European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 20, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 27 sports wire ex-76ers pm takes same Post with bullets from wire reports Landover my. A former Philadelphia 76ers general manager John Nash took Over the same Post with the Washington bullets on monday promising Only to spare no Effort in making his new team an Aba title contender. A i guarantee ill work hard and make an aggressive Effort this summer to improve the bullets immediately a Nash said a but not without some caution and not without regard to the future. A often times there Are decisions made in haste that have devastating Long term effects a he said. A we need to improve soon but we also have to keep in mind that the big picture is to improve gradually As  Nash 43, replaces Bob ferry who resigned last week after 17 years with the bullets. Terms of Nash a multiyear contract were not disclosed. He announced in May that he planned to resign upon the expiration of his contract with the 76ers, and the team accepted the resignation june 6. Nash told Philadelphia owner Harold Katz that he was stepping Down because he was tired of handling both the basketball and marketing Side of the operation. Nash had been the 76ers�?T general manager since june 1986. Philadelphia was 53-29 last season winning the Atlantic  not part of probe Detroit a . Attorney Stephen Markman affirmed on monday that Detroit pistons guard Isiah Thomas is not the target of a gambling investigation or Federal criminal charges. A while i am not of course Able to describe the details of any grand jury investigation Given the prominence of Thomas and the attention that this matter has received i would like to clarify the record As Best i can at this time a Markman said. He said Thomas initiated Contact with the Fri after a Story about the gambling investigation was aired Friday and he said Thomas has fully cooperated in the ongoing investigation. The report based on Anonymous sources said checks made out to Thomas were cashed at a grocery store owned by a Man being investigated for Money  Molitor put on do Milwaukee a Paul Molitor was placed on the disabled list for the 12th time in his 13-year career monday and the second baseman could be lost to the slumping Milwaukee Brewers for two months. Molitor fractured a knuckle on his left Index Finger saturday night in Cleveland. His Finger got caught in Brook Jacoby a Glove As he was running to first. Molitor was to undergo a cat scan tuesday when it was to be determined if he needs surgery to insert a pin in his Finger. If surgery is needed Molitor will probably miss six to eight weeks. If surgery is not necessary the recovery period could be Between four and six weeks. The injury is the latest in a series of Freak mishaps for Molitor. He began this season on the disabled list after fracturing his right thumb while sliding into second base. At the end of Spring training in 1989, Molitor dislocated a Finger on his right hand after horsing around with a teammate during running drills. Molitor was batting .291 with seven homers and 25 Bis for the  injured by cab door Dallas a Nolan Ryan a season nearly came to a close because of an opening taxicab door but he should not miss any time with the Texas rangers. Ryan pitching coach Tom House and houses wife Karren hailed a cab outside their Seattle hotel sunday morning for a Short ride to a health club where Ryan was to undergo his usual off Day weightlifting session. The cabdriver unhappy at the Prospect of a $2.50 fare shoved open the passenger Side door just As Ryan reached to open it jamming Ryan a thumb. The thumbnail was sore and discoloured monday afternoon. A for a minute i thought it was broken a Ryan said. A i  move it. It was obvious that she the cabdriver Wasny to  Ryan threw on the Side monday and said that while his night thumb is sore it did not hinder his delivery. A a there a no problem a Ryan said. A a in la be Able to take my turn on Friday. Of course id be better off if it never happened but it really does no to bother  Ryan has pitched three times since returning from the disabled list this month. He had his record sixth no hitter last monday at Oakland but did no to last More than five innings in the other two games. Ryan is the second Pitcher this year to injure his hand on the door of a taxicab. On May 19, Pittsburgh left hander John Smiley closed a cab door on his hand and has been on the disabled list since.3 athletics top Al All