European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. May 21. 19bb the stars and sth1pes Paga 23 commentary athlete worshipping can be risky the imprisonment of Joe Epilone on drug charges is an Olber example of Why sports Vansand particularly parents should not expect every ath Lete to be a hero. There was not a More likeable enjoyable Yankee than Joe pen when he was in a Good mood. He willingly play Lelm role of inc Buffoon basking in in came of being the first major league player to carry a hair dryer with him on the Road. And he could play Ball it Wai a mistake in the 60s for parents to Tell their children eat your Carrot and you la grow up to be cd  even then he was undermining his marriage running up Bills mining his  of us in the press tried to run consumer Wani in paragraphs about Joe Pep. Whether the fans wanted to hear it was their business. On monday Joe Pep began serving a Fiji Mon sentence for Possession of Quaal Udes and narcotics paraphernalia. His supporters say he is being imprisoned because he is Joe Pipitone bul acting Newyork state supreme court Justice Allan Mamis merely expressed sad new at seeing a former Yankee go to  did not Send Pipitone to jail because he was a Yankee the Way . Magistrate j. Milton Sullivant did in Kansas City in i9b3, when he sen four royals away because they were royals saying they had enjoyed a special place in our society.," those four royals did not deserve that reverse glorification but Ephone is being treated As a private citizen who broke the Lav. Still there Are always fans who Are stunned to Fin their sports heroes Are nol necessarily Belier than the rest of the population. At a recent gathering in Salisbury n.c., some of the otherwise worldly Resi dents seemed shocked to discover that Mickey Mantle was surly and sleepy during his Token appear Ance at a Charity event. The trick is to not be taken in by the commercials and the promotions. It is big business 10 turn athletes into heroes. Admire athletes for what they obviously can do on the Field. After that As the used to soy in the colosseum in Rome caveat Emp Lor. South Africa is a country Well deserving of the International condemnations and sanctions aimed at its racist institutions. But having said that an Amer ican would like to express a bit of revulsion for the recent hounding of Zola Budd who had been pursuing a running career with a British passport. It is possible that one feels sympathy for Budd because she is tiny and female because she has Al ready suffered Fay becoming entangled with Mary Decker during the 1984 summer game. But her precarious to Finical role would be no different if she were a Brawny mole shot Putter trying to win an olympic medal with All the attendant rewards or course. Faced with threatened Boycotts by african nations the British athletic Board was under pres sure from the International Amateur Allelic federation to suspend Budd for a year after she had made some misguided appearances at sports events in South Africa. She look everybody off the Hook by returning to South Africa apparently suffering exhaustion and depression. And Why we Utun t she of Budd was trying to forge a life As an Eile because of the pariah status of her Home country. She i hardly an advocate of apartheid. But she was Pur sued As a highly visible and vulnerable Symbol of South Africa. Monitoring the blatant abuses in South Africa is a valuable service but forcing a la Budd off the track became a smut Rae operation bringing glory or dignity to nobody making nothing better in South Africa. Saying he is a bit old to rebuild a basketball pro Gram at a different school. Bobby Knight has decided to stay on at Indiana rather Ihan move to new Mexico. By remaining. Knight has set up an inevitable crisis in the Suic. The net Lime he does something repugnant nol that far off by his timetable Knight will be Pilling the new president of the University Square against the basketball whack of. The old president John Ryan used 10 Duck when Ever Knight tangled with police officers made re Marks about puerto Rico or women Humilia cd his players fought with fans or threw chairs. Bul Knight has been chastised twice by the new president Thomas Ehrlich once for pulling his team off inc court against inc soviet Union once for making a glib reference to rape. Like All bullies. Knight does nol take Well to being controlled. Will Ehrlich discipline him the Nett Lime Knight acts out will the fans become mini knights if their coach is penalized the Best thing for Indi Ana to break free of this subservient relationship to a basketball coach would have been for Knight to take the Job in new Monico. Jacques  us did not necessarily err in idling Bob Probert and Clr Klima play far inc de troit red wings in their Stanley cup game last wednesday after they had been spotted drinking at 2 . It was Hii judgment that inc team and the fans needed the two it ayes even if Bung Over. Now that the red wings have been eliminated they must make the hard decision about Probert who has attended four alcoholism treatment centers in the past two Yean. Most addiction aspens agree that men in partic ular can Only be reached when they Are threatened with the loss of their primary identity their jobs. To release Proben might be the kindest thing the red wings could do for him. Scoreboard from Page 22 jew my 143 it a j 17 34z i4f 129 23 4 1-13 344 171 144 197 0 m 0 j 12 3 t s i a a it 3 s h31 t 3 is 1 1 1 11 2 2 5�. 1i 1 ? Ftp in to 7? 19 1 4 6t3 apr Sasho h 149 7� 3 join in 2 thursday minors remits aaa Alt Taiwan Amoco t Toh i wino i. Flock Man 4 144 417 kit 1?p is 1 . 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