European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday april 24, 1986 wrest no brings smile of an viewer dear editor after having to endure endless hours of football base Ball and basketball an has come through again. How by putting All american wrestling on to. I have been a wrestling fan since i was a child and have missed the excitement wrestling brings since i have been in Germany. Now i can look Forward to saturday afternoon so i can watch a sport i truly enjoy. So May i say a great big thanks to an for making a lot of wrestling fans Happy. Keep up the Good work. Patricia Munib Schwa Ebisch Hall Germany players should pay their dues dear editor for years average americans have stood Back and watched As professional sports players demanded Mil Lions of dollars for their services. Granted superstars Are valuable to their teams but no one is worthy of million Dollar plus salaries. The list of players earning a million or Over per year is big enough to cover All the pages of the stars and stripes. To top it off. Wade Boggs of the Boston red sox is mad because he will Only get paid $1.35 million for this year. Kansas City Pitcher Bret Saberhagen got a 600 percent raise this year Keith Hernandez is mad because he will lose 10 percent of his $1.35 million this year because he used drugs. Which brings me to the Point of this letter it s hard to believe that an average ballplayer in the sports world makes More Money in one year than the president of the United states. They Don t have to worry about Balanc ing the budget but the president does. I propose a new from Page 19 worry about the fans but to concentrate on the  Foster went into monday night s game against Pittsburgh with a .273 batting aver age but he had Only three Bis and one extra base hit a double and had failed in several key situations. Foster has been severely booed at Shea stadium. It s a situation where they re not really booing the player but his performance Foster said. After a couple of years i be realized that. Now it s just a matter of me getting ready to  although Johnson says he has no intentions of Plato Ning Foster in left Field the performance of a couple of Reserve players Over the weekend planted the seeds of doubt. Rookie Kevin Mitchell had two hits including a double and drove in a run in new York s 3-2 Victory Over Philadelphia saturday. Danny Heep hit a three run Homer to ignite sunday s Victory. I m not worried about anything Foster said. Whatever Job they want me to do i la prepare for that. Right now i still plan on playing regularly by that i mean 130 to 140  Foster spent several of his formative years in the major leagues As a part time player. He did not become a full timer with the Cincinnati reds until Pete Rose moved from left Field to third in 1975. Even Heep a left handed hitter conceded that he probably would be used Only against particularly Tough right handed hitters and to give Foster an occasional rest. Foster often sits out Day games after night games. You be got to feel for George Heep said. The booing effects anybody. What Ever you do is not enough. George can hit two Home runs and if he strikes out his final time at Bat he gets booed. We All pull for him he added. The fans have got to understand we re All under a lot of pressure  Foster says he sees two sides to the fans. I can t be concerned with the reaction of the fans Foster said. My Job is to go out there and get hits in key situations. When i got a hit the other night the fans showed their appreciation. There Are fans out there backing me. I be got to keep a positive  no Law go into effect. Sports figures convicted of drug use pay 50 percent of their salaries into the defense budget plus enlist into the service after their playing Days Are Over so they can work for a living. Also the following list of fines should be incorporated in sports and also go into the budget baseball strikeout $100. Error $200. Football Fumble $200. Interception $200. Basketball missed shot $100. Missed foul shot$200. Hockey penalty $200. Fighting penalty $500. A funny thing is that these players demand millions when they have a great year but can you remember the last time a player offered to pay Back Money when he had a bad year Steve Carlton last year got paid Over $1.4 million and Only won one game All year. He sure did t offer any Money Back to the team. That Money sure could help the budget. Soon the american Public will have to take out Loans to go to Ball games. After All they re the ones paying these High salaries. Staff sgt. Don Stebbins Hahn a Germany girls should get their kicks dear editor having attended an american High school in Ger Many and now being stationed with the air Force in England i have read the stars and stripes for almost six years. One of the columns that i always read is Ben Abrams prep Pickin s so i can keep in touch with the Dodds sports programs Here in Europe of which i Aman avid supporter. In the years that i have read or. Abrams column i Don t think i have Ever agreed with him More than i did when i read a. Recent prep pickins in which he questioned Dodds Mediterranean s apparent policy contradictions in allowing girls to play on a boys football team but not a boys soccer team. I played both football and soccer in High school and i agree with or. Abrams assessment of the relative Dan Gers of football and soccer. One of the objectives of football is to Knock your opponent Down in order to More easily