European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 17,19b9 the stars and stripes Page 21 commentary lingering summer voices Bond past of the present Aynor Manchado the Washington Post for Vin Scully this is his 40th year broadcasting dodgers baseball for Jack Buck his 35th doing St. Louis cardinals games Tor Ernie Harwell his 30th with the Detroit tigers. They Cut through the heat on a Midsummer s night soothing sounds and familiar faces to generations of fans and part of a baseball tradition that links announcer and team like no other sport. Scully 61, Buck 65, and Harwell 71, arc in the broadcasting Wing of baseball s Hall of Fame. Along with sex Jock Phil Rizzuto who has been associated with new York Yankees Broad casts for 33 years they have announced with the same clubs longer than anyone else today. Longevity entrenches you there Al. Most entrap you said Buck. In baseball the no. 1 play by play announcer becomes More than just a radio voice he s a spokesman for a team s fans and often identified with a franchise More than any player. Throughout the years earlier and later contemporaries of Cully Buck and Harwell have become cultural icons in their communities from Mel Allen and red Barber and Jack Brickh Csc and Harry Caray and Russ Hodges and Arch Mcdonald and Bob Prince and Chuck Thompson to Marty Brennaman and Ken Coltman and Ernie Johnson and Harry Kalas and Jon Miller. Once a baseball broadcaster be comes the no. 1 voice he usually stays for a Long Long time and takes on an irreplaceable Aura. When a popular no. I announcer leaves or worse when he is forced out his successor often finds an audience reluctant to embrace a new voice. Buck Felt this in St. Louis. Hell i had to follow Harry he said As in the irrepressible Harry Caray who was the cardinals no. 1 voice when buc started. Caray another broadcast Hall of Famor was fired after the 1969 sea son after a 25-year run in St. Louis and Buck stepped into the no. 1 scat. They did some picketing in front of the Ballpark when Harry got fired top of the charts Vin Scully Jack Buck Tell icon baseball announcers who have the longest tenure win in Indhar dual duo announcer to Tom  dodgers 1950 Wjk Kozui cans als -19mphafllmuto Yankees 19s7 Ernie Harwell tuners 1960mils 196 Ralph   son  Johnson mais Poe indians Hod so braves by missed it card mls i960 season. 1963 19631966 1966 Buck recalled. It takes people time Roget used to you. But it did t take Long. You be got to get Over that Hump and people accepted  of course Caray who is baseball s senior broadcaster having started in1945 now is irreplaceable to Chi Cago cubs fans who one Day might make it Tough on Caray s successor. Won in Chicago and Knox in St. Louis were talking to me a couple of years ago about jobs recalled Jon Miller the orioles gifted radio voice since 1983. All i could think was the Baltimore situation has been Good and i m reaping the benefits finally of some relative longevity if i go to St. Louis i d hear about Buck. If went to Chicago. Harry is like King. Each time you go to a new City basically the reaction is at first Well who the hell Are you even some of baseball s finest Broad casters have been walloped by being in the wrong place at the wrong time Lindsay Nelson replacing ton Sim Mons in san Francisco Milo Hamilton replacing Bob Prince in Pittsburgh. Harwell worked for the Brooklyn dodgers 1948-49the new York giants 1950-53 and the Baltimore Ori Oles 1954-59 before settling in with Detroit in 1960. By. His second year with the tigers he said i got the feel ing i was going to stay. Interest in the team was so High and i Felt Comfort  cementing Harwell As a Tiger radio tradition other than his wonderful voice and manner were the facts that he stopped broadcasting any thing but baseball after 1963 an stopped doing to games Afler 1965. Curiously when Harwell switched new York clubs in 1950, he was re placed in Brooklyn by Scully which began the longest association Between announcer and franchise in baseball history. Scully was just 22 when he joined red Barber and Connie Des mond in the Booth and when the dodgers went to los Angeles in 1958, Scully went West too. Scully essentially brought big league baseball there rare scenario that ensconced him into the los Angeles landscape. When i came to los Angeles. I was a newcomer to be sure Scully said but to the fan i was just the fellow who did the dodgers games. I was fortunate that the transistor radio was necessary because the average fan in . 