European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. June 11, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Jackson s big Choice night or Day editor s rate Hill Richman died monday see Story below. This column is it Tor of Luton hefty Tel. Shoih dont Tell anyone. To Jackson is going to play toot Ball not baseball. Hope he won t come after me for giving away i big secret. To be honest about it he has t bothered sharing it with me either. Thai s All Raj Chi a be gladly share in with you. Pm sure Jackson was Only joking when tie said he might not play baseball or football and become a bum instead. I m also sure there was t any joking All when it Ante a the moment of he truth that moment when his agent or attorney sat Down with him an pointed out the difference Between his choosing base Ball or football. Like night and Day. Right then and there. To Jackson had to see the Light. He might prefer to play professional baseball More than professional football but when they showed him the disparity in the numbers and the difference in the preparation and apprenticeship he d have logo through he could t help realizing he realty had no Choice. Unless he s j. Paul Getty come Back to life or he s in such a financial position where Money Means absolutely nothing to him in hardly makes any sense for him to choose baseball Over football. In does t matter that he might rather play baseball. No More than it mattered that her Sahel Walker enjoyed competing in track As much if not More than he did playing football. Canada s Ben Johnson is the ranking 100-meter world cup Champ. How much do you think he made out of All his running last year if he earned $60,000 he made a lot. Compare that with the 13.25 million contract Walker signed with the new Jersey generals. Let s get Back to Jackson. He was selected the first player in the country by lot Tampa Bay buccaneers in the tint round of the nil Drift april 29, Las neck be was picked in the fourth round by the Kansas City royals in baseball s june draft. Hugh . Owner of the buccaneers Hai said Iney Are willing to make Jackson he highest paid Rookie in nil history. Thai i Plain enough in t in now what about the royals they re trying but i they really Felt they had a real Chance of getting him do you think they would be waited until the fourth round. When you Wail for the fourth round to draft anyone do you know what it Means it Means you re Only buying ticket taking a Chance. For the most part i he players chosen in last week s draft Haven t been signed Yel. So let s look at the Money paid to those selected last year the average kid to the 24 fourth round players signed last year wan j3f. Ibs. The most any fourth round player got was j40.000.Don t spend it All in one place. To. In football with the buccaneers Jackson not Only  look Forward to instant Money and bundles of it but initial Fame As Well. John Sci Urbom. Inc royals executive vice president and general manager is searching for a right handed Power Hitler. Jackson fits thai description scouts who have seen him say he has Jim Rice Pulcrand Willie Wilson Speed Ami a Byers like thai Are Kinrd to fed. Very hard. Originally. Jackson was seeking a four year Guaran teed package for s4.s million with the option of going Back to football if he did t make it in baseball Afie two years. Even if he Kirns his Back on All the Money and decides to try baseball. I still believe hell go Back to football the Way John Elway did. I Don t know How much Money the royals Are offering Jackson but i do know it can t be anywhere near what Auburn s leis a i trophy Winner can expect from the buccaneers. Nor is it Likely that Jackson can reasonably expect to Start playing for the royals immediately without at least a year in he minors. What s stopping Jackson from playing both baseball and football you ask. It s impossible says cur Roll Hardy one of the few who did it. Not for Long though and he did it 31 years ago when things were different. He still had to go to the minors anyway. Hardy s3, is inc coordinator of scouting for he Denver Broncos now but he was a running Back and wide receiver for the san Francisco 49crs in 1955 and played the Outfield for Cleveland Boson Houston and Minnesota from i95b10 l%7. Tji Cre i no Way anyone could possibly play by ill sports today because they re simply too demanding inlays that no one could fully appreciate unless they tried doing in said Hardy the Only my to Pinch hit for Ted Williams. He also Pinch hit for Carl yawl Jemski and Roger Maris. Prom my own experience i believe baseball is the harder to play mentally and emotionally Hardy said. Football is tougher physically. One of the reasons baseball is More demanding is because of All the travel involved. It gels to you after awhile. Van Don t travel nearly that much in fool Ball 1 think football is a belter life for someone planning la have a wife and  the 49ers signed Hardy but had it written into his contract that if he signed j baseball contract and received a Bonus his contract Wilh them would became null and void. After one season in football hurdy stayed with baseball. I can understand inc Way inc kaon feels he  be seen films of him. Fix tall films i mean and i d have to Grade him As High As . Simpson 3s a running Back. He has Speed sit and Maneule ability. He has in  Elway inc Broncos quarterback was in the same situation As Jackson. Talk Yankees signed him and he played the Outfield one season for their club in Gnann la then decided he Hail a better future in football. I think he Fec i he made the right decision hard said. Rutm Pratsi let Lloil Arizona from Page 21 a Lead off double to Chip Hale in the sixth and ten the game for Richie Lewis who had won iwo and saved two for the seminoles in the tournament. Lewis gave up the first two