European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday Aprim. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire Urcla fires hazzard offer 16-14 season hmm press dispatches los Angeles Walt hazzard Urcla s head basketball coach for the last four seasons Hui been tired Chancellor Charles Young announced. Hazzard who turns 46 next month guided the Bruins to a 16-14 record this past season Well below expectations for a team coming offi Pacific-10 con Ference championship in 1986-87. The Bruins finished in a second place tie in the Pac 10 this sawn but try Putti by Washington stale 73 71 in the first round of the conference tournament hazzard he Pacio coach of the year late season received a two year Extension on his contract last sum Mer through the 1989-90 season. The school said that athletic director Peter Dalis is screening candidates for a successor to hazzard and Hopes 10 name a replacement As soon As possible among names being mentioned according to a source close to the school who asked not to be identified Are former Urcla coach Lerry Brown now the head coach at Kansas end Arizona coach Lute Olson. Both Kansas and Arizona Are among the final four who will compete in Kansas City this weekend Kan Sas faces Duke and Arizona Mecoli Oklahoma in sat urday s Mcaa semifinal with the winners squaring off monday night for the championship. Dalis said that assistant coach Kris Jason will have responsibility for managing the Day to Day operation of the Urcla program until is new staff is in place. A Urcla spokesman said Hal assistant coaches Jack Hirsch Ernie Carr and Sidney Wicks have also been relieved of their duties. Hazzard was Urcla s fifth head coach since the legendary John wooden retired after Hie 1974-75 sea son. Since wooden stepped Down the Bruins have been coached by Gene Bartow Gary Cunningham. Brown Larry Farmer and hazzard. Mercer wins again Colorado Springs Colo. A is uphold or s Ray Mercer representing . Continued his Impre ivc fighting in wednesday s preliminaries of the . Boxing championships. Mercer won a Reforce stopped to mesh from Ike Padilla in his second bout terminating the action in 2 19 of uie second round. Kenneth Gould a world Champion who was seeking a fourth . Amateur boning title was disqualified for a Low blow with three a Condo he in hit 147-Pound quarterfinal bout wednesday. On the night card celtic Banks the other world Champion in the Competition took another step to Ward a third straight 125-Pound title with a 54 Deci Sion Over Shane pc Folry of Pomona Calif. In the final fight of the 24-bout Day night a Simon super heavyweight Riddick Bow of new York won his third fight inn do the three round limit when he bombed Kevin Ford of Sacramento Calif., into sub Mission at 1 31 of the second round. Gould threw a left Hook that dropped Tony Robin son of St. Louis writhing in pain. He was on the floor for several minutes. Referee Dan Hamilton disqualified Gould who a part Lex was headed for his 279th Victory in 302 bouts. 1 Wai his tint loss by disqualification. He made it look like a Low blow Gould said la was a great show. He had the Opportunity to do that and that s what he did i Don t believe it. I had the fight could was ahead on three of the five cards after two rounds and was in charge in the third round. It was a classical Tow blow or. Robert Voy chief medial advisor for the . Olympic committee said he was t faking it. I Hope he can to today another defending Champion was eliminated wednesday night when Geralts Mcclelon 10, of Mil Waukee dropped i 4-1 decision to 24-Yeaf-old Ray Meeney of Long Beach Calif Mceroy i semifinal opponent will be Frank Multi of Syracuse by in the afternoon Brian Lonon a 5-foo1 j Soldier stationed at fort Hood Texas stayed on track for a fourth straight 104-Pound title. Tie 23-year-old Lonon was in control when 17-Vfar-om Melvin Lewis of Miami was disqualified in the third round for holding. Lonon s 26-year-old brother Gregory also stationed at fort Hood advanced to the 147-Noiuuf semifinals when Anthony Green of Cleveland we disqualified in the third round for butting. In the semifinals Lonon win Box Alton Rice Mother fort Hood Soldier who stopped Richard Torra ortutary Calif in uie second round Kruger stays at a state Manhattan. Kan a coach Lon Kruger signed a new five year contract wednesday with Kan Sas slate after asking that his name be removed from consideration for he head coaching Job at the univer sity of Texas. We re remaining at Kansas stale and i could t be any More pleased Kruger said at an informal news conference