European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday june 21, 1986 Wally s All world to Angels Bojoh Nandki. An Quirim Calif. A Orange count which features Disneyland and knoll1-. A Rev farm is offering a new attraction this year called Wally world the name comes from the  Park in the popular Chevy c has movie vacation of a few years ago. The real life attraction is Wally Guys it Rookie first baseman for the Cali fornia Angels. To Iii Sweet swinging left hander has caught the Public s fancy in his first 2 i months and 64 games in the big league shy hitting 19 homers lops in the majors and driving in so runs. In Anaheim stadium. Wally world banners arc often prominently displayed by his new legion us fam. Joy nit had baseball s attention Evenll fur lie swung at his first big league Pilch. Me Touk Over first Bau from 40-year-old Rod Carew whose playing Days ended in october after a 3.000-nil career certain to get Kim elected 10 the Hall of Fame the Bah faced Joyner 24, immediately began compiling his own statistics. I be never seen a Guy come in and hit 6 homers in his first 35 games said Angels manager Gene Mauch. He is in his 25th season As a big league manager. He works at in i knew he was going to be Good. 1 did t know he was going to be this Good this Quick. Some Guys Are allowed to play be cause they re Good offensive  s just a Good solid player runs the bases Well instinctively and is an Excel Lent fielder. To Good is he going to be let in Wally Joyner. Leads majors in homers  when the Angels recently beat the Kansas City royals by one run twice in three games. Joyner made exceptional plays m both games on balls hit by George Brett and base runners were thrown out at Home. If you looked at All 13 of my games i be probably gotten 10 assists where he Stone to the Hole said Angels pitching Ace Mike Wilt. That s 10 outs instead of 10 hits. That s some difference i think he s playing just As Well defensively As he is offensively. 1 Haven t seen anybody smoother Over  his play work habits and Palickee also have impressed general manager Mike port. If you could design a Pia Eryou d like to c Good things Lappen to. This is the kind of a Guy you d come up with he said. Beside pleasing the fans his team mates his manager and the Angels front office Joyner has been a Bonanza for the Media. Everywhere he goes he is in de Mand too much so according o team mate Reggie Jackson himself a Media favorite for most of his Star career. It s been eight nine weeks  Jackson said. Its Boring it really is. I love the. Guy he s a very close Friend of mine they the Media Are beating  but Joyner is too Nice to turn Dow interview requests Jackson said. It does t bother me that much Joyner said about Media demands on his Lime. Our Public relations department has done a great Job of keeping it under control. It s part of my  it s a part he appears to handle Well. He s dealt with it All very  baseman Doug Decinces said. It s been an overkill. You Guys reporters Are breathing on him every time he turns around. His Overall temperament his up bringing probably have allowed him to Deal with what s gone on. He s an Intelli gent kid. An intelligent person not kid. And he s a Complete  asked about the Media Blitz Mauch said it s remarkable the Way he s handled it. People reporters have called him at All hours " hello Wally this is so and so. 1 Realie it s 7 30 in he morning. I m sorry to bother you " hello Wally this is such and such. I realize it s 8 o clock in the morning. Sorry to bother you these Are same of the top reporter sin the country. It s been comparable to the Roger Maris thing when Maris hit 61 Home runs in 1961. It s been Compa Rable to the Pete Rose thing when Rose broke Tycobb s record for hits in a Ca reer last season. Wally s a very stable Young Man. I be Mcl his parents and 1 can understand Why. They re Classy  Joyner has gotten into trouble with a reporter Only once when the Angels were getting ready to play the second game of a three game series in Cleveland. To meet Media demands the Angel arranged news conferences in each City on the first Day of a series when the an gels came to own. The news conference in Cleveland had been held a Day earlier but a Clevelan columnist asked Joyner for an interview As he was about to Lake batting practice. Joyner said he could to that he had Helda news conference the previous night the columnist criticized Joyner in Prim calling him a baby faced  after the column appeared. Joyner said. I guess in was my fault Tor not explaining Why he would t give the in Leview. Asked later if the harsh words bothered him Joyner Shook his head. My friends know the Way i am he said. I know inc Way i am. I m. Easy going but i know what my most import land Job is and hat s playing or getting ready to  pirates Shorf shortstop Long on Talent Pittsburgh a Pittsburgh pirates shortstop Rafael Belliard is in major leagues smallest player