European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18the stars and of ropes sunday june 30, 1991 is new York a Denver and Miami should get the a play Ball a signal from major league owners on Friday. Basenau owners will meet by Confer knee Call to vote on final approval of Denver and Miami As the National league s expansion cities. The cities must get nine of 12 votes in the no and eight of 14 in the american league approval is expected. The vote had been delayed because of the restructuring of the expansion draft. But the leagues agreed on a new Structure this week and the major league baseball players association said Friday it would recommend that players approve the necessary amendment to the collect Webb dealt to Kings says agent Atlanta a Spud Webb s agent confirmed that the a Atlanta Hawks sixth year Point guard has been traded to the Sacramento Kings Lor shooting guard 1 Ravis Mays a. A a a a a. A also according to reports the i Laws have dealt the rights to draft pick Anthony Avent to the Denver. Nuggets Lor 7-foot Center Blair Rasmussen. But Atlanta general manager Pete Babcock would neither confirm nor deny the trades. The Hawks have to wait to Complete the trades because _ they can t lit the salaries of Mas Ltd Rasmussen under the nabs $11.9 million team salary Cap. Mays makes $1 million a Spud Webb be a in a n d r As m use n $ 2.45 m i 11 Ion -. Babcock is expected to an. Younee both trades monday when players in the final year of their contracts officially become free a agents and. Their salaries Are not counted against the teams salary Cap. A a a a a a. Webb a. Agent however confirmed his client s Trade to Sacra. Minto. A. -1. .-. A yeah they be done it a said Bill Blakely of Dallas. A a that a what tin hearing.�?T�?T. 1 a Blakely said the 5-loot-7 Webb a was. Responding with mixed Emo a Lions Quot. A a a a a a a a a a. A a a. A. Quot Spud liked the Hawks and he liked playing in the City of Allan tax Blakely said a tips going to be a big. Adjustment for Liin bul he a a. Professional. Its something Spud will adjust to a. A �., Mays started. .55 games Lor the Kings averaging 14.3 Points but shooting Only 41 percent from the floor he finished 13th among the a a bad a 3-Point shooters last season with a 365 percentage. Rasmussen a Good High Post leg liter averaged 12.5 Points and 9.7 rebounds last season while. Shooting 46 percent front the floor. A Avent a 6-1 1, 235-Pound Power Forward out of scion Hall averaged 17.s Points and just under 10 rebounds As a senior. He. Was the 15th pick Overall in wednesday s draft. A a a a a. Five bargaining agreement. _ r the new teams expected to be named the Colorado Rockies and the Florida marlins will begin play in 1993 a that s very encouraging to us a said Don Smiley of the Miami group. A hopefully it la turn out Lor the Best and we can get on with . Under the old rules teams would have protected 15 players lost one protected three More lost another and so on in a six round draft. That meant expansion clubs would have drafted the 1.6th, 20th, 24th. 2stli, 32nd and 36th players from the 40-Man rosters of each of the-12 existing no teams. But Vincent ruled earlier this month that Al teams will get s3 million each from the $190 million in expansion Money and will contribute half the expansion draft. / under the new rules. No teams will lose their 16th, 20th and 24th players and. Al teams will lose their 16th, 21st and 26th players. 1 Low Ever Only eight Al teams will lose players in the third round Rne Aning 36 players will be chosen from each league. A. A. Eugene Orza associate general counsel of the players association said the Union was concerned Al$5ut he to of having teams Tatt 39 players each which would have happened if each Al team lost a player in he final round. That would have left one open roster spot to sign free agents on each expansion club meaning a drafted player could have been assigned to a roster. -.a v a it raised the Specter of a drafted player being worse off after the draft than Orza said. A. The expansion . Will a take place in Early november 1992, three or four Days after the end of the free Agency filing period. Which concludes 15 Days after the end of the world series the new fran Choc will participate in the Amateur draft of Quot High school and College players. Next june. A Nelson Fenech tight to draw Las vegas a Don King quickly declared that a rematch was in. Order. But he Wasny to talking about Mike Tyson and a a razor Ruddock this time. King was calling Tor a return bout be tween Azumah Nelson and Jelt Fenech. The action Between those two fighters turned out to be the most entertaining bout on in Tyson Ruddock card Friday night. A a a a a a a a. A. After 12 rounds of almost Uon Stop punching Between Nelson and Fenech their bout wound up in. A draw with one judge favouring Nelson one giving the Edge to Fenech and the other calling it even. A a a. \ -. A. A a thus Nelson from Ghana retained his world boxing Council super featherweight title. ,. A a. A i will give him a rematch anytime a Nelson said. A i want to give it one More Chance. I want to prove myself prove in a the each tighter said lie thought lie. Had won the decision �?o1 Felt i won but the judges make that decision Quot Nelson said a i won the tight anyone can see that Quot said Benech a Quot Quot native of Australia who remained undefeated. A a it a the last time ill Ever come to what they Call ing capital of the world a a a i was Way ahead. I thought i won a hands a. A. A. A a although both fighters were rocked at various times in the bout neither went Down. Fenech who is 25-0-1, pressed the a. Lion but Nelson 33-2-1, showed More ring skills at limes resting on the ropes while Fenech flailed away with punches that weren t hurting him. A a a a. Said Fenech �?o1 forced Quot a the action no doubt about in my mind. How can you say he won the Light if j stayed on him the last 12 rounds a a King the promoter who handles Nelson said a Etnere was no loser. We a a gotta do it again.�?�. In the other prelim heavyweight Riddick Bowe ran his record to 24-0 with a second round knockout of Rudolfo Marin. Then Tyson decision in his rematch against Ruddock in the main event., Bowe a Silver medallist in the 198n. Olympics recorded his 2.1st knockout Mann yom puerto Rico lost for the see. Ond time in 19 fights. Jeff Fenech hugs his daughter after fighting to a draw with Azumah Nelson. Gamache takes Aba title bout Lewiston Maine apr Hometown hero Joey Camacho stopped Eirv no Gobep of South Africa m the both Roumi Friday night to win the world boxing association Junior lightweight championship. A. A Gamache knocked no Golem Down with a left night combination to the face in the ninth round then followed with a flurry of punches in the 10th that drove no go Beni Down for a second Lime. The partisan at Lewiston raceway broke into shouts of Quot Joey Joey Quot after referee Vlademar Schmidt halted the bout Quot at 2 23 and Gamache was proclaimed the Victor. The tight scheduled for 12 rounds appeared even in the Early going with both boxers aggressively throwing punches. Gnu ache went on the attack in the ninth round loreing his opponent to re. Treat Lor the first the no. 4 contender remains undefeated with 25wins, including 15 knockouts. The sixth ranked n Gohei is 19-2 with 13 k pcs. The Victory gives Gamache the Aba Crown forfeited by Brian Mitchell when he elected to pursue an International boxing federation championship. No go Beni weighed 130 pounds and Gamache i20 i
