European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Huang Chien Feng right of the Taiwan Little league team slides safely Back into first base As Akul Nishawala tries to make the tag for saudi Arabia. Feng was Al let s face it he s Safe most caught off base when a teammate lined out to an infield or in the second inning of wednesday s Little league world series game at Williamsport a. Saudi Arabia eliminated Taiwan with a 3-2 Victory and moved into thursday night s semifinals against Venezuela. See Page 38 for More on the world series. Talks break off by Ronald Blum new York a negotiations be tween striking players and baseball own ers broke off thursday and no new talks were scheduled dimming prospects that mediators can help end the two week old walkout quickly. People did t walk put saying Well never talk to you again " Union head Donald Fehr said after today s session broke off. But clearly Liere was nothing else to say Richard Ray itch Lead negotiator for the owners said that when talks resume they May involve smaller delegations from each Side. At this Point perhaps there Are other ways of getting 4l�is negotiation moving and we Are going to try those Ravitc said. V. John Calhoun Wells director of the Federal mediation and conciliation service said the talks had been recessed subject to Call but Ravitch said Wells would remain in new York. Fehr said talks would t resume for some significant time at  Philadelphia Phillie Pitcher Curt Schil Ling who sat in on the session with 13 other players saw Little Hope for a Quick settlement. It s just my opinion but i Don t think there is going to be any More baseball played this year he  sides met together for under 90 minutes but people broke off into Small conversations at times. Fehr said owners made no movement off their salary Cap proposal and said he thought they were staying with it because they plan to impose it after the season. Federal Law says a Side  impose Only its final offer pre Vious to impasse. Nothing the players say or do is going to make a difference except to say of please give us a salary Cap Fehr said. The owners feel a salary Cap dwarfs All other considerations. Underline Dwarf and add an explanation  with owners at the bargaining table for the first time each Side spent about two hours wednesday explaining their positions. When talks resumed thursday Ravitch continued to argue for a salary Cap. The owners concur that they can t continue to play Ball under the old rules Raviteh said. The strike reached 14 Days thursday and matched the11972 walkout for length although that one cancelled Only 86, this one already has wiped out 181, eight per cent of the season s total. To Butress their arguments players on wednesday released a report by Stanford economics professor Roger Noll who examined baseball finances for the Union and concluded the claim of widespread disaster in the sport is pure  according to the report Noll said teams underestimated Revenue by As much As $140 million in 1994. However his statement that Revenue is increasing faster than salaries is True Only for 1992 93. From 1989-93, player salaries double while Revenue increased 50 percent. John Harrington chief executive offi cer of the Boston red sox called it a very biased report that was a Side show and a  baseball s eighth work stoppage since 1972 was caused when owners threatened to unilaterally impose a salary Cap after this season. Players struck to Force an agreement with free Agency and salary arbitration which have helped the aver age salary escalate from More than $51,000 in 1976 to almost $1.2 million on opening Day this year. We made it pretty Clear our feeling about the Cap Paul Molitor of the to Ronto Blue jays said about wednesday session. As Long As it s there we feel it will be a stumbling Block to baseball being played the rest of this year an who knows How Long after  both sides said it was healthy for Al the opinions to be expressed. Fehr said there was some shouting. There was some venting Harrington said adding it was Good for the sides to say thing s eyeball to eyeball to  the stars and stripes ports August 26,1994 Page 40 thursday update Venezuela 10, saudi Arabia 1 Williamsport a. A Erik Villa Dolos and Eduaro Ferrer hit two run homers in the first in Ning As Venezuela eliminated saudi Arabia from the Little league world series. " spurs land Malone san Antonio a three time Aba map Moses Malone signed with the san Antonio spurs. Bugs culverhouse Dies Tampa Fla. A Hugh culverhouse the Only owner the Tampa Bay buccaneers Ever had died at 75 of lung cancer. I i in vow v a a a " i j la i try All Chi or a -v4 is it a. 1 1"\.j h of it " \ ? a to i Jim  j a  _ _. -. _. It 0"246850"000504"