European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday May 4,1983 phils suffer As Rowley Battes skid i ai1 Many considered pitching a question Mark fur inc Friia Dophia Phillies this sea son. But the real put scr is the per in nil id Fame toting Streak of their pc Miniad Ace. Shane Ravsky. Instead of the to Cal hander pulling along 3 struggling pitching staff. Raw Luj is o-5 Wuh a 4.50 Era. About a full earned run higher thin the staffs overage Rowley s ineffectiveness and the absence thus far of injured bullpen Star Steve Bedrosian. The 1987 no by Young award Winner have punctuated the Phillies woeful Start at the Bottom of the Leasi. I be been gelling some pitches up and it seems like one pitch keeps beating said ratty who gave up six hits and five earned runs in five innings sunday in a 9-5 loss to Atlanta Kalcy was among inc front runners for the by Young last year with a 17-fi Mark before losing his last five decisions of the season. He has not won in his last 13 stans. It s frustrating. 1 feel Good pm Vii tally. But i just have to keep fighting at it Rowley said. I m getting the Hall up constantly and that s a Battle. There Are limes i be thrown pitches that have been nil for Home runs this year thai have been popped up in inc past. You wonder when the Breaks arc going to Start going your poor defense a Lack of runs and bad Breaks for the last place Phillies Haven t helped. But Rowley is making his own mistakes. He is nol throwing the Ball badly he is just falling behind Loo Many hit ters and he s not keeping the Ball Down pitching coach Claude Osteen said. What shone has to do is go oui and pitch a gome with Tunnel vision in which he sees Only the Hitler inc Catcher and himself. He s got to Slop worrying about everything else about whether we re going to nil for him about whether Well catch the Ball be Hind him about cheap hits hurling him he s letting too Many things bother him other than the pitching. He has enough to win bul hell throw Well to two hitlers and then let the third gel on and things Fri in Seltzer in t used to ridding plays such As this one his 24 errors in 87 lied for second Rosl in the Al. Seltzer s Glove s As loud As his Bat by Ronald Blum associated press writer he Calls himself a Clang monster. The clan Mansler of Kansas City. I used to be a Good fielder in Lille league and High school Kevin Silt to said. I Din l know what happened. Now i m just a clan monster Seiner made 24 errors last year which tied him with Alfredo Griffin for second place in the american league one behind Luis Quinones the league Leader. His 22 errors Ai third base led Ideal. In the Kansas City clubhouse last week Seltzer was talking about his Fielding. I try to Lake 10 minutes of ground ers every Day he said. I just have to work on it. 1 guess i Lake my eyes off the Boll and Tiai s How in happens. I think i see the Ball Good. I just have to keep on Fielding is just about All that Seiner needs to work on. George Brett s Succes Sor at third base put up some by Clotian numbers in his Rookie season. He batted .323 with 207 hits the first Rookie with 200 hits since Tony Oliva and Richie Allen in 1964 and the 13th Ever. He had s9 multiple hit games including a 6-for-6 night aug. 2 against Boston with two homers and seven runs batted in. He was 3-for-4 on opening Day 1987 and hit in 20 of the royals first 28 games last season Starling Al first base after Steve Balboni got Hurt and moving to third when Brill went on the disabled list. By mid a Casio. It Wai Clear he nol Only was an everyday player bul also Gol a hit nearly every Day 126 out of 161, to be exact. Four Hundred of his friends celebrated his career with a Kevin Switzer night last aug. 3d Al Comiskey Park in Chicago about 200 Miles from his Hometown in Lincoln 111. Seitzer rising to the occasion got three hits including his first career grand slam which Catcher Larry Owens his Roommate Al the Lime retrieved. He batted .343 after the All Star break and finished with 15 homers and 83 Rols. His .323 average for the sea son was sixth in inc Al bul he had been used to a loftier Perch. In his first four professional seasons he finished fourth in Balling in the Pioneer league South Atlantic league Florida state league and the american association. He finished 1987 with a it arc hit Ting Streak. He s Balling .330 this year and had a 13-game Hilling Streak until it was snapped sunday. As he made his Way through the minor leagues royals officials were confident septic a cd Ltd hit. They just did t know where to put him. In 1984, Al Charlestown . Of the Sally league he was moved to third base full Lime. He made 50 errors one Short of the league record. I did t want to be there he said of his new position. I could t do the Job. I kept kicking the Ball he reduced his errors to 19 and 12 in his last iwo minor league seasons. But then came the increase last year prompting his self proclamation As the a Longan Osier. What i aptly is a clan monster someone asked. You know he laughed someone who does t Field Kentucky recruit denies seeking handout Lexington by. A University of Ken Lucky basketball recruit Shawn Kemp on monday de Nied a report that he was looking for a handout when he visited Indiana University. That s ridiculous. I never had any interest in any thing under the table Kemp told the South Bend ind Tribune former Indiana player Rick Call Wiy said Kemp wanted to know what he could get if he decided to play with the hoosiers. His main question just was do you get things do they kick you All out give you kickbacks old him naw cuz a week after we won the National championship it was just like a regular Day " Callo Woy said sunday in a Telephone interview Wuh the Louisville courier journal. Kemp did t really soy anything specifically about Money or a car said Callaway a Junior who is trans Ferring to Kansas after this school year. He just wanted stuff. He Kepi saying you All Don t gel nothing 1 know you re lying. He was looking for a hand out Kemp said Mon Day he did not even talk � Calloway Dur ing the recruit s offi Cial visit to Indiana. Kick was t even my Host Jay Edwards and Lyndon Jones were he said. All this Bolh ers me. It s starting to make me and my family look bad. I m starting to gel licked off. I m not sure where they got any of this stuff. From my Side none of this is Calloway said Jones and Edwards were Kemp s Stu Dent hosts but thai he was with the three through most of the visit. Ca Towny also said he did nol understand Kemp s denial. If that s Whai Shawn wants to say Fine. 1 have nothing against Shawn. I m not out to get him. All i did was Tell them reporter whal happened. If 1 had this to do All Over again i probably would t have said anything. All i want to do is finish this week at id and gel out of Here. 1 have no other comments to make about the Calloway said he told Kemp he would regret it if he look Money to play for a school. I could have taken Money when i came out Calloway said. But i did t want to be a piece of meal. I said he would have to live with thai if he Kemp did not brooch the subject of Money to the in coaching Shaft Calloway said. I know the first thing that would have happened if he had said that to coach Bobby Knight coach would have said gel the hell out of Here
