European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 17, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Home grown Talent trend of the future the Coronation last week of Dwight Goodwn and Bret Saberhagen As the 1985 by Young award winners punctuates what appears to be a distinct change for baseball an emphasis on Young Home grown Talent. Goodwn who turned 21 saturday is a product of the new York acts farm system drafted by his club in the first round of the 1982 free agent draft. . 21 last april came from the Kansas cily royals farm system drafted by his club in the i9lh round of the 1982 free agent draft. So what you might ask was everybody doing on the 18 rounds in Between those two picks of just mining other raw Talent like Toronto Pitcher Jimmy key in the third round Seattle slugger Alvin Davis in the sixth round Cincinnati s 20-game Winner Tom Browning in the ninth round and St. Louis speedster Vince Coleman in the 10th. The same Amateur draft produced such useful peo ple As Terry Pendleton Roger Mcdowell Ken How Ell Kirk Mccaskill Sammy Khalifa Mark Bailey. Zane Smith Shawon Dunston Mark Bailey Tim Birtsas Todd Worrell and others who have developed into recognizable major leagues. In retrospect then if you eliminate Steve Garvey who helped san Diego win the National league pen Nant last year the 1982 division of teen age Talent had More Long Range Impact on the clubs involved than the More widely publicised re a nary draft of familiar old names. Three world series have been played since then and in each Case Baltimore in 1983, Detroit in 1984 and Kansas City this year the winners were constructed from Home grown Talent with Little or no input from the re entry marketplace. And that is a trend that promises to continue. Teams have locked up their most valuable players in Long term deals and More and More the free agent Market once a Quick fix for clubs with Large Check books is becoming a distinctly secondary source for Talent. There arc about so players on this year s list but you can reduce the really useful ones to a precious handful. Kirk Gibson will get Rich Richer really since he earned a tidy $685,000 last season be cause he is Young and had the great Good sense to deliver at last on his huge potential by hitting 29 Home runs driving in 97 runs and stealing 30 bases. But after him the pickings Are slim. Future Hall of a Mars Rod Carew Don Sutton and Phil Nickroo arc on the list. So is Rusty staub who has turned Pinch hitting into an Art form. So is Al Oliver who helped Toronto win a division pen Nant. So is Carlton Fisk who hit 37 Home runs for the White sox last season. Fisk who turns 38 next month is the baby of that group. Finding teams willing to invest big Bucks or any Bucks for that matter in players their age will be no Small trick. Perhaps this draft ought to carry the statue of Liberty s message give me your tired your poor your huddled masses yearning to breathe  instead of turning this particular Assem Blage of tired poor huddled masses into capitalists the clubs seem More interested in investing within in developing their own Talent and then reaping the re turns when the kids mature into major leagues. That s what happened with Goodwn and Saberhagen. The baseball writers will hand out the most valuable player awards this week and the favourites Are 24 year old Don Mattingly of the new York Yankees and 27-year-old Willie Mcgee of the St. Louis Cardi nals. Compared to the by Young winners they Are a couple of senior citizens. Tim at cum Pratt snowballed apologizes to 49ers, fans Denver a in what May be the final episode in the monday night snowball incident the perpetrator has apologized and the National football league lays the referee had the option of ordering a re kick but ruled the snowball did t affect the play. The snowballed who asked not to be identified responded to a san franc co examiner offer of $500 for a first person account of Why a snowball was launched from the stands during monday night s san Francisco Denver game apparently distracting 49er bolder Matt Cavanaugh and aborting a Field goal attempt. I m really sorry about what i did and i want to apologize to the 49ers and 49er fans the snowballed said. I Don t want the Money. I feel bad enough already. Everybody thinks i m a Jerk and i just Don t want the people in san Francisco to think All Bronco fans Are jerks. I m sorry and i la never throw another snowball again  the Young Man in his mid-20s and using his parents season tickets said he and a Friend both threw snowballs at the ume time. His buddy s toss hit the goal Post but the snowballed s heave landed in front of Cavanaugh As the Ball was being snapped. Everybody around us started calling us jerks he said. That s when i realized that it was stupid. We were really hoping that the Broncos would win by at least four  Denver