European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes april 1985 rival cities vie for Bay area teams san a at a time when sports franchises across the nation Are struggling to make a san Francisco Bay area cities Are vying like rival suitors to win the favors of athletic officials in at least three political subdivisions Are studying plans for a new million baseball fixing up candlestick Park for million and adding a million basketball Arena and perhaps a million football yet Basic questions remain can an area with less than 5 million people spread out in six counties Over Square Miles support five major league teams will the key cities of san san Jose and Oakland Ever work and with the 100 smaller on regional solutions will companies in Silicon Many still devel put their Money into sports Only one team in the Bay the National football league Champion san Francisco has been profitable in recent and the 49ers were barely in the Black last season despite Success on the Field and sellouts at every according to team owner Edward Debartolo baseballs san Francisco giants and Oakland athletics Are perennial losers at the Box even when they were steady winners on the they didst show much the Golden state warriors of the National basketball association Are averaging fans in Oak land Arena this the Oakland invaders of the United states football league Are drawing a game in the poor play May be partly to blame for the woes of the As and but there Are other reasons crowded diffuse populations and Competition from other the most publicized problem is the fickle especially the wind and that plagues 25yearold candlestick Park during the baseball giants owner Bob whose team averages about fans a warned hell move the club if the City Doest act by seasons end on a domed baseball plans backed by mayor Dianne Feinstein for a Down town stadium were however theres Little Chance for Lurie rejected einsteins plans to dome weather is no problem in the rest of the san Jose and Oakland Are blessed with fog free the As play in an almost windless yet averaged More than empty seats a game last Why the fuss about luring or keeping pro a lot of it is said Bob san Joses Deputy City theres also a Ripple effect of jobs that Are but mostly the Benefit is that the City is sort of identified As a big league san Francisco gets about million a year in direct benefits from the including candlestick Park ing and the City also takes in millions in indirect mainly through hotel and restaurant who cited a sense of civic Pride and Unity As the 1 reason for wanting sports said Shes offered to reduce the rent the giants perhaps even eliminate if the team would threats by the 49ers to join the giants in searching for a new Home prompted the City to offer to spend up to million to refurbish including 118130 luxury added a new scoreboard and improvements in concessions and san 50 Miles is considering construction of a million baseball Only privately funded on Public to tempt the san Jose also is finalizing plans to build a multipurpose Arena officials Hope will House an Aba Oakland is talking about a football a project that could run adjacent to its Colise Marena Complex in Hopes of getting an nil team to replace the departed Redwood a Community of residents half Way Between san Francisco and san Jose where the 49ers train and have their also is studying plans to attract the and All these activities Are going on Roy president of the has called for talks among Bay area communities to promote but so far none has taken political subdivisions Are an anachronism when it comes to sports teams and he a regional approach is the Only reasonable san Oakland and san Jose form a Power Triangle around the but account for Only a third of the areas according to the 1980 san Francisco had a population of san Jose had and Oak land had although the High tech industries of Silicon Valley Are slumping they portend a faster rate of growth in san where there is More land for this Valley is booming and theres so much Money around for new said Ray a Developer who Hopes to build the giants a Home in san i dont know what their economic Impact would be on the but everybody excited about the Legal action seen if ruling unfavourable Vikings May test nil on Kosar a photo miamis Bernie Kosar eligibility ruling due Eden up the Minnesota Vikings Are readying their Law yers while they wait for nil commissioner Pete Rozelie to Rule on Bernie Kosaris eligibility for the 1985 general Man Ager Mike Lynn said Lynn also asked Rozelie to look into the Cleveland Browns attempt to obtain the University of Miami the commissioner responded by ordering the the the Houston oilers and the Buffalo