European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday july 28,1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 sports wire Cunningham signs team record contract from press dispatches Philadelphia the Philadelphia eagles signed holdout quarterback Randall Cunningham to a three year contract wednesday that will pay him close to the $ 1 million Cunningham wanted and make him the highest paid eagles player Ever. Eagles president Harry Gamble announced the sign ing at a news conference and said Cunningham would participate in wednesday s practice at the West Ches Ter training Camp. Cunningham was Only a one Day holdout. He missed tuesday s opening Day of practice which was devoted to physical exams and a team meeting. Neither Gamble nor Cunningham s agent Jim Steiner would disclose the terms of the contract. But Gamble did say it was the most Ever paid an eagles player. The previous High was $700,000 to Veteran wide receiver Mike Quick. Cunningham earned $190,000 last year when was the eagles offence passing for 2,786 Yards and 23 touchdowns and running for 505 Yards. He was the first quarterback to Lead his team in Rushing since Bobby Douglass did it for the Chicago bears in 1972. I did t get exactly what i wanted. But i am among the top paid quarterbacks in the National football league and that was my goal he said. I m being compensated what i m probe bounces new la. Coach Natchitoches la. Don Beasley was fired Ashead basketball coach at Northwestern Louisiana wednesday because of investigations into alleged Caa and Southland conference rules violations in men s president Robert a. Alost said a preliminary review or possible infractions mandates a change in the leadership of the basketball he did not say what infractions were alleged but said the decision to fire Beasley does not necessarily mean that there is any substance to the charges against the basketball program. But even the hint of impropriety is detrimental tothe University and it is essential to Send the message to Northwestern students alumni and friends that the Honor of the institution will be zealously at Northwestern Beasley turned around a program that had gone 3-25 in 1984. His record in 1985-6 was 11-16,15-13 in 1986-87 and 16-12 in 1987-88. Jordan Thomas top Aba team Charlotte . Chicago s Michael Jordan and Detroit s Isiah Thomas head a group of Aba play ers who will face the . Men s olympic basketball team in two exhibition games in Charlotte next month organizers of the event announced olympic team is training at Georgetown under coach John Thompson and will make its first appearance in Charlotte As part of the Carolinas invitational on Fri Day aug. 12. The three Day Competition also will Featurette us. Olympic women s basketball team in two games against Cuba in Charlotte s new 23,500-seat basketball teams will play again on aug. 14. Jordan and Thomas have announced that they will play Only in the sunday game. Also playing on the Aba All Star team will be thur Bailey and Karl Malone of Utah and Sam Perkins and Rolando Blackman of rest of the team consists of Charles Barkley of Philadelphia Alex English of Denver Chris Mullin of Golden state Tom Chambers of Phoenix former Mil Waukee guard John Lucas san Antonio s Alvin Robertson and Benoit Benjamin of the los Angeles clippers. Korea schedule talks Seoul South Korea South Korea will accept a North korean plan for talks on a non aggression pact and Clearing the Way for the North to take part in the olympic games officials said wednesday. South korean National Assembly officials said representatives of the top four political parties and As Sembly speaker Kim Chae Sun agreed to accept the North korean offer with a plan for initial contacts in the second week of August. The South is ready to take up the olympic Issue and does not want to limit the Agenda one aide said. Party leaders must approve the plan but officials said this would be automatic and a positive response would be sent to North Korea next monday. North Korea sent a proposal to the South last week calling for talks Between their Legislatures on drawing up a non aggression pact to end the Long rivalry Between the two nations. The North in a second letter tuesday said it was also ready to discuss entering the olympics in Seoul in september on condition its demand to co Host the games be discussed. The International olympic committee and South Korea have refused to let the North co Host the olym pics because the games Are awarded to a single City. South korean olympic officials who declined to be identified said there had been no change on co Host ing. They said the North appeared to be setting co hosting As a condition so any new talks probably would be inconclusive. Three previous rounds of talks Between the South and North on easing tension and establishing relations ended in failure. British pole vaulter banned London British pole vaulter Jeff Gutt Ridgewas banned from International track and Field Competition for life on wednesday after a second drugs test confirmed that he had taken anabolic steroids. The 32-year-old briton meanwhile denied