European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. Fabruary27. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Safe clinics Hod a troubled wills Maury wills recently admitted he suffered 3 i years through a cocaine Hahn. The former los angles dodger says hi1 locked himself in his House with blankets covering his win Dows while he took the Coke. And that he considered suicide. And that i be got in whipped for  Norma that kind of news bores me. So Annich sports Guy says he s sorry about taking Coke. Zjj7z22, Wake Roc when an athlete has the guts to say Coke is a terrific High which is exactly what came out of Hollywood Henderson the sex Dallas cocaine Cowboy. Yet i find wills Story intriguing. This Coke Sce Nario includes our european military Selling. Wills says he was tripping from m id-1981 through 1984. That Means he was hooked when he flew Here in january 1982 As an instructor Tor the Safe baseball clinics i could t detect his habit during those cold Days five years ago then again i would t know a cokes Norter if he leaned on me with glazed eyes i inter viewed wills at Rhein main s hotel. He looked drawn and old. So what he had just survived a Long flight Ami he was no longer a Swift shortstop he was its doubtful whether anyone knew wills was an addict during the clinics. Warren Stanley the Erscin main baseball manager says All he remembers is wills erratic presentations. When he gave a Bunting clinic he was outstand ing. The skills he shared with us were outstanding Stanley recalled last week. But i fell that he was not so serious Overall. He had a problem getting to the right place on Jim. He d give a clinic then disappear. He was t responsible. 1 saw he was t so inter ested. I thought he probably would t be invited  wills travelled to England and Germany with two other clinicians Umpire Din Wood Merrill of the american league and one time manager Bobby Bra Gan. You see Bobby Bragan Durwood Merrill Danny Litwhiler a former National league player who came to other clinics. They were so commit cd so involved. I never Felt that Way with Maury Sai Stanley. "1 fell his fellow clinicians were annoyed with him " if Coke was t a distraction at the clinics wills wrecked career was. Just the season before he was fired As manager of inc Seattle mariners. Bucko Fox is in Toby ski jul to or Nymph Maury Willa it Safe baseball clinic in 1982. Not just axed. Humiliated. He told me that was a crushing blow to him said Stanley. It probably look him a Long time to get Over it Bobby Bragan said in was Tough on Maury you gel a big Job then  indeed wills was shot right out of baseball. The Heady All Star on three . Pennant winning teams of the 1960s seemed destined for a Long managerial career. Then when Seattle gave him a Chance in19so, he blew it. In the two months he managed in 1980, the Mari ners went 20-58. The Neil year they were supposed to Field their Best team but started off 6-18 under wills. That s when the As fell. The sporting news re ported the embarrassing reasons 1. In wills second game of 19ko, he went to the Mound twice in one inning not knowing the Rale. 2. He said in the Winter of 1981 that a player Steve Stroughter was being invited to Spring train ing he d been traded two weeks earlier. 3. He said Leon Roberts was in his Center Field picture he d been traded two months earlier. 4. He missed most of a workout while taking Friend to the Airport. 5. He tried cheating by expanding the Batter Box. 6. Seattle s players did t respect wills wills would t Tell me Whyl he thought of the first five Points. He said of no. 6, i Don t know what i could pc done to make Ihm lose respect for me. I certainly had t lost respect for them. Did wills realize he was through As a managerial Prospect going by his drug revelation yes there was depression and disappointment. All the people 1 let Down. The embarrassment i had to have an escape and that was it he said a few weeks ago. Five years ago he talked of managing again soon even of owning a team i be aspired to own a major league team for the last six years and 1 Feell hat i will. I la be like Connie  wills was equally optimistic about Landing into the Hall of Fame. He had just finished 14th in the voting. I m going to make in so what difference docs it make if it s 1932 or whatever he said. He certainly has the qualifications. He hit .281 from 1959 to 1972. His Speed blared a crucial Trail. In an Era when 30 stolen bases could Lead the  stole 104 bases in 1962 and 94 in 196 5. He cd the National league in steals six straight years and finished with a lifetime total of 586. Last month wills finished eighth in the Hall of Fame ballot i no. 197 votes shy of i Duclion. Will he make in Bill James my favorite baseball researcher writes while Active i think it was generally