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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 15, 1991 the stars and stripes sports wire umpires May get Boot in Spring training from wire reports new York baseball could be facing another Soring training lockout this time of the umpires. A year ago the owners locked players out of training Camps for 32 Days in a contract dispute and Richie Phil lips executive director of the major league umpires association thinks they might try the same tactic with his membership which is negotiating a new agreement. A some owners feel they need to get a win a Phillips said a they want to Send a message to the umpires that just because we gave big Money contracts to the players done to think Well give it to you there Are teams with $30 million payrolls who will fight Over who pays for the fertilizer in training Camps. They re saying it stops Here. We draw the line with the  a a Burrell sets 60-meter record a Madrid Spain a Leroy Burrell firmly believes that if at first it does no to count set the record again. Burrell ran 6.40 seconds in a 60-meter race at wednesdays indoor meet Here but the ruled he left the starting blocks too soon. A i after the judges announced a their decision Burrell shouted a a let a run again  usually there is a 45-minute wait to re run a race. The judges heeded his request however and the race was repeated 10 minutes later. A. Burrell was a bit slower a 6.48 seconds. Nevertheless it was Good enough to beat the previous world record of 6.50. Set by fellow Amer. A a a a ican Lee Mcrae at Indianapolis Leroy to Surrai on March 7, 1987. Mark Witherspoon of the United states was second in the first race in 6.58. He was second  the re Ruh finishing in 6.50. Ghidiu Imoh of Nigeria was third in 6.68. American Greg Foster won the 60-meter hurdles in 7.48. Courtney Hawkins of the United states was second in 7.57, and two time olympic Champion Roger kingdom was third in 7.59. Danny Everett the indoor world record Holder in the 400 at 45.04, Yvon wednesdays race in 47.33.krabbe misses 50-meter Mark Berlin Germany a Katrin Krabbe nearly set a world record at the a olympic night indoor track and Field meet wednesday night. Krabbe 20, the new Glamour girl of German Porfi won the 50 meters in 6.15 seconds just .04 off the world record set by fellow German Marita Koch 11 years ago. Stanley Floyd of the United states won the menus 50 meters in 5.77. Two time. 200-meter world Champion Calvin Smith of the United states was third in 5.86, following Thorsten Gutsch of Germany 5.83. Mark Mccoy of Canada edged out american Tony Dees in the 50-meter hurdles. Mccoy clocked 6.42 Sec ends winning by .01 of a second. Mcenroe Lendl adv Nee Philadelphia a fourth seeded John Mcenroe aced and groused his Way to. Victory Over Alexander Vronz of France and top seeded Ivan Lendl outlasted a determined Guillaume Raoux of France at the is million u.s1 pro indoor tournament  recovered from a 1-2 deficit in the second set to beat Vronz 6-1,6-2 on an Ace Down the Middle. After winning the opening game and then losing six straight Raoux made Lendl work to win 6-1, 7-5. In the last singles match third seeded Brad Gilbert a Defeated Tomas Carbone 11 of Spain 6-3, 6-3. Lend 1, Mcenroe arid Gilbert advanced to the third round. Tubbs encounter draws cops Stillwater. Okla. T Oklahoma state police Are investigating an alleged altercation Between a tv.tamer-., Aman and Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs after the Souers 77-74 loss to Oklahoma state wednesday night Austria jumps to nordic Gold Val d1 f1emme, Italy a austrians Heinz Kuttin Ernst Vettori Stefan Hornbacher and Andreas Felder thursday Tot a the Gold in the ski jump team event at the world nordic ski championships. The four jumpers scored 567.6 Points ahead of see. Orid placed Finland with 562.8. The Bronze medal went to Germany with 549 4becker squeezes in Brush Els Belgium a top seeded Belfis Becker struggled past fellow German Eric Jelen 7-6 7-27-6 7-5 thursday arid moved into the quarterfinals of the Donnay indoor championship. Sec de de layers Jakob ill Asek of Switzerland arid soviet Andrei Chesnokov also scored straight set victories in the at event. A v a a a a. Navratilova serves Hil l 00 Mph a Chicago a Martina Navratilova watched her serves hit the 100-Mph Mark on the court Side radar gun for the first time wednesday when she beat Pam Shriver 7-6 7-36-1 in the second round of the Virginia slims of Chicago tournament. A v. Also wednesday fourth seed Jennifer Capriati Rul lied from an 0-3�?~first-set deficit to oust Tami Whitlinger a a 6-4,6-1. A a a a a tre Naito miss world skating Minneapolis a Jill Trenary will not defend her title at next months world figure skating championships because of a slow Healing ankle injury her agent said wednesday bucs hire sex Tampa Fla. A Floyd Peters an nil assistant coach for 17 seasons was hired wednesday As defensive coordinator and defensive line coach of the Tampa Bay buccaneers. Charges is. Wingate dropped san Antonio a a sexual assault charge against former san Antonio spurs guard David Wingate in. Bexar county was dismissed and a civil suit against him Here was settled. ,.the Legal actions rekindle1 tie possibility of ingate s return to the Aba. Wingate. 