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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 15,1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports mets Gooden becomes youngest to win by Young by John Nelson new York a soft spoken but hard throwing Dwight Gooden of the new York mils on wednesday became the youngest Pitcher Ever to win the by Young award saying things have moved pretty rapidly in my career Gooden who will turn 21 saturday received unanimous acclaim As the Best Pitcher in the National league  season in voting by the baseball writers association of America. This is a goal of every Pitcher Good in said at a news conference at Shea stadium after the award was announced. But i m also looking Forward to getting into the playoffs maybe next  Gooden also became the first Pitcher to win Rookie of the year and by Young awards in successive seasons. The right hander had a record of 24-4 and led the National league in earned run average strikeouts Complete games and innings pitched. What can he do for an encore last year. 1 won the Rookie award and that was special because you Only have one Chance. And the by Young is a great Honor after finishing second last year. You just try to do a Little bit better each year he said. A world series ring sure would be  How about winning 30 games hopefully i la do it one Day before my career is  Gooden said. I came into this season shooting for 20 victories. I accomplished that but i did t think i would lose Only four  in results announced wednesday Gooden received 120 Points including All 24 of the first place votes cast by the baseball writers association of America becoming the seventh Pitcher to receive the award unanimously. John Tudor of St. Louis 21-8 during the season was second with 65 Points followed by Orel harsh scr of los Angeles with 17, Joaquin Andujar of St. Louis with six Fernando  of los Angeles with four Tom Browning of Cincinnati with three and Jeff Reardon of Montreal with one. The other unanimous winners were Sandy Koufax in 1963, 65 and 66 Denny Mclain in 1968 Bob Gibson in 1968 Steve Carlton in 1972 and 77 Ron Gui dry in 1978, and Rick Sutcliffe in 1984. Votes Are cast by two members of the a Baa from each National league City. A first place vote is Worth five Points a second place vote a Worth three and a third place vote is Worth one. I m honoured to have my name listed with the other by Young winners said Gooden. So much has happened to me in such a Short period of time Rookie of the year last year and now this. Still i would gladly Trade both of these awards for one world series ring. That s what i will be shooting for next  the award came to Gooden three Days before his 21st birthday making him 13 Days younger than vac Nucla when the dodgers Southpaw won his by Young award in 1981. Valenzuela was 10 Days past his 21st birthday when he won the award on nov. 11 of that year. And although Valc Nucla won both the by Young and Rookie of the year awards in the no in 81, no Pitcher Ever had won them in successive years. The Only other Pitcher who came close to duplicating the feat was another former met Tom Seaver who was the no s top Rookie in 1967 and won his first by Young in 1969. In fact Only four players other than Gooden have won both awards. Besides Valc Nucla and Seavor they were Don Newcombe 1949 and 56 and Sutcliffe 1979 and 84. The most remarkable thing about Dwight Gooden is that he seems to come up with something new every Start said mets manager Dave Johnson. Just when you think you might have seen it All he amazes you  while downplaying his own a com see Gooden on Page 23 celtics trip pacers for 7th straight win by the associated press Boston one reason the Boston celtics have been in the National Bas a Coball association finals for two consecutive years is that they can play Well even when Larry Bird does t. Bird the Aba s most valuable player the last two seasons led Boston with 15 rebounds and seven assists wednesday night but shot a dismal 6 for 21 from the floor and finished with 18 Points. Nevertheless Dennis Johnson compensated for Bird s off night with 30 Points his High since joining the team in 1983. As the celtics Defeated Indi Ana i is-114 Lor their seventh consecutive Victory after a season opening loss to new Jersey. Larry has been shooting bricks out there and . Has been picking up the  celtics coach . Jones said. Dennis u pumped up on both ends and is doing the  Johnson scored 11 Points in both the third and fourth periods As Boston broke away from a 58-58 halftime tic. Johnson ii Points in the third Quarter helped Boston