European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Charley Hustle strikes out Pete Rose s sad Saga by Ronald Blum and Joe Kay associated Pressi t was the Lale 1940s, years before Pete Rose s lame and tall he was a Street kid from Cincinnati devoted to his father Harry he took me to the track when i was this  Rose said pulling his hand at the Side of his knee. I just Learned a Long Lime ago thai it was fun. It s competitive and i m a very competitive  Many years later he became a baseball Star and built a Macho reputation quite Diller enl from the boy Laverne North raised. He was never a Lough Guy Rose s Mother said he was kind of a Mamma s boy until he went away to play  with baseball came the fast Lane last Money fast cars fast women. Ii All seemed to end so fast too. On the morning of feb. 20, Peler Edward Rose was a baseball god Wilh More hits and enthusiasm than any other ballplayer. One Hundred and eighty five Days Laler he stood Belore America defenceless his image shattered cast out of the game he played Asil it were the Only thing in his life. For a generation to was the very Symbol of baseball smiling on Cereal boxes known As Charley Hustle Bowling Over Ray Fosse to win the All Star game trying to Cut Bud Harrelson in half at second base in the playoffs crying at first base when he broke Tycobb s All time Hils record thai s All gone now his accomplishments remain but they will never be looked at the same Way. He s no longer a hero he s a rogue. He s a baseball criminal sentenced to the sport s ultimate penalty. Feb 20 was a monday. The second Day of Spring training for the Cincinnati reds. But Pete Rose was t with his team he was in new York attending the beginning of his end. At 350 Park Avenue in the 17lh floor office of Peter Ueberroth Rose was surrounded by the commissioner National league president a Bartlelt Giamatti executive vice president Edwin m Durso and incoming Deputy commissioner Francis t Vincent or Rose knew it was t going to be pleasant to brought along two lawyers. Reuven j Katz and Robert a Pitcairn or we be heard rumours thai you hot on baseball Ueberroth said. For one hour Hose denied it they discussed rumours that Rose owned Parl of two winning Pik six tickets on Jan 25 at turf Way Park a horse track in Florence by thai were Worth $265,669 20 and they discussed rumours thai Rose owned Parl of another winning Pik six ticket at Lur Way Park on Jan 16,1987. Hal one for $47.646 his problems with baseball actually began in March 1938 Ueberroth on his annual Lour of Spring training Camps met private with the Cincinnati manager unbeknownst to Ross baseball Security director Kevin m Hallman had received reports of suspicious people circulating in the reds clubhouse Ronald Peters. Paul g Janzon and Michael Bertolini alter the 1985 pills Burgh drug finals Ueberroth lightened rules on clubhouse Access and he repeated those rules to Rose he also warned Rose about the people he was associating Wilh Hallman attempted to speak with Janszen. But Fri agents said Janszen was a government informant and refused Access. Nothing More happened until the tuesday and wednesday following the feb. 20 meeting when the Fri lifted its restriction based on Janszen s information Ueberroth and Giamatti. Who was to become commissioner on april 1. Decided to begin a Lull fledged investigation. Thai wednesday baseball retained John m. Dowd As special counsel to head the investigation and hired business risks International a detective firm. On thursday and Friday Hallinan and Joseph e. Daly of Bri interviewed Janszen in Cincinnati within the first 10 minutes Janszen alleged Rose had lost Between $50,000 and $60.000 on football bets some weekends within 20 minutes he alleged Rose was part of a scheme to defraud the internal Revenue service on the 1987 Pik six ticket. Within a half hour he alleged Rose had Bel on baseball and the reds baseball made no announcement of its investigation or the meetings. Rose s absence from Spring training raised suspicion and by the end of the Day. There were rumours thai the meeting was about Rose s gambling. Rose denied at the feb 20 meeting owning the Pik six Nickels or belting on football and basketball. For the next month Rose s past was picked apart by a massive Legal team. The 47-year-old Dowd a former prosecutor who is a Friend of Vincent was assisted by six lawyers from his firm Heron Burchelle. Rucker & Rothwell Bri used a total of eight investigators from new York Cincinnati and Boston. The commissioner s office found out sports illustrated was preparing a Story on the allegations so on monday. March 20, baseball broke its silence. The office of the commissioner which was founded to preserve the integrity of the game has Lor several months been conducting a Lull inquiry into serious allegations involving or. Pete Rose the unusual Slatem enl said. When the commissioner s office has completed its inquiry the commissioner will consider the information presented and take whatever action is warranted by the facts consistent with the rules and procedures of major league baseball Rose was one Man who certainly did t want to be judged by the company he kept Peters 32, owned Jonathan s cafe in Franklin Ohio he pleaded guilty to Federal charges of cocaine distribution and tax evasion. On july 17. He began a two year prison torm. In is s Story he was described by his lawyer Alan j Slatman As Rose s principal bookmaker who could Supply information linking Rose to baseball Belling Janszen 31. Was a bodybuilder who met Rose at Gold s gym in Forest Park. Ohio he pleaded guilty to falsifying his 1985 Federal income lax return and tailing to report income irom Selling steroids he served Lour months of a six month sentence Thomas p Gioiosa 31, lived Wilh Rose and his former wife in the late 1970s and Earl 1980s he is on trial on a live count indictment including charges of cocaine distribution tax evasion and conspiring with Rose to defraud the government on the 1987 Pik six winnings Michael e Fry former co owner of Gold s gym. Told is he heard Gioiosa booked bets for Rose. Chuck Beyersdorfer Rose s former Handyman portrayed Rose As a Man obsessed he s be sitting there Wilh the to sets keeping track in spiral notebooks of who was winning and of who was losing Beyer Doerler said pole would bet on anything with anybody in the room he would bet on the com loss he would bet on who scored the most Points in the first half Rose maintained his innocence i d be willing to bet you if i was a bet log Man that i have never bet on baseball Rose said. The same Day of his denials however turf Way Park shot Dawn one the 1989 Pik six tickets. Although records showed they were cashed by Arnold c. Melz turf Way Park released a statement saying the actual Page 14 the stars and stripes