European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Re a the stars and stripes ports october 13,1994 r Page 36 million men Robinson facing a Flat no Fehr rejects Cuba series with strikers san Juan puerto Rico a striking major leagues will not be allowed to play cubans National team in a series that tentatively had been planned for later this month Union head Donald Fehr said wednesday. Cuban baseball commissioner Domingo Zabala said last week he planned to bring cubans team one of the worlds rangers fire manager a Page 35 baseball powerhouses to the . For four games against teams from the major league baseball players association. Zabala said games were planned for oct. 24-31 in Baltimore Texas Atlanta and Tampa Fla., with two games each against players from the National and american leagues. He said tour would follow a tournament oct. 21-23 in the dominican Republic against venezuelan and dominican professional teams. But Fehr said major leagues needed the permission of team owners to play and the owners Hadnot Given the go ahead. The players Union wont push for approval because it has a bigger worry a negotiating an end to the strike. Milwaukee a the Man with the Check Book says the Milwaukee Bucks Arentt going to make no. 1 draft pick Glenn Robinson a $100 million Man. . Sen. Herb Kohl d-wis., who owns the team answered with a Flat a a not when asked that question tuesday a i was thinking of saying to or. ,-til Tell you what. Ill take your contract and you can have my franchise a a Kohl said during a Campaign news con frence. A a Robinson who led the nation in scoring last season with Purdue has been a no show at Bucks training Camp which began Friday. Contract negotiations re Mai cd at an impasse tuesday night with no end in sight. A fall i can say is he has the right to say what he wants to say a Robinsons agent Charles Tucker said when told of Kohls comments. A a there a nothing wrong with that. All 1 want to do is get a Good contract done. A i done to have anything negative to say about it.�?�. A a a meanwhile the Bucks sighed 6-foot-11 Center Eric Mobley the 18th pick in the draft to a four year contract Worth a reported $4.64 million. Mobley averaged 13.7 Points 8.8 rebounds Ana 2.8 blocks last season for Pittsburgh. Tucker declined to say what his salary goal is for Robinson but said the two sides talked monday and a Well probably talk some More  the Bucks reportedly have offered a nine year contract Worth about $59 million a guaranteed figure the team contends generously exceeds this years Market value. The team would be willing to agree to a 10-year, $70.5 million Deal various sources have  Tucker Hasni to confirmed he is seeking a $100 million contract he has said he wants a lifetime Deal for Robinson. Various reports have put Tucker a proposal at 13 to 15 years and Topping $100 million. Glenn Robinson Anemee Hardaway. A. A a. 4 a a. A a a a a Hardaway shoots for no. I Orlando Fla. A holdout Orlando magic guard Anfernee Hardaway wants a Long term contract Worth an estimated $100 million according to a published report. The second year player also wants a $5 million annual salary which would be the teams highest the Orlando Sentinel said in wednesdays editions. Hardaway paid about $1.2 million As a Rookie exercised his right to become a restricted free agent after last season. Shaquille of Neal is currently the teams highest paid player with a $4.8 million annual salary. To jump Start stalled contract negotiations Hardaway a agents Carl and Kevin Poston have scheduled meetings with the teams management a any time you can meet face to face it is a positive sign Quot magic president Bob Vander Weide said. A both sides should Benefit from their coming to town. A i Haven to heard anything yet that suggests this is something that could take a Long time to  in hockey lockout nil commissioner Gary Beltman prepares to speak to reporters tuesday. By Ken Rappoport new York a the no la a opening Day is already lost. Now the season May be in danger too. A at this Point you would have to be Lieve it might last All year a Boston Bruins general manager Harry Sinden said of the labor lockout that has Frozen the nil. A a a negotiators for the league. And the nil players association Are dug in for what looked like a Long Battle following tuesdays announcement that owners had rejected the players latest proposal for a new labor contract. That meant no hockey on saturday a the projected starting Date for the delayed season a and probably not for a while thereafter nil commissioner Gary Bettman had hoped to open the season after postponing the original opening Day on oct. 1 in Hopes of working out a new contract. But All Hopes of meeting the saturday target Date vanished tuesday when the owners slapped aside the players proposal. No new negotiations were immediately planned a frankly it was the boards View that the proposal was in fact a step backward a Bettman said a its Clear that the Union is Najt interested in doing anything other than preserving the status  Union Boss Bob Goodenow who made the proposal monday said the owners made an a unfortunate decision in rejecting the offer. He predicted a fight like the one that has paralysed baseball since players in that sport struck aug. 12. A we see Little reason for Hope a Good Enow staid. A the nil is not interested in the fans the game or the Small Market clubs. They Are committed to Only one thing a major fight with the  asked How Long that fight might take Goodenow said a it could be months or a  Many from management a Side believe the same thing. A i hoped there would be hockey by the end of october a new York rangers general manager Neil Smith said. A it sure does no to look like it even for someone like me who a usually  Bettman was obviously distressed by the situation and especially disappointed in the unions posture in the negotiations. A the Board was a Little baffled Over the course of conduct of the Union Over the last 10 Days with inexplicable delays m meetings and delays in putting together proposals a said Bettman unshaven and looking Haggard following a session with the Union in Toronto on monday and a Quick flight to new York for tuesday s meeting with the Board of governors. More than 50 team representatives were in new York for the meeting