European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 28, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 23�?� sports wire Ivecek Lazzeri reach baseball half my from wire reports the selection of Bill Veeck to baseball shall of Fame was a heart stirring event to Baltimore orioles general manager Roland Hemond i a this is just sets National news a Hemond said from Spring training Camp in Sarasota fla. A i had Goose bumps on my Arm for an Hodr. Bill was so deserving land he adds Luster prestige and Glamour to the  Veeck responsible for countless innovations and promotions still being used today and former new York Yankees second baseman Tony Lazzeri were named tuesday by the Hall of Fame veterans commit tee. A a a a a. A a a a a a a is -.1 a a a a a a a a a during the time he operated the St. Louis Browns Cleveland indians and Chicago White sox twice Veeck introduced the exploding scoreboard once Bat Ted a 3-foot-7 midget planted the Ivy at Wrigley Field i and talked endlessly about the game he loved. I a the common Many a favorite a said Hemond who was with Veeck from 1975-80 with the White sox. A Bill i understood what the game represented that it should provide pleasure and Relief from the fans Normal Days of  Veeck died five years ago. Of Vezeri played 14 years in the majors gaining his Fame As a Yankee. He had a .292 lifetime batting average 178 Home runs and seven times drove in 100 or More runs. In 1936, he knocked Home 11 runs in a game an american league , Flanagan in o s picture Sarasota fla. A Hall of Fame Pitcher Jim Palmer could Start on. The Mound for the Baltimore orioles when the Grapefruit league season starts in Early March manager Frank Robinson said. A a in a going to look at both him and Mike Flanagan As starters a Robinson said. A because its a lot easier to backoff than it is to step things up later in the  Palmer threw for the third time tuesday and did not a report problems. Flanagan also is pitching without pain and appears to have a realistic Chance to make the club in a role of Long Relief and spot  Mcdowell no. 1 starter Ruyff hospitalized Gay with Lasorda a in front of Eddie a a. Strawberry said lie was also preliminary decision to Bat him thir Murray and Kal Daniels. A that is great mainly because ill have Eddie right there backing me up a he said. A if i was batting fifth Well in a not so sure who is batting sixth yet. A with Eddie behind me ill have something i Haven to had the last couple of  Unitas files for chapter 11 Baltimore a Johnny Unitas the former Baltimore Cost quarterback has filed for chapter 11 reorganization in . Bankruptcy court. Unitas and his wife Sandra filed for Protection from creditors on Friday. A chapter 11 filing allows an individual or corporation to continue operating while in bankruptcy. It Unitas retired from football in 1974. Recently Unitas has been listed As part of an investment team headed by Bart Starr former Green Bay Packer quarterback that is interested in buying a National football league team if Baltimore is selected to receive a new franchise. The league has indicated it Hopes to add two teams by the 1993 season. Dle weight division during the 1940s, according to Edward Brophy the Halls executive director. Four people will be inducted in the non participant category including Trainer Ray Arcel who took Roberto Duran among others to world  says he s top rival Las vegas a former heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson has defended his attempts to get the world boxing Council to strip evander Holyfi Cleof its version of the heavyweight title claiming he is the rightful challenger for the Crown. Tyson after finishing a sparring session in preparation for his March 18 fight against Donovan a a razor Ruddock said he not George Foreman should be fighting Holyfield for the undisputed title in april. A Tyson said he believed his fight against Ruddock should be sanctioned As a fight for the wac heavyweight title since it matches the no. 1 and nor 2 ranked fighters. The we cd a executive Council ruled that the Winner of the Tyson Ruddock fight would be declared its heavyweight Champion if the wac wins its arbitration with to Lynold. Doehring suspended 2 years Blackhawk Lemieux injured los Angeles a Jim Doehring ranked third in the world in the shot put last year was informed earlier this month by the athletics Congress that he has been suspended for two years after failing a drug test it was reported tuesday. Athe los Angeles times quoted sources As saying Doehring was discovered to have a higher ratio of the male hormone testosterone to Epi testosterone than allowed by track and Field rules. _ the discovery was made in a random out of Competition test taken at his Fallbrook Home last december the times said. The newspaper said the Congress which governs the sport in the United states took action against do Chr ing after the second half of the Sample also was Analysed As positive during testing in january at an Indianapolis Laboratory. Sarasota fla. A Jack Mcdowell has been named the no. 1 starter for the Chicago White sox by manager Jeff Torborg. He will pitch on opening  Bavaro May be through new York a at this Point the chances of the new York giants Mark Bavaro playing another nil game appear Remote at Best. The larger Issue is whether the 27-year-old tight end will confront significant physical difficulties later in life As a result of a severe knee problem that required nearly two hours of surgery tuesday. Bavaro underwent an operation at the Hospital for special surgery in Manhattan to Correct a deterioration of the Bone in his left knee a procedure that Likely signals the end of his six year career. Or. Russell Warren team physician removed dead Bone from inside the knee and replaced it with Bone from Bavaro ship. There is a similar procedure in which