27, still faces criminal and civil allegations of sexual assault in  lands downhill Crown crested Butte. Colo. . Kitt captured his first National downhill title thursday edging Tommy Moe by nine hundredths of a second in the opening. Event of the u a Alpine ski championships. Kitt 22, of Rochester. Ny., had a solid run of 1 minute 26.76  leads aussie masters Melbourne Australia Mike Clayton fired a 6-under-Par 67 thursday and took a one stroke Lead alter the first round of the australian masters. _ fellow australians Peter senior and Bob Shearer shot68s. A. A a a a. A Algeria Boycotts soccer tourney Cairo Egypt a Algeria has withdrawn from a Jun Tor soccer tournament scheduled in Egypt and. Tunisia May do the same. Khattab Omar of the egyptian football federation said thursday the Boycott was because of Egypt a partic ipalion in the United nations coalition fighting to evict Iraq from Kuwait. Univ Arkansas game booms rangers Nicholls suspended new York the game sunday Between top ranked un1.v and second ranked Arkansas received the highest rating for a regular season College basketball game in six years and More than doubled this year s average. Montreal a new York rangers Forward Hernie Nicholls was suspended for three games thursday Lor swinging his stick at Montreal  defens Eman Jeari Jacques Daigneault dui ing a game last weekend. In Orlando Fla. Frankfurt Galaxy general manager Oliver Luck stepped to the podium of the Ivanhoe ballroom thursday morning and gave notice to world league president Mike Lynn that the Frankfurt coaching staff had selected carry Frank As the teams first Ever draft Choice. A a a a. A. A Frank a 6-foot-4, 300-Pound offensive tackle resides in Omre wis. He played College football at Mississippi state and failed to make final preseason cuts with the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons. A i am excited to be picked first and in a excited to play with Frankfurt a said a smiling Frank shortly after his selection was announced. A my family has a German heritage so in a really looking Forward to working in  Frank 26, was born in Berlin but no the German one. His Birthplace is Berlin wis. A a Quot Frankfurt will be the experience of a lifetime something you can to get anywhere else a he said. A i done to speak German. But my grandparents do. They live Down Here in Stuart Fla Quot playing for Frankfurt was my Choice if i had a Choice. My family Sall from Germany. My great grandparents came from  a Quot a Luck said of taking Frank in thursday s As the world league turns by Cox news service what world league of american football. Whan draft started thursday in Orlando,-fia., with 10-game season opening March 23. Who league consists of 10 teams split into three divisions a a. A. European division a London. Barcelona spam. Frankfurt Germany. North american East a new York Montreal. Orlando. Fla.,,c. North american West a Sacramento Calif. San Antonio Texas Birmingham Ala _ a tv1 Abc has a two year Deal to telecast games sunday afternoons. Usa. Network has a four year Deal to televise games saturday and monday nights. Major Rule changes teams Aren t allowed to use huddles teams will have the option of going Tor a two Point conversion after a touchdown. Six Points must be scored to win in overtime. No instant replays of in the grasp rules will be used. If a team Downs a Pickott in its end zone the Ball will be placed at the 10-Yard line instead of the 20. A a a top players among the belter known names Are quarterbacks Tony Rice. Kerwin Bell Todd Santos Mike Perez and Brent Pease running backs Paul Palmer and Joe Dudek  Bobbie Joe Edmunds a defensive lineman Shawn Knight College seniors and players on nil rosters Are not eligible to play. Travel arrangements every team will make one trans Atlantic trip., playing two games in a 10 Day period. League officials say to a persian Guif War won t alter the league s schedule. A draft format the league is drafting by position on the following dates offensive linemen thursday running backs punters kickers saturday quarterbacks wide receivers tight ends monday defensive linemen wednesday linebackers feb 22 defensive backs feb 24 a a a offensive line segment of the world league of american football draft Quot Vve had him on our wish list As our top Choice. We were very excited to have our Chance to pick him Garry will immediately contribute to the team. The Beauty is that he can play virtually every1 position across the offensive line. He a a smart kid very  a Frank s career at Mississippi state ran from 1983 through the �?T86 season. As a Sophomore in 1984, Frank started at Center in nine games. 1 be was in the trenches again for his Junior year after moving to offensive tackle. Frank moved to defense for his senior year. As a nose guard Frank started All 11 games and registered 7x tackles in 19x6. During Spring semesters at Mississippi state Frank threw the shot put to two Southeastern conference championships in 1986 and 187. He was the National col be athletic association shot up Champion in 1987. The Galaxy a other offensive inc picks in order. ,2. Darrell Marshall Center of Bakersfield Calif. 6-4, 305, played at Southern c Alj. / 3. David Diaz Infante guard of san Josei Calif. 6-1, 260, san Jose state. 4. Erie still guard of Germantown Tenn. 6-2, 279, Tennessee. 5. Junior i Center of Lacounte Calif 6-2, 265, Colorado. 6. Rod mounts guard of Sioux City Owa 6-4, 307, Texas a amp i h 7. Doug Fiala tackle of Norcross a. 6-6, 271, Colorado state. 8. Ken Hae Mcmack tackle of Industry Texas 6-9,288, Texas. 9. Billy Poe guard of Morehead by 6-2, 288, Morehead stale. 10. Pal Doyle guard of Westlake Village Calif. 6-5, 270, Washington. 11. Chuck Johnson guard of Buffalo Minn. 6-5, 311, Mazille state. The first draft Choice in world league history went to new York. Knights general manager Reggie Williams chose cd. Oklahoma sooner Caesar Rentie. T he  draft by position will continue through feb. 23. A  
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