European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 18, 1991 the stars and stripes a a Page 25  Sophomore to enter nil draft from wire reports St. Louis a Sophomore Michigan tailback Jon Vaughn said wednesday that he will leave school to enter the nil draft where he expects to be chosen in an Early round. A my family and i had Many conversations about it and we decided that this was the Best route for me financially and personally a Vaughn said following a news conference in the office of his agent Jim Steiner. A basically i think i have my Best shot at it right now a Vaughn a St. Louis native rushed for 1,364 Yards last season but was hampered by injuries that Cost him his starting position by years end. He carried the Ball 15 times for 128 Yards in the wolverines 35-3 Victory in the Over Mississippi in the Gator bowl on Jan 1.nets Conner traded to Bucks East Rutherford . A the new Jersey nets traded guard Lester Conner to the Milwaukee Bucks on wednesday night for Center Forward Greg a a Cadillac Anderson. Anderson will Back up Derrick Coleman at the Power Forward while Conner gives the Bucks a Veteran backup to Point guard Jay Humphries. Anderson 26, has averaged 2.7 Points and 2.9 rebounds in 26 games for the Bucks this season. His playing time has slipped to 9.5 minutes per game As Milwaukee went with Danny Schayes and Frank  s Lansford has surgery Oakland Calif. A Oakland a a third baseman Carney Lansford underwent exploratory arthroscopic surgery wednesday on his left knee which he injured in a new years eve snowmobile Accident. A magnetic resonance imaging test showed probable damage to the medial collateral and Anterior cruciate ligaments but the results of wednesdays surgery were not immediately available spokesman Jay Alves said. Earlier examinations revealed no cartilage damage or fractures but team Ortho Peist or. Rick Bost operated on Lansford at children a Hospital in san Francisco to determine the extent of damage to the ligaments. Doctors have said Lansford could need up to 18 months to recover if the injury is  wins coaching Honor new York a Bobby Ross who guided Georgia tech to an undefeated season and a share of the National championship has been named division i a coach of Sarteur quartet goes to All army basketball trials basketball four players from Usa eur have been selected to participate in the menus All army basketball trial Camp Jan. 16-March 16 at the Presidio of san Francisco Calif. The four Augsburg Scharles Bates Mannheim Snorman Maynie berlins Paul Brooks and Wurzburg a James Brown a will compete for local Roundup spots on the army team in the interservice basketball championships March 17-22 at Wright Patterson fab Ohio. Bates also played on the 1990 . Shape team. Members of that squad will also be considered for slots on the armed forces squad which is entered in the National aau tourney in Topeka Kan and the Amateur basketball Usa championships in Colorado Springs Colo. A the Niernberg Martin Luther King invitational tournament scheduled this weekend has been cancelled. Teams that have paid entry fees should Call 460-7115. Orange bowl won the associated press National title. It is the first time that Ross has won the coaches award which is sponsored by Kodak. Tim Stowers of Georgia Southern was named division i a coach of the Yearby the Acca. Rocky Hager of North Dakota state won the award for Mcaa division ii and naia division i schools while Ken of Keefe of Allegheny College was the Winner for Mcaa division Iii and naia division ii.. Skiers expected to return Wengen Switzerland a organizers of next weeks world Alpine ski championships at Saalbach Hinter Lemm Austria confirmed in a Telephone interview thursday that they still expected participation by the american team a even though it went Home thursday tech which completed an 11-0-1 season by beating Nebraska in the Citrus bowl was crowned National Champion by United press International. Colorado which finished 11-1-1 after beating notre Dame in the a was far As we know the americans will still be competing a Rosemarie Dick spokeswoman for the organizers told United press International. A we received a request from the american authorities yesterday that we had to have an Assurance from the austrian ministry for the Interior that they could guarantee absolute Protection for the american team. The ministry for the Interior has Given this Assurance and we have advised the americans accordingly. As far As we know they will be Here a Dick said. The . Menus team Here in Wengen preparing for the world cup races at the weekend was called Home immediately following the outbreak of hostilities in the Gulf race organizers said they left the Swiss resort at 6 . Thursday morning. The . Women who were at the French resort of mar incl have also returned Home a race officials there confirmed by Telephone Mcenroe ready for Milan meet Milan Italy a John Mcenroe who pulled out of the australian open with a shoulder injury will be ready for the Milan at indoor tournament feb. 4, a tournament official said wednesday. Among the others listed As definite Are Ivan Lendl Goran Ivanisevic Andrei Chesnokov Michael Chang Jakob Hlasek and Aaron Krickstein. Boris Becker would be Given a wild card berth if he wants to  wins Paris Dakar rally Dakar Senegal a Ari Vatanen of Finland driving a citroen wrapped up his fourth Paris Dakar rally championship thursday completing a dominating performance in the 5,709-mile event. Stephane