European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes ports August 6,1994 Page 32 Cotton bowl left out in cold by the associated press. The bowl Alliance went with the Orange fiesta and sugar for a possible National championship game and May have killed the Cotton. Miami new Orleans and Tempe ariz., were the big winners thursday when the bowl choices were made by a group of division i a conference commissioners. Beginning after the 1995 season the Orange fiesta and sugar bowls will alternate each year As the site of a matchup Between the top two teams Avah Plejo. The Alliance. Champions from the Attan tic coast big East big twelve formerly big eight and Southeastern conferences will be involved along with two at Large teams. For the 1995 season Only the Southwest conference Winner will be one of the at Large teams. A a in be seen better Days a said John so veil who headed the Cotton bowl athletic associations bid. A a its an unfortunate decision.�?�. The Rose bowl which matches the big ten and Pacific-10 champions is not part of the Alliance. If a team from the big ten or Pac-10 is ranked no. 1 or no. 2, a True championship not emerge from the Alliance which replace s the current bowl coalition. The Orange sugar and fiesta will be considered tier 1 bowls with one each on dec. 31, Jan. 1 and Jan. 2. The fiesta reportedly bid $118 million the Orange $104 million and the sugar $98 million to get tier 1 designations dreamers rally to defeat Spain amp by Bill Barnard Hamilton Ontario a the question before the 1994 world championship of basketball started was whether dream team ii could beat the original dream team that won the 1992 olympics. When the . Team trailed late in the first half thursday night the question was whether it could beat Spain fifth in the european championships and a 41-Point loser to dream team 1 in the olympics. Dream team ii went on to win its opening Pool a game 115-100 behind the outside shooting of Joe Dumars and Reggie Miller. But the ease with which Spain scored on the americans leaves some doubt about How the heavy Gold medal favourites evil fare the rest of the 11-Day tournament a a a a Dumars scored 21 Points and Miller 20 Tor the americans who pulled away in the second half As Spanish coach Manuel Sainz benched several of the players who did so Well in the first 20 minutes. Dumars the Only . Player with an Aba championship ring scored 12 Points in the first 10 07. When his 3-Pointcr with 9 53 left in the first half gave the United states a 34-22 advantage the americans looked unstoppable. But for the next four minutes the spaniards dominated outscoring the . Team 20-7 for a 42-41 Edge with 5 26 left. Backup Forward Alberto Herreros scored eight of his 11 first half Points in a a the run including a shocking 3-Pointer that put Spain ahead. A a the slim advantage lasted just six seconds however As Kevin Johnson converted a three Point play that put the United states ahead to stay. Johnson world basketball free throw with 3.7 seconds left made it 59-51 at halftime. The original dream team led by Michael Jordan magic Johnson and Charles Barkley had one Brief first half scare at the olympics trailing Croatia 2523 with 9 44 left in the first half of the Gold medal game. The americans went on to win that game by 32. Spain trailed just 62-55 Early in the second half before the americans pulled away with a 16-0 run capped by two 3-pointers from Miller and one by Dumars. Who had three 3s in the second half. The burst gave dream team ii a 78-55 Lead with 14 10 left and it went on to Lead 99-74 before Spain closed to 110-98 with 2 37 left behind Jordi Villacampa who scored 23 of his 28 Points in the second half. Juan Antonio Orenga 14 Points for Spain. Herreros did not play in the second half nor did Ferran Martinez who had 10 first half Points. In thursdays other Pool a game China surprised Brazil 97-93 in overtime. In Pool a Croatia beat Cuba 85-65 As Dino Radja of the Boston celtics had 25 Points and eight rebounds. Australia Hung on to beat South Korea 87-85, scoring Only one Point Over the final six minutes. In Pool a Russia beat Argentina 84-64 and Host Canada routed Angola 83-52. In Pool a Jose Ortiz had 19 Points to Lead six scorers in double figures As puerto Rico cruised past Egypt 102-74. Panagiotis Fassoulas had 18 Points and 10 rebounds to Lead Greece to a 68-58 Victory Over Germany. Shaquille of Neal towers Over a Spain defender As he pulls up for a shot at world s labor talks striking out by Richard Justice the Washington Post new York a baseball a labor negotiations remained at an impasse thursday even As the players announced they will stick to their original strike Date of aug. 12 despite management a refusal to make a scheduled $7.59 million pension fund contribution. The players say they Hope that giving the talks another week might result in ending the stalemate but both sides say a such a possibility seens unlikely As the owners continue to insist on a ceiling on salaries a a salary Cap a and the players say they wont even consider one. V its a indication of Haw Little has been accomplished that with a strike eight Days away the two sides met Only briefly of i Lime see Page 29 for Al no games thursday afternoon. Union chief Donald Fehr attended Only part of the session As his Side made a series of proposals aimed at easing the Revenue squeeze on Small Market clubs. The session will becom plated Friday morning and there Vito dictation when the two sides will again. R a a a a in Tjie Wake of the non payment players thursday considered caring an immediate strike. But after a 75-minute conference Call Between Union officials and player representatives the Union announced that aug. 12 would still be the Day. A a a. A a a a after talking about it at great the Board decided that just because the owners Are behaving in an irresponsible and provocative manner it does not mean that the players have to do so a Fehr said. A it will come As no Surprise that the players level of resolve which was already extremely High is now several Levels higher. _ 7 a if there a one thing this dispute underscores its that we know who a causing this fight. Its not the players. The owners have done this without knowing there would be an extraordinarily Strong r a Richard Ravitch chief negotiator for the owners welcomed the unions action real Issue. This Issue has to be put Back a in perspective. The game is baseball needs a different compensation system. It does no to need for players to make less it needs a system with some relation to the revenues.�?�. There Are increasing signs that a strike could be a Long one. The Union has is million in licensing Money set aside to distribute to players needing funds during a a management source said the owners have a Large line of Credi with a consortium of Banks a a a that a the frightening part of All this a source involved in the negotiations said. A both sides have tremendous resources. Saying a a in a glad the tempest in a Teapot. If its going to be a War of attrition it has passed and we can get Back to the could be a Long u j 7
