European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday january 25,1989 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire Schoffen he Mer takes Kansas City Post from press dispatches Kansas City to. Marty sch Ottenheimer one of the nil s winning est coaches the past four years was named coach of the Kansas City chiefs tuesday. Sch Ottenheimer 45, led the Cleveland Browns into the playoffs the past four years before resigning in a dispute with owner Art Modell. He is the seventh coach in chiefs history. Marty sch Ottenheimer is without doubt the mos qualified and proven coach available in the nil today Carl Peterson chiefs president said. His availability at this time is both timely an fortunate for the Kansas City sch Ottenheimer succeeds Frank Gansz whose firing Jan. 5 completed a clean sweep of the leadership of the chiefs. The Browns made the playoffs in the four full year that sch Ottenheimer was coach losing the acc wild card game this year to the Houston oilers. Clevelan narrowly lost the acc championship game the pre Vious two years. Gansz was hired to coach the chiefs two years ago when John Mackovic was fired after taking Kansas City to its first playoff game in 15 years. Gansz had records of 4-11 and 4-11-1. He was fired by Peterson who became the chief executive officer of the chiefs after president Jack Steadman resigned and general manager Jim Schaa was fired by owner Lamar Hunt. Newton named Kentucky and Lexington by. Vanderbilt basketball . Newton was named athletic director at Ken Tucky his Alma mater tuesday. Newton who played basketball on Kentucky s 1951national championship team will take Over the Job april 1. I m excited and eager to get on with it Newton said after the Kentucky Board of trustees approved his appointment in a unanimous vote. Kentucky president David Roselle said Newton gota five year contract Worth just Over $ 100,000 per year. Newton succeeds Cliff Hagan who held the Job for13 years before resigning nov. 15. Joseph Burch served an interim athletic director since Hagan s Resig nation. Hagan resigned amid an Mcaa investigation of the University s basketball program. Wilkins to coach East stars new York Lenny Wilkens of the Clevelan Cavaliers will become Only the second Man to have coached the East and West teams in the Aba All stargaze the league said monday. Wilkens will coach the East team when the game displayed on feb. 12 at the Astrodome in Houston. He coached the West teams in 1979 and 1980 when hews with Seattle. The Honor goes to the coaches whose teams have Thebes records through sunday s games. At 30-7 follow ing monday night s Victory Over Golden state the avs had that Honor clinched in the East. The West coaching Honor still is undecided with Riley of the los Angeles lakers Cotton Fitzsimmons of Phoenix and Bernie Bickerstaff of Seattle in Only other Man to coach both East and West teams was Alex Hannum who coached the West in 1958 and1965 and the East in 1968. Biasion widens rally Lead Monte Carlo Monaco Italy s Massimo Biasion in a Lancia integrate increased his Lead tuesday in the 57th Monte Carlo rally. To today the standings remained unchanged in the top 10positions after five separate special stages from Aube Nas France to Monaco. The longest was the Les quatre Cheminis to Roqu Esteron segment of 21 Miles in Southern France. Biasion took four of the five special stages tuesday and was second in the other which was won by Ari Wantanen of Finland driving a Mitsubishi. Biasion increased his margin to 3 minutes 35 seconds Over Didier Auriol of France in another Lancia integrate. Vatanen was third in the general standings nearly six minutes behind Biasion. The rally continues thursday with 11 special stages including several around the famous Casino. Bucknell Grid coach quits Lewisburg a. Bucknell football coach George Landis announced his resignation tuesday after three years on the Job. Director of athletics Rick Hartzell said that assist ant coach Lou Maranzana will serve As interim head coach and that a search for a successor to Landis will begin immediately. Landis recommended that Maran Zana fill the Post As head coach. Under Landis Bucknell was 3-7, 4-5-1 and 3-7. Kick returner to try baseball Seattle Bobby Joe Edmonds of the Seattle Seahawk a former pro bowl kick returner says he will sign a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies next month. Edmonds 24, told the Seattle Post intelligencer on monday he planned to report to Spring training with the Phillies in March and expected to be assigned tothe club