European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday decembers 1987 Chili Davis signs 1 year Angels poet rum press dispatches Anaheim. Calif. Free ,.r Chili Davis has signed a Contrail for 1988 with the California Angels the american league team announced tuesday. No financial terms were announced hut the club said it was for one year. The switch hitting Davis who will he 28 next month hit .250 with a career High 24 Home runs and 76 kills for the san Francisco giants last season. Davis played five full seasons and pans of iwo others with the giants and was a member of the National league All Star team in 1984 and 1986 giants get Butler san Francisco the san Francisco giants got the consummate Mcadoff Man they were looking for on tuesday when they signed free agent Center fielder a Rcpt Butler. Terms were not disclosed. The Cleveland indians issued a statement saving they were extremely disappointed with Butler s decision not to accept an offer they described As competitive in every Way with san Francisco s. Duller. 30. Said he spurned Cleveland s offer for the same amount of Mone because he wants to play fora Winner. It was the first signing in More than two years of a fryc agent whose current club had tried actively to keep. Butler who bats and throws left handed hit .295 in 1987 with a career High nine Home runs along with 41 Bis. Lie stole 33 bases scored 91 runs Drew a career High 91 walks and led the indians with a .399 on base percentage. $2-million Man new York new York Yan Kees owner George who once said he would never pay a player $2 million for a season and first base Man Don Mattingly arc close to agreeing to a 3-Ycar contract Worth More than $6 million. Malting regarded by Many As the Best player in the majors said tuesday he and the Yankees need to work on some language before he can become the club s first $2-million Man. Six other players arc paid $2 million More a year Jim Rice of Boston Eddie Murray of Baltimore Mike Schmidt of Philadelphia Dan Quison Berry and George Brett of Kansas City and Dale Murphy of Atlanta. Last season Mattingly batted .327 with 30 Home runs and 115 Bis de spite missing 21 games. Punch imlach Dies Toronto George punch imlach who guided the Toronto Maple Leafs in their last glory years in the nil and then built the expansion Buffalo sabres into a contending team died tuesday. Imlach. 69, was taken to Scarbo rough general Hospital sunday after suffering his third major heart attack. Imlach inducted into the hockey Hall of Fame in 1984, was manager coach of the Leafs from 1958 to 1969 and directed the nil team to four Stanley cups including its most re cent championship in 1967. After being fired by the Leafs in 1969, imlach moved to Buffalo where he was named general manager and head coach of the sabres when they entered the league in 1970. Two years later he quit coaching but remained sports wire As general manager until 1978. He rejoined the Leafs As general manager from 1979 to 1981. When he had heart problems that necessitated a quadruple bypass operation. Games May count Toronto the nil might play games with the soviet Union that could be counted in nil standings beginning in the 1989-90 season the Toronto Globe and mail has reported. In a report from Moscow where nil president John Ziegler and nil players association executive director Alan Eagleson arc meeting with soviet hockey officials the newspaper said Eagleson stated that a tentative agreement has been reached on the proposal which would have to be approved by nil team owners. Four top soviet club teams would visit during december and january of the 1989-90 season with each soviet team playing one game against each team in one nil division. Howard ends suit Washington Howard University officials decided to Call off their efforts tuesday to Force the Mcaa to include the Bison in postseason play this year and Are concentrating on their $9 million lawsuit against College athletics governing body. We decided that we would t Pur sue any further immediate injunctive Relief but rather will concentrate on the said Daniel Bernoline acting general counsel for Howard. The Mcaa on monday rejected the predominantly Black Washington d.c., University s proposal to expand inc division i a football playoffs by four teams As a Way of settling Howard s suit Over being excluded from the 16 Leam championship. Howard which had the second Best record in division i a at 9-1, claims it was racially discriminated against and denied a berth in the playoffs in Viola Tion of antitrust regulations and con tract provisions. Settlement upheld Columbus. Ohio an attempt to Block a $471,000 settlement reached by fired football coach Earlc Bruce in his lawsuit against Ohio stale univer sity was overruled tuesday by a judge who said wounds from the incident should not be reopened. Franklin county common pleas judge Frederick Williams rejected a re quest from Phillip Cameron a Colum bus attorney and Osu graduate Loci ther Block the payment restore Bruce As coach. Williams ruled that Cameron had no standing to bring the taxpayer s action because Money for inc settlement would come from the athletic department budget and not tax funds. New test plan offered san Jose Calif. The Mcaa is proposing to limit its drug tests slightly for Stanford s football and Basket Ball teams but attorneys for inc University and students fighting the tests said tuesday the new plan fails to meet court guidelines. The Mcaa which was barred from testing Stanford athletes in 26 sports and ordered to present a plan for limited testing in football and basketball offered to Stop testing Only for re lated compounds to More than 3.000 banned drugs. Cincinnati s a Cutie s Robinson stuffs Kentucky s Rex Chapman tuesday night. College from Pago 17 Irish Star went More than 14 minutes without scoring. No. 2 Kentucky 101, Cincinnati 77 Lexington by. Guard Rex Chapman scored 22 Points and Center Rob lock added 18 As Kentucky 2-0. Made 35 of41 free throws. Cincinnati was led by Center Cedric Glover s 22 Points. 18 in the second half. Nil 6 Lima 70, Drake 59 Iowa City. Iowa Roy Marble scored 19 Points. 17 in the first half to Lead the Hawk eyes. 4-0, Over the bulldogs la. Marble a Junior Forward scored six Points to give Iowa a 6-3 Lead and the Hawk eyes never trailed thereafter. Walter James led Drake with 22 Points. No. 16 Kansas 94, Pomona pier 38 Lawrence Kansas Kevin pril Chard and Marvin Branch scored 17 Points each As Kansas 2-2, crushed its division i opponent to win its 49lh consecutive Home game. That extended the nation s longest Home winning Streak and the longest Ever by a big eight team. No. 18 Oklahoma 93, Penn slate 59 state College a. Ricky Grace scored 24 Points and Moosic Blaylock had 23 to Lead Oklahoma. 2-0. Prep from Page 21 gelling the reports called in with the proper information we require right away. For any new coaches the data we need As soon after the game As possible is the winning score sue of the action score by quarters the first and last names of the lop three scorers on each team and any thing of special interest. These results must be reported the Day the game is played. We do not accept Calls on sat urday games on sunday. The sports numbers arc ets 348 5225 and 5261. On saturdays when the sports phones re Apt to be Busy extensions 5237, 52x2 and 5255 can also be used. The civilian numbers arc 06155 with extensions 601225, 601269, 601237, 601282. Wrestling also makes its debut sat urday. Dodds Germany coordinator Tom Leblanc informs thai the Germany and Bennor wrestling coaches voted in their annual pc season meeting to adapt the new High school federation weights. They Are 103 minimum of 88. 112 minimum of 97119. 125, 130. 135, 140, 145, 152, 160, 171, 189 and unlimited. These new weights Are optional this year under High school federation regu lations but will become mandatory next year. With this in mind the Dodds Germany and Bennor coaches voted to go All the Way this year. Leblanc also said that certification will be the second week of the season. Once certified a wrestler can go no lower
