European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday aprils 1986 fireworks could enliven staid masters by Bob Green a Golf writer Augusta a. The masters dignified and detached from the pro Golf tour s problems May be the perfect setting for some fireworks next week. Before play begins thursday questions seem certain to arise involving two time masters Winner save Ballesteros defending Champion Bernhard Langer and the tempestuous Mac o Grady. Balls Lacros has been suspended for a year Langer has tax troubles and o Grady could be slapped with golfs stiffest penalty in a decade. But while they Are Here on the Azalea and Dogwood dotted Augusta National Golf club course with 87 other invited players they Are Safe because the masters is not a pea tour event. Penalties or fines levelled against players by the tour Don t count at this tournament one of golfs big four along with the . And British opens and the pea championship. Their stories which have occupied the tour s time and attention no doubt will be revived and rehashed before the masters begins then forgotten once it does. Unless of course they win. Ballesteros and Langer possibly the two Best players in the world Are among those favored to Wear a Green jacket sunday. For Ballesteros a Victory would be particularly remarkable considering he has had practically no Competition due to his sus pension for not playing a required 15 tour events last season. Asked if he would eventually return to the . Tour the spaniard recently said if i m not required to play More than 10 tournaments a  Langer a West German probably will have to curtail his tour appearances this season because of a tax Law that reduces from 182 to 122 the number of Days a for Eigner can be in the United states without paying . Taxes on worldwide earnings. Through the tournament players championship he was no. 5 on the Money winnings list with $160,515. I be tried to pack As Many tournaments As i could into the schedule he said. Langer was in title Contention on a weekly basis earlier this season but then he tailed off when the tour hit Florida. I became very tired not something i wanted myself to do Langer said. O Grady making his first masters appearance faces golfs stiffest penalty Ever if he continues his bitter insults against pea tour commissioner Deane Beman. He has been silent since he was slapped with the last of three notices of disciplinary action which could total As much As $12,000 in fines and 12 weeks suspension. Beman promised More penalties if o Grady s outbursts continue. If those three Central figures Are not at the Peak of their game Ballwsteros due to no Competition Langer from Over extending himself and o Grady from All the distractions Curtis strange could be the Benefi Ciary. He led during the final round last year until he hit into the water on both the 13th and 15th holes made a pair of 6 s and tied for second. With All that s been going on nobody s going to pay any attention to me he said. Attention could be diverted too from the problems of Jack Nicklaus and Tom wat son. Watson a non Winner for almost two years has been on the verge of playing Well this season. I be hit the Ball Well at times. I be even putted Well at times. But this Damn game it just won t let you get it All together at the same time said the five time British open Champion. Nicklaus now 46, who counts a record five masters titles in his 17 major professional crowns has fared much worse and comes into the masters with one of the poorest seasonal records of his career. In seven starts this season he s finished Only three tournaments. I just Haven t been ready to play he said. But Calvin Peete is and he s the Only two time Winner on the tour this year. Since the Start of the 1982 season Peete has won More tournaments and More Money than any other player in . Golf. But Peete is less than optimistic about his chances Over the rolling Hills of Augusta. I Don t play Well at the masters. The course really in t suited to my game or my game in t suited to the course he said. That s the same comment Lee Trevino made Back in the late 1960s. And Trevino 46, Winner of two Gas two . Opens and two British opens still is chasing the one major title he needs for a career sweep of golfs big  while the game s established stars with some exceptions have had their problems this season a wave of new faces has appeared. We re a new Breed said Dan Forsman a Winner at Bay Hill. We know How to play How to win. We re not intimidated not afraid to go head to head with the great  other new winners this year include Kenny Knox Bob Tway and Donnie Ham mond. A photo Mac o Grady puts Money were his Mouth is up photo seve Ballesteros. Licked by . Tour rules a photo Germany s master golfer Bernhard Langer. Internal Revenue service has him in a taxing situation Carew wants one More Chance a photo Rod Carew i hate to go out this Way Anaheim Calif. A Rod Carew the seven time american league batting Champion has spent the Spring at Home for the first time in More than two decades waiting for a Call that has t come. The 40-year-old Carew the California Angels leading hitter five of the past six years was t offered a contract by the club for 1986. Carew a certain future Hall of Famer who has hit .300 or better in 15 major league seasons and has a career batting average of .328, wants to play one More sea son. But no team has expressed an interest in him. I hate to go out this Way Carew said from his Home at Anaheim Hills Calif. If i d known last year that it was going to be this Way i probably would have retired. If i did t think i could play if i thought i did t still have it i would t want to  Carew led the Angels in hitting last sea son with a .280 average. But the club decided to let him go and open the first base Job for Rookie Wally Joyner. Joyner has been a sensation during the exhibition season hit Ting Well Over .400. I guess i expected it Carew said. I m 40 years old and it seems like everyone s going with youth. I m not bitter but i am disappointed. I think i could help a club. I know i can still hit and could be a role player for a  Carew made $900,000 last year with the Angels and the feeling that he might want too much Money to be a part time player could be keeping other clubs from talking to him. Angels manager Gene Mauch has said that Carew was t offered a contract be cause the team did t want to insult him by offering him a salary commensurate with what his role would be a Reserve. That normally would be about $250,000 a year. Carew admitting that he is financially secure for life said i Don t understand Why no other team has expressed an inter est. No one has even taken the Opportunity to Call and say can we work something out " his brother in Law and agent Jerry Simon said from his office at St. Paul Minn i can t believe that it s a matter of Money. It s weird to me that nobody s interested in him. I can t understand Why he would t be playing for somebody. All we re looking for is a contract that would make both sides  Carew who said he is staying in Condi Tion and figures he could be Back in hitting form in about a week said that if a Call does t come hell be All right. Ill be Content he said. I m writing a Book on hitting working on opening a Bat Ting school. I keep myself Busy. If i Don t play i la take the time to really enjoy my family my children said Carew the father of three girls and a coach for their softball teams. It s great to get to see them play and to be Able to go to their activities at school things i Haven t been Able to do in  Carew sounding disappointed said he has t heard from Many of his former team mates except for Reggie Jackson. He s the Only one that s kept close con tact Carew said of the Angels slugger. It gives me a Good feeling that he s