European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. March 25,1988 the stars and stripes. Page 27 sports wire chargers fouls signals his retirement front Ami Der Rancho Santa be. Calif. San Diego charge quarterback Dan fouls who set seven nil pasting acc Only during a is year career thursday announced his retirement from professional football. It s thai after ii years this body has taken about As Many hits As it can fouls said Al a news conference at Hii Fancha Santa pc estate 20 Miles North of san Diego. Foul36, sitting in a poolside Lawn chair with his wife Julianne said hit decision to retire was a Mutual one by him and club officials. At no time was he pressured into leaving he said. He acknowledged there had been differences at limes Between him and some club officials including chargers owner Alci spams asked if he held grudges. Fouts said. No. If i harboured ill feelings Over every thing trial happened in the last 15 years pm be a wreck. "1 m very Happy with the decision and looking for Ward id moving  he said he was auditioning for a sport casting Job with to networks and was also involved in a Commer Cial real estate business in san Diego. Fouts was forced by injuries to miss games each of the past five seasons including the finale of last year s season ending sin game losing Streak. The slump knocked the 8-7 chargers out of the play offs and triggered speculation whether Fouts would be the starting quarterback this year after n five year absence from the playoffs. Golden state s Karl quits Oakland Calif. George Karl who guided the Golden state warriors into the Aba playoffs last a son announced his resignation wednesday. De Gregory an assistant coach took Over for Karl and coached the warriors past Sacramento 126-113 wednesday night. Team owner James Fri Gerald said he would offer Don Nelson former coach at Milwaukee the warriors Job. Nelson joined the warriors before this sea son As an executive vice president and assumed the general manager s Job during the season. Karl left with inc team 1 is he second worst record in the Aba and on a five game losing Streak. He had two More seasons remaining on his contract. Utah s Griffith has surgery Salt Lake City Utah jazz guard Parrill Griffith underwent Anthro Copic surgery on his left knee wednesday and will miss the remainder of the Aba season. Raiders hire two coaches Al be Glendo Calif. Nick no Tau and Pete Rodriguez have been hired As assistant coaches by the los Angeles raiders thus completing the staf of head coach Mike Shanahan. Nicolau who spent tic last seven years As Backfield coach with inc Denver Broncos will coach wide receivers and tight ends for the raiders. Rodriguez who was the offensive coordinator of the Ottawa rough riders of the Canadian football league last year will coach special teams for los Angeles. Earlier Alex Cibbs. Former Broncos offensive line coach was hired As special assistant to the head coach. Aulby leads Bowling tourney Peoria Iii. Mike Aulby took the first round Lead of the j150,000 professional bowlers association True value open wednesday. Aulby who won his i4lh Aba title Las than three weeks ago in the Miller Lite open in Cleveland knocked Down 1,438 pins for Hii six qualifying games. Authy s games included 2h9 and 175 efforts. Indians a Caudill Harris Tucson Ariz. The Cleveland indians Cut vol trait right handers Bill Caudill Greg Harris and Steve Crawford on thursday. Caudill and Harris Cwm released. Crawford was Given the option of reporting to the indians minor league Camp or being released. The indians also designated five players for assign ment to the minors. They were left handed Pitcher Jack o Connor Catcher Ron Tingley and infielders Tommy Hinzo. Don Lovell and Eddie Williams. The moves left inc indians with 32 players including Pitcher Ken Schrom who probably will open the season on the disabled list because of a son am. Witt takes compulsory is Budapest Hungary olympic Champion Kata Rina will of East Germany won the compulsory figures phase in he women s event thursday at the world figure skating championships. Seeking her fourth world title Witt had the highest Overall Marks in the school figures which count for 30 percent of the local score. Canada s Elizabeth Manley finished second in inc first portion of the Competition with . Champion Dubi Thomas of san Jose Calif., third. The performance in the school figures gave win a big boost toward another title in her final Amateur Competition. She won the olympics last Mornh and the world Lille in 1984, 1985 and 1981. The neat phase of the Competition is Friday s Short program which counts for 20 percent of the total score. Later thursday Brian Boitano of Sunnyvale Calif., the olympic men s Champion was to compete in the Short program in inc men s event in which he was in third place Witt s first place in the school figures stopped a soviet domination. Wednesday was a big Day for the soviet skaters As they scared a record equating Victory a sweep of medals in one event and led in two others. The soviet Union picked up its 38th world title when Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev upset teammates Ekaterina Gord Mcva and Sergei Grinkov the olympic and two time world pairs champions. Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov completed inc soviet sweep. Gillian Wachsman of Riverside conn., and Todd Waggoner of Schaum bunk Iii., moved up one spot to fourth with a Sharp clean performance. Ojeda slams balk Rule new York new York Meis Pitcher Bob Ojeda claiming that baseball s new balk Rule slows Down the game and screws it up criticized commissioner Peter Ueberroth for his part in its enforcement. It s a silly pointless Rule when it comes Down from someone who never wore a uniform Ojeda said. It would be an Cosier Pill to Swallow if in came from somebody like Sandy Kourim someone who knows what it s like to pitch in front of 50,000  the left hander who said umpires told him the enforcement edict came from Ueberroth was celled for two balks wednesday in a six inning performance against inc Baltimore orioles he also committed iwo in i first appearance of Spring training. Ueberroth was not available for comment but Rich Levin inc news director of the commissioner s office mid the decision to lighten up on balk Calls had been made by the rules committee. The commissioner in l on the rules committee Levin said but the presidents of the National and american league  hang first in super a Saalbach. Austria Martin Hangl of Switzer land skiing with Start no. 27. Thursday surprisingly won the season s final world cup super giant slalom beating austrian Hubert so Roland Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg Hangl was timed in i minute. 24.43 seconds. Slalz finished second in 1 24.96 and Gira Rodli was i Bird in 1 23.02.hans Enn of Austria placed fourth in 1 29.27, Fol Lowed by Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland in 1 25.35 and Conhard Stock of Austria in 1 2 5.46. The race Lead been billed As a possible Duel Between surf Riggen and Albert Tomba of Italy. Tomb finished ninth. The result meant that Zurbriggen clinched the super a world cup title. Markus Wasmeier of West Germany was second. Frenchman Frant wicca who finished seventh in 1 25.90, was third Figini clinches women s ski title Saalbach Austria Mich la Figini of Switzer land clinched the women s Overall world cup skiing title thursday when the final race of the season a downhill was cancelled because of warm weather. In regaining the Overall total she first won in 19ss, Figini also won the world cup title in the downhill. The 21-year-old was the Leader in thai discipline through the first tight races of the season. Figini won the Overall title with 244 Points in More than country woman Fri Lille Corili. Anita Wachter of Austria was third with 2ii Points. Figins 143 Points in the downhill gave her an easy Victory As Switzerland claimed the top three places. Corili was second with 119 and Maria Wall scr the Overall titlist in 19b6 Annj 1987, was next with 82. Britain protests Budd ban London British track officials thursday called on uie sport s world governing body to res Cine an apparent ban on South african bom runner Zola Budd from competing in the United slates. This is totally out of order British Amateur ath Lelic Board spokesman Tony Ward said. As far As we arc concerned Zola is perfectly eligible to  the athletics Congress the governing body for rack and Field in the United states said wednesday it would not allow Budd 21, to compete in the United states pending on official ruling next month on her status and eligibility. Tac said it was acting on a directive from the inter National Amateur athletic federation the world gov Budd withdrew from inc British team for saturday s world Cross country championships at Auckland. New zealand amid charges that she competed in South Africa in june 1987. Was Long jump rigged Milan Italy a Milan sports newspaper reported thursday that an investigation by the italian olym Pic committee is believed to have found that italian officials arranged the Long jump result at the 1937 world track and Field championships to ensure that Italy s Giovanni evangelist won the Bronze medal. The report was not immediately confirmed by ital Ian olympic committee Coni officials who said the result of the investigation would be made Public Fri Day. To today supers Atlon an to Friday s programs us a Tarp him Oca in sport _ fctt4 of Tel Uon Fry Merit a 1030 Enow own tonight lion a Rork a 1zh to or Witt Snow of Awu Kunii Aisun it  i ims t 1535 b 16� j Igloo 31jo 2130 data z220 Cun 8230 a Leno nerf arts Jirm 001 Al  Olid d Otto a a twi Jurat a. Ti-1nc i i � p ii Tiv ii. 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