10B
Thursday, August 22, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Barkley trade lets Suns release point guard
Elliot Perry moving to Milwaukee in swap for first-round pick
The Associated Press
MILWAUKEE — The Phoenix Suns, with a glut of guards following the Charles Barkley trade, will send Elliot Perry to the Milwaukee Bucks, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
The Bucks, who have pursued the point guard for two years, will send Phoenix a conditional first-round draft pick for Perry, the paper reported yesterday.
The newspaper reported that the deal would be announced officially after Sept. 1 because the bonus money Perry received last year would not count toward his base salary after that date.
Bucks representative Joe Condo said the team wouldn't comment on the report
If you look at the point guard situation, we have four point guards. You could pretty much believe that something will... take place at that position. It will probably be announced a month or so from now, but something will happen."
"We never comment on rumored
trades." he said.
Perry, who averaged 8.6 points and 4.4 assists last season, became expendable when the Suns acquired Sam Cassell along with forwards Robert Horry, Mark Bryant and Chucky Brown from the Houston Rockets in Sunday's trade for
Jerry Colangelo Phoenix Suns president
Barkley.
The Suns also have point guards Kevin Johnson and Steve Nash, their top draft pick, on their roster.
Suns president Jerry Colangelo alluded to the likelihood of a deal at a news conference in Phoenix when Barkley was
"If you look at the point guard situation, we have four point guards," he said. "You could pretty much believe that something will, if it hasn't already happened, take place at that position. It will probably be announced a month or so from now, but something will happen."
traded.
The Bucks sought Perry earlier this summer in a proposed three-way deal that had Milwaukee signing free agent Dan Majerle and then trading him to Phoenix for Perry. The NBA nullified the deal, saying the Suns were trying to circumvent the salary cap.
The Bucks also tried to sign Perry last off-season, when he was a free agent, but he refused their offer and returned to the Suns.
Perry, 27, was selected in the second round of the 1991 draft out of Memphis State by the Los Angeles Clippers.
He made the roster but was waived that November and had stints in the Continental Basketball Association before joining the Suns during the 1993-94 season.
Des Moines team out of Little League World Series
Dominican Republic youngsters will face Taiwan in semifinals
The Associated Press
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Marshalltown, Iowa, was eliminated from the Little League World Series despite beating Cranston, R.I., 6-1 yesterday behind Jeff Clemons two-hitter on two days of rest.
Cranston (1-2) awaited the outcome of yesterday evening's game between Moorpark, Calif., and Panama City, Fla., to see whether the Rhode Islanders were eliminated from the series. A win by undefeated Florida would leave California at 1-2 and tied with Rhode Island.
Also yesterday, Taiwan routed Canada 21-2 to set up today's semifinal against the Dominican Republic, which beat Saudi Arabia 13-0.
Iowa (1-2) was ousted because it gave up only a fraction more runs per inning (16 in 17 innings) than did Rhode Island (15 in 16 innings). If Iowa had surrendered one less run, Rhode Island would be out.
Rhode Island manager Mike Varrato said his team's chances were about as good as winning the Rhode Island Powerball. But they were much better than that. His team's progress depended on California losing and giving up more than seven runs.
Clement get two days' less rest than major league pitchers and won yesterday despite walking three,
throwing two wild pitches and hitting a batter. He doubled and singled and was hit twice himself.
"We kept him out of batting practice and had him make a few throws, and he said his arm felt tired but not sore," manager and father Brad Clement said. "He got through those last two innings, but it looked like he was a little more than tired."
Iowa gave up the run that kept it out of the semifinals in the top of the first. Rhode Island took a 1-0 lead when Tom Michael's single to right scored Craig Stinson, who had been hit in the head by Clement but was unhurt.
Michael then walked in two Marshalltown runners in the bottom of the inning and another in the second and also hit three batters in his three innings.
"I thought the strike zone was kind of small today," Varrato said. "Tommy felt that he was getting sneezed."
Mike Mogard had an RBI double in the third, scoring Jason Nusbaum and Jory Krueger, then scored ahead of a double play on Tyler Davis' fly ball to center. Mogard scored after a walk in the fifth on Stinson's throwing error.
The top two U.S. teams meet in one semifinal today, with the other matching the top two international teams. The championship game is Saturday.
For Taiwan, Chen Chao-ping homered twice and Chiu Chi-pin homered once during a 13-run second inning. The game ended after 3 1/2 innings under the Little League's 10-run rule.
Taiwan also scored five runs in the first, and Hsie
"We kept him out of batting practice and had him make a few throws, and he said his arm felt tired but not sore."
Brad Clement manager
Chin-hsiung hit a three-run homer, his fourth of the series, and scored four runs.
Darwing Hernandez pitched a two-hitter, striking out six for the Dominican Republic, which has a team in the series for the fourth time in the 1990s. The game was called after five innings.
Roman Solano drove in two runs with a single during the Dominican Republic's three-run first inning and hit a home run, leading off a six-run fourth.
Also in the fourth, Romer Guillen hit his second home run of the series, a three-run shot, and Julio Lara hit his second homer of the series. Guillen went 4-for-4 and is batting .555.
Jury acquits Neon Deion in civil lawsuit
The Associated Press
CINCINNATI — Deion Sanders was acquitted yesterday of injuring a security guard while leaving Riverfront Stadium on a motor scooter two years ago.
"This proves you can't take advantage of a person because he's financially secure, and I think that was the whole issue." Sanders said.
The jury in the $1 million personal injury lawsuit said Sanders, then playing with the Cincinnati Reds, did not injure the guard.
Sanders, now a defensive back with the Dallas Cowboys, was acquitted last year of criminal charges stemming from the confrontation.
Deliberations in the civil trial, which began Monday, lasted about an hour.
The jurors also ruled the countersuit filed against Cincinnati police detective Herb Kohus for malicious prosecution was not valid.
Kohus sued Sanders in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. The civil suit said Kohus was injured when Sanders allegedly dragged him with his bike during a dispute after a Reds game in 1994.
Kohus' lawyer, John Rockel, said Sanders' celebrity status might have contributed to the outcome.
"We tend . . . to cut them more slack than the average Joe. I think that was a factor, but I don't know how much," Rockel said.
No appeal was expected.
"It's like we won one and he won one," Rockel said. "We can live with that."
"It wasn't a case about race or the quality of the Cincinnati police," Lawson said.
making the counter to imply that said.
"We didn't want anything; we didn't want
"We didn't want anything; we didn't want money." Lawson said...
During his closing arguments, Lawson urged the jury not to award Kohus anything.
"You can't use your badge with the Cincinnati police as a way to make money," he said.
Kohus was seeking reimbursement for about $7,100 in lost wages and medical costs, $30,000 in pain and suffering, and up to $500,000 in punitive damages. Rockel said they never had expected to receive $1 million.
Kohus testified that he could not work as a security guard at the stadium because of injuries he sustained during the dispute with Sanders.
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