European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 197b the stars and stripes Page 21 Finley Kuhn feud Between baseball owner of As goes Back Many years Aywill Grimsley new York a one of he perils thai baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn faces in rendering a Deci Slon pm the diaries Frey Vida Blue Case is that he May be accused of pursuing a personal it it uie same Slippery ground on which Pete commissioner of the National football stood recently when he slapped a Fine on Al managing general partner of the Oakland the two cases Are similar Only in that they involve two men with Czar like Powers forced to act in cases involving persons with whom they have carried on a Long time adversary Kuhn and Finley have been Al loggerheads for the Maverick owner of the As has challenged the com missioner at every often flaunting his contempt for Kuhns recognized As one of footballs most Brilliant has been feuding with Kozelle since his Days As Confounder and commissioner of the rebel american football he joined los Angeles Carroll Rosenbloom in an abortive coup to unseat Eto Zelle about a year who conducted a second hearing in the base Hall Case is faced with determining whether Finley can sell his Ace Vida to the Cincin Nati reds for million and a minor league Dave the commissioner had rejected the Sale of Blue to the new York Yankees for million and of two other As Joe loud and Bailie to us Boston red sox for it million Kuhn justified his decision on the grounds that he could not close his eyes to the dissipation of a some critics How could the new York mets Send baseballs Best Tom to the reds and How could the Yankees Shell out for Bucky Dent and Andy thus strengthening already powerful while Finley is forbidden the same free Dom on the open Market on the grounds it would be jeopardizing the games competitive balance Kuhn has his own rationale for such and he adheres to he without regard Tor per no Money was involved in the Seaver Deal to the the mets received substantial player compensation in Steve Pat Doug Flim and Dan the sales of Rudi and fingers were voided because they were strictly Cash so whether blues sate to the reds is approved de pends on How much the million can be translated into Kuhns personal confrontations with Finley Dale Back to 1969 when he forced the Oakland owner to Dis f continued on Page us Oakland owner Charles Finley leaving hearing on we of Tow Pitcher optimistic that million Deal will gel ultimate approval Kuhn promises ruling on Blue Sale to Cincinnati within several Days Bygre Calello new York up baseball commissioner Bowie after presiding Over another six hour round of discussions on Oakland owner Charles finl cys Sale of Ditcher Vida Blue to the Cincinnati reds Lor said tuesday he would reach a decision within several Days on whether to Block the it could Well be this Kuhn that the Best i can Tell they put a lot in front of me to hut in not in much of a position to elaborate at this who testified briefly at the end of last tuesdays six hour was the major witness on the final Day of Dis Nineteen persons attended the meeting in the commissioners including Cincinnati president Bob american league president Lee Mac National league president Chub players association executive director Marvin Miller and actor Neil the As who was dealt a major setback monday night in his Effort to sell the club when Denver oilman Marvin Davis said he had broken off negotiations about the Purchase of the club for appeared about 10 minutes after the hearing began and left about two hours before its conclusion to catch a flight Back to Papiano and Rowsam Allex pressed optimism hat the Deal would he despite the fact Kuhn voided a similar one during the i97b in that Finley tried to sell Blue to the new York Yankees for million plus Joe Rudi and Kollie fingers to the Boston red sox for another s2 in ruling against that said such Large Cash transactions were not in the Best interests of his decision was later upheld by a Federal judge in Chi Pilleys Appeal of the decision continued on page231 Pardee Given Allens Job with redskins Washington a Jack Pardee succeeded Hia Farmer George As head coach of the Washington ked skins tuesday and readily admitted he picked a Lough act to with his at his the 41 year old Pardee told a packed news con which was televised live by three of the local to that the redskins May look a lot like they have Over the past seven years but there will be were basically the especially on he offensively the players will have to learn a new termin Olu i think any system has to be developed around the not the you have to take advantage of what the players do asked about the redskins inability to score Points Pardee replied diplomatically by saying that the Pri Mary concern with the first thing is set the staff and go to work and try to do the Best Job we can in evaluating the redskins he said he has no decided on his assist ants but would bring in several from Chi Cago where he coached for three years continued at Page 14 Roundup of collegiate Cage action Marquette bombs 7862 by the associated Porcu after Kentucky it didst Lake mar Quette Long to figure out who should be 1 in College the warriors put everything together and voted themselves into the top in pretty sure Well move said Bernard Toone after tuesday nights Victory Over Xavier of the rarely at their Best against lower Aliber played with More emotion than my Jet have been expected against Xavier because of the pos sible Opportunity of replacing to ranked Kentucky in the National Kentucky tar Fri Las to Alabama monday night served As a catalyst or Marquette tuesday the warriors came out shooting Lite hitting a school record percent from the floor in the first they fell off slightly in the second winding up 575 Arizona slopped Nevada Las vegas 11449 Memphis state edged Georgia tech 6562 Johns nipped Manhattan Oral Roberts beat Drake 7371 holy Cross whipped Boston College 8276 George Washington Defeated Catho Lic University 8767 Wisconsin Milwaukee beat Maine 7249 la Salle turned Back Biscayno North Texas stale out scored Pepp Erdinc 9377 and do Irvine nipped Loyola of los Angeles Butch Lees 14 Points and Jerome White Heads 12 paced Marquette to its 15th Victory in 16 Nick Daniels led Xavier with Phil Taylor scored a career High 36 Points to Lead Arizona past skidding Nevada Las which lost an unprecedented fourth straight the in last years Mcaa final pour in Atlanta and As recently As last week in the top lost for the fifth time this Arvin Wright and Dennis Isbell each Sank two free throws in the final 15 seconds to Lead Memphis state Over Georgia tech George Johnsons jumper 13 seconds remaining propelled Over Manhattan Oral Roberts beat Drake As Rodney Wright hit two tree throws in the final three seconds and holy Cross beat As Ron Perry scored 31