European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes thursday june 11, 1992commentarybaseball is saved once again baseball Flash shown uncommon statesmanship in permitting a japanese millionaire to invest a considerable amount of his Money but apparently none of his expertise in the ailing Seattle franchise. He influx of $75 million from Hiroshi Yamauchi of Nintendo corp. Will help keep the mariners in the Pacific Northwest and without any foreign influence. What a Deal. Commissioner pay Vincent and the owners Are not in unanimity on All matters. A few impetuous Homegrown owners have apparently failed to move some of Vincent a Power Over to Richard Ravitch who was brought in to handle the owners most important business which is labor negotiations. But Vincent and All the owners seem to agree japanese Money is of but japanese presence is not of. I his is the first Lime baseball has permitted ownership from outside North America but the sport of Turner and Busch and Autry will remain Safe and Strong and insular. A this venture is not going to be controlled outside North America a Vincent reassured an anxious american Public tuesday a this venture is going to be controlled in  if Yamauchi president of Nintendo co. Ltd. Of Kyoto was Ever allowed to attend the inner councils of baseball he would surely be polite and discreet. If somebody asked his opinion he just might Point out that management and labor have a common stake in this lucrative Field of sports and entertainment and that there should be plenty of Money to go around if everybody works hard and cooperates and does no to treat the other Side like a class enemy. We hear this is How it works in Large japanese industries. Cooperation however is a disturbing concept that owners and player associations except for the National basketball association do not want to hear which is Why the Aba is going to be the first truly International professional sports league during David Sterns regime. They Are already playing league games in Tokyo and sending the big team to the summer games in Barcelona Spain and running a nifty tournament in Europe every october. Stay tuned for the ultimate big league. Baseball is still in its isolationist stage secure in its own world series. The worst Case scenario for Vincent would appear to be a franchise being moved to Japan but How bad would that be the most logical site for ailing franchises is the worlds worst dome located in a levelled Section of St. Petersburg Fla. A Road trip to Tokyo sounds better All the time. In fact the Nintendo people probably could not move a North american franchise to Japan because the japanese have their own league going and Are not about to disrupt its health for one rogue owner. But what is so harmful in a wealthy foreigner investing in a baseball team Here baseball had to confront its phobia when Jeff Smulyan the owner of the mariners proposed Selling 60 percent of the club to the Nintendo group. Yamauchi a son in Law Minoru Arakawa has lived in Seattle for 15 years and was to be a major executive in the new order but Vincent blocked the Sale. Tuesday Vincent announced that John Ellis chairman of puget sound Power amp Light would become the mariners chief executive officer. Running a monopoly Utility is surely More closely Akin to baseball a Way of thinking than running a worldwide video corporation. A emr. Ellis has the total authority to run this business a Vincent said soothing our deepest fears by saying that Yamauchi a role would be limited to a the Power to approve certain transactions in the realm of extraordinary  Yamauchi s status is very much like that of another owner who May be neither seen nor heard. This other owner is also of the Absentee variety by the name of George Steinbrenner residing in Tampa Fla., and owning the new York Yankees but still banned from tunning the team after being caught consorting with an admitted Gambler two years ago some time soon Steinbrenner is expected to be reinstated by Vincent probably to take place at the Start of next year which Means we should All experience a Kinder and gentler Yankee stadium while we still have the Chance. Because he holds a . Passport George is ultimately Safe and acceptable even though he has his own bizarre Way of dealing with failure. Sometimes when the Yankees lost a big game he would insist that his general manager be confined to quarters for the evening. If a Trade went sour he would blame his a baseball  if a runner was thrown out at Home Steinbrenner would Hector his third base coach in front of National television. Steinbrenner believed in making his employees fall on their swords or his sword. We need More owners like him. The new York time Namibia s Fredricks nips Johnson in 200 from wire reports Rome a Michael Johnson lost at 200 meters for the first time in More than two years tuesday beaten by in Rankie Fredricks of Namibia in the Golden gala grand prix track and Field meet. Fredricks Johnson and Linford Christie of Britain hit the line together at Oladio Olimpich. After judges viewed the photo finish the race was awarded to a Redricks. Fredricks was timed in 20.25 seconds. Johnson and Christie both finished in 20.25. Johnson of Dallas had a 20-race winning Streak in the 200. The last time he was beaten Over the distance was May 10, Edo when he lost to Leroy Burrell earlier Christie continued his impressive buildup to the Barcelona olympics with a Victory in the 100. Fie won easily in 10.11 seconds gaining an important psychological Edge Over Jamaica a Ray Stewart 10. 24 and Fredericks 10.25. Christie said Johnson Saura of invincibility had been destroyed. Johnson was not the Only runner to have a winning Streak broken. Algerians Noureddine Morcelia who has dominated the 1,500 Tor two years but is recovering from a hip injury was beaten by Gennaro Dinapoli. The italian strode away from Morcelia to win comfortably in 3 minutes 33.80 seconds. Sergei Bubka the almost unbeatable pole vaulter from Ukraine came close to breaking his own record yet again despite an injured foot. Fie settled for a winning leap of iy-foot-21a. Bubka a younger brother Vassily finished second in the pole vault at Ih-6v2 and Pyotr Bochkarev also of the Cis was third at 18-2v5. World Champion Javier Sotomayor of Uba won the nigh jump with a leap of 7 feet 7 inches easily defeating Patrik Sjo Berg of Sweden at 7-41/2 and Troy Kemp of the Bahamas who cleared 7-2lfi. Samuel Matte of Zambia won the 400 hurdles in 48.67, ahead of americans Nat Page 49.29 and Pat Mcghee 49.58. Frank Fredricks left of Namibia nips Michael Johnson in the 200 meters in  coach Sutter hired to guide Bruins Boston apr Brian Sutler fired by the St. Louis blues last month one season after being named the Nhes coach of the year was hired tuesday by the Boston Bruins. Sutter 35, signed a Lour year contract to succeed Rick Bowness who was fired monday after just one season 011c which saw him Lake the Bruins to the Stanley cup semifinals. Sutter with St.  Lor 12 seasons As a player and the last four As a coach was the winning est coach in the club s history with a 153-124-43 record. But the blues were eliminated by Chicago in the first round of the playoffs the fourth consecutive year they failed to move past the second round. That failure convinced the blues to fire Sutter three Days after the Chicago series on May i St.  general manager Ron Caron said. The Bruins made it past the second round for the fourth Lime in five years but that was t enough to save Bowness Job. In tiring Bowness Boston general manager Harry Sinden said he lacked some a instinctive things Quot that Are difficult to define. Other than that kind of a Slippery ingredient that a Tough to put your hand on we Felt that Rick did a Good Job a he said monday. Quot there san element and an instinct in coaching that come to few and we Hope that we can find that in whoever we  Sutter is the seventh Bruins coach since 1980 and the first brought in from outside the organization. The others were Sinden Gerry Cheevers Butch Goring Terry of Reilly Mike Milbury and Bowness who spent two years As coach of Bostons minor league team in Maine. A certainly the Success and reputation the Boston Bruins have had Over the past numbers of years is something that is very intriguing Quot Sutter said a and that starts with the head of the organization Harry Sinden and the reputation Harry has got is one of great  Sutter had five younger Brothers who played in the nil. Two Rich and Ron finished last season with the blues. In 1988, Brian succeeded Jacques Martin As coach of St Louis. As a player Sutter was Captain of the blues for nine seasons. In 779 games he had 303 goals and 333 assists