The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 13

THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Monday August 7 1 995 SB owners labor losers war Bonnell Continued from page 1 the existence Hornets owner Shinn had roughly tripled his initial investment to a value approaching $100 million according to estimates by Financial World magazine As for the status look only to Hornets point guard Tony Bennett one of the nicest guys I know but in three pro seasons has never proven he can play NBA basketball And last season Bennett made $224000 Phoenix Sun Charles Barkley might be the only one making any sense He said in USA Today that everyone players and management alike has to pull out the old paychecks and realize all making a fortune Why then do players and management seem destined to stalk the Golden Goose switchblades in hand? David Falk attorney and one of the more hard-line forces in this hassle made perhaps the weirdest statement yet Over the weekend he told Associated Press that breaking up the union and going to court will the game back to the because players want to This reasoning is similar to the argument that the best way to guard world peace is to build even more bombs I bore you with the subtleties of the negotiations Fans want to hear about or taxes" they just want to ensure the Hornets open training camp in October The best thing both sides could SUSAN RAGANAssociated Press Nomo secret: The success of Los Angeles rookie Hideo Nomo (right) has forced major-league teams to scout Japan for pitchers And some teams are drawing the ire of Japanese managers Nomo piques appeal of Japan do is agree to binding arbitration before training camp There must be someone left out there who both the owners and players would trust to be fair and wise The self-destructive tone of events so far reminds me of the movie "War In the movie the United States turns its nuclear arsenal over to a computer with a few loose circuits This IBM-with-an-attitude is programmed to launch the missiles that start World War III Finally the teenage hacker who set the potential holocaust in motion plays games with the computer to teach it that the only way to win a nuclear war is not to start one The NBA and its players need to go rent the only way to win this labor war is not to start it IN NEW ORLEANS AIR HOTEL FRENCH QUARTER GAME TICKET CASINO NOV 25-27 mnrnRPMiflTACT "EXPERIENCE YOUR 10 TD CLUB BREAKFEAST PANTHERS ON THE ROAD' BROACH SPORTS TOURS 366-6345 PANTHERS VS FALCONS IN ATLANTA SEPT 2-3 MOTORCOACH 6 BREAKFAST MARRIOT MARQUIS PANTHERS BRAVES GAMES NOV 2 SAN FRAN -NOV 25 NEW ORLEANS Keeping Jfyu Going 'WheremYouGtf I A 2609 Freedom Drr 399-986 EaI 3600 531-8816 Afternoon Special $32 after Thru Sept 13 1995 OLF LINKS The Pmehurst Area's Premier Public Coif Club Jack Nicklaus II kl Architect Knights win with 6-run 9th By CLYDE HUGHES Special Correspondent TOLEDO Ohio Kiki Hernandez led off the ninth inning with a home run and Terry Jorgensen added an RBI double as the Charlotte Knights scored six times in their last at-bat Sunday to beat Toledo 9-5 in the International League It was fourth consecutive win over Toledo and sixth of its last eight against the Mud Hens "They had a couple of errors in the inning and we got some key hits" said Charlotte manager Sal Rende was good to see us battle back and win the Toledo had scored twice in the bottom of the eighth off reliever Jerry Spradlin to take a 5-3 lead into the ninth inning Leadoff batter Kiki Hernandez hit reliever Ben pitch over the left-field fence for his sixth homer and cut the lead to 5-4 was just trying to get on Hernandez said threw me a couple of good pitches inside and then hung a ball I tried to get a bat on it and the ball went With one out Jerry Schunk and Nick Capra singled off reliever Brian Maxcy Doug Dascenzo hit what looked to be a potential double play ball to second baseman Jim Givens but Givens booted the ball into right field loading the bases was an unfortunate thing to happen to Rende said that Maxcy kind of fell apart" Maxcy threw a wild pitch to Bob Brewer scoring Schunk and tying the game Maxcy then intentionally