European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 21 up photo the Navy quarterback Roger staubach holding his Heisman trophy after presentation in 1963 staubach among 11 Grinders voted to collegiate Hof by Fred Down new York up Roger stau navys Heisman trophy Winner in 1963 who later starred with the Dallas and halfback Hugh Mcelhenny and tackle Bob both previously elected to the pro football Hall of were among 11 players named saturday to the National football foundations col lege football Hall of three other backs Vic University of 193639 George to 194548 and Hank Lau 194852 also were elected to the shrine at Kings and will be enshrined in August of joining those six will be five linemen tackle Nick 193840 tackle Thurman Colorado 194649 Center George Georgia 195052 linebacker and guard Tommy 196265 and tackle Al the 11 newly elected members will be officially inducted into the Hall at the foundations 24th annual awards in new York later to be called the Man for whom time Waits because of his Brilliant lat game heroics with the broke 28 records while at Annapolis and did not Start his professional career until after serving his Active hitch in the who later played with the san Francisco Minnesota Green Bay Detroit Lions and new York was a Star running Back at he is generally considered to be one of the Best and most exciting running backs in College football 6foot5 and 250 was a defensive giant who helped spark Texas continued on Page 22 Mcelhenny Morris Nobis Aba pushing Back next seasons Skelf by almost 3 weeks Cleveland a the National basketball association has decided to push Back its schedule for the 198182 season by nearly three weeks in order to avoid conflicting with baseballs postseason playoffs and world the voted on by the Board of governors saturday at its annual midwinter comes after Many teams got off to slow starts at the Gate this when the Aba bucked baseballs top after two months of the season Aba Atten dance was Down More than 9 percent from a year we have tried to design a schedule that would limit these conflicts As much As Possi said Aba commissioner Larry adding that although the 1982 playoffs could end As late As june the length of the season from Start to finish would actually be decreased by one the 198182 season will begin 30 As opposed to this seasons 10 Start and end on april 17 As opposed to March one Benefit is that this would put the sixth and seventh games of our championship series outside the month of May and make them More attractive to National said fearing Low has refused to televise playoff games in prime time during a month whose ratings the network uses to set Adver Tising on other Obrien confirmed that the next Allstar game will be played at the Meadowlands Arena currently under construction in and announced the Date he also announced that the following game would be played in the forum in los Angeles on he said the Aba had no plans for admission of another team but that Canad an businessman Nelson Skalbania was free to pursue an existing club if he chose to do knowing it would take a three Quarter vote of the Board to move a Skalbania had sought an expansion club for Vancou but the nabs expansion committee recommended against such a move last the governors also reaffirmed the nabs support to the minor league Continental basketball association for another season and prohibited any team from televising More than 41 of its 82 regular season games Over the although no limit was set on Cable much of the governors As Well As other sessions this was spent delineating aspects of the first refusal sys according to first refusal replaces compensation for Veteran free agents this How Well will the first refusal system Obrien was who knows he its the product of a great Deal of but without a Crystal Ball i dont think anyone knows How Well it will Lauricella Taliaferro oust frenchmen in semis Fibak reach pro indoor net finale Philadelphia a Poland Wojtek Fibak and american Roscoe Tanner defused the French connection saturday and advanced into sundays final of the pro indoor Tennis Fibak lost the first in a Westoff Kveset semifinal to Frances Yannick Noah and then rallied to win his saturday night match in an afternoon Tan despite leg cramps that gripped him in the fifth held on to beat Noah Thierry who reached the semifinals with an upset quarterfinal Victory Fri Day night Over to seeded Jimmy con was to meet Tanner for the 000 first the seventh seeded Tanner needed All of his decade of experience and guile to defeat the 17yearold French youngster ranked even though he won the first the 20yearold discovered by former american Tennis Star Arthur was no match for whom he had Defeated in two previous the 6foot a Lethander with one of Tennis fastest broke to Lasne in game five of the final set and then held service for his Triumph in the 21minute Tanner concluded the match with a love game on his starting with his 17th service followed by an out from Tulane and a pair of placement volleys by the Tanner won the first set 76 by out scoring the 17yearold Frenchman 73 in a less than a year out of Junior came Back to win the next two sets for a 21 in the second the 160pound to Lasne broke tanners service in the eighth game when the american was charged with a double fault and volleyed into the set Point came at 4015 when Tanner outed a return of the Young a former Wimbledon and Orange bowl Junior broke Tanner in game three of the third set and polished off a 63 Winner by breaking through again in the ninth and final who earned last year but reached Only one final and nine times was eliminated in came Back to break Tulane in the first game of the fourth it was a 12point game with a winning shot coming on a return of service that sent Tulane sprawling in a vain attempt to reach the Tanner said of he has a ton of potential i played Borg when he was 16 or 17 and i think Tulane is much
