European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes december 11,1991 Page 28 some owners would Back moving mariners to Florida military Protsin Europe Miami Beach Fla. Apr baseball commissioner Fay Vincent said he does no to think the mariners will move out of Seattle for the 1992 season. But after that he said the team will be a gone forever unless Seattle business and Community leaders take charge. Meanwhile King county Council members said they hesitate to sue mariners owner Leff Smulyan if he moves the team and county executive Tim Hill sent a letter to Vincent and american league president Bobby Brown accusing Smulyan of plotting for months to move the team. Hill said the mariners financial troubles Are not from a Lack of Community support but rather from the debt Smulyan acquired to buy the franchise and problems with his Indianapolis based radio business. A these financial problems Are the motivation for the carefully orchestrated Effort to move this team from Seattle that this Community has witnessed Over the past several months a Hill said. Smulyan rejected the claim. A i did not lose $20 million in illusory dollars in Seattle a he said monday at the baseball owners meeting. A i done to understand Why the county is insisting on attacking me. Its unfortunate unnecessary and unwise a Smulyan said. Smulyan has been ordered by Security Pacific Bank to refinance a credit line of nearly $40 million or sell the team. Despite Hills assertion that it was baseball a duty to insist that the mariners stay put several owners in both leagues said they would support a request to move the franchise to Tampa St. Petersburg Fla., if Smulyan seeks a move. I personally would support it and i would encourage my colleagues to sup dolphins running Back Mark Higgs goes through the bengals line monday night As safety David Fulcher 33 closes in for the tackle. Dolphins dump bengals Miami apr Dan Marino is. The a Fly a worst puss defense was no contest. Marino threw for 281 Yards and three touchdowns monday night to help the Miami dolphins move closer to a playoff berth by beating the Cincinnati bengals 37-13. Miami 8-6 scored the games final 17 Points in the fourth Quarter to win for the fifth time in six tries. The dolphins will Clinch an acc wild card playoff berth next sunday if they win at san Diego and the new York jets lose to new England. The jets visit Joe Robbie stadium on dec. 22. A we have our shot a Marino said. A we just need to take care of Cincinnati fell to 2-12, tying the team record for losses set in 1978 and 1979. A we re not giving anything up a quarterback Boomer Esiason said. A right now we re just trying to hold it the bengals were allowing 260 Yards passing per game 28th and last in the nil and Marino look full advantage. Quot they were playing a lot of Man coverage so we took advantage of that especially on their Corners a Marino said. Quot we have the two Best Guys in the league in one on one with scoring passes of 43 Yards to Mark duper and 18 and 16 Yards to Mark Clayton Marino reached 20 ads for an nil record ninth season. Marino who completed 24 of 33 passes has been instrumental in Miami a recent surge. He threw just nine touchdown passes in the first nine games but has 11 in the past five. Duper caught seven passes for 134 Yards. The dolphins Point total was their highest since 1988. The bengals closed to 20-13 Early in the fourth Quarter on a 1-Yard run by Lekey Woods but Miami scored two ads 87 seconds apart to Clinch the win. After Woods touchdown Miami mounted a 65-Yard drive capped by Mark Higgs 3-Yard scoring run. Two plays later the dolphins Louis Oliver recovered a Fumble by Harold Green at the Cincinnati 17-Yard line and on second Down Marino combined with Clayton for their second score of the night and a 34-13 Lead with 8 29 left. Miami s Pete Stoyanovich booted three Field goals including a 50-yarder that was Good even though he lost his footing and landed on his rear after kicking the Ball. Jim Breech kicked Field goals of 27 and 50 Yards for Cincinnati. Port it a said Douglas Danforth chairman of the Pittsburgh pirates. A i done to see How you can just oblige a person to stay when they Seattle have been giving it a Good try for two decades. Maybe another City should get a but King county Council member Kent Pullen said the threat of a lawsuit might cause some of the owners to change their minds. A baseball owners done to want to do anything to cause any More embarrassment to the profession a he said explaining that a lawsuit Over the mariners King dome tease might Call unwanted attention to baseball a anti Trust exemption. Last Friday Smulyan said the mariners were for Sale to a local buyer for $100 million. If no such buyer Steps Forward in 120 Days he said he will offer the team elsewhere. The Tampa Bay area with a new $138 million stadium is among the interested cities. Celtics destroy nuggets Boston apr after trimming their deficit to 11 Points on a 12-4 spurt with four minutes left in the third period the Denver nuggets thought they had the Boston celtics right where they wanted them. They figured wrong. The celtics countered with a 14-2 charge and went on to whip the nuggets 132-94 monday night As Reggie Lewis broke out of shooting slump with 31 Points in Bostons eighth consecutive Home Victory and eighth in the last nine starts Overall a we Cut the Lead to ii they called a timeout and i thought we were on track a Denver coach Paul Westhead said after the nuggets worst beating Ever against the celtics. A but we came out with three straight turnovers and the game was Lewis hit on 15 of 19 shots while playing just 31 minutes and the celtics got plenty of help from their Bench. It contributed 56 Points. Employing everyone except Veteran Kevin Mchale still sidelined with a sore foot after off season surgery the celtics had fresh players running throughout the game. Boston hit on 56 of 101 shots while Denver managed just 39 of 96. A pair of Boston reserves Eddie Pinckney and Rookie Rick Fox joined seven teammates in double figures. Pinckney had 17 Points Fox 16. Larry Bird scored 14 and Robert Parish had 11 each before sitting out the entire fourth period. Rookie i. Embe Mutombo led the nuggets with 1 Points including 16 in the first half. Reggie Williams scored 18.inside sports mourning leads hoyas to Victory a Page 25roy stops 33 shots in Montreal win a Page 25tomba records third Victory a Page 27mets Trade Brooks to Angels Page 27
