European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes ports september 17,1994 r Page 32 Oins by the new York times Santa Clara Calif. The were joking thursday in the san fran Cisco 49ers locker room. Dream team Iii the players howled know ing the rest of the National football league was not laughing. Deion Sanders officially ended his free agent National tour when he signed a one tear $1.335 million con tract. San Francisco 49er owner car tear ranch men policy said Sanders could earn an other $750,000 if the team . Sanders who took part in a Light workout thursday morning said he hoped to play against the los Angeles rams on sunday. Sanders denied Falcon president Taylor Smith s charge that the All pro had Strung us along Andl hat the fal cons were not Given a Chance to match any offer. The Falcons said they had offered Sanders a one year contract Worth $2.8million, "1 got offers from Miami and new Orleans but i have yet to receive an offer from Atlanta said Sanders. "1gave Terrt five years to re sign in addition to Sanders the 49ers Mann the Long time Washington Redskin to the league minimum $162,000 contract. Duke swarms Over army by Tom Foreman or. Durham . A army s defensive scheme is similar to the desert swarm defense that helped Arizona dominate opponents in 1993. Duke showed that the cadets have a few flaws in their version. The Blue devils ran away to a 43-7 Vic tory on thursday night for their third straight win and Best Start since 1988. Al though the score would suggest an easy night of it not everything came easy. It was a very difficult defense to run against what we Call the Arizona pack age which is an eight Man front. You be got a lot of folks up there Duke coach. Fred Goldsmith said but we Felt like there were certain ways we could mix in Duke Only managed 123 Yards Rushing but running Back Rob Baldwin still scored three touchdowns and rushed for 83 Yards. In addition he caught six passes for 60 Yards illustrating Goldsmith s strategy to keep army off balance. Army always had a linebacker in Bald win s face. Although the offensive line sometimes would open a Hole at the line baseball still v. A on by Ben Walker a baseball writer on the Day after the season was can celeb baseball was still in business fir ing managers laying off workers refund ing tickets and making Way for football. The Kansas City royals fired manager Hal Mcra and began pulling up the a Rifici Arturo at Kauffman stadium. The new York mets said suspended Pitcher Dwight Goodwn had again failed drug tests leaving his future in. Limbo / the Pittsburgh pirates fired four front office workers and Laid off a dozen More. Fans showed up at Yar Ikee stadium and other ballparks for ticket refunds. Players began other pursuits Minnesota Catcher Derek Parks is now an assist ant coach for a girls soccer team. Umpires whose contract was to run out at the end of the season wondered about their future. All this thursday a Day after owner voted to Call off the rest of the season including the playoffs and world series following a month Long players strike. As much As anything there was uncertainty. What will happen next it s too Early said acting commissioner Bud Selig who announced the season s cancellation. We re just through that tumult Selig said baseball officials were going to consider How to play in 1995. Well Start doing that almost immediately he said. We be been thinking fonday update . Sweeps Gainesville a. A " Fred couples and Davis love Iii birdied six holes in a Row then had to hang on to Complete a 5-0 United states sweep in opening four Ball matches at the inaugural presidents cup Matching an Ameri about it the owners May soon be Able to de Clare an impasse in bargaining with play ers permitting them to impose a salary Cap. The Issue of a Cap was the Point of Contention Between the two sides there Are no new negotiations scheduled there has been talk that striking play ers might join a new league being formed by agent Dick Moss. Potentialities that have been mentioned include St. Peters Burg Fla and Buffalo n.y., places that have ballparks but no major league " every time somebody wants to Start anew league they Call Buffalo said Rob Ert Rich jr., who owns the triple a by sons and the place where they play Pilot Field. It s natural. We re not in it and we have a Beautiful stadium. But would we be burning our Bridges and potentially eliminating ourselves from consideration for a major league baseball team he said. That would be a consideration for whether Gooden will pitch again forthe mets is in doubt the mets said Gooden has committed additional violations of both his aftercare program and the commissioner s office drug a statement from major league head quarters said after the investigation has been concluded including receipt of a report from baseball s medical adviser a determination will be made regarding Gooden s can team against International players not eligible for the Ryder cup. Texan ties leaders Woburn England. A Steve Bow Man playing his last european event before of dolphins to keep it. /. -.v-. I a it of. It a of scrimmage the secondary defender closed in a hurry forcing some variations in Duke s offensive strategy. They forced you to throw the football in certain areas and be patient Gold Smith said. Duke was patient enough to let Spence Fischer open at quarterback then give Reserve Joe Pickens several series to operate. Pickens threw a touchdown pass and directed a drive that led to one of Baldwin s scores. / army 1-ij started second string quarterback Mike Makovec following a sea son ending injury to Rick Roper Las week / Makovec was the starter two years ago before injuring his left knee against North Carolina and being replaced by Roper. Miako Yec barely got into army s second offensive series before hurting his right ankle on a keeper. Third Stringer Steve Carpenter re placed him but could t help the cadets generate much offence. Only Akili King s touchdown late in the third Quarter helped army avoid the shutout. S s f f s. S a v. Pvt a v a Vav f s a or of is Fri too. Plan to a Ity mo., on grass next season if there is one
