European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 19,1991 the stars and stripes b Page 27 from wire reports Green Bay wis. A Travis Williams a one time g ree n Bay Packe r who fell into poverty after his a re e r ended is dead at 45. A. Williams daughter Marla Williams and Kathy Buz Bec a nursing supervisor at Marr Theu Hospital the county Hospital in Martinez county Calif., confirmed that Williams who lived in Richmond Calif., had died sunday afternoon. Quo Williams said her father had been under treatment for liver and kidney problems but died of heart failure. He is survived by eight children. His wife Arie died in 1985 at 39. V / a. Williams a halfback and Kickoff returner joined the packers in .1967 and played for Green Bay for four years then was traded to the los Angeles rams and played with them for a year. He tried a comeback in 1974 with the san Diego chargers but was Cut. Williams returned two kickoffs for 172yards in a 1967 game for Green Bay and returned a Kickoff 105 Yards for the rams in 1971. T in recent years he had been living in poverty the object of attempts by retired players to help him. A documentary film was being planned on his life Eriksson claims swedish rally Karlstad Sweden a swede Kenneth Eriksson defied a Snow bound course to win a gruelling swedish world championship rally monday after winning six of the final Days eight special  also won seven of 12 stages sunday after being penalized one minute for an Early Start. Of Elkiv swede Mats Jonsson started the final Day four seconds adrift of Eriksson in second place but despite a tenacious display the margin was eventually widened to 20 seconds. Raises pay Cleveland a right hander Eric King and the Cleveland indians agreed monday to a one year contract Worth $1.45 million a raise of nearly $1 million. King who made $455,000 last season had asked for $1,75 million while the indians had offered $950,000. An arbitration hearing had been scheduled for monday afternoon in Chicago. Sex san Jose St. Star tops Galaxy a a picks the Elway Bay area connection hooked up again monday for the Frankfurt Galaxy As the fledgling world league of american football. Began drafting quarterbacks in Orlando Fla. Frankfurt coach Jack Elway a former san Jose St ate head coach m Ade Mike Perez who in 1987 had the Best passing year of any quarterback in spartan history the Galaxy s no. 1 Choice among quarterbacks. / Perez was the third Overall Choice among signal callers trailing former Montana acc Brent Pease no.7 by Birmingham and former Fresno state Heisman trophy candidate Kevin Sweeney no. 2 by Montreal. A Perez set san Jose state single season records for completions and yardage in 1987, hitting 243 of 408 for 3,260 Yards and 22 touchdowns. Despite playing but two seasons he is third in spartan career passing statistics. Joining Perez among first rounders bound for Europe Are Rutgers cd Scott Erney picked fifth by Barcelona and former Columbia Abjohn Witkowski chosen ninth Overall by London competing with Perez for the starters Job at Frankfurt Are the Galaxy a second third and fourth round selections Sammy Garza who led Texas i paso Back to respectability Alex Espinoza of Iowa state and Dan English who starred for new Mexico Highlands other first rounders of note drafted by the new league include a pair of former Atlantic coast conference stalwarts Ben Bennett of Duke no. 8 by Sacramento and Mark Maye of North Carolina no. 4 by Raleigh Durham. Tony Rice who led notre Dame to the 1989 National championship was Barcelona a second round  women on Philadelphia a Virginia easily held the no. 1 spot in the the associated press women a basketball poll announced monday As the top 13 teams remained unchanged from last week. Only three outsiders had Success against ranked teams and they were All against the second 12. A \ a \. A. \. A. A a a Virginia 24-1 held a tight grip on the no. 1 spot a which it has held for 13 of 14 weeks a with 60 first place votes and 1618 Points from a nationwide panel of 65 voters. Complete poll on Page 24. The Cavaliers clinched the regular season acc title with victories Over Wake Forest and Clemson.  be tested water this week at Maryland on wednesday and at Home against no. 7 North Carolina state on saturday. A a a a a a keyword Hurt in police scuffle Rankin a. A new Orleans saints running Back Craig Heyward sustained a Gash in his Scalp when he scuffled with police who arrested him outside a nightclub in Allegheny county. Police said they used Force saturday to subdue the former University of Pittsburgh player who they said refused to cooperate when they tried to Tow his car a free at last. Free at last. Thank god almighty we re free at last a Heyward told reporters upon his release sports wire sunday morning. He had spent most of the night in jails in Rankin and Swissvale. Quot according Tii police the trouble be ii outside the a lounge in Rankin. Heyward and teammate Mike Simmons allegedly used their car to push away an unoccupied parked ear so they could have room to Park. The two men left upon the arrival of police w to found