European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. March 4. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 baseball Roundup momentum botox Ace Clemens tries to establish it Roger can a you hate to control the game Brda Veo Hara Winter Haven Fla. A Roper Clemens of inc Boston red  makes winning baseball game sound simple. When Yuti be pot the Ball in your hand you have to control the game lire two time by Young award win Ner said after a recent Battin Pratti e us lug. Clemens who has won 44 games the past to sea sons said that the first thing he tries to do when he lakes inc Mound is establish  if i Don i have my real Good fastball i might even try to punch Mrike Oul a couple of hitlers in get tiling going he added. The 6-Fbor-4 right hander talked of his career and pitching on tuesday while Cooling Down after throwing baiting  for the fifth Lime in he reds training Camp. He said that when he tint came to the red sox in 1984, less than one year oui of the University of Texas i tried to throw the Hall past the hitters Down the Middle of  found Oul you can t do that. No matter How hard you throw you Hove to have off Speed pitches. The breaking Hall makes your fastball much better More  the sen ilk mariners found out about thai in a Gamin april 1986, when Clemens recorded 20 strikeouts. My life has been different since i struck out those30 Hilicus he said. That seemed to get the fans Inlo things. We went on to win the Pennant and i won both to hemp and by Young things just became More hectic. You try to be accommodating. Hut you have to have Lime for your family , who walked out of training Camp and boycotted the exhibition season in a salary dispute last Spring said that it look about the first Sii starts Las year before i Learned to appreciate what i had done in 198 24-4,2.48 Era winning inc by Young again last year was very Gratifying bul 1 really appreciate More what i did in 1986." after rejoining the red sax on the final Day of train inc Clemens started off 4-6. Front mid june he went16-3 for a 20-9 record and 2.97 Era. He Ted the met Jors with seven shutouts and i Al Complete games. The red sox also were disturbed last Spring by the absence of Catcher Rich go Marj who declared for free Agency and could t re sign until May i and Ilic shoulder problems of Dennis Oil can Doyd this year everybody s Here there s no walkouts and everybody s health so 1 fee we had a three week jump in other  Clemens said Clemens who returned to practice after lying to Houston to pick up his family faced Wade  Evans and Jim Riec in working up a sweat while throwing for about 17 minutes in a not sun."1 want to try to get out of inc Gate Strong so i m going right at them in do he said. Wade hit the Hall hard loony but he knows  concern is getting ready and helping the hitters of by throwing strikes. I m throwing Good and my velocity is Good. The fastball is there and i m throwing tie for balt real Good i just have to get my breaking Ball Down but e Don t want to do Loo much Loo soon. I want to keep a few of my pitches in the bag until near the end. After All. You can do an awful lot of things with a fastball. Like you can throw it in eight different places cd omens said that even when he does t have his blazing fastball he thinks he can get hitters nut. There s a big difference in a 90-mile-an-hour fast Ball and a smile an hour fastball. I can gel by he said. And hopefully later in my career when i Don t have the hard fastball i la still Bable to gel hitters Oul with my other  foes of Sempf of deny it to astros Scott by Ben Wal Kerap Buckhall writer kiss1mmee, Fin. Mike Scott expects More scuff checks this year but Houston astros manager Hal lamer in tends to Slop them from the Start. I m planning to talk id the National ? before the season  panic said this week at training Camp. He s been harassed too Mueh. It reached a Point where it was Over the  Scott Olio so Sharp dipping Pill Finger fastball led opponents o charge him with scuffing was searched often by umpires last year he was checked a half Doire limes in some games and nothing was found. He became a Largel Early in the season Wrhen baseball began a crackdown on cheating. Yet other pitchers suspected of doctoring inc Bull such As Rick Kho Dunand Don Simon were rarely checked Scott was 10-3 at the All Star breakout finished just 16-13 with a 3.23 Eam cd run average a full Point higher than when he won the 1986 by Young award. Lanier said the constant interruptions were partly responsible for Scott s Trou ble. I Don t think it bothered Mike Early in lire year Lanier said. But it began to take its loll on him. It would take a toll on anyone who had to put up with what he had  Scott downplayed the frequent com motion ail Hough lie Admi cd it occasionally annoyed him. Every once in awhile it Jot irritating Scott said it would happen five or 5ii times in a game. 1 know the other team is just trying to break my concentration. Some opponent arc louder than others. The new York mels complained that Scott cheated throughout inc 1986 frequent visitor accused of scuffing the baseball by Young award Winner Mike Scolf la often to Slid to Gin the Ball up for examination. Stau shown Here hiding questions from Umpire John Kelbler but september concedes that the  Gat irritating at dates but season but Chr tags if Mii imm Mutl to see b Ball Lity can see  playoffs the los Angeles dodgers raised a few Early last season after being shut out and 1hcn