European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes ports december 7,1994 r Page 36 on 7 Ismail delivers for raiders los Angeles Raider receiver Raghib Ismail pulls away from san pass from Jeff Hosteller in the fourth Quarter As the raiders Diego chargers defender Stanley Richards for a second Quarter knocked off the first place chargers 2447 to stay alive in the touchdown monday night Ismail caught another touchdown nil playoff picture. See Story on Page 34 by the associated press Tennessee is proving to be a deserving no. 1 in the associated press women s basketball poll. /. In four games the lady vols have Defeated two top ten teams and crushed two a ranked foes. Monday they were a Complete listing of ranked teams Page 29 unanimous Choice for no. 1 by a nation wide Media panel for the third straight week. _.   " Tennessee does have a new challenger in the no. 2 spot after disposing of the team that used to be there. Connecticu moved into that position in place of Stan Ford which lost to Tennessee 105-69 i Knoxville and dropped to fifth. Connecticut was third last week. No. 3louisiana tech and no. 4 North Carolina moved up one spot each. The lady vols taking All 31 first place votes for 775 Points were to take on no 15 Purdue tuesday night. Major leagues sticking together  by Ben Walker Atlanta a Roger Clemens Cecil fielder and 76 other striking play ers vowed monday never to give in to owners even if it Means sitting out next season and possibly riot playing again. In the largest meeting of major leagues since the strike began aug. 12, players opened a three Day session by re iterating their Solidarity. We will never Back Down Texas Pitcher Kevin Brown said. A there s a Good Chance at this Point that we re not going to be playing base Ball in 1995," Milwaukee Pitcher Bob Scanlan Staicu i have to make decisions based on this  Clemens and new York mets Pitcher John Franco said players also talked about the Chance that the strike would wipe out their careers. We re prepared to do whatever intakes said Clemens Boston s three time by Young award Winner. Whether it s rhetoric or the real thing players came out of their five hour meet ing talking Tough. And once again there was not a single crack in the Union stance. In recent weeks even manage ment officials have complimented the Union s unified Public front. I think the meeting made us much Clemens fielder More solid Atlanta outfielder David Justice said. We have to hand out a lot of  we have to work we have to work mets third baseman Bobby Bonilla  s going to get worse before it gets bet Terr people Are going to have to under stand  Union head Donald Fehr said much of the week will be spent developing a counterproposal to the owners payroll tax plan of nov. 17. The sides Are schedule to resume negotiations Friday in Rye Brook n.y., but some players said the did not think it made any difference what new offer was made. Whatever we come up with i Don t thin kit matters Atlanta s Jeff Blauser said. I think they be already shown that they be had in mind to impose the salary  owners who postponed a meeting scheduled for monday Are now planning to meet late next week probably thurs Day in Chicago. They say they will impose their own system which includes a Cap and the elimination of salary arbitration if there is no settlement by then. Fehr said the owners tax plan which Calls for an escalating rate is not Likely to provide the framework to reach  owners also have talked about starting next season with replacement players. " if they do Roger Clemens Ain t going to be there and there Ain t going to be a whole lot of other players there either Clemens said. Atlanta Pitcher Tom Glavine admitted Tew major leagues May play As strike Breakers although. Kansas City Ditche Rdavid Cone did t seem to believe Loo Many would. Certainly the stigma that you re going to carry for the rest of your career maybe the rest of your life is enough Cone said. Fehr and others again strongly disputed a notion recently floated by owner that a Large number of Lii tin players would break ranks from the Union such suggestions Are offensive feh said. Players from every team except the Sanfrancisco giants were represented. There were players near the end of their careers such As Ozzie Smith of St. Louis and younger ones such As Al Rookie of the year Bob Hamelin of Kansas City. I think we got an even better Bond on what we have fielder said. Union leaders had Little reaction to the announcement that Richard Ravitch who had been management s chief Labo negotiator for three years would resign when his contract expired dec. 31. Tuesday update mediator opposes salary Cap Atlanta a major league baseball owners should not impose a Sal Ary Cap and should allow bargaining to continue mediator . Usery said tues Day after meeting with More than 80 striking players. Nil free Agency upheld St. Louis a the nil s free Agency system was Given the Blessing of a Federal court on tuesday. The 8th . Circuit court of appeals rejected an a peal by 26 players and upheld a Federal judge s approval last year of a Legal settlement that created the system. 0"246850"000504