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Page 10 The Battalion Wednesday, April 26,1989
Cubs observe Wrigley Field’s 75th year
Players from four eras return to historic park for celebration
CHICAGO (AP) — Four players
from four different eras dating back
to 1915 helped the Chicago Cubs
celebrate the 75th anniversary of
Wrigley Field Tuesday night.
Robert Wright, 97, was the most
amazing of the group that included
Billy Herman, 79; Andy Pafko, 68,
and Billy Williams, 50.
Wright, who pitched for the Cubs
in 1915 and threw out the ceremo
nial first pitch prior to the game
against the Los Angeles Dodgers,
was unbelievably agile and sharp of
mind.
When he was introduced to Her
man, who will be 80 July 7, Wright
said: “Never met the boy.”
Fans were given colored posters
of Wrigley Field depicting the Chi
cago skyline and bands played songs
dating from pre-World War I to the
present time.
Commemorating the event was a
12-foot cake weighing 200 pounds
that took two days to bake by a
downtown hotel. The decorations
abounded the theme of 75 years.
Wright, a native of Indiana who
now lives in Sacramento, Calif.,
pitched in only two games for the
Cubs as a reliever. He spent most of
his career in the minor leagues and
once was a teammate of the legend
ary Jim Thorpe.
Herman played on Cub pennant
winners in 1932, 1935 and 1938. He
was traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers
in 1941 and helped lead them to the
National League pennant.
“There’ve been a lot of changes
here,” Herman said, “especially the
lights. I don’t see where they spoil
the looks of the park. It’s still beauti
ful like it always was.”
The first night game in the ball
park’s history was played last season
amid a storm of protest from sup
porters of day-only baseball.
Pafko, who lives in the Chicago
area and works one day a week at the
Mount Prospect Country Club as a
starter, also was traded by the Cubs
to the Dodgers.
“It was in 1951 and we had a
three-game series,” Pafko said. “The
first two games I played for the Cubs
and the final game I was traded and
played for the Dodgers. I hit a home
run against my old teammates.
“We didn’t win the pennant that
year but we came close,” he said.
“That was the year Bobby Thomson
hit the famous home run” when the
New York Giants won the pennant
in a playoff.
“I don’t know about the lights,”
Pafko said, “when I think of Wrigley
Field, I think of day baseball.”
Williams, who like Herman is a
member of the Hall of Fame, said “It
might be 75 years old but it’s still a
beautiful park. Pve seen a lot of
changes from dugout to dugout,
from clubhouse to clubhouse and
press box to press box, but the pe;:
thing about it is it is still surroundti
by Waveland, Addison, Sheffieli
and Clark streets.”
Orignally known as Weeghmai
Park, the ball park was built in 19H
at a cost of $250,000 and was iti
home of the Chicago Whales of liii
newly formed Federal League.
That team was owned by Charle
H. Weeghman, a wealthy restaura
teur. But the league folded two yean
later.
Weeghman had a park but nt
team. So he bought the Cubs froit
the Taft family of Cindnnati ant
moved them from the West Sidt
Grounds.
In 1920, the Wrigley family pur
chased the team from Weeghraat
and the name was changed froit
Weeghman Park to Cubs Park. Sij
years later, it was officially namtc
Wrigley Field in honor of Wiliiait
Wrigley Jr., the club’s owner.
The rest is history.
Scott, Davis lead Astros
past Philadelphia, 4-1
NFL teams working
to sign draft picks
NEW YORK (AP) — For the 28
NFL teams, the easy part was divid
ing up 335 players in this year’s
draft. The hard part will be signing
334.
Even before the draft ended Mon
day evening, several top picks were
looking at the $11.2 million that Dal
las gave Troy Aikman, the No. 1
choice, and saying they would de
mand comparable remuneration.
If they do, it could be a long sum
mer.
“One of these days, somebody’s
oing to have to stand up to these
ids and their agents,” Jim Finks,
president of the New Orleans Saints
said Tuesday. “We just have to draw
the line at a certain point and tell
them ‘it’s been nice talking to you,
have a pleasant year.’”
“Sooner or later,” said Jack Don-
lan, executive director of the NFL
Management Council, “the eco
nomic reality that the clubs wrestle
with all the time will begin to settle in
with the players and their agents.
That’s when meaningful negotia
tions will take place.”
Nonetheless, the draft is barely
over and the posturing has begun.
Tony Mandarich, the Michigan
State offensive tackle who was rated
the best overall player available, said
the day he was drafted that he wants
to be paid that way — more than
Aikman, though both Finks and Aik-
man’s agent, Leigh Steinberg, point
out “the scale for quarterbacks has
always been different.”
