European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 29, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 23 sports Wirt 5 players who failed nil drug tests return from press dispatches new York All pros Lawrence Taylor and Bruce Smith and three other players who were sus Pended far 30 Days when they failed nil drug tests during inc preseason were reinstated by the league tuesday. Nil spokesman Joe Browne said that Taylor the Star linebacker of inc new York giants and Buffalo Bills defensive end Smith were reinstated along with linebacker Emanuel King and cornerback Daryl Smith of the Cincinnati bengals and receiver John Taylor of the san Francisco 49ers. All five players were on their teams non football illness list and missed inc first four games this season. Taylor s suspension was due to end tuesday while the other four were allowed to return a few Days Early As an accommodation to the players and their teams Browne said. All of them were eligible to play this weekend once the suspensions were lifted. The respective teams can ask the league for a one game roster exemption for the reinstated players. The players will continue to receive appropriate coun Sci ing and treatment and reinstatement is on the Condi Tion of their totally refraining from further violations of the nil substance abuse policy Browne said. All five players face a permanent ban from the nil if they violate that policy again. They can however petition for reinstatement after one year. Cubs May Send Davis to braves Montreal the Chicago cubs have agreed to Trade Catcher Jody Davis to the Atlanta braves but the Deal has been held up by Atlanta s insistence on a lockout clause in his new contract. Davis and his agent. Jack Sands have agreed on a two year contract that takes him through 1990, the season that the collective bargaining agreement be tween the Union and the owners expires. The braves want to include a clause that would prohibit Davis from being paid in the event of a lockout. If we strike i Don l expect to get paid. But they want a lockout clause and i won t accept that Davis said. Bobby Cox general manager of the braves refused to confirm that a Trade had been completed. Davis who lost his Starling Job to Damon Berryhill this season is Balling .229 in 249 at Bals with six Hom ers and 33 runs batted in. He is canting s 1,108,333 this season. Davis 32, joined the cubs in 1980, and became the team s Starling Catcher in 1981, his first full year in the majors. Indians rehire Edwards Cleveland the Cleveland indians have re hired manager Doc Edwards for the 1989 season team president Hank Peters said tuesday. The indians arc 103-128 since Edwards was elevated from bullpen coach to replace Pat connies As manager on july 16, 1987. The team is 73-83 this season and in sixth place in the american league East. Terms of the one year contract were not disclosed although Edwards said his salary has t yet reached the $130,000 that he had once seen reported about his 1988 contract. Twins set Al attendance Mark Minneapolis Minnesota set an american league attendance record tuesday night when icy Drew 48,300 for a 5-0 Victory Over the Oakland athletics raising the twins season total to 2,820,049. The 1982 California Angels had held the record with 2.807.360. Minnesota has sold enough Advance tickets for ils five remaining games to go Over the 3,, Mark. Something accomplished Only by the los an Geles dodgers new York mets and St. Louis Cardi nals. Lafleur signs with rangers new York Guy Lafleur. Inducted into the hockey Hall of Fame earlier this month returned to the nil As a player tuesday when he signed a con tract with the new York rangers. Lafleur who turned 37 on sept. 20, retired in no vember 1984 after 14 seasons with the Montreal Ca Nadies. He was voted into he Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility and was inducted on Cpl. 7, three Days before he began his comeback bid with the rangers. We re very pleased said Phil Esposito the rang ers general manager. Esposito said Lafleur had signed a one year contract with an option year. We think he s worked his butt off in training Camp. I said when we invited him to Camp that we d watch him for three or four Days and see How things went. After hat we found we had to watch him closer. He May have been our Best player out West during the first few exhibition games. He can help this club. If he can score 20-25 goals we d be pleased and Happy Esposito added. Lafleur has one goal and two assists in five exhibition games. The reason he made the team was that he was one of our four Best right wings not because he s a Hall of Famor coach Michel Bergeron said. But he s