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S eptember 21, 1994 • T he P ortland O bserver P age B 2 POR SAY IT AIN’T SO JOE COMMISSIONER ENDS BASEBALL S SEASON BRIEFS BOXING Holyfield Heartbroken Holyfield's Cardiologist De clared his heart is not healed Form er heavyw eight cham p Evander Holyfield failed to get medical Clearance to fight again. Holyfield who recently un derwent another heart examina tion for a heart ailment, a non- compliant left ventricle, was told that his heart had not healed suffi ciently to box. H olyfield an nounced in June his plans to return to boxing. FOOTBALL Former N.F.L. Back Clarence Is Killed Clarence Williams former running back for the San Diego Charger was shot while at an inter section of Pearl and McRae streets in Columbia S. C. at 11:45 p.m. Saturday. He died at about 4:00 a.m. Sunday. Investigators have not dentified a suspect or d e te r mined a m otive, they would not release the name o f W il iams friend who was stopped on his way to the hospital by the authorities. W illiam s was a running back for South C arolina from 1974-1976 in 1977 W illiam s move to the N .F .L . p laying for the San D iego C hargers from 1 9 7 7 -1 9 8 1 an d th e W ashington Red Skins in 82 and 83. BASEBALL Jordan To Fall Ball Michael Jordan will play fall baseball for the Chicago White Sox’s Florida instructional league team in Saragsota. He will be re porting on Sept 23. The team is waiting word from the Arizona Fall League if the former N B A . star will be able to play. BASKETBALL Basketball Wayman Tisdale signs with Phoenix Tisdale signed a one year contract with the Phoe nix Suns. The league has already approved the contract. Danny Manning is waiting in the wings for his one year $ 1 mil lion contract, also to be approved by the league. tn D anny B ell THE BASEBALL OWNERS’ CANCELLATION STATEMENT Text o f the statement issued Wednesday canceling the rest o f the baseball season and the World Se ries: Due to the player strike that beganonAug. 12,1994, the Office o f the Commissioner o f Baseball, act ing pursuant to a resolution o f the major-league clubs, reluctantly con cluded today that the remainder o f the 1994 season, the Division Series, the League Championship Series and the World Series will not be played. "This is a sad day, ” said Allan H. (Bud) Selig, chairman o f the Ma jo r League Executive Council, “No body wanted this to happen, but the continuing player strike leaves us no choice but to take this action. We have reached the point where it is no longer practical to complete the re mainder o f the season or to preserve the integrity o f postseason play. “On june 14, the clubs proposed a reasonable offer to the players’ union which included a guarantee o f $1 billion in salary and benefits fo r the players-the largest players 'pay roll ever. Since that time the clubs have asked the players to negotiate some reasonable division o f revenues between players and clubs or some PIL FOOTBALL LEAGUE WL 20 20 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 02 02 SEASON W L Benson 20 Wilson 20 Lincoln 1 0 Franklin 1 1 Jefferson 1 1 Madison 1 1 Marshall 1 1 Grant 0 1 Cleveland 02 Roosevelt 02 FRIDAY RESULTS Benson 34, Marshall 7 Jefferson 27, Cleveland 0 Wilson 28, Franklin 13 Madison 28, Roosevelt 14 SATURDAY SCHEDULE Grant at Lincoln, 12:30 p.m. FRIDAY, SEPT. 23 Cleveland at Madison, 4:30 p.m. Marshall at Roosevelt, 4:30 p.m. Grant at Franklin Lincoln at Wilson Benson at Jefferson These Standings were brought to you by ALBERTA STREET MARKET Open 365 days, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. other method fo r controlling the tions might resume. Selig on Wednes growth in salaries and ensuring com day September 14, called for a cool petitive balance. ing off period to be quickly followed “The union refused to bargain by a renewed attempt to reach an with us over costs and took a hard agreement. line position that the clubs would He warned that if an agreement fold as they had in past negotiations. isn ’t reached soon, the team s That was a terrible mistake, one for wouldn’t be able to retain the same which all o f us must pay. ” level of season tickets and advertis With those words the 1994 Ma ing for next season. The owners have jor League Baseball season came to offered the players 50 per cent of a grinding halt. baseball revenues with $1 billion Led by M ilw aukee Brewer guaranteed as long as their revenue owner Bud Selig, the acting commis does not fall below this year pro sioner, the owners voted 26-2 to can jected pre-strike level of $1.78 bil cel the remainder of the regular sea lion. son, two rounds of playoffs and the The players, however already World Series. 