European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports players set 6 strike Date in dispute with baseball owners by Hal Bock Chicago a the major league baseball players association voted monday to strike 6 if no settlement is reached in its dispute with team owners Over a new collective bargaining the executive Board of the players association met for nearly four hours according to acting executive director Don reviewed the status of negotiations and results of the unions examination of managements the Board decided that if no agreement has been reached by the players will strike effective with games of that Fehr we regret the players decision to set an 6 strike Lee president of managements player relations said in a statement issued in site of tuesdays All Star we Are and have been ready to collectively address the problems confronting Macphail we do not want a it would be a failure on both our parts and unfair to our we will make every reasonable Effort consistent with our obligation to the game and the Public to reach an agreement before the 6 a strike on that Date would come As several Pennant contenders meet in both the american and National in major league players struck for 50 Days be ginning in forcing cancellation of 712 asked Why the players had chosen that Fehr would not go into its the Date we were most comfortable the Date by which we Hope to have an the Date on balance that we thought gave us the Best Chance to get an agreement in the fastest possible he its a Little Over three weeks from More than enough time to reach an agreement if the owners have any inter est in doing Fehr said the 6 Date did not have unanimous support from the executive one player rep opposed the specific Date he he was in favor of a later we definitely want to work things said Rick Honeycutt of the los Angeles there has been a Date and we definitely Hope things will move to a Fehr said that there was some consideration Given to boycotting the Allstar game scheduled for tuesday night in the players strongly considered not he its not a players not a fans it is a game that goes to the the to Revenue that flows from that Fehr is distributed primarily to the with More than million to the owners compared to just Over million to the its a game the fans enjoy and want to see we will Deal with our own collective bargaining prob lems Fehr he added that he has had no indication that manage ment is interested in reaching a settlement on the collect Tiv bargaining which expired last they want to Force the players sit on them until the players knuckle he Floyd Bannister of the Chicago White All you can do is be hopefully Well Start some thing rolling you look Back and figure that the agreement expired 31 and Zero has happened since we want to but what they owners proposed is he in the players also set a strike Date but Maneu vering involving the National labor relations Board delayed the actual walkout some two manage ment had a million insurance policy with Lloyds of London against a strike and collected when that walkout there is no insurance policy in effect this the next bargaining session is set for thursday in new there is a lot of work to Fehr they have not told us How much they Are offering us for How much they want to save in they keep say Well talk maybe next they have to be serious in trying to reach an Well go through the issues on Byone and take As much time As it takes to reach an the players association will do everything it can in a reasonable and appropriate manner to draw an if theres one group that wants a strike less than any its the Fehr in our the management Side keeps wait til so tomorrow never dodgers Pitcher Jerry Reuss talked about the business end of the this is the Best Way to go about getting it set said a member of the Union advisory this is a but its also a were trying to take care of we set the Date with the intention of forcing them owners to do what happened in 1981 a 50day strike is were trying to get a settlement of a labor said most of the players left this meeting with a sense of because they had the answer to the ques Tion that Treyve been asked Many Brunansky hitting plates at Home run contest Minneapolis a three Home runs in the final at Bat by Hometown hero Tom Brunansky gave the american league a 1716 Victory Over the National league in an Allstar game Home run hitting contest with fans in the metronome cheering every of the Minnesota drove three pitches from twins coach Tom Kelly into the left Field seats to pull out the decision in the twinning the the first of its kind at an Allstar was held Between Bat tin practice sessions for the squads in tuesday nights the Money raised from ticket sales went to Amateur baseball programs in Dave Parker of the Cincinnati reds led the 10 five from each with six while four players joined Brunansky with four apiece Dale Mur Phy of the National leagues Atlanta braves and american leagues Carlton Fisk of the Chicago White Jim Rice of the Boston red sox and Eddie Murray of the Baltimore Murray three shots in the first inning travelled into the upper deck in right a fourth Ball he hit would have landed there had it not slammed into a speaker Hung High above the metronome file photo twins Tom Brunansky blasts win it for Al Indianapolis makes pitch for pirates Pittsburgh a an Indianapolis businessman says he will Send a representative to Pittsburgh this week to study the possibility of moving the pirates to Indi we want a baseball team so bad we can taste says Arthur president of Indianapolis arrows a lease that says the National league team shall play in Pittsburgh three Riv ers stadium through the year 2011 would first have to be Angotti if they can break that lease  be out of Pittsburgh next year and that an other plus for Angotti Pittsburgh City solicitor Marvin fein has said the pirates lease is unbreakable and he has threatened to sue anyone who attempts to move the not Only Are we ready with fan support and ticket but the Hoosier dome can be converted in six or seven we can play baseball in Indianapolis next sea Angotti there is debate in the midwestern City about whether the Hoosier Home of the Indianapolis Colts football team and site of a convention would be Avail Able for baseball or whether a Ballpark would be Wilander wins championship for Sweden a top seed de Mats the worlds third ranked Tennis returned the pro Tennis championship to Sweden monday night with a 64 Victory Over Martin of playing with the skill that earned countryman Bjorn Borg the title Here in completed his first visit to Long Woods Clay courts with his fifth consecutive straight set Triumph in the we Klong the 20yearold two time French and australian open Champion combined his Talent and aggressive volleying usually reserved for slower surfaces dashing the Hopes of the 11 ranked 40th in the Jaite also employed Volley Rush ing the net he was Hurt by Wilander passing shots and deep who won the French open be fore being ousted in the first round at won boosting his earnings for the year to just More than Jaite had to Settle for he has in his first full year on the pro Wilander captured the first set with serv ice Breaks in the sixth and eighth games that offset his loss of serve in the fifth the swede snapped a 11 tie with a love service in the third after Jaite saved three break Points in the fourth Wilander broke on a pair of backhanded Volley after holding his serve in the seventh Wilander ended the 39minute first set with another break on a deep lob in the eighth