European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 1,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 17 sport Torborg tops Al managers by Ben Walker a baseball writer new York a Jeff Torborg who transformed the Chicago White sox into baseball a Surprise team of the season was selected the american league manager of the year on tuesday. Torborg guided the youngest club in the majors to the Best turnaround of any club in the big leagues. The White sox finishing last in the Al West at 69-92 in 1989, improved by 2avi games to 94-68 and challenged Oakland through the final month. Only Oakland and Pittsburgh had better records than the White sox. Torborg got 23 of 28 first place votes and finished with 128 Points. Oakland a Tony la Russa got four first place votes and 72 Points and Bostons Joe Morgan got the other first place vote and was third. Torborg was the Only manager to be named on every ballot. Two members of the baseball writers association of America from each Al City voted. Eight of the 14 Al managers received votes. Detroit a Sparky Anderson was fourth with 12, followed i m______a__1 _ i a a m a a a it it it Jeff Torborg keeps an Eye on his White sox. A Doug Torborg is the second White sox manager to win the Honor. La Russa won As Chicago manager in 1983, the first year the award was Given. Until last year no Al manager had won the award without winning a division title. Frank Robinson won last season after turning the Baltimore orioles from a last place team into a contender. The White sox stuck close to the athletics from the Start and a Day before the All Star break were seven percentage Points ahead of Oakland. Torborg juggled a Young pitching staff bringing up Scott Radinsky from class a and Wayne Edwards from class a. He relied on reliever Bobby Thigpen who set a major league record with 57 saves and Catcher Carlton Fisk. After the All Star break the athletics began to break away. The White sox pulled within five games on aug. 26, and wound up nine games behind. Torborg 49 next month was hired by the White sox after they went 71-90 under Jim Fregosi in 1988. In his first year with Chicago Torborg steam slipped two games. Torborg managed Cleveland for parts of the 197779 seasons going 157-201 with the indians. He was a coach for the new York Yankees for 10 years and spent 1988 As their bullpen  was a Catcher in the majors for 10 years mostly with los Angeles. He caught no hitters by Sandy Koufax Nolan Ryan and Bill Singer one Short of the major league Mark of four no hitters caught by Ray Schalk. A last week Torborg was selected the a manager of the year in voting by sportswriters and  lifts Kings Over Isles by the associated press Uniondale . A Wayne Gretzky scored the game Winner and added an assist As the los Angeles Kings continued their Strong Early season play by defeating the new York islanders 4-1 tuesday night. Kings goaltender Kelly Hrudney stopped All but one of the 33 shots he faced As the Kings improved to 9-2-1. Their .792 winning percentage is the Best in the nil. Rookie Danny Lorenz the fifth goaltender to be used nil Roundup this season for the injury plagued islanders started his first nil game. The islanders have lost five of their last six games. In other games tuesday a penguins 6, flyers 2 Philadelphia a Mark Recchi had a goal and three assists and Frank Pietrangelo stopped 33 shots for his fourth straight win As Pittsburgh extended Philadelphia a losing Streak to four games. The penguins 6-6-1 won their second straight game and third in their last four. The game marked the return of flyers right Wing Tim Kerr who played in his first game since his wife Kathy died oct. 16 from complications of childbirth. He missed the teams last six games. Maple Leafs 5, North stars 4 Toronto a Gary Leeman poked in a rebound with 49 seconds left to Cap a four goal Toronto comeback against Minnesota. Wendel Clarks goal at 13 36 of the third period forged a 4-4 tie. Toronto 2-10-1, ended a four game losing Streak. It was the Leafs first game since Tom Watt was named head coach on a permanent basis monday. Neal Broten had two goals for the North stars 2-7-4, who remained wingless in seven Road games. Blues 5, red wings 2 Detroit a Brett Hull snapped a second period tie see nil on Page 22 Price tag set for Holyfield Foreman by Hal Bock new York apr evander holy eld will defend his newly won heavyweight title against George Foreman for 20 million Dan Duva Holyfield a pro inter said tuesday. Foreman will get $12.5 million. Duva said no decision had been made n a site or Date but he confirmed that Caesars Palace in Las vegas had offered site fee of $10-$12 million. Even As he awaited the time and place r h More serious confrontation holy eld was getting in some Early jabs at Oreman. J verbal jabs. The usually dour Holyfield said tues a he was anxious to face Foreman a All More Pui is of him. So anxious in it he made jokes about Foreman a pro Gigious appetite. Everybody talks about his weight but Eorge makes a joke about it and says e s going off to eat some More Baskin Obbins ice Cream a Holyfield said. A you Ash him its like pushing a  dealing with a franchise sized opponent would be nothing new for Holyfield who knocked out 246-Pound Buster Douglas in winning his Crown. Holyfield in town to pick up the if championship Belt was disturbed Over criticism he has heard of Douglas performance in the title fight. A i think they were too hard on Buster a he said. A the was sensational against Mike Tyson to become Champion. To say he  get up takes something from him. He did no to quit. He got hit with a Good shot. It was something i practice against  sprinkled around the room were representatives of rival casinos and Cable networks All Angling for Holyfield a first defense of the title. Out of the running for that Bonanza however is Steve Wynn a Mirage hotel and Casino site of the title fight last thursday night in Las vegas. Wynn had cast his lot with Douglas expecting him to dispatch Holyfield and move on to a megabucks rematch with sex Champ Mike Tyson. That plan was upset however by Holyfield a third round knockout. Now Tyson will have to wait until Holyfield makes his first defense against Foreman. A a we la have the details set within a week a Dan Duva said. A it will be either Caesars or Trump in March or  Duva denied a Usa today report that the fight was already set for Caesars Palace in Las vegas on april 19. A that Story is wrong a he said. A Foreman Holyfield fight could create Legal problems though. Promoter Don King circulated a letter at the Douglas fight which said the sports governing bodies had All designated Tyson As the next challenger. Duva said a Foreman fight made boxing business sense. A no one is trying to Duck Tyson a the promoter said. A this is a better fight now. And then the Winner can fight  in London promoter Frank Warren said the 42-year-old Foreman would have a tuneup fight on dec. 5 in Britain. He said no opponent had been  22 evander Holyfield enjoys role of Champ. A