European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 16,1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 Gooc Fen mets reach Accord on 1 year $ j .32 million pact new York up National league by Young award Winner Dwight Goodwn Friday agreed to a i year $1.32 million contract with the new York mets making him the youngest millionaire in baseball. The agreement came four Days before Gooden Wasto go to arbitration. I m glad it did t go that far for both parties Goodwn said at his Home in Tampa Flo. I never thought it would go that far but i m glad it s Over now. Hopefully i la never have to go through  Al Harazin the mels senior vice president said the mets usually do not release Dollar figures but made an exception because of interest in Gooden generally regarded As the Best starting Pitcher in baseball. The si.32 million figure is in base salary and the contract contains no incentives he said. Gooden was the National league s Rookie of the year in 1984 when he set a major league record for strikeouts by a Rookie Pitcher with 276 in compiling a 17-9 record. Last year he went 24-4 with a i.s3 Era and 268 strikeouts. Gooden said the first thing he was going to do with his newly acquired wealth would be to let his parents do some of the things they always wanted to  i never dreamed about making this much Money he said. It never crossed my mind at All. I was just Happy to be playing big league Ball. J just take it in stride but it s a Good feeling knowing it s guaranteed. You can do a lot of things for your family and things you always wanted to do. Gooden said when he told his parents about the contract Friday morning they said Don t let it change you " according to Gooden s agent Jim Neader. The sides explored All potential contract  we talked specifically about i 2 and 3-year deals and generally about 5 and 6-year deals Neader said. Dwight and i feel the 1-year method will be the Best Way this year to maximize his income potential. App Nilo no by Young Winner Dwight Gooden. Baseball s youngest millionaire combined with his off Field deals he should be Able to make in the $2 million to $3 million Range and possibly be the Best compensated player in  Gooden expressed Hope he could sign a Long term contract in the near future. I wish i Ould have been longer he said. We thought that this is the Best Deal at this time. Next year might be the Best Lime to go for Long  big Bucks for Saberhagen Kansas City to. A american league by Young award Winner and world series hero Bret Saberhagen Friday became this year s biggest arbitration Winner capturing a $925,000 contract from the Kansas City royals. The request for $925,000 by Saberhagen 21, was heard in Chicago thursday and a spokesman for the royals announced the results Friday. The world series champions have lost All three of their arbitration cases. Overall the clubs have won 10 cases and the players have won eight. The royals had offered $625,000 to Saberhagen. He was paid $150,000 last year when he was second in the league in regular season victories and winning percent age with a 20-6 record. Saberhagen capped the season by being named the most valuable player in the world series for his two victories Over the St. Louis cardinals sports Olson wins As Bubka shouts foul new York a american Billy Olson Holder of the world indoor Best won a controversial pole vault event in the Wanamaker millrose games Friday night As outdoor world record Holder Sergei Bubka of the soviet Union failed to Clear a Highl and protested vehemently. Olson who set the indoor Best last week at 19 feet 5vi inches won at 19-v. The first 19-foot vault in Madison Square Garden history after he had been Given an extra jump at a lower height. Dave Volz another american also cleared 19-m, but Olson was declared the Winner because he made it on his first attempt. But Volz who cleared \9- a on his third try will get credit for the Garden and meet records because Remee sure ments placed Olson s jump at 19 feet and Volz at 19 /4. When Olson sailed Over the bar he jiggled it slightly downward. Volz flew Over the bar cleanly. The two then had the bar raised to a world indoor Best of i9-5v4, but each missed badly. Volz suffered a leg cramp on his second attempt and quit. Olson failed on three tries. Bubka whose outdoor record is 19-814 and who also has cleared 19-5 indoors took four jumps he also was Given an additional jump and missed them All twice at 18-.4m and twice at 18-9%. The juror was triggered when Olson and Joe dial the american outdoor record Holder at 19-2w who has vaulted 19-4k indoors were Given an extra jump each. They had complained that they had been bothered by a photographer while attempting 