European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 21,1989 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire Mcaa presidents seek delay of prop 42 from press dispatches Mission Kan. Following a week of pressure from Georgetown coach John Thompson and others the presi dents of the Mcaa and of its presidents commission decided to ask that proposition 42 be postponed. Proposition 42 was designed to tighten academic eligibility guidelines for freshman athletes. Thompson at tacked the proposal because it mandates certain scores on standardized tests which some say Are biased. The proposal was passed last week at the Mcaa convention in san Francisco and Thompson refused to coach last weekend against Boston College and wednesday at Providence. At the request of Georgetown and the Southeastern conference a meeting was held thursday to discuss the wide Range of academic athletics and Sociol eco nomic concerns arising from prop 42 s passage an Mcaa statement said. Proposition 42 would change some of the require ments in proposition 48, which went into effect prior to the 1986-87 school year. Proposition 48 requires that incoming freshmen have a 2.0 grand Point aver age and a minimum score of 700 on the sat or 15 on the act to be eligible to play. So called partial qualifiers those who satisfy Only one of the requirements could receive a scholarship but like a non qualifier could t play or practice Dur ing the freshman year and would sacrifice one year of eligibility. Proposition 42 was designed to close the partial qualifier loophole which according to Mcaa Esti mates had allowed some 1,800 athletes to receive scholarships the last three years. The Mcaa academic requirements committee wanted no changes made in proposition 48," the statement said adding that the majority of the Divi Sion i chief executive officers of the presidents com Mission  Reagan pardons Steinbrenner Washington president Reagan has pardoned George Steinbrenner the fiery owner of the new York Yankees major league baseball franchise who was fined $15,000 for Campaign Law violations a senior White House official said thursday. The official discussing a series of Reagan pardons on grounds said that Steinbrenner s Pardon was among 10 the president approved on tuesday and wednesday. Steinbrenner was the Only Well known beneficiary of the Reagan pardons the other nine men having been convicted of violations ranging from illegal Possession of firearms and income tax evasion to concealing non tax paid whiskey. Steinbrenner principal owner of the new Yor Yankees pleaded guilty in 1974 to charges of conspiring to violate Federal election Laws in connection wit corporate Campaign contributions. He had also been accused of attempting to influence and intimidate employees of his shipbuilding company into lying to a grand jury about the nature of a $100,000 contribution to president Nixon s 1972 re election Campaign. Steinbrenner paid a $ 15,000 Fine but served no time. San Jose St. Cagers replaced san Jose Calif. Ten members of san Jos estate s basketball team who demanded the firing of coach Bill Berry were replaced by eight walk on for thursday night s 82-60 loss at Fullerton state. Four of the eight replacements who joined the four remaining members of the basketball team Are foot Ball players including tailback Johnny Johnson. Only one of the fill ins 6-foot-9 Craig Mcpherson a Transfer from Santa Clara has College basketball experience. Berry held an open tryout wednesday night after delegation of players met with athletic director Randy Hoffman complained of abuse by Berry and said 10 of the 14 regular players would not play again until the coach quit or was fired. Some players had walked out of tuesday s practice after a meeting with Berry. We be seen him destroy Many a person one of the boycotting players Anthony Perry said at a news con Ference. I feel sorry for doing this to him but he brought Iton himself said Dietrich Waters the team s leading rebounded the past two seasons. We should t retreated like Little kids cursed  Green s 63 leads Phoenix open Scottsdale Ariz. Ken Green completed an8-under-Par 63 thursday moments before darkness halted play in the first round of the $700,000 Phoenix open Golf tournament. Green a two time Winner in 1988, held a one stroke Lead with nine players stranded by darkness on the pc course at Scottsdale. They were scheduled to return Friday morning to Complete first round play. The second round was to be played As scheduled also beginning Friday morning. Of those left on the course none appeared to have a Hance to finish among the leaders. An unusual Day for me Green said. I had four tap ins and three  three of those tap ins after approach shots had left him Birdie putts of less than a foot came on the 15th, 16th and 17th holes. He also ran in a 50-foot putt for an Eagle-3 on the13th and played his Back nine in 30. Scott Hoch Mark Mccumber and Ted Schulz had64s in the near perfect conditions. Non Winner leads Bowling Las