Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, June 6, 1994                   TAG: 9406060117
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
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OLYMPICS NO PROS IN ATLANTA BASEBALL

The International Baseball Association on Sunday in Lausanne, Switzerland, narrowly rejected a proposal that would have allowed professional baseball players to represent their countries in official IBA events, including the Olympics.

In a vote taken at a special meeting called to decide whether to delete any reference to the word amateur from the IBA constitution and by-laws, 48 members voted to reword the eligibility requirements and 28 opposed the change.

A two-thirds majority, or 51 of the 76 countries represented, would have been needed to pass the motion.