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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 10, 1388 the stars and strikes Page 21 sports Temple moves to no. 1 do the attn ruled press Temple became inc fifth earn 10 hold the top spot this season when he owls earned their first Ever a. I  in inc associated press College basketball poll on monday Temple , jumped from fifth to first with 23 Fiat place void and 1,204 Points from the nationwide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters after a week thai saw i3 if Anis in the top Twenty lose at Ocasi one game. The polls do not concern me Temple coach John Chancy Laid. Because to me what s important is nol to be first in february. Bei6 first last is what  Syracuse North Carolina Kentucky and Arizona have also been ranked no. 1 this season. There have been Sis changes in the lop spot. Purdue i $-2, improved from sixth to second with College basketball 14 first peace Voles and 1,191 Points after beating then no. Ii Michigan 91-87 on sunday. Arizona which had held the no. 1 position for is weeks including the last tour in a Row fell to third with 15 first place votes and 1,162 Points. 28 More than Oklahoma which jumped from seventh. The soon cars. 20-2, won both i hair big eight conference games Las week beating Kansas and Missouri. Arizona suffered its second defeat in 23 Rames when it lost a Pac to game at Stanford. It was the first con Ference loss for the wildcats. Pittsburgh the Only other learn to receive first place votes finished with two votes for first and 927 Points after beating then no. 20 St. John s in its Only game of the week. Pitt 16-2, retained first place in the big East with a 6-1 record. North Carolina lfr-3, jumped two plates to Silitti with 905 Point five More than Nevada Las vegas. Univ was second last week but lost to Cal Santa Barbara for the second time this season. The Runnin rebels 20-2, had a Chance to take the no. 1 spot after Arizona i loss but failed As did Brigham Young i \. By. The last major undefeated team in the nation. Suffered its first loss of the season saturday at Ala Bama Birmingham and fell from third into a tic for eighth with Duke .11 859 Points Duke 16-3, won three games last week but was beaten at Home by North Carolina slate 77-74. Kentucky 16-3, rounded out the top ten for the second straight week with 749 Points 48 min than Syracuse. Following Syracuse in the second ten were Michi Gan Iowa Kansas state Bradley North Carolina slate. Vanderbill Wyoming. Indiana and Villanova athletes Snow hit Calgary Calgary. Air rat Iasi . Speed skaters arrived for the Winter games monday bringing with them the Glimmer off Ola fur America and a new teat of Snow for cosmetics conscious olympic organizers. Snow has begun to fall on Cal Gary. And organizers said monday it will be Worth inc work it causes to dress up the games a Little. Bonnie hair former world re Cord Holder in the 500 inc Tori was among the . Speed Jkai err who arrived in Calgary. Although Over shadowed lately by East germans Kirin Kanin and Christa Rothon Burger who now holds the 500 meter record. Blair is one of Amer Ica s top Gold medal prospects along with . Figure skaters. Asked at the Calgary Airport if she had anything to say she re plied there la be enough press conferences later. 1 Don t want to talk  also among Ihu Speed skating arrivals was another american medal Prospect Nick Thatner. Thorou has missed some training with a blood disorder and finished a disappointing ninth at the recently concluded world sprint Speed shutting championships. Right now i fed i m about 90 percent ready he said at the air port. We be got a week of train ing Here and that should help me gel into top  . Bobsled cars and ski jump ers also arrived in Calgary Mon Day while organizers said a crisis committee would be available la help arriving tourists who might not have a place to stay because of a booking Agency scandal. By monday Only about half the 1,684 athletes registered 10 com Pete in the games had arrived in this Southern Alberta City of 650.000. Environment Canada the Ca Nadian weather service predicted 6-8 inches of snowfall through Midnight tuesday will the games scheduled to begin on saturday. It la create a Little work for us out on the trails nordic venue see Cai Rahv on Page 26 Higuera Hershiser sidestep arbitration by striking deals new York. A five players including pitchers to Lily Higuera and Orel harsh scr agreed to new contracts monday reducing the number of players remaining in arbitration to 44. Higuera agreed to a one year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers for s 1.025,000, a 1690.000 raise. Harsh scr Laic in the Day agreed to a one year con tract with the los Angeles dodgers for Al. 1 million. Hershiser lost in arbitration last year and had his salary Cut from is million to s800,000, he had asked for j 1,250.000 in arbitration while the dodgers offered s950.000 and inc final salary split the difference. He was 16-16 last year with a 3.ob earned run average. In other agreements monday. Sid Fernandez and the new Vork Meis settled at 1580,000. Bob walk and the Pitts Burgh pirates settled at $450,1 00 and Dave Anderson and the dodgers settled at 1262,100. John Franco of the Cincinnati reds and Tom Henke of inc Toronto Blue jays had their hearings monday. Two players were scheduled to have hearings tuesday Dave a atomic of the Chicago while Soi and Mike Pagliarulo the new York Yankees Higuera can earn an additional $175,000 in incentive Bonus clauses 125,000 for attendance and a maximum of $150.000 for various player awards. He had asked for si.25 million and inc Brewers had offered 5900,000, the contract makes him the third highest paid Brewer this season follow ing Paul Molit Orat s1.4 million and Jim  j million. Teddy has had three Fine years. We Are glad we were Able to negotiate an agreement that satisfied him As Well As the club. We look Forward to having Bint with us for a Long  Brewers general manager Harry Dallon said. Teddy Higuera s new contract will Mare than triple his 1987 salary. Higuera 29, was is-10 with a 3.85 Era in 3 games in 1937, including 14 Complete games and three shutouts. Fernandez who made $308,000 last year had asked for $597,000 in arbitration while inc acts had offered s55s.ooo, he made the All Star leap for the Sec Ond time last season but pitched just 11 times after inc All Star game because of knee and Elbow injuries. He was w at inc All Star break with a 3.45 Era. But just 3-3 after that with a 4,s9 Era walk 31, was 8-2 with a 3.31 Era in 39 games in 987. He made 5255,000 last season and had asked for $490,000 this year. The Pir Lesoir Rcd s3b5.000. Anderson 27. Earned s225.000 last season when he balled .234 with one Home run and 13 runs batted in. Tic had asked for $283,000 in arbitration while the dodgers offered $240.000. Richmond reinstated after 2nd drug test Daytona Beach a. A tits Richmond s Lascar License was re instated monday after he passed a Sec Ond drug lest administered by the Slock car sanctioning body. Richmond had been suspended indefinitely saturday after testing positive for a prohibited substance under the guide lines of Lascar s new substance abuse policy which went into effect Jan. 25. He had denied using drugs and under went the second urinalysis on saturday night. Lascar released a statement Mon Day which Laid in part at his request and in accordance with policy Rich mond submitted another urine Sample saturday evening it was tested monday by Lascar drug advisor or. Forest s. Tennant who informed Lascar officials the new Sample tested negative. Richmond was to be informed of ii re sults of the second test later monday. According to Lascar having tested positive on one drug lest Richmond is now subject to random testing at the sanctioning body s discretion  
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