European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 14. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports cubs Hope to Frade vets to Al Chicago a the Chicago cubs struggling through a dismal sea son want to Trade several Veteran players in the off season. General manager dal Las Green said Friday. He declined to specify which players he wants to Trade but said i m going to try to Send a lot of our Guys to the Ameri can league if possible. We re going to make the trades necessary to better the bal club. But we re counting on alot of our younger Guys to come through for  Green said the team would make no decisions on re Newing or renegotiating any con tracts until after the Ron Cey season. Asked if he planned a major shake up Green said i think that s fairly Safe to say for the simple reason that we re 35 games behind the Leader. If you were the general manager would you want to stand Pat Green revealed on thursday that he wants to Trade Veteran Ron Cey to an american league club. But if no Trade materializes Green said the popular third baseman would be released to make his own Deal. If there s somebody out there who can use a Good right handed Batter i be got just the Guy for them Green said. Cey 38, is hitting .277 this season with 13 Home runs and 36 Bis in Only 2s3at-bats. He has one year left on a contract that will guarantee is million plus $400,000 in attendance bonuses. I m not going to say anything bad about the organization and the Guys Cey said. They Veall been very Good to me and my  Cey was a key Factor during the 1984 season when the cubs won the National league East. He hit 25 Home runs and drove in 97 runs despite a wrist injury half the season. But his production fell last year and Only after Darcy Lopes was traded did Cey s playing time increase during the current Campaign. Manager Gene Michael has even experimented with outfielder Keith More land at third. I told him i Felt we had to do some thing about our defense there that i had to look at other people for the future Michael said. He understood. Hes a great  go Den Safe signs was Fiburn Oakland Calif. Up the Aba Golden stale warriors Friday announced the signing of top draft Choice Chris Washburn of North Carolina state to a four year contract. Terms of the con tract were not disclosed. Washburn taken As a hardship ease in this year s Aba draft hit 273 of 496field-goal attempts As a Sophomore last season and averaged 16.4 Points a game. He is the first first round draft Choice to sign with the warriors before training Camp since 1978, when the club signed Forward Purvis Short and guard Ray mond Townsend. Twins fire Miller Minneapolis up the Minnesota twins Friday fired Man Ager Ray Miller one Day after the bal club snapped a five game losing Streak and appointed third base coach Tom Kelly As interim manager for the remaining 23 games of the sea son. Miller 41, was chosen to manage the twins in june 1985, replacing Billy Gardner. It was Millers first managerial position and it was believed that the former Baltimore pitching coach could turn around a weak staff. The twins however arc in route to their worst team Era since 1982, when they posted a 4.72 Mark and finished in last place in the american league West. Entering Friday s game against Texas the twins were 59-80, 21 i games out of first with a Tamera of 4.84. It was determined today that the Minnesota twins will not extend the contract of Ray Miller twins presi Dent Howard Fox announced. After that decision was made it was further determined that it would be in Thebes interests of everyone concerned that the termination of Miller s Posi Tion would take place at this  Fox had Given Miller a vote of Confidence on two separate occasions Fol lowing dismal Road trips once inlay and again in july. The twins recently went 0-5 against Boston and Kansas City and were outscored 40-7 during that stretch. They snapped that losing string with a 6-2 Victory thurs Day Over the rangers. Our record is exactly three games worse than it was last year at this time without a bullpen Miller said. Miller has constantly blamed inconsistent pitching for the team s Down fall. Starters Mike Smithson Bert Bly in Van and Frank Viola have struggled and no. 4 Pitcher John Butcher was traded in june. Last year s bullpen Ace Ron Davis had Only two saves this season and was traded to the Chicago cubs. A manager is Only