the an 88-81 Lead after the halftime deadlock. Then after sitting on the Bench while Indiana rallied for a 91-91 tie Early in the fourth Quarter he scored nine of his 11 fourth Quarter Points in a two minute Span As the celtics pulled Way again. I can t explain Why i had that stretch in the fourth Quarter Johnson said. If 1 could. I d bottle it and save it for the next game. Those things just  he Hurt us when we did not sign him As a free agent and he Hurt us tonight said pacers coach George Irvine referring to the off season offer Nabaro Imduk Sheet Johnson signed with Indiana that was matched by Boston. He had a great came and did it basically against a Tough  ". Made some real Lough shots Indiana s Terence Stansbury said. We played Good defense on him but he made the big shots. They weren t easy shots he got. All you can do when a player is going like that is to keep play ing him tight and Hope he misses the next  the pacers were led by Herb Wil Liams with 27 Points Vern Fleming with 22. And Clark Kellogg with 21, while Robert Parish contributed 23 for the celtics. In other Aba games wednesday matericksll5,jazz 100 Salt Lake City Dallas struggling with a 3-6 record after being touted As one of the Best teams in the Western conference got 37 Points from Rolando Blackman to win. I tried everything on  jazz coach Frank Layden said. I Al most put Barbara Layden s wife on him at one Point. This is the real Dallas team. The Mavericks Are a polished team much belter than their record  Blackman had played Only 11 min utes in Dallas loss to Seattle on tues Day after dislocating a Finger in prac Tice monday. Against the jazz he made 17 of his 23 Field goal attempts and scored 16 Points in the third Quarter As the Mavericks pulled away to a 90-70 Lead after three periods. The Mavericks led 30-18 after one sea celtics on Page 26 a Diuk Dwight Gooden. Unanimous acclaim a left pick up of Eyfa in Swap with botox new York a the new York mets obtained left handed Pitcher Bob Ojeda from Boston on wednesday in an eight player Trade that sent two Young pitchers to the red sox. The mets sent right handers Calvin Schiraldi and Wes Gardner to the red sox along with outfielders John Christensen and la Schelle Tarvor. Coming to the Meu along with Ojeda will be three other Young pitchers Tom Mccarthy John Mitchell and Chris Bayer. Ojeda 27, was 9-11 with a 4.00 Era last year his third full season with the red sox. He was 12-12 with a 339 Era in 1984 and is 44-39 lifetime. Ojeda first saw action in the major leagues in 1980 with the red sox. Schiraldi was 2-1 with the mets last sea son and 4-5 with the club s aaa Tidewater club. Gardner was 7-6 at Tidewater with 18 saves but was 0-2 with the met. We feel that Gardner and Schiraldi will be solid additions to our pitching staff Boston general manager Tom Gorman said. We feel Bob Ojeda ii a Quality left handed Pitcher who should complement our present staff said Joe Mcllvain. New York director of player personnel. Our re ports on him Are Good and we feel that another left hander on our staff will give us a better  Oieda will become the fifth starter on a staff that already includes right handers Dwight Gooden. Ron Darling and Akk Aguilera and left hander Sid Fernandez. Detroit trades Garbey for Oakland s Collins Detroit a the Detroit tigers have traded infielder Barbara Garbey to the Oakland a s for switch hitting outfielder Dave Collins the american league club said wednesday. Collins 32. U an 11-year Veteran who has played in both leagues and now is join ing his sixth major league team. We were looking for a player who can steal some bases and generate some offence. Collins the kind of player who can get on base Teal another Aad make a lot of things  said tigers general manager Bill Lajoie. He adds another dimension to our  last season Collins batted .231 for Oak land appearing in 112 games. He tallied 52 runs 29 Bis and 29 stolen bases. Coins joined the California Angels in 1973 and also has played for Cincinnati Seattle the new York Yankees and Toronto. He was traded by the Blue jays to the a s along with infielder Alfredo Griffin be fore the 1985 season in Exchange for Relief Ace Bill Caudill. Collins has a lifetime Balling average of .275 with 342 stolen bases in 1.244 games. He stole 79 bases for the 1980 reds and led the american league with 60 steals for the Blue jays in 1944. Garbey 28. Came to the United sum from Cuba in 1980 Aai has played for the tigers the put two season. A batted .257 with six borne runs and 29s rib in 86 games last season  
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