European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday Prtt 13, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire Pepperdine coach chosen for Urcla of from press dispatches los Angeles Jim Hanick a former Urcla assistant basketball coach who has been the head co Chat Pepperdine Tor the past nine years was named the Bruins head coach tuesday. Harriett succeed Wall Mustard who was fired 13days to. Hazard is Urcla s coach for four years. His cams were 77-47 14-14 this Pasi season. Since Hazard was dismissed seven big Nam coaches Wen interviewed by Urcla. At least two North Carolina state s Jim Vavano and Kansas Larry Brown were offered the Job but decided against Takin Gil others who reportedly turned the Braini Down were Duke t Mike Kizze Slu and Iowa s Tom Davis. Harriet 49, was an assistant coach at Urcla under Gary Cunningham in the 1977-78 and 1978-79 sea sons. Alter Cunningham helped Down Brownw hired and Harrick went to Pepperdine i member of the West coast athletic conference harriets teams at Pepperdine compiled a 167-97 record. The wave were 17-13 this pan season. Under Harrick the Waves tied for one wac championship and won four others outright. Pepperdine his competed in the Mcaa Toum Mcm four times in the pan nine years. Rutgers hires nets aide Piscataway. Tatj. New Jersey nets assistant coach Bob Wenzel monday was named head coach at his Alma mater Rutgers University the school Pirec Tor of athletics announced. Wenzel came to the nets this year after turning around the basketball program at Jacksonville where he had been head coach since 1981, compiling an 86 81 , who had reportedly been considered for the vacant coaching Job at Providence will replace Craig  who was tired March i after three years with the Scarlet Knight during which he compiled an Overall of 2m3 record and was l w7 in the Atlantic 10 conference. Mcaa clears Auburn s Rocker Atlanta the Mcaa monday said it has cleared Auburn University defensive tackle Tracy Rocker of any improper conduct involving sports agent Jim Abernethy Rocker meanwhile accused Abc Melphy of fabricating the Story of their  Don t think there was a misunderstanding Rocker said. I think he lied he had to make it up. Maybe he assumed that since Kevin Porter was my Roommate. I dont know what he was thinking. He  i the snorts agent in an interview published dec. 16 in the Atlanta journal and the Atlanta Constitution said he had paid some entertainment expenses for Rocker during the 1937 football Jean at the same Lime he was paying Porter a defensive Back. Abernethy was convicted March i in Opelika. Ala., of tampering with a sports contest for his payments to Porter and received a one year jail sentence and s2.000 Fine. During the trial. Porter testified that the Only person who knew of his involvement with the agent was Rocker. Car crash kills Ucb assistant Buellton. Calif. Dick Mcbride an assistant football coach at the University of California at Santa Barbara the last two years was killed in a Cine vehicle Accident the California Highway patrol said monday. He was 17.according to the report. Mcbride was travelling North on . 101 Laic saturday night at Between 80 and 90 Miles per hour and failed to make a curve. Slammed into a guard rail and then hit an embankment. Mcbride was pronounced dead at the scene. Mcbride was a defensive Back at Cal poly san Luis Obispo and Wai one of the 26 survivors when the team plane crashed at Bowling Green Ohio on oct. 29, i960, lulling 16 of hit teammates. He is survived by his wife Janet and five daughters. Williams takes 2-pin Lead Atlantic City no. Ron Williams of Caho Kia. Lit., took a two pin Lead after the first round of the . Open the richest professional Bowler association tournament Williams who has yet to win a Aba title averaged 246.63 for his first eight games with i total Pink aloof 1,973, two better than 1987 Rookie of the year Ryan ,. Firs place in the $500,000 event is s100.000. Jim Pencak of Richmond Heights Ohio was third four pins behind Shafer with a total of 1,967. Like Williams neither Shafer nor Pencak has won a Aba tour event George in Ham Iii of san Diego was fourth. The two time titlist who was the first Black to win a Lour championship felled 1,942 pins. Tom Milton of so Petersburg. Fla., who won the Miller Lite classic in february rounded out the top five Afler scattering 1,917 pins. The Field of 240 was to be Cut to the top 60 tuesday night Bell Al player of the week new York George Bell of the Toronto Blue jays who set a major league record with three Home son opening Day was named the american league player of the week for the first