European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 27, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Stanley cup run Neth Over with chomps the National hockey league used to worry Only about the Dew dents and scratches that might appear on inc Stanley cup when the winning players frolicked with the cup in ban clubs Back Yards Nee Racks and bedrooms. The cup has t been stolen at least by strangers since 1970. But now there is a new worry about the most famous and accessible Riporti trophy in Alt Ocanada and inc United Stales while ecologists worry about population Boom and warming climates and rising seas the National hockey league must worry because the Stanley Cupis running out of room. The Bottom bind on the giant trophy has room for Only a few More teams according to Frank Torpey the league s director of Security. I d say maybe 1991," Torpey said the other Day while installing the cup in its place of Honor in he lobby of Boston s Riu Carlton hotel Mack across from the Lush and sunny Public Garden. Some people say we could Lake a band off the lop of the cup Torpey Laid. But i Don l think so. We could aha add a band at the Bottom the Way we be always done. But the cup is gelling big. You d have to have a Rule that captains had to be Over g  As band after band ass been added since 1893, the cup a grown into a 3-foot, 31-Pound trophy that Buckli the Knees of unwary skaters on their first Victory Lour. The Edmonton oilers were not guaranteeing a sweep of the Boston Bruins thursday night but Kevin Lowe has Given a bit of though 10 the Way the cup will spend its summer. We be tried to set a tradition and now we let the younger players have the cup  said the Brig tand fashionable defender who has been on the three Oiler champions. I always bring it Home with me la show it to my friends and neighbors Lowe added Thal i Why i keep moving to show it to As Many people u ican in most ways the National hockey league does nol come close to the production of the super bowl the daily attention for the world series or sensation Al games of pro basketball. It stings a few Barmen from the Balcony losses a pleasant award luncheon thai was held monday and sends the boys out Comuck in the Comer. Is this it asked Glen gather the worldly coach general manager of the oilers As he was ushered into the Poi game press conference in a dark hot Alley of Boston Garden Bui hockey Doo have the Stanley cup 35 or 40 will Wayne Gre Frky i Ouen go cup twiner lift names squeezed into the 17 Square inches allotted per team available for million to Jip Champagne or lesser beverages. There was the hoi summer Day on Lori Island in 1980 when Clark Gillies dog look a drink of water from the cup but it Hai been sanitized since then nothing can Lake away the chips Nicks and scratches that Stem from the league s amazingly lib eral policy of letting the winning learns Lake in Home for the summer or other learns use it for Charity even the trophy was originally just a 7 i by a i i Inch Silver cup presented by lord Stanley the Earl of Preston and governor general of Canada to the champions of the Amateur hockey association Ocanada in 1 893, Stanley never saw the Montreal team win the first cup because he had returned Home to England. Bui then again John Ziegler does t go to All the comes either. Over the years the cup was drop kicked onto the Rideu River in wintertime so it bounced on the ice and was recovered deposited in Cavalier fashion outside Madhouse and even stolen once in 1970. The police had an informer Torpey did. They old a not to worry. Four Days later they gave it Back to us. The chief said it appeared in his drive Way the original Silver cup is secured in the hockey Hall of Fame with a replica atop the one and Only Stanley cup so revered by anybody who played the game i could t skate or drink from it when we won in 1950." recalled Cordie Howe the league s All Tim leading scorer. Tender Kennedy had nil me on the Hud Wii hit tick and i had surgery so i was a sick Puppy when we won it but because i could t drink i had to drive everybody else Home. He the greatest feeling in hockey. You think somebody like Bill cad by played 20-Odd years and never won it i got to or int from it three times after that  uie in his career. Howe jumped to the world hockey association and helped win something called inc Avo cup. One of our owners was holding the cup and he did this does t have any character of it 10 he dropped it on the  after that it had character if not