European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 28, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 Dawes lifts Crown of Miller falters on balance beam five time olympic medallist Shannon Miller glides toward Friday s fateful dismount. By Teresa m. Walker Nashville Tenn. A Domin ique Dawes is sticking with her Story Thatcher main goal was doing Well personally and not beating two time world Champi on Shannon  goal really was t to go out and beat Shannon. I just wanted to go out and do Well. I Don t think i be broken an Barrier. I just feel very Good about it Dawes said Friday night after her firs tall around title in a head to head meet with the defending National Champion. Miller led after the compulsory is but Dawes out pointed her 78.00 77.76 for the women s All around title in the National Dawes gymnastics championships. Amanda Borden of Cincinnati was third at 76.77, Complete results on Page 30. Dawes of Gaithersburg md., closed the Gap to 0.06 Points with a 9.9 on he first vault in the opening event. The 1992 olympian took the Lead in the second event with a 9,85 on the High bars min utes after Miller scored a 9.4 on the bal Ance beam a touch of Miller s hands on her Dis mount from the beam provided Dawes with the Edge she needed. I made a mistake and i knew i had to come Back on the last two events to re deem myself Miller said. Miller from Edmond okla., re bounded from her balance beam performance with a 9.9 in floor exercise and finished with a 9.95 on her final vault. . Gymnastics Dawes Victory comes on the heels of her fifth place Finith in the world championships earlier this year. Dawes who will attend Stanford in 1995, turned in her lowest score of the night in her second vault a 9.825. She scored a 9.85 on the uneven bars and finished with a 9.925 in floor exercise. For Miller the most decorated Ameri can gymnast Ever with five olympic and seven world championship medals the meet came just Over a month after her second place finish in the Goodwill games. Before that she had won the individual title in seven straight National and International meets dating to her Silver medal performance in the 1992 olympics. Coach Steve Nunno said Miller Down played How much competing in the Goodwill games took out of her with the meet and the travel. He and Miller were Happy that Dawes won but he said the results came More from coaches Deci Sions. Shannon chose to represent her coun try and wanted to do Well in Russia. Do Minique chose not to compete at the Goodwill games and i think it showed the intelligence on both sides Nunno said. The top 20 finishers advanced to the National team with the top 16 qualifying for the world team trials in october. But fourth place finisher Jennie Thompson 13, of Oklahoma City Falls Short of theage requirement and will be replaced by Jinni Beathard of Altamonte Springs Fla. Work stoppage looming for hockey too by Jeff Gordon St. Louis Post dispatch a watershed labor dispute has shuttered major league baseball. By sept. 4, the National hockey league could be idled As Well. The similarities in the two conflicts Are Well striking. Like baseball hockey is fighting salary inflation 22 percent last season  the resources of the clubs vary considerably and the Strong clubs Don t share Revenue with the weak. Team earnings will Range from $15 Mil 4 stay unbeaten in unit softball by the stars and stripes Grafe Wohr Germany four teams skated unscathed into today s win ners bracket semifinals As the 16-team double elimination army european unit level softball championship got underway Here saturday. But the number of perfect teams will be halved beginning at 10 . Today when hic 1st army div of bad Kreuz Nach Germany takes on Hhd 94th air defense arty of Kaiserslautern Ger Many in one Semi and d Btry 319th Field arty of Vicenza Italy plays . Army element shape Belgium in the other. Lion to $50 million this season. Last sea son payrolls varied from $7 million to $20 million. Like baseball owners the hockey czars Are demanding a collective bargaining agreement that protects the smaller markets. And like their baseball Brethren hockey players Aren t ready to give Back previously negotiated rights. Other sports have significant Revenue sharing and that is the option hockey owners should use to help Small markets said Bob Goodenow executive director of the nil players association. Owners should redistribute reve  the owners disagree and Are pushing nil commissioner Gary Bettman to lock the players out of training if a new contract in t in place. With negotiations going nowhere the Odds of a work Stop Page grow daily. To watch another sport go through it right now and to think we re closing in on that is not the most exciting thing to think about new York Ranger de Senseman Brian Leetch said. In some ways hockey s problems Are even greater than baseball a nil National television Revenue is minuscule about $2 million a year per team and that provides no help for the have not franchises. In addition Canadian clubs Are saddled with a 30-percent monetary Exchange rate that drives up costs. When Edmonton Oiler Center Scott Thornton signed a free agent offer Sheet for $400,000 a year with los Angeles it meant Edmonton would have to pay $540,000 a year to match it. Distributed by Scripp Howard Newt service August 29 september 4 mon29 tee opens 1100 tue30 ladies Day tee closed 0300-1000 wed 31 open play 0700 thu1 unit tournament tee closed until 1330 fri2 open play from 0700 sat 3 Reinta club championship t-t1mes Avail. Sun 4 sheintal club championship to times Avail jackets 20% off