Bone from a cadaver is used but Bone from Bavaro ship provided a closer match to the knee. Warren would not comment on the operation but two orthopaedic specialists said it is almost inconceivable that Bavaro can play again. They also said the operation is designed to head off the possibility of More serious problems Over the next several years. A a a a a it a a very unusual operation a said or. Richard i cruel a noted orthopaedic surgeon in Van Guys Calif. A there is a Long recovery period. I can to imagine him playing football  1 he Normal recovery period is six months to a year according to Ferkel. But even if he recovers fully he said Bavaro can hardly be expected to absorb the inces saut pounding of the nil. A a Strawberry to skip games. Vero Beach fla. A Darryl Strawberry dispensing warm handshakes and a non Stop smile arrived at Spring training tuesday proclaiming that his new found christianity has eliminated most worldly pressures. But just to be Safe the los Angeles dodgers have a a decided not to take him to port St. Lucie for either of their two Spring games against his old team the new Lor Kmets. A be was my idea a dodger manager Tom Lasorda. Said. A it would just be Best for him not to go Down there right now. With everything that will be happening. It will be impossible for him to get his work  Barcelona Spain Barcelona soccer coach Johann Ruyff was hospitalized tuesday for a acute Core onary insufficiency a or Mario Petit told reporters the former dutch Star player was admitted to the intensive care unit of St. Jordi Hospital at 5 20 p.m., Petit said. Barcelona soccer club manager Anton Parera told the Spanish news Agency efe Ruyff was resting and no longer suffered from the Chest pains that had sent him to the Hospital. Connors Rusty in loss to Yznaga Chicago a Jimmy Connors returning after a nearly six month Layoff could not scrape the rust off his game to avoid a 6-3, 6-0 pounding by Jaime Yznaga in the first round of the Volvo Chicago tournament. The 38-year-old left hander had not played since last october. A a a a a a a a a. In other first round matches top seed John Mcenroe Defeated Gilad Bloom of Israel 6-2, 6-1 sixth seeded Kevin Curren beat Spain a Tomas Carbonell 6-3, 6-7 3-76-2 and no. 7 Patrick Mcenroe split a pair of tiebreakers to escape Brad Pearce 6-1, 6-7 7-97-6 74. Seles making move for no. 1 Palm Springs Calif. Top seeded Monica Seles of Yugoslavia bidding to become the top ranked woman Tennis play econ the world overpowered Monique Javer of great Britain 6-3, 6-1 in a second round match of the Virginia slims of Palm Springs tournament. Seles can move past Steffi Graf in the computer rankings. Quotin other second round action no. 2 Martina Navra Tilya eliminated Amanda Roetzer of South Africa 6-2, 6-2 no. 8 Helen Kelesi of Canada Defeated Clare worm of great Britain 6-4, 6-4 and no 9 Anke Huber of Germany was bellmen by qualifier Ginaj Helgeson 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. Liston going to boxing Hof. Canastota . A former heavyweight champions Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson head a list of 26 boxers and officials who will be inducted into the / International boxing Hall of Fame in june. / others to be inducted include Tony Zale Rocky Graziano and Marcel Cerdan who dominated the mid St. Louis Quot Chicago Blackhawk Winger Jocelyn Lemieux suffered a concussion and was hospitalized overnight after a collision with teammate Stu Crimson during a practice session tuesday team officials  quitting devils East Rutherford . One a Jersey devils Forward Ai Stewart is calling it quits. A Stewart 27, told devils general manager Lou Lanto Riello tuesday that he a lost his enthusiasm for the game and would not accompany the team to Toronto for wednesday nights game against the Maple Leafs. The devils recalled Jeff Madill from Utica to replace . A a a a. A a a a. Quot a v a Bruins Thelven retires Boston a Boston Bruins defens Eman Michael Thelven retired effective immediately citing his recurring right knee problems Over three seasons. Tar elves a the Bruins eighth pick in the 1980 nil entry draft has undergone surgery three  signs Bills contract Orchard Park . A defensive end Reggie Rogers released from prison 20 Days ago signed a contract with the Buffalo Bills. Itch former first round draft Choice of the Detroit Lions served 121/2 months of a 16-to-24-month sentence for negligent homicide after his vehicle ran a Stop sign and collided with another vehicle killing three teenagers in 1988.antonitsch upsets Muster Rotterdam Netherlands a Alex Antonitsch of Austria beat second seeded austrian Thomas Muster 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 tuesday in a first round match of the an Amro indoor tournament. Emilio Sanchez of Spain the no. 3 seed beat belgian Libor Pisek 6-3, 6-3, other winners were no. 5 Andrei Chesnokov of the soviet Union Paul Laarhuis of the Netherlands Niklas Kulti of Sweden and it islam disc Del of Czechoslovakia. Big 8 censures Iowa St. Coach Kansas City my. A Iowa state coach Johnny Orr was Given a Public reprimand wednesday by the big eight conference for remarks he made about officiating after the mis Souri Iowa state game. The reprimand was announced by commissioner Carl James but the conference did not say what prompted the  St. In big 10 by 1993 state College a. A Penn state will he fully admitted into the big ten by 1993. A the conferences athletic directors and women sat Letic administrators voted tuesday to make Penn state eligible for the big ten football title and a Rose bowl berth in 1993 and league basketball titles in the 1992-93 season. A a the league previously announced that Penn state could begin competing in most minor sports next year but that the football and menus and women a basketball teams would have to wait possibly until 1995