meet the other objectives to score a touchdown or regain Possession of the Ball. There is no possible Way to play tackle football without making Contact and usually very hard Contact. I would venture to say that 80 percent of that Contact is directed at the Chest. Soccer on the other hand is a sport in which the main objective is to avoid your opponents so that you May kick a Ball into a goal. I will not deny that there is Contact involved in soccer or that Contact is potentially dangerous. However the Contact in soccer is usually two legs hitting together or bumping shoulders. The Pri Mary Point of Contact in soccer is not an area that is very susceptible to major damage to a girl As the Chest is in football. In summary my viewpoint is that girls should not be allowed to play on a boys full Contact football team but should be allowed to play on a boys soccer team unless there is a girls soccer team already available. I know that there Are Many people who will oppose me in this and that s Fine. If anyone can convince me that there is no More danger to girls playing football than there is to boys i will change my thinking. Until then though this is where i stand. Randall j. Ehle Raf Alconbury England Al file photo Gary Ward. Drives in four runs from Page 19 Ray had walked to Lead off the inning moved to second on Lynn s single to Center and was forced at third on Jim Dwyer s bunt. Ripken lined his second Homer of the season to left with two outs in the third for a 2-0 Baltimore Lead. Dixon gave up his first earned run of the season after going 15 innings without allowing an earned run in the Bottom of the third. Hall doubled Brett Butler walked and Julio Franco grounded an rib single to Center to pull Cleveland within 2 Lynn reached base on an error by Franco at Short before sheets hit his first Homer of the year for a 4-1 Baltimore Lead in the sixth. Hall responded with his first Homer in the seventh to make it 4-2. Lee Lacy drove in the orioles final run in the ninth with a sacrifice Fly. Cleveland s Pat Tabler and Brook Jacoby extended their hitting streaks to nine games. White sox 5, Brewers 4 Milwaukee Harold Baines hit a three run Homer with two outs in the seventh inning to lift Chicago Over Milwaukee. The Victory snapped a four game losing Streak for the White sox. Rangers 10, Blue jays 1 Toronto Gary Ward drove in four runs with a single and a Home run and Pete Incaviglia Steve Buechele and Pete o Brien also homered to Power Texas to a rout of Toronto. Rookie right hander Bobby Witt Over came a bout of wildness to Check the Blue jays on three hits Over six innings and pick up his first major league Victory in his third Start of the season. Witt struck out five walked four and improved his record to 1-0. Mickey Mahler finished for the rangers allowing one hit to earn his first save. In Witt s last Start against Milwaukee he allowed no hits Over five innings but walked eight while striking out 10. Right hander Jim Clancy 1-1, lasted Only four innings for the Blue jays. He Al Lowed five runs on seven hits. Yankees 5, royals 1 Kansas City to. New York Rookie Bob Tewksbury allowed five hits Over 7 a a innings As the Yankees heat Kan Sas City in a game interrupted by an eighth inning Brawl. Angels 5, a s i Anaheim Calif. Doug Decinces two run Homer and Solo shots by Dick Schofield and Wally Joyner backed Kirk Mcca skills two hitter As California Defeated Oakland. Twins 7, mariners 1 Seattle Mark Salas hit a bases loaded triple in the seventh inning and a Home run in the ninth As Minnesota sent Seattle to its sixth consecutive defeat. From Page 19 Law for a 5-2 Lead and Knock out Phila Delphia starter Charles Hudson la. The expos added their final three runs in the sixth on Raines first Homer of the sea son and Brooks two run single. Andy Mcgaffigan 1-0, worked 52/a innings allowing five hits and two runs. Tim Burke allowed one hit in the final 3 a innings to pick up his second save. Philadelphia took a 1-0 Lead in the first when Gary Redus walked stole second and scored on Mike Schmidt s single. Darren Daulton s Lead off Homer his third made it 2-0 in the second. Astros 3, braves 2 Atlanta Alan Ashby s Lead off Homer in the ninth inning lifted Houston to Victory Over Atlanta. Ashby hit a 2-2 pitch from reliever Duane Ward 0-1, Over the right Field Fence to Cap a late rally that helped the astros overcome a 2 0 deficit with two runs in the seventh. It was Ashby s third Homer of the season. The Victory went to Charles Kerfeld now 2-0, who blanked the braves Over the last three innings. The astros gained a 2-2 tie in the seventh on a two run double by Craig Rey nolds. Atlanta s David Palmer retired the first nine batters before Doran lined a single to Center to Start the fourth inning. The braves took a 1-0 Lead in the first on singles by Rafael Ramirez and Dale Mur Phy and a sacrifice Fly by Bob Horner. Atlanta added another run in the fourth when Horner walked went to second on Ted Simmons chop to the right Side and scored on Ken Ober Felps single to right. Mets 7, pirates 1 new York Bob Ojeda pitched a four hitter through seven innings in his first no Start and Keith Hernandez and Gary Carter each drove in a pair of runs As new York thumped Pittsburgh. Giants 10, dodgers 3 san Francisco the giants scored seven runs before the first out was recorded in the first inning with Chili Davis two run Dou ble sparking the spree As san Francisco streaked to its sixth straight Victory