European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday update pea championship Mon Omerle shoots 67 Tulsa okla. A Coli Montgomerie of Scotland shot a bogey free 3-under-Par 67 for the Early first round Lead in the pea championship. Major league baseball dodgers 2, reds 0 Cincinnati a Ramon Martinez beat Cincinnati for the third  this season. Padres 8, astros 6 Houston a Houston blew a Chance to move into first place in the no Central on the Day before the strike deadline. Wednesday s games on pcs. 33-34 judge sets strike hearing Jacksonville Fla. A a Federal judge refused thursday to Stop the major league baseball players association from striking but set a hearing for next week on whether to halt the walkout  judge Harvey Schlesinger denied a temporary restraining order sought by a sports bar and the president of a fans group Tob lock the strike. Eagleson indicted Boston a Alan Eagle son former head of the National hockey league players Union was indicted thursday on two new charges of racketeering. Eagleson a Toronto lawyer was charged i March in a 32-count indictment accusing him of racketeering Mai fraud taking kickbacks embezzle ment and threatening a grand jury witness. Heading Home Texas Ranger outfielder Jose Canseco clears out his locker Oakland dropped a 2-1 decision to the Chicago White sox but was wednesday night after his team played its final game before Fri to play the Chison again thursday on the final Day of action be Day s strike deadline. The rangers failed to Clinch first place in fore the players say they will go on strike unless an Lith hour Deal the american league West division As they lost to the Seattle is worked out with the owners. See pages 30, 31, 33 and 34 for mariners 3-2 and stayed a half game ahead of the Oakland a s. More on the baseball strike and details of wednesday s games. Blowout ii Miller leads rout of puerto Rico by the new York time Toronto Reggie Miller loves these rules. Bring in the 3-Point line fro the Aba s 23 feet 9 inches to the inter National distance of 20-6, he says. That will solve the National basketball association s scoring drought once and for All and for him Ever night will be game 5, Madison Square Garden indiana18 against the new York kicks when Miller exploded for a 25-Point third Quarter. That s my recommendation to the league Miller said. The most com Pelling member of Miller the . Team Here at the world championships staged another memorable shooting performance on wednesday night As the dream team ii scored its second straight Blowout. Against Awe struck and bewildered puerto Rico Miller bombed away for 26 first half Points Ashe United states growing in Confidence As a unit ran away to a 134-83 Victory. Miller outscored puerto Rico in  half by himself 26-25, with his team ahead by 37. He took 11 3-Point shot Sand made eight. World championship carrying Over from tuesday night s 56-Point wipe out of Australia when he scored 23 second half Points with five 3-pointers, Miller has scored 49 Points and drained 13 treys in the equivalent of a 40-minute International game. In that same Span the United states opponent scored Only 51 Points. Miller started the second half played briefly and did t score. But the game was so lopsided so Early that the United state Shad to Low key its Macho machinations. After its unsightly display against Australia the previous night it s Likely coach Don Nelson made a personal request or plea that a lid be put on the trash. That lasted until Shaquille o Neal fouled puerto Rico s Orlando Vega to the floor in the second half. The 6-foot-2 Inch Vega jumped up right in o Neal space or More accurately his Chest. O Neal wisely walked away then an swered with a thunderous Jam on the break setting Loose a 10-minute slam est during which o Neal dunked everything except Vega. He had 10 in the game. By that time part of the sellout crowd first of the championships was gone. Many of the 16,144 fans had come to seethe first game a 31-Point Blowout which by comparison to the United states game seemed competitive. O Canada. Poor Canada. It hosts inter National basketball s most prestigious event outside of the olympics and what happens Maple Leaf gardens fills wit Flag waving greeks and croats. That s not the Only reason Canada state was sealed wednesday night when it was routed by crowd pleasing ton Kukoc and Croatia 92-61. Canada at least a developmental level below coun tries such As Croatia Russia and Greece just was t Good enough. It just did help the canadians that in the two games in which they needed one Victory for a shot at the semifinals it was difficult to Tell in which country the games were being played. After losing to Greece by three Points in a wild finish on monday night Canad awas not expected to handle Croatia which like the United states has trounced everyone its played. Kukoc loping around the court like decelerated left handed version of magic Johnson picked the canadians apart with 12 More assists most of them in transition to raise his tournament leading total to 48 in five games. Canada s last Hope of reaching the semifinals and winning a medal was crushed later in the night when Greece Defeated China setting the four Semi finalists the United states and Russia from Pool x and Croatia and Greece from Pool a the Best Canada can do i fifth place. The stars and stripes ports August 12,1994 Page 36 in1 . Advances in baseball tournament Managua Nicaragua a the United states Defeated South Korea 7-5 on wednesday and secured a berth in the quarterfinals of the world Amateur baseball championship. The United states was to play defend ing Champion Cuba in Masayon thurs Day. The United states finished 4-3 in the qualifying round. South Korea was 5-2. In a quarterfinal game Panama blanked Sweden 6-0 to March into the quarterfinals. Panama finished the first round of the tournament with a 5-2 record including a Victory Over the United states and play Nicaragua on thursday. In other quarterfinal games Japan meets Italy and South Korea plays Taiwan 0"246850ii000504