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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 6, 19b8 the stars and stripes Pago 23  Blue jays re i re Williams for 89 season from press dispatches Toronto Toronto manager Jimy Williams who feuded with outfielder George Bell throughout the 1988 season tuesday was re hired by the Blue jays for 1989. Williams who turned 45 on tuesday fought with Ell from the first Day of Spring training and benched him alter a july confrontation in Minnesota. Toronto finished 87-75, tied with Milwaukee for third place in he Al East. But the Blue jays never were in Contention winning nine of their isl 10 to pull close Afler playing under .500 for most of the year Williams began to draw tire after Toronto lost the final seven games of the 1987 season blowing a 3 a game Lead in lie final week. General manager Pat Gillick who made tuesday s announcement said Williams impressed him by the Way he handled he club his Gantt strategy his leadership and his communication abilities. Things improved during the season Gillick said. He and inc players put a Tot of things behind them and concentrated on playing baseball. Problems with some people arose not necessarily because they Are anti Jimy Williams. They re anti authority.  Bell challenged Williams authority from the first Day of Spring training when Bell walked into Camp and declared Well Sec who lasts longer with his organization Jimy or  Bell resisted Williams attempts to move him to designated Hitler saying me and Jimy i think we  Bell slumped to .269 in 1988 with 24 Bomers and 97 Bis after his 1987 map season when he batted .308 with 47 homers and 134 Bis. Williams became the Toronto manager when Bobby Cox quit after the 1985 season and has led inc Blue jays to a 269-217 record. Cole Yarborough to retire Concord . Cal Yarborough the Only Slock car Driver to win three consecutive Winston cup driving titles announced tuesday that he will retire atthe end of the season. I just feel hat it is time to do something else Yarborough said during a news conference at the Char lode motor Speedway. I have been working toward this end for the last couple of years and now seemed the right Lime to do , a 31-year Veteran of Stock car racing has 83 Winston cup victories fourth highest career total in the  557 Winston cup races Yarborough won $4,991,066, sixth Best in history. Yarborough 48, said he would wrap up his career by racing in sunday s Oakwood Homes 500 at Char Lotte and in inc Atlanta journal 500 on nov. 20 at the Atlanta International Speedway. He said he would continue to Field a Winston cup entry As a car owner. Nil reinstates White Thomas new York the National football league announced tuesday thai running backs Calvin Thomas of Chicago and Charles while of inc los Angeles rams have been reinstated after serving suspensions for substance abuse. Commissioner Pete Rozelle allowed the players to return a few Days earlier than their scheduled re entry dates the nil statement said. The Early reinstate ments the league added were an accommodation tothe players who have missed four regular season games and their teams. Thomas and while had been carried on their respective club s non fool Alt illness list after their second violations of the nil s substance abuse policy. The players will continue to receive counselling and treatment. A third violation could prompt a sup in Sion of from one year to life. It is unlikely that Thomas will dress for Chicago same against the Lions at Detroit on sunday dears spokesman Ken Valdisirri said. Fans Greet olympic Boxer Jones Pensacola Fla. Nearly 3,000 screaming fan greeted Roy Jones jr., the Boxer who lost a Gold medal hour at the summer games in what was a controversial decision Usa Usa  the throng shouted As Jones made his Way through the packed pc Sacora regional Airport terminal on monday to a White limousine. The 19-year-old Boxer Shook hands with fans who showered him with Gills including a bouquet of red roses which he held Over his head in a Victory gesture. He did t win a Gold medal but we re Gonna give him a Golden Welcome said Olio Lindsey 70. I m Here to give him moral support. To let hip know that even though he did t win a Gold medal i Korea we want him to know he s still our Golden boy said another fan Lonnie Sumner 43. Jones lost the Gold medal match in the 156-Pound division to Park so Hun of South Korea the olympics Host nation on a 3-2 decision. He was named the lop Boxer or the olympics despite inc defeat. He declined to talk to reporters at the Airport Buthis father Roy Jones sr., a former professional Boxer said the controversial olympic bout was his son s last As an Amateur. I know that for a fact the senior Jones said. My son won t fight Amateur  asked if his son will turn professional the father hesitated and then said it la be his decision but i almost certain he  Abc loses Money on olympics new York the Abc television network which last week said it would turn a profit from it olympic telecasts despite lower than cd peeled ratings reversed itself tuesday and said it lost Money on them. The admission made two Days after the summer games in South Korea ended included a