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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 2, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 27 sports wire Dibble demands new fatter contract from wire reports Plant City fla. Rob Dibble has renewed his threat to walk out of training Camp unless the Cincinnati reds give in to his contract demands. Dibble 26, says he has asked for $600,000 this season three times his 1990 salary. He said the club has offered a base salary of $500,000 with incentives. Dibble is one year shy of eligibility for arbitration so the club can automatically renew his contract. A Mattingly new Yankee Captain fort Lauderdale fla. A Don Mattingly was picked thursday to be the 10th Captain in the history of the new York Yankees. A a it a one of the biggest thrills in be had and one of the Best honors in be had in baseball a Mattingly said after manager stump Merrill announced his decision at a team meeting before a workout Here. A a a a four tied in doral open Miami a Rocco mediate 32 pounds lighter and wielding a Putter a foot longer shot a 6-under 66 thursday to tie Chip Beck Keith Clearwater and Jim Hallett for the first round Lead of the $1.4 million doral  retains Kemper Lead Wailea Hawaii a Cindy Rarick began protecting her Lead a Little Early but loosened up and shot a 3-under 68 thursday to remain ahead Halfway through the  open. Kricks fire Bianchi new York apr a1 Bianchi was fired Friday As vice president and Gen Cronl manager of the nov York kicks. A Dave Check cats was appointed president of the Aba club in a reorganization of Madison Square gardens sports group. 1. A Bianchi was criticized recently As the a Nicks record slipped. He allowed coach Rick Pitino to leave for the University of Kentucky replaced him with Stu Jackson then fired Jackson one month into this season. Bianchi also was under fire for not making deals to straighten out the reeling kicks. Bianchio a dismissal comes at a time when the kicks arc on their longest winning Streak having won four straight games. They arc 26-31 Overall and 13-17 at Home. A a . Kickers checking lib regts new York a Thijs lib regts fired last year As coach of the Netherlands National team after a player revolt will be interviewed for the . Coaching Job. The leading contender for the Job is thought to be Bora Milutinovic of Yugoslavia. Petty takes Good wrench pole Sandberg rejects cub offer Rockingham . A pressure May be an overused word in sports but Kyle Petty admits he was feeling some Kina of urgency when he drove onto the North Carolina motor Speedway track on thursday. A i knew How Good the car was and How hard the Guys on our Crew had worked to get it right a Petty said. A i just Felt like i had to do it for  he did setting a track qualifying record and beating Ken Schrader a fast Lap on the 1.017-mile Oval by just two thousandths of a second to take the pole for sundays Good wrench 500. A. A. A Schrader going out about Halfway through the qualifying session smashed Rusty Wallace a 2-year-old record of 148.793 Mph with a Lap of 149.193.grievance filed for Jackson new York a the Aba players association has filed a grievance on behalf of guard Mark Jackson against his Fine and two game suspension by the new York  accusations dismissed Ellicott City my a rape accusations have been dismissed against former san Antonio spurs guard David Wingate. A a. A Howard county prosecutor decided thursday against trying Wingate on charges that he raped a 17-year-old girl in his Maryland apartment last  leads in Baltimore Baltimore a Pete Weber of Florissant mo., took a 339-pin Lead into the final eight games of match play Friday in the professional bowlers association $150,000 fair lanes open. Weber averaged 232 for 34 games in route to a 8,228 pinball total. He a looking for his 16th Aba title and first of the  Ariz. A the Chicago cubs made what they. Do scribed As their a a final contract offer to Ryne Sandberg but the second baseman a agent turned them Dawn thursday. The cubs latest offer reportedly would guarantee Sandberg $18 million through 1995, with a club option that would pay another $5 million in 1996, the Tribune said. Sandberg is sticking by his demand for a five year guaranteed Deal Worth $24 million. Lendl rallies to beat Hlasek Rotterdam Netherlands a Ivan Lendl continued his hot Pace by overcoming Jacob Hlasek 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 Friday in the quarterfinals of the $500,000 world Tennis indoor tournament. Lendl fresh off two straight tourney titles reached the quarters the night before when he swept Nicklas Kulti 6-4,6-0. It also Friday Italy a Omar Camporese upset the no. 8 seed Karel Novacek of czechoslovak 6-4, 7-5, and Sweden Sanders Jarryd beat dutchman Jan Siemering 7-6 7-56-2.rain plagues slims tourney Palm Springs Calif. A the rain plagued Virginia slims of Palm Springs women a Tennis tournament was scheduled to resume Friday with officials hoping the event could be completed sunday As scheduled. After waiting More than seven hours for the weather to Clear officials