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The International Amateur Ath letic Federation voted to strip John son of his world records in the 100 meters and the indoor 60 meters, with Americans Carl Lewis and Lee McRae getting them insteatL Johnson and other athletes who have testified under oath to drug use undetected by tests also will be stripped of world, regional and na tional titles and medals, the lAAL’s general secretary John Holt said. He said final action on those penalties would come late this year or early next. No ballot figures were available for the stripping measure, which took 3V2 hours of debate and two mysterious votes to resolve. The voting was so chaotic that Amadeo Lrancis, a Puerto Rican member of the federation’s ruling council who made an eloquent speech against the change, described it as “a travesty of justice” after storming from the meeting room. The record changes take effect when the IAAF issues its annual world-records list Jan. 1, 1990. But officials and fellow athletes said Johnson had been stripped of much more. “Ultimately, he’s lost everything,” Edwin Moses, the two-time Olympic hurdles champion from the United States, said.*“Everyone knows it.” Asked if titles and medals also would fall, Holt said the IAAF Council, its policy board, would “dis cuss the next logical step” at its next meeting this winter. Officially, the IAAF voted to take away world records from any athlete who admits under oath or in writing to drug use. Johnson, however, is the only re cord-holder in that position, having testified at a Canadian government inquiry last June that he starting us ing drugs in 1981 and was taking massive doses in 1987, when he set the world records. Other athletes, including Ameri can javelin thrower Dianne Williams and Canadian hurdlers Mark Mc- Koy and Anjela Issajenko, also have admitted drug use in sworn testi mony and face the loss of various ti tles and medals. That Canadian hearing was called after Johnson tested positive for steroids at the Olympics last summer ‘ of 1 and was stripped of his gold medal and world-record time of 9.79 sec onds. He passed doping tests after setting the remaining world records of 9.83 second for the 100 at the world championships in Rome in August 1987 and 6.41 seconds in the 60 at the world indoor champion ships in Indianapolis that February. When the new lists come out, Carl Lewis of the United States will have the 100-meter record at 9.92 sec onds, while countryman Lee McRae will have the 60-meter mark at 6.50. The world-record stripping was part of a far-reaching anti-drug pro gram adopted by the IAAF, which also included worldwide out-of-corr-B Bt petition doping tests and the concep:Biin{ that one country can challenge tkBas 1 drug status of another’s athletes. 1)84 Those parts passed with no alive debate. Speaker after speakttBj s t; pledged support for ridding tracj] a; and field of drugs. But taking away records on ar,|| ev athlete’s confession was anothe r, fei story. luri Primo Nebiolo, the IAAF presiHatcl dent who controlled the meetiii® s p ( with an iron hand, said the sportha-Mg ii to adopt the revolutionary rule is p \\’ its own protection. I s u “We started this fight and wenuisHggi keep in the vanguard of peopltps. fighting against doping,” he saiq H; “These are not proposals againnf hi anybody but proposals to reinforcqaway our fight, to reinforce our image.” him At least three dozen delegate cat c h took the floor, with a large percent Bo-) age — led by Johnson’s home 0;|;; £v Canada and his native Caribbean-A&N 7 speaking out strongly against strip homi ping. By 1 “What we are trying to do is tonsil jjt one black individual to show thr world we mean business,” said Yen Bird, from Antiqua. “We know then are others in the same situation How can we have two standards?” “We may effectively be putting 1 muzzle on the mouths of athletes who want to speak out about whatis going on in the training rooms, it lhj a the lockerrooms and on the little is r lands,” he said. The last reference was to Johnson’s trips to St. Kitts in early 1988, where he got steroid treatment for muscle injuries. 6,: Garrison sets sun on Chrissie’s I career with 7-6, 6-2 Open win NEW YORK (AP) — Goodbye, Chrissie. It’s been great. Chris Evert’s illustrious career ended Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open, when she was beaten by Zina Garrison, 7-6, 6-2. The classy master of the two-handed t ne classy master or tne two-nanaea backhand, with peerless baseline groundstrokes and a nearly stoic on- court demeanor, is leaving the tennis tour. The end, at the tournament where she first made her mark by reaching the semifinals as a 16-year- old in 1971, was not a surprise. Gar rison, seeded fifth, is ranked just be hind Evert and beat Martina Navra tilova in the same round last year. The crowd clearly was on the 34- year-old Evert’s side. But time no longer is. Evert’s final shot at a major event — she won 18 of them — was a fore hand return of serve into the net. She shook hands