European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes Page 17 coliseum aides decide to break off Force Finley to Honor contract f Evert Preu conference experience Good Tor her game and growth byjoe Sargis Oakland up Oakland coliseum officials at a special Board meeting Friday decided to break off talks concerning the Oakland As Sale and and Force owner Charlie Finley to Honor his agree ment with we Are proceeding to get the held ready for baseball in said a Coli Seum no further talks or meetings Are As far As we Are its business As City of Oakland and Alameda county officials met for several hours Friday and decided they would not change their earlier position and that they will quire the Oakland As to Honor their contractual obligations to play their games at the Oakland the spokesman said coliseum pres ident Robert Nahas reviewed in detail the discussions and meetings he has been a part of Over the last several weeks concerning the Bay area baseball it was decided we want to keep major league baseball in our stadium in Oak Nahas said we expect the As to play Here in no further meetings or discussions Are scheduled at this the decision in effect killed tas minute efforts by Nahas and san Francisco mayor George Moscone to let Charlie Finley sell Verf officially joins Watts Rumor that she wed Connors by Stella Zadeh Chris hushing by denying rumours that she a Jimmy Connors have of told joined the los Angeles strings of Wolfl team Tennis to help try to boost the Lute team to championship the worlds leading woman Tennis hid the looks Forward to playing to the strings because the experience win Good for her game and personal 1 there is to we see each other and we see other people she that having con nors around does help her i think we both play belter Tennis when were Buss was asked whether there was a Chance he would sign Connors to the he said he would love jokingly owner Jerry Buss said Evert is to improve both the teams losing and a member Phoe aut racquets the past two led the racquets to the Western i ate in uts and she has Wei nor championship including us open and the French Ittak fats is the Best decision for my Evert looking relaxed and Itter levers months i enjoyed Tut it was time to move on to a and us Angeles is a great Evert signed e three year con about he said the con is nearly identical on a yearly basis of me off with the Money Chris also gets an in Santa Monica car of rumours that How Wakiw superstar Connors had mar were not she Are no plans to lie the to taxation is very simple i met was 17 years old and in 23 been dating for six and Ever kept out of that All Golf purse this years canal Tennis tournament win offer prow Money of tourney or King voted top woman athlete in last Quarter new York Dpi one year after the indented know surgery tint seemingly coded her career As a Bulle Jean King has been recon lied As Lead uni Maun athlete or the Bud Quarter of King edged Tennis rival Chris Evert by it in the balloting by an International pud of Toru Wren u Ibe won the brew the Quant tournament and the Boorin Queta she captured compete com in Phoenix and Brazil and played on the victorious we get Nina cop Virginia Kalby but with Evert we the Previ Ous three or 1177 and Long with King Ore eligible for us ut7 Finch woman athlete of Ibe world la the final King compiled he Points la h for Tennis made it a Tweep of the lop three As evonne Goola Gooc Cawley was next with is followed by Betty sprinter Denue Robertson and Alder Ive asked Chris for a special interview with noting he has made offers to Connors he indicated there were no immediate prospects the superstar would say Evert said she decided to play world team Tennis and sit but the Virginia slims because its much better for my its fulfilling to win she but the team aspect is if you you win for six other if you its not All on your wearing a Brown velvet print skirt and suede heeled noted that financial Security enabled her to play for personal rather than financial in not a selfish she How much satisfaction can i get winning tournaments week after week after week the strings open their Home season april 26 at the forum against and Buss said he Hopes to have added More players to the Raster possibly of Wimble Don the As to Denver oilman Marvin with the coliseum and candlestick Park then sharing giants Home games on a 5050 Moscone had walked at an even split of games and instead was thinking in terms of 25 games in Oakland and 56 in san Nahas and Moscone said earlier their meeting Over lunch thursday was Friendly and that they planned to meet again Early this but fridays decision by the coliseum Board apparently put an end to All Finley was filled in earlier Friday by Nahas on the Progress of his discussions with Moscone and baseball Finley has 10 years left on his lease with the coliseum and he was hopeful an arrangement could be worked out Ullh the giants playing in both Oakland and san such an arrangement would have cancelled his contract ural Obliga Moscone refused to comment on the decision and instead issued a Short statement through his press Oakland officials advised me that our present interest in engaging in any com Promise plans to have the giants scheduled even partially in Oakland is not acceptable and that they intend to rely on their contract with the Oakland statement giants president and co owner Bob Lurie reportedly was trying to arrange meeting with Moscone and National league president Chub but in Light of the fact coliseum officials had decided they were through it seemed like so much wasted Lurie was he and his partner Bud Herseth reportedly lost More than it million Over the last two Finley claimed his lasses were almost As heavy but thai seemed doubtful since he picked up nearly 2 million last year from the Sale of various players plus his club share from the two new expansion teams Seattle and of in said but in not going to jump out of a Well just have to work that much harder to put people in candlestick Park and see what i dont understand Why the coliseum took such a hard i thought for sure we would work out some Davis had agreed to give Finley million for the As if he could break his Oakland thai was in when Charlie ran into Legal Davis withdrew his Only to renew it last week when he Learned Nahas and mos Cone were holding private meetings in an Effort to solve the Bay area baseball prob Don Lem Blue resigns self to playing another season for the As Oakland api Pitcher Vida Blue Cincinnati int going to do h has lust about resigned himself to another Bowie is Koine to screw Oakland api Pitcher Vida Blue has just about resigned himself to another season working for Charles Finley and the Oakland but be still Doest like to talk about the things i could put into words  even begin to express my feel Blue said Here in making his first comments minimal As they were about his vetoed Trade to baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn cancelled the Swap which would have sent Blue to the reds in Exchange for f Mil lion and minor leaguer Dave Blue discounts the possibility that the Deal might be reworked to Kuhns perhaps by throwing in More players and less Cincinnati int going to do he Bowie is going to screw the reds can give up some but they cant afford to sacrifice a Bowie keeps talking about this competitive balance the Veteran Lethander said he was sym pathetic with who has indicated his displeasure at not being Given an Opportunity to play every Day with Cincinnat feel for said i can see whats happening to it will be 10 Yean before he gets to play with that if a Trade Doest Blue will be with the As for at least two More he has one year left on his plus an option