European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday March a 19bs the stars and stripes Pago 27 sports wire Eddie the Eagle gets hero s we come from pros dts Pilch Cheltenham England Eddie the Eagle Edwards who earned celebrity if not medals with bit ski jumping at the Winter olympics received hero Welcome thursday As he returned to his Hometown. Crowds waving digs lined the streets As the 24-year old bespectacled plasterer travelled in a three mile motorcade to a town Hall reception. It s great to be Back Home and i m just staggered by everyone turning out to Welcome me in the town he said. But i m not letting this go to my head. I m determined to keep my feel on the ground except when pm ski jump ing of the Edwards family wore White i love Eddie sweaters killed by his 80-year-old grand Enol her Marjory Beer son. Emilic really appreciates the Welcome ill a Antiq de h wards the olympian s Mother said. After All Eddie the Este inc fuss he has had around inc world he is Dill a Home Loving boy. He s coping Well with it teen agers Sang Eddie is our hero As motorists sounded their horns in Iris Etc to h is olympic efforts. _ everyone in the town admires him just for his guts in taking part and doing his Noni Evans 63.said. Edwards became one of inc biggest stars of the win Ter games at Calgary although he never came close to the Midat stand. He finished last in both the 70-meter and 90-meter ski jumps but won cheers from the fans and much Media attention with his Good natured Pursuit of mediocrity. Earlier thursday when he arrived at a pub in a while chauffeur driven Rolls Royce crowds of photographers and television Crews kept him trapped in the car for nearly 10 minutes. He finally escaped and looking tired and slightly bewildered climbed aboard a brewery truck Tor the Parade Bobby wad Kins grabs Lead Miami Bobby wad tins shot a 67 thursday to take a one stroke Lead after the first round of the $1 million Dora open coif tournament. His 5-Undcr-Par round completed late in the afternoon lifted him ahead of a group of four including Jack Nicklaus tied at 68. "1 just want to Sec How Long 1 can keep the wad Kiiu name on top of the Leader Board he said. Wadkins a non Winner in 14 seasons on the pea tour is the brother of the tournament s defending Champion latin1 Wadkins. I m just trying to pick up where Lanny left off last Bobby said Nicklaus a non Winner since Iii masters Triumph in 1986, used a Metal Driver in Competition for the first Lime and attributed his Strong play to that club. I would t be Here if i d used my old Driver said Nicklaus Winner of a record 18 major professional titles. I m hitting it Long enough and i m hitting it straight. It s the first time in my life i can stand on inc ice and feel like i can drive it on the Side of the Fairway i want to he said. Nicklaus was tied at 4-Unrfcr on the Blue monster course at the doral country club with pea Champion Larry Nelson Tom Kile and Chip Beck who scared hit first career Victory last week in the los Angeles open. Moody s 64 paces Vintage Indian Wells Calif. Orville Moody putting with deadly accuracy shot a tournament record-tying64 thursday to Lake the first round Lead in the 5350,000 Vintage invitational senior tournament. Moody 55, also set a course record on the Vintage cub s 6,240-Yard, por-72 desert course breaking the Standard of 66 set earlier in the Day by Gene Littler. Littler was in second place after the opening Day with Dale Douglass and Al Geiber Ger a stroke behind with opening round 67s, and Larry to wry and Dobies another shot behind with 69s. Perfors upsets Edberg Indian Wells Calif. Mikael pc Runfors used his exceptional Baseline game to upset top seeded Ste fan Edberg 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 thursday in a third round match at the $702,500 champions cup Tennis tournament. The i Jyh Sec did perfors offered Little resistance in the first set but won the first four games of both the second and third sets in out playing his higher seeded opponent. In the final game of the second set the players went to Deuce seven times before perfors was Able to hold his serve. Edberg had five opportunities to break his opponent s service but could t do it. Pc mfrs 24, is ranked 30th in the world while Edberg 22, is ranked third. Both players arc from swe Den. There was one other upset in the third round unseeded Johan Kriek eliminated i eth a coded Ednaf do Bengoechea of Argentina 6-2,6-4. Perfors met seventh seeded Andre Agassi in Fri Day s quarterfinals. Agassi advanced thursday by beat ing ninth seeded David Pate 6-3,6-3. In other third round