European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday septembers. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary scouting for new comm is owners talk about your leadership void. The National football league can t find a Succes Sor to commissioner Pete Rozelle and the season opens sunday. Now baseball s Bart Giamatti Dies in the heat of the Pennant races. Fay Vincent is acting Cammish but you can bet the owners will hire a marquee name and a fit nonsmoker As permanent replace ment. What is a commissioner anyway after Giamatti finally ousted Pete Rose you d think the Job description reflects the boy scout Law trustworthy Loyal helpful Friendly courteous kind obedient cheerful Thrifty Brave clean reverent. Then again a Chubby Giamatti Chain smoked his Way into a heart attack. That does t exactly jibe with a personal fitness Merit badge. Neither docs it follow the first Point of the scout Law. If Giamatti had been up front with his Crummy habit he might be been pressured into quitting and lasting As one of the top commissioners. If commissioners can t live by the scout Law they can thrive by the scout motto be prepared. Be pre pared for strikes steroids Coke betting Low Atten dance you name it. And do something about it fast. Which is Why Giamatti was far from being an map Cammish. He was Way too cautious Over the Rose fiasco. The minute Giamatti smelled a foul Rose during Spring training he should have sus Pended the Cincinnati manager until the gambling questions were answered. But Giamatti did to so Fornall we know Rose might have bet on or against his reds this season. By the time Giamatti heat the courts and booted Rose it was aug. 25 and the reds were 12 games out. Yes sports leaders belter be prepared for  proper action. Take the director of Safe s Continental sports conference. He s buddy Chap Man a Nice Louisiana who acts like a shaky relay runner. He s fast All right but he often has to comeback for the Baton. Let s go to the video tape Chapman s realignment As soon As Docster Bucky Fox Berg dropped football before this season. Chapman split the Csc into two divisions. There were two problems. 1. Rhein main and Wiesbaden the teams closest to the Rhein River were left out of the Rhein division. 2. Pitburg and Span Dahlem sister bases Ilia never used to play Home Grimes on the same Day have already done that twice this Wason thus Cul Ling each of fir s Revenue. Chapman s closed Gates when former wies Baden Star running Back Ryan Gates tried to join the Hahn Hawks before the season Chapman quickly ruled that gales could play for Only Span Dahlem. The director explained that his research showed Span Dahlem was the closest base to gales Small work station Al Buchol. That research was wrong. Hahn proved it and Chapman let Gates play for the i Laws after All. Chapman s suspenders the Dirc Clor was caught Wilh his pants Down Over last week s suspensions. First he ordered Wiesbaden defensive end Ronnie Jackson and Pitburg quarterback Marc Stev ers to sit Oul two games because of their slug est of aug. 27. Then Wiesbaden appealed before sat urday s game. Chapman viewed the film and let Jackson play. The Dirc Clor said of Jackson s Hil on stovers he busted his ass but it was  Slev cars who swung Back Al Jackson was nearly As Fortu Nate. He missed jail weekend s game bul Chapman lifted his suspension for this Wick. Is that any Way to run a league maybe on the Csc level which avid Cully can survive the Chap Man shuffle. Bul on a major league level no. A commissioner better gel it right the first Lime. He can t Boot 13nfl steroid users then change his mind on one of them because he was really using inc drug to help a knee injury commissioner can l give lbs inc baseball contract Only to let Abc have it Back for More Cash the next Day. A commissioner simply must know what he s doing and sell it to inc Public. Here arc inc seven secrets Ofa Star Cammish 1. Presence. When the commissioner enters the room you know who s in charge. 2. Quick. Of mind and action. 3. Articulate. If he can l Lalk he can t sell. 4. Experienced. As a player so he will push for what s Rich Al strike Lime. 5. Ethical. So he will avoid inc Peter Ueberroth game called Money Ball. Ueberroth had the Gall to Pilch this ultimatum to Wrigley Field put up lights or watch your cubs play a world series in Busch Siadi Uin. Wrigley should pc answered Hal the cubs Aren t winning anything anyway. 6. Hungry for ideas. Open to new moves such As forging Competition Between the army and air Force in Europe. Or pushing commercial sponsorship of military events even by Beer Compa Nies. In other words moves endorsed by Usa eur sports chief Don Claycomb bul alien to Safe s Dick Mullins. 7. Guis. Eager to push new ideas no Mailer How wild. This is where inc Csc s Chapman thrives As he  Wilh his drastic expansion of army players in his air Force football league this year. Now that we have a Job pcs Crillion who Are the Besl candidates the numb is correspond Wilh the seven so Crews. For nil commissioner i. Mean Joe Greene. 