European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Skates of new York a nil teams Are allowing players to prac Tice without playing games. The players Are saying no thanks. They have vowed not to lace up their skates until the season begin Sand if monday was any indication their Blades Are going to get Rusty. No nil player will go on thrice for two weeks not even to skate in their own backyard Pat Verbeek of the Hartford whalers said. Put the gear in the basement and leave it there. We want to show owners How serious we Are about them Locking us out of the season. Who says after two weeks there won t be an other postponement Arenas were made available for players if they wanted Tojo Park out on their own. Players showed up in some cities Only to gather things from their lockers. Monday was to re Day 3 of the 1994-95 schedule. So far 16 game shave been postponed. Gong May renew hearings on baseball by Ronald Blum new York a on the Day after the season was supposed to end the head of a congressional committee said he would hold renewed hearings on baseball if the strike in t settled when legislators return in january. Rep. Pat Williams the Montana Democrat who chairs the House committee on education and labor held a hearing last week on his Bill to impose binding arbitration on players and owners. I think it s Likely the House will Likely pass either or both antitrust legislation or binding arbitration legislation if we have seen no action by january Williams said in a Telephone interview. The House judiciary committee last week passed legislation that would have partially removed the owners antitrust exemption but the Effort to pass a Simi Lar Bill in the Senate ended Friday. Of " Congress is set to adjourn this Friday but several legislators said both sides should interpret the debate As a Wake up Call and predicted some kind of action if the strike is still on when Lawman the stars and stripes october 1994 Page 36 ers return Jan. 3. I believe the House absolutely will take action if nothing s changed by the time it returns said Williams who chaired last week s hearing of the labor management subcommittee i be Learned not to predict what the Senate will  no talks Are scheduled to end the strike which went through its 54th Day tuesday when the expanded playoffs were to begin. Owners negotiator Rich Ard Ravitch was visiting his son in eng land and acting commissioner Bud Selig said he was t sure if Ravitch will return this week. Union head Donald Fehr who Las week completed a seven City tour to up Date players was Back in his new York office monday. Fehr probably will visit puerto Rico and the dominican Republic next week to give further updates to play ers. Owners Are expected to meet in de troit during the week of oct. 17 to discus show they will proceed next season. I m not sure Well meet but if we do it la be in that time Range Selig said monday. The Union expects owners to impose a salary Cap management s right unde labor Law. The probable result of that Wil Liams said is that the impasse will continue and there will be no serious negotiations or breakthroughs that enhances the likelihood the Congress will  Prim e time a revives see Ier a by Alan Robinson Pittsburgh a forget Dejo Sanders the Pittsburgh Steeles Are the nil s True prime time players the Steeles reversed a season Long succession of bad starts turning Barry Foster s 115 Yards and the helpless hous ton oilers numerous mistakes int Points on their first four possessions and a 30-14 Romp monday night. Kevin Greene recovered two of four first half fumbles by harried quarterback Cody Carlson and Bucky Richardson and the Steeler continued to Excel on monday bolting to leads of 20-0 inthe first Quarter and 30-0 in the Sec Ond half. The Steeles 3-2now 5-0 on mondays under coach Bill Cowher were working on their third Succes Etc a Siye monday night shutout at Home until Richardson threw two touchdown passes in the final 9 11. R we re Tough on mondays if we could play every game on monday we d 80. To the super bowl wide receiver Andre Hastings said. The defense was relentless and the. Offence did t Mes around like we usually  the Steeles had been outscored 24-3m the first Quarter and trailed in All four games by. At least 10 Points but this night Houston 1-4 never had a Chance Foster had 100 Yards by the first min Ute of the second half and Neil o Don Nell shrugged off his worst nil Start with a pair of big play first Down passes in theste Elers fourth monday night Victory in the  seasons. ,. Greene. Pittsburgh s Barry Foster 29 is stopped by Houston s Glen Montgomery monday. J definitely pumped us up. When i m get Ting Tso Anahy Yards untouched like i was you know i m getting great  the Steeles defense which seems to play off Cowher s Rah Rah intensity on _ monday nights forced a Heaten up Carl son 3-for-7,18 Yards out of the game in the second Quarter. He s got a sore shoulder and a broken nose and was wearing a face shield and we knew he d be real cautious linebacker Greg Lloyd said. We did a Good Job of disrupting  a rattled Richardson was t much bet Ter fumbling two of his first three snaps but it was already 20-0 by then and it hardly mattered. The oilers did t score until Richardson pass plays of 76 Yards to Ernest Givins and 2 Yards to Haywood Jeffires after Rookie Bam morris7 1-Yard to run made it 30-0. It was probably a mistake to Start Carlson oilers coach Jack Pardee isaid. Our Protection was t very Good so 1 got him out of  l the free agent depleted oilers Are 1-4for the second straight season but off monday s Effort it s not Likely they la duplicate 1993 by winning their final 11. Our Talent level is Down from what twas last year safety Marcus Robertson  5 /.v--. ". Robertson arid linebacker Al Smith exchanged words after Robertson complained the defensive line was incapable of stopping the run. The oilers have the nil s third worst Rushing defense. Don t be pointing the Finger at me Smith yelled to Robertson. But what saved the Steeles Waso Donnell did t replay his dreadful four interception Day in a 30-13 loss in Seattle. With Foster dragging oilers de fenders with him on a succession of big Ains o Donnell passed sparingly but it to actively 9-for-17 for-154 Yards a touch Down and no interceptions. 0ii246850"00050411