much past or future. But the battered old Stanley cup with its Layen of Over 1,600 names goes on and on. When the canadians won in in 1978, watched Yvon com Oyer and Serge Sinvard skating around those Guys were already on there seven Cir eight times.," recalled Pierre Larouche now nursing his ailing Back with the new York rangers. High Fler the season Guy Fleur look in Homeland his kid was outside pulling Sand in in Larouche added. The most honoured player is Henri Richard of the canadians whose name is engraved 11 limn. When i was holding the cup you could feel All the names Brian Trottier of the new York Island ers once recalled. The names Are Small Bui you con feel them. Your senses Peak. You can hear  crowd was incredible one continuous Roar it was t something thai come up and in pcs. 1 a the Lait one off the  Crew keeps Mears rolling at indy Indianapolis a As Crews put inc finishing touches on the 13 and sunday s Indianapolis 500, the wrenches arc turning just As furiously in pole position starter kick Mears garages in slow qualifier Howdy Holmes Mears Crew headed by chief Mechanic Peter Patron is working perhaps with More intensity than most others Given inc meticulous attention to detail thai has become the trademark of the Penske racing learn. Never mind thai mean set one an four Lap qualifying records and that Leam males Danny Sullivan and Al Unser completed a 1-2-3 Penske sweep across the Iron Row of the starting lineup just became Lime trials arc Over does t mean u s All downhill before the race. Now when the track is closed except for thursday s final two hour practice i when the tool men Cam their pay. We have to make sure we last the Racu. There s a lot to do said Pimm whose credentials Are impressive. Two years ago he won the annual mechanical achievement award As Crew chief formers pole starting car and this year Al ready has won s7.500 in Cash and a52,500 tool Sci for helping put his Driver on inc polt.1. Once we qualify we strip the car Down and go Over it from top to Bottom. We Check everything on the car we can think of to make sure there s no failures in the Nice. Then we put in Back together Hope fully in the stale he qualified it or close Loil Speed is no problem. Mears one Lap record of 220.453 and four Lap Mark of 219.193 proved thai. So did his unofficial record of 222.827 Mph in practice an hour before qualifications began May 14. What Parrot and the Resl of mean Crew is concerned about now is Dur Abili. The two time indy Winner was run Ning u the end of the race in Sia of hit previous to slam but last year he was forced oui after 75 of the 200 laps be cause of a simple broken col wire. Not every possible breakdown can be anticipated before the race bul potential trouble spots can sometimes be spoiled and fund. When you strip a car Down you re looking for potential failures or things thai have failed did Parrot. 43, a a live of England who has worked for Penske since 1975. We be found a few things. Nothing big also what we find with this Mears car we Transfer to he other Unser s an Sullivan s cars Parrot said of the identical Chevy  pci7 Penske race cars. Our goal is to gel one of the cars to the Check ered Flag and this j one Way we can help each other out. If we find something wrong we go Tell the various chief mechanics dive Howell for Unser and Charles Sprague for Sullivan look this a what we found Here. Go look Tor this,., it s a Good system because we Nee input from the entire team payroll said. The Penske team also earned More than 1100,000 for its Drivers starting positions. Moil of it came with mean qualification on the pole he go 127,500 in Cash and a 130,000 Van for winning the pole 115,000 u the fallen lint Day qualifier ,000 for being on the front Row and 110,000 for having the fastest single qualifying Lap. Sullivan who qualified to 26.214mph, and Unser who qualified at 215.270, also won $10.000 apiece for being front Row starters. Among other prizes already Guaran teed arc s15,000 apiece to Jim Crawford As the fastest second Day qualifier Raul Boesel fastest third Day qualifier an Stan Feu fastest fourth Day qualifier. Also 15.000 apiece to Mario Andrei for being ii first Driver to qualify Holmes As the slowest qualifier Rookie Bill Vukovich ii 24, the youngest Quali Fier Dick Simon 54, the oldest Cju lifer and Aric Luyendyk the most consistent qualifier with the fan Lap separated front the slow Lap by just 87-Thoutandlhs Ozone second. Up Phua Polc it str Rick mean one Lap Mark of 220.451