won 17-16, and 49er loyalists contended the missed first half Field goal Cost the defending super bowl champions the game. The snowballed said he agrees with a newly announced Bronco policy that includes revocation of season ticket privileges for anyone caught throwing snowball during a game. The nil meanwhile said referee Jim Tunney could have Given the 49ers a second try at the Field goal but Tunney ruled the snowball did not interfere with Ray Wersching s attempt. There is something in the Rule Book that would have allowed Tunney to replay the Down nil spokesman Pete Abitable said. The vague Rule jives the referee oversight and control Over the game. Abil Anle said Art Mcnalty the league s supervisor of officials interprets the Rule to mean that if in Tunney s judgment the snowball had impaired Cavanaugh in any Way or distracted him the Down could have been  after the game Tunney said the officials had no re course in terms of a foul or to Call it on the Home team or the  but Abitanto said Tunney was Only responding to a question about calling a Penally on the crowd or the Home team and that he knew he did have the option of replaying the Down. It s not that he was t aware of the Rule said Abi table. He just fell that the snowball did not interfere with the kick. Certainly had Cavanaugh or Wirsching been hit by the snowball it would have been a different  Abitanto predicted that the league might consider a More specific Rule on the subject when owners meet this Winter. As a postscript during Denver s practice on thursday coach Dan Reeves fired a snowball at Holder Gary Kubiak on a Field goal try. Did t bother him a bit said Reeves. Pea offers new team concept Irving Texas up representatives of 41 pea sponsored tournament have conducted a draft of pro golfers to begin a Competition to raise $2 million for Charity and put an additional $2 million into the players pockets. This is the wave of the future said pea commissioner Deane Beman who dreamed up the idea. We May even see it in other  the tournaments starting with the greater Greensboro open which Drew the no. 1 drafting position selected five play ers to represent them on the tour next year. The top 25 players in each tournament will earn Points and the team with the most Points at the cod of the year will win $500,000 for the charities sponsored by the tournament which drafted them. The second place team will receive $300,000, with the top 25 teams earning Money. Similar payments will be made to the golfers. The player earning the most Points will win $500,000. The Winner of each tournament will receive 200 Points and each place lower will be Worth five Points less through the 25th spot. Lanny Wald is Curtis strange Tom Kite and Tom Watson were the first four players elected going to the greater Greensboro open the tournament players championship the Pebble Beach pro am and the Andy Williams open. Pea players were allowed to announce in Advance if they did not want to have their names placed in the draft Pool and few name players chose not to take pan. Among those not wanting to participate were George Archer and Bob Gilder. Jack Nicklaus was Uken by the greater Milwaukee open fuzzy Zoeller went to the Phoenix open and Greg Norman was chosen by the Kimper open. The selection of players took 3 to Houri. Everybody was prepared said Beman. They had done their Homework. We think this will be a terrific concept. People in certain cities will know who their players arc and they can Root for them As the year goes  in addition to regular pea tour members the tournament representatives were allowed to pick players who will Advance to the tour from this year s qualifying school. Dean a Man. Wave of the future court rejects Oakland s bid for return of raiders san Francisco a a stat appeals court Friday rejected Oakland s at tempt to move the raiders National foot Ball league team Back from los Angeles taking it would place an unconstitutional Burden on interstate Commerce. Relocation of the raiders would implicate the welfare not Only of the individual team franchise but of the entire league said a three judge panel of the 1st District court of Appeal. The Specter of such local action throughout the state or across the country demonstrates the need for uniform  Michael stamp one of the attorneys who represented the City of Oakland Taid the next step is the California supreme court and Well be in that court next month asking them to take it. If the ruling of the court of appeals stands then eminent Domain Law has been radically and dramatically  i m very disappointed in the decision Oakland mayor Lionel Wilson said in statement. I think the justices misread the Law in the application of the Commerce clause in this  raiders officials had no comment on the decision and referred questions to the team s lawyer Joseph Alioto of san fran Cisco