European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 18, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary Pitburg a fhe cold without hot Harp if you think it s hot in fatigues Ponder Shoul Der pads and a football helmet. No wonder Tough Guys like Sembach defensive end Stan Moody suffered from heat exhaustion in Safe s Continental sports conference opening weekend. Some hot items As the season faces week 2 sad to see the Dwayne Harp Era end at Pitburg. Europe s flashiest football player of the 1980s made his retirement official by telling Barons coach Ernie Treubig personally monday. Harp s flight further leaves Pitburg hanging. This hanker running Back scorched Safe Fields for 44 touchdowns from 1984 to 87. He was the Csc most valuable player in 198s. His clutch catches helped Pitburg win Safe in 1987, and his encore paced the Csc All stars to a 20-16 Triumph Over the . All stars. In 1988. Harp was the Only offensive spark in Tilburg s miserable 2-6 season. The Barons did t look much better when they lost quarterback Bert Chew this summer. Still Harp wanted to rejoin the team upon his return from stateside leave in july. As he tells it he called team mates during a Layover in Mildenhall and discovered the coaches had asked the Baron players to vote whether to accept Harp. They had voted yes but Harp was Hurt by the idea of a vote. He said Good Bye football. I wanted to play. I was in the greatest shape said Harp 28. But it s the principle. A vote after All my years of playing for Pitburg was morally wrong. The coaches Shoul Jve decided. Treubig contends he wanted Harp Back even after he had missed much of summer training. But i explained to the players that Means one of you will be Cut said the coach. So he let the team vote. Treubig admits of course he could be helped  migh pc helped Pitburg Avert a 16-3 open ing loss to Spang Dahlum. Instead the speedster with the end zone gyrations watched from beside the stands. It was hard said  the Barons will try to snap Rhein main s 13 game winning Streak. Where will Harp be at a pig Fesl in the Pitburg area town of Wittlich. Harp s pal Dennis Hueston an Aii Csc line Backer with Pitburg in 87 and now with Sembach was the topic of a couple of Philadelphia eagles conversations last week in London during the Amer ican bowl. Hueston was a starting linebacker in 1984 Bucky Fox at Ohio stale the Alma mater of five eagles. They remember Hueston Well especially Greg Zackroff. The 6-4, 273-Pound Rookie offensive tackle praised Huston s wild play he was a Bitch. But he had a bad  asked if he remembered Hueston leaving Ohio state just before the buckeyes reached the Rose bowl in that 84 season Zackroff said yeah. He ticked new non hum off Earle Bruce the Dwane Harp Ohio state coach and you just did t do  three Days before the eagles beat Cleveland 17-13 in that american bowl Memphis state s foot Ball program was placed on three years probation. That s the Alma mater of Browns linebacker Marlon Brown. You think he was sad nah. The former Safe Star said of the punishment. They were Lucky i m glad i got out of there in  Brown who played at  in 1983 and Ramstein in 84, was an army specialist who specialized in sacks space dog As he was called played on his own planet which ignited jealousy in enemy coaches. They questioned Why an army Guy should be allowed to play in an air Force league. Which is the kind of pettiness that kept Waves of army Talent from lifting the level of Safe football. Take the 1987 season. Zweir Ilcken opened with a27-24 upset of Ramstein. Csc commissioner buddy Chapman discovered the warriors were using army players stationed at nearby Parma sons. He booted them and in effect  s season. The warriors crashed to 3-6. Chapman finally awoke to reality this year. His league finally lets army players stationed off base suit up. The Small bases Zweir Ilcken and wies Baden can play 14 army Guys. The medium bases Pitburg. Sembach Spang Dahlum and Rhein main  allowed 11 army players. The biggies Hahn and Ramstein have nine army slots. Included in those numbers  slots for dependents. That s a Boon for Spang Dahlum. The sabers Star tailback is tyke mix who just last year was anal Europe running Back for Tilburg High school. His Post High school career opened sunday with an 11-Yard touchdown in Spang s Triumph Over Pitburg. The dependent Rule helps the . Sports con Ference More than the army Deal since the army hardly exists in England. Small . Bases such As Chicksands can recruit four dependents and the Chicks have taken advantage with running Back Gary Singleton. He was a Star linebacker at Augsburg in 1985. Now he Hopes to be an ah-. Running Back. The Chicks can use any help. Three years after winning Safe they suited up 16 players for prac Tice last week. No wonder coach Al Carter predicts doom. His reaction to his league shrinking its 10 game schedule to a seven gamer it s the first Ste toward