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Drexler trade opens up hole in Houston HOUSTON (AP) Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon are together again The reworked Houston Rockets, however, are far from settled Dresler was traded to the Rockets on Tuos day in a deal that sent power forward Otis Thorpe to Portland. His 22-point average gives Houston more scoring punch, hut the trade leaves a hole in the Houston front line It also appeared to have further damaged the team's relationship with suspended guard Vernon Maxwell, who failed to show at pra< lice Wednesday for the second time this week Maxwell and Drexler both play shooting guard Drexler and Olajuwon. however. wore all smiles about the trade that reunited two members of the University of Houston's "Phi Stamina Jammu" that made back-to-back Final Four appearances in tutti ami tout Tins is a dream come true." Orexler said " This is Phi Slarnma lamina II. on the pro fessional level " Drexler and reserve forward Tracy Mur ray. also sent to Houston in the trade, took their physu als Wednesday hut didn't prat lice with the Rockets lux au&e Thorpe had not vet been examined by the Trail Blazers {loth were expected to play Thursday when the Rockets play at Charlotte Wednesday's tinmion celebration was dampened by the latest disappearance by Maswell, who is allowed to practice despite a 10 game suspension imposed hy the NBA for puni lung a fan in Portland last week 1 he volatile guard was a no-show Monday Ims ause of what team offlt nils i ailed a "mis communication." but he had promised to attend workouts Wednesday Maswell's repeat absence was not well ns eived by i n.e h Rudy Tomiunovii !i T jm ! DREXLER Pi; 16 Beuerlein tops NFL expansion draft picks NEW YORK (AP) Steve Beuerlein joined a "Who's Who in the NFL" dub Wednesday when Jacksonville made him the first pit k in the first expansion draft in lit years. For the rest of the day, it was mainly "Who's that?" as the Jaguars and the Carolina Pan thers went for the unknown, the underpaid and, in some rases, the relatively unfit. The Pan thers in particular stayed with low-priced, low-profile players throughout. Beuerlein. who fell out of favor with coach Buddy Ryan after a good 1993 season with the Arizona Cardinals, became an asterisk when the Jaguars made him the first pick. Overall, Jacksonville went for veterans and spent more money while Carolina, hoping to attract free agents, went young and cheap He goes to Jacksonville with no illusions. "One of my claims to fame throughout my career is that I've always been able to take a hit," Beuerlein said. "I’m sure that won't Ixt any different going down to Jacksonville I'll stand in there and take a hit with the liest of them." But after the 30-year-old quar terback, due to make about $2 million next year, the new teams turned to youth and low salaries Carolina didn't go for quarterbacks until late, taking the veteran Jack Trudeau from the New York jets on the iHth round after taking Miami's Doug Pederson six picks earlier And a number of big-name, high priced players were ignored, including Michael Dean, William Perry. Cary (dark, Dante Jones, Chris Doleman, Mark Rypien. Tom Kathman and Chris Miller. Rod Smith, a 24-year-old cor nerback who started seven games for New England last year, was Carolina's first pick “I'm just one of 30 guys." Smith said. "I'm not worried about the contract at this point ” Turn to EXPANSION Page 13 Hit and run GAK'I i.MAVo! .-naiml M the weather put a damper on outdoor sports opportunities, you can still play racquetball at the Esslinger courts Monday through Thursday, 0:40 a m. to 12:30 a m., or Fridays, 0:40 a m. to 0:30 a m. Clubs ready to go ahead with season FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla (AP) — A hodgepodge of poten tial strikebreakers, minor lea guors and non-roster invitees milled about the New York Yan kees' locker room Wednesday, giving a preview of replacement baseball. And like the strike itself, the presence of the players raised more questions than it answered. "We told them our policy, and I hope you get this correct, that they are not replacement players until April 3." general manager Gene Michael said "We're not calling them major leaguers, we're not