European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. November 17, 1994 sports into the stars and stripes Page 33 Dave Kindred that first afternoon in a big league Ballpark place More grand and glorious than he imagined the Young Man Shirley Povich heard the shouted introduction of the Day s batteries pitching for Washington never before in such a place but to belong there an other 72 years so far Shirley Povich became a sports columnist for the Washington Post in the next month or so he becomes 90 years old far removed from that first afternoon in Griffith stadium when he was 17 and Only a boy but a boy seeing the Best Pitcher he would Ever see Walter John son. Johnson put him in mind of Elmer Gleaves a strapping Pitcher famous in Povich s Hometown bar Harbor me. Elmer was a clerk a Green s grocery store Povich said and he was the hardest throwing right hander any of us had Ever seen. And like Al hard throwing right handers he came straight Over the top. .-.". Imagine my Surprise to see Walter Johnson with All i had heard about How hard he threw. But he was like Elmer Gleaves. Johnson came sidearm and he had those Long arms Down to his Knees. Well i had never seen anything like Walter Johnson. And i never would saw Walter that Day in 1922, just five years be fore he retired his 16th season. What they said the was you can t hit what you can t see and even then they could t see any reason is a Good reason to talk to Shirley Povich who worked at ringside when Gene Tunney beat Jack Dempsey in 1927, who was there when Don Larsen pitched a world series perfect game in 1956, who wrote from within earshot of the Munich olympic massacre in 1972, who on a gorgeous Day in the fall of 1994 apologized for his Golf game by saying words Weall should live Long enough to say inevitable i suppose but gee Whiz from 88 to 89 i commentary lost More club head Speed than a fellow should we were talking baseball because baseball in Washington is a possibility. As Povich said baseball be Longs it May return if and what an if this is if baseball practices common sense advocated by some economists and fans. Common sense Calls for expansion creating eight divisions of four teams. No Down Side Here s the upside four $150-million franchise fees make a $600-Millionwindfall for current clubs. Expansion damages a proposed rival league by depriving it of potential owners while raising interest in the existing leagues. Four new teams give players 100 More jobs a reasons to stay at work. By opening its doors baseball delays repeal of the antitrust exemption that has made owners and players Rich. .v.-. Vav and happily talk of expansion brings us to a sales brochure where we see a left handed hitter in the 1933world series. Because it s Goose Goslin of the senators see paddling to first we ask Shirley Povich who was there what kind of Guy Goslin was i Povich s Sweet answer dumb. But what Ai hitter the senators never could beat red Faber until one Day Goose had two triples. Afterwards Goose asked who was that Feller pitching today " Washington s Best Case scenario has the strike. Settled expansion agreed on and a franchise awarded for play in 1996. Only a zealot believes such a thing impossible but we can Hope. Baseball seems eager hav ing invited five groups before its expansion committee two weeks two groups represented the Washington Region others were from Tampa St. Petersburg Phoenix and Orlando one Washington group promised 51 percent african american ownership but Nad Only a wish no cash.". " the other Washington group came with 30 investors Worth $650 million. It came with a Deal to build a Cam Den Yards like stadium. It also came with a zealot s passion ". " " aThe primary zealot is a forty something former Moor legue Catcher named Bill Tollins who mad Money m telecommunications. In 1992 he and his part ners bought minor league franchises intending in five years to leverage Uri to the big leagues. They bought the Greensboro . Bats and Madison . But three months ago baseball invited Collins to apply for a franchise the Collins group and political leaders in Northern Virginia compiled data defining the Region As the largest untapped baseball Market and the seventh largest Media Market in the country 66 percent larger than the next largest without an my franchise. No baseball and almost 7 million people with median household income of $70,000 a year live within 60 Miles of Dulles Airport near which the virginians plan a Ballpark. The Collins presentation was so persuasive that Phil Adelphia Phillies owner Bill Giles said i be been through this process before and there s always a sur Pris Vtha Surprise this time was Northern Virginia baseball twice has left Washington last in 1972. At tempts to bring Back the senators have failed because prospective owners lacked Money and or Frk stadium was considered a dangerous place. This virginians have Cash and have no qualm about using Frk temporarily. Collins Frk still has the Best sight lines in baseball. And the neighbourhood has changed. They be played monday night football there feb years with no As to Why anyone would Bay millions to enter an Industry declared critically ill of its acting commissioner Bill Collins explains his eagerness by saying baseball i healthy and this is the Best of times to get in because the strike will be settled when business sense takeover and owners will know what the economic play ing Field will be for the next six seven in All this Good cheer one nostalgic s melancholy note the team would not be the Washington senators of Walter Johnson Shirley Povich and Goose Goslin. I would be the Virginia. We Haven t gotten a name yet Bill Collins the Man who owns the Madison hatters smiled in reassurance. It won t be the Virginia / / the sporting new v. Lengthy session Herndon a. A baseball owners were putting the finishing touches on a new labor proposal wednesday before renewed talks with striking owners new proposal which asks for a tax on payrolls and revenues instead of a Cap on team salaries will be presented to players on thursday Day 98 of the strike. Mediator we. Usery appointed by president Clinton told both sides to be prepared to remain in negotiations Over several Days if the first joint meeting betwee players and owners was scheduled for 10 . Thursday at a hotel near Dulles Airport. The owners planned to caucus at 2 30 . Wednesday then meet with Usery that night. We re going to finalize our plans negotiator Richard Ravitch said. Owners spent monday and tuesday meeting on conference Calls working out the details of their new tax proposal their first new offer since june 14. The players Union expects the new proposal to be complicated and it could take a Day or two for them to fully understand it. A payroll and Revenue tax has Bee proposed by nil owners in their 6 week old labor dispute with payroll tax in that plan would Rise As High As 122 percent on teams whose payrolls were substantially above the league average. Union officials refused to comment on management s abandonment of the baseball strike salary Cap plan saying they wanted Tosee the offer before talking about it. There s no proposal yet Union official Mark Belanger said. Usery who has mediated several contentious labor disputes in a variety of businesses has drawn Praise fro both sides for getting them Back to the bargaining table and keeping them tenacity is awesome acting commissioner Bud Selig said s Hope that somehow he be comes the Centrepiece of How this gets done.". Selig said he was Uncertain if he would show up at the la play it As it comes. Hopefully the place to solve this is at the bar gaining table. It s the Only place to have a satisfactory Long Ter agreement worked out. Obviously we d like to make Adeal but it has to be a fair Deal Selig said. Red sox chief executive officer John Harrington the new Lead negotiator for the owners has offered no details of management s new s not a salary Cap in the strictest terms he tax concept can look like a salary Cap and any tax plan is meant tout some controls on labor costs. All payrolls would be taxed at a Low percentage. All clubs would be affected above a certain monarchs Buck o Neil honoured new York a Buck o Neil who starred for the Kansas City Moh Arches and later managed them on tues Day Day was presented with the lifetime achievement award during the inaugural negro baseball league Celebration. O Neil Max Manning and double duty Radcliffe were among the former negro league players at the dinner. O Neil who turned 83 on sunday be came the first Black coach in major league history in 1962 with the Chicago Neil played first base in the negro leagues from 1937-55. 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