18-4%. Bubka s older brother Vasi a was refused another jump after complaining about the same problem. Dial competing with borrowed poles when his own did t arrive also failed to Clear a height missing four times at i8-4w. When Vasily Bubka was refused the extra jump Sergei threatened to quit the Competition. But officials mollified Sergei by allowing him an extra attempt. Ljudmila Polanich the interpreter for the five member soviet contingent competing in the millrose games talked Sergei into continuing even though meet officials refused to Grant Vasily another try. The american sportsmen received additional attempts and that was against International rules Sergei said through an interpreter. I Don t find the reasons that the officials gave for these additional runs very convincing. The reasons Given by the referees sounded More like subterfuge than reasons. My impressions of the Competition leave much to be desired Sergei said. I never expected the situation to be like this. Very unpleasant. No matter what country in which a Competition takes place the rules Are the same. They can t be broken. The spirit of the Competition was not very sporting at All. It see Olson on Page 26 Munich Giessen win Small schools titles Stuttgart the bucs stopped Here saturday afternoon. Putting a halt to the record setting bucs were the Munich Mustangs. The brakes were applied in the form of a 42-32 Victory in the girls championship of the Small schools basketball tournament that gave Munich its second straight Small schools Crown. The loss ended Baumholzer s 33-game winning Streak that established the Standard for Dodds girls basketball. In the boys finale the Giessen Griffins capped their first year of play with the boys chanpion ship. John Binger closed the doors on the bad Kreuz Nach bearcats with six fourth Quarter free throws to give the grif fins a 442  s girls had suffered Only two de feats this season both at the hands or Baumholzer. Early saturday the Mustangs appeared headed for loss no. 3. _ Munich trailed 9-7 after one period but held the bucs scoreless for the first four minutes of the second half to grab an 11-9 Edge. But Baum older struck for the last eight Points of the half six by Sanjanetta Wilson to fashion a 17-11 intermission Lead. Wilson s jumper gave Baum older its biggest Lead 19-11 to open the second half before tourney map Lauri Oliver sparked the Mustangs on a comeback. The Sophomore Point guard scored two baskets to make it 19-15 and teammate Gretta gory added a two Pointer. Brigitta Parker s free throw upped Bau bolder s Lead to 21-18 with 4 05 left but a tip in by Gorsey a Layup by Tracy Scott and a two Pointer by senior guard Kelly Johnson gave Munich the Lead for Good. Wilson s jumper made it 27-25 entering the final Quarter. Oliver held scoreless in the first half ignited a 7-3 Mustang spurt that put the game out of reach with a driving Layup off a steal. Johnson who along with gorse and Oliver represented the Mustangs on the All tourney squad took Over from there. She scored 10 of her game High 22 Points to squelch the bucs Hopes of extending their winning Streak. Wilson who finished with 16 Points was the Only buc on the eight girl All tourney team. Hilda s Kim Sampson Brussels ton Ingram and Bonn s Alix Ronka and Christine Bilharz completed the team. In the boys championship trailing 39-35 with six minutes left the Griffins used Singer s accuracy to pull out the game. He tied the game at 39-All with 4 47 left with two free throws and put his team up for Good with two More tosses 27 seconds later. His final two free throws gave his team a 44-40 Lead with 14 seconds left. Terence Daniel s Basket off a rebound made it 44 42 with seven seconds left but the Griffins maintained Possession following the Bas Ket to wrap up the Victory. Beasley whose Only Points came in the fourth Quarter was one of three Griffins named to the All tourney team. Tyron Thomas who led Giessen with 18 Points and tourney map Vince Mcgee were also voted to the team. Mcgee finished with 13 Points. Daniel who paced the losers with 20 Points also earned All tourney recognition. David Layman a senior guard also rep resented bad Kreuz Nach on the All tour Ney squad. In saturday s other boys games Bau bolder 59, Ansbach 39 the bucs fourth Quarter press proved too much for the cougars who trailed Only 31-30 after three periods. Darnell Lewis and Nathan Scott named to the All tourney team led the winners with 18 and 13 Points respectively. Mike Alibro added 11 for Baum older which captured third place tourney honors. Will Pollard and Mike Howard also named to the the All tourney squad led the losers with 10 Points apiece. Their see Munich on Page 26