walked Brewer who hit a home run earlier in the game Terry Jorgensen followed with a single scoring Capra and Dascenzo for a 7-5 lead Steve fielding error on Erik grounder to third with two outs scored Brewer and Jorgensen Toledo looked like it would break the Charlotte jinx coming back from a three-run deficit with two runs in the fifth inning and one in the sixth Joe Hall walked and Rob Lukachyk singled to lead off the fifth Hall scored from third on a wild pitch by Charlotte starter Richie Lewis Lukachyk who moved to third on Jeff Tackett's ground out scored on a Jim sacrifice to left In the sixth Springer doubled and scored on Tony two-out single Toledo took the lead in the eighth on RBI triple and grounaer that first baseman Brewer bobbled Charlotte collected three runs and five hits in the third inning off Toledo starter Ken Carlyle Dascenzo led off the inning with a single and Brewer hit his seventh homer of the year down the right-field line for a 2-0 lead Jorgensen followed with a double and scored on one-out single Notes: Brewer went two for three Sunday to finish the season batting 444 (12 for 27) against the Mud Hens Charlotte won the season series 11-7 Toledo is the only team the Knights have a winning record against this season win was his first in more than a month Knights 9 Mud Hens 5 CHARLOTTE Capra If Dascenzo cf Brewer tb Jorgensen 3b Natal Pappas rf Hernandez dh Zosky 2b Schunk 8S Totals TOLEDO abrhbi 6 110 Cuyfercf 5 2 10 Springer 3b 3 2 2 2 Wilson dh 4 2 2 2 Clark 1b 5 0 0 0 Hall rf 4 0 11 LukachykH 4 12 1 Tackett 4 0 2 0 4 12 1 Baez ss 36 9 13 0 Totals abrhbi 5 0 10 5 12 0 4 110 4 12 2 3 10 1 4 120 4 0 10 3 0 11 4 0 2 0 36 5 12 4 Charlotte Toledo 000 300 000-0 000 021 6 Brewer Springer Givens Charlotte 3 Toledo 2 Charlotte 6 Toledo 6 Jorgensen Springer Baez Clark Brewer (7) Hernandez (6) Givens IP Eft OB 80 Charlotte Lewis 4 2 2 1 1 Scheid 2 4 110 1 Spradlin 2-1 2 4 2 2 0 2 Toledo Carlyle 8 3 3 1 3 Buckeis 2 10 0 10 Gonzales 0 0 0 0 1 0 Biomdahl 1 1110 0 M8xcy 04 1 3 6 2 1 0 Lewis Maxcy 2 36 6486 (( You tell when it leaves hand if a split-finger or a fastball It looks the Dusty Baker Giants i Links justice CHRISTOPHER A RECORDStaff 0ne-on-one at 3-on-3: Terry Shiver of the team puts heavy defensive pressure on Harry Seymour in the open division of the 3-on-3 tournament Sunday Family ultimate winner on day of slams jams By JAMES CUTHBERTSON Special Correspondent Amid ooohs and aaahs from the crowd of more than 500 who gathered on court 13 to watch the slam dunk competition Robbie Waldrop slammed his way to the championship Sunday But winning the title of the premier event of the Habitat for Humanity 3-on-3 basketball tournament in uptown Charlotte even surprised Waldrop a rising senior at Oak Hill Academy was just setting up for the next said Waldrop who played for South Point High last season was surprised that 1 had so many good The title did not come easy Waldrop had 78 total points to runner-up AB 74 Jermaine Page finished a distant third Bowens' cheering section which consisted of his wife Nikki and son Ahkeem roared loudly with his every dunk There was a lot to cheer at the tournament which had more than 500 teams entered Earlier Sunday the Fayetteville Connection team of Dwayne Ammons Stevie Ammons Clark Groves and Steven Brown had won the court 1 competition with a 5-0 record felt great to said Dwayne Ammons was a triumph for us It was especially rewarding for me because I got to play on a team with my little brother for the first Stevie Ammons had some advice for future title hopefuls "You have to get used to the he said have to practice outside on the asphalt There is a big difference in playing inside and playing When it was all over Judith Woods and her sons James 9 and Demetrious 16 were the big winners She was handed the door knob to the house that will be built from proceeds from the tournament needed a home for our children to grow up in" she said is so exciting to have the volunteers to come out and to help me obtain a home for my family and Resultspage 6B Legacy Golf Drive time got cheaper! 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