Star voting new York a Oakland a Terry Steinbach moved ahead of Cleveland a Sandy Alomar for the starting catchers spot in the latest american league balloting for the All Star game. In totals released monday Steinbach last years starter had 319,243 votes. Alomar a Rookie had 301,152. Two other Oakland players Mark Mcgwire and Jose Canseco also Lead at their positions. Mcgwire was tops among first basemen with 442,211 votes nearly 107,000 More than new Yorkus Don Mattingly. Canseco an outfielder was no. 1 among All vote getters with 801,073 and teammate Rickey Henderson was next with 660,647, just Over 1,000 More than Ken Griffey or. Of Seattle. Other leaders at their positions were second baseman Steve sax of new York 407,465 third baseman Wade Boggs of Boston 440,133 and shortstop Cal Ripken of Baltimore 438,784.giants�?T injury woes mount san Francisco a the most disabled pitching staff in baseball now has a disabled pitching coach along with one More disabled Pitcher. The giants announced monday that pitching coach Norm Sherry will be replaced temporarily by Larry Hardy currently the pitching coach at aaa Phoenix As Sherry recovers from a rib Cage injury he sustained last week in Atlanta. Left hander Atlee Hammaker has been placed on the 15-Day disabled list with a blood cyst in his left Trice. Right hander Randy of Neal was recalled from Phoenix and right hander Rick re Uschel has been moved to the 21-Day disabled list. Hammaker is the sixth giants Pitcher to go on the disabled list this season. Four others remain re Uschel Kelly Downs Mike Lacoss and Jose  put Walton on 15-Day do Montreal a the Chicago cubs put outfielder Jerome Walton on the 15-Day disabled list monday and recalled outfielder Gary Varsho from their triple a Iowa farm team. Walton sustained a broken left hand when he was hit by Ken Howells pitch on sunday in Philadelphia. He is expected to be sidelined for at least three weeks. Walton was hitting .270 with no Home runs and 13 Bis this season. Varsho was batting .300 with seven homers and 33 Bis and 18 stolen bases at Iowa. He was due to join the cubs on monday but was delayed at the Pittsburgh Airport when he arrived without proper identification which would permit him to enter  Purtzer triumphs Newport . A Tina Purtzer shot a 2-under-Par 70 on monday to beat Adele Lukken and Meg Mallon by one stroke in the $50,000 Ocean state invitational. The 18-Hole women a tournament Over the 6,163-Yard Newport county club course was staged in an Effort to maintain Rhode islands Lyga link following the demise of the Ocean state open because of promoter problems. Purtzer who won $10,000, built her margin on the three Par-3�?Ts, getting two birdies and a  in stable condition Medicine hat Alberta a american Laura councilor a first year jockey was in serious but stable condition monday at calgai7 Foothills Hospital where she was flown after an Accident at the Medicine hat exhibition amp Stampede grounds. The 23-year-old rider from Phoenix suffered a fractured Skull sunday when she was thrown from her mount arms walk out and kicked in the head by another horse As it tried to jump Over  wins Safe soccer shootout Eckenbach West Germany a the we Brucken warriors won the shootout and the opening game of the Safe soccer championships Over the Bent Waters phantoms on tuesday. Shootout goals by Julian Mcleod and Tim Dorr were the difference in  a 4-2 Victory. We Brucken led 1-0 at halftime on Paul Woods goal in the 30th minute. Dorr assisted. Ben Waters tied 16 minutes into the second half when Ian Eccles fed Derrick Foster for a goal. The 1-1 tie ran past regulation and through two 10-minute overtimes. That set up the shootout. We Brucken opened with Clay Rowan a goal which Bent Waters Tony Antonelli equalized. Two misses followed by  a Doug Williams and Bent Waters Steve fagg. The warriors Mcleod came through with a goal and the phantoms Kevin Freswick missed wide making it we Brucken 3-2. Dorr then hit for a 4-2 Warrior Lead and we Brucken goalie Chris Starr made a save on James Hicks shot to end it. Starr totalled five saves against Eric Marshall a 12. We Brucken had 19 shots on goal is. Bent Waters 16. In tuesdays other game Ramstein 5, in Ciurlik 0 Ron Anderson led the rams with two goals and an assist and Des of kanc had six saves to preserve the shutout. Mike Gibbons Joseph to Biere and Tom Thomas also scored for Ramstein with Rubin Hogeda and Bob Barto Lonc adding assists. 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