European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 30,1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary red sox furn frowns upside Down does your Boss treat you like dirt do your kids walk All Over you do you wonder How you re Ever going to pay that electric Bill or get Over the death of your cat that just got run Over is there no Way out Well put a smile on your face a Bounce in your step and the Boston red sox game on your television set. Two weeks ago they were going nowhere and Joe Morgan was along for the ride As a coach. Now they Are racing toward the head of the pack and Morgan who had abandoned All Hope of becoming a major league manager is doing the driving. If the red sox and Morgan could turn hopeless Ness into happiness so quickly Why can t you i certainly think that when you see somebody turn something around it gives you Hope says or. Harvey Dulberg a Boston area sports psychologist. Somebody looks at it and says this is pretty in credible. This is a team that was playing .500 Ball and won 13 out of 14. What can i do to change my life to win 13 out of 14 at whatever i m doing july 14, known As Bastille Day in France to Cele brate revolutionaries attack on a parisian prison 199 years ago was the Day the red sox began improving their lot. John Mcnamara was fired As Man Ager. The Impact was immediate. The red sox won their first 12 games under the More genial Morgan. Mcnamara was t As Friendly with his players or As firm when they stepped out of line. Just ask Jim Rice who was suspended for three Days after a shoving incident with Morgan. They finally lost a game tuesday night in Texas but did t lose their Confidence. They came from behind to win there wednesday night and re turned Home Friday night for a doubleheader with Milwaukee. Despair is temporary. Desire can help erase it. The red sox proved that. You see them playing harder Dulberg said. There Are More dirty uniforms. Part of what they re doing differently is they re pulling together and working harder. Say there s been a death in the family loss a separation. Maybe the remaining people can pull together and say we can do it " but baseball in t real life. A grand slam can wipe out a three run deficit. Even if the Batter strikes out hey it s just a game. Hunger and homelessness can t be wiped out with one blow. But Morgan s Miracle does show that a Bleak out look can at least be brightened. If you Are of that kind of personality that is open to seeing that people with cancer get better said or. Tom Cottle a Harvard psychologist you might just As Well be susceptible to the fact that the red sox have turned it around and each Day you Start anew. It s a terrific lesson that can be drawn from it for those who Are willing to hear  teachers could Benefit from Morgan s techniques. He gives psychological pats on the Back by using virtually All his players and gets Good performances in return. You be got a Bunch of teachers that Are convincing these kids they re no Good. The building s col lapsing. The principal hates the students Cottle said. If i expect my classroom to be a Bunch of stupid morons they will be stupid morons. If i expect them to be people of exceptional potential they will have exceptional  then there s the teacher himself Morgan. He spent 16 years As a minor league manager. He spent the last three As a Boston coach. He spent Little time thinking about the Remote possibility he could be what he is today. At age 57, he is the manager of the hottest team in the majors. It May be Joe Morgan who will be asked to speak at. Every corporation in America about the secret to what he s done Cottle said. If they win the pen Nant Morgan will make More in the first six months of giving talks than he did in the last 10 years in  now turn that frown upside Down and get to work on that Little problem of yours. The associated press raiders get bears Gault for draft picks by the associated press the los Angeles raiders added another Speed Burner to their receiving corps thursday when they acquired former olympian Willie Gault from the Chicago bears for two draft choices. But they still need someone to throw him the Ball. Gault who led the bears with 35 receptions for 705 Yards last year and has caught 184 catches for 3,650 Yards in his five year career was traded to the raid around the Camps ers for a first round pick next year and an undisclosed pick in 1990. He has been holding out and had not reported to the bears Camp in Platteville wis. Bears personnel director Bill Tobin said Gault had indicated to him this might be the time to change  Tobin said the development of second year Man Ron Morris and Rookie Wen Dell Davis made him expendable. Our receivers look very Good out there. I think we have 10 of the finest looking receivers that we be Ever had in Camp Tobin said. The acquisition of Gault a hurdler on the 1980 . Olympic team gives the raiders a relay team at wide receiver. He joins Rookie Tim Brown the Heisman Tro Phy Winner last year and Veteran Jame Lofton a former track Star at Stanford. But the raiders