European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday update sex Champ Sharkey Dies Beverly mass. A Jack Shar key the oldest surviving. Heavyweight Champion died wednesday at 91. German cyclists beat . Palermo Sicily a German won the world team Pursuit title by beat ing the . Men s quartet by nearly two seconds at the world track cycling championships. Nets sign dare. East Rutherford . A Center Yinka dare agreed to terms with the new Jersey nets signing a multiyear act that made him just the third first round pick of this year s draft in the fold. Rookie Alberts to miss season Indianapolis a Trev Al berts picked in the first round by the Colts in the nil draft this year will undergo surgery next week to repair a dislocated Elbow. The team said he is Likely to miss the entire season. Swedish leers Edge . Tampere Finland a mod oof Sweden beat a . Select team 5-4 in the first round of the annual Tampere up hockey tournament. Surhoff has surgery Milwaukee a . Surhoff i lost to the Milwaukee Brewers for what Ever might remain of the season after surgery to fix a lower abdominal Strain the team announced. Owners to join talks new York a talks aimed at ending the baseball strike will resume next week with the club owners taking part Federal mediators said thursday. John Calhoun Wells director of the Federal mediation and conciliation service said at a news conference that the club owners had accepted his request that they participate in the negotiations in new York and their delegation will include representatives of owners reflect ing both Large and Small Market clubs. Players and owners Are hopeful Pecan move Forward expeditiously so these joint meetings can begin next week Wells said. The negotiators Haven t met formally since last  the strike completed its first week thursday teams started to make Cut backs. The Montreal expos became the first club to announce layoffs and the new York Yankees said wednesday that More than Roalf their staff was sent on vacation. Thirty five expo employees put on vacation this week will be Laid off when their vacations end after next week. After that for the duration of the strike they will collect unemployment expo spokesman Richard Griffin said by Telephone from montreal., they re mostly in the departments like the ticket office and accounting where there going to be the least activity going on during a strike. They had been warned about the possibility a couple of months ago. They were officially notified  the Yankees sent slightly More than half of their staff of about 100 on Vaca Tion team spokesman Rob Butcher said. Butcher said the employees Are taking As much time off As they be accumulated he said the Yankees had t decided what to do with employees when vacation Send. The total of cancelled games Rose to 86 thursday Matching the 1972 strike for the second longest walkout behind 1981when 712 games were wiped out. Both sides met separately thursday inner York with Wells head of the Feder Al mediation and conciliation service wolves a Lowe Minneapolis a unable to Stop his players from bickering unable to produce enough victories unable to draw enough fans Sidney Lowe was fired Only 19 months after the Minnesota Tim be wolves made him the Aba s youngest head coach. Also swept out target Center s door wednesday As part of new owner Glen Taylor s summer housecleaning were assistant coaches Jim Brewer and Chuck Davisson. I was willing to ride with whatever general manager Jack Mccloskey s decision was said Taylor who on aug 5 agreed to buy the troubled franchise from original owners Marv Wolfenson and Harvey Ratner. Mccloskey said the team which lost 55 of Lowe s 135 games by at least 10 Points needed new direction. And he said he hoped to name Lowe s replacement soon. Mccloskey said Lowe would be re assigned As a scout. . Rider nabs Gold in sprint Palermo Sicily a Marti Nothstein is making . Cycling his tory in torrid Sicily. The american upset Michae Hubner of Germany and australian Darryn Hill in Quick succession to Winthe men s sprint title wednesday at the world track cycling championships the first american Man to capture a Gold medal in sprints since Frank Kramer s Victory at Newark,., in 1912. Nothstein s Triumph came less than three months after a left Heel injury see Complete results on p. 35 put his cycling career at risk., competing in High humidity wit temperatures of 100 degrees North Stein a 23-year-old from Allentown pa., displayed explosive Power As he beat Hubner in two of three races in the semifinals and Hill in two races inthe final Hubner a two time world Champi on who finished third in the event momentarily got the berth in the final when an International jury penalized the american after the third race in the Best of three series. Nothstein was later reinstated i first place after the jury heard an a peal by the . Team. Janie Eickhoff won the  team a Bronze in the women s Pursuit and Erin Hartwell took Silver in the time trial. Martin Northstein of Allentown pa., holds off Australia s Darryn Hill on wednesday. A the stars and stripes ports August 19,1994 Page 40 Christie again tops . Stars Zurich Switzerland a Lin Ford Christie of Britain beat top Ameri can sprinters and won the 100-Meterdash in a rain soaked Wel Klasse grand prix track meet wednesday. Americans however finished 1-2-3 inthe men s 400 meters with Derek Mills the Winner at 44.93 seconds followed by Quincy Watts at 45.03 and Steve Lewis at 45.12. Michael Johnson of the United states won the 200 meters in 20.33 seconds after fighting a Strong head wind followed by see Complete results on Page 35 Daniel Effing of Nigeria at 20.46 and Jeff Williams of the United states at20.53.there Are those people who said i too old said Christie the 34-year-old olympic Champion after finishing the 100 in 10.05 seconds under a steady drizzle. I m old but i m not  Jon Drummond who had boasted he would break the world record at Zurich was second in 10.15, and Ola Pade Adenike of Nigeria was third in10.22. 5 Leroy Burrell who set the world Markof 9.85 at Lausanne Switzerland Only a month ago finished a poor seventh at10.39 after struggling in his first heat Dennis Mitchell this season s most consistent runner with five times under 10 seconds was fourth in 10.23. The Only top american missing from the Star studded race was Carl Lewis who has often taunted Christie for avoiding a show Down with him Lewis bowed out from the Zurich meet monday because he is recovering from a stomach infection. 0"2a6850"00050411