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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
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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.
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