European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse P. V a Sivc or Quot Quot a 1,v a a a Ltd Quot a a a a i v saturday january 12, 1991 the stars and stripes a a a Page 21 a a a a a a i to Ftp a Ltd �?T1 to Ltd pc. Re a a a i a 1,. A a a j a or a up v t. 1 a a Vyma to of few 72 a panel votes to prune Rose by Murray chass the new York times new York a a special committee of baseball shall of Fame effectively barred Pete Rose from election thursday by recommending a change in the admission rules to exclude any person banned from baseball. Rose who collected More hits than any player in history was banned from baseball in 1989 by a. Bartlett Giamatti then the commissioner. Giamatti concluded that Rose had bet on baseball games including those of the Cincinnati reds the team he had played for and managed. A a a. A. Rose was later convicted of income tax evasion and was released on monday after serving Tive months in a Federal prison was transferred to a Halfway House in Cincinnati and will Complete his sentence by performing Community service. Efforts to reach him thursday were unsuccessful. A Friend Jeff Ruby who visited him at the Halfway House thursday said that Rose a was no to surprised and Wasny to depressed by the vote. To take effect the committees recommendation must be approved by a majority of the Hall of Fame a 16-member Board of directors which is scheduled to meet feb. 4. Although Only four of the committee members who voted for the recommendation Are members of the Board approval is considered a virtual certainty since the committee was created by the Board after the Rose Case had raised debate Over his for membership. Under existing rules roses name a along with those of other players who had not been Active for five years a would have appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time in december. The voters Are people who have been members of the association of America for at least 10 years. A my opinion is it will carry with the Board a said Phil Pepe a past president of the association and a member of the special committee which met in new York. He voted against the recommendation. The voting members of the writers association an organization that establishes and protects the rights of those who cover baseball have generally said they were in favor of allowing Rose to be on the ballot based on his play although conceding that his chances for election have diminished greatly. The association has More than 400 reporters columnists and editors who Are eligible to vote for the Hall of Fame. / Lee Macphail former president of the american league and a member of the Halls Board raised the Rose Issue at the committee meeting. He said he was bothered by roses gambling and his tax conviction. Rose was a great player Macphail acknowledged a and no one w ants to erase what he a but the rules for election to the Hall cite integrity character and sports Manship and i done to feel that someone on the permanently ineligible list meets those qualifications a he added. It was All ugly hornets hold Kings to near record 59 Travis Mays left elbows aside Tyrone Bogues but it was Mays Kings who got the Brush. A by the associated press Charlotte . A Sacramento Kings coach Dick Motta had a simple answer to what turned out to be one of the worst defeats in Aba history. A. A what went wrong shooting passing dribbling. It was All ugly a Motta said. Only the Milwaukee Hawks 36 years ago scored fewer Points in an Aba game than the Kings 101-59 losers thursday night against the Charlotte hornets. The Kings shot 29.7 percent had two 12-Point quarters and went 9 16 into the fourth Quarter before scoring a Basket in that period. The Kings made three Field goals in the fourth Quarter. Sacramento a 22 Field goals was the fourth lowest total in Aba history a i would have hated to see the Low est scoring game a Motta said. The Milwaukee Hawks set the league Utility record in a 62-57 loss to Boston on feb. 27,1955, at Providence. The Kings previous franchise Low of 69 Points a set since the shot clock was introduced in the 1954-55 season a was set by the Cincinnati royals against Detroit on Jan. 10, 1959. The Aba does not recognize record lows set prior to adoption of the shot clock. Aba Roundup �?o1 really wanted us to get to 60,�?� Motta said. A a that a Why i called a late timeout. I told them to get to 60. We even do Sacramento also set a franchise Low for the first half with 27 Points. It was the fourth straight loss for the Kings and their 12th consecutive on the Road where they Are i-16 this season. A a in be never had a worse experience in the Aba a said Antoine Carr who led the Kings with 21 Points and 11 rebounds. A a we be got to do whatever we can to make sure this never happens Johnny Newman led the hornets with 29 Points. A a a since i have been Here we have not had a game like this a Charlotte coach Gene Littles said a your Bench just kept scoring and Sacramento got Charlottes starters outscored Sacramento a 61-23. �?o1 just wanted the floor to open up so we could just disappear a Motta said. In other games thursday a pacers 129, kicks 122 new York a Reggie Miller scored 1 see Aba on Page 22 by Rebecca Bryan up sports writer Perth Australia a Mike Barrowman knew he could set world records. At the sixth world swimming championships Friday he proved he could win a major 200-meter breaststroke title. A i he fact that he broke his own world title in the process was a Bonus. Barrowman won the race against the fastest Field Ever to qualify for the event in two minutes 11.23 seconds three tenths of a second quicker than his previous record. A. The 22-year-old University of Michigan student was no stranger to record breaking. He set the world Mark in the 200-meter breast at the 1989 .. Long course championships lowered it at the pan Pacific championships that year and smashed it at the Goodwill games in july. None of the records however made up for the disappointment of the 1988 Seoul olympics when he came in fourth in the event. A if was real important just to try to win a world championship a said Barrowman who even gave up the fall semester at Michigan to train full time. A in the last year and a half i have never thought one Day past january 11th,�?� said Barrowman. He said he had missed his College friends and would rather have been in Michigan than staying with his parents in Potomac md., but he was sure it was the Only Way to prepare for the championships. A if i were attempting to take 15-hours�?Tof classes and still train there is no Way i. Could have prepared like this a he said. He is coached by hungarian Jozsef Nagy. A a he a a very integral part of my physical and mental preparation a Barrowman said. A a we re like Brothers and when i say Brothers i mean we get into some big a a Barrowman said it was Nagy s cajoling that saw him through fridays final after a heat in which he thought he had struggled. ,. A the told me a willpower willpower willpower a and believe me that Sall it was a Barrowman said. Barrowman said his concentration had been so focused on the world championships that he Hadnot even considered his plans for the 1992 Barcelona olympics. A i Haven to even thought about it a he said. However he did know his plans for the immediate future. A the Day after tomorrow in a going straight Back to Michigan. I can to wait a he said. In other action Friday the. Menus water Polo team reached the medal round and kept its olympic spot a barely. Hungary scored the last four goals including the final one by Istvan Toth with 1 15 remaining for a 9-9 tie with the americans that put both teams into the semifinals. The top six teams in the world championships Clinch berths in Barcelona. In the medals count the United states leads with a total of four a three for the women and Biondio a for the men. Hungary has three golds
