European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Players make their pitch off ". To As owners we by Ronald Blum new York a with the Fate of the world series due to be decided Fri Day acting commissioner Bud Selig arrived to join the baseball talks. Racing against Friday s deadline Forca celing the rest f the season striking players delivered a taxation plan to owners thursday and hoped it would be accepted in place of a salary Cap. Management s six person bargaining team spent Friday morning at the com missioner s office analysing the proposal and Selig joined them at midday. The sides then scheduled a bargaining session Friday afternoon.  Selig the Milwaukee Brewer owner stayed away from the talks until now say ing he would enter them at the time he believed appropriate. The strike began its fifth week Friday. A management source speaking on the condition he not be identified said among the topics the owners discussed was whether to reject the proposal or ask for further discussion. The feeling of the executive Council is that if nothing meaningful has happened then we should Call the rest of the season off Philadelphia Phillies owner Bill Giles who heard details of the proposal from reporters said thursday night. The players plan Calls for a Ivz-2 per cent payroll tax a v/2-2 percent tax on Revenue and for clubs to split 25 percent of Gate receipts sources said sixteen clubs would contribute tax Revenue to the other 12, sources said. The Union suggested that clubs be required to maintain minimum payroll lev Els and that teams be prohibited from receiving Money under the tax plan for More than three consecutive years. It was unclear if enough clubs were inclined to accept a Deal without the salary Cap owners have been demanding. The role of management negotiator Richard Ravitch the Cap s most vocal advocate has waned in recent Days As Colorado owner Jerry Mcmorris and Boston chief executive officer John Harrington have become More involved. Twenty one teams must approve a settlement meaning any plan must have Broad based support. If owners Aren t inclined to accept a Deal based on the framework players presented the world series probably will be cancelled for the first time since 1904. To go without a postseason would be devastating to the game los Angele dodgers outfielder Brett Butler said. Nobody is going to win and nobody is winning right  Selig said thursday his deadline for calling off the remainder of the season still  " everything is As it been All along Selig said in a Telephone interview from his Milwaukee office. If there were a Deal Friday players probably would return to the Field a sept. 16 or sept. 19, depending on How Many Days of workouts the. Sides agree to.  Harrington said after the players 30 minute presentation that he Hopes the proposal will Lead to More  Fehr said players would t agree to any Large tax that might be inhibiting in the free agent Market. He said the plan did t alter the Basic Structure of free Agency and salary arbitration. The proposal according to the Union the stars and stripes ports september 10,1994 r Page 32 is based on a framework similar to the Revenue sharing agreement owner adopted last january. Instead of a salary Cap however it includes a taxation concept in which clubs could have any pay Roll they wanted but the 16 with the highest Revenue would be forced to share the tax with the other 12. Currently american league team share 20 percent of their Gate receipts while National league teams share just43 cents per ticket which amounts to about 4 percent. Fehr said the Union s new ideas stemmed from additional information owners provided to players last saturday. The Union said Ravitch had withheld in formation previously leading the Union to believe fewer teams would receive smaller amounts of Money. Uninspired huskers Ove r r u n red re i d e is Lubbock Texas a although it was t a performance for the Ages twas Vintage Nebraska football. We just ran the Ball. Old traditional Nebraska football run it Down their Throat quarterback Tommie Frazier said after scoring twice and throwing for a touchdown in the top ranked Corn huskers 42-16 Victory Over  tech on thursday night. Lawrence Phillips ran for 175 of Nebraska s 524 Yards and scored two ads in the third period As the  away after tech 1-1 Cut it to 14-9 soon after halftime. We played Good football but we did t play inspired football Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said. I think the Layoff took a Little Edge off. Probably we weren t As Sharp As we should have  Nebraska 2-0 had t played since routing West Virginia 31-0 in the Kickoff classic on aug. 27. Irish a a Sticks to business see Page 30 i Don t know if i be Ever seen a Tea that stronger and better prepared Texas tech coach Spike Dykes said. Twas really disheartening to be in there for awhile and4hen.lose it it was defense that kept Texas tech within reach of Nebraska until Midway through the third Quarter. The unit led by linebacker Zach Thomas sacked Fra Zier once and chalked up four tackles for  played Good at times and then the next Quarter you Don t know what Hap pens Thomas said. I think we lost our poise a Little , who ran for 84 Yards and threw for 88, gave Nebraska a 7-0 Lead just 2 01 into the game when he sprinted 58 Yards Down the right sideline. Friday update Nebraska split end Reggie Baul pulls away thursday from Texas tech s Jeff Wood. Dutch pair wins doubles new York a Jacco Entingh and Paul Laarhuis of the Netherlands won the . Open men s doubles championship Friday defeating australians Todd Woodbridge and Mark woodforde6-3,7-6 7-1. In a women s semifinal Steffi Graf beat Jana Novotna 6-3,7-5. See earlier Story on Page 30 cubs hire Mcphail Minneapolis a Andy Mac Phail will leave his Job As general manager of the Minnesota twins to run the Chicago cubs both teams confirmed. Ottey beats russian London a Merlene Ottey of Jamaica beat russian rival Irina Privalova in the women s 200 meters at the world cup track and Field meet. Ottey pulled away in the straight and won easily in 22.23 seconds the fourth fastest time of the year and the Best Ever in Britain. 49er Barton out 10 weeks Santa Clara Calif. A  49er All pro right tackle Harris Barton had surgery to repair a torn triceps Tendon in his left Arm and will do sidelined about 10 weeks