vegas Dave Arnold who has yet to win professional bowlers association event stayed atop the Leader Board thursday after four rounds of the 175,000 showboat invitational. Arnold scattered 7,321 pins for his 32 qualifying games to take an eight pin Lead Over Randy Pedersen. Pedersen whose five Aba wins include the Jan. 14ac-Delco classic in Torrance Calif., was second with apinfallof7,313. Dave Ferraro who won a doubles title Here Las summer with fellow new yorker Joe Berardi was third after Felling 7,309 pins. Postema Aims for majors again new York Pam Postema again will work for the National league during Spring training continuing her quest to become the first female Umpire in the majors. No spokeswoman Katy Feeney confirmed Post Mahas been invited Back for the second straight year. It has not been determined whether Postema will work exhibition games in Florida or Arizona Feeney said. It s certainly positive said de Lawrence director of minor league Umpire development. We re hopeful that she will make  there is virtually no Chance Postema will be hire this season As a full time Umpire in the no. She will Likely vie for a spot in the league s Relief Pool which fills in during vacations and illness. Postema hoped for that Opportunity last year but then did not pick up her option. She worked for the Ameri can league during Spring training in 1984 and 1985. Postema 35, has been a pro Umpire 12 seasons. She has spent the past six years in triple a. Last season for the first time was a Crew chief in the american association. This Winter she was the Home plate Umpire for a Winter league All Star game in Venezuela. She worked the plate for last season s class aaa All Star game in Buffalo. Boxer Aquino pleads innocent Santa Monica Calif. Boxer Lupe Aquin pleaded innocent thursday to charges of vehicular manslaughter and Drunken driving stemming from an Accident in which two of his passengers were killed. Aquino of Santa Paula Calif., entered the Pica in Superior court to two counts each of vehicular manslaughter and Drunken driving. A preliminary hearing was Setfor feb. 3. Killed in the aug. 14 crash were Howard Thomas 25, and Teresa Bello 20, both passengers in Theca driven by Aquino. Aquino failed to appear at his dec. 7 preliminary hearing in California and was arrested in Detroit on dec. 9, moments after losing a world boxing association title fight at Cobo Arena. He went into the fight his first after the Accident Ashe Aba s no. 3-ranked super welterweight contender. He held the title briefly in 1987. The fight i was fighting was outside of the ring Aquino said after the match. Tyson May take Rooney Back Las vegas Mike Tyson said thursday there s possibility he May reunite with Trainer Kevin Rooney but not until after his upcoming fight against Frank Bruno. Tyson said he wants to make sure everyone know she is calling All the shots before he thinks of bringing Rooney Back into the fold. Not at this fight no Tyson said of the possibility that Rooney might return. Rooney fired by Tyson before beginning training for having a big Mouth could come Back in the future Tyson hinted. King s office draws fire new York boxing promoter Don King calling himself the victim of terrorist activities said fire marshals were following up leads Friday to the arson of his Manhattan office. Fire department spokesman Efrain Parrilla said flammable liquid was poured under the front door into the Vestibule of King s office shortly after 11  and ignited. He said no injuries were reported. Police originally thought it was a Molotov cocktail because a Hole was blown through the Glass door apparently from the heat of the fire. Parrilla said the fire was put out in about nine minutes. Whatever the message was it has t been received by me King told the associated press. If they want to Tell me something Tell me in English. This is terrorist activity like a thief in the night putting bombs in front of your  Parrilla confirmed that the department was work ing on some leads and that arson was the cause of the fire. King said he knew of no enemies who would do Sucha thing. Some people just Don t know what to serve he said. Instead of serving Coffee and Tea they  King returned to new York from Las vegas this week to give a deposition in heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson s suit against his estranged manager Bill Cayton. To today superstition an to saturday s programs 0700 lbs evening news 0710 just for kids cartoons0730 the Road runner show 0750 Gummi bears 0815 adventures of the Galaxy rangers0835 Dennis the menace Dennis dreams he is in the world of Odd and is off to see the  0900 Captain Power and the soldiers of the future0925 Rob tech 0950 teen wolf1015 Star trek 1105 entertainment tonight1135 wheel of Fortune 1200 Abc world news1230 Neucom report the army has proclaimed 1989 As the year of the  1300 Nickelodeon matinee movie Rockin with Judy Jetson Judy dreams of writing a famous pop song. 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