European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes ports october 8,1994 Page 36 royals choose Boone Kansas City to. Apr Bob Boone was hired Friday As manager of the Kansas City royals. Boone a Catcher in the major leagues for 18 seasons signed a two year Deal. He replaced Hal Mcrae fired the Day after the rest of the strike interrupted season was called off by the club owners. A a it a been a dream that i had Ever since 1 got to the major leagues to be a manager a Boone said. Quot every game i would look at what happened and ask myself what would i do in that situation the announcement was made Friday morning at a Kauffman stadium news conference by Royal president and general manager Herk Robinson who called Boone a a natural born  the royals Hope to Cut their $40 million payroll and embark on a youth movement next season by relying heavily on their minor league prospects. Robinson said earlier the royals needed a manager with better communication skills than the volatile Mcrae. Mcrae became known for an incident in his office two years ago in which a sports writer was struck by a thrown object and another tirade this year in which he called Royal fans stupid for questioning a pitching change. Boone a Bench coach with the Cincinnati reds finished his career with the royals in 1990 after playing for the Philadelphia Phillies and California Angels. He will manage a team that has suf of Rcd the death of owner and founder Ewing Kauffman and the retirement of franchise player George Brett within a year. It is a club struggling to find a new identity All the Way Down to tearing up its artificial turf and planting grass. Kansas state running Back Ujj. Smith right and Kansas safety Wamic Lassiter mix it up in first half thursday. A state has a Ball wildcats finally win again in Lawrence by Doug Tucker Lawrence Kan. A no. 19 Kansas state which never used to win anywhere is Good enough now to rip Down goalposts on the Road. Minutes after Chad May a 379 passing Yards led a state past Kansas 21-13 for the wildcats first Victory in Lawrence in 25 years a states poured onto the Field aha dismantled the North goal Post. The largely pro Kansas crowd of More than 48, could Only sit and watch. A i did no to see it because 1 was in the Middle of the Celebration a  running Back . Smith. A i just think our fans were hyped. Things Are changing around. We Tore them up. 1 guess they just thought they had to tear something up. A a a a a. A Quot in a sorry it happened a Kansas state coach Bill Snyder said. May 13-2-1 ask states starter befuddled the Jay Hawks with Post patterns crossing patterns screen passes shovel passes and bombs. At halftime the wild air Force refines its attack Navy simplifies a Page 34 cats 4-0 had 1 Yard Rushing 271 passing and a 14-0 Lead. It was the seventh time in his career that the 6-foot-2, 220-Pound senior had thrown for More than 300 Yards. He hit. 33-of-44 and had three dropped. Quot we re just not clicking now a Kansas defensive Back Gerald Mcburrows said. Quot we have the athletic ability. Its just not  driving into the Teeth of a powerful wind in the third Quarter May engineered an 80-Yard drive that consumed 8 40 and gave the wildcats a 21-0 Lead Over their Arch rivals. A a we be lacked respect around Here and this program has t been that Good a May said. A a we re just now starting to get a Little respect i think everybody a starting to recognize this Quot. Kansas 3-2which came into the game ranked 76th nationally in pass defense scored twice in the fourth period to make it interesting. Mark Sanders capped a 66-Yard March with a 1-Yard run to bring Kansas to 21-7 Down 1 51 into the fourth period. With 6 28 left Ashaundo Smith got behind the a state secondary and went 51 Yards with Ashiki Preston a Short pass. Defensive end Nyle Wiren intercepted the 2-Point conversion try. After a scoreless first Quarter May hit 7-of-9 passes for 79 Yards in a 69-Yard scoring drive. The wildcats were twice flagged for 5-Yard penalties before . Smith took May a shovel pass on the 8 and squirmed across the goal line with 11 17 left in the half. A 15-Yard face mask penalty let Kansas state Start its next Possession on the Kansas 38. On third-and-9, May hit Tyson Schwieger for 15 Yards to the 22, then hooked up with Kevin Lockett for 11-and 10-Yard gains to the 1. Smith carried Over from the 1.Florida court axes Tallahassee Fla. A the Florida supreme court struck Down almost All of baseball a 72-year-old antitrust exemption thursday with one jus Tice saying it defied Legal logic and common sense. In a 5-1 decision written by Justice major Harding the court said baseball a exemption applies Only to the Reserve system not the Overall business of the sport. The ruling clears the Way for Florida attorney general Bob Butterworth to investigate whether National league owners conspired in 1992 to keep the san Francisco giants from moving to St. Petersburg Fla. It also May enable  association to file an antitrust suit against owners in Florida. And it May Lead to lawsuits challenging baseball a rules on franchise  any holding which begins to apply the Laws that applies to everybody else to the owners Are significant Steps in the right direction a Union head Donald Fehr said. The courts decision was limited to butter Worth a investigation. But Justice Ben Overton suggested baseball a antitrust exemption had outlived its usefulness and urged the . Supreme court to review it. A while we Are disappointed by the decision we note As the court itself noted that the state court opinion is contrary to the great weight of Federal court authority on the matter a said Thomas Ostertag general counsel to the commissioners office. A we will consider whether to seek review by the . Supreme  the . Supreme court created the antitrust exemption in 1922 and affirmed it in 1953 and 1972. The 1972 Case dealt with Curt floods Challenge to the Reserve clause which bound players to their teams until they were released. Although flood lost in court the Reserve clause was overturned in 1975 by arbitrator Peter Seitz in a Case brought by pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dave Mcnally and was replaced by a system that includes free Agency. A times have changed significantly since the exemption was initially created a Overton said. A several other professional sports now operate in a manner similar to professional baseball but do not enjoy a similar antitrust exemption. Why one professional sport would have a judicially created antitrust exemption is a question that defies Legal logic and common sense.�?�246850, 00