week of the season the league said monday. For the no player of the week see Page 23. Bell the 1987 american league most valuable player batted .455 and had four homers in the week. Jackson clinches record new York Mark Jackson clinched a record for average assists per game by an Aba Rookie when head 13 monday night in the new Yorito kicks 114 111 overtime Victory Over the Detroit pistons. Jackson who has a 10.5 average with 800 assists in 76 games would belter Oscar Robertson s Mark of 9.7 even if he has no assists in Llic kicks last Sii game this season. If he find had with boo assists in 82 games his average would be 9.76. Jackson previously shattered Robertson s Rookie As Sist record of 690, established 67 games in 1960-61. Wilh 192 steals and is games to play Jackson also has a Chance to break Dudley Bradley s Aba Rookie record of 211 set in 1979-80. He also needs 13 assists in the last six games to break the kicks record for assists by Michael Ray Richardson in 1979-80. Pressley honoured by Aba new York Harold Pressly of the Sacramento Kings who tripled his season average by scoring 25.3points per gome was named the Aba player of the week for the period ending sunday april 10. The league Laid , a 6-fool-8 second year pro led the Kings to two victories in three games last week with Point totals of 29, 3t and 16 while playing in place of the injured Kenny Smith and Derek Smith. Chinese swimmer sets Mark Beijing Yang Wenyi of China bettered the listed world record in the women s 0-Mc or freestyle monday with a Lime of 24.98 seconds the official pm the report said the Tytar old Yang set the world Mark on the final Day of the asian swimming championship in Canton China. The ensling world record of25.28 was set by Tamara Colache of Romania at the i9b6 world swimming championships in Madrid. Mislaid medals to be replaced Trenton. N j. Wilh the blessings of the King of Sweden and the International olympic committee president the world s oldest living olympic Champion will receive replicas of the medals he misplaced nearly 60 years  Kviat 95. Will receive the replacements thursday in Trenton from King Carl Xvi Gustaf of Sweden whose great Grandfather presented Kiivit with the originals at the 1912 games m  duplicates a Gold and a Silver were made by a Swiss company using the same holds from which the 1912 medals were cast the inner National olympic committee picked up the cos Glenn Kasper a member of the governor s Council on physical fitness came up with the idea after taking Kivia Lhome from an olympic Rund flan seven in february. Us a a. Aptly we or Mem Mia a i a i Riff "1 knew the King and Queen were coming Here and 1thought, would t it be great if we could gel replace ment med a to give 1o Abelt Kasper  id Days of contacting International olympic committee president Juan Antonio Sam ranch. Kaspe Rhad Sam ranch s approval and copies of the medals. Vivial won the Silver medal in the 1,500 meters an the Gold in the 3,000-Mcter Cross country event in the i9lgamcs. His Roommate during the olympics was Jim Thorpe. Elliott passes up 88 Aba draft Tucson Ariz. The speculation is Over an scan Elliott says my time will come nest  the All America Forward said he s staying at anic a for his senior year and will pass up making himself a candidate for the n a  the 20-year-old Tucson native said ins decision was t  a still teetering a Little bit last week Elliott said maybe i was looking to move up and to move on i thought it could be beneficial in some ways. There arc Lime where i was certain t was t going to stay and that at one Point i came this  he said holding two fingers about one Quarter of an Inch apart. Ellioff s future has been on the minds of a number of people in  ask me on the Street All the Lime if i m going or  he said. I just Teli them whatever i Lehsome people i m leaving and some i m staying. Hope fully i won t get any More  first on his list of objectives will be making the .olympic team with tryouts set for May 19-24. Elliott said he will Plav whatever role . Coach John Thompson wants him  s uncertainly had continued last week even Afler he and coach Lute Olson talked at length during a trip to los Angeles for the John r. Wooden award ceremonies he  further discussions thursday night with assist ant coach Kevin o Neill who is described As a close Friend of Elliott a helped him make up his mind Hen the Forward  added "1 just feel great about the decision. To today superstition an to wednesday s programs pro Witk Juil Lor Kufe it Man Furto Tatj is irl Al t l 0910 Twain Medb n its hot or Wojt tw0. 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