European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. August 27, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 Shultz earned to beat 2-a-Days army tackle Back from Hodgkins disease by Herschel n1ssenson a football writer West Point . A de shall has Learned a new meaning to the football term two a Dayl. That s because a major portion of Shutlz j Winter conditioning Prog Arr consisted of two to second blasts of radiation cons daily for cancer of the Lymph nodes alias Hodgkin s disease whose latest victim is new York giants f foo.l-6. 285-Pound offensive tackle Karl Nelson. Shultz the army s 64, 250-Pound offensive tackle does t have the far liar Ripper scar on a knee or , he has a i critical foot Long reminder that runs through his Navel where his spleen was removed they told to i did t need it anyway and a much smaller one on the Side of he neck where a swollen Lymph Node was removed for a Biopsy. Although he was allowed to attend about half of army s games it season and Gol to go Home to Coa ,pa., for Christmas and new year Shutlz was stationed at Walter Reed army Hospital in Wash to ton d.c., from october until the Middle of february. He underwent radiation two a Dayi almost every weekday. After starting every game in 1985, Bultz injured a shoulder in the 1986 opener which turned out to be his Only appearance of a season in which he was sup posed to be the cadets top lineman. One of the symptoms of Hodgkin i is that you Don t heat As fast he says. I jammed a Finger the first week of practice and it just would not get better. Shutlz missed army s second contest. On sept. 27,he awoke in his hotel room less than 12 hours before his scheduled return to action against Wake Forest to find his neck had swollen from l9 i 1o about 23 Inch  thought maybe i had caught a cold in the air conditioning he said. "1 did t do anything right away because i did t feel like i was dying or any  Gene Benner sent Shultz to the . Mili tary Academy Hospital where doctors found his while blood cell count was High but could t determine  Days later they shipped him to Washington. I was scared when they old me i was going to Walter Reed Shultz says. "1 figured something was wrong and i did t know How to react. About a week later they did the Biopsy. I had heard of Hodgkin s disease but 1 had no idea what it was. The first thing they said was that there was a Good recovery rate As Long As they caught it Early. They were throwing out numbers like 85-90 percent. The doctors told Shultz he would undergo chemo therapy if the disease was confined below his diaphragm radiation if it was localized in his neck and Chest i was scared he says. "1 knew cancer could kill people but i did t really think about dying. I just wanted to know How Long it was going to last what really helped me a lot was one Guy who came 10 see me a West Point graduate who was working i Washington. He said he had Hodgkin s in the worst possible stage after he graduated. He had Chc Rothera by and radiation and he s perfectly Fine now. He said if anything i d gel bored with the Krcaj ment. I was a lot Calmer from thai Point on. And i got very bored with the  Shultz still feels some of the effects of the radiation although his voice has Lort its scratching ass and his hair has grown Back As Long As the military allows it. My lungs were real beat up he says. They re Only about 75 percent of capacity and thai has t change since february. The doctors Don t know if in will come Back. Some people it  some people in  l. I still have a lot of trouble running. When i first came Back for the Spring semester1 could t even walk up the stairs to lie stadium. All he Muscles Are kind of weak in the areas where i had the radiation my neck in particular. I m having a Little trouble sustaining my  with army s opener against holy Cross two weeks away he has worked his Way up to no. 2 left tackle on he depth Chart. Strength Wise and stamina Wise he s maybe 80-85 percent of what he was says offensive coordinator Jim shuck. The Touchy thing from a coaching stand Point is How much can we push him Shultz missed almost All of Spring practice although he started running some. He is listed As a senior but missed a half year of classes and won t graduate until december 1988, making him eligible to play next sea son if he wants to Well see How this year goes he says. I know i can play almost As Good As i used  Palmer recalls scuff tip from Sutton new York a Jim Palmer a three time by Young award Winner when he pitched for the Baltimore orioles said tuesday that Don Sutton told him several years ago the Best Way to scuff a Ball was to use sandpaper pasted on your Glove hand. Palmer recalled the advice unaware that a television close up shot monday night showed a Patch of some son in the California Angeli right hander Bare left hand As he rubbed up the Ball in a game against the visiting new York Yankees. Sutton. Who his been accused of scuffing the Ball said the Patch was a ban Dage to cover a Blister. Palmer discussing scuff balls in Gener Al