12 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 17, 1993 Giants happy to get away from The Bay SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The there's always more pressure," man- SanFranciscoGiants'seasonhastumed ager Dusty Baker said. "Everybody so sour so fast that the only hope they wants to know why and a lot of times can see is getting out of town. there is no reason." Losers of eight in a row, the former The offense is in a deep funk, and the NL West frontrunners emerged from a team's two top starters, Bill Swift and 1-8 homestand trailing the Atlanta Burkett, haven't won since Aug. 10 and Braves by 31/2 games and seeing their 11 respectively. pennant chances slip away. "It's a number of things," Baker "I didn't think I'd ever be in a said. "We're not getting the two-out situation to say I'm glad we're getting hits. Days we pitch well, we don't hit. away from home," Giants- second Days we hit well, we don't pitch well." baseman Robby Thompson said. Over the last eight games, San Fran- "We went through a very bad spell cisco has posted a 5.37 ERA, and sev- here. We need to get that (intensity) eral of the players the team counted on back. Maybe on theroad trip we can do during its 123-day reign atop the divi- some searching, a little gut-check, and sion are struggling at the plate. The try to get things going again." hard-hit balls that used to find holes are Since Aug. 24, San Francisco is 1- finding fielders' gloves, with the Giants 11 at home. hitting into 11 double plays during the "When you're losing at home homestand. TYka MlAI Amsem4#.me. A IfE." ki~ Smith and Cowboys finally come to terms a0 IRVING, Texas (AP) - Emmitt Smith and Jerry Jones ended their con- tract feud Thursday. The cost: millions of dollars out of Jones' pocket and two lost football games. Smith, who had watched on televi- sion while the defendi , Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys lost both games they played withouthim, reached an agreement with Jones that could make him the highest paid running back in the game. Smith's agent, Richard Howell, scooped Jones on releasing the news. While Howell's office in Atlanta was confirming to The Associated Press an agreement had been reached, Jones' office in Dallas withheld confirmation for another 90 minutes. Cowboys public relations director Rich Dalrymple finally confirmed "there has been an agreement in prin- ciple but the contract has not been signed." Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson re- sponded: "I'll believe it when I see it." Dalrymple said the contract was expected to be signed before an 9 p.m. EDT press conference in the Texas Sta- dium club. Jones and Smith both will attend. Jones flew from New York to Atlanta to pick up Smith after the tenta- tive agreement had been reached over the telephone. No contract terms were immedi- ately divulged, but Smith had said he wouldn't sign unless Jones paid him 'Hopefully we can get this thing turned around and get back on a winning track.' - Emmitt Smith highest paid running back in NFL 'Thurman Thomas money." 'Hopefully we can get this thing turned around and get back on a win- ning track," Smith said. "It's definitely going to be differ- ent, he said. "I think I am in pretty good shape. How much in shape is yet to be seen. If I go out and carry the ball ... if I even play this Sunday, I could be dead tired Sunday night." The Cowboys owner and-Smith signed a contract during a news confer- ence Thursday night. Jones called it a "win-win" solution. The contract was expected to be a four-year deal for approximately $13.6 million, which would be more than Buffalo pays'Thomas. He admitted that "if the team had been 2-0, it's possible that I wouldn't be here. Smith said he hoped to be ready to play on Sunday against Phoenix but added, "DerrickLassic deserves to start. I'm not sure how far I can go. It's possible I could hurt the team more than help it." 0l A AP PHOTO Emmit Smith hugs Thurman Thomas after the Cowboys' Super Bowl victory in January. With his new contract, Smith eclipsed Thomas as the NFL's highest paid running bacK. Don't worry. if you missed last night's mass meeting there is another one Monday night at 8 p.m. at the Student Publications Building on 420 Maynard Street. 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