European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 16,1991 the stars and stripes b Page 27 from wire reports Berea Ohio a Ozzie Newsome the a Fly a Al time reception Leader among tight ends retired As a player Friday and took a Job As a special assignment scout for the Cleveland Browns. _ 13 sea Soris for the Browns and caught 662 passes which ranks fourth on the career list among All receivers. A this closes one door and opens up another a a Newsome said. A that brings enthusiasm and a lot More optimism about my life. Its my decision to step away from the game. Not Many athletes get that a first round draft Choice from Alabama in 1978, Newsome had planned to retire after the 1989 season but was coaxed Back for one More season by then offensive coordinator Jim Shofner. I. In 1990, Newsome caught 23 passes for 240 Yards and two touchdowns. / he was second in the nil in receptions in 1983 and �?T84, with 89 catches each season. He did not Fumble in his last 557 chances since oct. 5,1980. A Newsome went to the pro bowl after the 1981, "84 and �?T85 seasons. His Streak of 150 straight games with at least one catch was the second longest in league history. Browns Talley hospitalized Cleveland a Cleveland Browns tight end John Talley has been hospitalized at the Cleveland clinic for tests after having a seizure at his East Cleveland Home. A we suspect that its probably epilepsy a said Lon Castle the team doctor. A but right now we Are in the process of ruling out other things such As brain tutors and blood clots. So far All those tests have been Quot a a a a a a a v Talley 26, Janives with his parents said he fell out of bed Early tuesday morning hit his head and bit his Tongue. His Mother Jacqueline Talley found him on the a a a f a a a. Crenshaw nabs 1 St round Lead san Diego Ben Crenshaw had the first round Lead in the Shearson Lehman Brothers open but Phil Mickelson had the spotlight. The . Amateur Champion who became the fourth Amateur in 37 years to win a pea event had a 66, one behind Crenshaw at the South course at Torrey Pines. Also at 66 were Andy bean Lon Hinkle Hal Sutton Mike Standly and Bart Bryant. Earnhardt wins qualifying race Daytona Beach Fla. Pole Winner Davey Allison and heavily favored Dale Earnhardt both led from Start to finish in winning 125-mile qualifying races for sundays Daytona 500. Neither was really challenged although Ernie Irvan who started from the pole in the second 50-Lap sprint stayed with Earnhardt throughout and lost by about a car length at Daytona International Speedway. Allison and Irvan who were the top two qualifiers in time trials feb. 9, will Start from the front Row sunday with seven time Daytona 500 Winner Richard Petty and Earnhardt right behind. Yamaguchi in top form Minneapolis a Kristi Yamaguchi took a Short step toward her first National championship and perhaps a world title when she won the original program thursday Pight at the . Figure skating championships. It Lendl Sampras Advance Philadelphia a top seed Ivan Lendl and Defendini Chani Dion Pete Sampras advanced thursday. R a ii. It i i t c p a it sports wire night to the quarterfinals of the 51 million . Pro indoor Tennis championship. Lendl the worlds no. 3 player fought off a determined Gary Muller 7-6 7-563. Sampras the seconded eliminated Mulava Washington 6-3,7-6 9-7. Lendl was to play seventh seeded Michael Stich of Germany and Sampras was to face ninth seeded Petr Korda in two quarterfinals Friday. Stich advanced with a 6-4.6-4 Victory Over 19-year-old Chuck adams.�?. Fourth seeded John Mcenroe also advanced to the quarterfinals with a 7-6 7-26-4 Victory Over Wally Masur third seeded Brad Gilbert topped Paul hour Huis of the Netherlands 7-6 7-36-1. Edberg zips into Brussels semis Brussels Belgium a second seeded Stefan Edberg of Sweden swept Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland 6-1, no in . Crested Butte Colo. A the crowd in the finish area was somewhat stunned Uncertain How 19-Ycar-old Megan Gerety had managed to win the women a downhill. And Gerety herself could provide few �?o1 done to know this is unreal in a having a Little trouble believing this a Gerety said after edging Julie Parisien on thursday at the . Alpine ski championships Gerety made up More than a half second on Parisien Over the Bottom half of the course. Cash prizes Are being awarded at the nationals for the first time this top five finishers in each race earn Money including $1,000 to the winners and $500 to runners up a a v a Parisien provided a solid reason for the outcome of the