European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 2, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 royals reliever Quisenberry balled up Over fan reaction fort Myers Fla. A after compiling 44 saves in 1983 and a major league record 45 in 1984, Kansas City Roy als reliever Dan Quisenberry knew it was unrealistic to expect an even better performance in 1985. I remember there was an article that said if i had anything less than 44 or 45 saves it would be like George Brett hitting .290," Quisenberry said. Normally it might be a very Good year but people would expect More from me. At the time i thought that was no big  Quisenberry racked up 37 saves last sea son five More than any other american league reliever fourth highest in Al history and sixth highest in major league history. But some people saw it As a poor season for him. I think the criticism was the toughest part he said. I was pounded Early re grouped and had a Good year. But really it is a difficult season to try and explain. It is hard to brag about yet it is hard being defensive about  although he set a club record with 84 appearances and posted a 2.37 earned run average More than a third of a run bet Ter than his 1984 Era attention focused on Quisenberry s inability to protect a Lead in 12 games. Quisenberry said with the exception of Montreal expos reliever Jeff Reardon who led the majors with 41 saves last season any reliever would have been Happy with his performance last year. I Don t think i m in a position where i file photo Dan Quisenberry. 85 s top Al reliever can complain about anything in my career it has been a Good one said Quisenberry 33, who has 212 saves in six full seasons with the royals. But i am a Little sensitive about interviews where people want to know what i am going to do this year. It s As if i did something wrong last year and have to  in the world series after Charlie Lei Brandt blew a 2-0 Lead in the ninth inning of game two manager Dick Howser was second guessed for waiting until Leibrandt had surrendered four runs before bringing in Quisenberry to retire the St. Louis cardinals. Some thought Howser had lost Faith in Quisenberry who was rocked by Toron to s hitters in the Al championship series. The questions weren t Why do you stink but that was the Way i translated every question Quisenberry said. The problem was not Why Dick did what he did. For me that does t matter. I be never had a complaint with the Way he has used me. The problem was i Felt personally at tacked. I did t know How to handle  but Quisenberry pitched 1 2-3 scoreless innings to get the win in the Pivotal sixth game and Bret Saberhagen polished off the cards the next night to make the royals world champions. That makes you forget the personal numbers he said a is moot unless we win and when we won nobody cared what an individual did or did t  still Quisenberry admits that even he expects More than 37 saves a season. Realistically you have to look at the hard facts. Thirty seven saves Falls Short for me. People expect More. I expect More. I guess i came out of the Clouds last year. I got so used to being near perfect it was Tough when i was not in that same strato  needed to guard against Aba fights sonic coach recommends 3rd official Seattle a Bernie Bickerstaff first year head coach of the Seattle super sonics has seen prize sonics Rookie for Ward Xavier Mcdaniel ejected twice for fighting this season. He s also watched two veterans for Ward Tom Chambers and guard Gerald Henderson kicked out of games for get Ting into fights. Bickerstaff a former longtime washing ton bullets assistant winces at the thought of losing a Mcdaniel a Chambers or a Henderson with a broken hand. He does t think All fighting in the Aba can be eliminated but he believes it could be drastically Cut Down by adding a third Man to the league s officiating Crew. The Aba game is sitting right up on top of the world now he said. I Don t want to see what we have going marred because of fighting. And when you re talking about the world s greatest athletes Guys so big and so fast it s really a Tough game for two officials to cover. I think a third official would add a lot of control to the  the Aba tried three officials before during the 1978-79 season but went Back to two officials after one season. It s unlikely the league will try three officials again at least in the near future says Rod Thorn the Aba s new vice president of operations. Our feeling in the league office is that two officials Are sufficient said Thorn in a Telephone interview from new York. We feel two officials Are doing an adequate  the Aba dropped its third referee for economic reasons said Alex Sachare the league s director of information. The extra official was deemed too expensive he said. Thorn former general manager of the Chicago bulls concedes there Are some coaches and general managers who would like to see the Aba add a third referee. But there Are More coaches and general manag file photo Bernie Bickerstaff. Too Many fights ers who would like to see the league stick to two officials he adds. Bickerstaff says he does t want to see another fight like the Kermit Washington Rudy Tomjanovich one in 1977. Tomjanovich then of the Houston rockets was badly injured when he was punched in the face by Washington then of the los an Geles lakers. Tomjanovich suffered major facial damage including a broken jaw two broken cheekbones and a fractured nose. Thorn of course concurs. He knows How a basketball fight could have disastrous re sults. Professional basketball is an extremely emotional and physical game he said. These Are huge people moving around in a limited space. We know players can get seriously injured fighting. Players should step Back and think before they throw a punch. No one wants to end another player s career. That s something we just can t  but players often Don t think before throwing punches notes Bickerstaff. In other words Many of the Aba fights Are spontaneous he says. Many fights Start away from the Ball and a third official could Cut Down on this he says. For example Bickerstaff said Mcdaniel s second ejection came in a presidents Day game Here after the 6-foot-7, 205 Pounder exchanged elbows with the Atlanta Hawks 7-foot Kevin Willis. Then came the punches. A lot of the time officials can t see what s happening away from the play be cause one is watching the Ball and the other one is watching for a zone defense said Bickerstaff. So a lot of the time you can get away with mayhem. Perhaps with that third offi Cial you la have somebody who can focus in on that aspect of it. It would give them another pair of eyes and they need  Bickerstaff says the Aba s Experiment with three officials was t Given enough time. Thorn agrees that one season was t enough to Iron out All the bugs but says the three referee system had its share of critics too. Mcdaniel was fined $3,500 by the Aba after his second ejection. Heavy fines like that even to a player earning a reported $525,000 a season like the sonics Rookie will help curb fighting according to Bickerstaff. The pugnacious Mcdaniel has had numerous technical for skirmishing this sea son too. His other ejection came after he got into a fight with the Washington bul lets Cliff Robinson. He has said that he feels he must stand up for himself. Bickerstaff says he s talked to the former Wichita state Star. You should t retaliate said Bickers Taff. You have to walk away. You can get your Pride Back when you go Down Purt and hit a couple of jump  a photo title form Maria Walliser of Switzerland sails through the air saturday in route to a world cup women s downhill ski Victory in Furano Japan. Waltser was timed in 1 19.92. Teammate Brigitte Oertli finished second at 1 20.11. Jazz look at building own Arena Salt Lake City up a Utah jazz official Friday said that a move into its own sports Complex because state and Salt Lake City officials Are backing out of a Deal to Cut the team s Arena rental. Jazz president Dave Checketts said the jazz recently obtained an option on about 30 acres of land in the Center of the Salt Lake Valley and building a new Arena will quickly become an option if the City and state can t Honor their 1985 Deal with the jazz. Last week the City Council said it had no plans to Honor the agreement to kick in a $70,000 subsidy to the Salt Palace so the Arena can lower the jazz s rental. The Utah legislature on a 35-35 tie vote wednesday night killed a Bill that would have provided an identical subsidy. It does make us feel insecure Check etts said. Yet we realize the governor and the mayor made a commitment last year. We had an offer for $20 million to sell the team outside of Utah and the governor and the mayor said look if a new lease is going to help Larry Miller Purchase 50 per cent of the jazz we re going to find a Way to do it " Miller a Utah and Arizona car dealer purchased half interest in the jazz last May after City and state officials reportedly promised to help reduce franchise costs. The problem is they Haven t found a Way and neither the legislature nor the City coun cil feel the urgency of the situation now be cause the jazz Are attracting fans and doing Well Checketts said. An sports television College basketball North Carolina a Duke 7 . Sunday radio College basketball North Carolina a Duke 7 . Sunday