European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 04, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 "  rockets waive Floyd Deal for Elie Houston a. The Houston rockets released Veteran guard Eric Floyd on monday and acquired swing Man Mario Elie from the Portland trailblazers for a second round draft pick in 1995. Floyd an 11-year Veteran was waive to create room under the Aba salary Cap. He averaged 11.5 Points and 5.4 assist sin six seasons with Houston. Last season in 52 games he averaged 6.6 Points and2.5 assists. His career scoring average is 14.2 Points we thank sleepy for All he has Don for the club Over the years general Man Ager Steve Patterson said. He always conducted himself in a professional Man Ner. We wish him Luck in his future in  Floyd 33, has a million Dollar contract through next season that the rockets rebound to Honor. He said he s got a couple teams he s talking to team spokesman Jay Gold Berg said. I m not sure what s going to happen but i know he wants to play couple More  Elie was drafted by Milwaukee in the seventh round in 1985. He spent the next four years playing in Portugal Argentina Ireland and Miami of the . Basketball league. He played for Albany of the Cuba in 1989-90 and 1990-91. Mario will give us a defensive stopper and More flexibility Patterson said. Elie signed a 10-Day contract with the Philadelphia 76ers in december 1990 and played the last part of the season with Golden state. He averaged 7-8points in .79 games with the warriors Dur ing the 1991-92 season. The stars and stripes sports August 4,1993 Page 36 White yields with a blast by Hal Bock new York a Devon White ended his duties As Toronto s Lead off hit Ter monday night in memorable fashion breaking up a scoreless Duel betwee Todd Stottlemyre and Jim Abbott with two run Homer As the Blue jays Defeated the new York Yankees 4-0. White who was to yield the no. 1 spot in the lineup to newly acquired Rickey Henderson on tuesday homered in the sixth inning before Joe Carter sealed the Victory with a two run shot in the ninth. The Victory gave Toronto a two game Lead Over both new York and Boston in the american league East and dropped see pages 32 and 33 for More on baseball the Yankees into third place one percentage Point behind the Idle red sox. The Blue jays have won eight of their last nine games. White is giving up his Lead off assign ment to Henderson without complaint it s not a matter of Pride or ego he said. That s where he deserves to be. He does everything a Lead off hitter  s the Best Lead off hitter in the  besides his Homer White had a single and stolen base. Rickey can top that any Day of the week he said. Abbott 8-9 was working on a two hit Ter when Pat Borders opened the Toron to sixth with a bunt single. Willie Canate sacrificed Borders to second and then White hit Abbott s first pitch against the left Field foul pole for his 12th Homer. I was looking for something Middle and in White said. I got a Slider a Cut Ter Middle and in and i turned on it. Twas a Good pitch and i happened to hit it hard enough that it did t Nave a Chanceton Hook  in the ninth Carter connected for his20th Homer after Alfredo Griffin reached on an error. It was just the second Homerin 28 games for. Carter. I was As surprised As anyone to see Ito out he said. I thought it had a Chance to fall in the Gap but it just  White opened the game with a single but Abbott retired the next 12 batters be fore John Olerud singled leading off the fifth. It was Olsrud s Lone hit of the Gam and dropped his batting average two Points to .400. The Yankees threatened against Stour Lemyre 6-7 in the first fourth arid fifth but came up empty each time. Wade Boggs and Dion James opened the first with singles but left fielder Ca Nate threw Boggs out at the plate trying to score on Don Mattingly s Fly Ball. In the fourth new York loaded the bases with two outs but Mike Stanley flied out ending the inning. In the fifth Boggs and James singled with two outs but Mattingly flied out. Ife i 4% mrs Blue jays Pat Borders puts he tag on Yankees Wayne Boggs trying to score and Umpire Joe Brinkman makes the Call. Gorfon patiently awaits Henderson by Joe Donnelly newday new York Cito Gaston conceded he would have preferred to see Rickey Henderson wearing a Toronto Blue jays uniform leading off and in left Fiel monday night at Yankee stadium. Who would to said Gaston who had to be Content to wait another Day to Pencil Henderson s name into his starting line  was t about to stir up any controversy about Henderson traded to to Ronto by the Oakland athletics before saturday s Midnight deadline for being slower to report than he is on the base  think we All love this game but i encourage my Guys that family comes first Gaston said. We Don t go out to Oak land until next month and he needed the time to get things together. I would hate for him to Fly Back out there on an off  left a message on Henderson s an swering machine but Gaston has t spoken to Rickey since the Trade for minor league Pitcher Steve Karsay and a player to be named. But Dave Stewart had two conversations with his teammate from sandlot Days and then with the a s. I told him Toronto is a great place to play Stewart said monday night. I also told him Cito is a great manager to play for. The situation is Beautiful for a Guy who plays the game the Way Rickey does. We re a great team already. What Rickey does is make a great team better. You Don t get Many players who bring the Impact to a team he  Stewart knows what to expect of Hen Derson. He can t play much better than he has All year Stewart said of the 34 year old who is batting .327 with 77 runs,17 homers and 31 stolen bases in 37 at tempts. I Don t expect him to do any thing different than what he has been  Gaston will be More than pleased i that s the Case. The Blue jays had sought a Quality Pitcher to Shore up their Rota Tion for the stretch run and wound with Henderson. Up i guess we took what was available Gaston said. You re not talking a half player you re talking about a great player. I think it became impossible to get a Good Pitcher. And i also Don t think of getting Rickey Henderson As second to that. I be always been a Rickey  talk about him being a hot dog. They Point out he s slow walking to the plate. If you can play like he can he s go that right. Rickey has his mannerisms but everybody  Clete Boyer is the first Guy to explain to me How much Rickey Means to a team defensively Gaston said. Clete was coaching with the a s when Henderson went to the Yankees. Clete told me we really missed Rickey in left. He catches the Ball in the Filley so Well then goes tothe line and turns doubles into singles i came to know Rickey was the Best left fielder in our league. I just want him to come in and be Rickey. He s one of those Guys i Call Low maintenance. The Way i see it you Don t have to worry about him. He was born to play  of of \ a i f t i Al j. A 0"24685q"00050