European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday septembers 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary the Price is right for Eddie Murray if Money is the Root of All evil then Eddie Mur Ray is about to join the forces of satan. Some might argue that the orioles first baseman has already deserted the Good Guys since he makes in excess of is million a year. But Murray is about to sign n five year Deal that would net about $20 Mil lion. The Deal according to sport Magazine would make Murray the highest paid player in the majors. You can t argue with Murray s stats. Prior to this season. Murrey 29, owned a .298 career average Over eight seasons. He belted 227 homers and knocked in 807 runs in that Span. As a switch hitter he proved equally competent at both sides of the plate. Murray has shown no signs of slackening. Going into Friday s game the California native was hitting.290, with 24 Home runs and 109 Bis. Critics won t take Issue with  s numbers they la take Issue with his priorities. No athlete they contend is Worth $20 million. But these folks Are prisoners of the past ignorant of the economic conditions that pervade professional sports. Murray will earn his millions because the orioles can afford to pay him. To illustrate How much Money Baltimore can pay its athletes remember this is the same team that shelled out millions to sign free agents Lee Lacy Fred Lynn and Don Aase in the off season. This is the same team that never contended in 198s and will finish no higher than third. Still the Money continues to flow the orioles will draw Over two million fans this season at their present clip. Since adult ticket prices Range Between $4.75 and $9, the orioles Aren t talking Small change. But the Jackpot comes not from ticket prices hot dogs or parking concessions. The big Money comes from to. Just How much local and National television pump into the Oriole organization is unknown but it s More than enough to allow the team to convert a number of the Birds into million Aires. Some would claim that Murray still has no right to stake his claim on such a Cash flow. Moralists will note while millions starve in Africa athletes live the Good life shagging Fly balls. While medical research facilities seek donations pro football players can often be found driving Mercedes porsche and Ferra Ris. While teachers some with masters degrees often make less than $20,000, some Aba players whenever will graduate from College make $3 million or More. Where s the Justice the Public needs Only to look at itself to find the answer. The Public known As fans in sports terminology has created the present standards of payment. Millions of fans would rather Shell out $25 or even $500 to watch n football game than give $5 to and Vance cancer research. Millions of fans would rather pay $1.50 for a hot dog at the stadium than vote a tax increase to improve teachers pay. It s the fans who also provide to with the Money to pay the pro leagues. Advertisement rates Are based on ratings. So while 40 million people watch coca cola Miller Beer and Goodyear tire commercials the networks Are Only too Happy to take the corporate Money and funnel it into pro teams coffers. Pro franchises tried to claim earlier this sea son that player salaries were bankrupting baseball. Yet every time an owner offers to sell even the most dismal of teams buyers line up. The prospective buy ers might want to shift the franchise but you can t blame them. If Ownen think they can make $40 Mil lion in Denver As opposed to $30 million in Pitts Burgh they re Only using solid business sense. Sports is business. No one knows this More than Murray. He is blessed with a Talent in a Market that will pay millions to have it. It s a Market created by fans who will pay nearly any Price to shout we re no.  it s a mar Ket that if infected by evil has spread beyond sports to the society that pays the Bills. In Stan and Strum Mcenroe from Page 21 to dote out the Victory. After Mavrit Lvovs i Victory began the Day s Phy Flander and Jarryd took to the stadium Cost with the temperature in the High 90s with High humidity. The no. 3seed in the men s singles who captured his second French open title earlier the year was leading 2-6, 6-2, 5-0 when his Davis cup teammate retired with an upset Stom Ach. It appeared Jarryd began cramping mid Way through the third set shortly before he retired. He failed to Chase Down balls he earlier had reached. Still the end came suddenly one Point into the sixth game. Wilander hit a service Winner and Jarryd walked to the net telling his fellow swede that the match was Over. The shocker of the ninth Day of this grand slam tournament was grass two hour 46-minute Victory Over Shriver and the Way it was accomplished. My Effort could t be any More Shriver said. It was about two Points too less. I Don t think i be Ever gone into a match wanting to win so much in my life. I Haven played a semifinals of a big tournament in two years. I be fallen Short in a lot of quarterfinals. This was one time i know i did t fall Short because i d done something wrong. The other person played just a Little bit , who won the exhibition Tennis event in the los Angeles olympic games last year got 80 percent of her first serves in and was almost perfect on her grounds strokes off both sides. Every time Shriver a serve and Volley specialist came to the net Graf found that Small space for a passing Slot being especially accurate with her i uss court  broke Shriver s service to begin the match then dropped her own in the second  was grass turn in the Lith game As she broke Shriver s service then served for the first set. Shriver broke Back and the two went into a tiebreak the first of three for the Day which Graf won 7-4. Shriver jumped out to a 4-2 Lead in the second set and at 5-4 was serving for the set. Graf broke in the 10th game and the two again went to a tiebreaker. This time Shriver won by