European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 27,1988 the stars and stripes Page 17 la Russa beats Morgan for Al manager prize Bruins Jay Miller brute car Ailien Mike Mcphey s Slick in tuesday night s game surprising Leafs score 4-3 win Over islanders by the associated press un10ndale, . We have a different attitude this season said to Ronto  Ken arc Ggut following the Maple Leafs 4-3 Victory Over inc new York islanders tuesday night. We made quite a few changes during the summer and they were for the better. Before we were Happy to be close. Nil Roundup the nil s Early season scored four goals on four shots in the second period including two by de Ota Cyk. With More Points than any team in the league Isth Maple Leafs now arc unbeaten in five games and have won five straight on the Road. Last year they see nil on Page 22 by Rock Warner new York a Tony la Russa a clubhouse lawyer who piloted the Oak land athletics to a club record 104 Victo Ries and the american league Pennant was named Al manager of the year tuesday by the baseball writers association of America. H was the second time la Russa won the award. He also was honoured in 1983, when he led the Chicago White sox to the Al West title. La Russa 44, edged Boston manager Joe Morgan by 14 Points in balloting by a com Mittee made up of two writers from each Al City. La Russa received 103 Points compared will 89 for Morgan and 37 for Sparky Anderson of the Detroit tigers. I m pleased because everybody needs a Pat on the Back la Russa said. Bui i really believe that the manager of the year is an organizational award. What the writers arc saying is thai the Oakland a s did a Good job.1 la Russa said he was particularly Happy to have won both the writers award and a separate vote taken by play ers during the season. I m fulfilled he said. It s Nice be cause 1 know it was a Good year for Man  la Russa got 15 first place Voles six More than Morgan who took Over the struggling red son at mid season and led inc club to the Al East Lille. The other managers receiving first place Voles were Anderson with three and Milwaukee s Tom Trebelhorn with one. Each first place Vole was Worth five Points. Second place votes were Worth three Points each while a third place vote counted As one Point. The a s improved by 23 victories in 19bb and won the division by 13 games Over the defending world syncs Champi on Minnesota twins. They were favored to win the series but were upset in five games by the los Angeles dodgers. Oakland finished first in the league in pitching with a 3,43 earned ran average second in homers with 156. And third in defense. The a s won a franchise record 14 straight games in april and May and set a Bay area attendance record drawing 2,287,335 fans to the Oakland coliseum. La Russa has a 752-683 record or .524 winning percentage in id seasons As a major league manager. He is the fifth lawyer manager in baseball history joining Monte Ward Hughie Jennings Miller Huggins and Branch Rickey Tony la  award that  u lot of successful managers la Russa was a mediocre player. He had a career Balling average of. 199 in 132 games As a Utility infield or in inc major leagues. A native of Tampa fta., la Russa made h is big league debut at age 18 with the Kan Sas City a s in 1963. He played with Oak land from 1968-71 and finished his career with Atlanta and the Chicago cubs. His managerial career began in 1978 when he look Over the White sox class a team in Knoxville Tenn. The team went 53-25, earning la Russa & promo Tion to Chicago s coaching staff. He was named manager of the White sox1 class aaa Tram in Jowa in 1979 and took Over the Chicago Job in August. The while so finished fifth that year and the next third in 1981 and 1982, and first in 19s3. The while sox were Tii a for first at the All Star break in 1984 before Plum meting to fifth. La Russa was fired after the team finished third in 1985 and started the next season 26-38. U Russa joined the a s on july 7, 986, managing the team to a 45-34 re 1 in nil plans crackdown on use of steroids _. ,.1111 it. _  Tuli the s1nuv a in Ali it Trinh find to i cd 111 tuft Phil by Peter King Neireda Chicago the International anti steroid Fervour hit the National football league tuesday when com missioner Pete Rozelle told club owners that player found using steroids in 19119 would be penalised As severely As those testing positive for illegal drugs. Player who have a second positive test for steroids in next season s training Camp urinalysis will be sus Pended for 30 Days at the Start of the 1989 season. Rozelle said approximately 6 percent of nil players have tested positive for steroids this year. Third time offenders will be banned from the league for a minimum of one year. Those testing positive for the first Lime will be counselled by authorities on sier oids and depending on the severity of the problem possibly will be treated As inpatients or Oul Pauels i m convinced steroids Are bad for the players Rozelle said at the close of the annual fall nil meet Ings. I m convinced steroids keep players from enjoy ing a Good Quality of life after  this was a unilateral decision by roue. He cited arbitrator Richard Kasher s 1987 ruling allowing the league to implement an expanded drug testing policy in revising the league s vague guidelines on steroids. We expect to be challenged legally on most things we do including this Rozelle said. The steroid situation has to be dealt with very seriously said Steve Gutman president of the new York jets. I think the player understand and react to testing steroids Are used by Ahlelei to stimulate Muse growth in Hopes of enhancing performance. But they have serious Side effects including increased hostility and possible St Riliey High blood pressure and cancer. At the Seoul olympics fast month Ben Johnson won inc 100 meters in world record Lime but was stripped of his Gold medal when or tested positive for a steroid banned by the International olympic committee. Rozelle said steroid test ing laboratories used by the nil Are relatively confident about being ate to tool substances used to mask steroid use. Each of the nil s approximately 1,600 player will gel a letter from Rozelle this fall informing him of the new steroid guidelines he said