European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It a c i c it s Price is. World zimbabwean opens record 5-shot Lead by Bob Pastin St. Louis Post dispatch Tulsa okla. Forget for a moment about foreign domination of golfs major championships and How the professional game clearly has become a global affair. When Nick Price of Zimbabwe is at the top of his game As he has been for much of the last two years it s Price is. The world. " Friday Price had the widest Lead in pea championship history for 36 holes. His two round total of 132 is 8 under Par and five shots better than americans Jay Haas 71-66corey Pavin 70-67 and Ben Crenshaw 70-67. Tied for the Lead after one round with Colin Montgomerie of Scotland at 3 under Par 67, Price shifted into overdrive Friday and shot a 5-under 65 at Southern Hills. Montgomerie soared to a 6-Over 76 and trails Price by 11 shots. Modestly Price refused to make a big Deal out of what he has done Here and what he has done Overall since winning the pea championship two years ago. Some people i be talked to already As sume i m going to win Price said. I be been in this game Long enough to know that there s still an awful lot of Golf tournament left to play. There s a Chance i might have one bad round and shoot 74 and bring the rest of the Field Back. I might shoot two i the stars and stripes August 14,1994 Page 36 72s and get the rest of the Guys  Crenshaw said it for Price. He s magnificent to watch a Man in full flight Crenshaw said. He s so Strong. He s striking the Ball As Well As anyone. Since Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson. The Way Nick s playing we re going to have to Lasso  Price won the British open last month in Turnberry Scotland. He can become the first player to win the British and pea championship Back to Back. If he wins Here he will become the first player to win successive majors since Tom Watson took the . And British opens in 1982. He s in a class by himself Haas said. He s made what two bogeys in two Days Price made those bogeys thursday at the first and ninth holes. He has played his last 27 holes in 8 under Par with eight Bir Dies and 19 pars. He says he s jockeying to get himself into position to win on the final nine holes sunday. By then the rest of the Fieh might need a Telescope to see him. If Price stays in the Lead through 54 holes Southern Hills history will be on his Side. In the four previous grand slam events held Here the leaders after 54 holes went on to win. Tommy Bolt did it in the 1958 . Open Dick Stockton in the 1970 pea Hubert Green in the 1977 . Open and Raymond Floyd in the 1982 pea. After Haas Crenshaw and Pavin Price s closest pursuers Are 1994 masters Winner Jose Maria Olazabal John Cook and Elaine Mccallister at 2-under-Par 138 6 shots behind. Olazabal shot 66 Friday and Cook 67. Mccallister had the round of the Day a 6 under 64 after he opened with a 74. Arnold Palmer said goodbye to the pea after 37 straight appearances holing a putt at the last Hole for a Par and a round of 74 and a total of 153. Jack Nicklaus who shot 71-150, also missed the Cut As did the defending Cham Pion Paul Azinger who shot 74 for a 149 total. Be Repp Howard Newt serve it Nick Price watches his third Hole tee Shoten route to a 5-under 65 Friday in pea. Federal mediators asked to join talks baseball strike attacking Shaw Russia s Sergei Babikov drives past Shaquille o Neal As the . Center gets a hand on the Ball Friday. Dream team ii downed the russians 111-94, and was to face Greece in saturday night s semifinals at Toronto. See Page 34 for world basketball Story. By Ronald Blum new York Apas ballparks around the nation were empty Day 1 of the baseball strike saw players and own ers agree to have Federal mediators join their tense talks. Union head Donald Fehr and manage ment negotiator Richard Ravitch said after a fruitless two hour session Friday that they would meet with the fed eral mediation and conciliation service before resuming bargaining. I Don t know whether they re going to be of any help Fehr said. All i can say at this Point i Don t think any harm Willcome from  Ravitch also was unsure whether mediation would help end a strike that has interrupted a season filled with record chases and playoff races. I think it s Tough when a Union won t talk about How much Money they want to get he said  " the strike the first since a two Day mid season stoppage in 1985, threatens the final 52 Days and 669 games of what s been a spectacular season thus far. I wiped out 14 games Friday 14 saturday and 14 More sunday. This has All the indications of being a Long one Fehr said Friday night during another joint television appearance with Ravitch on can. No further meetings were scheduled. Though mediators can cajole sides to Ward  through Friendly intervention they Are powerless to Force sides to agree. In 1981, mediator Kenneth Moffe twas unable to get players and owners to agree until the strike reached 50 Days. Owners meanwhile imposed a limited gag order on themselves. Executive coun cil chairman Bud Selig said Only he and Ravitch will be the official spokesmen for management. Any other owner who wants to speak must get permission from Selig Ravitch or management s Public relations executives. It s not a gag order Selig said by Telephone from Milwaukee. You want people to be Well versed in what they re doing so they know exactly what s going on. Other people will do things locally but Dick and myself will speak nationally. We re ensuring that people know what the daily events Are because they re a lot of people not in the Loop. They re spread out All Over the country. Four owners George Steinbrenner of the new York Yankees Marge Schott of the Cincinnati reds Peter Angelos of the Baltimore orioles and Jerry Mcmorris of the Colorado Rockies made Crit ical comments thursday about either Ravitch or the owners bargaining stances. I Hope it does t encourage the play ers to think the owners will abandon their collective bargaining objective Ravitch said. My Only concern is the players could get the wrong impression from Fehr said the statements from the four were immaterial. We Deal with what happens at the table he said. That s All we can go from. You can t make a Deal with a news paper  the strike baseball s eighth walkout since 1972 began after thursday night s games ended. The main Issue is the Union s refusal to allow teams to limit salaries. 46850"000504"