an identical 7-4 score. The Veteran Shriver who reached the final Here at the National Tennis Center in 1978 when she was 16, appeared destined for a semifinal berth when she took a 4-1lead in the third and final set. At 5-3, she served for the match but Graf fought Back and broke her. Again they went to a tiebreaker an again it was 7-4. This time it was the Young West German who came out on top and captured a semifinal berth. It was the longest match 39 games in women s singles play since the tiebreaker was introduced at the is. Open in 1970. The previous record was 38 games set in1978 when Lela Forwood Defeated Carrie Meyer 7-5, 6-7, 7-6. Lisa Bonder downed Barbara Potter by an identical score in 1983. Al from Page 21 picked up his fifth save by retiring Bell. In other Al games Yankees 4, mariners 3 new York Surprise starter Rich Bordi hurled 6w innings and Don mat tingly and Andre Robertson each drove in two runs As the Yankees recorded their fifth consecutive Triumph. Bordi was pressed into service after Marty Bystrom developed tenderness in his shoulder for Bis first Start after 42 Relief appearances. He allowed one run and six nits before needing help from Neil Allen and Bob Shirley who got Alvin Davis to hit into a game ending double play following Phil Bradley s two run sin Gle. It was Shirley s first save since 1981. Loser Mark Langston retired the first nine Yankees but walked Rickey Hender son leading off the fourth. Matt Gly Fol Lowed with his 26th Homer for a 2-1 Lead. The Yankees added a third in in the inning on an infield hit by Don Baylor and Robertson s double. New York scored what proved to be the winning run in the sixth on a walk to Baylor a sacrifice Ano Robertson s single. Angels 5, tigers 2 Detroit Brian Downing belted a two run Homer to Back the seven hit pitch ing of John Candelaria and Donnie Moore. Candelaria 4-1 since the Angels acquired him from Pittsburgh on aug. 2, allowed one run and five hits in six innings. Loser Jack Morris gave up just three hits but four runs in seven innings. Rod Carew worked Morris for a two out walk in the California sixth and Rode Home on Downing s 18th Home run for a 2-1 California Lead. Bob Boone s sacrifice Fly in the seventh made it 3-1. After Larry Herndon homered in the Detroit seventh the Angels got two insurance runs in the eighth on Bobby Grich s rib double and Gary Pettis single.royab6,wutesox5 Kansas City to. Chicago left fielder Luis Salazar misjudged Pat Sheri Dan s two out Fly Ball in the Loh inning and Darryl Motley scored from third base. Motley s great running catch in Lef Field with two out in the top of the 10th kept the White sox from scoring. He Dou bled leading off the royals half against Chicago Relief Ace Bob James. He re manned at second As Steve Balboni grounded out and buddy Biancalana walked but took third on John Wuhan s Long Fly Ball. The White sox tied the score in the eighth when Salazar tripled off Dan Quisenberry and scored on Ron Kiltie s single. Wathan s first Home run in More than a year snapped a tie in the sixth inning and put the royals ahead 5-4. Orioles 6, a 1 Baltimore storm Davis pitched a five hitter and Cal Ripken Floyd Ray Ford and Mike Young hit Solo Home runs. Davis came within two outs of his Sec Ond straight shutout but Oakland s Bruce Bochte hit his 11th Home run wild one Outin the ninth. Loser Don Stilton fail j in a bid for his 294th career Triumph. Brewers 11, twins 10 Minneapolis Rick Manning drove in four runs three with his second Homer of the season and Cecil Cooper collected his 1,000th career rib with a two run shot. The twins led 7-6 in the sixth inning when the Brewers scored five runs. Ted Simmons singled Home the tying and Lead runs before Manning blasted a 412-foot drive into the upper deck in right Field Foran 11-7 Lead. Minnesota scored three times in the Bottom of the sixth on aground Rule rib double by Mark Fundor Burk and a two run single by Kent Hrbek. Jarryd dominated Wilander in the open ing set. Wilander turned the tables in the second set. Then in the third Wilander was winning every game although never easily As the two had Long rallies from the Baseline. Then All of a sudden it was Over when Jarryd walked to the net informed his opponent then told the Umpire he was retire. Ing. The problem was i started to feel dizzy out there. Then i started to feel that i was cold then i got hot again then i started to freeze More and More Jarryd said. I was feeling terrible out there. It must have been the heat. When you feel hot and then Start to freeze you know that something must be  Navratilova was Brilliant in her stadium court destruction of Garrison who played one of her better games. But whatever Gar Rison did Navratilova did better. It was Vintage Martina her game show ing the same level of play she displayed two years ago when she went through the entire year with just one loss. Schlichter named Colts no. 1 a a Indianapolis a Art Schlichter free of the gambling habit that led to a year s suspension by the National football league has achieved another Milestone in his comeback by regaining the Indianapolis Colts starting quarterback Job. After four months of evaluations through Spring and summer drills and four weeks of alternating starts during the exhibition sea son coach Rod Dowhower picked Schlichter Over three year starter Mike Pagel. He s our Man Dowhower said of Schlichter. He s got his foot in the door. Now it s up to  Schlichter 25, who threw for a school record 7,547 Yards and 50 touchdowns and ran for 1,303 Yards and another 35 touch Downs at Ohio state was the fourth player chosen in the 1982 nil draft. He played in three games with the Colts As a Rookie backup to Pagel but he was unable to Han dle six figure gambling debts and threats. From bookmakers. The nil suspended Schlichter for the 1983 season. He rejoined the Colts last year first As the backup to Pagel and then As the starter in the final five games