calling them minor leaguers, we're calling it Yankees' spring training, and if they make the team they'll Iwcome major leaguers and play the games." Michael explained Four teams — the Yankees, the St t.ouis Cardinals, the Seat tle Mariners and the San Fran cisco Giants — will have replacement players in uniform Thursday when they open camps to pitchers and catchers. Other teams will begin practice by Monday The Yankees held an orienta lion vsmoii in the morning, sad players then underwent physi cal*. received uniforms and got a feel for the spring training complex The Yankees issued a roster with n players' names, hut the team made no differentiation between the 14 minor-leaguers who are going about business as usual and the I t others who on* either replacement players or non-roster invitees When the baseball strike began Aug 12. the 703 players who were on major-league ros ters stopped working. Since then, the Players' Association has asked all players on 40-man rosters (major leaguers and top minor league prospects) to stay out of camp That has pushed the total of potential strikers to nearly 1,100 In addition, the union has asked minor-leaguers to boycott games involving replacements Michael said none of the players on the Yankees' 40-man roster had agreed to come to camp We re going to bring in the Ixtst players we can." he said ' We’re hopeful that the caliber w ill be good enough We don't know exactly what it is because it's now territory. but we art> going to have baseball." At the (Ordinals' < amp in St Petersburg, players were told they'd be given different color uniforms, some with the same numbers. "I’m curious more than excit ed," manager Joe Torre said. “I think it'll be .in opportunity to see the young players that you don't ordinarily see. The bulk will be our minor-league play ers." The Baltimore Orioles are refusing to field a team of strike breakers. At their < amp in Sara sota on Wednesday, all the fields were unoccupied except for a lawn mower The club house was practically empty "I keep looking tip. thinking Mike Mussina or Ben McDonald might come walking in I'm try ing to stay positive through this thing, but I guess it looks like they may not be coming in for a while." new manager Phil Regan said The Yankees' players who showed up a day early ranged from a confused and wary Trlple-A starter to a sand lot Turn to SPRING, f'. i j- • 16 K'bruary 16, 1995 Volume Oh, k\ur UK) America 3 ends streak SAN DIEGO (AP) Ameri can's all women crow boat Dennis Conner 's Stars A Stripes in the opening race ol the third round robm ol the America's Cup trials on Wednesday to end a three race losing streak I lie women led the entire way around the sm-teg, 18 6 mile Pacific Ocean course and won by 1 minute. 26 s«c c«xls It was their last victory since defeating Young Ameri ca in the opening race of the second round-robin on Jan 29 rhoir losing streak would have been lour, but a loss to Stars & Stripes on Eeb 3 was thrown exit when If hi second round was shortened by throe races because ol weather delay-' With vu tones ixjw worth four points. AmencttS closed the gap in the (ati/on Cup standings and traits co-lead ers Stars A Stripes and Young America 9 points to 7 NHL Scoring Leaders Nl W YORK (AP) Scot mg loaders through ( et> 14 Thai OP Q A PTS P1M i»o> Pm_o 11_m_•» franco, Pm l? 5 IS M 2 Sane O,o _ l? S IS_JO_6_ Aiamnov, Win 13 S IS ?0 9 Se.mB W-n 13 9 10 19 0 ha at_i? to ; i / a tKftctU.CW U1 7 tp 1/ 6 Woontfc.Ch I? $ I? I? 8 t<g» Cat I? to 6_16_6 T>.». ft/ 13 a 8 tfe S9 Oaun Ban t? 5 ti 16 o Oarn, Qua I? 9 6 16 19 *».»«, Bo* I? 9 6 IS 8 M. <ir PH 1? 8 / IS ? %!Or T» 14 9 S 14_0 lotto HYI i; B 6 14_8 t*t«ren 54 1? 5 9 14 6 Ba/qua tto U1 4 to_14 _2_ Ywrman Par 1? 4 IQ 14 to IvykO* Pft. 13 4 10 14 14 Ki/fi. LA_ II ) II 14 4 Harding heads for Germany PORTLAND (AP) Tonya Harding has left on a High! to Cologne, Germany, to do three interviews lor a tabloid format television show Multnomah County Presid mg Judge Donald bonder gave permission for Harding to leave tho country T uesday after he learned she may receive SPS.OOO, which she would turn over to Oregon Sp>ecial Olympics At first, i wasn’t too keen on it," bonder said "But the possibility of making money for Special Olympics per suaded me "
