European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 columns the stars and stripes wednesday september 30,1987 scabs yearn for a Faasfe of glory by Russell Baker new York in 1944 i played tackle on my Pla Toon football team at the naval preflight school Al the University of Georgia. The season Las cd two weeks after which we All became boxers for iwo weds. After thai iwo weeks of wrestling but never mind la t the a Bomball thai Mal ten Here. I was Noi the worst Lackly Ever to play just the unhappiest. My style was to Bury my entire body face Down under the opposing lineman before he could get face Down under mine. Heavy pain resulted from end ing up on top for my team s fullback weighed maybe210 pounds had played Al Ohio stale and exulted in the Joy of cleats digging into human flesh As he lumbered toward the goal line. The big fullback resulted from a Navy plot to Luro is preflight school into football factories comparable to the state universities since the War gave the Navy priority claims on the nation s manpower it soon fielded teams glutted with Crade a football players As a result Many Good College players were unable to make the isms and were reduced to r class i that the Fly ing air planes. Long after that fullback s Cleat prints had nearly faded from my spine i Felt sorry for him. It must have been terrible for him being Cut from the big team being busted Down to games with kids who did t understand about the character building and had no aes thetic appreciation of the feats he was performing. There must have been nights when he prayed some body on the big team would be so badly mangled that the coach needing a replacement would have to come s a Coneg player Naoi narc in playing gym games with a lot of people so innocent of football the could t even see what it had to do with a in hand pleading just a Little the Only thing that can save inc team now is a big dose of Good old Ohio Siau Gridiron t am reminded Ofalt this by the professional football owners decision to fight the players strike by Fielding inky Dink cams and by the stories of these cast off players being abused and jeered As scabs for crossing the picket Linns. No matter How big a labor Buff you May be. His is a Case where you need a heart of Stone not to feel a twinge of compassion for the strike break ers. Like that fullback whose memory still makes my spine ache on Rainy Days these arc he men who Uren t quite Good enough at heir chosen profession Ever to have a crack Al the Peculiar glory in offers to nature Darlings. In an intensely competitive business in is hard hard hard to concede thai you Are just not quite Goodenough to make the Grade. So inc football owners easily find enough dreamers along with natural goons and Guys who need the Money to create Ricky Dink teams to play Ricky Dink games and keep the to Money coming in. After inc strike will any be Kuni in to play with he profession als not one. Will the professionals despise them As scabs for years to come very Likely. Most of them probably know his and Many May dislike themselves for being used As Union washers. If football however is your business and your love Illust Lake character to reject a Chance to Wear the big time shoulder pads even briefly. Out of inc shabby Ness perhaps might come an of glory to make Shab Biness seem supportable. C a Yolk to two getting into the britches business Byar Buchwald what makes America a great country is that it for gives people for their indiscretions on television. Gary Hart was Given permission 10 go on he Ted Koppel show to Pul his political scandal behind him. Al inc same Lime Donna Rice his in Friend was Given a to press conference to promote a product called no excuses what does this mean for the democratic party 1asked Sampson Over bile the leading pundit for Don key i Don t think it will affect the party one Way or theol her he replied. Vou re talking about or. Hart s apology no i m talking Aboul Donna Rice s jeans. The May look attractive but icy won t do anything for you in the voting would it have been better if Han had put on the jeans and Donna had publicly apologized on night line i Don l think so. Women voters gel very upset when a Model who sails off with one of their More attractive presidential candidates makes Money out of it i m not saying that you should t Cash in on a political scandal. But if you Lake in Loo far something like this could Hurt the jeans politics sure makes strange publicity stunts i said. We Musl keep this on a serious level Sampson replied. What i m trying to figure out is whether Hart Means it when he says he s oui of the race. Suppose Donna s britches sold awfully Well. Thai would be the nearest thing to a grass roots draft they would look great on a poster together i said. Al the same Lime we can l avoid the possibility lha Gary might try to distance himself from Donna. Sup pose he told All his supporters nol to buy no excuses jeans it could be the Straw Hal broke the Camel Gary s Irving to get his own scandal behind can l do that if he makes Donna s jeans an Issue what he should do when asked about the modelling contract is say he is very Happy Tor Donna although he does t Ever plan to see her to Don t think that s convincing enough. 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