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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday november 29,198b sports wire Colorado is. Coach quits after 1 -10 season from press dispatches fort Collins Colo Colorado stale football coach Leon Fuller after posting his second single Vic tory season resigned monday Fol lowing a meeting with Philip Austin president of the school and Al hectic director Oval Jaynis Fuller in a Brier news Confer ence said he had been treated fair by the Media boosters fans and the school Austin said a National search fur a new coach will begin immediately. The Csc president said the rams football program was in Leon Fuller enormously stronger shape than the program thai Ful Ler inherited Fuller likable but a loser in All but one of his seven seasons at Csc finished out his first head coaching career with a 25-55 record. His rams went 1-10 this season after posting a 1-11 Mark a year ago. His Only winning season was in 1986 when is went 6-5. The rams closed out the season saturday with a 32-28 loss at Tulsa. Fuller 50, Grade cd from Alabama in 19fil. He was an assistant coach at Oklahoma state Kentucky new Mexico West Texas state Wyoming and Texas before winning the head coaching Job at Csc in 1981. His season records beginning in 1982 went successively 4-7. S-7.j-b, 5-7,6-5,1-11 and to. Temple Grid coach departs Philadelphia Temple University president Peter Liacouras announced monday the school was seeking a new football coach to replace Bruce Arians. Who is leaving in what Liacouras described As a Mutual agreement Liacouras. In a statement released about a half hour before a scheduled news conference for Arians amid reports the coach would be fired said he Arians ath Letic director Charles theokas and executive Vic president a Patrick Swygert met monday morning. All four of us agreed that it was time for a change Liacouras said. The owls have had a winning record officially in Only one of Arians six seasons. Pressed for an answer As to whether Arians was fired Temple spokeswoman Kathy Gosliner said i m not going to answer  since Arians look Over the team the owls have pasted a 24-44 record counting a forfeit from Houston m 1981 and the forfeit of six victories by the owls the previous year. The 1986 season ended of l i instead of 6-5 for the owls because running Back Paul Palmer was declared ineligible for dealing with an agent before the end of the season. Counting the forfeits Arians ended Only the 1984 season with a winning record 6-5. Blue bombers earn Grey cup Ottawa Trevor Kennan is fourth Field goal of the game a 30-Yardcr in the final Quarter carried the Winni Peg Blue bombers to the Grey cup title sunday with a 22 21 Victory Over the favored British Columbia Lions. An interception in the final minute by former Ore gon Star Mike Gray a defensive lineman helped Seal the Victory As the bombers champions of the Eastern division became the first .500 team to win the Ca Nadian football league playoff championship. Winnipeg was moved to the East alignment in 1987when the Montreal Atou Eltes folded on the eve of the opening of the regular season. The bombers had a 9-9 record in regular season play this year to finish second in the Eastern standings. Winnipeg Defeated the Hamil ton Tiger cats in the semifinal and upset the Toronto argonauts in the Eastern final. Cal s argonauts reportedly sold Toronto the Toronto argonauts of the Ca Nadian football league will be sold to Harry Ornels a former Western Canadian now living in Beverly Hills calif., who once was owner of the St. Louis blues of the nil the Toronto Star reported monday. The newspaper quoting an unnamed source from the argonauts said Ornels has been in Toronto for a week negotiating with carting o pc Csc breweries ltd., which owns the Cal team Ornest would become the sixth owner in the 105 year history of the argonauts the oldest football club on the continent Schneider grabs cup of Les menu res France Vreni Schneider of Switz Carland displaying the Grace and fluidity that led to a pair " medals a Schneider had posted Only the third fastest time on the morning run but was one of Only two Sicri who finished the afternoon course in less than one minute. Her Overall 1 Ime was two minutes 3.83 seconds. Wachter who had placed seventh in the giant slalom at Calgary skied immediately after Schneider in the afternoon session and missed the Swiss skier s Overall Mark by Les than a tenth Ofa second. Ulrike Maier of Austria who had the fastest time on the morning leg turned in a disappointing time in the afternoon and finished third Overall with a time of 2 04.37 in the first women s giant slalom of the season. Elliot leads Lascar winners Daytona Beach Fla. Bill Elliott of Dawson vile a who won the 1938 Lascar Winston cup Stock car racing championship in the third closest Point Chase in