European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 16,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 27 sports wire Virginia finally gets no. 7 rank from wire reports yes Virginia you really Are no. 1. The Cavaliers completed their startling climb to the Summit of College football today replacing Michigan As the no. 1 team in the associated press poll. Virginia a 31-0 thrashing of North Carolina state and Michigan states 28-27 upset of Michigan lifted the Cavaliers to the top spot for the first time in school history. A we have the personnel and the coaches to go All the Way a defensive end Chris Slade said. But coach George Welsh says its too Early to speculate about a National title for his 6-0 Cavaliers who were no. 2 last week. A a in a not really into the rankings at this Point a Welsh said. A a we be still got five More games to  prior to this season Virginia was never ranked higher than ninth. But after starting out 15th in the preseason poll the Cavaliers moved steadily upward As Many of the top teams lost or tied. Virginia received 38 first place votes and 1,454 Points from a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters. Once beaten Miami which blanked Kansas 340 saturday was second with 15 first place votes and 1,414 Points. Tennessee moved up two places to third after drubbing Florida 45-3. The volunteers unbeaten but twice tied got two first place votes and 1,354 Points. Undefeated Nebraska is fourth followed by Auburn notre Dame Florida state Illinois Houston and Michigan. Nebraska was rated the top team on three ballots while notre Dame 4-1 and Houston 5-0 each got one first place vote. The co huskers jumped three places after manhandling Missouri 69-21. Auburn move up one notch to fifth after vanquishing Vanderbilt 56-6 and notre Dame Rose two spots to sixth with a 57-27 grounding of air Force. Florida state _ Illinois and Houston each climbed three rungs. The Idle seminoles moved up to no. 7, the Zillini Rose to no. 8 after pounding Purdue 34-0 and the cougars vaulted to no. 9 after beating Texas a amp a 3631 on a last minute touchdown. Michigan which lost its opener to notre Dame fell All the Way to 10th after dropping to 3-2. Georgia tech is 11th, followed by Brigham Young Washington Colorado Southern Cal Oklahoma Florida Mississippi Texas and Indiana. Rounding out the top 25 Are Wyoming Clemson Iowa Michigan state and Texas a amp a. Undefeated Georgia tech got the biggest boost u seven slots after edging Clemson 21-19. Oklahoma too., the most severe slide from fourth to 16th, after losing to Texas 14-13. Florida fell eight notches to 17th and Clemson plunged seven spots to no. 22. The upset wins by Texas and Michigan state moved them Back into the top 25. Dropping out were Oregon a 38-17 loser to Washington and Arizona which was beaten by Oregon state 35-21. A 28-12 Victory Over Georgia moved Mississippi up six spots to 18th, its highest ranking since 1976.gustafsson Downs Timek Antwerp Belgium a Magnus Gustafsson of Sweden opened the $1.1 million european Community championship of Tennis on monday defeating one of the two qualifiers czech to 1,6-4. Bom belgian Libor Timek 6 the other qualifier Todd Woodbridge of Australia upset czech Karel Novacek 6-4,6-3. Ivan Lendl and John Mcenroe who won the first eight Antwerp tournaments were missing this year but world Leader Stefan Edberg of Sweden led the Field which also included four of the top dozen players at the moment. They were ecuadorian Andres Gomez american Brad Gilbert yugoslav Goran Ivanisevic and soviet Andrei Chesnokov. Timek and Woodbridge were the two survivors of a 16-player qualifying round played Over the weekend. Woodbridge who stands 48th in at ranking was a logical qualifier but Timek was a Surprise. He a ranked 357th by the  wins third grand National Loundon . A Rick Mast led for the last 90 laps and held off Bobby Labonte s late charge to capture the Lascar grand National Chevy dealers of new England 250 on sunday. Mast Winner of three of the last six grand National races averaged 96.406 Mph Over the one mile Oval at new Hampshire International Speedway to win $27,850. Labonte who started 35th, finished six car lengths Back. Mike Mclaughlin finished a Distant third in an Olds Mobile. Pole Sitter Ricky Craven was fourth in a Pontiac and Tommy Ellis fifth in a Buick. Mast and Labonte battled for most of the race. Mast had his Buick in front for 145 of the final 148 laps while Labonte was second for the last 130 laps in his Olds. Three time Winston cup Champion Darrell Waltrip started 40th, but never was Able to make a move and eventually dropped out. Davey Allison coming off a Victory in last weeks Mello yellow 500, started seventh moved up to second during the Early part of the race but finished 16th. The inaugural Chevy dealers 250 was marred by eight caution flags during the first 119  named Yankee coach new York a Graig Nettles who for 11 years made third base at Yankee stadium his personal playground will coach first base the new York Yankees said sunday in naming manager stump