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Stern could take disciplinary ac tion, including assessing a Fine, if he decides the integrity of the league has been shaken by Motta’s accusa tions or by Fitch, if the charges are deemed true. Motta has already said he ex pected the league would be upset by his charges and would fine him. The controversy began when Motta said the Rockets were deliber ately trying to get out of the same playoff bracket as the Los Angeles Lakers. If the Rockets finished fourth or Fifth in the Western Con ference, they would have to meet the Lakers as early as the second round. If they finished sixth or seventh, they would not have to play the Lakers until the conference finals, assuming they were able to win the first two rounds. In a story published by the news paper Friday, Motta said he had complained the day before to Rod Thorn, NBA vice president of oper ations. “Obviously, that’s a pretty serious accusation,” Thorn said. “I would think it would be a very tough thing to prove, and I would think that the commissioner might be very upset about it. I think he might be upset with Coach Motta for making an ac cusation, but maybe Motta can (prove it).” On Sunday, a taped interview with Fitch was played at halftime of the Philadelphia-Boston game on CBS. Fitch called Motta’s charges “irresponsible.” “When Motta made those statements,” Fitch said, “he must have been thinking about when he was a ninth-grade coach in Idaho be cause he brought some ninth-grade thinking with those statements.” CBS officials called the Mavericks’ offices and asked if Motta would submit to an interview, but they were told Motta had said he would no longer comment on the matter. Motta made the charge after watching the Rockets-Suns game from Phoenix on Wednesday night on a satellite cable broadcast. With 6:42 left in the game, the Rockets were within two points, 96-94, but their best players were on the bench. The Dallas coach said he thought Houston looked like it was trying to manipulate the outcome of the game. Umpires go to work, come to agreement NEW YORK (AP) — Major league umpires went to work on opening day Monday after their union reached a last-minute labor agreement with the American and National Leagues. The four-year contract was fi nalized about 9 a.m. CDT, less than three hours before the opening pitch of the 1987 baseball season was thrown at Toronto. The agreement was reached after a 22-hour bargaining session. Partic ipating in the talks were Giamatti, Phillips, American League President Bobby Brown and Robert Kheel, ne gotiator for both leagues. Under the old contract, which ex pired at the end of last season, um pires earned from $30,000 in their first year to $80,000 in their 25th year. Over the next three years, accord ing to a source close to the negotia tions, umpires will make from $40,000 in their first year to $100,000 in their 20th year. The fi nal year of the contract calls for sala ries ranging from $41,000 to $105,000. The source said umpires also will receive an increase in annual pen sion benefits (from $1,100 to $2,000); life insurance (from $250,000 to $450,000), and per diem payments (from $103 to $148). The new contract also provides umpires with severance pay of from $30,000 to $100,000, depending on their experience. The previous con tract did not include severance pay, the source said. Paul Runge, head of the umpires’ union, said the negotiations went smoothly. “There’s nothing but harmony to begin the season,” he said. “There are no battle scars like in the past, which is really terrific for both sides.” Richard Levin, a spokesman for baseball Commissioner Peter Ueber roth, said the commissioner was glad the agreement was reached before the opening games. Major league umpires have gone on strike three times in the past nine years. Substitute umpires worked a total of seven playoff games in 1984 during the last strike. Astros slip past Dodgers HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Cruz hit a solo home run in the seventh in ning that gave Cy Young Award winner Mike Scott and the Houston Astros a 4-3 victory over the Los An geles Dodgers Monday night. Cruz, 39, who had to battle for a starting position this spring, hit a 2- 0, two-out pitch off Orel Hershiser, 0-1, over the right-field fence to snap a 3-3 tie. Scott, 1-0, retired 11 batters in a row early in the game, but was re placed at the start of the eighth in ning by Dave Smith, who recorded three strikeouts in two innings of work. Scott gave up eight hits, struck out eight and walked three in seven innings. Franklin Stubb’s third hit of the game in the Dodgers’ seventh scored Steve Sax from second base and tied the game 3-3 against Scott, 18-10 last season with a major league-leading 306 strikeouts. Alan Ashby’s two-run single in the sixth had given the Astros a 3-2 lead. Ashby’s hit came after Glenn Davis singled and Kevin Bass doubled. Rookie Mike Ramsey got his first major league hit in the fifth inning and gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead in the sixth with a single that scored Stubbs from second base. The Astros took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Ashby reached base on an error, took third on grounders by Craig Reynolds and Garner and scored on a wild pitch by Hershiser. Baltimore edges Texas 2-1 BALTIMORE (AP) — Larry Sheets’ ninth-inning sacrifice fly scored pinch-runner Rene Gonzales to give the Baltimore Orioles a 2-1 victory over the Texas Rangers Monday in the major league baseball opener for both teams. With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Ray Knight singled off re liever Greg Harris, 0-1, and Gon zales ran for him. Gonzales then went to third when Harris’ pickoff throw to first base went wild. Harris then walked Terry Ken nedy and Jim Dwyer intentionally. Texas took a 1-0 lead on the third pitch of the game when Oddibe Mc Dowell hit a towering home run over the center field fence off Mike Bod- dicker. The Orioles tied it 1-1 in the sec ond inning when Fred Lynn doubled with one out, then stole third base, and scored when catcher Don Slaught was charged with a passed ball as Knight struck out. 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