European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday february 24, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 27 sports wire Nebraska legislature fakes on Mcaa from wire reports Lincoln neb. A the Nebraska legislature and the Mcaa could be on a collision course Over the question of How much financial help student athletes can get. A. A a a a a. A a a a. Despite fears that the Mcaa might impose sanctions against the University of Nebraska Long one of the a Lions top programs the legislature voted 32-10 proday to Send a Bill blocking Mcaa rules limiting the amount of financial Aid student athletes can receive to gov. Ben Nelsons governor has not revealed his position on the Bill. It is one of several measures indirectly challenging Mcaa rules that lawmakers have raised recently in this City where Nebraska a football colors dominate the streets in the fall. A i think they want to show the Mcaa that we re the Boss and the University and other colleges in Nebraska will have to do As we say a said sen. Elroy Hefner of Coleridge who led opposition to the Bill. A they think that will Force the Mcaa to Back Down but i have my doubts they a the Bill says neither the University nor any state College can interfere with financial Aid for student ath cites. The schools now withhold portions of scholarships because of edicts from athletic . Allison nabs Richmond pole Richmond a. A a Davey Allison on the first of his two qualifying laps Friday for the Pontiac 400, get his Ford thunderbird to steer properly a i decided to just Banzai the second Lap and it paid off a he said. A i jammed my foot on the brakes and just got the car turned and then i stood on the Gas wide open a he said. A it did no to break Allison a second trip around Richmond International raceway was at 120.428 Mph Good enough to put him on the pole for sundays 400-Lap Winston cup race. Alan Kulwicki whose fast Lap was 120.401, was second in qualifying. Brett Bodine will Start third Follon Ved by Ricky Rudd and Ken , Svensson reach final Stuttgart Germany a world no. 1 Stefan Edberg of Sweden saturday Defeated Holland s Jan Sie Merit to reach the final of the $1 million Stuttgart classics. A. A. A Edberg who with each Victory in the tournament increased the distance Between himself and world no. 2 Boris Becker ended the 20-year-old Sieme rink a run with a 6-4,6-4 Victory in 1 hour 17 minutes. Edberg will play Jonas Svensson in an All swedish final sunday. Svensson came Back to beat Guy forget 2-6, 7-6,6-2 in the , Chang easy Winner Memphis Tenn. A top seeded Ivan Lendl and no. 5 Michael Chang rolled to straight set victories Friday night advancing to the semifinal round of the $750,000 Volvo indoor Tennis tournament. Lendl powered his Way past Darren Cahill 7-6 7-26-3, while Chang dispatched Jeff Tarango 6-3, 7-5. Lendl was to meet Derrick Rostagno on saturday. Rostagno the no. 11 ranked 42nd, rallied from a set Down Friday to defeat no. 13 Cristiano car Atti 6-7 7-46-2, 6-0. A Chang was to meet no. 7 Michael Stich the defending Champion and a 6-4, 6-2 Winner Over Mark Koever mans of the Netherlands. A Iowa s Elliott retiring Iowa City Iowa a bump Elliott is retiring after More than 20 years As Iowa a athletic director. Elliott 66, is the longest serving athletic director in the schools history and the Dean of big ten conference athletic directors. His retirement starts aug. 1. Quot Elliott said the time is right. A it is right not Only from my Point of View but also from the University a Point of View a he said. A when you Are at the retirement age you look for the optimum time. To my Juhe coaches and All the programs Are going so Well its time to revives sports programs Williamsburg a. A ten Days after cutting four sports William amp Mary president Paul Verkuil said Friday the College would reinstate women a basketball menus wrestling and menus and women a swimming. A a a a a a a a a a a. A he said the reaction from students alumni and fans opposing the Cut along with new funding for the sports led to the decision. William amp Mary spokesman William n. Walker said Verkuil made the decision Friday after meeting with athletic officials. He said contributions and future financial commitments saved the sports but would not elaborate on where the Money came from. The College had Cut the sports in a Cost cutting move to begin the next cup event delayed Furano Japan a Strong head winds and poor visibility saturday forced officials Toj postpone the worn ends world cup downhill race to sunday. Officials said the downhill will Start sunday morning and will be followed by the regularly scheduled supergiant slalom race in the afternoon. Petra Kronberger of Austria the Leader in the world cup Overall standings Heads a Field of 52 skiers from Germany Austria Canada the soviet Union Switzerland France the United states Czechoslovakia Italy and win biathlon relay Lahti Finland a Ricco Gross Frank Luck and Mark Kirchner who previously competed for East Germany set the stage for Fritz Fischer a former West German competitor to Clinch the Gold medal for a unified German team saturday in the menus 5k relay at the world biathlon championships. Fischer shot quickly and faultlessly and skied to a Clear Victory in one hour 33 minutes 33.5 seconds a one minute 27.8 seconds ahead of soviet s 63 tops . Field los Angeles a Bruce Lietzke shot an