Merrill a 1991 coaching staff. At the same time the Yankees made official what had Long been rumoured a pitching coach Billy Connors and batting instructor Darrell Evans will not return. Mark Connor a former Yankee pitching coach will move from the bullpen to take Over for Connors while Frank Howard who coached for both the Yankees and new York mets will be the Yankees new batting coach. Buck Showalter remains As the Yankees third base coach while Mike Ferraro moves from first base into the dugout. Nettles played for the Yankees from 1973-83 and became the Yankees first Captain since Thurman Munson in 1982. Last year Nettles 46, played in the senior league. Vice Star tops boat Marathon Marathon Fla. A actor Don Johnson gunned his Powerboat at 95.49 Mph around a 147-mile course sunday to win the Bud dry Marathon offshore Challenge in the Florida keys. While Johnson was driving his team Usa to Victory a his first win Ever a martial arts Star Chuck Norris piloted the Popeye Fried Chicken diet cokes entry to the Points championship for the super boat  to seek 98 world cup London a England plans to Challenge neighbor France in a bid to stage soccer a world cup in 1998, several British press reports said sunday. Buoyed by England a impressive showing in this years world cup and with evidence that crowd violence has declined domestically English soccer clubs Are confident they can stage the worlds leading International soccer tournament. The reports said the English football league which represents 92 professional clubs decided on thursday to ask the football association the sports governing body in England to make the bid. Fifa soccer a world body will not decide the venue until the summer of 1992.nannini in satisfactory condition Florence Italy a italian racing Driver Alessandro Nannini was in satisfactory condition sunday after an operation to reattach his right forearm and doctors were Likely to pronounce him to be out of danger soon Hospital officials said. The 31-year-old formula 1 Drivers Arm was wrenched off below the Elbow in a helicopter crash at his parents Home near Siena in Central Italy Friday. Surgeons operated for 10 hours to reattach the severed  drops sugar Ray new York a sugar Ray Leonard will serve no longer As an Hob championship boxing commentator because the Cable television network is miffed about not having a Chance to be involved in Leonard a next fight. A the will fight again a Mike Trainer Leonard a lawyer said monday. He also said that Leonard a behind the Mike contractual relationship with Hob virtually was at an end anyway and that a Ray indicated to me he did no to want to continue it because it interfered with some things he wanted to  announcing that he was releasing Leonard from his contract after 12 years of telecasts for Hob Ross Greenberg vice president and executive producer sports said in a statement a we Are saddened to end our broadcasting relationship with Ray this Way. A regrettably however after More than a decade of work together in the ring and behind the microphone Hob was not offered an Opportunity to bid on the telecast rights to rays next tight by has advisor Lawver Mike Trainer. A we feel therefore if Hob is treated in this fashion it is inappropriate for Ray to continue As a commentator on world championship boxing  a the fight he is talking about is a rumoured fight Between Ray and Terry Norris the wac Junior middleweight Champion a Trainer said by Telephone from Las vegas where he is serving As consultant to Steve Wynn for the James a a Buster Douglas evander Holyfield title fight which will be held oct. 25 at Wynn a Mirage Casi no hotel. Trainer said Leonard who has won world titles in five weight divisions would probably fight a somewhere at the end of january and that Terry Norris is a leading candidate As his  a there never has been a linkage Between his broadcasting and his fighting a Trainer said adding that Leonard Only had one or two make do telecasts left to do for Hob. These were makeups for telecasts he missed by being in  released from Hospital Indianapolis apr four time Indianapolis 500 Winner . Foyt was released from methodist Hospital monday and headed Home to Houston to begin rehabilitation of his injured legs and feet. Foyt 55, sustained the most serious injuries of his racing career on sept. 23 when his brakes failed and his car slammed into a Mound of dirt at the Road America race in Elkhart Lake wis. He was transferred to methodist the next Day and underwent two operations. A a he a in Good spirits and looking Forward to getting Home a methodist spokesman Jon White said. Foyt is expected to return to racing next season he said. Superstition an to tuesdays programs 6 00 Abc world news 6 30 can sports tonight 7 00 Abc nigh tone 7 30 just Lor kids 7 40 kiss your 8 05 Denver the last Dinosaur 8 30 an morning movie Quot House Calls Quot comedy/1978 a a recently widowed doctor waiter Matthau tries to woo a feisty Divorcee Glenda Jackson without sacrificing his new swinging restyle. 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