dissolving football in the . I think in four five years there won t be football in the ." you can bet Rhein main in t thinking that. The defending Safe Champion rockets  so loaded they portend to shun the army quota. And yet two of their Impact players wid cout . Carter and linebacker Keith Cooper Are army troops. Carter played for Ramstein 1987 and set the Csc record with 51 receptions. After a year with the 82nd airborne div he landed at Frankfurt s Drake Ca sern with the 503rd my co. Last year s Csc rules would have kept Carter from playing for Rhein main. Now he s a rocket. After catching three passes for 21 Yards in Rhein main s 8-0 Victor Over Wiesbaden sunday he said we be got some weapons. I just told Ramstein coach Larry Boldin there s no stopping  of the most forgettable super bowl losers take your pick from Minnesota 77, Denver 78,Philadelphia 81 or new England 86. My most for gettable  the eagles. Evidently because i forgo them last week while writing that the american bowl teams Philly and Cleveland have never reached the super bowl. The eagles actually lost 27-10 to the Oakland raiders in january 81. New nil owners still looking for candidates other than Finks by Dave Goldberg a football writer despite the fact that the original search committee and an Independent consulting firm screened 102 Candi dates and came up with Jim Finks As Pete Rozelle s successor the 11 owner who blocked the election of Finks Are out looking for new names. The Chicago 16 the ones who voted for Finks Are wondering whom they can possibly find. The latest name to surface is a judge in Sacramento named Raul Ramirez who appears to have been discovered by Kenneth Behring the Northern California land Developer who owns the Seattle so Hawks and is a member of the new search committee. Ramirez has been telling everyone he s a candidate noting that one of disqualifications is that he s an avid fan something that would qualify millions. At the same time Lamar Hunt of the Kansas City chiefs co chairman of the committee was telling people he had never heard of Ramirez. In fact outside of Aba commissioner David Stern who does t want the Job nobody has uncovered any new candidate who is backed by More than one or two owners. Why the objection to Finks new owners like Behring Jerry nil notes Jones and Victor Kiam Are using the buzzword marketing As in find us someone who s Good at  but the nil is probably already the Best marketed sports league in the world. Subsidiaries like nil prop erties bring in millions most stadiums Are full the new television contract could be a Large one and football is expanding overseas. Yet according to one report 17 of the 28 nil teams lost Money last year largely because of the salary spiral. For example Jones the Market ing Man gave Rookie quarterbacks Troy Aikman and Steve Walsh con tracts Worth More than $15 million. Finks a so called football Man is Ahard liner on salaries particularly to unproven rookies. With players yet to be signed Mem Bers of the search committee Are obviously occupied with other things Minnesota s Mike Lynn for example still has some key holdouts to sign an another committee member Al Pavis. Is involved in determining which of three cities his raiders will play in next year. Lynn said last week he still Hopes to have a commissioner by the time the season starts and the six member com Mittee had a conference Call this week. Aikman s Bucks delay vet signings while the holdouts of no. 1 draft picks like Tony Mandarich Barry and Deion Sanders and Broderick and Der Rick Thomas Are hot items there Are a lot of All pro Caliper Veteran talents still unsigned. One reason is the amount of Money paid to rookies like Troy Aikman another the signing bonuses paid to plan b free agents. You like to have a salary setup where you pay your Best players the most and your worst players the least. Unfortunately the Way the system works that in t always be the Case says general manager George Young of the giants who got Phil Simms into Camp this  teams have More serious  those unsigned or Urc ported into the second week of train ing Camp safety Joey Browner wide receivers Anthony Carter of the Vikings Al Toon and Wesley Walker of the jets Eddie Brown of the bengals Louis Lipps of the steel cars place kick ers Virten Andersen of the saints and Nick Lowery of the chiefs linebacker John Offerdahl of the dolphins run Ning backs Marcus Allen of the raid ers and Mike Rozier of the oilers guards Max Montoya of the bengals and Bill Fralic of the Falcons defensive end Charles Haley and cornerback Albert Lewis of the. Chiefs Troy Aikman s Sll million contract has veterans demanding More Cash. And Tim Mckyer and Don Griffin of the 49ers. Browner who has been named to four straight pro bowls is due to make $350,000 this year with $100,000 of it deferred. He wants $900,000 and says they Tell you to produce. Well i be produced. Now they Tell me i m 29 and too