wednesday afternoon. This is where we want to be. This is the Battle we want to Kruger 35, turned Down what apparently was a Chance to coach the men s basketball team and work Tor his old Boss and Long time Friend it athletic director Deloss Dodds. Reports linking Kruger with Tettas surfaced after he led the wildcats to the finals of the Mcaa Midwest regional before losing to Kansas on sunday. Neither Kruger nor k5u athletic director Larry Travis would say How much of a raise Kruger will receive under his new Contact. He reportedly had been malting a base salary of 555,000 a year. Kruger starred at Point guard for Kansas state in the 1970s. He has compiled a 43-20 record in two years As head coach at a slate. The wildcats have Defeated two of the teams in the upcoming Mcaa final four becoming one of Only three learns to defeat Oklahoma and slopping Kansas Home winning Streak a 35 games on Jan. 30. Noah eliminates Mayotte Dallas Yannick Noah off to the Best Start of his eight year pro career improved his record to 19-3 this year by eliminating Tun Mayolle 6-4,6-3,6-3 wednesday night in the the act finals. Noah France s lop player had lost to Mayolle of Springfield mast., in lit three previous career matches winning Only one set. Maple Leafs suspend Fryer Toronto Miroslav Fryer who defected from his native Czechoslovakia in 198 to join the Toronto manic Leafs was suspended wednesday after failing to show up at practice. He s suspended and that s it coach John Brophy said. Fryer is the second player to quil die struggling team in the last 10 Days. Dave Semenko walked away last week Over the Lack of ice time. Brophy and Fryer have clashed in the past Al though the relationship was said to have smoothed Over in the last couple of weeks Fryer returned id the lineup monday night in a 6-4 loss to the Edmonton oilers after missing three weeks with a knee injury and virus. Blue jays shuffle players Dunedin fun the Toronto Blue jays assigned outright the contracts of Canadian torn outfit add Rob Ducky and Pitcher Jose Nunez to Syracuse of inc class aaa International league wednesday and placed in fielder Manny Lee on the 15-Day disabled list. The dub also sent 17-year-old shortstop Jimy Kelly to its minor league Camp for reassignment. The Blue jays also optioned pitchers Colin me Laughlin and Enrique Burgos and Catcher Greg Myers to Syracuse. Hall of Fame Trainer Dies St. Louis Bruce main Washington univer sity athletic Trainer for nearly three decades before rearing in 1977, died of an apparent heart attack tues Day. He was 79. Main u a charter member of the National athletic trainers association received the organization s High est tribute when he was elected to its Hall of Fame in 1980. He was later inducted into the greater St. Louis athletic association s Hall of Fame. Gumbel to Host games new York Bryant Cumber will Host Abc s prime time coverage of the 1988 summer olympics in Seoul South Korea the network announced. Abc released a list of olympic announcers and hosts at a news conference attended by sports presi Dent Arthur Watson and other executives. The net work will televise 179w hours from smut Between sell. Is and oct. 4. Gumbel Anchor of the today program will Host a nightly show from 7 30 . To Midnight. Bob costal will Anchor the late night show from 12 30-2 30 ., while Jane Paulcyn. Jimmy Cufalo and Cayle Gardner will co. Host the weekday morning program from 7-10 Ahmad Razhad trill Anchor the weekday afternoon shows from 4-3 . And Gardner will Host the week end afternoon programs from 4-7 . Cufalo and Maria Shriver will co Anchor the sunday morning shows from 8 To noon. Gio Nufio Rolls to open Lead Winston Salem . Nikki Gianulias of vol Jejo. Calif., rallied from a 180-pin deficit and took a 130 pm Lead Over lome Nichols of Algonquin ill., in the third round of the $200,000 . Open wednesday. Gianulias a 10-Iimc career Champion averaged 22 for her eight games wednesday to finish with n 24 game total of 5,254 pins. Nichols the 1971 . Open Champion has a 5.124 pin total Baker grabs i St round Edge Milwaukee Mark Baker look the first round Lead wednesday in Trie 3200,000 professional to wires association Miller Lite championship. Baker whose three Aba till include bit year s Kessler classic in Dublin Calif., averaged 236.67 for a infill of 1,420 in Sis games. Rya Shafer the 1987 Aba Rookie of the year was second three pins behind Baker with a 1,417 total. Aba earnings Leader Bob Benoit was third with 1,415 pint. Schlichter files for bankruptcy Columbus. 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