European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday. October 10,1987 Oiler Houston rift appears wider Houston a the rift Between inc Houston oilers and the Houston sports association widened thursday with team owner Bud Adams claiming his club is being pushed Oul of the City. Allans said i will Bolo Jacksonville fla., monday and Vas ii with cily officials and business people who arc trying to woo he Camlo their town. The oilers Astrodome lease with the has expires after the 1987 nil season and the two sides have failed to reach a new agreement. Oilers general Man Ager Ladd her Zig said the learn has rejected the Usa s latest proposal. I look Alt he numbers from their proposal projected Ihm Over a 10-year period and sent it hand delivered Back id has president Bob Harter with formal reject Ion . Bui Mesa chairman John Mcmullen said wednes Day he believes the oilers have a belter Deal in inc Long run by slaying in Houston than they would if the moved to Jacksonville. We re doing everything we can possibly do to keep the oilers in Houston bul i Don t Sec How we can go any further Mcmullen said. "1 Don t even know what they want for sure. Every time we give Ihm what they want icy ask for some thing  in a written statement released thursday Adams said he took exception to Mcmullen s comment thai Al from Page 21 Union from Page 21 in postseason of Morris the free a genl the twins did t want. Morris had a 1-0 playoff and 2-0 world series record All compiled in 1984 when inc tigers won the series. The loser of his last three regular season decisions Morris who went eight innings allowing six hits with three walks and Iii strikeouts was t any More effective this Lime out As the twins continued i hair winning ways at Home. Minnesota had a 5625 Home record this year Best in the majors. Add two More. By Levin acknowledged As having Thebes curve Ball in the league was the win Ner of this one allowing seven hits walk ing one and striking out six in his first postseason Outing since 1979 when he won one game each in the playoffs and world series for the Pittsburgh pirates. The tigers broke on top against Blyle Ven on the Homer by Lemon who had 20 during the season Matt Nokes led off the second with a single after he was hit by pitch that went unnoticed by Home plate Umpire Durwood Merrill. Blyleven hit Nokes on the ten leg with his 1-2 Pilch. Both Nokes and tigers manager Sparky Anderson tried to Point out the oversight to Merrill bul Nokes remained at the plate. The missed Cal became moot however when Nokes singled two pitches later into left Field. On the very next Pilch. Lemon homered Inlo the left Field seats. Pat Sheridan followed with a single stole second and was sacrificed 10 third. Bly Cven escaped further damage when Mike Heath grounded out and Whitaker. Flied to Center Field. The Bottom half of the inning belonged to Minnesota. With one out Gary Gaetti who homered twice in the opener  Wall in right Reid. The double would have been another Homer before 1985, when the Wall was raised to 23 feet after there were two Oul Tom Brunansky doubled into the right Field Alley scoring Gneiti. Org Gagne walked on five pitches and Laudner who hit .191 during the season doubled into the left Field Comer scoring both runners As the twins took a 3-2 Lead against Morris the three doubles in an inning tied a playoff record held by five other teams including the 1973 Oakland a s and the 1975 Boston red sox in the american league. The twins started their two run fourth with one out when Bush singled into Center Field. Bush who bad Only 10 stolen bases during the season then stole second and third before Morris walked Brunansky and Gagne in succession loading he bases with one out. It looked like Morris might emerge unscathed when he struck out Laudner but Gladden the twins Lead off hitter stroked a 2-2 pitch Inlo left fiem for two runs and Minnesota had upped the Lead to 5-2. The twins had stolen Only 113 bases during the regular season Lola in the league and Bush had never stolen More than one base in a game let alone third but Minnesota Nad engineered this big inning with Speed instead of their vaunted Homer dome Power. Morning on Day is of the strike after lengthy session that began thursday morning and ended at 2 15a.m. Friday. During the Marathon meeting Donlan and Lipshaw touched upon Many of the major issues including free Agency guaranteed contracts pension and Severance pay. The Only issues that the sides could agree upon however were minor ones such As club discipline player Security and the retention of player benefits. Not since inc negotiations began had the iwo sides met for four straight Days a fact thai left inc nil players association hopeful that a settlement could soon be reached. Gene thinks the talks have been fruit Ful and productive Allen said. Bot sides have demonstrated the flexibility to discuss the concerns of the other. Gene remains encouraged by the Pace of the  but Jones conveyed a different More stoic message. A difference of opinion remains on Many major issues he said. This is not an overnight process and the characterization of it As such not Only misleads the players but the Public As Well. We re trying to be realistic. The pro Cess is not moving As rapidly As some members of the Union say it is. If Upshaw and Donlan had heir Dis agreements Jones and Allen were no Dif Ferent. They could t even agree on How Many topics had been saved alien said five and Jones said four. On the critical subject of free Agency Jones claimed the Union was standing by its demand for Lota Freedom for a player sometime in his career a demand management has insisted it will not Grant. Alien would not categorize the talks on free Agency. But he did say Upshaw has not deviated from his Promise made to the Union s player reps tuesday morn ing that he would nol would not let on Issue stand in the Way of an agreement other issues have popped up since the beginning of the strike and both could prove to be major obstacles. The players want the games featuring replacement players to be dropped from the standings. Owners want the new contract to runt least six years. We Don l want these games to  Allen said. We have the Struc Ture of the playoffs and playoff compensation contained in the collective bar pining agreement and these strike games have an Impact on that agreement the owners have insisted hat the games will count in the standings. Jones said management would no longer be Content with a three year con tract which had been informally agreed upon weeks ago. He said the owners did not want to go through the anguish of another strike so soon. Allen in fact was optimistic that settlement would soon be reached As was Dick Berthelsen general counsel Horihen Flea. Berthelsen recalling the 57-Day strike of 1982, compared the atmosphere of the current talks with that of Lite negotiations in the inner stages of the previous walkout. In 1982, it really took us Only 48 hours to reach a settlement once both sides were at the Point they were wilting to make compromises Berl Telsen Sai