action second seeded Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia rallied for a 2-6, 6-0, 6-4victory Over Darren Cahill of Australia third seeded Boris Becker of West Germany overpowered John Fili Gerald of Australia 6-0, 6-2 fourth seeded pal Cash of Australia topped Mark Woodford of austra Lia 6-3, 6-2 eighth seeded Emilio Sanchez of Spain Defeated High school sensation Pete Sampras 7-5, 6-2, and 11 ill seeded Amos Mansdorf of Israel outlasted Dan Goldie 4-6,6-3,7-6 7-4. In other matches Friday Kriek faced Decker Mecir anted Sanchez and Cash took on Mansdorf. Graf Mcneil Advance san Antonio Texas West Germany s Steff Graf and Lori Mcneil of Houston advanced thursday to the semifinals of the . Women s hard court championships Selling up a replay of their meeting i last year s . Open semifinals. Alio advancing thursday to inc semifinals was Sec Ond seeded Helena Sutkova of Czechoslovakia who was to face Bulgaria s Kalerine Malcova on Friday. Graf inc tournament s top seed and the world s top rated women s singles player Defeated France s Natha lie Tau Zial 6-3,6-2. Graf had Little trouble after dropping one service game Early in inc first set Lut later said she did not play Ai Well As she had in inc previous round. I Don t think i was too patient today Graf mid. Ii was t the Busl i could do. I know it Friday s match against Mcneil is going to be More difficult. Mcneil the tournament s third seed needed three sets to eliminate her quarterfinal opponent 16-year-old Natalia a Yerva of the soviet Union 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 despite committing nine double faults. Gilliam gets ring Back Nashville. Tenn. Thanks to a sympathetic Fin former Pittsburgh Sterlen Quan Clui a Joe Gil Luyun again is wearing the super bowl x ring he once sold to buy drugs. Gilliam now is hoping to get Back his super bowl x ring which he also sold said the former Tennessee tale quarterback now a Counselor for drug abusers who was a member of the St Clurs first two superbowl teams in 1975-76. It was a humbling kind of thing. I be been clean a Long Lime and i never thought somebody would do something like that for me Gilliam. 37, said after the ring was returned. Boston businessman John Cannick. A former Druga Juser recovered the ring and resumed it to Wiliiam Cannick heard about the missing jewelry on television just before i he super bowl Jan. 31. John rolled me right Northe super howl and said he and five other Guys who had had similar problems wanted to know what they could do la Jet the rings Gilliam said wednesday. Gilliam told Cannick who might have the rings and the businessman said he needed about 30 Day la raise the Money to buy them Back. Sure enough 30 Days later he and a business associate flew to Nashville gave the person with the ring some Money and Cannick then turned ii Over to Gilliam said. Gilliam would not disclose the Cost because he said Cannick is trying to gather More Money in Huy in second ring. No proof against Kentucky Mission Kan. The Mcaa s of Ken Tucky basketball triggered by a series of investigative Arti cles thai were awarded a pulitzer prize produced no proof of wrongdoing the Mcaa said thursday. In the official finding of the committee on infractions Kentucky is publicly reprimanded fur nut full cooperating with the Long investigation and ordered to Monitor athletic expenditures and report their results to the Mcaa for the next three years. Much harsher penalties had been expected. The Lexington Herald Leader won the pulitzer prize in 1936 for its Lurio detailing corruption in the Ken Tucky program one of the most successful in collegiate history. The newspaper articles quoted former player Sas saying that Kentucky basketball recruits acc eyed Cash clothing and other gifts in i consist ent pattern of abuse dating Back to the Early i Tok everyone is frustrated David by Rel. Mcaa director of enforcement told the associated i Russ. Hut out of 33 individuals quoted in the articles. 32 i did us they were either misquoted or quoted out Ofman Lisl. It snot fair to convict somebody on third hand newspaper quoits when these quotes Are denied to us in fact to acc Berst said his repeated requests to examine the newspaper s tapes or notes or interview the reporters were denied. By Rel also said the Mcaa i pct consider Able time trying to develop other sources and leads and talking to a great Many people who Are familiar with the Kentucky s. Carroll the editor of the Herald Leader said the tapes contain Many hours of material some which was publishable and some not. 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