Show wr P'F'P” Tha Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday Decenraer 29 1994 — Page Now the umps are gone from baseball Last game for Gibbs NEW YORK (AP) — First the players walked off Now the umpires are being locked out their contract expires Saturday “We’re working people with three or four kids” AL umpire Joe Brinkman said “We’re not making millions like the players A lot of us are living and they’re just putting people out on the street who have worked their way up for a lot of years” Richie Phillips the head of the umpires union did not return a telephone message left at his Philadelphia home Last Thursday the players union filed unfair labor practice charges against both leagues with the National Labor Relations Board office in Philadelphia accusing them of bargaining in bad faith “Misery doesn’t love company in this case” said players union head Donald Fchr who filed a similar charge against owners on Tues Baseball's second labor dispute began Wednesday when the National and American leagues notified umpires their pay will stop this weekend “The initial proposals have been an affront to those of us who have to deal with the realities of the day” AL president Gene Budig said “They have served no constructive pur- month-to-mon- pose” Umpires make from $60000 to $175000 depending on seniority and were to receive an additional $10000 to $20000 each from the postseason bonus pool They received the lockout notification by overnight mail basis and Umpires are paid on a year-rou- nd Cavs nation with 27 steals “The truth of it is rible” Knake said been a factor “We did a little too much seeing the town” confessed defensive tackle Royal West And when asked what he would do differently TCU quarterback Max Knakc shrugged and said: “I’d probably stay out of the casinos before having to get up at 8:30 the next morning” Knakc the top passer in the SWC with 2642 yards completed only eight of 24 passes for a meager 65 yards and was intercepted once by the Cavaliers who led the cither” st cr deals in 1900 and 1954 and a trade in 1957 There also was a trade in 1957 “I like this deal” said Randy Smith whose first few months on the job were spent completing ownership’s salary purge by trading Gary Sheffield Fred McGriff Bruce Hurst and Greg Harris in 13-pla- cr 1993 “It’s a real pice mixture for uss and wc did not have to give up our T matically improve a Padres team that finished last season at 0 the worst record in the major leagues It boosts their defense and speed and they didn't have to deal any starting pitchers considered the team's strength The Padres w ho had the lowest payroll in the majors last year at $1377 million can go up as much as $20 million under the new cap ll Houston which signed Jeff to a $275 million deal in November needs to drop $162 million The Padres knew the Astros needed to drop salary and began looking at options when they visited Houston in the final series before the strike began Aug 12 The deal began with inquiries about Caminiti and Cedeno “and it grew from there with encouragement from this ownership" Randy Smith said 47-7- Tal Smith said he left all the to Watson And he downplayed the Astros' need to cut their payroll because of the salary cap “Leaving the salary cap and budget considerations out of it I still would have made this deal” Tal Smith said “This was a classic match where San Diego’s expendables and our expendables fit each other’s needs” The Astros also got inficldcr Craig Shipley and relievers Doug Brocail and Pedro Martinez Software tycoon John Moores who ironically is from Houston bought the Padres on Dec 21 from a group headed by TV producer Tom Werner If players' strike deal-maki- cr - cr “Our future still looks good and our present doesn’t look too bad this position before it would be awfully difficult But wc learned not to ask questions” The deal was the first by any team since owners imposed a salary cap last Friday If it becomes a deal it would match the of i i Davis with the final “The safety bit just enough on the play fake to let me get a step" Davis said “Mike read it right and threw a great pass” Moments later Randy Neal intercepted a pass from Knake and the last demon vanished Rafael Garcia opened and Continued from page 8 i i the pivotal touchdown hitting rd Trade the century behind Groh voted the game's out- standing offensive player guided Virginia 68 yards in six plays for 52-ya- rd young prospects” Smith said fourth-largc- blocked TCU trailed 10-- 3 at halftime and 20-- 3 at the end of the third period but marched 48 yards in 11 plays in the final quarter and scored on a pass from Knake to tight end Brian Collins Davis to gain 97 yards on 24 carries but yielded only a total of 126 rushing yards Meanwhile Brooks carried for 114 yards and set up one