660 plus games have are getting about 58 per cent, al been canceled. The focal point of the though that does not include players whole regamaroe is the salary cap. licensing income. The owners want it, the players don’t, Baseball players who have done further more some player represen well with free agency and salary arbi tatives have stated that they don’t tration, feel they have a lot to lose. think the majors are in that big of Week before last the players financial trouble where a cap would submitted a counter proposal which be necessary. Whatever the case nei they contended would bolster some ther side has budged and the season of the weaker teams in the league had ended. however it amounted to a form of This will be the first time since redistributing the teams revenue with the 1904 season that World Series out a mechanism to curtail spiraling hasn't been played. salaries. The future is uncertain for both The general consensus is that the players and the owners since the things will get nastier before the strike players don’t get paid during the off is resolve however that might be. season the immediate effect of the W hat is first expected is that early end of the season will be on the the ow ners will d eclare an im owners who stand to lose 20 million passe and u n ilaterally im plem ent a team in post season T.V. revenue, new term s and conditions. This plus marketing, and season tickets will not com e w ithout legal risk. sales. This could have been a record The union challenge the ow ners shattering year for the likes of Ken once they take those steps and Griffey Jr., Matt Williams who were the ow ners m ust be prepared to closing i n hot pursuit on Roger Maris support their actions. home run record. As well as the 400 As A m ericas past tim e it re batting average by Tony Gwynn flects a moral ch aracter that role The present strike situation alkb m odels what is good courageous has the dubious distinction of being and strong. For the better part of the longest work stoppage to date, 150 years there has been b ase surpassing the 50 day strike in 1981. ball giving solace and e n te rta in There is no sign when negotia ment to m illions. BENSON OFFENSE SHOWS After the much touted pre-sea- son hoopla Benson finally shows its stuff in a 34-7 win over Marshall. The game was’ nt without tense moments as Marshall battled to 7-7 first half tie. After that it was all Benson. Junior q u arter back Sean O verton sp littin g tim e with Desmond Faison was the ignition the techmen offense needed as he threw for two touch downs to Tauheed Jermany and ran for an other. Running back Patrick John son helped by rushing for 119 yards on 22 carries. Faison was impres sive running for two touchdowns. The minutemen struck first with their first possesion of the third quarter when quarterback B.J. Hawkins connected with Greg Ganther for a 78 yard bomb. Benson answered back with 45 yard touch down pass to Taheed Jermany, but that was all the of fense Benson could muster in the first half. The first break came in the 3rd quarter when the defense forced a fumble by Hawkins on Marshall first possesion. Three plays later Faison ran 15 yards down the left sideline for the 6 points. Benson defense also played an exceptional game allowing the Min utemen out of their own territory only once. Two consecutive sacks late in the 3rd quarter by Dan Kruager and Adonis Banks led Benson to its third scoring drive, on the last play of the third quarter. Overton found Jermany again fora21 yardT.D. to put the Minutemen away. TENNIS FIGURE GERULATIS DIES V itas G erulitis a garrulous New Y orker who rose from the Q ueens public court to becom e the 3rd rank m en’s tennis player was found dead Sunday in a friends home in South H am p ton, G erulatis was 40 and lived in Turnburry Fla. The South Ham pton Village Police said that G erulitis was found at a hom e on M eadow Lane shortly after 3 p.m . P re liminary medical exam ination indicated he suffered a heart attack. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday by Suffolk County medical Examiner. Gerulatis won at the A us tralian Open in 1977. It was his only grand slam singles title. He won a m en’s double to u rn a ment at W im bledon, and he reached the n o .3 ran k in g in 1977. He retired in 1984. $5 OFF SHOES - SWEAT SUITS • M OB Uh-O h! Look W h o ’s B ock! 6 t h -r a n k e d PORTLAND STATE 3 r d -ra n k e d TEXAS A&M KINGSVILLE Saturday, Sept. 24, 7 p.m., Portland Civic Stadium 915 N.E. 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