European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 sports Chicago cubs fan Joyce Weishaar expressed her feelings about the baseball strike at the mets cubs game in Chicago thumbs Down on walkout a photo the players went on strike tues Day for the second time in four years after failing to reach an agreement in Las min Ute negotiations with Weishaar survived this because the negotiators apparently came to an agreement on wednesday and baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth was expected to make an announcement later in the strike Over from Page 1 but a Union player who asked not to be said the tentative agreement contained no Cap on salary arbitration increase in eligibility for arbitration from two years of major league service to but the increase would not take effect during the first two years of the a million year contribution from the owners to the players pension up from the players originally had asked for million a redirecting part of the difference be tween the million and million to financially troubled the full 13game slate the first Day of the was wiped and the 12 games on wednesdays schedule were also called negotiators for the players and owners met for 11 their busiest Day of the bargaining on tues but could not reach agreement in a dispute entering on salary and the second mid season strike in baseball in four years was they continued talking tuesday but broke up shortly before with the Union saying they remained far apart on at 10 on wednesday they met an hour later the commissioners office announced that the two sides were meeting with Ueberroth for the first time in these shortly after the tentative understanding was this was a critical 24 Mcgregor they were doing a lot of and that was i was concerned if it got beyond 24 to 48 it might break i am surprised that it happened so quickly and worked out so after what happened i Fig ured it would be a Little Ueberroth last week offered a set of seven proposals to Avert baseballs second player walkout in four but his suggestions were criticized by both even As late As tuesday there were signs that a settlement might be far we Are Hung up Fehr said tuesday if the matter proceeds very the players wont be willing to Settle for what they would have settled Tor but Fehr and Macphail both indicated that they were More concerned about salvaging the rest of the season than losing a Day or two of games that could be made up the they was to avoid a repeat of when a strike eliminated seven weeks of the object now is to find a Way to end it As fast As we Fehr the two top negotiators began tuesday with an one that was prompted by the urging of the meeting was supposed to be an informal and neither Side said it expected to present any new it could All fall apart in minutes or it could last All Macphail said be fore it As it turned that first meeting lasted about three hours and started own ers and team officials on a Daylong Kent Tekulve of the National league player heard on the radio around 5 or that the Phillies game at Home against Pittsburgh was not going to be and took a train to Union Headquarters in new York Pat vice president of the Toronto Blue asked Baltimore orioles manager Earl Weaver whether the teams could move Back their starting time from to in Case of a late settlement hous ton astros owner John a Mem Ber of the pc executive said during the afternoon that he thought the chances of playing games wednesday had improved from 9010 against the Day be fore to neither of the top expressed that kind of optimism during the in the players struck for 50 Days Over the Issue of free agent bleachers we rent Only places with empty seats new York a the bleachers at Shea and Yankee stadiums we rent the Only empty seats on the first Day of the baseball Saloon keepers reported a major league drop in business throughout new there was no Joy at the Mccaffrey Burke bar and Grill in which installed a satellite dish two years ago to pull in As Many As five games a this is a sports there Are three television sets in now we dont have anything to do until the football said a Mccaffrey we might As Well spend More time with our girl Joe Healey was running a videotape called the greatest moments in base on the two television sets in his at 50th Street and 2nd Avenue on manhattans East but he doubted the 90minute tape would satisfy his regu Lars if the strike drags during the last in we were probably 30 percent below our Normal Busi he who Calls himself one of the worlds greatest Yankee was More pessimistic than some his White Collar the strike wont Cut Down on my Beer said Jim a Stock broker who Hob nobs with friends at re around the at Amo Rous couples and workers unwinding after a Day at the office appeared unconcerned Over the people sit at Home to watch said Mike a bartender at Ken they dont go to bars to watch a baseball game unless it is on the sports Cable network on the East people go to bars to said its different in working class where they do go to bars to watch business was off in More than one of new Yorks Blu Collar i have about five customers with a ballgame i would have 25 to said Charles de manager of the Community bar and Grill in the Flushing Section of Queens when contacted by Telephone tues Day night Between 8 and 9 when at least one game normally would be were we have a Juke so it probably wont affect our business As much As some other said Renee Jackson of burkes tavern in