s class a farm club at Reading a. Phillies general manager Lee Thomas said Edmonds first pro baseball Stop has t been determined. Edmonds concentrated on football at Arkansas but was drafted twice by his Hometown St. Louis Cardi nals once out of High school and again after his fresh Man year at Arkansas. Edmonds emphasized he was t giving up the nil for baseball and planned to return to the sea Hawks next sea son. He signed with Seattle after being drafted in the fifth round in 1986 and made the pro bowl As a Rookie. Rangers sign free agent Leach Arlington Texas free agent outfielder Rick Leach has signed a one year contract with the Texas rangers for the 1989 season club vice president an general manager Tom Grieve announced monday. Leach a career .263 hitter declared for free Agency nov. 3 after the Toronto Blue jays did not pick up his option for the 1989 season. Leach 31, batted .276 with 23 runs batted in 87games for Toronto last season. Henke Gagne agree to pacts new York Tom Henke settled with the Toront Blue jays on a one year contract for $975,000 on Mon Day avoiding a second straight arbitration hearing. Greg Gagne of the Minnesota twins also settled his Case agreeing to a one year contract for about $550,000. Last year Henke asked for $1.025 million and to Ronto offered $725,000, the figure picked by arbitrator Raymond Goetz. This year Henke asked for $1.05million and the Blue jays offered $900,000. Henke a 31-year-old right hander was 4-4 last sea son with 25 saves and a 2.91 earned run average in 55 appearances. He has 99 career saves in four seasons. Gagne who batted .236 in 1988 with 14 homers and 48 Bis had asked for $595,000 and the twins had offered $535,000. Cancer claims golfer Knudson Toronto golfer George Knudson whom be Hogan once described As having the sweetest swing on the pea tour died tuesday after a Long Battle wit cancer. He was 51. Knudson Canada s outstanding pro golfer of the1960s and 70s, had been undergoing treatment for lung cancer since june 1987. He died in Princess mar Garet Hospital. Former sports editor Dies Nashua . Tim Cohane sports editor of look Magazine from 1944 until it ceased publication in 1965, is dead at 76.he died sunday at a health care Center in Nashua ., after a lengthy publicity director for Fordham University for five years after his graduation he wrote about Fordham s foot Ball teams and coined the phrase the seven blocks of Granite in describing the rams famous line of the1930s, which included Vince Lombardi. Sex major leaguer Case Dies Trenton . George Case who led the american league in stolen bases six times died Mon Day of emphysema at the age of 73.Case, who most recently lived in Morrisville pa., played from 1937 to 1945 for the Washington senators. He was traded to Cleveland in 1946, then finished his career with the senators. He led the Ameri can league in steals from 1939 through 1943 and in 1946. He had a career High of 61 in 1943.in 11 major league seasons Case hit .282 and stole 349 bases and was a four time All Star. Seminal dec tailback Drury Dies Santa Monica Calif. Morley Drury who Many credit with establishing University of Southern California tailback legacy died of a stroke late sunday night at Santa Monica Hospital. He was the first Trojan tailback to gain More than1,000 Yards Rushing in a season piling up 1,163 in nine games in 1927. He played every position in the Backfield at onetime and also passed and punted but he was Best known for his Power played safety on defense and it was not unusual for him to play All 60 minutes in a game. In one game in his senior season he carried the ball45 times. Forty one years elapsed before another Tro Jan tailback . Simpson would work As hard. Simp son carried 47 times in a game 1968. Bruins Kings Swap centers Inglewood Calif. The los Angeles King acquired Center Steve Kasper from the Boston Bruins monday in Exchange for Center Bob Deal completes the future considerations por Tion of the Kings acquisition of Jay Miller from the ruins sunday the Kings said. Kasper 27, is in his ninth nil season after being the Bruins third pick in the 1980 entry draft. He had his Best season last year with 26 goals and 44assists in 79 games. In 49 games this season he had 10 goals and 16 assists. He has 135 goals and 220 assists in 564 nil , 25, is in his eighth nil season. He has 11 goals and 15 assists in 39 games but is on the injured list with a cracked right wrist suffered in a dec. 31 exhibition game against a touring soviet team. 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