European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes August 1985 commentary players refuse to believe tale of woe till Ilay Krs did not believe the that was i he Bottom line As baseball players scattered to i heir Homes tuesday to wait and Sec whether there will be any More i he owners know the players finances average salary of do with it what you defer take it All in one invest save spend whatever makes you but the Day you can no longer hit or throw a we have no responsibility for the players do not know the owners no amount of rhetoric from i lie dueling hired by both sides this could Cut through the of the owners interlocking enter tax family trusts and Little tin boxes buried in the he owners said the system had to change in their and he players did not believe for that we now have a baseball strike at the very moment can least afford in sultry nothing happening except exhibition tons of padded men thudding against one another no no no Becker for three and worst of no Box no no Proba ble no pages of Agate to read Over breakfast in in the we were facing this Bleak orwellian future tuesday because Lee Macphail could not convince Donald Chr that the people who own baseball teams were in danger of going broke from the present state of baseball in the first Day of the with both sides still talk labor had apparently agreed to Lake a lower official percentage of network television Money than the unofficial 33w percent that has gone to the pension As the two sides made plans for More talks tuesday ownership was obviously asking labor to give Back some of its clout in the salary arbitration for the Good of the How much responsibility should the players show toward ownerships financial state what is ownerships financial state no amount of whether the original million deficit figures for or the adjusted million deficit can make the players believe the ownership of baseball is about to crumble if the arbitration process is not How badly off can baseball be if clubs Are being sold for million Minnesota million no owner has missed a no stadiums have been padlocked by the City marshal for failure to pay the rent or no owner has been dragged off to debtors his shabby loafers scraping the cobblestones As the deputies haul him by the according to All the the majority of fans and casual observers see the players As cruel and just take a look at the players their their their the scattered drug As Robin Williams put is gods Way of telling people they make too much it is perhaps to expect fans Mak ing subsistence or no wages at to see the players As part of when the average baseball salary is might As Well have unions for Rock stars or but the reason the players make this average salary is that they banded together within one Indus try and won a series of Clear Legal and financial Victo and most owners continued to throw Money at free with extremely mixed results and the system As opposed to the owners do not seem to be acting out of any ideological reaction this time fehrs charge of Union busting at Macphail is Macphail is a solid baseball Man of integrity who Long ago realized the players association was Here to but by the time the last games were played monday he had not persuaded the Union that baseball is in big c new York times North returns to Cherry Hills pea championship starts today a photo i our Veteran Andy North Winner of 2 opens by John Mossman Denver a Andy who has won two has returned to the scene of his first open reliving some fond memories but reluctant to be installed As the favorite in the 67th pea Champi which begins the pea course is the same Cherry Hills country club layout on which North scrambled to a on stroke Victory in the 1978 open last tour event staged in having won another open title in june and tying for fourth last sunday in the Western North has to be considered a who finally seems to have sur mounted the nagging physical problems that made him an also ran during the seven years Between his two open Tri int anxious to Bear the Burden of Mant beat this 1 dont know if you can put a favorite tag on he said tuesday follow ing a practice this is a very hard Golf and there Are a lot of very Good players out if 1 knew who was going to do id be doing something other than playing North will concede that he is playing reasonably i feel Good about the Way in and i have a lot of fond thoughts about this others who figure to be factors include Spain seve who always seems to play Well in the majors two time open titlist Hale a Colorado native who has played the Denver course frequently and who recommended some modifications of the course for this tournament Curtis the Tours leading Money Winner Corey Pavin Hal Sutton Tom Kite masters Champion Bernhard Langer five time pea Champion Jack and Tom suffering through a disappointing season but anxious for his first pea As in and most of his col will be keeping their Drivers in the Cherry Hills measures but at an Elevation of about one mile it plays More like a course deep rough will put a Premium on hit Ting the Fairway off the the fairways have been Cut and players have found even slightly errant tee shots bound ing into the the greens also Are making them difficult to hold from out of the if you hit your Ball into the you can Stop it on the North if you hit into the you have no ill probably use my Driver Only four or five times a distance int a prob Lem but keeping the Ball in the Fairway out of a sense of pea officials have decided to use the so called Arnold Palmer tee on the first from that Palmer drove the first Green in route to a final round 65 and his Only open title in in officials moved the tee Back and to the taking away any Chance a player could drive the now its again a 346yard Straightaway Par North has one other tour Victory besides his two opens the 1977 Westchester Hes quite Content to be known in the words of Johnny the first Guy to win two opens and in just Happy to have accomplished what i North Ive worked hard at this game for 13 1 just go out every week and try to do the Best i in not really concerned what others Levias pays sum athletes for grades Dallas up the first Black Given a scholarship at the Southwest conference school admitted to a Dallas newspaper that he pays Southern methodist University ath letes to make Good Jerry an Al America receiver at sum in the late told the Dallas times Herald that he knows his arrange ment violates Mcaa rules but says he is trying to fight a system that fails to encourage athletes to i pay for passing some on some on is and great on Levias but i dont pay for Basket Levias arrangement is with three cur rent players whom he refuses to ill pay for i wont pay for he that what alumni or whatever you you make ail you win i dont pay for you know you see some of people Are paying there like pros but 1 dont do that 1 dont pay for Levias said he knows that some sum boosters Are giving Money to Mustang play ers including the ones on his Grade plan in violation of Mcaa sum is awaiting an Appeal of apparent Mcaa if the Mcaa upholds its enforcement committees the Mustangs will most Likely be on probation for the sixth Only Wichita state has been penalized More the Levias arrangement is apparently not a part of the current investigation and the Houston oilers and san Diego chargers nil Veteran does not want to be lumped in with the boosters who make Ille Gal i give them incentives to get he told the times the difference be tween Money and incentives is important to in concerned about them not playing sum coach Bobby Collins would not com ment on Levias saying Ive never heard of anything like who says the sum athletic department Doest know anything about is a Good role Model for he was the first of his race to earn an Sec scholarship and graduated with his class in 1969 with a degree in its like tithing the he paying Back for the Good blessings Ive been if i save one that real Ive seen the system take i Breaks mens record Tor 100meter freestyle Mission a Matt Biondi of shattered the world record in the mens 100meter free style in a preliminary heat tuesday at the Phillips swimming Long course National considered americas top freestyle was clocked in Sec he bettered the previous world Mark of set by Rowdy Gaines in a the third leg of the Goldmedal winning 4x100 freestyle relay team at the olympic games last