assumed that wills was a Hall of Fame calibre player. Damaging his chances with a variety of Post career embarrassments wills is still Young enough to restore his image if he gels his act together. He was a smart player and As a cold Clove Winner .300 hitter and base steal ing Champion on an out standing team a player with Loo Many positives to be lightly dismissed. Maury wills might be making a comeback at 54. Safe should be Nappy it airmen had a Chance to Mucci him even if he was a shaky Man then. Padres Hoyt barred for season new York a Lamarr Hoyt by Young award Winner four years ago was barred from baseball for the 1987 season by commissioner Peter Ueber Roth wednesday for his involvement in three illegal drug incidents Over the past 12 months. While our first priority is to provide help to those who need in we will impose discipline where appropriate Ueber Roth said in a statement issued by his office. Given these circumstances i have determined to make Lamarr Hoyt ineligible to participate in professional baseball for the 1987  the commissioner s ruling came almost a year to the Day after he announced sus pensions of up to one year for 11 players linked 10 drug use but permitted them to play if they met Ornain conditions. All complied by donating a percentage of i hair salaries to drug prevention programs per forming Community service and submit Ting to drug tests. No such option was mentioned in Hoyt s Case however the Appeal process is always open but no mechanism is set in place in this particular Case Rich Levin a spokes Man for Ueberroth said. Hoyl a 24-game Winner with the Chi Cago White sox in i9s3, won the Ameri can league by Young award that year. Traded to san Diego after the 1984 sea son he won 16 games for the padres the next season and was the winning Pilcher and most valuable player in the 1985 ail Star came. A year ago on the same Day that Ueberroth announced his drug action against stars like Dave Parker a. Hernandez an. Joaquin Andujar Hoyt entered a drug rehabilitation Center. The Pitcher had been stopped by . Custom agents two weeks earlier for drug an weapons violations. After completing the chemical de Pendency program Lloyt Hoyt rejoined the padres. In april he was charged wit weapon and drug violations again and agreed to accept a Public nuisance Countin Exchange for having the other charges dropped. He compiled an full record with a5.1 i earned run average in 35 games of san Diego and then was arrested again on drug Possession charges after the sea son. He pleaded guilty to two mis Demea nor drug charges and was sentenced to 4i Days. When the padres released him Jan. 7, the Leam said it would not Honor the remaining three years of his contract and the players association filed a grievance in Hoyt s behalf. I m disappointed said Don Chr executive director of the Union. The Saddest part is that everybody is lining up to throw darts at the Guy. I used to think the worst thing that could happen to you in America was to gel fired from your Job. Now they be fired this Guy and said he can t even work any place  Chr said in would be up to Hoyt an the Pitcher s representatives if they want to Grieve the commissioner s action. In Yuma ariz., where tic padres rein training Hoyt s former teammates expressed sorrow Over Ueberroth s action. Reliever Craig Lefferts whose Locke was next to Hoyi a said i m sorry to see thai it came to that. Lamarr had a lot of personal problems. 1 think he will come out of it. What it s going to Lake is for him 10 straighten out his problems. I Hope that in a year hell be Back pitching. The players and fans Are miss ing out he s one of the Best pitchers there  Tony a Vynn said it s probably be cause they re trying 10 make an example of him and show that baseball is no going to put up with that kind of thing. 1 guess in a Way he should feel fortunate. A and not let in happen to  world cup practice wiped out by Snow Furano Japan a heavy Snow thursday forced organizers to cancel a practice run for world cup men s Down Hill and super giant slalom ski races. The downhill race is scheduled sat urday on the 10,100-foot Furano course on hokkaido Japan s northernmost main Island. The super giant slalom is schedule sunday on a 7,210-foot course. A total of 66 skiers from , France Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg West Germany the United states. Canada. Australia Sweden Brit Ain Norway and Japan will compete in the two races. Afler fight races this season in the downhill and two in he super a Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland leads the Over All world cup handing with 274 Points followed b i m Germany s Markus Wasmeier with 174. Joel Gaspor of Switzerland stand third with 145. No american skiers arc among the lop is in Tali Overall standings