European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 the stars and stripes sports wednesday August 31 1994 . Olympic hurdler Edwin Moses carries Torch at Ioc Centennial Congress in Paris. Discussions environment by Stephen Vilson Paris a the Ioc s Centennial Congress opened tuesday with Calls for the olympic movement to take further Steps to protect the environment. French environment minister Michel Barnier proposed that the Ioc create permanent committee devoted to ensuring that the olympics do not destroy their surroundings. The olympic games can be an Opportunity to embellish a Region As was clearly demonstrated by Lillehammer and Norway at the 1994 Winter games and As is illustrated by the project developed by the City of Sydney which will Host the games in the year 2000," Barnier said. One of the issues that  discussed at the Congress is doping. Several cases have emerged in recent Days the International olympic commit tee medical chief confirmed that documents detailing several positive drug tests at the 1984 los Angeles olympics were destroyed before they could be acted upon. Horace Dove Edwia the Sierra Leone sprinter who finished a surprising second behind Linford Christie in the 100 meters atthe Commonwealth games in Canada tested positive for steroids and was stripped of his Silver medal. The French cycling federation a ecu. De 4-time tour de France Winner Miguel Indurai of taking a banned substance but the Ioc and the cycling federation cleared him of any wrongdoing British diver Tony a was suspended for six months by the International swim Ming federation for refusing to take a random drug test. The Ioc session following the con Gress is expected to adopt a new medical code which is designed to clarify and standardize All rules related to the anti doping fight. The Ioc brokered an agreement ear Lier this be r with International federations to unify All doping regulations and sanctions however the soccer cycling and Tennis federations still have not fully  Case of the missing drug tests from the 1984 los Angeles games was addressed for the first time monday by the Man who was and still is in charge of the Ioc s medical commission Prince Alex Andre de  erode confirmed that five or possibly six positive tests from the final Days or the games were reported to him. The Day after the closing ceremony. He denied a bbl television report that there were nine positive tests. I called the organizing committee and was told you must understand. You Are in the United states. The games refinished everything is finished " de me Rode  next morning de erode went to the organizing committee headquarter Sto find out what happened. He said he was first told by a committee official Tony Daly that the drug test documents were being flown to Ioc Headquarters in Lausanne Switzerland. After de erode said he would get on the next plane to Lausanne to study the tests Daly changed his Story. I must Tell the truth de erode quoted him As saying. Everything was destroyed in the paper shredder. We Are sorry but we can t produce anything from your Dourn enter. I apologize but we can not do  de erode said he considered the Epi Sode an honest mistake. I Don t believe it was intentional be cause it s certainly not in their interest he said. Population limit equalized la setup Williat sport a. A a Rule change made after Little league baseball stripped the Philippines of its 1992 world series title proved to be the great equal Izer in the world s largest youth baseball tournament. A dozen of this year s games were decided by three runs or less including saturday s rain soaked championship game which Maracaibo Venezuela won 4-3 Over the . , Calif. The closest games we be been playing Are in this tournament Northridge manager Larry Baca said be fore the final. Northridge won its 17 pre world series games by an average score of 13-2. At Williamsport it won games by scores of 6-4, 2-0 and 3-0, and lost 4-2 and 4-3. Many americans grew tired of watching Taiwan come to Williamsport and win title after title 15 be tween 1969 and 1991often by scores in double digits. Around the time of the philippine scandal which involved Over age and ineligible players Little league baseball realized that a Rule Basing leagues on the Geo graphic boundaries of school districts gave some areas a Siab a in Wantage. Since the learns Are essentially All Star teams of a particular league the More players to draw from the better its chances. While most american elementary schools have fewer than 1,000 students some in Taiwan had More than six times that Hale said. We told them Tor every 1,000 students you have to have a separate league Hale said. Last year s Tai wan team did t comply and was ousted from Williams port before it got Here. So were teams from Japan and South Korea. The 1,000-student Rule applies to All leagues not just those overseas. If an american school District has 1,100 students it can t Supply players to just one local league. The result this year was the series Best Ever Hale said. The Competition is More equitable than Ever be fore. The defensive play has been exceptional Hale said. The teams Are Well coached they know How to Field Well and know what to do with the Ball after they get  while there is still the occasional Blowout there s no longer game after game of 24-0, 21-1 or 17-0 scores especially in the International bracket. The biggest margin in 1994 world series games was nine when Vene Uela beat saudi Arabia 10-1 for the International championship. The biggest spread in the . Division was an 11-5middleboro,. Mass., Victory Over Brooklyn Center mich., when Middleboro still had a Chance for a semifinal spot. And lab now openly talks when it enforces other rules. Hale said saturday that Northridge had to drop player when because of the january earthquake he had two different addresses during the year. When he moved out of the area during the summer he was Dis qualified. And Middleboro mass., came to the tournament without its original coaches because the team played in an unsanctioned tournament Hale said. The Only other option was to suspend the team but Hale said Little league did t want to penalize the players for their coaches mistake. The championships coaches Baca and Venezuela s Ramon Dias also said that in addition to the Rule change making Competition More even the Talent at this year s series was much better than before. The Quality of the baseball is improving i be found that the kids Are learning about things about baseball that i did t learn until High school Baca said. Northridge receives heroes Welcome Home a Nahum i ii if at1north Edge s  Champion tattle la guess Vic to welcomed As Croe in a Shower of con fam monday As they roue Down disc slant s nuni Street t s a Juring a Paiuk in their Honor i us Lippoi Neil of  to v e  if  1 i Jiuu league ,.iid  of Kronen a the  of c  kid  Kaiui a cd to i View i of  Hui he a a k Guc i Many of them were parents wearing it s like you re in the pros Catcher going along and getting stronger Baca North dec All Star i shirts and Caps Matt Cunningham said All the press said the 14 players came to Umboh a the Ali Eis accompanied by Mickey wants to talk to u not Rusk a s. 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