European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 02, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. June 2, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Connie notary pro football finding Way to Europe Bucky Fox if Mike White and Bill Granholm forgot where they Verc wednesday president Bush re minded Ihm. Now there s a new no. I the Rhein main Rock  Bush told the hag waving mass on Rhein Mam s flight line. The president was referring to the 1988 Safe foot Ball champions. Little did he know that the rockets coach. Warren Stanley was in the crowd As were a couple of other football organizers White and Gran Holm both working for the National football league. The while Granholm team was in the Frankfurt area to research the 1990 Kickoff of the worldwide american football league. Yet before Bush mentioned Rhein main White and Granholm might be thought they were in Spain. Their travel has been that dizzy. White the former Illinois coach landed May 24 in Frankfurt. Two Days later he was in Paris two Day Slater in London to rendezvous with Granholm who had flown in from Tokyo. The duo returned to Frankfurt with plans to hit Milan and Paris again then Barcelona. While White Granholm runs a two minute Drill through Europe Tex Schramm and Joe Bailey arc also speeding across the continent. Schramm the former Dallas general manager who is president of the Wall and Bailey out of the nil office have been doing Frankfurt Paris Madrid Milan Barcelona shuffle. For what for this new Spring football league. The Wall will open next april with 12 teams in new York and London for sure and possibly in Frankfurt or Munich Milan or Rome Madrid or Barcelona or Paris Montreal and Mexico City plus other . Towns. That s a Load of territory to cover in the next few months. This Schramm Bailey White Granholm gang Hopes to present a game plan to the nil own ers by this summer. That plan might include stadiums local ownership to coverage and transportation not to mention a to game schedule with a playoff system climaxing around july 4. If White thought rebuilding the Illinois program from rubble was Lough he s now involved in building a football league from stubble. The logistics and politics alone Are Complex enough. Think of flying All those players and equipment Back and Forth across the Atlantic twice a season. Think of dealing with German stadium groups paranoid about football cleats touching their soccer Fields. So who s the party Poopor not White. He Toots Happy Horn about How this Wall will feature mean pro football players. This is no German american league or Fader Zionc Italiana american football. This is a legitimate nil sanctioned Spring league said White. I think it la have High Quality football  talking shop Rhein main football coach Warren Stanley left pm athletic director Doug Stanley and nil executives Bill Granholm and Mike while. That Means nil Type dudes playing within driving distance. Maybe a Steve Young quarterbacking for Frankfurt. Or a Charles White making the comeback Al running Back for London. Or a just missed Redskin Rookie catching on with Milan. Are there that Many football players yes. The nil cuts tons of football Talent every summer and you saw How that Talent surfaced immediately during the 1987 strike. Then there arc Guys Lik Young the backup to Joe Montana at san Francisco who might want the Spring experience. How will the players find their teams one play Book has 500 players lining up in Indianapolis right after the nil season. The Wall which will have already hired coaches will dish out the players equally said White among the 12 teams. Said White the league will actually own the  their salaries will be fixed to their position. Quarterbacks throughout the Wall will make the same linebackers the same maybe bratwurst Ven Dors the same. The Wall might even make room for local Guys. If the league wants Italy s Star Light end on Milan s roster he s in. If the league wants Rhein main s stud safety to play for Frankfurt he s in. That s the dream of the league getting local Talent said White. White knows about turning dreams into Success. He coached the 1975 California Golden bears to a l Acific-8 co championship their first title of any kind in 17 years. In i980 he moved to Illinois where the Zillini had gone 6-24-3 the previous three seasons. By 1983, Illnois was a big ten Champion for the first time in 20 years. In Between those jobs he helped found the Japan bowl. White left Illinois after a 3-7-1 record m 1987. He moved Back to his native California to join pro scout incorporated which dissects pro Talent for its 11 nil clients. Last Winter while applied for the head coaching Job with the san Diego chargers an nearly got it. Brent Musburger reported at halftime of the lbs radio broadcast of the super bowl that White had the Job. He was wrong. The chargers hired Dan Hon neg the former Atlanta  know this Man of 53, who started coaching in 1958, had to feel sacked by the Charger rejection. A White said with a smile was i m glad i was consid  White also said i love  he loved coaching three future nil quarterbacks at Illinois Dave Wilson saints Tony Eason i patriots an Jack Trudeau Colts. He loved coaching Joe Roth whom he called his Best Bat Cal and who died of cancer soon after the 1976 season. He remembers his biggest thrill coaching against Alabama in Bear Bryant s last game the i982 Liberty bowl which the tide won 21-15.will White coach in the Wall i Don t know he waffled. He s Busy enough trying to help a league invade Europe. That should be no problem for Gran Holm who landed in Europe on a Day 45 years ago. Then again even Granholm needed a presidential Compass Reading this week. Tha sure and St pct motorcycle racism Roberts still in fast Lane Kenny Roberts right advises rider Wayne Rancy before final qualifying for the 1988 German grand prix at nor Burgering. By Randy Barnett motor sports editor when King Kenny Roberts retired from the dangerous sport of motorcycle racing after winning three Soock world championships he did t retire in the Ordinary sense by any Means. His retire ment meant simply going in another direction within the High Speed world of motorcycle racing. During his illustrious career he be came the first american Ever to win the Soock world Crown in 1978and remade it three in a Row with titles follow ing in 1979 and 1980. When Roberts competed in world championship grand prix racing he was blazing a Trail for other americans. In his Era he was the Lone american racing against the Best riders from Europe Australia and South America. And he beat them All. After Roberts opened the door the Soock grand prix scene has never been the same where american riders Are concerned. In the past 12 years americans have missed out on world titles Only in 1981, 82 and 87, and an american is almost certain to win the Soock Crown again this year. And the Man favored to win it is Wayne Raine of Norwalk calif., a Rob erts prot cd. When Roberts of Modesto calif., announced his retirement in 1984, it seemed a certainty thai he would not leave the sport altogether. And of course he did  raced on Yamaha cycles Dur ing his entire career it was Only natural that Roberts would form his own Yamaha team and this he did in 1984, Puiu a together a 250cc team with Raincy u3 englishman Alan Carter As his riders. In 1985, Roberts made it a Soock out fit with California riders Randy Mamola and Mike Baldwin the learn made Prog Ress with Mamola winning a few races. Then last year Roberts brought in new younger and More dedicated riders see Roberts on Page 26