said Sutton told him in the Early 1980s" How to doctor a Ball. Don told me to just Lake some Sand paper and super glue put it on your Glove hand Anc when you rub up the Nail end of Miff it Palmer said. Sutton was with the los Angeles dodgers at the time Palmer said and had travelled to Milwaukee to see the orioles play the Brewers. Palmer recalled that Simon s advice did not work far him. I was working on it in the bullpen and it was so humid that night 95-de Grees and humidity to match. The Sand Don Sollon sandpaper in hand paper kept falling off my hand and my skin was coming off because the glue was taking in with in Palmer said. All t got was super glue Burn. I never Gol a Chance 10 scuff he  when told that a to shot had shown the Patch on Button s hand Palmer laughed. He May have had a paper Cut the retired Pitcher said. Sullen a Winner of 318 games in a big league career that began in 1966, pleaded innocence. Some of the Guys told me afterwards that they were zooming in he said. Improbably made for very entertaining to. I suppose you Are not going to buy that it was pictures of my kids. And you probably would t buy that it was a ban Dage covering up a Blister which it was. Bul i give you my word it was t sandpaper it was t an Emery Board and i Don t mind being checked on the Mound by the umpires Ever. And that s All i can Tell  american league executive vice presi Dent Bob Fischl expressed an in Crest in the to footage we want to take a look at them Fischl said. They made a big Deal about it on the air. There were no complaints no balls thrown out or sent to us As far As we know. But it seemed like he had a substance of some kind on his hand. We Don t want to be embarrassed by  in his previous Start last wednesday night against Baltimore the 42-Ycar-old Veteran was accused of scuffing several baseballs and three balls were forwarded to the american league office by Umpire Don Denkinger. The Yankees who won monday night s game 3-2 in 11 innings Long after Sutton had icel did not ask foray balls to be checked although Home Plale Umpire Rick Reed did remove the Ball sullen used to strike out Rick Cerone in the , 8-10 this season with a 4.36 Era allowed three hits and two runs both earned in seven innings. He walked one and struck out five in one of his finer performances of the season. Manager Gene Mauch of the Angels said he was t aware of the situation involving  i know is he had a Blister on his band Mauch said. " Angels general manager Mike port came in and poldme and said the cameras were zeroing in on the Palm of sullen s hand. I Don t think there s anything to Dis cuss  sullen is one of 19 pitchers in big league history to surpass the 300-Palcau in victories. He has struck out 100 or More Bat Cre in 21 consecutive seasons a major league record ranks second All Lime in games started and is lied for ninth in shutouts with 58. He also ranks High in several of her areas including career strikeouts. He surpassed the 3,500-Mnrk in hat category recently. Rams rip hell Nikon in Safe slow pitch b _. Of i Tir  � hell Nikon a Greece de spite the loss of some key 86 players plus coming to this year s Safe men s slow pitch softball tournament As the Continental sports conference s no. 3 team the Ramstein rams Are once again demonstrating they Are the team to beat the defending Champion rams opened impressively by beating the Host hell Nikon learn 12-fi. Ramstein scared four runs in the first inning three coming on  Wellman s Homer. Charles bottello tripled to Start the action. A single to left Field by Clint Harvin scored Bott Tuo and another Uncle by Brian Dooley set Wellman up for three Bis. Pitcher Fred Ford Ramstein s old re liable gave up 16 Hill to hell Nikon but Greal Fielding on the rams Side held the losers to six runs. Mude Ball 13, be Munch 10 Sembach took an Early Lead with four in the first inning and added five More in the fourth. Mildenhall broke Inlo the scoring column with three runs in the fourth. The marauders continued to chop on the deficit adding two in the fifth on a Homer by Patrick Toon and four in he a Lxi that lied the game 9-9. Mildenhall produced is winning mar Gin with four runs in the save nah and a 13-9 Edge. Sembach managed just one on Stan hayes1 Solo Homer. Mildenhall s Sandy Foster was the game s top Hilter going 5-5 and driving in two runs. Rhein main 10, Ben Waters 4 despite 17 hits Ben Walers Gol just four runs As the Rhein main rockets earned their first Day Victory. The lockets leading 3-1, broke Loose for six runs in the top of the seventh and a td-1 Lead. Bunt Waters managed three runs in its half of the seventh but not tie Comiso 12, far font 5 the matchup of inc Mediterranean sports conference s no. 1 and the  Champion ended Wilh a one sided Comiso Italy Cornels Triumph. With Comiso leading 10-0 in the fifth Fairford s Falcons got on the Board to Cut inc deficit to i m. Comiso added two More runs in the sixth and Fairford one for the final score. Am sports radio baseball Oakland athletics at to Tonto Blue jays 1 to , Friday