European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. January 18, 1983 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary like if or Nof fhe giants Are fuck the 1.atkst Flash has tie baseball giants definitely going to Vancouver in time in Senrt the season. Of sure and col. Moa mar khad Afy u also Sci 10 throw Oul the first Ball i checked that out and he says it s news to him he s ing Home. The giants Aren t going anywhere either. They re hitting Light right where they arc because they have no alternatives. They be not Only exhausted nil their options but All the ones icy thought Lucy had. Like it or not. They re stuck for at least another year and maybe longer in Chilly Crummy Candle Slick Park where the wind blows and Only the Shadow knows when it la suddenly switch direction and where Willie Mccovy says the players feel sorry Tor the fans. Nobody Wanli the giants on u temporary basis. Not Vancouver not Denver not anybody. No one has much use for n part time Lover. Vancouver has a first class major league facility in its tremendously impressive . Stadium. The cubs and padres will both play there n couple of months from now in mid March Spring games. But that s the extent of any big league activity Vancouver can look Forward to this year. Cunts owner Dob Luric is doing everything to find a decent place to play. For a while he considered Vancouver u possible relocation site for the giants. He had several conversations about it with Jack Beech who is president of Moulson breweries in Brit ish Columbia As Well As president of the Vancouver canadians in he Pacific coast league. But there has been no Contact Between them in More than a month and Beech does t think there will be. Car thinly riot about the giants playing in Vancou ver this year. If tic giants or any other club wished to come to Vancouver even temporarily we d have to relocate the canadians Beech snid. It s n Little late in the game for that if you re talking about this season. Say a major league team docs come to our City for a limited Lime and then leaves. We d have no one left it nil. I Don t think that s right. We feel a responsibility to the Vancouver notice How neither Peter Ueberroth nor most of i other baseball people arc talking much about expansion anymore1 More thin Likely Uherc won t be any big league expansion until 1909 or 199 1 if then. Too Many problems. I know Why dears quarterback Jim Mcmahon decided to Ink the name to be la a across his headband. He just wanted to be conspicuous that s All. Nothing wrong with it. Guys like Mcmahon help put a Little More color in the game. He s this year s John Riggins. You remember him Don t you Sandra Day o Connor s favorite ballplayer., by inc end of this year it s entirely conceivable that Marvin Hagler May find thai his brother is the no. 1 contender for his world middleweight title. His bother s name in t Ito scr it s Robbie Sims. The difference in names is a result of their Muther having married twice. Sims 26, has wan 23 of his 27 bouts. His next right is with John Collins for the . Boxing association middleweight Crown at Caesars Polacc in Las vegas nev., March 9, one Day before his older brother de fends his title against John the beast Mudambi. Even if it works out thai Sims docs become the lop challenger Don t look for him to fight Hagler. Mama would never go far in anymore than the to incr of Michael and Leon Spinks would Ever of a a tit Between her two sons. They fought Eracli other enough when they were kids she said. Every Lime i Sec bears coach mile Ditka i figure he s just gotten word world War 111 has started lie s the most intense looking individual i be come across since Bob Gibson he cardinals Hall of lame Pitcher and i m not sure who has the St Oniest expression fall him Tom Lamury or mud Grant. I watch out for Guys who smile Loo l ii t said. I can t Sec where it s possible fur anyone in Bias Happy As conic to think of it Raymond Berry the patriots coach does t smile a whale Tot either. Juhn Stead Man the Baltimore news american sports editor who was assistant Genera manager of the c Nils fur three years during inc time in Rev played with them he has never seen a Man with More integrity. Raymond Berry is the finest Man to walk the face of the Earth since the Saviour St adman claims. There in t the slightest bit of pretence about him. When he was playing for the Colls he d leave the dressing room with his playbook in his hand and wearing glasses the any he always did nobody would Ever ask for him for his autograph. They Musi be thought he was a doctor at Johns Hopkins. A number of