European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday april 28,1989 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire he my by a he he no former 49er car Monroe Dies at age 29 from wire reports san Jose Calif. Carl Monroe a former Reserve with the san Francisco 49ers who scored the first touchdown in he 1985 super bowl died of a heart attack wednesday. He was 29.Monroe was taken to Santa Clara Valley medical Center in full cardiac arrest at 7 30 . After his girl Friend awoke to the sounds of him coughing and called paramedics. He was pronounced dead at 7 58 after efforts 10 revive him failed said nursing supervisor Jordan Pavacich. An autopsy showed nothing physically wrong with Monroe results of toxicology tests which determine if drags were involved wont to released for another month said a spokeswoman for the Santa Clara county Coroner. There Are no traces of anything Yei said the spokeswoman who declined to give her name. We won t know for four to six weeks Monroe had two Drinken driving arrests on his scr Cord according to 49ers spokesman David Rahn and underwent therapy for substance abuse paid for by the team following the 1984 season. A Coroner s investigator said Monroe s Girlfriend Start cute Williams told him Monroe complained of an up Sci stomach before going to bed at 1 30 . The woman told the investigator the pair had eaten a pizza and shared a marijuana cigarette at about 10 . Tuesday but neither had used any other drugs. The investigator said when he and police arrived at the apartment it was filled with about 40 friends and relatives of Monroe. Police investigated the death wednesday morning but turned the Case Over to the Coroner s office after finding no sign of foul play. Police i Bill or fun said there were no drugs Fauna in the apartment other than valium a tranquil Izer. The s-foot-8, 180-Pound Monroe played for the 49ers from 1983 0 1987. He had a career average of 22.1 Yards and one touchdown on 71 Kickoff returns rushed 13 times for 36 Yards and caught 28 passes for323 Yards including two for touchdowns. He was the 49crs seventh All time leading . native of Pittsburgh he went to High school in san Jose and Gavilan Junior College in nearby Gilroy. Monroe set Utah s single season records for All Pur pose yardage Rushing attempts and Rushing Yards As a College senior in l9s2. He signed with the 49crs As a free agent in 1983 and played 11 games prior to break ing his right fool Monroe scored san Francisco s first touchdown of the 1984 regular season and caught a 33-Yard scoring pass from Joe Montana to open the scoring in the super bowl Al Stanford stadium the following january. No contract Pelluer a no show Irving Texas Sieve pc Lucr who does t have a contract refused to show for the Dallas cowboys minicams on wednesday and coach Jimmy Johnson said he is considering trading him. "1 want positive people who Are witling to put it in the line 100 percent for the cowboys Johnson said. Wirhol Well have someone else in the position Troy Aikman the former Urcla quarterback who recently signed a six year contract for is 1,037 million was in Camp and took a ribbing from some of the Veteran players about his salary. I did t mind the jokes Aikman said. It s a fun thing to be kidded Pelluer said he did miss Camp because of Aik Man s salary. But he said i Don t want to be treated As a backup the rest of my career Pelluer said. Maybe i la have to ask to be Pelluer played out his five year contract last season. He was making . Johnson said he had talked to Pelluer and would do so again hut emphasized the people in my plans arc the ones who work in training Camp. There Are no starters right now. This has to be earned. I think Steve will be a productive player with the cowboys if we get things worked Mil. Well take into consideration his feelings and try to resolve things. Whal s going to happen would be difficult to predict. Netherlands a. Germany tie London Marco Van hasten scored with five minutes remaining to give the Netherlands a la tie against Wisl Germany in one of nine world cup soc cer qualifying matches in Europe wednesday night. At least 40 fans were arrested in violent clashes before the game and 23 fans were injured including one in a knifing police wednesday police battled about 500 fans hurling bricks and wooden Slicks in a downtown shop Ping area near the stadium. The fans looted a toy store Ana smashed were no reports of fan violence Al the eight other matches which look place one Day after the world soccer governing body fifa warned officials to be extra careful with Security and Spectator safety in the Wake of the april 15 disaster at Sheffield in which 95 people died. In other games England beat Albania 5-0, the soviet. Union beat East Germany 3-0, Denmark beat Bulgaria 2-0, Scotland beat Cyprus 2-1, Ireland beat Spain 1-0, Northern Ireland beat Malta 2-0, Portugal beat Switz