2. Bob Hayes. 3. Fran tar Konlon. 4. Waller Paylon. 5. Roger staubach. 6. William Perry. 7. Rocky Bleir. For baseball commissioner i. Willie Stargill. 2. Lou Brock. 3. Tom Seavor. 4. Tommy John. 5. Steve Garvey. 6. Terry Forster. 7. Dave Dravecky. Wilh leaders like these the selection process need t enter overtime. Tow sure and strip France s Prost to race for Ferrari next year by Randy Barnett motor sports editor Frenchman Alain Prost Winner of two world driving championships and Lead ing for this year s Lilc will race for Ferrari in 1990. In an official Ferrari press release received Al the stars and stripes on thursday the italian firm said that negotiations Wilh Prost began during inc French grand prix in july and that the contract was signed in Lugano Switzer land on wednesday. Just before the French grand prix Prost announced he was leaving the Mclaren team and his options were open. Prost decided to quit Mclaren because he could not get along with his team mate Ayrton Senna of Brazil. Senna the defending world Champion trails Prost by 11 Points going into Sun Day s italian grand prix Al Monza 12th round in the title Chase. In its press release Ferrari said thai its no. I Driver Nigel Mansell of England has relinquished his no. I status for the 1990 season and that Mansell and pros twill therefore enjoy identical treatment at both practice and  the financial terms of Prost s con race were nol disclosed. Mansell s current Ferrari Leam Malc Gerhard bar Ger of Austria announced at mid season that he would leave to join Mclaren Honda in 1990. While Mansell has won two races for Ferrari this season and lies third in the run for the championship Burger has failed to Complete a single race in 10 outings the worst re Cord Ever for a Ferrari  Frenchman Prost with 38 career victories is the most successful Driver in the history of formula one grand prix racing. He scored five wins from 1981 to 83 when he drove for Renault Ihnn added his other victories in Mclaren porsche and Mclaren Honda cars from 1984 through the current season. He lied scotsman Jackie Stewart s previous record of 27 grand prix win with a Victory in inc belgian grand prix in 1987, then broke in later Hal season Wilh a win in inc portuguese grand prix going Inlo sunday s italian grand prix Prosl leads for the 1989 title Wilh 62 Points while Senna has 51 and Man sell 38. In a separate development three time world Champion Nelson Piquet of Brazil has announced Hal he is leaving the struggling Lotus team to join Benetton next season. Al Benetton Piquet will team with the italian Driver Alessandro Nannini. Piquet who won two of his titles Wilh Brabham and a third Crown in 1987 with the Williams learn is having the worst season of his career scoring Only 9 championship Points in 11 races so far this season. The brazilian joined Lotus in 1988, and has never come close to a Victory since. The once Greal British Lolus team founded by the late Colin Chapman hit a Low Point in the belgian grand Pri late last month when neither Piquet nor his teammate Satoru Nakajima of Japan was Able to qualify. It was the first Lime in inc 31-year history of the Lotus racing team that Lotus car had failed to qualify for a two time Champion Alain Prost. Leaving Mclaren grand prix. Comic King in world championship formula one racing since 1958, Lolus has won the constr Clors world championship seven limes inc last one in 1978and ils Drivers have won Many world championships among them such legendary Slars As Scotland s Jim Clark Ausna s Jochen Rind englishman Graham Hill the american Driver Mario Andretti and inc Curry no american cart championship Leader Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil. Gretzky voted decade s beef Bristol Conn. A hockey Star Wayne Gretzky was named the athlete of the decade by esp announcers the Cable no work announced thursday also Sci cycled were the los Angeles lakers As team of the decade the Gold medal won by inc 1980 United states olympic hockey team As event of in decade and the on going Story of drugs in sports As the Story of the decade. The winners were featured on esp sloth anniversary special which was aired thursday night. It was to be repeated Friday night. The lakers won five Aba titles in the 1980s and appeared in the finals eight limes. Gretzky won nine map awards in inc decade. In the Vole by esp announcers Fin Ishing second in the four categories were the Edmonton oilers team magic John son athlete Jack Nicklaus sixth masters title event and the olympic Boycotts Story. Mandarich topped Green Bay wis. A Rookie offensive Lackly Tony Mandarich will be paid a base salary of $300,000 this sea son which is Well below the highest on the Green Bay packers inc Green Bay press Gazelle reported linebacker John Anderson a 12lh year linebacker has the highest base salary of approximately $500,000. Mandarich who signed a four year $4.4 million contract with the packers on tuesday will have base salaries of$400,000 in 1990, $500,000 in 1991 and $600,000 in 1992