qualifier the six to stations thai Abc owns posted what a spokesman said was a Small profit on the games. Thus while the Abc network lost Money on the olympics its Parent company will realize a modest profit on the olympics because of revenues brought indy ils six stations said the spokesman Joe rutted go. Rutledge had no estimate of How much that profit would be. One network source pegged it at $10 million or less rather than the More than $40 million that Abc had hoped to reap from ils olympic telecasts. Driver guilty of drug smuggling Benton Iii. A Federal jury found the 1986 Indianapolis Soo Rookie of the year racing Driver guilty tuesday of running an International multimillion Dollar drug smuggling operation. Randy a Timur 34, of Davic Fla., and two of three co defendants face a mandatory life sentence without parole on their convictions of engaging in a continuing criminal Enterprise. The jurors also convicted Lanier of conspiring to distribute More than 1,000 pounds of marijuana and conspiring to defraud the internal Revenue service. Sill Rolls 300 game in am Virginia Beach a. Aleta Sill of Dearborn,Mich., rolled a 300 game tuesday night to race away to the top seeded position for the finals in the �45,000 la Dies pro bowlers tour am classic. She held a 607-pin Lead Over runner up Dede Davidson of South Gale Mich. Sill a 26-Ycar-old left hander finished the fifth round with her ninth career perfect game in route to a 42-game total of 10,314 pins. Sill won 19 of her 24 matches. Davidson Sill s tour Roommate finished with 9.107pins. Titi Johnson of Panorama City calif., was i hard with 9,563 pins followed by a Canna Barrette of okla homa City in fourth at 9,455, and Jeanne unit Len of Solon Ohio in fifth at 9,386. Connors defeats Vajda Basel Switzerland second seeded Jimmy oin nors Defeated Marian Vajda of Czechoslovakia 6-3. 6 4, tuesday in opening round action at the $270,000 Swiss indoor Tennis tournament. Connors of Sanibel Harbor Fla., who this week Felt out of inc lop id in the world rankings for the first Lime since they were started in 1973, easily dominated Vajda. Connors currently ranked i Ith in the world will meet Eduardo Masso of Argentina who downed Nik Las Kroon of Sweden 2-6, 6-4,6-4. In another first round play third seeded  of Grosse Prinle Mich., struggled Pasi Jeremy Bales of great Britain 5-7,6-0,7-6 7-4. Winnipeg suspends Berthiaume Winnipeg Manitoba goal Lender Daniel Der Thi Auma who was out of shape when he reported to the Winnipeg jets training Camp was suspended tuesday by the team for failing to report to Mercian of inc american hockey  Berichi Auma is suspended without pay unti further notice an irritated John Ferguson Winnipeg s general manager said. We Are not going to waste any More time with him. We re going to lock his  his skates and Slicks and everything else until such time As he comes around Ana apologizes for his behaviour. We re not going to Lake any More of  could t be reached for comment. The native of Longueuil Quebec used his Ou-liki1 reflexes and steady nerves to Post a record of 22 wins 19 losses and seven lies last year. He ended his san Indahl season with u 3.51 goals against average and a lock on the no. I position. But the 22-year-old goalie came to Camp in septem Ber without having skated All summer and quickly ti1l behind Eldon Pokey Rcd Dick and Alain Chc Pricr in the Battle for he two available positions. Tyson gets different diagnosis new York undisputed heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson is not and has never been a manic  pc a psychiatrist said incr examining inc fighter on tuesday. Or. Abraham Halporn the chairman of the Psychia try department of United Hospital at port Chester n.y., said Tyson showed no sign of abnormality. Thad no Clu sinary  Tyson has been besieged by Persona problem Spirtt c knocking out Michael Spinks in his last title defense injure. After an Auto Accident last month at Catskill. N.y., Tyson was evaluated by or. Henry Mccu Riri m the urging of the fighter s wife Robin Givens an Mother in Law Ruth Roper. Mccurlie a psychiatrist diagnosed Tyson As a manic depressive and Lithium Carbonate was prescribed. Or. Mccurlie used inc expression mood regulator problems there s something in hat Halporn said describing the lighter s Frame of mind As most of the Lime within inc Range of Normal. He s under More pressure than most  the latest incident for the 22-Ycar-Oij Tyson was a heated argument sunday morning with givers in the couple s mansion at a Cardsville  reportedly hurled a sugar bowl and chairs through windows during a fit of anger apparently sparked by interviews Given to Barbara wallers by Givens and Roper on abcs "20-20." to today superstition Ash to thursday s programs he lbs pm it hit a lib  iwo of Cut in  ii swim of bit Ini of h 0730 just or Kilt.  qj6s my a roam Bigwol Hood a Tridico until of uni . Of an 1 homing movie drum to kingi11 iffy i a 1000 Tum pm 8tio 1100 emwltfwwitltf�gn�1 tag Jap writ a a Tum hair. Tom Wola in Luff. I Wren. Amun Umil ind t  Unm 1130 Don Jim Anancia Fronir Lunnum tit Llop nto in khow pm i min Bic Sid cur inn Tot Himming Kirn. 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