and his Boyish tools cause some to mistake him for inc team s Bat boy. He hard is listed at s-fool-6, 145 pounds some say even thai May be stretching in but pirates fans quit noticing his size when he corrals a ground Ball deep in the Hole at Short starts a lightning Quick double play or drills pitch into right Field. Sure he s a Little Guy but he s got Avery big heart said pirates manager Jim Leyland who acknowledges hat Belliard won both his attention and his respect during Spring raining. He s a Little Guy and people Don t take him As serious As they do some other hitlers. Bui he s a Little Guy with some pop in his Bat said former cub manager Jim Frey who lost his Job last week after Chicago was swept in a three game series by the Belliard led pirates. I know p Pilc like to kid him about being Short but pretty soon they re going to quit saying he s Short and Start saying he s a pretty Good player Frey said. Belliard 24, had played in Only 50lajor-Lcaguc games uni. And spent most of his c in this season and Rales lower minor league system. His de sense was Fine but his Bat was suspect although he hit As High As .274 at Buffalin the class a Eastern league in 1982. A native of the dominican Republic a Fertile land for baseball Talent Well mined by the pirates in the past two decades Belliard was at Besl the i Rales no. 3shortstop when Spring training began. Sammy Khalifa a promising 22-year-old who was inc pirates starter in the second half of the 1985 season and vet eran Glove Man Johnnie Mcmaster were expected to compete for the opening Day starter s Job. But when the season began Lima scr had been waived and Belliard who Bat Ted Over .300 in exhibition games was still on the roster. When Khalifa started making errors and his Balling average dipped below. 180, Leyland started play ing Belliard two or three times a week. Belliard not Only fielded the Way the pirates expected him to his baiting was a pleasant Surprise. He hit safely in eight straight games Balling .480 with a triple and six Bis during the Streak and improved his average to a respectable .260. Through thursday he had committed Only iwo errors to nine for Khalifa. Lcy Lani officially designated Belliard As his starting shortstop after the pirates 2-1, 2-inning Victory Over the is. Louis cardinals on wednesday when Khalif awas shipped Back to Hawaii of the Pacific coast league. The pirates also Pur chased the contract of Veteran . Washington a former starter with the Kansas City royals who had been play ing for the islanders. Rafael is our shortstop. He s earned  Leyland said. Raffy was doing the Job in the held and Sammy was not. He a Little Guy. But he can cover ground. He s made All the plays and helped us with his bar even though his Balling struck was stopped wednesday. Be hard contributed iwo important sacrifice bums As inc pirates ended a is game losing Streak. I have worked hard on my hitting Belliard said. I have always been Good with the Glove. I have been seeing Heball real Well at the plate and have been netting the Bat on inc  according to pirates scout Pablo Luzj he shy billiard has always had a positive Altitude despite growing up without the Middle class advantages of Many american athletes. He has what you Call winning blood Cruz said. Umpir Rafael Belliard Little Guy. Big heart american captures Swiss Bike classic Zurich Switzerland a an Drew Hampsten of Boulder colo., Fri Day outraged a Field of elite International cyclists to win the 50th tour of Switzer land race and become the first american Ever to win the Road cycling classic. The 24-year-old Hampsten who joined the professional circuit Only Dur ing the last season was in control through the gruelling ii Day lest Over 1.097 Miles including 28 Alpine passes. He won the opening time trial june 10 and kept the yellow Jersey of Overall Leader after All Bui one stage. Massimo Girotto of Italy won inc last mostly level stage Over 99 Miles. Results of the last stage did not bring any changes in the final Overall stand Ings. Hampsten had a 35-second margin Over second place Robert Millar of Scot land twice runner up in the tour of Spain. Fellow american Greg Lomond the 1983 world Champion was Overall third 1 21 minutes behind. A bad spill by Ireland s Sean Kelly no. I in the latest world rankings marred the Windup. Kelly was taken to a Hospital and had to get stitches for leg and facial cuts. Team officials said his Start in the upcoming tour de France snot in jeopardy Hampsten was so sure of Victory Hathe told Switzerland s leading sports newspaper thursday that this was going to be the biggest Victory of his career. Other aces finished Way behind. Phil Anderson of Australia last year s Winner who was sidelined with Back trouble until recently came in 26th place 27 59 minutes behind. France s Bernard Tinault who next month will be trying to win the tour de France for a sixth time took 29th place at 30 37 minutes