postponed thursdays  want Suliaman jailed Paterson . A lawyers for heavyweight Champion evander Holyfield and George Foreman obtained a show cause order that asks a new Jersey judge to jail world boxing Council president Jose Suliaman. The order directs Suliaman to appear thursday be fore new Jersey Superior court judge Amos c. Saunders and defend allegations that he violated a temporary restraining order issued nov. 27 against the wac. The wac wants to strip Holyfield of its title and asgard it to the Winner of the March 18 fight Between Mike Tyson and razor  tests Clear Graf s dad Frankfurt Germany a the father of Steffi Graf is not the father of a models child a newspaper reported Friday. ,. A a a a a a the mass circulation newspaper Bild said court or Decd blood tests in the paternity suit filed by photo Model Nicole  that Peter Graf did not father her daughter. Griffey j r. O is $ 2.5 i 11 Ion Tempe Ariz. A Ken Griffey jr., who hit 22 homers last year and had a .300 batting average has agreed with the Seattle mariners on a two year contract Worth $2,535,000. A Tomba wins giant slalom l1llehammer, Norway a Alberto Tomba of Italy who often skis Well in Scandinavia captured a menus world cup giant slalom Friday and moved to second in the Overall standings. Tomba clocked the fastest second run of the Day for a combined time of 2 minutes 18.92  likes Prost Alesi for 92 Maranello Italy a Italy a formula one racing team Ferrari extended the contract of its French Drivers Alain Prost and Jean Alsi through 1992, company officials announced  lose Magrane for 91 St. Petersburg fla. A left handed Pitcher Joe a a Magrane will be out for the season because of an Elbow injury the St. Louis cardinals said Friday. Magrane sustained the injury feb. 16 while throwing a week before Spring workouts began. A a. Lemieux May make playoffs Chicago a injured Winger Jocelyn Lemieux May be out of the Chicago Black Hawks lineup until the nil playoffs which begin april 4.the Orbital Bone around Lemi Cux a right Eye cracked when his face apparently slammed into the ice after he collided with teammate Stu Crimson during a tuesday morning practice. Quot Quot. Lemieux who checked out of a Hospital thursday also suffered a concussion Bratis top ski jumper Lahti Finland a Thomas Bratis of Germany won the ski jumping portion of the world cup nordic combined event Friday. A Bratis Best jumps were 280 feet 6 inches andss1/.mclean leads med open Nice France a Michael Mclean of Britain shot a 1-under 70 Friday and took a two shot Lead after the second round of the Mediterranean  golfers rained out Oral Calif. A heavy Rains forced postponement Friday of the first round of the $450,000 get West seniors Golf tournament. Bowe on bout i m going to Knock out Biggs by Henry Stern the associated press Atlantic City . Riddick Bowe sees himself on the Way up and Tyrell Biggs sees himself on the Way Back. When they fight saturday Only one of the heavyweights will stay on course. Bowe said his plan for the 10-round fight is simple a Knock Biggs out As fast As possible. A a in a going to Knock out Biggs a straight out a Bowe said. A in a going to put the pedal to the  the 23-year-old Bowe Hopes a decisive Victory Over the 1984 olympic super heavyweight Champion will propel him into More serious consideration As a contender for evander Holyfield a undisputed title. Bowe from Brooklyn n.y., is unbeaten in 21 fights since turning pro in March 1989. He has 19 knockouts. A i think in a the Best that a out there behind evander a Bowe said including former Champ Mike Tyson in his list of inferiors. Bowe the 1988 olympic super heavyweight Silver medallist used to be know As a fighter who did no to work hard but his a Trainer 79-year-old Eddie Futch said those Days Are gone. A i always Felt he had the potential a said Futch who trained five other heavyweight champions including Larry Holmes and Joe Frazier. A i also at first questioned his attitude. I found out he was just a kid and did no to know which Way he wanted to go. He needed somebody to show him the right direction. Now he a going in the direction i want him to go a a a Bowe who will face Tony Tubbs on april 20 if he beats Biggs is ranked sixth by the International boxing federation 11th by the world boxing association and 14th by the world boxing Council. The Days when people talked about Biggs potential Are Over. But the 30-year-old philadelphian 19-3 with 12 knockouts said he can do it All Over again. He cited a successful Battle against drug use six years ago As proof that he can come Back. A. Victories in his last four fights including a 10-round decision in december Over previously undefeated Rodolfo Marin have Given Biggs renewed Confidence. A it took me a while to get Back into this position a said Biggs no suffered a seventh round to to Tyson in an october 1987 title fight. He lost his next two bouts. A a in a not Conten with the position in a in a not in the ratings not up with the so called elite fighters a a Biggs said a i am an elite   
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