European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday March 10, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 Peter Mueller of Switzerland Schusser Down the course in Aspen colo., saturday on his Way to winning the Good Day for Swiss skiers world cup downhill ski race. In Banff Alberta meanwhile Switzerland s Maria Walliser right rockets a photos Down the Sunshine Village course in route to Victory and the Lead in the Overall downhill standings. Hoping this phenom won t Phlox a s betting Canseco is on fhe Ball by Dave Anderson Phoenix not one Home run sailed above the 397-foot sign in Center Field at the Oakland coliseum and landed in unchartered territory up near the Back of the bleachers. Another soared onto the left Field roof at Comiskey Park in Chicago High above the 372-foot sign. And during batting practice at Yankee stadium late last season Jose Canseco the Oakland a s Rookie left fielder is reputed to have slammed five balls into the Monument area beyond the 411-foot sign in left Center Field. Was five the Correct number that Day he was asked. I Don t know he said smiling. "1 did t count he might not count them in practice. But when somebody mentioned to the 21-year old Rookie that in his travels from Huntsville of the class a Southern league to Tacoma of the class aaa Pacific coast league to the a s in september he had hit 40 homers he had a correction. Forty one he said. The five in the american league might have been the Start of 500 major league Hom ers for this cuban born slugger who is base Ball s most talked about Rookie this year. When he was a year old he moved with his family in 1965 to Miami where his father who taught English classes in Cuba is now a territory manager for Amoco gasoline stations. Jose s twin brother Osvaldo is a right handed Pitcher in the Yankees farm system. Weight lifting has folded Jose Canseco into a slugger whom a sculptor would Cher ish. At 6 feet 4 inches and 225 pounds he has the shoulders of a door Jamb. He s Square Jawed and slim hipped. Better yet he appears to be slim headed As yet unaffected by the commotion he has created As baseball s most touted Young slugger. He s a mixture Bob Watson the a s Phoenix Ariz. A the Oakland a s have renewed the con tract of outfielder Jose Canseco last year s minor league player of the year after refusing to meet his new demands. Canseco had been seeking $100,000 from the a a who Are expected to Start the standout Rookie in left Field. The team was offering around $70,000 and refused to Budge. Canseco who had Only 35 Days in the major league at the end of last year signed the new contractor saturday. Roving hitting instructor has said of Roberto Clemente Dale Murphy and Reggie Jackson All rolled into now that s a phenom. Through the years other phenoms have been touted in Spring training notably two named Clint. Nearly 40 years ago Clint Hartung joined the giants As their next great Pitcher or their next great slugger nobody knew which. As it turned out he was t even the next great minor leaguer. Several years ago Clint hurdle was supposed to be the Kansas City royals Crown Prince. Last season he was the mets bullpen Catcher and now he s with the St. Louis cardinals. But a phenom in t always a Phlox. Many have justified their headlines Henry Aaron Willie Mays Mickey Mantle Reg Gie Jackson to name a few. And now can Seco has his Opportunity. He s a big Guy with a big swing says Jackie Moore the a s manager. After he joined us last september i think he struck out 14 of the first 20 at bats. The pitchers were getting him on breaking balls. But then he adjusted. He started to hit to right Field. After that he got better pitches and he started hitting Home runs. But even with his strikeouts we Don t want him to Cut Down his for sluggers strikeouts and homers Are like the Canseco Brothers a identical twins. For decades babe Ruth held the re Cord for strikeouts then Mantle had it and now Jackson does. In batting practice Canseco sometimes lunges off balance producing a pop up or a grounder. But then hell slam the next pitch Over the Fence. When he enters the Cage older teammates Stop and watch a sign that he s already somebody special. I m an aggressive hitter i m going to strike out he was saying now at his locker. I m Here to learn but i m not really going to change anything that got me his Home runs at Coral Park High school persuaded the a s to choose him on the 15th round of the june 1982 free agent draft. He had been scouted by Camilo Pas Cual a cuban right hander who was once baseball s Best cd eyeball Pitcher. Just turned 18, Canseco hit Only two homers at Idaho Falls that season then he hit 14 in 1983 and 15 in 1984. I knew i had to put a year together he said and last year i in 58 games for Huntsville ala., in the Southern league he hit 25 homers and drove in 80 runs with a .318 average. In 60 games for Tacoma of the pc he hit 11 homers and drove in 47 runs with a .348 average. And in 29 games for the a she hit .302 with five homers and 13 Bis. Over All he drove in 140 runs with a .328 average in addition to his 41 homers. He also struck out a total of 152 times an average of slightly More than once a game. When i first came up to the a s last year he said it seemed like everything i did in the minors did t matter but i did really Well. I just want to go out there this season and let my ability take who will be Dallas cowboys second coach Dallas a everyone who knows anything about professional football knows that Tom Landry is the Only head coach the Dallas cowboys have Ever had. Landry who will be 62 in september will coach the cowboys this year his 27th season with them but there has been much speculation about How much longer he will remain. There is even More speculation As to who the cowboys will turn to when it comes time for Landry to retire. Mike Ditka coach of the nil Champion Chicago bears is interested in the Job the Dallas morning news reported. Offensive passing coordinator Paul Hackett hired during the off season from the san Francisco 49ers, also is mentioned. Landry recently told the Dallas times Herald he had discussed the possibility of Hackett As his replacement with cowboys president Tex Schramm. Schramm and i talked about the Hack Ett thing and i told him i would t be coaching much longer. What i m trying to do is help the transition Landry told the newspaper. Schramm reached in Hawaii where he is chairing the annual meeting of the National football league Competition committee Dis counted the idea that Landry will retire after his 27th season and that Hackett has already been tabbed As his successor. It s the absolute truth that we be talked about a transition but there is absolutely no time context on it Schramm told the fort Worth Star Telegram. Hackett does not deny that he aspires to become Landry s replacement. It s not the primary thing but it s certainly in the Back of my mind he said. When i was hired we did not talk about it
