European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday april 12,1987 Herzog shows his cards in new Book by . St. Louis a is. Louis Cardi nals manager Hilcy Herzog in t inc Type to catch Spring fever Over his team prospects Tor the new season it s hard la blame him. Based on is season. In his autobiography while rat Herzog says his 1986 learn behaved Al limes Fike a Bunch of Lillic there were times i thought we d be in first team Ever to win 100 games one year and lose 100 inc next Herzog writes. Idon t want to put one of those Chuck Tan Ner Happy faces on this the cardinals won 101 games and advanced to the seventh game of inc world series in 1985. They won 79 last year infilling to third place in the National league East. St. Louis had a 36-50 re Cord and trailed the first place new York mils by 24 games at the All Star break. Herzog who kept a diary of the sea son says that at one Point he thought about resigning. His account of the disastrous season covers Only one chapter and 23 pages of the 228-Page Book but Herzog round room to criticize several players. Herzog has to manage nearly the same cast ii year but he does t pull punches especially about the team s play during the first Naif of the season. In the Early months Herzog writes hat the team was divided by bickering and juvenile behaviour. We had Guys who weren t talking teach other Guys who would t even carry Whitey Herzog writes of his collapsing 1986 St. Louis cardinals they were almost like a Bunch of Little kids pouting out there,1 pouting out the those taken to task include Willie Mcgee the 1985 my most valuable player and Ozzie Smith the cardinals s2-miliion-a-year shortstop. In the Early going Herzog says the two were making mistakes that you would t put up with in a Rookie league player outfielder Andy Van Slyke accordingly Herzog was an eternal mystery. At inc plate it s like he goes to sleep on night hell Hil four ropes the next hell strike out looking three limes in a Van Slyke was traded to Pittsburg april 1 in a four player Deal that brought All Star Catcher Tony Pena to the Cardi nals. Second baseman Tom heir was an other target slumping from a .301 aver age and 110 runs batted in in 1985 to.252 and 61 last season. Herr hit .147 last april and .181 in May and had only23 Bis at the All Star break. Second base is a disaster area her zog wrote in his May 5 diary looks like he aged 10 years Over the Winter. I can t believe he s play ing As bad As he after losing cleanup hitter Jack Clarkford the season with a hand injury in june Herzog despaired Over his team slight. Without him in the Middle of in lineup we re going to be pitiful he writes. What am i saying we re Al ready left fielder Vinee Coleman Herzo writes set up some big innings for the other clubs r y throwing to the wrong bases. Herzog deals perfunctorily with the club s few Success stories such As Relief Pitcher Todd Worrell the no Rookie of the year another of the Bright spots Catcher Mike Lavalliere gets a Back handed compliment. Manse nabs pole for Brazil up Rio de Janeiro Brazil a Nigel Mansell of England saturday won the pole position for the brazilian grand prix on sunday inc first race of the 1987 formula one season. Mansill driving a Williams Hondal Urbo whipped around the 3.12-mile Jacari Papua race track in 1 minute,26,128 seconds just .6 seconds off the unofficial track record. His Leammie Nelson Piquet of Brazil took second place with a Best tap of 1 26.567. Brazil s Ayrton Senna who set in track record last year was third in a Lotus Honda less than i i oath of second ahead of Italy s Tco Fabi in a Benetton Ford. World Champion Alain Prosl of France was fifth in a Mclaren tag followed by Thierry Boutsen of Bel Gium in he other Benetton Ford. Everything was perfect smiled Mansill in the pits after the trials looking Pale and perspiring heavily inthe blistering tropical heat of More than 100 degrees we expected to go quickly Al though we had some problems with the slower conventionally aspirated Carson the track. I Don t think they realize the Speed of the turbos Mansill said. Piquet who was in first place Formost of the afternoon but went off the track when he tried to top Mansell on his second qualifying run said his car had problems with the suspension but that he expected to do Well in sunday s race. I m satisfied that i m in the front Row. It s a Long race and anything can happen he said. Senna was unhappy with his Lime nearly 3 seconds off his record. He said the Lotus still had problems with it revolutionary new computer con trolled suspension system which automatically keeps the car Al a fixed height Over the bumpy twisting course. The Benetton Ford team which had the fastest limes during tire tests Here earlier this month showed it was contender taking fourth and sixth with both cars lapping under 1 minute 30seconds. I think j could have taken third place on the Grid had it not been for one of the last laps when i found my self behind Mansell who slowed Down and forced me to do the the engine is Fine and i think i have a Chance of winning fab isaid. Fabi like Many of the Drivers complained that his car s performance was Hurt by a new valve that limits the pressure and the horsepower thai the Turbo engines produce. F1sa, the world racing authority has ordered All Turbo powered formula one cars to use the valve this the teams contend the valves Don t work right Over race distances an damage the engines sunday s brazilian grand praxis the traditional first race of the sea son. The 23 cars entered cover 61 laps or a total of 306 Kilometres. Lavalliere became Herzog s Catcher even though he runs slower than 1 do the manager writes. At least he can catch and the cardinals started the season wit Mike Heath obtained from Oakland be Hind the plate. Bui Heath with Only four hits in 56 at bats before being benched was a terrible disappointment Herzo writes. Heath was traded to Detroit and la Valliere went to Pittsburgh in the pens , who has managed five Divi Sion champions and two world series clubs says he Hopes the 1987 team teamed a lesson or two from 1986."it was a crazy crazy year he writes. A year which proved All Over again that just when you think you be seen every thing the game of baseball has to offer you Ain t seen nothing yet . Women win Field hockey meet Edinburgh Scotland a second half penalty Comer goal by Megan Donnelly enabled the unite states to Edge Britain 1-0 saturday and win a six nation pre olympic women shield hockey tournament. South Korea beat favored world Cham Pion Netherlands 3-2 sunday to leave the americans alone on lop of the standings. Wiesbaden from Page 25 generals from Page 25 and her Buck l at 10 44 Cul the Heidel Berg Lead to 54-53. Once More however Murray responded for the Home team popping in a jumper and converting an offensive rebound into Athree Point play to give Heidelberg some breathing room at 62-53. And again Wuerzburg answered wit sub Diane Huron providing the spark that fell just Short As the gome hit a bucket to Cut the Gap to 73 70 in the final minute and her steal an Clearing pass resulted in an Angela Bris co Layup to Cut the Gap to 73-72 with 26 seconds to play. The lady rattlers pressed the ensuing inbound pass but fouled Murray on a double team trap Murray Sank both ends of the one and on to close the door on Wuerzburg. Anderson finished with 14 Points for the winners with teammate Michelle Shepard pulling in 11. Brisco had 15 and Jacqueline Coffield 13 for the lady raiders. Four assists and three steals said Berli lost because of the something old some thing new connection on the eagles. Russell s a Leader on and off the court. He makes us so percent belter right there Hall said. Then Turner 3pointsjames Scurlock nine rebounds four blocked shots and Braddy make us another 50 percent better. That Means we re 100 percent better than last translated into Laymons terms that Means the eagles Are truly awesome. Television coif musters tournament final round 10 . Sunday. Radio baseball Baltimore orioles at Cleveland indians 7 30 . Sunday