going to be As up Foro twins manager Ray Miller files a protest with an Umpire during a game in Boston. Good As the people he brings in Miller said. I asked for an everyday left fielder. I asked for a Middle infielder with Speed. Twins owner Carl Pohlad is an excellent owner and a Good Manana hell be excellent for this City. But last september 1985 he told me that he d get me everything i needed. And that has t happened. Twins first baseman Kent Hrbek said the club has All the players it needs. I think there was t a Good working relationship Between the players and Ray or Between the front office and Ray Hrbek said. To me it s the team s fault. We be got the horses. It s hard to figure out Why we re losing. We should t be  Fox said one or two players would not make a difference. In baseball you just can t snap your fingers and get a player at anytime he said. There arc some Young players we d like to see some people we d like to give some major league experience. Ray Felt he had to win every game to keep his Job. It s not that we Don t want to win but we d like to Sec some Young players in  the twins paced by Kirby  Gaetti and Hrbek. Have led the majors in hitting and Home runs most of the season and currently have five players with 20 or More homers. We have top Good a group of Ball players to be in last place Puckett said. Ray could t go out and play for us. We had to play for  8th-ranked vols Bow 27-23 Mississippi state stuns Tennessee from press dispatches Knoxville Tenn. Mississippi state quarterback Don Smith ran 62 Yards for a fourth Quarter touchdown As the bulldogs came from behind to Shock no. 8 Tennessee 27-23 saturday in the Southeastern conference opener for both teams. Tennessee missed a last Chance to score from the 16-Yard line when Volunteer Lerback Randy Sanders overthrew or Terence Cleveland who was wide open in the end zone with 1 53 left. The bulldogs broke up Sanders next pass on fourth Down to Seal the win and lift their record to 2-0, 1-0 in the Sec. The vols fell to 1-1 Overall 0-1 in the Sec. Smith turned in his running Gem around left end with 4 40 left in the game. Earlier he hit touchdown passes of 43 Yards to Fred Hadley and 12 and 4 Yards to Louis Clark. Smith a 6-foot-1, 195-Pound senior finished with 102 Yards Rushing and 15 of 30 throwing attempts for 231 Yards. His performance offset three touchdown runs by Tennessee tailback William How Ard who gained 184 Yards on 34 carries and scored All three of the vols touchdowns on College football runs of 7,6 and 4 Yards. In other saturday games Georgia 31, Duke 7 Athens a. James Jackson engineered four second half touchdown drives capping one with an 8-Yard scor ing pass to Troy Sadowski As no. 19 Georgia downed Duke. Georgia 1-0, was nursing a 3-0 half time Lead when Jackson got the Fumble prone bulldog attack in gear. Keith Henderson scored on a 7-Yard run to Cap a 69-Yard drive and Lars tale on a 1-Yard run to end a 55-Yard drive that gave the bulldogs a 17-0 Lead in the third Quarter. Jackson s 8-Yard scoring toss to Sadowski came Early in the final Quarter and he sent Tim Worley Over the Middle from the 1 for the final touchdown with 5 58 left in the game. The Blue devils avoided a shutout with a 64-Yard drive in the fourth Quarter that ended on Steve Slayden s 13-Yard pass to Wayne Charles on a fourth Down play. Georgia which never punted in the game had first half scoring threats end on lost fumbles at the Duke 7 and 20. Jackson hit on 16 of 22 passes for 193 Yards and brought the bulldogs out in the Shotgun formation for the first two plays of the game a 9-Yard completion to Worley and an 8-Yard run by Henderson. The bulldogs opened the scoring on Steve Crumley s 35-Yard Field goal nine seconds into the second Quarter. Low 43, Iowa state 7 Iowa City Iowa Mark Vlasic starting his first game since taking Over for All America Chuck Long threw for 288 Yards and Jim Mauro caught three touchdown passes to Lead no. 20 Iowa to a Victory Over Iowa state. Mauro grabbed five passes for 149 Yards and Hawk eyes Sophomore full Back David Hudson rushed for 119 Yards and a touchdown before a Kinnick stadium record crowd of 67,700. Rob Houghtlin kicked Field goals of 32, 46 and 37 Yards and backup tailback Rick Bayliss scored on a 32-Yard run for Iowa s other Points. Iowa state s Lone score came on Brett Sadek s 22-Yard touchdown pass to Eddie Brown with 1 09 to play