eight under 63 Friday to take the second round Lead in the Nissan los Angeles open. A he had a 36hole total of 133, two shots ahead of Ted Schulz Davis love Iii Jeff Sluman and Andrew Magee going into saturdays third round. Lietzke 39. Who has won 11 tournaments in a 17-year career said Iris round was set up by the first Hole a Par five of 501 Yards which he Eagle with a 15-foot putt. V Quot a v v. ,. A a v a a you want to take advantage of the first Hole and that a what i did and it got me in the right Frame of mind a he said. Lietzke a 63 was one stroke higher than the course record set by Larry Mize in 1985 and matched by Fred couples last year. Couples shot a 70-Friday and at 137, was four strokes behind Lietzke. A. A a a. Sheehan leads in Hawaii Honolulu a Patty Sheehan has no trouble contending in the hawaiian ladies open but winning it has been another matter. She s in the running once again after shooting a 3-under 69 Friday to go 7-under and take a two stroke Lead into the final round of the $350,000 tournament. Beth Daniel the defending Champion and 1990 Lyga player of the year was two strokes Back after shooting a 70. Stephanie Maynor shot 68 and was 4-Undcr. Always a challenger in this tournament she Han has yet to win it. She finished second last year and has placed no lower than eighth since the tournament began in 1987. A Richardson retains Lead a a a a a. A a pals Spain. Briton Steven Richardson held on to the Lead in the $488,750 Girona open with a 5-under-Par 67 saturday for a three round total of 14-under 202. In second place was spaniard Miguel Jimenez without a tour win to Date but a joint Winner of the Benson and Hedges mixed team trophy with country woman. Xonia Wunshe in 1989. He shot a=67 for a 204 total Spain plans world class course pals Spain a the pea european tour an noun a plans saturday for a $15 million Golf course development near Barcelona that officials Hope will be considered for the 1997 Ryder cup Between Europe and the . Pea Golf de Calvas at Girona just five Miles from the Airport soon to be labelled Barcelona North which is expected to handle the surge in traffic for next years olympics is being built by two european Lour veterans Neil Coles of England and spaniard Angel Galiardo. A Complex to be carved out of Heath and Woodland with an View of the pyrenees will include a 7,215�?~yard championship course the course is scheduled to open in june 1994. It it hould be to full championship Standard including natural stadium banking for spectators the following year says designer Coles. Sex Bama linebacker Davis top Orlando pick Orlando Fla. Apr linebacker Wayne Davis Wasny to sure where head stand when his turn came up during the world league of american football draft. Now he was picked first by the Orlando Thunder on Friday the fifth of six Days of position by position drafting for new league. A among the european based teams the i Frankfurt Galaxy selected Virgil Robertson 24, of Nicholls state the London monarchs took Marlon Brown 28, of Memphis state and the Barcelona drag-0ns picked Ron Goetz 23, of Minnesota. Brown has a Chance to return to England where he had his greatest football experiences. He was the most valuable Haver of the 1984 Safe title game at Kay Woodbridge England where his Olaf draft Ramstein rams bombed Bent Waters phantoms 24-6. Brown left the army and played at Memphis state from where he was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in 1989. That summer he played in he Browns american bowl appearance against the Philadelphia eagles in Lon done a Wembley stadium. The Browns Cut Brown before the �?T89 regular season. Davis University of Alabama teammate Greg Gilbert was. Another first round Choice by the san Antonio riders. Davis 26, said he Wasny to sure where in the draft he would be selected especially after thursdays workout for the league coaching staffs and scouts. �?o1 feel Good about my physical condition even though yesterday morning i ate too much breakfast and it came Back up during the workout a Davis said Friday. �?o1 Felt great after that but 1 did no to know if i would be picked first or a but Orlando coach Don Matthews had no doubt. A after we researched him at Alabama and saw him in the workouts Here there was no question he was going to be our no. 1. Choice a Matthews said. Davis was drafted in the ninth round by the St. Louis cardinals in 1987. He played two seasons with the cardinals a followed by stints with the los Angeles rams find the san Francisco 49ers. Gilbert,523, was a Sophomore at Alabama when Davis was a senior. Gilbert was drafted in the fifth round by the Chicago bears in 1989 and played for the in a Diana Polis Colts last season. In other first round choices the Sacramento surge selected Pete Najarian 27, of Minnesota the new York new Jersey knights drafted Joe Campbell 24, of new Mexico state the Birmingham fire took Paul Mcgowan 25, of Florida state the Montreal machine tabbed Derrick Little 24, of South Carolina and the Raleigh Durham sky Hawks selected Eze Kial Gordon 24, of Pittsburgh. Defensive backs will be selected on sunday and the 650 drafted players will report to training Camps with their new teams on monday. The be we aft a inaugural season begins March 23. A 10-week regular season will Lead to a semifinal round of playoffs and a world bowl championship game june 9. A a a
