European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 b the stars and stripes sports saturday november 28, 1992 Ditka picks . Over Harbaugh by Joe Mooshil Lake i Orest Iii. A coach Mike Ditka still trying to shake up the Chicago hears has decided that Peter Tom Willis will Start at quarterback against Cleveland on sunday. Willis known As ., replaces Jim Harbaugh the starter for three years. Quot there is no other significance other Hun we re trying to win a game a said Ditka whose bears 4-7 have lost four straight a a i still feel Jim can do the Job will do the Job and will get a Chance again to do the Job. Nothing is permanent. But we re going with . That a what i feel. Clive . A Chance to make something Ditka said he Wasny to worried about Harbaugh s reaction. Quot Well sit him Down and let him sort things out in his own mind Well bring him Back Quot Ditka said. A a he a one of the Best competitors i Willis and Harbaugh accepted the decision calmly. A a in a excited i Hope things go Well and we win the game a Willis said. A a in a thankful for the Chance and hopeful i can make the most of it. In a not going to try to be a hero. Ill stay in the framework of Llie offence and try to do the things i can Willis figures the extra practice he gets this week will help his performance against the Browns. A if you done to Start you done to get enough practice Willis a third round pick l�?~j90 draft out of Florida slate is getting his Chance because the bears Haven to played up to expectations and because of his showing last sunday in a 17-3 loss to Green Bay. He came in with 12 minutes remaining and completed 16 of 23 passes for 160 Yards. With the bengals out of it at 4-7, coach David Shula is giving David Klingler a Chance. Klingler will get 1st Start Cincinnati a if Cincinnati bengals Rookie quarterback David Klingler takes a physical beating sunday from the Pittsburgh St Celers in his first nil Start it wont be the first time. Quot he a seen every kind of defense you can imagine a said John Jenkins his former coach at the University of Houston. Quot he a the brightest player in be Ever been Klingler who set 51 Mca records while at Houston is to make his first nil Start sunday against the acc Central division leading Pittsburgh St Celers. Coach Dave Shula is benching Veteran Boomer Esiason Cincinnati a starting quarterback since 1985, to Sec what Klingler can do now that the bengals 47 Are out of the Hunt for a playoff spot. The bengals drafted Klingler in the first round As their quarterback of the future. Esiason has lumped this season and threw for Only 64 Yards in sundays 19-13 loss to Detroit hastening his ouster. As a Junior at Houston Klingler threw 54 touchdown passes and amassed 5,14 x Yards passing for the most prolific season in Mcaa history. A after that year the Only question about him was can he take a hit he proved he could his senior year a Jenkins said. The cougars lost three starters off the offensive line to injury. Klingler took a beating. A the took some tremendous shots and he battled Back a Jenkins said. Bengals general manager Mike Brown said Klingler will still have to prove he deserves the permanent starting numbers could soar in Denver by Bob Sudyk the Hartford courant new Haven Conn. A the grand old game is about to go on a High from which some of its hallowed statistics might never recover. Home runs in record numbers i litters pushing .400? scores resembling those in football games High Fly Halls that never come Down May not he hyperbole when the Colorado Rockies one of the two newest franchises in baseball take the Field at 5.2no feel above sea level at mile High stadium in i it Enver in april. Robert k. Adair a professor of physics at Vale University Ami admitted baseball nut claims the Rockies Quot quite possibly Quot will have the greatest Home Field advantage of any team in baseball. Live years ago the Issue so concerned the late Bart Giamatti then president of the National league and a former Yale president that he created a new Job National league physicist and hired longtime Friend Adair to study that Issue. Adair also was responsible for investigating such things As the physical effects of illegally loading a Bat with Cork Ami disfiguring baseballs to gain a pitching advantage sitting in his office in Yale a Willard Gibbs , littered with papers concerning loftier contributions to the world such As the nations High stakes supercollider project which accelerates atomic or subatomic particle Adair warned Quot there will be consequences unless the fences Are higher the new Park is larger or the Ball deadened. A baseball it it with the same Impact will travel As much As 40 Feci farther in Denver than at sea with Hearty laughter punctuating his revelations Adair said Quot big league hitters Are going to bomb those Adair author of the Book Quot the physics of baseball a pointed out that a All things being equal a air resistance is proportional to the density of the air. T he density of the air in Denver is 82 percent of that at sea level sending balls about 10 percent farther. In the nov. 17 expansion draft the Rockies concentrated on the Best Young pitchers available. But bowing to the Elevation general manager Bob Geb Izard said his team will cast its lots for sinker Ball pitchers a a in be never seen a ground Ball go Over a Fence Quot Home run hitters Quot we want hitters who get the Ball into the thin air and Swift outfielders. Adair a data suggests the Rockies ought to go after fastball hurlers rather than breaking balls pitchers. Quot i he curve Ball will break about 20 percent less same for the sinker Quot he said. Quot the Knuck Leball will dance less. But the 90 melt fastball will reach Home plate about i1/ melt faster or 6 inches quicker than at sea there Are two related reasons for these differences first Side forces Are less because air resistance is less and second because the Ball gets to the plate More quickly it will have less time to break. He admits that these effects Are Small but emphasizes that they will add up significantly. Adair further warned Quot pitchers who make their living doctoring the Ball by scuffing cutting a greasing Etc will not he As effective in mile High stadium As they Are at sea level in new Yorkus Shea stadium. A visiting minor league pitchers in Denver Lor 52 seasons a minor league Enterprise and now Home of the Milwaukee Brewers triple a zephyrs. Whined because they Felt they could t throw a curve Ball of Slider with a Sharp enough Edge. Gebhard said the Altitude syndrome much Psi Cytological As actual he is counting on visiting pitchers being psyched out by Adair a mathematical formulas. A some May try to overthrow their pitches making them less effective even without an Altitude to prepare their own players for the Light air in the major leagues the Rockies have selected Colorado Springs colo., even higher at 5.9s0 feet for the site of their triple a minor league team. On defense the Rockies will make Speed a priority when drafting outfielders. They will be schooled to play deeper and learn not to Quot give up on Short Fly balls in front of them because Fly balls will hang in the air a fraction of a second longer Lim Raines of the Chicago White sox a former Denver outfielder has said Quot Denver will Field three Center Adair s mathematical input has been factored into Toors held the stadium now under construction. It will have the largest playing Field in the major leagues in order to preserve the Sanctity of the Home run 430 feet in dead Center 390-405 feet in the Power alleys and 340 and 350 feet Down the foul lines. With the Fence almost disappearing Over the horizon records can he expected for inside the Park Home runs and triples two of the most exciting offensive plays in baseball. But the stadium wont be ready until 1995. I i then the Rockies Home games Are scheduled Tor mile la sch stadium which was built for football and has dimensions when Eon a tied to 1 he baseball yield is 370 feet Down the right held line 3lm in right Center and 423 in cent but the Tenee in left Center is Only 375 feet from i he plate. And 355 along the sell Chalk line. While 335 i Quot average Tor the National league it is not Normal at my m.4 in is sea level and 3�?�5 feet is Short even i trial loll Titi Oil
