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Omaha World-Herald from Omaha, Nebraska • 53

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OMAHA WORLD HERALD Thursday May 23 1985 53 NL Owners Vote to Trim Team Rosters to 45 EVErtca $2500c Your Exhaust System Specialist Body repair? Use KRYLON Bodyfitw RUST MAGIC 2 $099 Que i Quart Time for a change! Na EXCEPT 76 2430 BUNTON COMMERCIAL MOWERS cwgffl 87 112 KRYLON said Play VALVE JOBS OUR SPECIALTY! Makes body repair a cinch! Most cars Axle set Shoes exchange Use Wagner brake shoes for safe smooth stops 11BIC $2213 11B $1900 $2814 0 0 SAVE A PLUG! 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Liquid or paste i CLEAR $2695 the impending emergence of the rival United States ootball League the NL expanded its rosters by four players on each of its 28 teams Benefits owners decided to go with the collective bargaining Joe Browne the director of infor mation said following the vote at the two day meeting held in Lincolnshire Ill there were two reasons for staying with 45 than say 49 there is the traditional argu ment that it benefits the the poorer teams who have a chance to pick up the last four players cut by the good teams the matter of money Economics entered into it tough to put an exact dollar amount on how much talking about but with to Suffer The league refused to disclose a breakdown of the vote but sources re ported that among those teams oppos ing the reduction were Dallas Washing ton Pittsburgh the Los Angeles Raiders San rancisco Miami and At lanta according to the collec tive bargaining agreement I guess they had the right to reduce the 1328 So 119 334 8080 3147 No 93 572 9300 Regular Spark plugs Resistor tyjt After Sparkplugs 3 1 Rebate TINTED $3295 Eight CWS Players Named All Americans Eight players participating in important to your import No hassle No confusion takes the prob lems out of buying a muffler for almost any import car or truck AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSORS Remanufactured or new with or without clutch Upshaw said from the standpoint of what it would do for the game I think it hurt talking about the injury rate increasing about younger players not getting a chance to learn I think the quality of play the quality of the game is going to be hurt Plus I think it just looks bad" Dan Rooney president of the Pittsburgh Steelers had said before the meeting began: we are talking about negotiating a new TV contract labor relations a good football product and the need to help the game I think this is the time to start cutting The league owners also set the squad cutdown dates for this year to a max imum of 60 players by Aug 20 50 players by Aug 27 and 45 players by Sept 2 The season begins Sept 8 if you need a compressor call us today and save a cool $2500 The Associated Press National ootball League owners voted Wednesday to reduce team ros ters to 45 players for the 1985 season I down from the 49 man squad size the league had maintained since the strike marred 1982 season In Washington Gene Upshaw execu tive director of the NL Players Asso ciation called the decision tragedy for the fans bad for the players and something which will hurt the quality of the He also said he wondered the owners are sending a signal to the union that collective bargaining is going to be when both sides try to negotiate a new contract to replace the one which expires after the 1986 season The 45 man roster is part of the col lective bargaining agreement in effect since 1982 But because of the strike and No wipers? If your windshield wiper motor doesn't work don't endanger yourself or others! Replace it today with a factory remanufactured unit! Most domestic vehicles The team was selected by the tional Softball Coaches Association CWS performers on the first team: Pitchers Rhonda Wheatley Cal Poly Pomona 46 14 022 ERA Debbie Mygind Cal State ullerton 26 3 024 ERA Lisa Ishikawa Northwestern 25 5 039 ERA Catcher Lea Ann Jarvis Louisiana Tech 371 irst base Annette Ausseresses Utah 355 Third base Joann errieri Cal State ullerton 318 Shortstop Denise Eckert Ne brssks 374 Utility Terri Oberg Cal State ul lerton 311 Others on the first team: Second baseman Judy Trussell of Texas outfielder Becky Suttmann of University of Pacific outfielder De nise Carter of Nicholls State and outfielder Karen Allen of Nicholls State In addition Mrs Eckert was named as the shortstop on the Academic All America team She was only CWS player to make the academic first team Lori Richins a soph omore second baseman made the third team Cal St ullerton 000 000 Adelphi 000 000 00 0 MyoInd 27 3 Bolduc 24 11 Utah 000 000 0 0 UCLA 000 010 1 Compton 18 4 Townsend 20 7 memorial dak Ai SHOP THURSDAY RIDAY SATURDAY AND SAVE! 3 DAY vALE closed Sunday and Monday may 26 27 Thinking about a vacation? about your brakes BE SURE YOU CAN STOP BEORE YOU GO Odd Play New Rule Help Softball I Winners 1 I I Iilipmn EXCEPT CLASS SPECIAL ORDER OIL DRI great for cleaning up oil drips and spills with Kendall purchase 5 ib bag SALE PRICE 1595 REBATE 300 MONRO MAT1C After saie 51095 Hecate 5ZUU i Dual All America Honors Put Eckert in Own Class oz BLACK CHROME or most flat 1 99 black surfaces I By Steve Sinclair World Herald Staff Writer Defending champion UCLA scored an unusual run and top ranked Cal State ullerton capitalized on the new