European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday augusts 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 37 China next test for . Women .a/s Dawn Staley is caught on a pick by Italy s Marianna Palleggi right As Italy a Nicolitta Casein drives for the Basket the . Won 97-34 at the Goodwill games. By Stephen Wade St. Petersburg Russia a the .omen s basketball team beat Russia 77-63 thursday at the Goodwill games to reach the semifinals against favorite China. The americans who led 40-34 at the half came out running in the second half and broke the game open with a 20-4 spurt. That gave them a 60-38 Lead with about 11 minutes left in the game. Lisa Leslie led the . Team with 20 Points and Clarissa Davis Wrightsil had 19. Irina Rutkovsky had 24 for United states advanced from the round Robin Pool with a 2-0 record while China is 1-1. Despite the loss Russia managed to reach the semifinals by finishing its Pool with a 1-1 record. Russia will fac France 2-0, which Defeated Canada 65 57."tara american coach Tara Vander veer made it very Clear at halftime we had to become More intense and take the play to them Davis Wrightsil , a 6-foot-5 Center faced Russia s 6-9 Marina Burmistrov a Warmup Forchino s towering Center Zheng Maixia. I m not used to seeing somebody Tal Ler Leslie said. Now i have to play someone even , listed variously from 6-8 to 7 feet was the most valuable player at the women s world championships in june in Australia. Brazil won the Gold Chin took Silver and the United states won third place finish was disappoint ing for the american women who Haven t won Gold in a major tournament since 1990,at the world tournament the 27-year old Zheng shot a staggering 83 percent from the Field 84 percent from the free throw line and averaged 26 Points and 13rebounds. She s just so much bigger than any body else said Vanderveer. She clogs Goodwill games up the passing lanes presents All kinds just two years ago in the Barcelon olympics Zheng could barely play five minutes without tiring. She average seven Points and five rebounds and went Home to lose weight and shape up. Mission accomplished. She lost 35 pounds and and gamed endurance. In wednesday s 77-51 win Over Canadian a first round match Zheng played All 40 minutes and scored 29 Points an grabbed 14 rebounds. In an 80-73 loss to France on tuesday she scored 34 Point Sand had 15 rebounds in 34 minutes. In other developments thursday the russian organizers of the Goodwill games saved face by winning the Batteto keep the already delayed figure skat ing Competition at its original new Cooling technology borrowed from the russian subway system an never before used on ice rinks Here was called in at the last minute and was bleat last to produce a satisfactory surface at the Yub Ileine sports first practice has taken place and it was successful said Vitaly Mutko Deputy mayor of St. Petersburg and Dep Uty chairman of the local organizing com Mittee. The figure skating will Start tonight at the Yub Ileine the announcement ended 24 hours of confusion that saw the showcase event of the games postponed and left skater confused Over where they would be prac timing and at a practice rink on wednes Day americans Neale Smull and Tamarak Chiki traded one liners sounding More like a comedy duo than an ice dance team. We still Don t know where we re com Peting Kuchki said. Neither where nor when Smul added. Hornets apparently signing celtics7 Parish Charlotte . A Jrobert Parish apparently will spend his final years helping the Charlotte hornets with a title run following three Aba championships with the Boston celtics. The 18-year Veteran 14 of them with the celtics for whom he was the league s oldest player last year planned to sign with the hornets on thursday according to a representative for Parish. It s a done Deal Sean Holley told the Gaston . Gazette in thursday s editions. Robert is definitely going to be a Charlotte is expected to use Parish As a backup Center but they May decide to form a twin Tower alignment with Alonzo mourning sources told the Charlotte observe Rand the Gazette that the signing was to be announced thursday if Parish passed morning physical in Charlotte. The move would put an end to a plan by the celtics to re sign Parish despite the salary Cap troubles that caused them to decline signing Hijo a contract in the first place. Union can t fight for Grant Green the Boston Globe reported thursday that the celtics had planned to use a loophole in the collective bargaining agreement which would have allowed Parish to sign with a competing team then be traded Back to the celtics. Because of the salary Cap Boston was unable to re sign Parish after it signed Dominique Wilkins. Sembach s 6th annual invitational new York a Horace Grant and . Green May have to fight their own Battle against the Aba. Grant and Green had their free agent contracts voided two Days ago when the Aba said they violated salary Cap rules. The Aba players association responded wednesday by saying the Aba was wrong for doing what it did but the Union under current labor Laws is not in position to Challenge the ruling because an impasse has been reached in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. Once there s an impasse All bets Are off a source involved in the talks said. The Aba can do anything it the last collective bargaining agreement expired after the 1994 play offs. No negotiations have been held for almost a month. One possible scenario would be for Grant and or Green to sue the league As individuals seeking to have the contract ruled valid even though the Union still -. Contends the Aba s voiding of the con tracts violates antitrust Laws. " any unilateral changes the Aba no makes such As disregarding the prior court decision on the legality of one year out provisions is subject to and violative of the antitrust Laws Union lawyer Fred Erick Schwartz said. The Aba on tuesday3 struck Down the contracts that Green and Grant signed this summer with Phoenix and Orlando respectively. They the Aba make up the rules a they go said Charles Grantham director of the players association. They proceed at their own risk the salary Cap was part of the last two collective bargaining agreements. The Grant and Green Case is a offshoot of a Case begun last year concerning free agent contracts and opt the opt out clause a player takes lower first year salary with the under standing he will become a free agent after one year and then re sign for much More Money. Green signed a five year contract wit Phoenix averaging $5.2 million a year after exercising an opt out clause that made him a free agent after last season when he earned $1.9 million while play ing for the suns. Grant formerly of the Chicago Buffus. Signed with the magic last week for contract that will pay him $2.1 million this year. It too contains a one year opt out clause that if exercised will make Grant a free agent after the upcoming season. Do championship tournament saturday August 6,1994 a Soam \0 Oom Black b it meeting \o2oam first event to Kat Troph a and to Stock $25 or pm4o cover All event $2 or dm3 Nefy fee for 0pcttor� up Center. I Mlo a Ilioiu in. Primo for More worn Ilkin of our us maj Tao. F a to
