European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Holtz says he would probably avoid tie go for the 2-Pointer for _ it a mama i a pm notre Dame coach Lou Holtz prefer just one showdown with seminoles. South Bend into a Lodholtz has changed his mind about play ing for a tic against Florida state. Last week the notre Dame coach said he would kick the extra Point if the second ranked fighting Irish scored a late touchdown to pull within one Point. But now he says he. Would probably go for the 2-Pqint conversion saturday to avoid a fiesta bowl rematch with the top ranked seminoles. After thinking about it i Don t want to play them again Holtz said. In All probability i d go for  Florida state Covich Bobby Bowdon indicated he also would play for the win. Battle for no. 1 sea related stories on Page 35 it Ain t my nature to go for ties he  tic would probably keep Florida state and notre Dame 1-2 in the polls leading to a required rematch in the  Dame has played two of the most famous ties in history a scoreless draw with army in 1946 and a 1010 deadlock with Michigan state in 1966.like saturday s game both ties involved the no. 1 and no. 2 teams. Omas gets All map votes by Ronald Blum new York a this time Frank Thomas was pleasantly surprised. Slighted in the past in the most valuable player voting the Chicago White sox first baseman wednesday became the eighth unanimous pick since the Al map award was first Given in 1931. I was really shocked i got All 28 votes he said. Iwas like wow there was no Bette Way to win  Thomas hit .317,was second in the major leagues with128 Bis and set a club record with 41homers. He easily beat out Toronto s Thomas Paul Molitor who received 13 second place votes in voting by the baseball writers association of America. The other unanimous winners of theal map were Hank Greenberg 1935al Rosen 1953mickey Mantle 1956 Frank Robinson 1966denny Mclain 1968reggie Jackson 1973 and Jos Canseco 1988. This was the longest Day of my life Thomas said. There was a lot of anticipation going on and when the Call finally came i got it on the first  appearing with his wife Elise an their 16-month-old son Sterling at a Comiskey Park news conference Thomas said the White sox have to concentrate on reaching the next level. Toronto Bea Chicago in six games in the Al playoffs. We might need to go out and get an other hitting threat said Thomas who last month agreed to a $29 million four year contract Extension that runs through 1998. Thomas Victory gave the White so three of the four Al postseason awards. Jack Mcdowell was voted the by Youngward and Gene Lamont was voted manager of the year. The last team Mohave three different people capture those awards in the same season was Atlanta in1991, when Terry Pendleton was the Tom Glavic was the by you Gwinner and Bobby Cox was the top Man Ager. Al batting Champion John Olerud monitory teammate was third in voting followed by Texas outfielder Juan gon Zalez. Seattle s Ken Griffey or. Was fifth. Thomas was among the Al s top 10 i walks 112runs 106on base percent age .426 and slugging percentage .607. Plus his 77 extra base hits broke the White sox Mark set by Joe Jackson in1920. Thomas award May have eased his Dis appointment with last year s map voting. He finished eighth behind Winner Denni Eckersley and said he Felt his .323 aver age 24 Home runs and 115 Bis should have placed him higher. Thomas has hit More than .300 wit More than 100 Bis and 100 walks in each of his first three full seasons in the majors. At 25, Thomas already is a rare pack age of Power and patience at the plate. For All his Home runs he is willing Totake walks and struck out just 54 times. The stars and stripes ports november 12,1993 Page 40 Thomas got off a Strong Start last sea son with 21 Bis in april the most by a White sox player since the team starting keeping records in 1964. He had an 18 game hitting Streak in june longest for Chicago this year. At the All Star break Thomas was Bat Ting .302 with 20 Home runs and 68 Bis. Deberg joins dolphins Oavie Fla. A the latest Stolon Steve Deberg s 17-year nil Odyssey is with the Miami dolphins. Deberg joined Miami on wednesdays a backup to Scott Mitchell who be came the starter following Dan Marino season ending injury one month ago. At 39, Deberg is the nil s oldest player. I m probably past my prime he said with a chuckle. But i reel very Comfort Able with my skills. A team with the kind of athletes this one has on offence makes me a better  Miami is the sixth nil team for de Berg who was released last week by the Tampa Bay buccaneers. He was sent to the Bench by Joe Mon Tana in san Francisco by John Elway in Denver and by Steve Young and Vinn Testaverde in Tampa Bay. He also started for four years in Kansas City an spent his first training Camp with Dallas. I went from Tampa to Kansas Cit Yand people thought id become a better quarterback he said. The truth was iwas surrounded by better players. Then when i went from Kansas City Back to Tampa people thought i lost All my Tal ent. What i do is i use the system and get the Ball to the right people at the right time and let them make the big  Deberg arrived Friday in Miami to Dis cuss a Deal. Bernie Kosar s release Mon Day by the Cleveland Browns temporarily diverted the dolphins interest. They did Check it out Deberg  were up front with me. I under  when Dallas struck a Deal with Kosar the dolphins signed Deberg late tues Day. They waived Tommy Hodson acquired Auer Marino s injury and kept quarterback Doug Pederson who has never played in an nil game. We just Felt that we needed More experience behind Scott Mitchell coach Don Shula said. Getting Deberg we resetting a Veteran with experience. Deberg was t the dolphins Only addition at practice wednesday. The team signed guard Tom thaver a starter freight years with the Chicago bears until he Hurt his Back last Spring. Coach Don Shula welcomes new Dolphin Steve Deberg to team workout wednesday