European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A we hts Fiji big Swap astros padres make 7 2-p/ayer Cap Trade snap snap snap Colorado state quarterback Anthoney Hill May look like he s Riding a grocery cart but he s taking warm up snaps from machine during practice for Friday night s to Day bowl in san Diego. The rams take on the Michigan wolverines in a game that will be shown on an television at 3 . Get saturday. By Ben Walker a baseball writer the salary shift has started. The Houston astros one of Many teams that needs to Cut its payroll under the new Cap system and the san Diego padres one of the few clubs that can afford to boost its budget traded 12 players and millions of dollars wednesday. The Deal was baseball s biggest Swap in 37 years. And no Surprise it came Only five Days after owners imposed their new financial system including a salary Cap. Key to the Trade was Houston sending third baseman Ken Caminiti set to make$4.35 million next season if the strike is settled and Center fielder Steve Finley scheduled to get $4.25 million to san  astros need to trim $1.62 million under the new financial rules. They recently traded High priced Pitcher Pete Harnisch to the new York acts who then released him but also signed no map Jeff Bagwell to a 4-year, $27.5 Mil lion  padres had the lowest payroll in the majors last season at $13.77 million they could increase it by $20 million an still of under their allowed limit. I think it s a Cap Trade All the Way said Tommy Tanzer Finley s agent. Until each team gets As close in salary to each other As possible these Are the types of moves we re going to see he said. San Diego gets the players and the salaries. Houston gets rid of the salaries. That s All they did meanwhile look for More teams tomake similar trades trying to adjust their payrolls. Of course it s Uncertain whether the Cap system will withstand a Lega Challenge by the players and whether those major leagues will remain on strike As Spring training approaches. Along with Caminiti and Finley the astros traded infielders Andujar cd Denland Roberto Petagine and Pitcher Brian Williams plus a minor leaguer to be named. Those players May make about $10 million next year. We be added quite a bit of salary Here padres general manager Randy Smith said. It was the biggest Trade since the Kan Sas City athletics and Cleveland made a 13-player Deal on nov. 20, 1957, that included Billy Martin and Gus Zernial. The stars and stripes december 30,1994 blockbuster deat Steve Finley outfielder Ken Caminiti infielder Andujar Cedena infielder Roberto Petagine infielder Brian Williams Pitcher player to be named Derek Bell to Houst Pri from san Diego Derek Bell outfielder Phil planter outfielder Craig Shipley infielder Ricky Guttierez infielder Pedro Martinez Pitcher Doug Brocail pitchers a a. Verberne Virginia ends postseason losing Streak by Mike Cochran Shreveport la. A Virginia buried its de Mons in the rain mud and cold of the Independence bowl and coach George Welsh and his 18th-ranked Cavaliers Are  s great to finally get that bowl losing Streak off our backs Welsh said wednesday night after the Cav Aliers used their powerhouse defense and a balanced offence to ambush Texas Christian 20-10."we had a sense of urgency Welsh said in part be cause of a frustrating string of four bowl losses but also because of a season ending 30-27 loss act North Carolina state. " the Atlantic coast conference Cavaliers wound up 9-1, the Southwest conference co Champion frogs 7-5.Virginia end Mike Frederick voted the outstanding defensive player of the game said the Victory cured a world of intangible  kept coming up All year he said. First we weren t beating anyone then we could t win in no Independence bowl vember then we could t win a bowl game. But we just stuck to believing in  quarterback Mike Groh hit wide receiver Tyrone Davis with a Pivotal 37-Yard touchdown pass in the third period and the Cavaliers Point cd the Horne frogs with the running of Kevin Brooks and Charles May. When we hit for that touchdown we knew we could relax Davis said. We knew we could score on them anytime we  a couple of horned frogs said the riverboat revelry May have been a Factor. We Click a Little too much seeing the town con fessed defensive tackle Royal West. And when asked what he would do differently thu quarterback Max Knake shrugged and said i d Proba Bly stay out of the casinos before having to get up at 830 the next  Knake the top passer in the Sec with 2,642 Yards completed Only eight of 24 passes for a meager 65 Yards and was intercepted once by the Cavaliers who led the nation with 27 steals. The truth of it is i played terrible Knake said. If i would have played better there May have been a Dif Ferent outcome in the  not Likely. Groh completed 14 of 23 passes for 199 Yards. The Cavaliers allowed thu s All Sec running Back Andre Davis to gain 97 Yards on 24 carries but yielded Only a total of 126 Rushing Yards. Meanwhile Brooks carried for 114 Yards and set up one touchdown with a 52-Yard run. And Charles Way added another 90 Yards on the ground while scoring once on a 6-Yard run. Rafael Garcia opened and closed Virginia s scoring with Field goals of 20 and 32 Yards. He missed one an had another blocked