women a race. She made a mistake on a series of bumps near the finish. Gerety a promising Young skier from Sun Valley Idaho finished in 1 minute 26.76 seconds while a Risieri of Auburn Maine was timed in 1 27,05. It was the second straight runner up finish in the National downhill for Parisien Picabo Street also of Sun Valley was third in 1 27.28, followed by Stephanie Palmer of Park City Utah in 1 27.76 and Wendy Fisher of incline Village nev., in 1 28.01. Gerety who was elevated to the ski teams a a by squad in january posted fast training times. Megan Gerety takes to the air As she races to downhill championship at crested Butte Colo. 6-2 Friday to line up a semifinal clash with Guy forget of France in the $600,000 Donnay indoor championship forget the no. 4 seed played Tough serve and Volley Tennis to overcome Marc Rosset of Switzerland 62,7-5. A. A a a y a Andrei Cherkasov upset fellow soviet Andrei Chesnokov the sixth seed 7-5,6-1. Cherkasov a wild card entry will meet the Victor of Friday nights clash Between world no 1 Boris Becker and american Michael Chang. Navratilova breezes in Chicago Chicago a top seeded Martin Navratilova took Only 50 minutes thursday night to overpower Anne Smith and Guin the semifinals of the Virginia slims of Chicago Tennis tourney. A Navratilova used a variety of shots to crush Smith 6-1, 6-2 and up her record to 21-1 against the Dallas player. Seeking her 11th Chicago slims title Navratilova meets the Winner of fridays quarterfinal Between no 4.seed Jennifer Capriati and no. 6 Helena us Kava. Sutkova won her second round match earlier in the Day Downing Kathy Rinaldi 6-2,6-2.reggie to coach a s part time Oakland Calif. A Reggie Jackson has joined one of his former teams the Oakland athletics As a Par time coach. Jackson who will Ulso serve As a part time television analyst for the team will have general coaching duties it was announced thursday. Last week Jack. Son was named us an analyst a Spori Schaniel Cable television broadcasts. Utah basketball player shot Salt Lake City a University of Utah basketball player Paul Aflaki was treated and released after being shot in the left shoulder in a confrontation with another Motorist late thursday officials said. Divan. Said doctors estimated the 6-Lo&Lt&Gtl 10 Reserve Center would not be Able to play for about a month. Norway takes 5th nordic Gold Val of Femme Italy Norway collected its fifth world nordic ski championship Gold Friday with Victory in the menus 4 x 10 Kilometre Cross country relay to consolidate its Lead in the medals table. Elena Valbe became the first triple Gold medal win Ner at. The nordic championships thursday by leading the soviets to tag women a Cross country relay title. The soviet least anchored by Valbe cruised to a 45.9-Sec-Ontl Victory Over Italy in the women a 20-Kilomcter relay. The United Stales had a dismal showing in the worn Cne a relay placing 12th and last 4,30 minutes behind the soviets. A. A y a. A Long sticking with pistons Auburn Hills. Mich. The Detroit pistons signed Veteran guard John Long for the remainder of the season after his two 10-Day contracts signed to replace injured guard Isiah Thomas will make the Aba minimum $120,000. Tubbs to cameraman sorry Oklahoma a City Billy Tubbs sorry. That a for Aii altercation with a television cameraman who was standing near the Oklahoma coach us he walked toward the locker room in Gallagher la Arena following a 77-74loss to no. 21 Oklahoma slate at Stillwater on an incident occurred after the Oklahoma slate game involving a cameraman a Tubbs said thursday in a statement released through the Oklahoma sports information office. A it Quot was a notional time for me and 1 made a mistake in responding inappropriately to i he cameraman. I would like to offer him a Public Canseco ticketed for speeding Miami Jose a Canseco was hockey at 11 4 nip ii Whiley riving ins red porsche in Miami last week cart i n g the Oakland outfielder a not her peed i no t i vie i rein am in month spa it in t9�?Ts9 and 1990, Canseco was ticketed Lour tunes for speeding and running a red Light and was arrested in san Brant so fur i Legal Possession of a pistol. Bucks might Trade Pierce a. New York Quot. A Ricky Pierce of the Milwaukee Bucks is Likely to be traded within the nest week tic cording to his agent. But Wilt Pierce wind up with the new Yolk Krieks a a a a a a one of Many reported Trade rumours involving the Krieks is Deal that would Send Pierce to the Krieks. Mark Jackson to the los ant pcs flippers and Ken Norman f rom los Angeles to Milwaukee