Erland 3-1, and Greece and Romania playing to a. Scoreless tic v. Clippers Smith Rookie of month new York Forward Charles Smith who aver aged 21.5 Points 6.3 rebounds and 1,3 blocked shots for the los Angeles clippers last month was name wednesday Aba Rookie of the month for april. Smith scored in double figures in 11 of. 12 games including 32 Points against Portland arid 33 against Seattle during the month. He finished the season with an average of 16.3 Points and 5.5 rebounds per game. Other first year players nominated were san Anto Nio s Willie Anderson Sacramento s Ricky Pierry. Phil Adelphia s Mersey Hawkins and Golden stale s Mitch Richmond. Leech helps . Rout Poland Stockholm Sweden Uri in u catch scored one goal and had three assists As team Usa rolled poland11-2 wednesday night to move into first place in the world hockey championships relegation Pool. Acc sch a defend scan who plays for the new Yor rangers is one of the leading candidates for nil Rookie of the year honors. The , the big Gitl yet for the Ameri cans in eight championship games moved them ahead of Finland on belter goal difference. Each team has a 3-4-1 Usa manned by nil leftovers and College players scored three Short handed goals against the outclassed poles. In tuesday s final Prycl i m i nary round action the americans beat Poland 6-1. Rob stauber a two time a american Al the University of Minnesota played in goal for team Usa throughout. John Vabic Brauck of the. Rangers the no. 1 goalie sustained a fractured jaw after being struck by the puck tuesday and returned to new York. Earlier Finland blanked West Germany 3-0 As de Denstman Reijo Ruotsalainen. Scored one goal and set up another All four teams carry their Points from the preliminary round into the relegation Pool. West Germany and at two Points apiece. The Tasi place team drops to the croup b com petition next year Tyson ticketed for speeding Albany. . Heavyweight boxing Champion Mike Tyson was ticketed for driving 71 Mph in a 30 Mph zone after racing in his sports car according to Albany police. Officers pursued Tyson on Central ave. In Albany late wednesday night As the Boner in his 1989 Lamborghini raced against a Friend in a Chevrolet Blazer police said. After a Brief Chase police caught up with Tyson and the of her Driver 22-year-old Mark Johnson of Albany when hey pulled into a parking lot police said. We asked then for their License and registration arresting officer George Paloncy said. They did t have much to say. Tyson said he just arrived in town Paloncy said. Tyson 22. And Paloncy were both charged with speeding and Are scheduled to appear in Albany City court on May 9.wild Der Becker Advance Monte Carlo Monaco Mats Wilander and Boris Becker the lop two seeds played Siraky Tennis but still qualified for the quarterfinals of he $607,500 Monte Carlo open Tennis tournament thursday. Wilander ranked second in the world ran off four games in a Row in both the first and second sets to beat Uruguay s Marcelo Filippini .6-4,6-4. The swede a two time French open Champion was joined in the quarterfinals by two line Wimbledon Champion Becker. The no. 2 seed downed 16lh-Sccdcd Jordi Arrese of Spain 6-1, 6-3, winning six games in a Row in the second set. In other third round play Carlu Esice of West Ger Many made Short work of Paolo Cunt mondays Winner Over Jimmy Connors a 6-1 horse Skoff of Austria the also Ronald Agnor of Haiti the no. 10 seed eliminated the last Frenchman Guy forget 6-2, 7-5 Guil Lermo Perez Roldan of Argentina seeded eighth beat ninth seeded Jonas Svensson of Sweden 7-5. 7-6 7-5 and Jan Gunnesson of Sweden Defeated Patrick Kuh Nen of Wisl Germany 7-5.6-2. Canseco pleads innocent san Francisco Oakland athletics Star Jose Canseco pleaded innocent thursday to gun Possession charges during a Brief appearance in a courtroom packed with fans and judge David a. Garcia Sci a preliminary hearing for june 8, released the 24-Ycnr-old Canseco on his own recognizance and returned his $5,000 bail the judge Drew chuckles from the gallery with his comments that Canseco should t have any problem making Uny future court appearances despite the fact thai i understand he occasionally is out of this Juris diction for business reasons r have heard he s even been As far p Way is Toronto on occasion Panicco who signed autographs for a Bailiff and sheriffs Deputy As Well As other onlookers did nol speak in court except to acknowledge the judge s instructions. He did not speak to the press afterwards before his attorneys hustled him out a Back door. Robert Shapiro of los Angeles attorney for the 1988 american league map said Canseco did not wish to speak because he was on medical Ion after Hay ing a Wisdom tooth removed on wednesday and did not sleep wednesday night. He s very much distressed by it Shapiro said or the highly publicized Case. 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