them in their car a Short distance away. According to Heyward. Quot they said a you re under arrest i said a for what they said a you re just under a arrest so i turned  / an officer sprayed 1 Layward with Niace. The a uniting Back said. "1 had a hat Oil 1 covered my eyes. They started to club me. I got a big old knot  he said Bow Irig to show stitched up cuts on the Back of Bis head. The police said they had to Rise Force when Heyward vowed his vehicle was not going to he Lowed and that nothing else was going to happen Heyward was arraigned sunday on charges of leaving the scene of an Accident reckless driving Public intoxication and resisting arrest. Navratilova Routs Garrison Chicago a top seeded Martina Navratilova won her i Ith Virginia slims of Chicago championship in 14 years beating Zina Garrison 6-1,6-2 sunday. The $70,000 first prize boosted Navratilova a career winnings to $16.78 million Garrison the fifth seed and 1989 Chicago slims Champion got $35,000. Navratilova and Pam Shriver lost to Gigi Fernandez and Jana Novotna 6-2,6-4 in the doubles final a Mcneil breezes in 2-set finale Aurora Colo. A Lori Mcneil who admittedly lost focus when she fell front ninth to 60th in the world was unrelenting sunday in defeating Manon Bollegraf in straight sets in the 5 100,000 Colorado Tennis classic. Both players attacked the net at every Opportunity but Mcneil 27 made More opportunities for herself in route to a 6-3,6-4 Victory that earned her $18,000, it was the first Victory Lor Mcneil since August 1988.german bobs edders prevail Altenberg Germany a Wolfgang Hoppe a double Gold medallist at the 1984 olympics helped Ger Many ii overtake Switzerland i led by 1988 olympic Champion Gustav Wedor and win the four Man bobsled world championships sunday. Germany it s total time of 3 minutes 15yj seconds edged Switzerland i the runner up in 3 45.65.harald Ciudaj of Germany i dropped from second place after the first two runs to third after four runs on the 1,411-meter track with a time of 3 45,67. The . No. 2 team with two time olympic 400-meter hurdles Gold medallist Edwin Moses and los Angeles raiders receiver Willie Gault placed seventh in a a 3 47.47. Quot / a a Stuttgart Germany apr Boris Becker will take a month off with a hamstring injury delaying his attempt to regain the no. 1 world ranking in Tennis. Ion Siriac Beckers manager announced monday that Becket would sit out to heal an injury to his upper thigh. He defaulted a saturday in a tournament in bet Gium costing him the no. 1 ranking to Stefan Edberg. A this body Lias run out Gas a said Siriac who blamed an extensive schedule that included Davis cup for the injury. Becker will being his hiatus by sitting out the Stuttgart euro card classic which he won last year. That will Cost him a Large number of Points on the at computer rankings for missing. The.$1 million tournament. Tips Over Leonard says sugar Ray Leonard a a. After last fight Washington up sugar Ray Leonard Given the thrashing of his boxing life eight Days ago by Junior middleweight Champion Terry Norris says. There will be no comeback from retirement this time. A a it a Over Quot Leonard said in sundays edition of the Washington Post a i know this is the time. I always said when the other Guy hits me More than 1 hit him then its time to move on. I Ham what  re Leonard 34, has won titles in five weight classes and five times has reversed retirement proclamations. Despite ending his career with a defeat he says his mood is Fine. A i done to feel bad Quot he told the paper. �?o1 done to feel Down. I feel Good about myself. In be had a blessed career. And this loss is a Blessing in disguise. I m not Overly religious but its like god saying a pal you be Hud a great career that a  a reflecting on his accomplishments Leonard said his professional record of 36-2-1 is a not  a two losses officially although t say three because of the second Hearns fight a Leonard said. A the really won that  learns and Leonard fought to a 12-Rouncldraw june 12, 1989, allowing Leonard to retain his suffer middleweight title. Leonard beat Hearns in their first bout eight years earlier. Leonard said no amount of enticement by i teams or Marvin Hagler could lure him to fight again. Hearns said that by retiring Leonard was a a cheating him out of a third bout. A Elm a stubborn Guy and when a stubborn Guy admits it that a it,1 said Leonard who still shows slight swelling around his left Eye a puffed lower lip and a missing lower tooth from the pounding Norris 23, gave him feb. 9 in new York. A a in a like to work with a fighter directly a Leonard told the Post a live been there and i think the Way in be done it exemplifies the Best Way to do  for now Leonard said he wants to play some Tennis and Golf and a relax and take the time to enjoy  the Potomac md., fighter belongs to a group that is among the six finalists to bring a National Lazague expansion franchise to Washington. He also said he would like to make movies and he is buying a condominium in Santa Monica Calif. A will have some place to stay w Hen i go out a he said. A a in la be