touchdown with a run And Charles Way added another 90 yards on the ground while scoring once on a run in ng Bag-we- e to difc- - cnds'ihtnleal O closed Virginia’s scoring with field goals of 20 and 32 yards He missed one and had another I running back Andre Ail-SW- C O th played ter“If I would have played better there may have been a different outcome in the game” Not likely Groh completed 14 of 23 passes for 199 yards and hit several clutch shots The Cavaliers allowed TCU’s Continued from page 8 wanted” A couple of Horned Frogs said the riverboat revelry may have day “I’m sorry it’s happened” The players’ strike completed its 139th day in Washington Thursday The AFL-CIdenied an ESPN report that it would honor said deciplayers’ picket lines The AFL-CIsions would be made by individual unions Phillips began the umpires’ negotiations asking for a 60 percent salary rise over four years “The union’s request for a 60 percent pay increase is astronomical” NL president Len Coleman said “Given the tenor of the times these demands are completely out of order" In 1991 umpires agreed to a contract on the morning of opening day In 1985 they struck the first seven games of the playoffs In 1979 they struck the first seven weeks of the season While negotiating the last contract umpires were paid through February ar I Aggies ! 34-1- 'Continued from page 8 j jumper but no one was in the way so finish I decided to it” Utah State had plenty of finishers Wednesday t night After going without a dunk the entire Utah game the Aggies made up with Franson and Silas Mills powering slams the entire game and guards Myron Simms and Covington Cormier soaring for two crowd plcascrs in the final minute It was an especially pleasing leaner for Simms J who would have ended his first start of the season 0- for-- 5 were it not for his steal and finish Along with I Corwin Woodard (who was hampered by the flu) USU’s shooting guards combined for just two points But with Jermaine Womack providing a scason- high 13 points and eight rebounds their lack of pro- duction was hardly noticed Mills also rebounded I tremendously from a horrid game against nine Utah to total 22 points and a game-hig- h rebounds I “They're a very good team and run the floor well” 1 Lcwis-Clar- k head coach George Pfeifer said of the 2 Aggies “If we tried to get quick they would beat us on the boards If we tried to slow it down they would beat us running the floor “Wc were in a ‘Catch 22’” Eustachy said he was delighted with his team's early game which ended in a slew of easy baskets Roddic Anderson engineered much of the offensive attack dishing eight assists against just one turnover But the smaller Warriors were a surprise on the in total boards in the first half trailing just 4 rebounds at intermission including 10 offensive “Not to criticize anybody but the only team that rebounded harder was Utah” Franson said “They came hard the whole night 1 was impressed with w four-poi- nt 2j 16-1- t their effort” The Aggies owned the glass in the second half 3 and limhowever outrebounding Lcwis-Gar- k their offensive hoards more to two iting guests just Guard Lonnie Pcrtcct was the lone Warrior to score in double figures with 15 points but was just on connected attempts as Lcwis-Gar- k from long distance as a team on just IDAHO STATE 73 CHAPMAN 52 Although the leading scorer in the Big Sky Conference was held to just six points by the Division III Panthers the Bcngals still managed a comfortable rout after a sluggish start “Wc were slow in the first half” Williams said “(Chapman) really slowed things down Wc got into the same frame of mind It was really frustrating to our guys and the frustration really hurt us” No one was frustrated more than Bengal center Jim Potter who was just from the field to fall well short of his 191 point average But sophomore Nathan Green came off the bench to help pick up the slack connecting on 9Hf--ll attempts from the field to match his career-hig- h of 19 points Forward Doncll Morgan added 17 and guard Shabaka Lands 11 to improve ISU’s record to 1 Idaho State led just 4 with four minutes left in the first half but closed out the half with an 0 spurt Tony Girto ended Chapman's drought with a to begin the second half but Green in nine points over the next 1 minutes to pumped led the Bengals on a 0 run that put the contest out of reach “I'm really proud of our guys although wc lost” Panther head coach Mike Bokosky said “Wc came out and executed really well Although wc were outclassed athletically I felt our execution of our game plan kept Idaho State under control” Chapman center Stefan Mumaw led the 4 Panthers with 16 points and 11 rebounds followed by guard Adam Dzierzynski with 12 7-- 26-2- 8-- 1 25-1- 6-- The bowls! 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