European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sports wire pistons land amid cheering throng from wire reports Ypsilanti Mich. A about 2,000 jubilant Detroit kilns fans greeted their heroes Friday waving towels Foft read a a repeat As they cheered the two time Aba  lined up behind a Chain link Fence about 100 up Vond the Tarmac where Roun Dball one parked klan dog about 4 10p.m. At Willow run Airport. John Salley was the first player off the plane and he raised both hands to the crowds cheers. Sal lev quickly made his Way through a group of a porters and photographers to the Fence where he need his game sneakers into the crowd. Wilma Dunlap 46, of Detroit was among the 21,400 fans who watched the pistons 92-90 Senes com chm Victory Over Portland thursday night on a Large overhead screen at the Palace of Auburn Hills. A we were rocking on interstate 75 on the Way Home and in the parking lot a Dunlap said. A we stayed up All night. Who wanted to sleep a Michael Andretti clinches pole Detroit a Michael Andretti wrapped up his second straight Detroit grand prix pole saturday holding off a determined Effort by a1 Unser or. In a Wall banging qualifying Battle. Those two As they did m last years inaugural indy car race through the streets of downtown Detroit will Start from the front Row in sundays 62-Lap, 155-mile race. Andretti who won the provisional pole Friday improved from 87.202 Mph to 88.102 saturday still Short of his track record of 88.512. Unser driving an almost identical Chevrolet powered Lola jumped from 85.809 to 87.423. Irvan top qualifier Long Pond a. A Ernie Irvan won his second pole of the season Friday in qualifying for sundays $571,000 Lascar Miller 500 Stock car race. Irvane a Oldsmobile toured the 2 /2-mile track at Pocono International raceway at 158.750 Mph just shy of a track record. One of the last to make a qualifying run Irvan knocked Dick trickle off the pole. Trickles Pontiac will sit next to Irvan on the front Row after a 157.729 Mph Lap. Bill Elliott who won one of the two Lascar races at Pocono last year will Start third with Geoff Bodine fourth and Greg sacks fifth. On saturday Michael Waltrip crashed and was knocked unconscious briefly during practice. He was not seriously Hurt and was expected to race , Nissan Lead be mans be mans France a a porsche and a Nissan battled for the Lead after the first hour of the be mans 24 hours race saturday. Oscar Laurrari of Argentina in a porsche had a margin of less than a second Over Julian Bailey in Nissan after 126  injures 2 Drivers be mans France a two Drivers were slightly injured in a fiery crash saturday at the Start of the Ren Ault Elf Europa cup race about four hours before the be mans 24 hours. ,. Michel Peyret of Monte Carlo injured his knee Cap in a three car collision that sparked a spectacular fire race organizers said. Wolfgang Schutz of West Germany was briefly unconscious following the Accident but regained consciousness they said. Both men were removed from their cars following the Accident and taken away in ambulances. They were involved in a pile up at the Start of the race with the car driven by italian Claudio  Thomas linked to Fri gambling probe Detroit apr Isiah Thomas of the Detroit pistons most valuable player in the just concluded Aba finals hosted High stakes Dice games at his Home according to news reports saturday. Thomas denied through his agent that he was involved in illegal gambling and would cooperate in an Fri internal Revenue service investigation into a gambling ring. Thomas is not a direct target of the investigation sources speaking on condition of anonymity told wbk to in a report Friday and the Detroit free press and Oakland press in stories published saturday. T investigators do not suspect Thomas of having bet on sporting events although the alleged Dice games could Lead to prosecution on Misdemeanour gambling charges sources told the wbk and the free press. A we Haven to even talked to Thomas a a a Law enforcement official told the Oakland press. The investigation a is preliminary and it May be nothing a said the official whom the newspaper did not identify. However a grand jury has subpoenaed checks totalling about $100,000 that Thomas cashed at a grocery store owned by a neighbor and Friend Imad Denha the sources said. Both Thomas and Denha ran craps games with thousands of dollars at stake at unspecified times at their Homes in Oakland county a West Bloomfield township they said. The reports surfaced the Day after Detroit Defeated Portland in game 5 of the Aba finals to give the pistons their second straight championship. Thomas 29, averaged 27.6 Points per game against the Trail blazers. Schutze a car shot into the pit Wall while Peyret a and Giovanardi a caught fire in front of the main  of cards pm extended St. Louis a the St. Louis cardinals have extended general manager dal Maxville a contract for one year through the 1992  Pool expands St. Vincent Italy a the a Pool of the world ice hockey championships will be increased from eight to 12 teams in 1992, and the tournament will be held in olympic years the International ice hockey federation decided  joins Blackhawk staff Vancouver British Columbia a Darryl Sutter who led Chicago Stop farm team to the International hockey league championship will join the Blackhawk next season As an associate head coach. Team spokesman Jim Dimaria said Sutter will serve As coach when Mike Keenan the head coach who earlier this month also assumed the role of general manager is occupied with front office  Trade Mccrimmon Vancouver British Columbia a the Calgary flames traded team Captain Brad Mccrimmon to the Detroit  wings on Friday for a second round draft  signs czech Vancouver British Columbia a czechoslovak Ian a Robert Reichel one of the top Junior players in the world has signed with the Calgary  team moving to Albany Vancouver British Columbia a International hockey league governors on Friday approved the relocation of die fort Wayne ind Komets to Albany . A league spokesman said efforts were under Way to put another team in fort Wayne under new  hit court for Shaw Boston a the Boston celtics have asked a Federal court to prevent Brian Shaw from playing for another team after an arbitrator confirmed the Validity of a contract Shaw signed with the celtics Over the Winter. According to the court filing Shaw had informed the celtics by a letter dated june 6 that he had decided to Honor the second year of his contract with 11 Mes Gaggero Roma the italian team he had signed with after playing for the celtics in 1988-89. Shaw was the celtics top draft pick in 1988.meekins wins boxing title Las vegas Nev. A John Wesley Meekins captured the North american boxing federation super lightweight championship with a unanimous 12-round decision Over Santos Cardona of san Juan puerto , Becker reach final London a defending Champion Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker lined up a final clash with semifinal victories saturday at the $500,000 Stella Artois grass court Tennis tournament. Lendl needed just an hour and 20 minutes to Down John Mcenroe 6-2, 6-4 in the second grass court meeting in their 35 encounters. Becker seeded third was equally Quick in ousting Stefan Edberg 6-4, 6-4.garrison guns into title round Birmingham England a american Zina Garrison advanced to the final with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 Victory saturday Over Nathalie Tauz iat of France in a Warmup tournament for Wimbledon and will play czech Helena Sutkova in sundays title match. Second seeded Sutkova making her debut in the tournament Defeated the California based South african Ros Fairbank 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 at Edgbaston , Malley tied in Golf Rickmansworth England a Peter Mitchell of England and Bill Malley of the United states tied for first place in the Wang four stars National pro celeb Rity Golf tournament after saturdays third round. They were tied at 201, two strokes ahead of England a Paul Way and three ahead of a group of five players at 204 a australians Mike Clayton Peter Mcwhinney and Rodger Davis englishman Jeremy Bennett and american Ron  leads senior event Syracuse . 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