with Garrison, walked to her courtside seat and got her equipment together as the fans gave her a standing ovation. “I knew I was beating a champion we will never get to see again. “When match point was over, I sat down and a tear came to my eye.” Earlier in the tournament, Evert became the first player with 100 vic tories in the Open. When she routed 12th-seeded Monica Seles 6-0, 6-2 in the quarterfinals for her 101st win, it seemed the six-time Open champion was peaking for a last hurrah. But Garrison, storming back from a 2-5 hole in the first set, crashed the party. She won four straight games, then took the tie-breaker 7-1. Garrison, 25, tempered her serve- and-volley style somewhat, but won most of her big points by coming to the net. She broke Evert in the third game of the second set, but Evert broke right back. Despite the urging of the 20,901 fans not wishing to see a star extinguished, Evert was broken again in the fifth and seventh games and Garrison served out the match. Finally, Evert stood, her tennis bag over her shoulder, and waved once to the crowd. As the fans roared, she walked to Garrison, they hugged, and walked off together. “I felt really sad,” Garrison said. Evert will represent the United e P States in the Federation Cup at To kyo next month. She might play in some other tournaments in the fu ture, but her career on tour is over. “If I want to go play in a tourna ment in Stuttgart, I will,” she said. “This is my last major tournament.” Evert never expected to win this Open after devoting so little of her time to tennis this year. “I wanted to make a good showing and enjoy it,” she said. Good showings hardly describe what Evert brought to the sport. She took her first of four straight Opens in 1975 and also won in 1980 and ’82. Evert won the French Open seven times, including her last major title in 1986. She has three Wimbledon and two French Open crowns. Now ranked fourth, Evert was No. 1 or No. 2 steadily from 1973 through 1986. Her rivalry with Nav ratilova — who played the other quarterfinal Ttiesday night — was one of the most engaging in sports Navratilova leads her close friend 43-37, but they won’t be meeting in any significant matches again. Evert also will be remembered for making it fashionable — and sue cessful — to play from the baseline patiently awaiting an opportunity She broke in when Billie Jean King and Margaret Court were dominant with their attacking styles. By the end of the 1970s, a large majorityof the women on tour were staying back, looking for the opening. Emulating Chrissie. 0 Baseball ponders profit sharing NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball owners, preparing for collective bar gaining negotiations this winter with the players’ union, are considering a proposal that would include a form of revenue sharing, The Associated Press has learned. bargaining agreement,” Rona said. Barry Rona, executive director of management’s Player Relations Committee, said revenue-sharing C roposals were under development y the owners but he was unsure if they would be offered to the Major League Baseball Players’ Associa tion. Baseball, beset with fractuous labor relations for 14 years, has never had any form of revenue shar ing in its 121-year professional his tory. Under their collective-bargaining deal, NBA players are guaranteed 53 percent of the sport’s gross reve nue. In exchange, teams are allowed to have a salary cap; this year it is $9.8 million per team. Clubs must have a minimum payroll of $8.3 mil lion. doesn’t mean anything until yous# what the proposal it.” “I think the genesis of forming a dtn f iartnership with the playe rom basketball, whicn has ms came from basketball, which has had a working partnership with their play ers in the salary area and the reve nue area for the second collective “It seems to be a successful, amica ble and profitable arrangement for the players and the clubs,” Rona said. “It seems to be almost uniquely suited to the sports area. That’s why we’re taking a long and hard and se rious look and developing a part nership.” Donald Fehr, executive director of the players’ association said “it’s hard for me to comment until I know more about it.” The Basic Agreement betweei baseball and the union expires of Dec. 31. During the current collet tive-bargaining agreement, tli { union has filed three collusion grie' ances against owners, charging ; conspiracy agaisnt free agents. Arbi trators found owners guilty in tfr 1985 and 1986 cases and a decisio' is expected before the end of tb f year in the third. In baseball’s current structure players do not have substantial bar gaining rights for their first three seasons. After their third seasd they become eligible for salary arb- tration. After their sixth season, the' become eligible for free agency. “Does revenue-sharing mean 85 percent?” he said. “Does it mean 15 percent? Just to say revenue sharing The three-part system was agrf r to after arbitrator Peter Seitz ^ dared Dave McNally and Andy M sersmith free agents in 1976.