history finished the season As the Cir Cuit s leading Money Winner. With the inclusion of postseason awards Elliott completed the year with winnings of $ 1,544,639,marking a record fourth straight year the Driver has won More than $1 million Rusty Wallace of St. Louis who finished second by 24 Points also was second in Money earnings with $1,411,567, the first time he has surpassed the ii Mil lion Mark in a single year. Third place Dale Earnhardt of Kannapolis n.c.,surpassed $1 million for the third straight season with winnings of $1,214,089. Lascar Drivers now have won More than is Mil lion 10 limes in a single season beginning with Elliott s record $2.3 million in 1985. Bucs ship Gonzalez to tribe Pittsburgh the Pittsburgh pirates traded infielder Denny Gonzalez monday to the Clevelan indians for a player to be named later Gonzalez 25, spent parts of four seasons with the pirates batting .200 in 90 games. . Shape squad targets Italy by Walt Morrisset Testoff writer Heidelberg West Germany the . All Star team is in the final stages of preparing for its assault against defending Champion Italy in the shape Belgium International military basketball tournament starting sunday at shape s main gym. Coach Tom Benson whose Mann Heim Mustangs were runners up in Usa eur in 1987, is preparing his charges through a series of Malin up against German Federal league Bun a Sliga teams. We be played these training games to give the staff a Sclier look at the players before finalizing our roster Benson said monday during a Light workout for his team at the Pailon bar rack gym. We played our first game against Cimen of the second league. We won by 30 Points so we moved up to the first league for a test against tougher Competition. -. Against Cologne the Back to Back National champions we played them to a four Point game in their gym Ben son said of the 106-102 loss. Cologne shot 42 free throws in that game we ihotl6." we played Well against some very Good players  Cologne s roster includes Stev Mitchell a former All America at Ala Bama Birmingham and former Kansas state Forward Ben Mitchell. At Ulm we handled the foul Situa Tion much better Benson said about the us s 91-79 Victory an american named Tom Norwood has been playing solid Ball there for the past eight or nine years.". Our Best game was Ai ludwigs Burg Benson said. " even though we lost to Cologne this was Pur Best game because they were very big very physical and Tough  the americans routed ludwigs Burg 110-89 sunday night. The team s prac Tice tour hits Giessen tuesday night and Luxembourg wednesday night be fore heading to Belgium this weekend. When talking about his players Ben son preferred to talk about the importance of role players doing their pan to help the team win rather than saying who would be his key players my 12-Man roster is not finalized yet and we won t do that until after Luxembourg Benson said. The concept 1 choose is that we have a role Type club. We have certain players who do certain things Well in certain situations. Well have 12 Quality players 12 keyguys.". Here s Benson s thumbnail analysis of the players he has in Camp Troy Russell Wiesbaden great solid All around  hell play wherever i need him Bonnie smooth Daye bin Law ters our Best defensive  Grant Robinson guard Pir Masens Strong outside shooter. His defense has improved 100 percent since  Glaus. Mcdowell guard dim very Strong  Robert Estes Center Forward Karlsruhe Quality All around game Dexter Walker guard Ramstein pure shooter runs the court  Marion Perry guard. Vincnza can be an offensive spark plug on an Given night. Maretic Murdock Forward Crete Good solid skillful backcourt player  Tony Hicks Center  powerful and consistent inside play.  -. Russell Copeland guard Karls Ruhe soft 15-foot game he has b very soft touch from is feet  Butch Walkins Center Forward Rhein main solid  Wallace Northcut guard Spang Dahlum Quick Speed Good outside jump shot Strong defensively Nesbitt Littlejohn guard Mann Heim solid All around guard play 1 Everett Jordan Forward Heidel Berg outstanding jumping  Russell and Watkins arc the Lone returnees from the 87 . Shape squad that dropped a two Point decision to Italy in the championship game. Benson again expects Italy to be the toughest team to beat in the tournament. Over the past 10 years in the tournament it has been us and Italy Ben son said they Beal us last year we beat them two Yean ago. In the cism. Finals two months ago it was  but Benson believes his team to com ing together. It s gelling for us to be competitive against the Bunde Sliga teams that have been together for Bur years when we be been together for two weeks. The Bun Vesliga is the Best Competition we have Here. And it s Good preparation forshape.". Wiesbaden s Troy Russell solid All around player  
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