that hews guilty of drug abuse and declared that he would continue his training and fight to Clear his Commonwealth games Silver medallist and Brit Ain s no. 1 vaulter Gutteridge was hoping to gain place on Britain s olympic track and Field team at next week s British trials. Ioc clears 10 to participate Lausanne Switzerland the International olympic committee on tuesday cleared 10 athletes needing special approval to compete at the Seoul sum Mer games including weightlifter Nairn Suleymanov la and swimmer Jens Peter 10 had switched citizenship within the last three years making diem special cases under Ioc rules. For olympic eligibility they had needed starting approval from their old and new National federations and the global federation of their sport. Bulgarian born sule Manoglu the world record Holder in the 6&kilogram weightlifting category defected to Turkey in 1986.berndt, an East German member of a team that briefly held the world record in the 400-meter Medle race in 1984, defected to the United states in 1985. He obtained West German citizenship last the others declared eligible was wrestler Jeff Stuebing of the United Ioc also declared these athletes eligible Robert Gleria Italy swimming Filipe Lomba Portugal track David Green Australia equestrian Helena to today Weinberg West Germany equestrian Marcus Priaulx Australia boxing Bogdan Maczuga West Germany boxing and Daniel Ortet West Germany gymnastics. End of astros scoreboard near Houston the plug soon will be pulled on the Astrodome s giant scoreboard putting an end to the Texas style Light shows that have hailed the Home team s triumphs for More than 20 years. Sometime during the next two months workers will disconnect the Center Field scoreboard in use since the Astrodome opened in 1965. Gone will be the largest scoreboard in the world the 14,000 Light bulbs the ride pm cowboys the snorting steers and electronic pyrotechnics of the dome s Trade Mark Home run spectacular. In its place will be installed 10,000 new scats part of $60 million in Astrodome renovations designed to keep the Houston oilers nil team from moving to Jackson Ville Fla. A promised High tech replacement spectacular has been postponed because of Lack of Money Harris county officials said monday. Braves waive Roenicke Atlanta the Atlanta braves waived outfielder Gary Roenicke on tuesday for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release. The move was made to make room on the roster for outfielder Albert Hall who was activated from the 15-Day disabled list. Roenicke batted .228 with one Home run and seven Bis in 50 games this season. Top seeds Lendl Agassi win Stratton Mountain it. Top seeded Ivan Lendl and no. 2 seed Andre Agassi both advanced tuesday to the second round of the Volvo International Tennis tournament. Lendl of Czechoslovakia Defeated Christian Saceanu 6-4, 6-4, while Agassi the top ranked american mens Tennis player struggled past Paul Wekesa of Kenya 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Agassi playing his first tournament since Davis cup play in Argentina had trouble adjusting to the hard surface and Altitude at stratum Mountain. It s been Tough adapting to everything considering the last two months i be been playing has been on Clay courts Agassi said. Esp asks yacht Date shift san Diego pitting the America s cup against the Appeal of the summer olympics would be bad for the regatta s spectators competitors and to ratings say cup defenders and the network with broadcast rights. I think it would be in everybody s Best interest to have the event staged at a time when there in t such a grand spectacle like the olympics going on Chris Laplaca a spokesman for the esp said tuesday. Sail America defense manager for the san Diego yacht club will meet this week with new zealand challenger Michael Fay to try to negotiate a change in the sept. 19 Start Date set monday by a new York judge. Esp which paid sail America for exclusive . Broadcast rights is facing a schedule already booked solid on some saturdays with College football. Warren no. 1 in Hammer open Edmond okla. Del Warren of Lake Worth Fla., retained the Lead after three rounds to capture the top seeding for wednesday night s championship round of the professional bowlers association $150,000 Hammer open. Tom crites of Tampa Fla., earned the second seed. Superstition an to thursday s programs 0600 lbs evening news 0630 sports tonight 0700 night lne 0730 just Tor kids Porky pig 0800 mister Rogers neighbourhood 0830 an s morning movie coma Cheros 1020 innovation 1100 entertainment tonight 1130 jeopardy 1200 Abc world news 1230 Donahue adult Donahue s guests Are men who think they Are great overs and the women in their lives who agree. What separates the men from the boys when it comes to pleasing a woman discussed Are techniques attitudes and secrets. 1320 general Hospital 1405 guiding ought 1450 for kids Only cartoons 1500 sesame Street 1600 the today show 1800 headline news 1830 an evening news 1900 our House fed up with folks Reliance on modern technology. 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