 8,018, set last season by Randall Cunningham of Nevada Las vegas. Fresno stale finished the season with a 10-0-1 record the Best record since the bulldogs went 10-0 in 1961. Sweeney hit Gene Taylor on a 34-Yard scoring pass Early in the first Quarter. He also tossed a 7-Yard touchdown pass to Vince Wesson and scored on a 6-Yard run in the second half. Bowls from Page 21 eighth ranked Bruins must gel past Southern California saturday. If the Bruins lose. No. 20 Arizona state could take the league tale and the Rose bowl berth that goes with it. Fifth ranked Miami flan Independent has agreed to play in the sugar bowl on Jan. 1, but the Hurricane s opponent has not been determined. The Champion of the Southeastern conference wins an automatic sugar bowl berth and that title is still up for grabs among Tennessee Louisiana state and Alabama. Tennessee can control its own Fate. The vols. Ranked no. 15 and currently the Sec leaders finish against league opponents Kentucky and Vanderbilt two teams they should beat. If Tennessee wins the vols go to new Orleans. The Cotton bowl at Dallas on Jan. 1 will pit the Southwest conference Champion against either Auburn or Ohio stale. The Sec race is in a three Way tie among no. 14 Baylor no. 18 Texas am and no. 19 Texas. Here s a look at the probable matchup for the of her bowls Fresno state is. Bowl ing Green in the California bowl Mary land is. Syracuse in the Cherry bowl Minnesota is. Clemson in the Independence bowl Arkansas is. Arizona state in the Holiday bowl luvs. West Virginia in the Liberty bowl by Ohio state or Auburn in the Citrus bowl Georgia is. Arizona in the Sun bowl and Alabama is. Texas or Baylor in the Aloha bowl. Also Washington is. Tennessee or Colora do in the Freedom bowl Florida state is. The Oklahoma Oklahoma stale loser in the Gator bowl air Force is. Baylor or Texas am in the Bluebonnet bowl Georgia tech is. Michi Gan state in the All american bowl army is. Illinois in the peach bowl and Michigan or Auburn is. Nebraska or the Oklahoma okla homa St. Winner in the Ficula bowl
