European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 16, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 i sports ticket prices could hit $ 1,500 super bowl fever by George Garties los Angeles a with Rabi new York and Denver fans bidding against businessmen anxious to do their clients the biggest favor of the year he Market Price of a 17 Licketto super bawl xxi could hit $1,500, according to those in the business. Officially tickets to the game next sunday Cost s75 and Are distributed Only through he National football league. By a coast to coast resale business has sprung up. The athletic entrepreneurs offer not Only tickets bul package deals thai in clude airfare hotel reservations local transportation to the Rose Bow in Pas Adena and even pro game breakfasts we re quoting 1495 for a scat right  los Angeles ticket broker Larry Gold said wednesday. Yardage goal line scats Are Between s6so and $1,100 and Glamour seats on the 50-Yard line could go As High ass 1,500," said Gold whose ticket time has placed newspaper advertisements to both sell and buy tickets. Super bowl tickets Are being advertised in the Broncos Hometown for Smuch As s 1,000, and in giant country package deals with transportation an hotel Are going for up to 13,000. Selvin ticket holders and anyone else who has managed to obtain tickets can sell them to brokers for $325 id $400,said Dominick de Falco whose Troy ticket service in los Angeles guarantee sits customers a scat for $475. He acknowledged some of his  be getting As much As 11,500 for it prize 50-Yard-Lineseat. Do Falco blamed the Price spiral on brokers such As Gold. He said the have driven up prices to a Point where the Only people who can afford Ihm Are business people intent on repaying favors or impressing clients they re All companies they re giving tickets for bonuses and things de Falco said. The Little Guy can t afford that Money no  some states including new York have Laws limiting How much a middleman can Jack up the Price Oft ticket in the resale Market. But in California there s no Price limit and the Antt scalping Law applies Only 10 those peddling tickets outside the event the nil wary that bad publicity about outrageous prices or scam artists in the unofficial Market could rub off on he league hat tried to control distribution of the 100,000 tickets. The competing teams get 20,000 each 5,000 each for the rams and raiders As Hometown teams 1,250 each for the other 24 teams in the league and the remaining 20,000 to the league Tor distribution internal and to sponsor Sand others. Fans got their Chance in a lottery for rights to buy from a Block of 1,000 controlled by the league said Jim Steeg director of special events for nil the commissioner says that any one caught reselling tickets for prom if they re an employee of the club he s going to exert the full strength of a Powers said Steeg who was unable to say what penalties Are possible. In los Angeles ticket broker Defalco said super bowl fever can exert a powerful economic pressure on any one Lucky enough to have Access to seat. What would you do if you had two tickets de of Loco asked. Would you go to the game or would you sell it an buy a big screen to and watch it at Home and business demand can be fran tic cold  got a Call the other morning say ing the got to have 50 tickets i be got to take care of my people,1" he  wants 50-Yard-line seats. It seems All of them want 50-Yard line  least one Broncos fan figures the super prices Are result of super hype and is betting the Market will Cal next week. It gnaws at me to think that i Havel spend $ 1,000 to we a Bunch of Uyi bashing each other around Taid Den ver attorney Gary Lozow a season ticket Holder who lost out in the local lottery. But the Bottom line is i m going to the game and i m taking my son and i m going to pay $300 for  Hunter Williams named to baseball Hall of Fame by Ben Walker new York a Jim Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams models of consistency whose teams often went in opposite directions were elected wednesday night to the baseball Hall of Fame. Williams on the ballot for the sixth Lime after missing by just four votes last year swept into the shrine. A line drive Hitler who also had Power he charged in As he was named on 154 of 413 votes for 85,7,percent, Well above the required 75 percent Hunter known for working out of tight situations on the Mound again Cut it close. He got 315 Voles five Over the minimum and reached the Hall in his third try after missing by 30 votes Las year. Jim Bunning the recently elected con Gressman from Kentucky Aid not fare As Well in this election. Sunning who missed by 40 Voles last year came up 21shy. None of the other 25 players on the ballot were named on 50 percent of the votes. Orlando Clpeda was fourth with 179, followed by Roger mans with 176and Tony Oliva with 160. Induction ceremonies in Coopers town n.y., for he newest members of the Hall of Fame bringing the total to 199 Are tentatively scheduled for july 26. The veterans committee is scheduled to announce results of its voting on older players in Early March. Hunter had a record of 224-166 with a 3.26 earned run average in a 15-year Ca reer spent with the Kansas City and Oak land a s and the new York Yankees. He won 20 or More games from 1971through 1975, won the american league by Young award in 1974 and pitched a perfect game in 1968. Hunter was recognized As one of Thebes pressure pitchers and often got the Opportunity to work in big games. He was on world series winners with Oak land in 1972, 1973 and 1974 going 21-11, 21-7 and 21-5, respectively in those years. Hunter won two More world series championships with the Yankees in 1977 and 197 8, Williams batted ,290 with 426 Home runs and 1,475 Bis in an 1 1-year Ca reer. He spent his first 16 seasons in the Outfield for the Chicago cubs and played the last two with Oakland. He ranks 20th on the All time Home run list. With the cubs Williams spent most Fochts Early career near the Boom of the National league. The closest William got to a world series was with Oakland in 1975, bul the a s got swept in the league playoffs by Boston As Williams went 0 for 8. Hunter and Williams each appeared in is All Star games and again they had different results. Hunter was often hit hard and went 0-2 with a 6.39 Era while Williams balled .273, including Home run. I gue i the smile on my face tells it All. Wail until  year is now a phrase of the past Williams said from a hotel near his Home in Glen Ellyn Iii. "1 Don t know whether to laugh or cry. It has t sunk in yet he said. I can truly say it s one of the most exciting moments of my  Williams currently the cubs baiting coach was the no Rookie of the year in 1961 when he batted .278 with 25 Hom ers and 86 Bis. He batted Over .300 five times and Lethe league with a .333 average in 1972. He connected for 20 or More Home runs for 13 straight seasons during a period in which he played 1,117 consecutive games. Cubs general manager Dallas Green who pitched against Williams for Phila Delphia in the 1960s, said Williams elec Tion was Long  he should have gotten it earlier Green said. Hunter twice led he league in winning percentage and still holds championship series records with 10 starts and 69 a innings pitched Hunter a Farmer in Hertford n.c., got his nickname from flamboyant a owner Charlie Fin Ley. But after winning three straight world series championships in Oakland for Finley Hunter became the first major free a Send of in multimillion Dollar Era on new year s eve 1974 when he Joni cd George Stein Brenner s Yankees. Hunter a right hander signed a five year contract Worth a then astronomical 13.5 million. Hunter paid immediate dividends for his new icam going 2314 with a 2.58 Era in 197s. Following the top five in  s Hall of Fame Voi Injo was Harvey Kuenn with 144 Voles Bill Mazeroski 125 Maury wills 113 and Ken Boyer and Lew Burdette with 96 each. This was Burdue s final year of eligibility on the baseball writers association of America ballot. He now must wait three years before being eligible with the veterans committee. Fun photo Billy Williams. 426 Home runs Jura Catfish Hunter .224-166 record