continue to have problems at quarterback. New coach Mike Shanahan says the front runners Are second year Man Steve Beuerlein who spent All of last season uninjured Reserve and has never thrown an nil regular season pass and 33-year-Oldvince Evans who impressed him during the strike replacement games last season. If All else fails there s always 40-year-old, Oft injured Jim Plunkett who sat on the Bench All of last year. And More trades owner Robert Irsay of the Indianapolis Colts who acquired Eric Dickerson last year in one of the biggest trades in of history hinted thursday he May have an other blockbuster Deal in the works. We have some surprises we re work Willie Gault. Had been a holdout ing on Irsay said at a news conference at the Colts training Camp at Anderson University. Asked what kind of surprises Irsay re fused to elaborate other than to say pleas ant ones. Very pleasant big  the Colts biggest Trade came last oct. 31 when Dickerson a perennial pro bowl running Back came to Indianapolis from the los Angeles rams in a three Way Deal that also involved the Buffalo Bills. The Colts have been linked to Trade re mors involving san Diego tackle Jim la Chey and former rams wide receiver Ron Brown who left football to pursue a track career. Brown failed in an attempt to make the . Olympic team during the track and Field trials in Indianapolis last week. Trade speculation was triggered this week by the fact that the Colts still have six unsigned veterans including guard Ron Solt a pro bowl selection last sea son and tackle Kevin Call stalwarts on the right Side of the offensive line. Who me Steve Hamilton who has started just two games since being drafted by the Washington redskins in 1984, suddenly found himself the Center of attention at the redskins Camp in Carlisle a. The redskins lost two defensive ends in one Day wednesday when Dexter Manley received a 30-Day suspension for substance abuse and Markus Koch quit the team to become a Carpenter in Canada. That left Washington with five players at the Posi Tion Charles Mann the starter on the left Side Hamilton and three rookies. Some redskins seemed to think the situation was eased when Manley s sus pension was timed so that he can return for the regular season opener against the new York giants on sept. 5. I m very Happy. I think 30 Days is a Blessing for him said linebacker Monte Coleman said. You know i Don t think we re really  still the spotlight was on Hamilton whose career has been marred by injuries. He did t make his nil debut until the 10th game of his second season after suffering a broken ankle As a Rookie and shoulder and neck problems a year later. Whenever you re put in a situation like this it s your turn to Shine the 6-f9ot-4, 270-Pounder said thursday. It s a big Opportunity for me and i m ready for  innings and axing Strong safety Antonio Gibson ended his four Day holdout with the new or leans saints beginning workouts after signing a one year contract. Coach Jim Mora said he began practice with the first team because he was the starter when he got Hurt last year. Quarterback Don Mcpherson runner up for the Heisman trophy at Syracuse last year joined the Philadelphia eagles after signing two one year contracts wednesday night. His agent Paul Rutig Liano said that Mcpherson a sixth round draft pick was Given fourth round  last year that would have put him in the $100,000 to $ 130,000 Range although this year s Sala Ries for rookies Are slightly higher. Newly signed linebacker Shelton Robin son reported to the Lions Camp knowing he has a Battle on his hands to retain his starting Job at inside linebacker. His main Competition will come from second round draft pick Chris Spielman an All Ameri can from Ohio state. Spielman has been out of practice with a pulled hamstring. The signing last week of Rookie Quarter Back Chris Chandler May be the death blow to Veteran Mark Herrmann s chances of staying with the Indianapolis Colts. Herrmann reacquired by the Colts in a Trade last Spring with the san Diego chargers is convinced his Days Are numbered. The decision has been made. The Only question left to be answered is where i m going to be when the season opens said Herrmann. Two other quarterbacks Joe Pizzo and Sean Salisbury have already been Cut since training Camp opened at Ander son University. The signing of Chandler a third round draft pick from the University of Washington pushed the list of remaining quarterbacks to four. Coach Ron Meyer has said Veteran Gary Hogeboom is the starter. Jack tru Deau who started most of the games the past two years while Hogeboom was out with injuries is the primary backup leaving Chandler and Herrmann battling for the no.3 spot. Bumps and bruises saints punter Brian Hansen was Side lined thursday with a sprained right ankle. He stepped in a Hole on the prac Tice Field. Free safety Devon Mitchell of the Lions will miss at least the first four games of the season As he tries to return from surgery resulting from a 1987 knee injury. Mitchell will remain on the physically unable to perform list