run Homer to Senne his i lib of the year and second of the cos Todd Trafton walked and one out Clef Millay hit his ninth Homer of the year for 16-0 Lead. The wildcats added three More in the seventh on five hits including rib singles by Trafton and Millay and Tommy Hinzo t steal of  records were tied or bettered in the Charpio Nihil game Arizona turned three double plays to lie the title game Mark set by mob Ign in 1962 red tied by Southern cat in 1972 and 1978. Lewis appearance monday night was his fifth of the cos. Lying the tournament record held by four Olben. Homo i three stolen bases also set a cos record. No from Page go Victory. Aurelio Lorna worked the final two innings for his first save. Revered by Ash efes up sports editor Richman Dies Pittsburgh Pine Ritter Jim Morrison doubled Home the winning run with one my in the nth inning lifting pit Burgh Over Chicago. Cuba reliever Jay Batter had retired 10 in Feht bluer the fir i on Artri Smuts. Before re Reynolds doubled leading office Lilor. Tony Pena a intentionally talked sad Lee Smith relieved Bailer. One cot later mom Joo doubled to right ending tie three How. 42-Miiurle game new York up Milton Rich Man award winning sports columnist and senior sports editor of u nit cd press International died Conchy of an apparent heart attack. He was 64. Richman who had missed Only two Days of work because of ill health in his 42 Yean at up passed away in his Manhattan apartment Only Houri after being honoured As sports journalist of i9b6 by b Nai brith. He had complained of Chest pains to friends at the dinner and had gone Home to change his clothes. He was discovered lying on the floor of his apartment Early monday afternoon by his Long time Friend Carmela Pisanti. After repealed efforts to reach him by Telephone had failed. Richann i survived by a brother. A thur transportation director for the Newyork Mela and special assistant to general manager Frank Chaiben. This entire department is stunned said up sport editor David Tucker. Milton was one of the greatest baseball columnists of hit or. He led this department for Many years. He Tao Ghl so Many More Young journalists his Craft but More than anything eke Hii a Rextell contribution was that � Man Youngsten leaned Haw to feel passionately Aboul their prof Ebion from watching on a deify Bia the wonderful example that was  the Many notable sports journalists who Learned under Richman arc Joe Gurgen Roans columnist far new Day Bill Macuen baseball writer for the new York daily new Greg Gallo. Sports editor of the new York peal Vito Stellino football writer for the Baltimore morning Sun in Miller football writer for the san Francis co chronicle and George Longford former sports editor of the Chicago Tribune. Richman who held the title of senior editor since 1985, was one of the most honoured sports journalists in the country. Although baseball was his specially he covered All sports including super bowls the olympics world championship fights the masters and . Open Golf championships the . Open Tennis championships the Kentucky Derby. Preakness and bal Mon stakes the Aba and Stanley cup championships and the Indianapolis 500. He was voted into he writers Wing of baseball s Hall of Fame in 1981. In Addi Tion he won the National Headliner award in 1957 and was nominated for the pulitzer prize that same year and in 1981. He wag named up s sports column in in 1964, sports editor in 1972 and senior Edi Tor in 1985. Aside from up Richman Only had one other Job in his life. He was a minor league ballplayer in the St. Louis Browns organization. "1 was not a very Good one and i Wun t at it for very Long Richman a called. My first manager Frank Oceak rated my Fielding Good my running great and my hitting  switched from playing baseball to writing about in while in the army Dur ing world War ii. He was a physical instructor and played Ball but when the Snow came and in got Loo cold to play Ball be walked into the Camp newspaper and cited for i  joined United press on Dee 28, a. Straight out of the army and worked the first 19 year without missing a Day. When be missed his first Day after 19 years one Tenn tue newspaper ran the Story with one word Lead Gold Brick. Niche via a Bachelor ill but life Wai married to up and baseball. Prom Phelime he saw his first baseball Jmc. He Fol Lowed the snarl closely. Through the Yean he maintained cd Csc relationships with Many Spons figures particularly those i baseball and a Large number were frequent vision to his borne. Oiler sports writers like syndicated columnists Nick Young and Joe Falls called attention to the fact Richman had tirs Rtin Mare Sturia than probably  past 30 Yean. One Story he wrote about Steve Sunilda an Yankee Pitcher dying of cancer brought the stricken athlete thou Sands of dollars in unsolicited donations. Richman was the last Newspaperman to do a Story from an interview Wilh Bab Didrickson Zaharus the greatest woman athlete of her time and Mike Jacobi the famed baling promoter. One of his biggest Edu gives was Leo Durocher s firing by the Gianu at the end of 19. Two weeks after that he wrote that the Milwaukee Bravo would tire Charlie Grimm the following summer. He called that one eight months in Advance. He also named the Day in would happen and missed by 24 hours. He also named the Day and did t miss when Chartie Finley would receive Permis fam to move his Kansas City franchise to Oakland. More recently he broke the stories at Pete Rase return la Cincinnati As player manager and Earl Weaver s return to Balti More As manager of the orioles. Rickma proved to accurate in detailing baseball to do hut one buc Baji Oner lodged an official complaint with the com Unis Toner lame years ago. The comma Sofr or asked the owner what suggestions he had la be done about it