European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 28, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 21 a p also to Jackson ends slide into third for a triple As red sox Wade Boggs takes late throw in an exhibition opener monday. At last baseball familiar sights Grace openers by the associated press Scottsdale adz. A the sound of i the crack of the Bat and fans booing us i Pires on monday meant baseball was Back. I Ryne Sandberg hit a Home run. Gary i Carter became a hero. Oakland rallied to win in the ninth. The umpires however remained off the Job see sports wire on Page 27. After a week of getting ready following the end of the 32-Day lockout Spring training games started in Florida and i Arizona. Carter made his debut in a san Francisco uniform and doubled Home the winning i two out in the ninth inning to give the giants a 4-3 Victory Over Cleveland in a nationally televised game. Carter signed As a free agent by the i wants is trying to make a comeback a Ter an injury plagued season with the new York mets. Last season he hit .183 exhibition Roundup Spring questions require Quick answers this time around a Page 23 with two homers and 15 Bis. The mets chose not to resign him after the season. Carters Bloop double to right Center scored Jamie Cooper from first base with the game winning run. Dan Wickham was one of the minor league umpires working at Spring training while major league umps Are away in protest. And he had just settled behind Home plate for the Cleveland san Francisco game when Rick Reuschel threw the first pitch. Mitch Webster took. Wickham called Ball. Catcher Kirt Manwaring held his Glove in place challenging. A open your eyes ump a a fan shouted. A a you re missing a great  baseball was indeed Back. In other exhibition openers on monday red sox 2, royals 1 Haines City Fla. A Rookie Mickey Pinas eighth inning Home run off Mark Davis last years National league by Young award Winner gave Boston a Victory Over Kansas City. Pinas Home run spoiled the royals debut of Davis who signed As a free agent from the san Diego padres for $ 13 million Over four years. Dodgers 13, twins 6 Orlando Fla. A Hubie Brooks and Eddie Murray each hit Solo Home runs in los Angeles seven run eighth inning As the dodgers beat Minnesota. Five of the seven runs were unearned. Brooks was signed As a free agent Dur see baseball on Page 26sports Schramm we be got the horses by Bucky Fox staff writer Frankfurt West Germany a done to fret about shallow Talent in the world league of american football which kicks off next year. The Pool will be plenty deep says Tex Schramm. A a in be got tons of resumes a the league president said. A Many see this As a great Opportunity. There will be no shortage of players or coaches. That i can guarantee and in be been in this business a Long  Schramm who was general manager of the Dallas cowboys from their birth in 1960 until 1989, is Boss of the prenatal world league. He told a Small press gathering tuesday at his Frankfurt hotel suite that his new Spring football league will open March 23, 1991. He said the world league will officially announce Frankfurt sentry into the league in the next �?o30 to 40  until then he said a i have confidences Frankfurt will join three other cities a London Milan and Barcelona a in the european division of the 12-team Loop. The world league gave Orlando a franchise two weeks ago. Schramm said the Florida team will be in a division with new York Montreal and a fourth team yet to be determined. A third division will consist of Mexico City teams from Texas and California and a fourth City waiting to be named. Each team will play 10 games. The three division champions plus a wild card will make the playoffs climaxed by the world bowl june 9. The world league appears to be swimming in Money. It has contracts Worth about $50 million with Abc and Usa. Schramm said Abc will televise sunday games with the Cable network Usa showing night games saturday and monday. Then there a local to. Schramm and his world league colleagues were in London last week negotiating a a tentative Deal with eur sport a he said of the All sports Cable network. It would broadcast games throughout Europe in English German and dutch. On monday the world league group was in Rome where it worked on a local to contract with the state run Rai network and private channels. Starting tuesday Schramme a men have been talking with German to officials. He said state owned Ard and see Schramm on Page 26st. Louis Vandy reach nit championship game Anim a Anthony Bonner had 24 i abounds and Jeff Luechtefeld scored a of Points leading St. Louis into the final of Tojo a 10na imitation tournament for the second 0versvmeear an -73 Victory monday night bum4�8le�?T avera8ng Only 6.5 Points for the season Billil finc m or nit games and Bonner carried the Bill us Lvi e championship game against Vander pc Quot heat Penn state 75-62 in the first semifinal. Deroam a Nat ones leading rebounded with 13.7 for i  eight Points in the final six minutes Veary cd us a which lost to St. Johns in last Alampi Enship game. The Billiken making their 15th nit won the event in 1948 and lost in the final in 1961 and 1989. New Mexico 20-13making a record seventh consecutive appearance in the nit but its first trip to the semifinals since 1964, was led by Darrell Mcgee with 23 Points 18 in the second half. Luc Longley the Lobosc 7-foot-2 Junior Center averaging 18.5 Points and 9.5 rebounds finished with 12 Points and 18 rebounds. Vanderbilt 75, Penn St. 62 Vanderbilt broke open a close game with a 14-0 second half surge and Scott Draud scored 20 Points As the commodores beat Penn state. The commodores 20-14who finished in a tie for eight place in the Southeastern conference controlled the game virtually throughout trailing Only once against the Atlantic 10 conference runner up. Penn state which played in its first nit semifinal game since 1954, is 24-9. Freddie Barnes led the Kittany Lions with 18 Points while James Barnes playing for the first time since breaking a toe in an opening round nit game had 12.afn sports television and radio College basketball a nit final St. Louis is. Vanderbilt 4 . Thursday