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Perez finally i Fisk joins NEW YORK (AP) - Carlton Fisk was elected to the Hall of Fame today on his second try, and Tony Perez was voted in on his ninth appearance on the ballot. Fisk, who caught the most games in major league history (2,226) and hit a record 351 of 376 career home runs while playing the position, received 397 votes among the record 499 bal lots cast by 10-year members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Perez, a former World Series rival of Fisk and also a teammate, received 385 votes. To be elected, a player had to be listed on 375 ballots (75 percent). Fisk, who fell 43 votes short last year, received 79.6 percent and made it with 22 votes to spare. Perez, 71 votes shy last year when Nolan Ryan, George Brett and Robin Yount were chosen, got 77.2 percent and was elected with 10 votes to spare. Jim Rice, Fisk’s former Boston Red Sox teammate, was third with 257 votes (51.5 percent), followed by Gary Carter (248), Bruce Sutter (192), Rich Gossage (166) and Steve Garvey (160). Tommy John was next at 135, fol lowed by Jim Kaat (125), Dale Murphy (116), Jack Morris (111), Dave Parker (104), Bert Blyleven (87), Luis Tiant (86), Dave Concepcion (67), Keith Hernandez (52) and Ron Guidry (44). Thirteen players who failed to receive 5 percent (25 votes) will be dropped from the ballot; a group that includes Jeff Reardon (24), Bob " Boone (21), Willie Wilson (10), Rick Sutcliffe (9), Kent Hrbek (5) and Charlie Hough (4). Dave Henderson and Steve Sax received two votes each, while Bill Gullickson, Bruce Hurst, Lonnie Smith and Bob Welch got one vote apiece. Hubie Brooks was the only player among the 30 on the ballot not to receive any votes. Six writers, deciding no one was worthy, submitted blank ballots. Fisk and Perez will be inducted into the Hall during ceremonies at Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 23 along with anyone elected when the veter ans’ committee meets Feb. 29 at Tampa, Fla. Former manager Sparky Anderson and longtime Minnesota star Tony Oliva will be considered by the panel for the first time. Of the 246 members of the Hall, 93 have been elected by the BBWAA. Gossage received the most votes among the 14 players on the ballot for the first time. Next year’s ballot will include first-time candidates Kirby Puckett, Dave Winfield, Lou Whitaker and Don Mattingly. Perez finished with 379 career home runs. He also had a few that do not appear in his total - many fans do not recall that a day after Fisk’s famous shot, Perez homered in Game Seven to help the Big Red Machine rally for a 4-3 victory and the champi onship. Fisk, who lives in Lockport, 111., returned last year to the Red Sox as a special assistant to the GM. That led to speculation Pudge would wear a Boston cap on his plaque. Hansen: Ignoring instate talent haunts NU HANSEN from page 16 rebounds per game) and Preston (12 and 6) are bangers down low for the Washington Huskies and Pacific Tigers, respectively. And if Morrison (12 points per game, 50% from the 3-point line) keeps it up, he’ll garner All-Big 12 consideration next season. That’s 50 points per game from the five starters on the All-Nebraska squad, which doesn’t even include youngsters Mike Hahn (Pacific) and John Beerbohm (Boston College). The only players recruited by the Hiiskers from this list were Redhage and Mason, and even in their cases the interest was lukewarm. Stats don’t lie, but they don’t tell the whole story here, either. It may seem like an antiquated idea, but a kid who grows up in a state is bound to play his heart out for that state’s uni versity. This would be due in part to the friends, relatives and townspeople that would fill Devaney night after night to /“ root for the Huskers. You really want to fill the Sportscenter, Bill Byrne? Have your basketball coach find some in-state talent. It seems to work for Missouri, Kansas State and Oklahoma State. Despite in-state competition, all three schools have managed to find at least four in-state high schoolers. This brings us upon the real reason that Nebraska’s last true high school stars to attend NU were Andre Woolridge and Erick Strickland in 1993, and Nee doesn’t recruit heavily in the junior college ranks around here. Nebraska’s high school and junior college coaches are lukewarm at best in their attiudes towards Nee. His fre quently expressed disinterest has made him few friends within the coaching community. The Huskers, with no in-state competition, could easily construct a pipeline of Nebraska talent that would flow right onto campus. These players might not be stars, but they could cer tainly serve as the backbone to a solid program. Look back at the list of Nee has pointed time and time again to a lack of high school talent in the state. Nebraska natives. With one or two imported stars, you are looking at an NCAA Tournament team. The pipeline is corroded and unus able, though, because Nee took a welder to it long ago and went on a search for faraway talent that too often hasn’t panned out. That’s too bad, for Nee, for the program, for the school and for the state. It would’ve been fun to see Morrison, in a Husker uniform, light ing up K-State for 27. Matthew Hansen is a sopho more news-editorial major and a Daily Nebraskan staff writer. V BOWLERS! Join the Fun Join a League LEAGUE STARTING DATE & TIME # PLAYERS PER TEAM BIG 12 DOUBLES TUESDAY, JAN. 25, 7 P.M. 2 NITE OWLS WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26, 8 P.M. 4 PIN POUNDERS THURSDAY, JAN. 27, 6 P.M. 4 TRIOS THURSDAY, JAN. 27, 8 P.M. 3 All leagues bowl 3 games per night. 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