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Emerald THURSDAY Jun*S. 1096 Schott maybe removed ■ BASEBALL: Executive council considers the owner s future with Reds PHILADELPHIA {API — Baseball left the clear impres stem Wednesday that it intends to mmnw Marge Schott from operation of the Cincinnati K«U. totting a one-week (load line for its decision The 10-man executive coun cil. which runt baseball in place of a commissioner. didn't announce any action against Schott after Wednesday's S 1/2 hour meeting and didn't say what the deadline was for. Baseball officials, speaking on the condition that they nut be identified, said before the meeting they expect Schott will be suspended and that Selig and National laetgue president ten Coleman want her to agree to appoint someone else to run the team. Schott, suspended in 1993 for eight months for using racial and ethnic slurs, came under fire again this season for other controversial remarks, including comments in a tele vision interview that Adolf Hitler "was good in the begin ning” but 'went too far " Acting commissioner Bud Selig. usually reluctant loortt icits any owner, spoke out strongly against Schott "The executive council con demns in the strongest possible terms the recant comments attributed to Schott," Selig said, later adding: "This is not some thing we fust put off We're on a very specific course " Selig said the council wilt make a decision about Schott'* future involvement with base hall no later than next Wednea day. Schott, accompanied by lawyer Robert Martin and Reds < ontroUm John Alien, tm* with ihe council wv»r*l times throughout the day. A baseball official said mu he* this week that there prob ably would be negotiations between the lawyers for the two sides. "It Is obvious we are deeply concerned by this situation." Seli* said In February 1983. the coun cil suspended Schott for one year and fined her $23,000 lor bringing "disrepute and embar rassment" to baseball with her repeated use of racial and eth nic slurs The suspension later was shortened to eight months She has apologised for her remarks about Hitler, saving she didn't mean to offend Selig said Schott’s state ments and not her operation of the Reds were at the center of the council** concern. Schott, who owns » 1/2 of the Reds* IS partnership shares, has naitroUed the teem for 12 years. Remembering the Ducks: THREE NCAA TOURNAMENTS IN A ROW Junta* nmnm F agent 90M upto»#v» Mock sttrwftrsi *cct 9» NCAA Toumaman* «qkm* Wmoamm whtto hm taarnnatss mm to* ffw rstxxtnd Oagon 1 woman * baskafea* loam m«d» *» »fwd «**wgT* appaaranc* m th* tournament ih» past mmuuo and took* to* mom success rwmt ysw Chicago takes Game 1 in final minutes ■ NBA FINALS: The Bulls outscored Seattle 28 13 tn the fourth quarter CHICAGO (API — Nothing too spectacular from Michael Mm. nothing fantastic statist! cally. Yet there we* nothing SmIII* could do to stop the Chicago Hull* The Hull*, who U*t played May 27. toyed with the Sonic* and made them uww worthy tor a stretch at two Then Chicago blitzed every time the game got cloe*. pulling away tor a 107-90 victory in (am* I of the NBA Final* on Wednesday night "W# were out of «ynch a little bit offensively," Iordan *atd That * natural for having eight day* off t think the guy* really had the determination to come out and run hard and play hard” It waa the best team in the NBA showing why It I* conttd* ered almost unbeatable Although it was tar from a flaw lea* performance, the Bulls still turned it tnlu e laugher in the final tew minute* Toni Kukoc scored 10 straight Chicago point* in a U S run to open the fourth quarter. end Jot din'* supporting rut had all the point* in * subsequent B O run the! removed any doubt Ionian finished with 2* points hut didn't contribute much tn the game deriding run. Scot tie Pippen had 21 and Kukoc had IS on a night when the Hull* •hot only 43 percent Chicago outscored Seattle ZB 13 in the fourth quarter, however, and attempted IB more shots than the Western Conference < Hampt on* The Bull* also turned the ball over truly seven times and came up with three key steals in the final period. Came 2 I* Friday night at the United tauter, and in the mean* time the Homes will try to figure out what ItTI take to beat the Bulls. The fir** thing they ran try to do i* stop Iordan's underling* Ron Harper had 15 points and seven astial* and shot 60 per cent. Luc I.onglev dominated the middle in the first quarter and finished with 14 points and four block* and Oenni* Rodman had 13 rebound* and *even points — all on uncontested layup*. "Ron Harper did a heck ol • Job on Cary Payton." Jordan •aid "He created a Wit of break* for u* down the stretch “ And Rodman created trouble (or Prank Brie kowski The Seat tie forward waa assessed a fla grant foul for pushing Rodman in the nm.k while liatthnK for a rehound late in the flrel half He refused to atop talking to Rod man. and referee |oe Crawford whittled him for two straight technical* and bounced him from the game Rodman'* last two point* came with 5 25 left in the game after it appeared the Sonic* were ready to make one more run Payton had scored on a dri vtng one hander and a fa*tlireak layup off a steal by Shawn Kemp, who finished with 32 points The tiull* quickly called timeout, and Harper then faked a 3 pointer and rifled a pas* to Rodman underneath for a layup. Kukoc followed with a fast* break layup. I Ur per had a steal and layup and l-ongley scored from in dose for an S O run Pay ton scored once more, but Ior dan ramie hack with perhaps hi* prettiest shot of the night, a high arching fadeaway from the left *id* that made II 103 88 (orilnn, who Stored 18 point* in the (ir«l half, willed one mom hwiint down the »tr«ti h to finish five point* short of hi* post*** urn average hukiM . who wm only 3 for 36 from 3- point range in the first three round* of the Kioff* went 2 for 5 from md the an: Kemp wee hacked by .Sam Perkin* with 14 points and Pay ton with 13 on O of 17 shooting The Sonic* went 31 of 36 from the foul line in a game that fe« lured 56 foul* and 67 free throw* (Tticogo teemed to be pulling away In the third quarter os Jo» dan hit the first »ho! of the peri od, llarper u ored on a drive and Pippen had a fastbreak layup, three foul shot* and a 3-pointer for a 67 56 lead. A 16-8 run made it 75-75 arul Seattle trailed only 78-77 enter Ing the fourth. Chit ago scored 14 of it* final 18 point* of the half from the foul line and went into the lock er room with a 53-48 lead Kemp and Iordan scored 18 points apiece in the half, but Kemp also had five of Seattle'* 10 turnover* and the Bull* had |u«t ana
