European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 31. 19b7 the stars and stripes Pago 23 bills9 con an nabs a Rookie award from press do path hts new York Shane Finlan of the Buffalo Bills who helped Lead the team Back into Contention was named the associated res1 nil defensive Rookie of inc year tuesday. Conlan beat out teammate Corneli us Bennett in the voting by three sports writers or sportscasters who covered each of the nil s 28 teams. Ironically it was the acquisition and signing of Ben null in oct. 30 hat made Conlan and the Bills a Force allowing Conlan to move from out Side linebacker to inside where he led Buffalo in tackles with 114 in \2 games. That included u in a 34-21 loss to the los Angeles raiders. Conlan one of the leaders on 1 can state s 1986 collegiate National Cham pions earned the Honor despite miss ing four weeks of training Camp in a contract dispute. He was inc eighth player taken in the 1987 draft dominated by line backers. Bin null was inc second player chosen by Indianapolis Cleve land got Mike Junkin Wilh the fifth pick and Brian Bosworth went to Seattle in the supplemental draft. Howard signs Jeffries Washington Howard University football coach Willie be lyrics who had been interviewed for the head coaching Job at Ohio stale signed a new Lone term contract with Howard on tuesday. Jeffries 50, has compiled a 23-19 record in his four years at Howard including the schools first conference title this year when their 9-1 record was second Best among division i a teams. A Howard spokesman said Jeffrie was interviewed for the head coach ing vacancy at Ohio slate where coach Earl Bruce was fired late in the season. Jeffries has a 94-64-6 record As a College football coach. He spent five seasons at Wichita state where his teams were 21-32. Aggie Frosh gets nod Dallas Texas am offensive coordinator Lynn am dec confirmed on tuesday thai freshman Bucky Rich Ardson will Stan Al quarterback on new year s Day against notre Dame in the 52nd Cotton bowl classic. Our plan Al quarterback is to play Bucky bring on Craig slump if behave to and if we have 10 throw bring in Lance Pavlas am dec said. Bucky will Start. He finished the Texas game in Good form and it s a Reward for him. Richardson started four games for the aggie during their 9-2 season. Switzer honoured Miami Oklahoma s Barr Swit or the third winning est coach in the history of College football was one of four inductees into the Orange bowl s Hall of Honor on tuesday. The others were Penn state coach Joe Pat Emo former Penn slate defensive tackle Mike Reid and former Colorado Center defensive lineman Joe rom in. Bird leads All stars new York Boston s Larry Bird has taken the Lead among East Ern conference forwards in the latest Aba All Star balloting released by the league on tuesday. Bird an All Star in each of his pre Vious eight seasons and most valuable sports wire player of inc 1982 game has received 242,498 votes so tar. Atlanta s do Minique Wilkins the Leader among East forwards last week is second at 240,980.bird is averaging 2k.i Points per game and Wilkins 2h.j. Canada ties . Bows Moscow Tippo Numminen s goal Early in the third period gave Finland a 4-4 tic Wilh Canada tues Day at the world Junior Hotkey championships. The lie dropped the canadians to third with a 2-0-1 record. The soviet Union took Over sole Possession of first place Al 3-0-0 with a 7-3 Victory Over the United states. In other games Czechoslovakia Defeated Poland 5-1 and Sweden beat inless West Germany. 5-1. Aba players say no new York Larry Fleishcer i Culive director of the Aba players association on tuesday said the Union has rejected an offer from league owners to resume discussions on a new collective bargaining agreement. The players Are seeking an end Toile College draft the right of first refusal for free agents and a salary Cap. Ashford to compete East Rutherford . Olympic 100-meter Champion and world record Holder Evelyn Ashfor will compete in the . Olympic invitational Irack meet feb. 13, meet director Ray Lumpp announced tuesday. Ashford 30, who won the . Olympic invitational in 1986 after the birth of her daughter missed most of the 1987 season because of an in jury new Kansas coach Topeka. Kan. Kent stale coach Glen Mason will be introduced this week As Kansas fourth head foot Ball coach in Cibl years according a newspaper and drop Casl reports. The hiring of the longtime Ohio stale assistant was reported tuesday night by television station Kent in Topeka and radio station a ten in Columbus Ohio and in the wednes Day editions of the Topeka capital journal. Mason. 37. Was 12-10 the past iwo years at Kent state and would be the youngest head coach in the big eight conference Mason played at Ohio state and was an assistant under the late Woody Hayes. His first Kent state team in 1986 was 5-6. His squad this season finished 7-4, second in the mid american conference. Dineen leads balloting Montreal Kevin Dineen of the Hartford whalers has increased his Lead at right Wing while Kelly Hrudney of the new York islanders has closed the Gap on Ron hex Lallamond Wales conference somali Enders in All Star voting released by the Nylon tuesday. Dineen who has been in a see saw Battle with Claude  of the Montreal canadians since fan voting Bejan nov. 1, has i25.ih5 Voles in Lead Lemieux by More than 30.000 votes. Buyers or lookers Boesky Sale to hum new Vokk a for $5, anyone who stepped in off the Street tuesday could have become inc owner of a Gomi inc Ivan i. Lucsky & co. Waste Basket. All  an auctioneer said As he displayed a stack of inc plastic trash buckets. With thai encouragement they sold quickly on a Day of decidedly in frenzied buying. More than 100 people crowded inc old Boesky of titty on fifth Avenue to buy furniture Al l main prices or in som cases just to have a look at the former Headquarters of the Central figure in the worst insider Trad ing scandal in Wall Street history. Boesky. Once one of the biggest Stock speculators was sentenced to three years in prison dec. Is on a criminal charge that resulted from the government s investigation of the scandal. He previously had paid a record 1100 million Penally to Settle a civil complaint of insider trading the. Misuse of Sec Rel in Formalin profit in securities deals. He also has been banished from the Securi ties business. 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