European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 29, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary where s Fife beef try fhe nil you could Call it the National rubber league. You could that is if you want a fat fist in your face. National football league players Are big yes. Huge yes. I mean when you hear High school and military football players in Europe aiming for pro Ball give them two words of advice forget it. That 230-Pound lineman might seem big in the Pitburg Ramstein game but he would t plug a Hole in the Miami san Francisco game. The dolphins and 49ers Are in London this week preparing for sunday s 6 . Date at Wembley stadium. They re practising at London s Crystal Palace sports Center and if you catch their act you get the Point. Those dudes Are behemoths. Gary Hulsey 6-foot-5, 286 pounds. Greg Johnson 6-4, 295. Louis Cheek 6-6, 295. Those Are just Miami rookies. Baby dolphins. The 49ers boast their own Rookie Mountain. He s Larry Clarkson who dents the scale at 6-7, 303. He s an offensive tackle out of Montana the University not the quarterback. His Mission is to protect Joe. So is Paris the tackle not the City. That s Bubba Paris whose 6-7, 306-Pound Frame roughly measures up to the Arch of Triumph. Did someone mention the National blubber league absolutely not to his face. When i asked pans if he liked being the biggest Guy on the team he responded offensively do you like being the bal dest Guy in your office and that was off an innocent question. Bucky Fox so no Bubba Paris does not play blubber Ball. His monstrous body actually displays decent definition. His thighs remind you of Redwood City where the liners train. His head alone would have trouble fitting into a Bay area rapid transit Tunnel. I would love having Paris size. No one would push me aside. Least of All those women at the local meat counter. Since i rephrased the question Paris replied it is neat for me to be the biggest on the 49ers because i know How to use it a lot of people have problems being big. Not me. I like to master being  Paris 27, has had a Long time to master it. He remembers standing 6-5, 264 As a 15-year-old in Louisville by. He took his bulk to Michigan where he helped to Schembechler to his Only Rose bowl Victory in january 1981. The big Guy joined the 49ers in 1982 and has been a starting offensive tackle since 83. Now he s a Tower of London. He filled that towering Torso with French and italian food his first two nights along the thames. But before you think Paris is burning up London s last food reserves he insists some people like me eat the same As every one but Are still  then there Are people who eat tons More and weigh tons More. Like William Perry. The Chicago tackle has regularly raided his own refrigerator which pushed him to the 380 or so pounds that got him into a diet clinic. Paris feels fortunate he s so much taller than Perry i m 6-7 he s 6-feet tall on his tiptoes. I m built differently. Those extra seven inches occupy his  Paris advice for fridge Don t make him feel  another 49er in London nose tackle Michael car Ter offered this for Perry seriously think of your future in the nil. He s got to get under 300. He must Start now addressing the situation. I ate As much As anybody but i had to take it  Carter who stands 6-2, weighed 333 pounds in 1985. I kind of hid it from the coaches until after the season he said of his first pro bowl season. I just stayed Quick off the  Carter 27, was listed at 285 last season his Sec Ond pro bowl Campaign. He says he actually weighed Over 300, then bulged to 330 by March. That s when i went on a strict diet. I went from 330 to 284 by july said Carter. I stayed away from fats and sugar. I went one week with meat one week away from meat. If i had meat it was tuna and Turkey. I feel quicker. My strength is up. I have More strength than i had during the olympics of 84, when he won a Silver medal in the shot put in London Carter says he s sticking to pasta Sal ads and fruit. That s so no one Calls him fat. As if anyone would dare. The stars and stripes feisty Irvin having knockout preseason the associated press Dallas wide receiver Michael Irvin and san Diego defensive Back Elvis Pat Terson got into a fight during a scrim Mage that had them rolling on the dirt track in a swirl of dust at California lutheran College. It was Irvin s second fight in As Many scrimmages. Last thursday he was involved in a Brawl with a los Angeles raiders defensive Back. Irvin s a marked Guy club president around the Camps Tex Schramm said wednesday. They All want to take a shot at him. He s got to learn not to  Irvin the cowboys first round draft pick out of the University of Miami was tackled out of Bounds by Patterson who got the Short end of the ensuing fisticuffs. Dallas running Back Herschel Walker finally broke it up. Mike was justified because it was t his fault but he still must learn not to react because he could break a  Schramm said. Pain in the Back As if Karl Nelson has t had enough problems he s now got his coach on his Case. Nelson a starting tackle for the new York giants in the team s super bowl year missed last season while battling Hodgkin s disease. The disease was diagnosed when Nelson was sidelined by shoulder problems that required surgery. The 28-year-old Nelson has fought his Way Back from those troubles. But he has t impressed giants coach Bill Parcells during training Camp. Parcells has criticized Nelson s performances All week. I told him this morning Parcells said wednesday i m tired of coaching you. I got this whole team to coach. I m spending too much time with you " Parcells claims Nelson is protecting his left shoulder from which Bone chips were removed last january. Up sex Miami Hurricane now Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin has Stormy preseason. I can t make him do it Parcells said. He has to want to do it. But right now he s Only doing it half the time. You Don t get Gold medals for trying hard. I be got to find out this week if he can do it Parcells said of Nelson whom he called his Best offensive lineman when the giants won the 1987 nil title. I be got to find out before he gets in a game because if he does t do it in a game his Confidence will be  Nelson s absence and inconsistent play by other offensive linemen contributed mightily to the giants fall to 6-9 last season. It s easy to say stick your shoulder in there " Nelson said. But it s easier said than done. I m consciously trying to use it. I took some Good pops on it. But there Are times i favored  sign Ungs Randall Cunningham became the Rich est player in eagles history when he signed a three year contract. Wide receiver Mike Quick two years ago signed for the previous High $750,000. Cunningham the Man who throws the Ball to Quick in one of the most dangerous pass catch combinations in the game had sought $ 1 million plus per  m being compensated for what i m Worth said Cunningham who passed for 2,786 Yards and 23 touchdowns and ran for 505 Yards last year. My Overall goal was to be paid among the top quarterbacks. I am. So what i wanted i  this is a football team on the Rise and a major portion of that team is ran Dall Cunningham general manager Harry Gamble  signed defensive tackle Doug Smith who played in All 15 games last season including 13 starts. He had 47 tackles and 3 /2 quarterback sacks. Detroit reached agreement with line Backer Shelton Robinson on a two year contract. Robinson now in his third year in Detroit after five seasons with Seattle was the Lions third leading Tacker last  was one of those situations where i did t have a contract signed so i could t come to Camp he said. I had my mind on keeping myself in shape and being mentally and physically prepared to  Chris Godfrey signed with the giants. Godfrey who came to the giants from the Usel in 1984, has been a starter the past three , worried about the sudden retirement of placekicker Roger Ruzek signed Eric Schubert who has kicked for the patriots giants and cardinals. Jet set there was a Rumor that Mark Gasti Neau s Friend Brigitte Nielsen might show up at the new York jets training  since she did not it fell to two defensive linemen to provide a fashion statement for the National football league team and a photo  Lyons the loth year defensive end out of Alabama and Gerald Nichols the second year nose tackle out of for Ida state showed up wednesday with shaved Heads and both insisted that they had neither made a pact nor lost a bet