played on five Stanlcy up winners and we Hope hell bring us a winning spirit and attitude Lafleur was one of the most feared scorers of the 1970s, when he led the canadians to four consecutive Stanley cups from 1976-79. He won the league s most valuable player award the Hart trophy twice and was a first team All Star six straight limes. He scored so or More goals from 1974-75 to 1979 80 and led the nil in scoring for three straight sea sons from 1975-76 to 197 7-78. Debate Hurt olympic to ratings Seoul South Korea the presidential debate Between George Bush and Michael Dukakis May have helped one of the candidates but it Hurt Abc s olym Pic ratings. After lopping the 19 Mark for three straight nights Abc s audience fell to 18.2 for the 2w-hour olympic show that followed sunday night s debate in the United Stales. A rating Point equals 886,000 households. On the previous night Abc s olympic telecast Drew a 19.6. The night after the debate the games received a 19.3 ruling. Before the games started Abc projected an aver age prime time rating of 21.2. Abc averaged a 23.2 at the 1984 olympics in los Angeles. And testifies at Kirk s trial Memphis Tenn the sports Booster group that Jve former Memphis state basketball coach Lanark up to $ 10,000 a year also gave Money to other University officials the school s athletic director said tuesday. Kirk 53, is on trial on income lax evasion and obstruction of Justice charges and the government says he got salary bonuses from University boosters which he tailed to report to inc internal Revenue service. The school supporters were members of the Golden tigers a club urged by the University to provided salary boosts for the Memphis slate basketball staff Al Gai i i civic director Charles Cavagnaro testified. Memphis state president Thomas Carpenter asked the Golden tigers 10 give $ 10,000 checks to Kirk and $2,500 Check to his two assistant coaches in i192 and l983,. The organization was set up to do those kinds of things he said. The group also paid off a j13,000 loan on the or is Dence of football coach Rex Dockery who died in an air plane crash in 1983, and made insurance Palm ends for former athletic director Billy spook Murphy. Cavagnaro said. Bearcats Arena not ready Cincinnati the University of Cincinnati announced tuesday ils new Myrl Shoemaker Center basketball Arena will not be finished in time to be used this season. The University said it will continue to use c i no Annali gardens for ils men s basketball games and armory Fici House for women s vanity games this season. Athletic director Carl Meyer said construction of i in1 $30 million 13,300-seat Arena should be completed in april. The switch to the old Sites will not require any scheduling changes Meyer said. Kriek upsets Woodforde san Francisco Johan Kriek used his Power Ful serve to upset eighth seeded Mark Wood Bride of Australia 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 in the first round of inc $425,000 tra Samerica open Tennis championships on tuesday. Kriek a South african who lives in Naples. Flu. Served 11 aces. He won the third set tiebreaker 7-5 when he charged the net and forced Woodford in miss a backhand. Woodforde ranked 37th, had Hirn Kriek the previous week in los Angeles. In another first round match Jim Grabb fought olt two straight match Point in the second set tic Bri Vnker. Then also came from Down 3-5 in the third set to defeat Marty Davis 3-6,7-6 11 -97-6 7-4. Kriek who was ranked 12lh in 1982 and has fallen to 64th, also lost to Woodforde at Wimb Deilnn this year. Fifth seeded David Pale also advanced by detailing last year s Champion Peter Lundgren of Sweden 7-5. I 4. Lundgrin whose ranking has dropped to 59, was unseeded. Narducci advances in Sicily Palermo Sicily sixth seeded Marcylu kit Ippi in of Uruguay was unset by unseeded Massimiliano Narducci of Italy while seventh seeded Alberto Man Cini advanced to the third round Ochle i 123,400 Sicil Ian Tennis championships tuesday. Filippini a finalist in the Puglia championships in ban last sunday lost 6-0, 6-3 to Narducci who ranks 152nd in the world. Finns take malaysian rally Kuala Bumpur Malaysia Lasse Lampi and Pontti Kukkala of Finland driving a Mitsubishi galant vr4, won the 12th annual motor rally of Malaysia tuesday. The finns who led for most of the tour Day race finished the 880.7-mile course with a total Penally Lime of 6 hours 2 minutes 41 seconds. Japan s Toshiah Endo and Malaysia s Meir Zainuddin were second in another Mitsubishi Alanl vk4 in 6 02 51. Kenjiro Shinozuka of Japan and Fred go cents of Australia were third with total Penally Lime of6 04 54. 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