European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes february March 23 set for raiders trial los Angeles a a Federal judge wednesday set a new trial Date of March 23 for the Oakland raiders nation Al football league antitrust express ing Hope the delay would ease tensions be tween the feuding District judge Harry still pressing for pretrial settlement of the conceded it does not now seem that settlement is within our but he the court remains optimistic that it is not the Case centers on the raiders Effort to move the super bowl championship team to los Angeles a move opposed by the pc persons comments came in a court Boxer James Scott convicted in Newark Scott found guilty in murder trial continued from Page 21 Side the Rahway state his 1811 record includes victories Over yaqui Jerry Celestine and Eddie Mustafa for Merly known As Eddie Gregory and now the world boxing association Light heavyweight Scott was stripped of his 2 Aba ranking last september be cause of his inability to gain Tempo Rary release to fight outside the Pris the jury of seven women and five men deliberated just four hours be fore reaching a according to Scott asked Russ to Lead him to a drug the two men went in the Box ers car to the Scudder Homes pro Scott entered the Complex alone and robbed a woman who was to sell him according to the pros ecu he then viciously beat another Leo and brought him to the roof of a threatening to throw him off out of fear that Skinner would Tell police about the said Essex county assistant prosecutor Glenn when Scott returned to the he shot Russ to conceal the the state Kunstler tried to at tack the credibility of state witnesses and urged the jurors not to be stampeded into accepting the govern ments Case just because Scott Al ready was Scott previously was convicted of the armed robbery but a jury was unable to decide if he was guilty of Kunstler said Scott would Appeal the verdict while trying to pursue his boxing order changing tie Date of the which had been scheduled to Start next it is Clear that this Case is not ready to begin trial in five the judge he noted that attorneys have spent Many hours in his Chambers trying to Settle the and said some significant Progress has been made in certain the court remains convinced that the most Means of resolving this dispute for All concerned would be through Pregerson he said there Are Many motions to be disposed of before trial he it May be that a slight postponement will also serve to help diffuse some of the tensions that have built up in recent the attorneys who met with Pregerson were pessimistic about an we Are poles said attorney Maxwell representing the los an Geles coliseum theres no Hope of the club and the los Angeles coliseum brought suit against the the league is supported by the los Angeles who last year abandoned the coliseum to move to Anaheim in neighbouring Orange at Issue is an nil Rule which requires 21 of the 28jeague teams to approve a franchise move the raiders say such a restriction is an antitrust violation inhibit ing free the nil members voted 220 against the raiders with some the Only Point attorneys seemed to agree on at wednesdays session was the change in trial with a three month trial sex they said the March 23 Date could allow the suit to be resolved in time for the raiders to know where they would play next Patrick attorney for the said All sides favor a speedy he said the Case has Cost the nil More than million in Legal Pregerson set a pretrial hearing for March 10 to Rule on several motions including one to move the trial out of los an maps scandal has show on ropes fight card Hopes dim continued from Page 21 merits can be worked All but the two Junior feathers were to receive at least million the problem Here is there Are Many pos said who admitted that one possibility is to Start from Madison Square Garden was to be Sim ply the landlord for the 23 which is ticketed for close circuit by 12 were due Money from them and if is not paid the contract will become null and said John president of Garden it was due 2 and the Grace period is Tiffany is part of the asked about Tiffany now making the payment to the Glass Well speak to the Garden about financial a i am in the process of trying to keep the show i am asking the Garden to Bear with As for becoming a promoter if the 23 card Falls Condon we would be interested in this if the card Breaks up and the fighters become we would be interested in Coone Norton and even if just a part of the card were 23 looks to be out As a new fighters contracts would have to be drawn up ticket Money for the present 23 which carries a would have to be and new tickets printed and close circuit contracts would have to be Condon said refunds Are guaranteed for those who have purchased Lou Falcigno of momentum a major close circuit to agent for the said he told his exhibitors wednes Day i think its going to be dont spend any More but Falcigno said that if a show can be put together for March in one or More locations he feels it can be the exhibitors Arent afraid of the he theres so much interest in it that if the fighters come Down just a Little bit on purses it would be an Falcigno said the capital Centre in which has been Selling most exhibitors we rent supposed to Start Selling tickets until three weeks before the card was doing better business than it had for the first Roberto Duran and sugar Ray Leonard which grossed million it was hard to get an Overall picture of the close circuit Falcigno said maps had booked locations in new York City and Dade coun and As far As we can Tell All they did was Book the second in j8 months Mcenroe beats Nastase by default Toronto up1 Ilie who complained that a certain Umpire didst know an obscene gesture when he saw was saddled with a default in the first round of the Tennis Challenge wednes handing John Mcenroe one of the More effortless victories of his Nastase was Given the default when he initiated a series of intense disputes with match Umpire Karl Allison during the Sec Ond game of the second after Nastase had offered Dis agreement both verbally and by assessed a penalty of a then a and when the rhubarb showed no sign of awarded the Victory to Mcenroe by default it was the second time in 18 months that Mcenroe beat Nastase by default in a prestigious Tennis a similar Inci Dent marred the pairs meeting in the open in in earlier Bjorn the five time Wimbledon overcame an erratic serve to defeat Sandy Mayer Vitas Gerulaitis outlasted Johan Kriek and Jimmy Connors Defeated Wojtek Fibak of Poland Nastase did not deny that he used abusive but he contended that his gestures were he Doest know what this said extending a fist with Only the Pinky of his right hand i ask you is that an obscene gesture tournament referee Len Allard told a hastily convened news conference Nastase had been saddled with the default under the grand prix code of that code clearly states that a player is Mcenroe Nastase penalized for audible or visible obscenities and that is exactly what Ilie Nastase he Allard said that under the grand prix code a player who was warned a fifth time by an Umpire must default the Mcenroe said he agreed with the umpires Nastase went too he though i might have disagreed with some of the Nastase was a unique entry in a Field that otherwise included the to ranked players in the and Mcenroe was asked whether Nastase should have been invited merely As a Gate if you want the top then he  have been said men but he is one of the top 10 resorting to simple aggression after fallout ferocity had surrendered 12 straight Points to Fibak be fore settling Down to gain control of a pow Erful forehand and a serve that suddenly went from wretched to its the worst thing that can Connors referring to his play in the first three sets against who had Defeated him for the first time Ever last week in the indoor i think i was so hyped up that i was giving away i had to slow Down a after losing to i had to prove that it  have the 28yearold Connors gained control of the match when he broke Fibak in the fourth game of the first set to begin a Streak of six consecutive Connors miserable through the first three became at one he connected on16 of 19 first Mayer was the first player who tried to claim the Bounty for beating the incomparable Borg has unbelievable said the 28yearold who attended the pos match news conference with a bandaged right despite his uncharacteristically erratic Borg relied on his devastating Arsenal of passing shots to take the first from has beaten the 24yearold Borg Only but that was before he hit he Gerulaitis Defeated Kriek in the second match of the the two fastest players of the game kept each other diving for Volley shots and net drops throughout the but Gerulaitis sense of anticipation gave him the Edge Over the 22yearold who was con stantly admonishing himself for