European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Ryan 93 season to be last Arlington Texas a Nolanryan the All time strikeout Leader with record seven no hitters and 319 Victo Ries will retire after the 1993 season his 27th season in the major leagues the Texas rangers said thursday. Nolan walked in this morning an said i be been thinking about it All win Ter and i want this to be my last sea son " said team president Tom Schick Fer. He said he pressed Ryan on his Deci Sion asking Are you sure we want you to pitch As Long As you can and As Long As you want Schick for said Ryan answered it s Best to do it this of v what a class Way to do it Schieffer said. He s such an unusual person. We won t see his like Ryan 46, has 5,668 career strikeouts arid a record of 319-287, but was Only 5-9 last season his lowest Victory total since winning six games games for the new York mets in 1969. He broke in with themes in 1966. Though he struggled Ryan still struck out 157 batters in 157v6 innings. Ryan who also pitched for the califor Nia angles and the Houston astros joined the rangers in 1989 and paid out standing Box office dividends. On june11, 1990, he pitched his sixth no hitter beating the Oakland athletics 5-0. Heno hit the Toronto Blue jays the next season and on july 31, 1990, beat the Milwaukee Brewers for his 300th Victory. Ryan holds More than 50 major league records and on several of those records no one is even close to him. His 5,668 strikeouts is 1,532 ahead of runner Steve Carlton. Ryan s seven no hitters erased the old record of four by Sandy his first appearance this season Ryan will become the first player in major league history to appear in 27 Dif Ferent seasons. He is tied with Deacon Mcguire and Tommy John at 26. Ryan plagued by leg and Back prob lems has been on the disabled list four times in the past three seasons. General manager Tom Grieve said by making the announcement before the season began Ryan showed his concern for the fans. By doing this ahead of time it gives everyone a Chance to see him pitch one More time. His last season had to come sooner or later and now we know this is it. Bulls push past pacers Aba by the associated press Indianapolis Aba players have Long complained that referees havea double Standard when it comes to Mak ing Calls against Michael Jordan. The Indiana pacers added their voices to the conspiracy theory wednesday night after Jordan was not ejected but Reggie Miller was following a push ing and shoving match Between the two in Chicago s 115-104 Victory. That just shows you How High we arc at the Bottom of the totem pole. And they the bulls arc at the top. They re still running the league. He s running the league Miller said. The Jordan Miller fight started after Miller bumped Jordan with a forearm after making a tip in to give Indiana a 22 14 first Quarter Lead. Miller ran up court but Jordan caught up to him and the two players began to grapple. Jordan head hunted Miller both players threw punches and both benches emptied referees Jess Kersey Ronny Dunnand Ted Barnhardt huddled for several minutes before announcing their Deci Sion. Miller got an elbowing foul and a technical foul for throwing a punch. Hews ejected. Jordan got nothing. When pacer coach Bob Hill heard the announcement he Flung his clipboard Down and shattered it earning himself a technical and an went on to score 40 Points his sixth straight game with at least 30 an Scottie pippin had 30 As Chicago ended a nine game Road trip with a 6-3 other games wednesday nets 109, pistons 86 East Rutherford no. Three members of the new Jersey nets got w Home retribution after being passed Over for All Star berths. Kenny Anderson had 28 Points Der Rick Coltman had 21 Points and 17 re Bounds and Drazen Petrovic held Joe Dumars scoreless for the first time since the Piston was a Rookie. Suns 122, clippers 100 Phoenix the suns opened a 26-Point Lead in the second Quarter and led by As much As 31 late in the Barkley had 22 Points 13 re Bounds and eight assists in 28 minutes and Dan Majerle and Tom Chambers added 18 Points apiece. Magic 96, Cavaliers 87 Orlando Cleveland s five Gam winning Streak came to an end and the Cavaliers found themselves 3vi games be Hind the division leading bulls at night s . Scon skills scored 20 Points and Sha Quille o Neal and Nick Anderson added 19 new Jersey s Drazen Petrovic 3 gets tangled up with Detroit s Joe Dumars. A apiece us Orlando surpassed its win total for All of last season. Orlando 22-21 did t win its 22nd game last season until april 15 80 games into the season lakers 111, nuggets 102 Inglewood Calif. James worthy scored 21 Points and Sam per Kins had 20 Points and 10 rebounds Aslos Angeles ended Denver s three game winning Streak. There were six technical fouls called inthe second half. Rockets 98,76ers 90 Philadelphia Hakeem Olajuwon had 25 Points 20 rebounds six blocked shots and seven assists. The rockets built a 16-Point Lead with8 18 left in the fourth Quarter and still led by 11 with 1 58 remaining. I bullets 110, Mavericks 102 Dallas Mavericks coach Gar Field heard had the Gall to Tell his 4-41 team they should expect to win two straight this week against Washington and Philadelphia. This is one we really let get away heard said. Albradford Smith came off the Bench to score eight Points in a 16-7 run at the Start of the fourth Quarter that gave Washington the win. Heat 101, Timber wolves 90 Minneapolis Grant Long had21 Points 13 rebounds and seven assists to help Miami overcome an awesome shooting performance by Chuck person who tied his career Best 3-Point proficiency Effort by making 6 of 6 attempts it was a monumental decision now he can focus on baseball.". But the stars and stripes ports february 12,1993 b Page 36 hogs pull upset of Kentucky Fayetteville Ark. A freshman Corliss Williamson and senior Robert Shepherd had the answer each time Kentucky got close in the final 2minutes, and no. 14 Arkansas held off no. 2 Kentucky 101-94 wednesday night. The Razorbacks led by 15 with 9 min utes to play but Kentucky got As close As 4 Points on five occasions in the last 120 seconds. When it was 89-85, Williamson who scored a career High 22 Points broke Dow court for a stuff. At 91-87, William son s pass to Shepherd beat Kentucky s press for a Basket. At 93-89, Shepherd who has not missed a free throw in the Southeastern conference this year made see Page 34for More top 25 basketball two More. At 96-92, Williamson made two free throws. At 98-94, Clint Mcdaniel made , Shepherd and Dwight Stew Art played a big role in a 17-4 run that gave Arkansas 16-4, 7-3 Sec a 73-58lead. Kentucky 17-2, 8-2 rallied by pressing the Razorbacks into mistakes. Arkansas played without Point Gua Dcorey Beck who was suspended by coach Nolan Richardson after Beck was arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge Over the Razorbacks got 20 Points from Shepherd and 16 from Scotty Thurman who had 14 in the first half. Stewart Mcdaniel and Darrell Hawkins scored 1 each. Travis Ford who had 15 Points in the first half on 5-for-7 3-Point shooting took Only four shots in the second half Tor Kentucky and finished with 20 Points. 0ii246850"000351