Bills to Send him letters expressing their views of the Rozelie said he will make no ruling until he hears from All four Lynn said he May consider Legal action if Rozelie rules against on the Vikings traded their first two draft picks to the Houston oilers for the 2 pick Overall in the upcoming draft april Buffalo has the 1 but has already signed defensive end Bruce Smith of Virginia Kosar has indicated he will graduate Early from therefore making him eligible for the but the nil cited a Rule stating that Kosar must file a letter indicating his intentions by april if he fails to do and completes his academic requirements by the fall he could petition the nil to hold a special supplemental draft for the Browns got a jump on the rest of the league by dealing future considerations to Buffalo to obtain the 1 pick if a supple mental draft is Kosar has said he wants to play for which is 60 Miles from his Hometown of Lynn said he was surprised the Browns Are actively seeking Kosar because the Vikings Are the Only team with the right to negotiate with i just dont like the Way it Lynn the whole thing is kind of it just Doest smell we spent a lot of time doing this the Houston Deal and we did it for a Lynn said Rozelie must Rule on whether Kosar is available for a supplemental Lynn also believes that Kosar can no longer play College foot our Contention is that he is no longer eligible to return to the University of Miami to play Lynn citing an Mcaa Rule that says a player who employs an agent is John the Kosar family Den has represented the 21yearold quarterback in negotiations with the Lynn has a letter from the Mcaa to the Houston explaining that because Kosar has an agent his College career is 6foot5 and 209 has thrown for 40 touchdowns and Yards in his two seasons at last he completed 63 percent of his passes 262 of 416 for Yards and 25 he was intercepted 16 times and sacked 27 the Vikings have been hampered the last two seasons by injuries to starting quarterback Tommy who missed 13 games in 1983 with a knee injury and nine games last year with a shoulder celtics Down Cavaliers in playoff preview new York a the Cleveland still excited about making the National basketball association had better Settle Down soon and figure out How to beat the Boston Larry Bird scored 29 Points thursday As the celtics Defeated the Cavaliers the Victory marked the 15th straight time Boston has beaten dating Back to january More the outcome ensured the Cavaliers will meet the celtics in the first round of the playoffs next that series will be Bostons Victory improved its record to clinching the Best record in the Aba this which lost for just the second time in nine slipped to two nights the Cavaliers earned a playoff berth for the first time since the 197778 Cleveland took a 9895 Lead into the no Roundup fourth Quarter before Kevin Mchale sparked Bostons who scored 25 made a key Basket with 36 seconds left to keep the celtics in world free scored 24 Points for but did not score in the fourth Mel Turpin added 18 for the in other Aba it was rockets Kings 123 Kansas Ralph Samp son Sank a 10foot shot with two seconds left to give Houston its Kansas City had tied it with 10 seconds left when Eddie Johnson made an 18foot the rockets called and Sampson then took the inbound pass and worked Sampson and Akeem Olajuwon each scored 31 Olajuwon also grabbed 11 Johnson had 26 Points and Mike Wood son 24 for the Host jazz Trail blazers 107 Salt Lake City Adrian Dantley scored 23 Jeff Wilkins 22 and Fred Roberts 20 As Utah won by the biggest margin in its 11 year the Victory enabled the jazz to pull a tie with Portland and san Antonio for the fifth Western conference playoff utahs previous biggest winning margin was 30 Points Over san Antonio during the 197980 but the Host jazz sur passed that Mark against Portland by breezing to a 3520 Lead after one increasing the margin to 6845 at halftime and upping the advantage to 10567 after three lakers warriors 130 Byron Scott and Earvin magic Johnson Sank consecutive baskets to help los Angeles fend off Golden states furious the lakers led by 17 Points Early in the fourth but sleepy Floyd and Pur vis Short helped pull the warriors within 124121 with but who had 22 and John who had made their baskets to give the visiting lakers their Floyd scored a season High 33 Points and Short had Mavericks supersonics 80 Mark Aguirre scored 30 and Rolando Blackman added 20 As Dallas took advantage of Seattle injured front the Victory clinched the Home court advantage for the Mavericks in the first round of the Tom normally a Forward for started for the first time in his career at he scored 13 Points and grabbed a career High 18