European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 real old timers get the treatment by Hal a sports writer they gathered at the Hall of Fame on congregating in the tiny map Dot Village of to Honor baseballs Early Winner of 300 major league games and a member of the Hall of fames class of was he intended no slight to inductees Lou Hoyt Arky Vaughan and Enos Wynn passed to make a related stories on pages and id be embarrassed to he nobody pays attention to you until they want i cant get myself worked up about old timers Days and the Hall of Fame because in sick of the treatment weve been Early Wynns Basic pension for 23 seasons of major league employment is a month plus a costo living variable the old Pitcher has hardly kept up with modern Slaughter gets a which explains at age he remains a working at the Core of the current contract dispute which threatens to shut Down baseball one week from today is How much of managements billion television con tract will go to the they have asked for their usual a million Windfall which would Cre ate pensions in the pension benefits Are calculated by a formula involving when and for How Long a recipient played and when he chooses to Start drawing there is no common commentary payout because of those the top current Bene fit is paid to a 20year Man who played during or after 1970 and who does not begin drawing benefits until age he gets per month or a that compares to the for who retired in and the for who retired in were said who Heads a 400 member association of old timers seeking pension improvements for the sports some Are getting and a widows draw half of what their husbands were its not enough to survive on in these expensive our treatment Doest it gets weve got better humane societies for animals than we do for to its the Union has told give us what we ask and we will take care of improving the older Guys a Tough cookie As a Pitcher who has mellowed Little with would like that in the irony of All this is that the pension plan was the invention of the Wynn Slaughter Era of reunion play Ralph Kiner and Allie Reynolds organized player reps and got it started in we agreed that 100 percent of the players would belong and took Money out of our pockets to get it Wynn we paid a Day for every Day we spent in the major leagues plus a Lump sum to get it for the total was we owned the pension we paid for when Marvin Miller arrived on the baseball in the times economic conditions improved dramatically for Active if not for the men who created and nurtured postwar interest in the according to a player with one year in the majors who Waits to collect his pension until age 65 gets a i know 20year men who dont draw that he there is a million fund earmarked for Severance Guys making million for eight years need Severance pay Wynn you know what my sever Ance pay was a Pink its All out of it ignores the people who have done so much for they seem to resent they should remember the game  be where it is had it not been for the its like there we dont need you take a so Early Wynn staged his own Small protest by stay ing away from the Hall of Fame he Doest need he and his constituency want a decent Ryan Serene As others strive for goals new York not in this summer of Nolan Ryan already has strikeouts and five and he watches serenely As his contemporaries Pur sue old former teammates and All members of the baseball generation that arrived in the 1960s and is making history in the Ryan is Serene because that is his nature the country boy from Texas who admits that he was never goal oriented but who can still throw a baseball faster than probably anybody in the big he is 38 years and he says without they clocked me at 98 Miles an hour in Philadelphia the other As Serene As he Ryan understands the demons that drive Tom Seaver and Pete Rose and other members of his generation who Are nearing the milestones of their Ca sometime this Seaver Hopes to pitch his 300th Victory in the big he is 40 years sometime next Rose expects to get his hit in the big he is Phil who is and Don who is Are within striking distance of winning Jerry who is is still starting and Rod who is draws near to Steve Carl who is has been disabled with a sore shoulder since june but he has struck out batters and stands second Only to Nolan when Ryan takes the Mound in his next most of his big numbers will already have been he has started 534 games in the big leagues he has won a photo Nolan Ryan never Goa oriented 239 and lost 214 he has struck out More batters than any other Pitcher in history and thrown More no hit and 53 times in his career he has stopped teams on three hits or i have never been the Houston Astro right hander sitting at his locker in Shea where he was a Rookie for the mets in i never set any numbers to aim from a mental that made it easier for if you set number it can be my attitude to the game remains the same As its always that Why Ive been in baseball so my attitude is simple to get in the Best shape i and go out and pitch the Best that i and to enjoy right in fortunate not to pitch under great mental my mechanics Are anytime you see anyone with longevity like or Tom Seaver or Jerry longevity without Arm you know Treyve got Good my injuries have been mostly nagging thigh in the first three seasons after the mets traded him to California in Ryan struck out a total of including a major league record of 383 in he pitched his fifth no hitter four years and he pitched no hit Ball into the sixth inning against the Phillies As recently As last wednesday he passed Walter Johnsons record of strikeouts two years ago in Montreal and he passed against the mets two weeks ago in Tom and Don Sutton Are different from Ryan they had a number in mind and there shooting for Toms having a Good but in not sur he made the transition very Well from Power Pitcher to More of a finesse Ive developed a change up in the last three and ill use it if in not throwing my curve for but i still throw i never visualized myself any i can never see any transition for when i cant ill be Back in Pete Rose is the ultimate Ryan he knows what he and he drives for he dedicated his life to he wanted to be the first singles then he wanted to break to Cobbs and that what Hes Ryan considered the equation Talent plus incentive equals he agreed that the Best in his generation were mixing great Talent with great and were doing it at a great age what was the record breaking incentive to play at our he you have to make a commitment to do Ball players didst always do when i was a Rookie in Spring a Guy would re port 20 pounds Only an occasional kid will show up our group was in the right place at the right for one it was just 10 years ago that the free agent system came into and we were Given a great our group was just reaching its Peak when free Agency came Pete Tom Jerry Don myself we were All historically in the right place at the right our careers were and we suddenly got the Opportunity to pro Long them and to stay and to get paid exceptionally whether you were Goa oriented like Tom and or like there was a new and a powerful incentive to Force your self to stay in shape even at an advanced age for he reflected on the values and theres nothing wrong with Money As an that Why were profession r saudi Arabia earns trip toll world series Spain Jimmy Staal and Gary Stroud combined for a 1hitter Mon and saudi Arabia capitalized on Naples mistakes for the 32 that earned the winners a trip to the Little league major league world series for 11 and 12yearolds in saudi Arabia broke a 22 tie in the top of the sixth inning As Tim Gooden reached base on an took second on a passed third on a throwing error and scored on another passed that gave the saudi team a 40 record and a clean sweep in this round Robin european championship Naples dropped to 21 with one game left the Only hit was yielded by starter a single by Anthony dash in the fourth who struck out eight but walked left after Naples got two run ners on in the fifth inning and eventually tied the Stroud pitched the remaining 1 innings to get the neither striking out nor walking loser Mike Carrell went the route for giving up seven hits and striking out saudi Arabia broke a scoreless tie with an unearned run in the fourth inning and added another tainted tally in the Brent Byer walked to Start the Naples fifth and moved up on a passed Leroy Robertson also bringing in after another passed Ball moved up both Catcher Roger St romans wild throw towards third and a Fumble in left Field by Shay Breward allowed both run ners to score and tie the game in the other monday Spain 2 from Torrejon chalked up its first Victory with an 81 verdict Over Brussels behind the one hit pitching of Mike Denny struck out seven in going the route for the Only hit off him was a four thinning single by losing Pitcher fran Cois Spain put the game out of reach scoring four times in the first inning and adding two More in the in the opening Lamont Hankins and Denny and both moved up on a passed with Hankins scoring on a wild throw to Reno Cano singled in Freddie harder doubled in Cano and Clint Egan double Home harder to Complete the who was charged with six runs in three plus was relieved by Ian both teams Are 12 in the round Robin standings and wind up play