Deion Sanders — the cornerback
nicknamed “Neon Deion” or “Prime
Time” — said he would like $ 10 mil
lion over six years from Atlanta,
more than any defensive player in
the league.
Sanclers has more leverage than
most — he’s an outfielder for the
New York Yankees’ AA farm club in
Albany, N.Y., although he says he
prefers football if all things are
equal.
“Everybody says Deion is going to
get X amount of dollars,” said Sand
ers, who said he is anxious to begin
negotiations with the Falcons. “I just
want it to rhyme with my name —
Deion, million.”
And Notre Dame’s Andy Heck, an
offensive tackle chosen by Seattle
with the 15th pick, suggested that of
fensive linemen, generally at the
lower end of the NFL wage scale, get
at least' as much as the players they
block—* pass-rushing Imemen and
linebackers.
But Donlan said all that is old hat.
“Each year, you hear the same
thing about why this player or that
player is unique,” Donlan said. ‘“He’s
a Heisman trophy or Outland Tro
phy winner. He graded higher.’ ‘He
can participate in another sport.’
Players and their agent use whatever
it is they think will give them nego
tiating leverage.”
Finks, one of the league’s most re
spected club officials, suggested the
problem is deeper than the rookie
problem.
He noted that many starters are
unhappy with their salaries because
marginal players got triple figure
signing bonuses and huge raises un
der the “Plan B” free agency system
that took effect this winter.
TANK M* \ \MARA
HOUSTON (AP) — Mike Scotl
pitched a four-hitter and Glenn Da
vis hit a two-run homer as the Hous
ton Astros beat the Philadelphia
Phillies 4-1 Tuesday night.
Davis has homered in three
straight games and has six for the
season.
Scott, 3-1, had a shutout until the
seventh inning when Darren Daul-
ton hit his fifth homer of the season.
Daulton had one homer last season
in 144at-bats.
Davis’ homer came with two outs
in the first inning and scored Bill
Doran who had singled. Davis also
walked in the sixth inning and
scored from first base on Kevin Bass’
double.
Philadelphia starter Ken Howell,
2-1, struck out a career-high 10 in
seven innings. He allowed four hits.
Scott retired the first 10 batters
before Tom Herr singled off Davis’
glove at first base with one out in the
fourth.
Juan Samuel led off the sixth with
the third hit off Scott, stole second
and went to third on Von Hayes’ fly
to center. But Herr popped out and
Mike Schmidt grounded out to end
the threat.
Scott struck out four and walked
two.
Alan Ashby hit his first triple since
June 4, 1983 in the second inning
and scored on Howell’s wild pitch to
give the Astros a 3-0 lead.
Other Major League Results:
Reds 6, Expos 1
At Cincinnati, Tom Browning
pitched a seven-hitter and Paul O’N
eill snapped a sixth-inning tie with a
three-run homer as the Cincinnati
Reds beat the Montreal Expos 6-1.
Padres 1, Pirates 0
At Pittsburgh, Eric Show allowed
six hits in eight-plus innings and
Roberto Alomar had a run-scoring
single in the fifth inning as the San
Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pi
rates 1-0.
Dodgers 4, Cubs 0
At Chicago, Tim Belcher piichet
his second straight shutout and
doubled in two runs as the Los An
geles Dodgers beat the ChicagoCubi
4-0 to spoil the 75th anniversarycel
ebration of Wrigley Field.
Mets 2, Braves 1
At New York, David Cone allowed
five hits in 8 2-3 innings and Len
Dykstra drove in a run and scored
another, leading the New York Men
past the Atlanta Braves 2-1.
Tigers 5, Mariners 2
At Detroit, Frank Tanana pitched
six-hit ball for eight innings to snap
his 1 1-game winless streak and Man
Nokes broke a tie with a three-nin
homer, leading the Detroit Tigen
past the Seattle Mariners 5-2.
Scott Bankhead, 1-2, gave up sk
hits in six innings for Seattle.
Brewers 10, Twins!
At Milwaukee, Glenn Braggs and
Paul Molitor both hit two homers
and Bryan Clutterbuck earned his
first major league victory with a
seven-hitter as the Milwaukee Brew
ers routed the Minnesota Twins 10-
4.
Red Sox 11, White Sox 0
At Boston, Roger Clemens
pitched a three-hitter, breaking his
five-game losing streak against Chi
cago, and Jim Rice, Ellis Burks and
Rich Gedman homered as the Bos
ton Red Sox beat the White Sox ll-O
Tuesday night.
The victory snapped Bostons
three-game hosing streak and im
proved Clemens’ career record after
Red Sox’ losses to 36-6.
Clemens, 3-0, struck out 11,
walked three and allowed singles in
the first inning to Harold Bainesand
the fourth and seventh to Ivan Cal
deron.
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