Peterhansel on a Yamaha topped the motorcycle division. The rally started dec. 29 from Vincennes near Paris with More than 400 Drivers. Only about 180 competitors were Able to Complete the trek across the desert of five african countries. Vatanen kept his citroen Zyx in a comfortable Lead most of the Way. He led by As much As four hours and wound up beating the Mitsubishi of Pierre Lartigue of France by two hours 42 minutes 27 seconds. Vatanen captured the final 36-mile stage around Dakar thursday reaching Senegal 2 minutes 48 seconds ahead of Kenneth Ericksson of Sweden. Vatanen previously won the rally in 1981, 1987 and 1990. Peter Nansel who led the motorcycle division from the time the rally entered Mali beat the Yamaha of Gilles Lalay of France by 16 55. The rally often criticized for the danger to competitors support person Ell spectators and bystanders had one fatality this year. Charles Cabanne of France Driver of a support truck for the citroen team was shot and killed by a sniper in the Remote malian Village of Kad Aouane. The death of Cabanne brought to 26 the number of people killed since the creation of the the rally in 1979.rookie s first goal helps whalers Edge . From wire reports Hartford Conn. A Pat Verbeek and Ron Francis scored Power play goals and Chris moved arise a first nil goal proved to be the game Winner As Hartford beat los Angeles 4-3 wednesday night to end the Kings seven game winning Streak standings and summaries Page 22. Gove Daris beat Kelly Hrudney with a Short Backhander to the Glove Side 7 26 into the third period to give the whalers a 4-2 Lead. Kings defens Eman Rob Blake lifted a wrist shot Over Peter Sidorkiewicz a shoulder on a Power play with 3 55 left in the game. A the Kings pulled Hrudney with 1 13 left but had Only one shot on net before Luc Robitaille was called for hooking with 29 seconds left. With Hrudney still out Bob Kudelski a Backhander hit the Post with three seconds left. Verbeek a first time Al Star Francis and Paul or scored in the second period Vohen Hartford took a 3-1 Lead. Robitaille scored 2 53 into the game and Tomas Sandstrom made it 3-2 just 70 seconds into the final period. Sidorkiewicz made 30 saves As Hartford won its third straight at Home for the first time since october. Las Wayne Gretzky had two assists giving him an nil Lead ing 88 Points and extending his scoring be m nil Roundup Streak to eight games. In other games wednesday night Blackhawk 2, devils 2 East Rutherford . Third period goals by Tommy Albelino and Kirk duller led new Jersey to a tie with Chicago. The Blackhawk had a three game winning Streak snapped but have Only lost once in the last eight games 6-1-1. The devils snapped a six game losing Streak but saw its wingless Streak extended to 10 games 0-6-4. Michel Goulet scored both Chicago goals a his 14th and 15th of the year. Sabres 5, wings 3 Buffalo . A Alexander Mogil by scored two goals to Lead Buffalo Over Detroit for the sabres third straight win. The goals for Mogiln were his 16th and 17th of the season. Mike Hartman Dale Hawer Chuk and Rick Vaive scored the other Buffalo goals. Paul Ysebaert Dave Barr and Bob pro Bert scored for the red wings who have lost two straight. Jets 2, canucks 1 Vancouver British Columbia a Phil Housley came up with his 14th goal of the season Short handed with 2 14 to play in regulation to enable Winnipeg avoid overtime against Vancouver. Gretzky says cancel All Star game Hartford Connecticut a Peoples minds should be focused on the Gulf not hockey Gretzky said in urging the nil to cancel saturdays Al Star game. On wednesday night Gretzky said if it were his decision the game would not be played. A a in a Tell everybody to go Home and evaluate what is going on. That a Only my opinion but i done to run this league a said Gretzky whose Cousin Kenny Hopper is a Marine Pilot sent to the Gulf earlier this week. A the game is great for Chicago great for hockey but that Sall secondary now a Gretzky said after the Kings lost 4-3 to Hartford. A if it was me id cancel the game. A this is a scary situation when you think about it nobody likes to see  in new York nil spokesperson Jane Freer said the league Likely would take its Lead from any recommendations from either Canadian prime minister Brian mul Roney or . President George Bush. A right now we re proceeding As usual a Freer said. A everything is being taken into  Gretzky and the other players said their minds were on the War throughout the game. A the game was secondary tonight Quot he said. A i done to think i can even describe How everybody Felt out there. Obviously we were More concerned with what was going on Over there than what was going on on the  a it was on my mind in warmups during the game on the Bench and Between periods a Hartford Center Ron Francis said. A this is going to be on my mind All night. In a just hoping its Over As Quick As possible and with As Little loss of life As possible. Its a scary  Hartford goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz agreed. A this is scary. You a think that people would learn a Sidorkiewicz said. A i just Hope it does no to last  some whalers watched televised newscasts Between periods and Sidorkiewicz said he could hear the televisions on in the press Box during the game. The crowd which was somber before the singing of a America  Beautiful a Sang the song loudly. And some in the near capacity crowd chanted a Susa Usan briefly Midway through the third period