European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday january 6,1989 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire esp fops Turner to win baseball contract from press dispatches new York major league baseball thursday awarded its Cable television rights to esp in a four year Deal Worth about $400 million Usa today re ported. Commissioner Peter Ueberroth accepted esp s proposal thursday after rejecting bids from Turner broadcasting and spor Tschannel America the newspaper said. Officials of baseball and esp will meet today to work out final details of the contract which will go into effect for the 1990 season. Esp will televise games on sunday tuesday wednesday and Friday nights with doubleheaders to be shown on tuesdays and fridays. In All about 175games will be carried by the Cable network. Network rights to major league games were sold Las month to lbs for $1.1 billion also in a four year Deal which starts in 1990. Mike Soltys a spokesman for esp declined com ment on the report. Baseball officials were said by the commissioner s office to be unavailable for comment. Former Texas Star kills himself Rosebud Texas Howard bully Gilstrap former Texas football Star and assistant coach fatally shot himself at his farm authorities said. Milam county Justice of the peace Doris Alle ruled Gilstrap s death wednesday was caused by a self inflicted gunshot wound. Gilstrap coached at Texas from 1937 to 1956. Upon his retirement from coaching Gilstrap taught physical training at Texas until the mid-1970s. Gilstrap played fullback end and halfback for the longhorns from 1921 to 1923. He was enshrined in the longhorn Hall of Honor in 1968. Gilstrap had lived alone since his wife Josie died after a lingering illness in september 1987. Funeral services were scheduled for Friday at Rose Bud. College Grid attendance drops Mission Kan. College football attendance Felly 888,528 last season to its lowest level since 1980 and the Mcaa cited unrestricted televising of Kamesas a Factor. The National collegiate athletic association said wednesday that 1988 attendance 35,574,143 at the nation s 680 four year colleges marked a decline of2.44 percent from 1987. The biggest previous decline since the inca started official record keeping in 1957 occurred in 1985, when attendance fell by 340,157 or 0.93 percent. The Mcaa said College football attendance has Edge downward from a record 36,652,179 since the supreme court struck Down the Mcaa s television plan in 1984,allowing unrestricted televising of College games. The Mcaa said a firm that made estimates of Colleg football attendance before 1957 found two bigger declines than the 1988 drop in 1950-51, before the Advent of restricted televising of College games. After that the Mcaa reported College football attendance Rose for 20straight years and nearly doubled during that Span. Every Mcaa division was Down in total attendance last season for the first time in 32 years of Mcaa record keeping. Because of the slightly smaller number of games played last year Mcaa division ii and non Mcaa teams recorded slight increases in average at Tendance per game. The top five Mcaa division i a schools in average attendance were Michigan which increased by 332 per game to 104,801 Tennessee up 3,767 to 91,946 Ohio state up 867 to 86,162 Penn state Down 242 to 84,140, and Clemson up 6,434 to 81,750. To today National Champion notre Dame was 24th with average attendance of 59,075, which represented no change from last year. Runner up Miami was 28th at53,106, Down 815 per game. There were a few Bright spots in attendance. Thepac-10 conference and i a Eastern independents set records in attendance and average attendance 3,058,637 and 50,977 for the Pac-10 and 2,384,082 and 44,983 for the independents. 2 Georgia players to turn pro Athens a. Georgia running backs Tim Wor Ley and Keith Henderson announced wednesday the will apply for the nil draft forgoing their final year of eligibility with the bulldogs. Both players were re shirted in 1987 after being dismissed from school for academic reasons. Since their freshman class graduates in the Spring they Are eligible to apply for the april draft. It had been speculated All season that Worley an Henderson would turn pro. But the players put off an announcement after Ray Goff the bulldogs running backs coach was chosen monday to succeed Vince Dooley As head coach. Worley a 6-foot-2, 220-Pound tailback led georgian Rushing this year with 191 carries for 1,216 Yards fifth Best in school history. In his career Worley rushed for 2,038 Yards. Henderson a 6-2, 202-Pound fullback was third onrushing 394 Yards and three touchdowns and second in receiving 20 catches for 297 Yards and two touch Downs for the bulldogs in 1988. He ended his career with 1,648 Yards Rushing. Bruce paid n. Iowa $110,000 Des Moines Iowa Earle Bruce paid $110,000to the University of Northern Iowa in order to be released from his contract As head football coach according to school records. Bruce agreed to reimburse Northern Iowa for his first year salary of $64,000, in addition to $10,000 he was paid for moving expenses when he came to Cedar Falls from Ohio. The remaining $36,000 of the settlement is for additional consideration according to the settlement. Bruce resigned last month after less than six months at Northern Iowa. After negotiating the release from his con tract he was hired As head coach at Colorado state. Fired Sumner raps Shanahan los Angeles Charlie Sumner fired As the Losangeles raiders defensive coordinator has accused Mike Shanahan of making him a fall Guy and said he did believe Shanahan was ready to become a head coach. I really think i m being made the fall Guy and think this was a set up Deal from the beginning Sumner was quoted As saying in wednesday s editions of the los Angeles times. From the Way it s turned out i think this has been in Shanahan s mind from the beginning. I Don t think he liked the idea of having to keep people around there that he did t want. I Don t think Shanahan was ready for All the stuff that came about or any of it that came about. I know one thing he was t ready for that Job. That became More obvious As the season went the raiders finished the 1988 nil season Shana Han s first As their head coach with a 7-9 record. New Golf tour planned for 1990 Carlsbad Calif. A new $3 million 30-Eventpro Golf tour for Young players will go into operation in 1990, pea commissioner Deane Beman announce wednesday. Beman said the tour has reached an agreement with the Ben Hogan co. In which the Golf manufacturer willbe the title sponsor of the separate tour to be known As the Ben Hogan tour. It will consist of a series of $ 100,000 tournament designed to provide a training ground for Young play ers not yet eligible for the regular pea tour but whore seeking a career. Beman said the Hogan tour will be played at Var ious Sites across the country. He said the aim was to hold tournaments in cities not now reached by Thetga tour the seniors tour or the Lyga. He listed As possible Sites Montgomery Ala. Pinehurst . Buffalo Glendale Calif. Long Beach Calif. Kansas City Minneapolis St. Paul Littlerock Ark. Shreveport la. Louisville by. Dayton Ohio Albany . Baltimore Charlotte . An Harrisburg a. Magic leads West balloting new York magic Johnson the All time Lead Erin assists in All Star Competition leads the vote getters in fan balloting for the starting Western conference team for this season s Aba All Star game. The los Angeles lakers guard who has 111 assist sin eight All Star games had received 248,468 votes according to figures released wednesday by the s Clyde Drexler with 116,837 votes was Sec Ond among the West guards. Denver s Alex English a seven time All Star waste Leader among West forwards with 134,467 votes followed by Utah s Karl Malone with 111,574. At Center Akeem Olajuwon of the Houston rocket was the Leader with 166,832 votes. Balloting continues through mid january. The game will be played feb. 12 at the Houston Astrodome. Ailing Molinares sidelined Barranquilla Colombia Tomas Molina Resis suffering from a severe depression and will not be Able to defend his world boxing association welterweight title against american Mark Breland on feb. 4, his manager Willliam champs said wednesday. Or. Jairo Palacios Molinares physician who has been treating the colombian fighter since dec. 31, said Molinares condition will prevent him from training for the fight and that Molinares will be forced to rest for approximately three months. Holyfield Aba s top fighter Caracas Venezuela the world boxing association on wednesday named Junior heavyweight evander Holyfield of the United states As its fighter of the year for 1988. American Shelly Finkel was named manager of the year by the Aba. Lemieux tops nil balloting Montreal Pittsburgh Center Mario Lemieux the first nil player to reach the 100-Point plateau this season has widened his Overall Lead in fan ballot ing for the Wales conference starting team for the league s All Star game. Lemieux has received 281,148 votes in the balloting which ended Jan. 1, the league said wednesday. Final totals will be announced later. Lemieux s teammate defens Eman Paul Coffey was Distant second in the Overall balloting with 237,475 votes. Not far behind was defens Eman Ray Bourque of Boston with 224,540 votes. The other leaders were left Wing Mats Naslund of Montreal with 102,100 votes right Wing Cam Neely of Boston with 138,003 votes and goaltender Sean Burke of new Jersey with 130,057 votes. The All Star game will be played feb. 7 at Edmon ton. 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