European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday april 28, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 21commentary a a i Randolph still at Home in n. Y. By George Vecsey the new York times at first he drove Down the for drive just to keep the Harlem River Between himself and his past. But some nights coming Home from Queens he help but take the Deegan right past the stadium the Only stadium there is in new York. Believe me every time i go by i think about it a Willie Randolph said. Quot hey in some ways i could still be playing there. You look to your right. Maybe you stick your Tongue out. You done to want to get Mushy and reminiscent but yeah i get Goose Willie Randolph is a met now which Means an extra Bridge an extra toll More time on the ghastly highways of i new York but it beats playing in other towns away from his family. If you see Willie Randolph commuting from new Jersey out to Queens done to squeeze Randolph him into the dividers when the lanes narrow inexplicably. For goodness Sakes let him slip into the exact change Lane if his signal is on. Done to drive like your average Cut Throat self entered the world is my enemy new York Driver. Make Willie feel Welcome like the fans at Shea stadium have done. A i always knew i had support a Randolph said saturday. A wherever i went the fans would say a we miss Yankees fans do not hate the mets and mets fans do not hate the Yankees the Way people did when there were three teams in this town. Its a different age. But Willie Randolph transcends All of that. Mets fans loved Willie Randolph when he was a the igniter of those great Yankee teams a As Jeff Torborg Calls him. This is his fifth team in five years. The Brilliant a baseball people George Steinbrenner always allegedly consulted let Randolph go a few Days before thanksgiving of 1988. He is 38 years old and still at Home wherever he plays but he belongs in this City. He is the last quiet professional. He is a civic treasure a Guy from Brooklyn who made his Mark in the Bronx and lives in Jersey and plays in Queens. The most promising sporting sight i have seen this month has been Willie Randolph teaming up with Dick Schofield. April May turn out to be a disaster for Messier and Beezer. I hate to remind the kicks what awaits them even if they traumatize the pistons a couple More times. Hint baggy shorts i love Buck and Stanky and Mel Hall who has the ego of Reggie and Winfield put together but i done to love seeing Danny Tartabull come up lame so soon. But the people who run the mets have matched or. Randolph from Milwaukee with or. Schofield from California and have thereby revived the ancient concept of stopping other teams through deftness with gloves and sound arms. On Friday night the mets lost after Schofield misread a bizarre pop up Quot with serious English on it a As Randolph said but the two of them might be the Slickest combination the mets have had since Bud Harrel son and Felix Millan in the late �?T70s. A i saw Dickie play with the Angels but i did no to know him real Well a Randolph said saturday. A the reminds me of Guys like Bucky Dent and Alan Trammell and Walt Weiss a and Kevin Elster too if his Arm was of. A Dickie does no to have that Shawon Dunston Arm but he gets it done. When he came Over i said a hey just get the Ball Over second base for me done to Cut it too Fine a and he just looked at me like a of i can do a we worked together right the two have also clicked at the top of the order to the extent that i do not miss Vince Coleman not one bit. Going into saturday night Randolph was hitting .278, exactly one Point above his 17-year average. Did you catch him on the tube Friday night from Philly twice they pitched him outside and he smoothly flicked his hands outward and smacked the Ball sharply to right Field. When he made out he did not communicate failure. He trotted Back to the dugout impassively. Willies legs have lost a step. His mind has gained a step. A a in a be kidding you if i said i did no to feel the aches and pains a said Randolph currently playing with sore ribs. Quot when i was younger id just get dressed and go. Now you take your advil and get in the Whirlpool but when in a right i can still he batted .327 in Milwaukee last year and says they hardly thanked him before letting him look elsewhere. Are they using Steinbrenner so baseball people maybe its the same thing that happened to Alvin dark and Dick Groat in the late stages of their career who wants a Wise old infielder sticking around who a smart enough to manage the mets did. Torborg told a1 Harazin that Randolph can still play which tells you something about Torborg a personal Security far and beyond the four year contract. A a it a a Little thing but its not so Little a Torborg said. A in Spring training you know How you take the veterans out of a game they run their laps and go Home. Willie would run his laps and then head sit in the dugout exhorting his teammates. He has experience. He has Randolph admits he would love to manage in the majors if it made sense to him and did not disrupt his wife and four children. There Are at the moment two very Bright managers in new York but then again Willie can still play. He a not going anywhere. Except the for on the Way to work and the Deegan on the Way Home. With a glance to the right and a touch of moves to a different drummer selects alternative route on aids education by Bruce Rule Philadelphia a Arthur Ashe will leave the crusading to the flamboyant and instead will continue to use the quiet Mastery that got him to the top of his game to help kids learn about life and about the sport he loved. Ashe walked Down the Steps to the Tennis courts and the 100 teen agers he was there to teach got to their feet and applauded the Man who announced april 8 he has aids. Ashe said he would do what he could to tear Down the stigma of the disease. But he also said the likes of a magic Johnson will do a better Job. A magic is much More influential in that Way a Ashe said. Ashe will concentrate on bringing Tennis to inner City youths As a Way out of poverty. Friday he held a free Tennis clinic sponsored by the Arthur Ashe youth Tennis Center. That night he helped raise $100,000 for the Center located in the Manayunk Section of the City. Quot obviously you have read about me a he told the kids waiting for their lesson. Quot but As you can see in a Here and Happy to be then he formed his students into lines. He spent 30 minutes showing them the moves that helped him become the Only Black Man to win the . Open and Wimbledon. A a he a the same person As he was before All this a said Arian Mccullough 16, a Veteran of the clinics As he watched Ashe hit a few balls so he could demonstrate wrist action. A a he a still trying to help other ashes appearance had been scheduled before he disclosed that he has had aids since 1988. Tennis Center spokeswoman Charlene Guyer said Ashe had called the Day of his announcement and reconfirmed his Date in Philadelphia. Ashe said he was determined not to let aids destroy the clinic that for 10 years has carried his name and Given Tennis to kids who have had the Chance otherwise. A clinic he added that was a question Mark when it began. A the natural cynicism is that i stick with it a he said. But every year Ashe shows up to preach his doctrine that kids especially minorities can gain self Confidence from Tennis but depend on athletics. A a there a still not enough Progress in convincing Young Black student athletes that if they cart get an athletic scholarship they should be Able to get an academic scholarship a he said. The purpose of the clinics Ashe conducts is to give Young players a break at the right time so they can build Confidence. And make sure the break they get does no to Cost them anything. A Tennis is very affordable at the beginning for anyone a Ashe said. A but if you want to be an intermediate or advanced or College player then its going to Cost you a bit. That a what the Center is trying to bring since his aids became Public knowledge Ashe said he has been deluged with mail and Calls of support As Well As Many requests to appear at aids events. A this has curtailed my activities a he said. A a it a curtailed my own personal but he said there is no More urgency. A this Hasni to led me to do anything rash a he said. A i did no to say anything a we in it a 1 a a. A file Arthur Ashe like magic Johnson Hopes to reach Young people with his aids message
