European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 commentary the stars and stripes thursday november 21,1991replay affects Quality of officials by Greg Logan upon further review the Quality of National football league officiating has gone Down by Contact with modern technology in the form of instant replay. While some obvious wrongs have been righted officials now Are subject to second guessing on virtually every Call which tends to make them tentative and causes them to rely too much on replay As a safety net. Replay certainly Hasni to eliminated human error. If anything it has expanded the Opportunity for error from the Field to the replay Booth. As a result there is As much controversy Over the Quality of nil officiating now As there Ever was before the introduction of replay As an officiating tool. Last sunday the zebras caught More than the usual amount of flak. Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson ripped referee Gordon Mccartery screw for several controversial Calls that went against his team in a 22-9 loss to the new York giants. The nil office let him off without a Fine but warned that a repetition of Public criticism would Cost him a minimum of $7,500. The leagues action was tantamount to an acknowledgement mistakes were made. Johnson monday declined further comment but said his feelings about n the giant Isas a fit i making a mistake with the game clock that Cost the chiefs one last shot at the end zone in a 24-20 loss to the Denver Broncos. The chiefs also thought a touchdown pass by Broncos quarterback John Elway should have been nullified by replay but the camera the Calls in the giants game Hadnot changed. In Kansas a try referee Bob Mcelwee admitted Angle was inconclusive on whether he crossed the line of scrimmage before throwing. Television budget cutbacks have reduced the number of cameras available at some games. Fans at the Minnesota Vikings Green Bay packers game were reminded How replays often disrupt the flow of the game. A replay reversal held up action for 5 30, according to the nil while officials tried to figure out where to spot the Ball. But press Box observers said the delay was closer to 10 minutes. While Many players coaches and fans blame the officials giants general manager George Young traces Many of the problems to replay. A i done to think its a positive thing in helping the officials its a negative thing a Young said. A a it a impossible for me to believe an official can to make a Good Call without replay. If he makes a Good Call he does it with the support of the Guy upstairs. I done to think that a Good. A officiating ought to be done on the Field. Put the hat on them. Make them get it right the first time. Some Days Are Tough Days. Its a Tough Job and the officials get no support. They re the most hated people in the game sadly. But they re very dedicated people and they do care about making the right  As a member of the nil Competition committee Young has been an Adamant opponent of replay. He also has worked to improve the Quality of officiating. Before this season meetings Between coaches and officials were held to discuss interpretations of the rules. Officials attended training Camps to develop a better understanding of the playing techniques being taught. They also have attended seminars and they regularly study videotapes of Good and bad Calls Dur ing the season. Asked about the Overall Quality of officiating this season Young said a i done to think its much different than its been in recent years. In general its Good but there Are difficulties at  Kansas City chiefs coach Marty sch Ottenheimer who also is on the Competition committee refused to blame his teams loss to Denver on poor officiating. A i think officiating is very much As its always been a sch Ottenheimer said. A a there a some very Good offi coating but we re not dealing in a perfect science. It involves judgment and errors Are  if replay Isnit the Way to eliminate the majority of those errors some have suggested its time for the nil to consider replacing its weekend warriors with a full time staff of professional officials. A Given the stature of our league and the development of our product we might consider it but not until it has been Given further thought a a a sch Ottenheimer said. Young is Nequi locating in his opposition to career officials implying such a group would become As highly politicized As baseball umpires or Aba officials. A i will always oppose that a Young said. A you wont get High Quality men in that kind of Pool. I want a Guy who is Independent has his own career and does it because he loves it and he a dedicated to it. If any political pressure is put on him he can say a forget  i done to want a Guy who is totally sold out to the Job in the sense he can be politicized. I done to want him to be a bureaucrat. A Tia los angelas times Gabriela Sabatini runs Down Ball against Katerina Malleva in Virginia slims first round match tuesday  advances in slims new York apr Gabriela Sabatini hardly the favorite to win her second Virginia slims championships title in four years beat Katerina male Eva 6-2, 7 6 7-4 tuesday night to move into the quarterfinals of the elite 16-player Field at Madison Square Garden. Earlier fifth seeded Arantha Sanchez Vicario overpowered Zina Garrison 4-6, 6-1, 6-0, and no. 7 Mary Joe Fernandez advanced when Helena Sutkova retired with a strained hamstring with the match tied 2-6, 7-6 7-52-2. Neither Katerina male Eva nor her sister Manuela male Eva Fragniere who lost to Martina Navratilova monday night made it out of the first round. But both made their conquerors earn spots in the next round. Sabatini mixing Power with Grace and big ground strokes with delicate drop shots unravelled Katerina male Eva a steady ground game. She moved her from Side to Side continually forced her to the net and then Back to the Baseline. Both Sanchez Vicario and Garrison Are known for Speed. On this night they added Power to their games. Through the first set this was a slug est two Long Range bombers racing across the Baseline hitting everything As hard As they could. They each held serve easily a until the eighth game. Then it was a Complete reversal. Garrison broke her Spanish opponent at 30 to take a 5-3 Lead. But when she served for the opening set Garrison began a string of unforced errors that would finally dash her Hopes. In the nights first maty Huskova pulled a muscle in her left thigh on the first Point of final game. Following the next Point women a Tennis association Trainer Kathleen Stroia came onto the court and wrapped the czechoslovak a thigh. Sutkova returned to the court and played three More Points before retiring in  wings rip Blackhawk by the associated press Detroit a Sergei Fedorov had a goal and three assists leading the surging Detroit red wings to a 4-1 Victory Over the Chicago Blackhawk tuesday night. The win moved Detroit past Chicago into first place in the Norris division. The red wings Are unbeaten 6-0-1 in seven games for the first time since 1988. Winning goaltender Tim Che veldae stopped 30 shots. Paul Ysebaert started the scoring in the first period snapping his 13th goal pasted Belfour at 1 37. Steve Yzerman thought he had Given the red wings a 2-0 Lead later in the period but referee Dan Marouelli disallowed the goal and the instant replay was inconclusive. In other tuesday night games islanders 7, North stars 4 Bloomington Minn. A Wayne Mcbean broke a 4-4 tie with a shorthanded goal with 6 14 left in the third period As the new York islanders rebounded after blowing a three goal Lead for a Victory Over Minnesota. The North stars trailed 3-0 but rallied to go ahead with four straight goals including two by Mike Modano to take a 4-3 Lead 8 40 into the third period. But Benoit Hogue tied the score with a Power play goal at 10 55, then set up Mcbean a Winner. Pierre Turgeon scored on a breakaway 1 23 after Mcbean a goal and Ray Ferraro added his second goal of the game with 1 45  3, Sharks 2 Daly City Calif. A Mike Donnelly scored with 1 13 remaining in overtime As los Angeles snapped a six game wingless Streak with a Victory Over san Jose. Donnelly finished off a 3-on-2 break by taking a pass on the left Wing from Marty Mcsorley and beating goalie Jeff Hackett with a wrist shot from the left face of Circle that caught the upper right Corner. The Sharks extended their wingless Streak to four games despite getting goals from Perry Berezan and Neil Wilkinson in the final 7 17 of the third period to Send the game into  4, canucks 3 Vancouver British Columbia a Mark Messier scored three goals including the 400th of his nil career to Lead the new York rangers Over Vancouver. Messier who also set up a shorthanded goal by Adam Graves got his Milestone goal Early in the third period when he Slid the puck under his falling Lin mate and past a screened Kirk Mclean in the Vancouver goal. The new York win halted a seven game Vancouver unbeaten Streak 5-0-2