baseball people went on cruises mils Winter. Jack Mckean. Dick Williiams. Andy Hawkins and Terry Kennedy of inc padres were on one thai left san Diego and culled at several slops in Mexico. Remember that big internal to do in Ducc a bar involving the padres front office and Williams and then the players and Williams there was t any of that on the cruise. Alt was peace and happiness. Possibly because the ship they sailed on was the Pacific Princess to s Well known love boat. The dodgers had their first workout of the year a i dodger stadium this week and 36 players were on hand. So was manager Tommy Lasorda. Guess what was the first comment made to him by unc writer you should pc walked Jack Clark United poll Knight blasts pacers for releasing Buckner Bloomington ind. A Veteran guard Quinn Buckner refuses to criticize the Indiana pacers for putting him on waivers. His former co Tiege coach. Bob Knight in t As Host ital. It s really a shame to have a profession Al learn in this slate that s handled As in competently As that one a lie Indiana University coach said of the National basketball association team. Buckner was a member of Knight s 1976 Mcaa championship team and a 10-year Veteran in the Aba he was waived wednesday to make room for the resuming Clark Kellogg the pacers leading scorer and rebounded who had been on injured Reserve for six weeks. Buckner was in Bloomington wednesday night and watched Knight a Hoosien beat Ohio state 69-66, Buckner had a lot w do with oar win Ning tonight Knight said of his forager team capital to after to game. He s in the locker Rcw he talking to kid tout Whit to do and How to play. Buckner contributes go much unbelievable. He contributes so much to any team thai understands basketball or has people Thaun de stand basketball which obviously the Indi Anapolis learn pacers does t have. Buckner acquired from the Boston cel tics last summer played in 32 games Lor the Pacyn he averaged 3.7 Points a game on 47 percent shooting from the Field. Quinn Buckner. 3,7-Poinl average coach George Irvine said Buckner Ful filled some of the leadership qualities but one of Uii main problems with having Quinn on the team is his biggest weakness outside shoaling and our biggest weak Fin Mio Bab Knight. Coached Buchner in 70s Ness is outside Knight said some of inc celtics players have told me How valuable he Buckner was to them. These people up Here in Indianapolis just Don t know enough about the Gimme to know Haw to utilize the Guy. I read some of the garbage that goes on up in arc Bolh from the people Whu write who Don t know anything to people involved with the team who Don t know anything it s a shame for a state that s As Good in basketball As this one is to have a team in professional basketball in the hands of and surrounded by people who Don t know any thing about it except for consultant Wayne Embry. The Best thine they could do is turn the thing Over to him and then something would gel Buckner who sat at Knight s Side on the u Bench during inc game and received the game Ball after inc Hoosier Victory said his release by inc pacers was t unexpected i m sure the Simons owners Mel and Herb Simon and inc pacers feet Jucy re doing the Best thing for the organization and nit you can ask is for everybody to do their Best Buckner said. He would t criticize the decision to Lei him go. I Don t think that s fair. I Don t think there s a whole lot that can be accomplished. I obviously have some opinions but there s nothing to be gained by me voicing my opinions Embry refused to comment on Knight s criticism. We Are having some problems and 10 gel in a shouting match with coach Knight would nol be Good said Embry. Mattingly ready to take Yankees to arbitration ,�nirs.m Don Matti Nelvoy the payers including me snit be ssaaar1"" a of to the he club to salary Arbilla Jim Rivao Mallin Bly s agent said of k a thursday he did t have a feeling one Way lion his agent says. Of he chances of settling be fore going to hearings. I guess it would be the players including the Yankee first very Likely that it would happen but things baseman filed on wednesday the final Day change. We re prepared either Way he said. Arbitration hearings will be held feb. 3 20. Dates will be set in about a week. On wednesday Krivacs Laid the Gannett Wesl Chesler Rockland newspapers that Yan Kees owner George Slein Brenner rejected what in essence was lifetime contract for the 24-year-old Mattingly who bit .324 with 35 homers and 145 Ria last season. Krivacs said the Yankees were fairly Adamant about holding to the notion of a one year contract