tie breaker rule for a pair of 1 0 victories Wednesday night to open the Softball College World Series take a run if we can buy it at Sears on said UCLA Coach Shar ron Backus after her first round victory over Utah at Seymour Smith ield Chris Olivie scored the only run in the fifth inning after Lisa bloop single to center field Miss Olivie was holding at third but scored easily when Utah center fielder Pipi Hollingsworth threw home with nobody covering the plate ullerton 52 8 defeated Adelphi in the opener on All America third baseman Joann single to left in the eighth inning Tiebreaker Rule With the score tied after the regu lation seven innings the tiebreaker rule took effect The rule being used for the first time in this Softball CWS automatically puts a runner at second base to open each extra inning Lisa King started the eighth as ul automatic runner at second Lisa Baker sacrificed her to third be fore Miss errieri drove her home with her hit through the gap in left ullerton Coach Judi Garman said she like the tiebreaker rule even though her team won the majority of its games this season decided by the new rule a different she said teams played so well and then we had an artificial situation that de cided it glad we won but there was so much luck opening double header drew a crowd of 1275 The first round continues tonight with a local flavor Nebraska against Louisiana Tech at 8:30 The first game matches Cal Poly Pomona and Northwestern at 6:30 Not Typical Rivals UCLA and ullerton advanced to a bracket game riday mgnt at jv Utah Coach Norma Carr game deciding typical of her team played so many games and never seen anything like that she said all of a sudden it hits The play started with UCLA runners at first and second Miss hit dropped just behind second base The runners held at first and second until the ball dropped Miss Hollingsworth had possible forceouts at second and third but threw home Catcher Jean Mills had vacated home to back up third base Coach Carr said her team made three mistakes on the play first real mistake was not being aggressive in going for the she said second instead of making the play at one of the bases we came up throwing home And third I know why we have anybody at home not something we 9Continued from Page 47 lean Last year she was the second team All America shortstop and a member of the academic first team She received her 1985 All America awards Wednesday in Omaha at the Converse All America luncheon The players and coaches from all eight CWS teams attended the luncheon at the Hol iday Inn 72nd and Grover Streets After the luncheon Daigle said Mrs Eckert Is deserving of her honors coached college women for seven years and never had a player that combines the strength and speed she does not even Daigle said nobody in this room who has the strength and speed Mrs athletic ability was evi dent two weeks ago when she joined the NU track team to throw the javelin in the Big Eight Conference meet Deflectahield Deflects bugs snow sand and gravel over the top of vehicles Custom designed easy to install Tracy Compton and ul Debbie Mygind both pitched one hitters for their victories Miss Compton raised her record to 18 4 with a seven strikeout perfor mance only hit was Pati single in the third inning The only other baserunner was Michele Townsend who walked in the fourth Miss Mygind a senior first team All American from Auckland New Zea land retired 23 straight batters for ul lerton to end the game after escaping a one out bases loaded situation in the first was a bit of a Miss My gind said Adelphi loaded the bases in the first with the help of an error Regina Doo single the only hit of the game for the Panthers and a walk With two outs ullerton avoided a possible two runs by Adelphi when El len Spruce hit a ball inches foul down the left field line Good Job was pretty concerned it was going to be a Miss Mygind said did a real good job in the first Somehow we managed to hold them and then everything was Miss Mygind 27 3 entertained the crowd and baffled the Panthers with her changeup that had a couple of bat ters tum away smiling after being fooled by the pitch But Miss Mygind who struck out 11 batters said another pitch seemed to bother Adelphi threw my rise a little more which I usually she said "They kept swinging so I kept throwing ullerton Coach Garman said her team was fortunate to start the tie breaker inning with the top of its bat ting order had our big hitters coming she said got to the tiebreaker with the bottom order We were in a much better Coach Garman said she prepared for the tiebreaker about three innings in advance the fifth inning nothing was happening so I was already looking at the eighth to see who we would have up" she said purposely do any hit and runs or steal bases because if we batted three or four in an inning it put the top of our order up in the Miss Dooley said she like the tiebreaker rule makes the game go quick so she said rather play 30 innings and lose the other way Of course I know how the pitchers would feel about Adelphi the only unranked team in the tournament will try to stay alive in a 1 pm bracket game ridayagainst Utah think we proved Adel phi cocoach Kathryn Raub said proved we can play with anybody and we proved we can beat anybody be cause that was 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