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Johnson free to talk with Baltimore CINCINNATI (AF) — Manager Davey Johnson, who much* the Cincinnati Rods a winner again but couldn't win favor with owner Marge Schott, has been given permission to speak with the Baltimore Orioles about their managing vacancy. Johnson, in the final year of his contract, kept the Rods in first place in the Nl, Central vir tually all season despite numer ous player injuries. Johnson was willing to talk about a contract extension when the season end ed, but Schott said the day the World Series was canceled she hadn't given it any thought. Schott also has been mum on whether she will extend the contract of general manager Jim Bowden, who has been signing players for next season despite the uncertainty over his future. The Orioles have made Oak land manager Tony La Russa the top candidate to replace Johnny Oates, who was fired Monday night. La Russa's contract with the A's expires next month. Johnson is one of at least five other candidates on the Orioles' list. They received permission Wednesday to talk to Johnson, who played for Baltimore from 1966-72. Bowden wouldn't discuss Johnson's situation beyond a statement that said the Reds would like to retain him. It was the first time the Reds have pub licly said they would like John son to stay. uowoen s statement saia lohnson "has made it clear to the Reds that he would like the opportunity to return to Balti more, where he grow up and int er won two World Series ns a player." Reached by telephone Wednesday at their home near Orlando, Fla., Johnson's wife, Susan, said the couple had just returned from vacation. She said Johnson didn't have any com ment because he was waiting to hear from the Orioles The situation is reminiscent of 1992, when Schott waited until after a 90-win season to approach Lou I’iniella about a contract extension. Finiella had grown weary of Schott ignoring him and turned down her offer. Johnson has never managed to gain favor with Schott. Bowden brought him in to replace man ager Tony Perez, one of Schott’s favorites, who was fired 44 games into the 1993 season. When the 1994 season started, Schott had good things to say about Bowden and coach Ray Knight — considered the lead ing candidate to replace Johnson if he doesn't return. But she was obviously cool toward Johnson, saying he'd Imtter win quickly. Hu did, keeping the Reds in first place for all but 11 days despite a wave of injuries. The Reds lost Rob Dibble in spring training, leaving them with Class A pitcher Hector Carrasco as their closer. He soon was ail ing. too. Catcher Joe Oliver developed an arthritic condition the second week of the season and didn't play again, and starter Tom Browning broke his left arm while throwing a pitch May 9. House approves labor matters bill WASHINGTON (AP) — A Huu*« subcommittee on Wednesday took, the first step to removing baseball's antitrust exemption, approving a limit ed bill that deals only with labor matters. The bill, w .hed tiled for a vote Thursday by the House Judi ciary Committee, would give baseball players the same legal status as athletes in other s|xirts if owners unilaterally impose work rules, such as a salary rap Maselmll owners have been exempt from antitrust laws since a 1922 U S Supreme Court decision "This is an historic das For the first time in the history of Congress, a subcommittee — and tomorrow a committee — has voted to remove an exemp tion that has existed for over 50 years." said Rep Mike Synar. the Oklahoma Democrat who sponsored the bill Rep Jack Hrooks, the Texas Democrat who c hairs the House fudiciary Committee, said base ball was "on the verge of being destroyed or worse — written off by the American public." "The barons of the game appear to hove forgotten the fiduciary respect of a public trust.” he said However, two key provisions the union wanted were deleted before Wednesday's vote by the fudiciary Committee's sub committee on economic and commercial law The first eliminated what amounted to an automatic: injunction against a salary cap until any lawsuits are decided The second left it up to the courts to determine whether the union would have to dec ertify before a suit could lie heard — a tac tic forced on Ni l. players in 1087. Union head Donald Fehr. tes tifying before the subcommit tee last week, promised that if the original bill by Synar became law. players would end the strike. which began Aug 12 “1 think this evidences a growing r<« ognition on behalf of the Congress that them are significant abnormalities here that need to he corrected or you're going to continue to have strikes and lockouts all the time,'' Kehr said Wednesday after his meeting with players Fehr wouldn't say if tho amended hill, if emit ted. would lead players to end the strike "Fvon though it's short, hills of this type take some scrutiny," he said. Acting commissioner Hud Selig also said he would reserve judgment "Certainly this is what the chairman said lie was going to do last week." Selig said Another Mouse panel, the Education and l.ahor subcom mi (too on labor-managatnont relations, is to hold a hearing Thursday on a bill by Rep. Pal Williams. D-Mont . that would impose binding arbitration if players and owners don't agree on a deal by Feb. 1 The arbi trator. much in the manner of a salary arbitrator, would select the final offer of one side. His decision would he issued by March 15 "11ns is precedent-setting for this i ommitteo and an indica tion of the crisis in baseball," Williams said Among those scheduled to testify Thursday are Or/a, l.os Angeles Dodgers pits her Orel Hershiser. New York Yankees outfielder Bemio Williams, owners' negotiator Richard Rev itiii, management lawyer (Hun k O'Connor, economist Henry Aaron and law professor Cary Kolmrts Arizona PHOENIX (AP) —Any attempt by bnstthall ownen to stage games with strike-breakers is doomed to fail, California Angels outfielder Chili Davis said Wednesday "I don't think that Frank Thomas or Barry Bond* or ken Griffey or anyone like that will step across that line." Davis said after the sixth in a series of play er meetings with union chief Donald Fehr. I know those play ers and what they're made of. and they're competitive What they're made of is how they got where they are." Sixty-one players from it4 teams met with Fehr for three hours in a hotel near the Phoenix airport for a briefing on the strike and cancellation of the season The last stop on the tour is Dal las on Thursday. Mike Fetters of the Milwaukee Brewers, u Phoenix-area resident, said House subcommittee approval of legislation that would remove baseludl's antitrust status could he a boost for Arizona, which has a $240 million spring training interest in eight teams as well as expansion plans. The Maricopa County super visors' approval for .1 sales-tax increase to fund construction of a mn|or league ballpark, expires March 11 Expansion hid leaders say the project is too hig to build without tax revenue, so missing tlie deadline would kill the Phoenix hid. 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