European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes ports March 7,1993 b Page 32skins ring in the old vows successor All Star hand hit by pitch 4-6 weeks with fracture a Mesa Ariz. Apr All Star second baseman sync Sandberg will miss 4-6 weeks with a fracture in his left hand after being hit by a pitch Friday during the Chicago cubs first Spring training game. San Francisco a Mike Jackson hit Sandberg on the outside hand with an in Side fastball triggering a Brawl that Emp More baseball on Page 27 tied both dugouts during the fourth inning at Hohokam part. No punches were thrown but the incident left bad feelings on both teams which meet again on sunday Sandberg knew right away he was Hurt and was furious with Jackson saying there was no need to throw a two up and in fastballs this time in Spring the second baseman said the pitch on a 1-2 count was a right at my head and coming a a we re out working on things a said Sandberg after the cubs posted a 10-0 Victory. A my reaction time is not the greatest. 1 had no after being struck Sandberg was taken for a rays which showed a slanted fracture of the fifth metacarpal one of the Bones below the Pinky. The highest paid player in baseball this year at More than $6.4 million will Wear a cast for at least four weeks cubs Trainer John Fierro starting a four year Deal for $23.4 million hit .304 last season with 26 homers and 37 rills. General manager Larry Himes said he plans no roster moves As a result of the injury. By Richard Keil Ashburn a. A Richie Petitbon often passed Over for nil head coaching jobs finally has one of the Best thanks to Joe Gibbs sudden retirement. Petitbon who ran the defense for the Washington redskins in the 12 years that Gibbs coached the team took 6ver As head coach on Friday and pledged that the redskins will remain with the a business As usual Quot approach that led them to a Trio of super bowls. A it s not easy following Joe Gibbs it s going to be very difficult Petitbon acknowledged after Gibbs announced he was quitting to spend More time with his family. A the coaching staff is going to stay intact. Nothing is going to change. It s going to be business As Petitbon said his top priority in the first weeks of nil free Agency is to sign Washington s 10 free agents a who include defensive stars like cornerback Martin Mayhew safety Danny Copeland end Fred Stokes and tackles Eric Williams and Timmy a your no. 1 thing in this new climate where we done to know what to expect is to keep the players we be got a Petitbon Saia. Those Are now tasks that he not Gibbs will have to perform. The 52-year-old Gibbs said that he was t burned out but in a Way it was a stress caused illness that led him to opt for retirement. In the last month and a half of the 1992 season Gibbs began suffering from what he described As migraine equivalence an ailment that left him with All the symptoms of tha condition save the excruciating headaches. Gibbs went on at length about How his legendary work habits a 20-hour Days sleeping in his office three or four nights a week a had affected his Home life a hot rth a a away from has wife at and new a named Washington redskins head coach Richie Petitbon walks behind a y coach Joe Gibbs during a hews conference Friday at Redskin Park in Ashburn a outgoing a. Sympathy slim for Johnson by the associated press Carl Lewis has no sympathy for Ben Johnson. A efm not terribly surprised a Lewis said after learning the Canadian sprinter failed a drug test for the second time in five years and was banned for life on Friday. A Eben was at the Point in his career that he either had to run better or look for a Job Quot Lewis said. A a in a not going to take my foot and drop kick him while he a Down. What 1 will say is this if he used drugs pm glad he got caught. I done to think anything is that important in Lewis and Johnson were bitter rivals during the late 1980stbefore first testing positive at the 1983 olympics Johnson was repeatedly beating Lewis and breaking world records. When Johnson crossed the finish line first at the Seoul games in a record 9.79 seconds he pointed a Finger in the air indicating he was no. 1 and looked Back at the second place Lewis in disdain. Lewis meanwhile maintained that Johnson appeared to be under the influence of drugs. While Lewis said he Wasny to surprised by the failed drug test the president of the International olympic committee said he was in favor of banishing Johnson. A we Are fully supporting the International federation a Juan Antonio Sam ranch said. A i think this Quick reaction was very Good. We Are sad for him but we cannot accept people who Are cheating in the olympic the Isaaf the world governing body for track and Field said Friday that Johnson tested positive for testosterone at a meet in Montreal in january. British track officials expressed Shock at the news. A a it a almost unbelievable a British National coach Frank Dick said. A the has let Down everyone athletics himself and his family but most importantly his fellow countrymen who were prepared to give him a second Chance. He just does not deserve to be part of the athletics family any David Bedford Secretary of the British athletic federation described Johnson s Case As a the most amazing situation in the history of a i believe he has let Down so badly the thousands of kids who believed in him when he was Given a second Chance a Bedford Radford a leading British anti doping campaigner blamed Johnsons downfall on his advisers. A it seems to me there Are people around him who have let him Down Radford said a efm not sure that what has happened will do untold damage. Rather i think it is a Short term setback. One of the signals coming out of this is that athletics is determined to keep itself clean. Sir Arthur Gold former chairman of the British olympic association said Johnson should never have been allowed to return to Competition after his disgrace in Seoul. A a it a a sad thing that he has been allowed to return and tarnish sport for a second time Quot Gold said. 246850 000