31 years ago knew the stars the Willie Mayss but not the rank and file. Plus the coliseum was t a goo place to watch a game. So it was Only natural they would bring these Transis Tor radios As an Aid to watching the game and learning the  although Buck and Scully have done extensive network announcing they be remained local baseball broadcasters first. I Don t think i can find a better Job than the one 1 have said Buck who was fired in late 1959 and replaced on cardinals broadcasts by Bud Blattner but returned in 1961. I never thought of anything else other than just holding onto it Scully said. More than just holding on Scully Buck and Harwell have held Forth voices for All seasons. Purdue s Gene ready. Bringing stars to Europe . Team facing cuts West Lafayette ind. A coach Gene Cady preparing the . Men s basketball team for the world University games was to make the final cuts after an exhibition wednesday against a Lafayette aau squad. The americans will Start play in the world games in Duisburg West Germany on aug. 23 against Brazil then face eng land and Poland on successive Days. We have to get the squad Down to 12, so Well be looking to Cut two people Cady said monday. The main thing is to play International rules and get More accustomed to  the american squad which include Purdue s Tony Jones and Stephen schemer Indiana s Lyndon Jones and Notredame s Laphonso Ellis was 19 play the Lafayette hustlers wednesday night. The team began two a Day practices last wednesday. Others still on the team arc Travis Mays a guard from Texas Stacy aug Mon Forward univ Stephen Thomp son Forward Syracuse Dale Davis for Ward Center Clemson Matt Bullard Forward Iowa Victor Alexander Center Iowa state Steven Smith guard Michi Gan state Mark Randall Forward Center Kansas Jud Buccal or Forward Arizona and Larry Johnson Center univ. Those Cut were Trevor Wilson for Ward Urcla Adam be Csc Forward Stanford Marc Brown guard Siena Matt Muehlebach guard Arizona an Deldridge Recasner guard Washington. On Many staffs summer s sight is sore arms b Hillel Italie new York a in baseball injuries to pitch ers Are As inevitable As the weather and just As hard to predict. They can Start with just a twitch in the shoulder a slight pain in the Elbow. Maybe some tight Ness after working in cold weather. Every Pitcher prays a sore Arm is just a sore Arm. Take Dwight Gooden 24, who this season became the third youngest Pitcher in Modem history to win 100 games. On a Rainy night in june Gooden was relieved after working six shutout innings against the Chicago cubs. Just a Little stiffness the new York mets right hande insisted maybe the wind or something bothered him. Manager Darcy Johnson assured reporters that pull ing his Ace was simply a precautionary measure better Safe than sorry. By the Start of july however Gooden was on the disabled list. Doctors had spotted a slight muscle tear in his right shoulder and said he could miss 3-4 weeks. More than a month later Gooden still in t Back and won t be anytime soon. Throwing a lot of innings does t necessarily cause damage it s pitching while tired that creates the Poten tial for abuse stated Craig Wright a statistician who collaborated on the Diamond appraised a Book which examines Why Young pitchers suddenly develop Arm problems. One of the most overlooked facts is that the dam age will not necessarily show for Many Many years. I think this is True for Gooden. You re just now seeing she actual injury but i saw the drop in his effective Ness come quite a while ago. He was pitching very very hard As a teen Ager. He was pitching very deep in his  Wright however did not anticipate the troubles of Boston s Roger Clemens who just turned 27. When the right hander was shelled by the Detroit tigers on aug. 4 of last season no one gave it a second thought. After All Clemens had always struggled against de troit and he was still 15-6, a Good bet to win his third straight by Young award. In his next Start Clemens was beaten 3-2, tagged for a Home run by Milwaukee s Joey Meyer in the ninth inning. No problem could happen to anybody. But when Detroit rocked him again five Days later people started to ask questions. The team physician examined Clemens and found a slight muscle Strain in his left  the Pitcher con fessed he had injured himself two weeks earlier mov ing furniture at Home. Since then Clemens has been a .500 Pitcher and is now plagued by a slight muscle tear in his right Elbow. There s a lot of denial that goes on said former Yankees Pitcher Jim Bouton author of the controversial Best seller Ball four and a victim himself of Arm problems. A bad Arm can taint the happiest memories. In 1976, Rookie Mark the Bird Fidrych won 19 games for the Detroit tigers and electrified crowds with his enthusiasm even talking to the Ball on the Mound. But soon the right hander was muttering to himself. When Arm problems began Early next season the Pitcher received letters from chiropractors osteopaths and acupuncturists. One hypnotist insisted Fidrych was sub consciously restraining his delivery. The Bird was out of the majors at age 26, the victim of a damaged rotator cuff. You fear that every shoulder pain is the rotator cuff or an Elbow problem is tendinitis Bouton explained. "1 was always rotating my Arm Over my head. I woke up in the morning to see How it Felt. You can t work without your tools. How can Arm problems be prevented everybody s got a theory. Wright suggests that pitchers under 25, whose arms arc still developing should not be worked too hard. Bouton recommends throwing every other Day keep the Muscles relaxed. Tanana believes m Rig Orous conditioning and a willingness to turn Down the  is a decision that someone like Gooden or Clemens will have to face said Frank Tanana a for Mer Power Pitcher who had to adjust to finesse after an Arm injury. They had better take caution because they re running the risk of blowing out their arms and shortening their careers. Hopefully their team management will see this and work with them on