JACKSON LONE '93 INDUCTEE INTO BASEBALL HALL OF FAME

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 24, 1993                   TAG: 9302240033
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: TAMPA, FLA.                                LENGTH: Short
JACKSON LONE '93 INDUCTEE INTO BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
Reggie Jackson won't have to share his spotlight. The Hall of Fame veterans committee didn't elect any players Tuesday at its annual meeting, so Mr. October will have Cooperstown, N.Y., to himself on induction day.
"He will have his day in the stars, so to speak, to perform on the platform by himself," Hall of Fame president Ed Stack said.
Jackson becomes the first sole entrant since Willie Stargell in 1988. Jackson, elected in January by the Baseball Writers Association of America, will be inducted on Aug. 1.
The veterans panel, which didn't elect anyone for the first time since 1988, considers players who have been retired for 23 years or more, along with executives, managers, umpires and stars of the Negro leagues.
Among those under consideration was Walter "Steve" Brodie, the first player from Roanoke to make it to the major leagues. Brodie was a star in the Baltimore Orioles' outfield in the 1890s.
Fifteen of the 16 members of the committee were at the meeting, and 12 votes were necessary for election.
"There were a couple of individuals who got 11 votes. I can't tell you who they are," Stack said.
Stack said the most-discussed players were Nellie Fox, Joe Gordon, Gil Hodges, Carl Mays, Phil Rizzuto, Cecil Travis and Vic Willis. Stack said umpire Nestor Chylak was talked about, along with Leon Day from the Negro leagues, manager Leo Durocher and William Holbert, the founder of the National League.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB