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Major League strike not yet reality
These empty seats at Arlington Stadium, the home of the Texas
Rangers, might not be full anytime soon, if the Major League Base-
oto by TRA VIS TINGLE
ball Players Association goes on strike tonight. If that’s the case, ball
parks throughout the league could take on this abandoned look.
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The two par
ties in baseball’s labor dispute, re
sponding to the pleas of Commis
sioner Peter Ueberroth, agreed to
hold one last meeting Tuesday in
an attempt to avert a strike set for
later in the day.
Both sides — Lee MacPhail’s
Player Relations Committee and
Don Fehr’s union — confirmed
Monday night that talks would be
held in the morning, but neither
side would divulge the time or lo
cation.
Facing a strike deadline that
would begin with Tuesday night’s
games, there still appeared to be
little chance of averting the
game’s second midseason walkout
in four years unless bargainers
could break an impasse on salary
arbitration.
Tuesday’s session was charac
terized by a spokesman for the
owners, Bob Fishel, as “an infor
mal meeting” and not a formal
resumption of negotiations.
Fehr, the union’s acting exec
utive director, called the impasse
“a rerun of 1981” and said the
owners were about to get “the
strike they obviously wanted.”
While saying the owners would
not “let this go to a strike if we can
help it,” MacPhail said: “I can’t
say that I’m optimistic at this
point.”
Any settlement would have to
come very early in the day in or
der to give players enough time
to travel to their scheduled cities.
Fehr said his union had been in
structing players to return to
home after Monday night’s
games instead of reporting to the
ballparks.
Then, late Monday night, Ue
berroth issued a statement saying
that he had asked MacPhail to
contact the union in an effort to
get the talks going again as soon
as possible.
“The fans deserve the last
ounce of everyone’s energy to re
solve the current impasse,” Ue
berroth said through a spokes
man.
Earlier in the day, responding
to a statement by MacPhail that
the owners would not back off
their position on salary arbitra
tion, Fehr said, “If nothing hap
pens tonight, there’ll be a strike.
I’ll tell the players to go home. ...
In this situation, there’s not much
more we can do.”
The union chief said if man
agement “seriously wanted to re
solve the issues, there’d be a hint
from them. They have a strike
that they apparently want.”
Haggard and looking dishev
eled, Fehr said that players had
been calling all evening. When
they call, he said, “I’ve got to tell
them to go home.”
No formal negotiating sessions
were held Monday. In fact, the
parties took sides publicly hard
ening their positions.
And after meeting informally
with MacPhail for 1 Vz hours
Monday morning, Fehr said he
had “become more pessimistic”
about avoiding a strike. No fur
ther meetings were scheduled,
and Bob Fishel, acting as a
spokesman for the owners, also
said prospects of a settlement
“did not look good.”
That left the very real possibil
ity that Monday’s night games, six
in the National League and four
in the American, would be the
last, at least for a while, in a sea
son of record-pace attendance
and record-chasing perfor
mances by some of the game’s
biggest names.
As the hours sped away toward
the deadline, the New York Mets
ot three home runs by Darryl
trawberry and beat the Chicago
Cubs 7-2 in sun-splashed Wrigley
Field, moving the Mets into first
place in the NL East, a half game
ahead of St. Louis. The Cardinals
lost 9-1 to Philadelphia.
Los Angeles had a comfortable
lead in the NL West, while the
American League divisions were
led by Toronto in the East and
California in the West.
Frank White of the Kansas City
Royals, who were in second in the
AL West, said that if he had to sit
out a strike, he would “try to im
prove my golf game and continue
to be amazed why this thing isn’t
settled.”
Asked earlier in the day if
there still was time to settle the
dispute, Fehr said yes — “both
sides know what the differences
are.”
Oilers can’t satisfy
Childress’ billfold
Germany engulfed in 'Borismania'
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Ray Childress, the
Houston Oilers’ No. 1 draft choice,
has reached a stalemate in contract
negotiations with the National Foot
ball League team and wants to be
traded, his agent said Monday.
Childress, a defensive lineman
from Texas A&M, also may sit out
the upcoming season and work at
the family construction business in
the Dallas area if the Oilers continue
to offer unacceptable proposals,
agent Joe Courrege told Houston ra
dio station KTRH.
“He doesn’t want to sit out the sea
son, but he doesn’t want to be paid
less than his fair value,” Courrege
said.
Childress told Oilers General
Manager Ladd Herzeg that he did
not want to play under the contracts
currently offered by the team.
“Ray said, ‘please, trade me if
things can’t be worked out,”’ Cour
rege said. “Ray wants no problems
with the team and he wants them to
get some value for him if necessary.”
Ray Childress
Terms of the Oilers’ proposals
and Childress’ demands have never
been disclosed.
“There’s nothing more I can do.
I’ve submitted eight or 10 proposals
and compromised down $250,000,”
the agent said.
Associated Press
HAMBURG, West Germany —“Dream Tennis!
Thank you Boris.”
“Boris Makes It Very Clear — 6-2, 6-2, 6-1.”
Those jubilant headlines in the national tabloid
newspapers carried to work by Germans Monday
morning bespoke the euphoria over the continuing
exploits of Boris Becker — Wimbledon champ last
month, conqueror of the U.S. Davis Cup team this
month.
The set of scores in one of the headlines referred
to the climactic match in the U.S.-West Germany Da
vis Cup quarterfinal Sunday, when millions of West
German television viewers watched Becker outclass
Aaron Krickstein in straight sets.
The 17-year-old Becker’s masterful performance,
egged on by a crescendo of whistling and cheering
from the partisan home crowd, gave West Germany
its first ever victory over the United States in their six
meetings going back 72 years.
The gush of “Borismania” started when the tall,
strapping blond teen-ager last month became the
youngest winner of the Wimbledon singles, tennis’
most prestigious tournament.
A month later, with his first major victories on
home soil since Wimbledon, the world’s No. 9-ranked
player gets congratulated by politicians, creates mob
scenes of autograph seekers when he sets foot out
doors, and finds his photogenic face on posters and
T-shirts.
The country’s mass-circulation newspapers are
having a field day with the Becker phenomenon, run
ning front page-headlines trumpeting Becker’s hero
ics on the tennis court as well as tracing his every
move off it.
“Boris and Friends Clean Out the Amis — Lendl
Can Come Now,” blasted Bild, the country’s biggest-
selling daily newspaper Monday morning. The head
line referred to Ivan Lendl, the top player with the
Czechoslovak team that West Germany will meet in
the Davis Cup semifinals in October.
“Boris Raises His Arms High, Germany Success
ful!” crowed the Hamburg-based Bild on the opposite
page, alluding to Becker’s now-trademark gesture at
the end of a winning match.
Becker, for his part, was down to earth. “It is a mat
ter of pride when one can play for (West) Germany, a
totally different thing from normal tournaments,”
said Becker, who is from the small town of Leimen in
southern West Germany.
The Americans, too, jumped on the Becker band
wagon after they watched him demolish his singles
opponents Friday and Sunday.
“There was just no chance. Becker was simply too
good for me,” murmured a shellshocked Krickstein
after his match Sunday night.
Said U.S. Coach Arthur Ashe, a onetime Wimble
don champion: “After our doubles victory (Saturday)
and (Eliot) Teltscher’s singles success (earlier Sun
day), I again believed we could win. But we don’t have
any Boris Becker in our ranks.”
The latest chapter in the Becker saga?
He is donating at least $35,080 to a charitable orga
nization for handicapped children, Bild reported
Monday.
Silver star worshippers gazing at Cowboys
By DENNE H. FREEMAN
APSports Writer
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — If
you are a worshipper of the silver
star on the helmet, there are certain
signs coming out of Dallas Cowboys’
training camp that might cause your
pulse to race away like a confused
comet.
The Cowboys are looking good,
danged good, even with Tony Dor-
sett facing fourth-and-goal against
the Internal Revenue Service.
The oft-maligned offensive line is
beefed up and taking no bull from
the Dallas defense, which was the sa
vior of a 9-7 no-playoffs season in
1984.
Third-round draft pick Crawford
“Crawdaddy” Ker of Florida has
been throwing his considerable bulk
(290 pounds on a 6-foot-4 frame)
around, and could be a starter at
guard.
Chris Schultz, a solid 292 pounds
and a dominating force in camp, is
back at tackle after spending last sea
son on the injured reserve list.
At any rate, there are encourag
ing happenings in the offensive line,
which was the Cowboys’ sick child in
1984. Injuries were so bad Coach
Tom Landry was forced to use an
all-guard line for several games.
Although Dorsett’s early absence
has hurt, the Cowboys already had
decided to go to a more controlled
passing game in 1985. In other
words, they’re going to use the pass
to set up the run instead of Dorsett’s
dashes to make the aerial game go.
The quarterbacks and receivers
are excited about this season. With
an offensive line that’s sure to be bet
ter, the Cowboys can be counted
upon for more points.
Also, Landry is going to pick a
starter at quarterback and stay with
him. The unsettling quarterback yo
yo of last season won’t be a distrac
tion.
Last year, the Cowboys dropped
from an average of 31 points per
game to only 19.
The Cowboys couldn’t run —Dor-
sett had only two games over 100
yards — and quarterbacks Danny
White and Gary Hogeboom couldn’t
get their passes off without big
hands in their faces.
The receiving corps also received
some criticism, but Tony Hill and
Mike Renfro have been looking
sharp. And look out for eighth-
round pick Leon “Speedy” Gonzalez
of Bethune-Cookman, who can go
after the ball in a spectacular fash
ion.
On the flip side of the line of
scrimmage, the Cowboys could have
one of the best — if not the best —
defenses in the National Football
League.
End Jim Jeffcoat and tackle
Randy White will have spent a train
ing camp working alongside each
other, which they didn’t do last year
since White was a holdout. The line
backers, with enthusiastic Eugene
Lockhart and promising rookie Jesse
Penn, will be much improved. The
secondary should be excellent.
And look for the Cowboys to be
dropping Randy White off the line
of scrimmage from time to time in a
three-man front. He also will play
from a standing position and move
around to confuse the blocking.
“We’re going to give the other
teams as many different looks as
they give us,” says safety Dextor
Clinkscale. “We’re going to keep
them off balance.”
Indeed, the spirit is gung-ho here.
Bill Bates even showed up wearing a
Marine Corps-style haircut.
Most experts are picking the Cow
boys fourth in the National Confer
ence Eastern Division — as in next-
to-last — but the Cowboys always
seem to respond better after the me
dia writes them off. They play more
relaxed.
There’s also the site of this year’s
Super Bowl XX — New Orleans.
The Cowboys have two Super Bowls
victories and both have been in New
Orleans.
The signs are all there for a rous
ing Cowboys’ comeback.
Gazing into my frozen margarita,
I’m going to pick them as the sur
prise team of the NFC, returning to
the playoffs again with or without
Dorsett.
We’ll see if it’s just happy hour
hallucination.
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