European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Dave Goldberg a football writer Koala Hawaii a despite misgivings by Many of them nil owners on tuesday adhered to the wishes of commissioner Paul Tagliabue and stripped the 1993 super bowl from Phoenix because Arizona does not have a paid Holiday to celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King. But As the result of an agreement Between Arizona gov. Fife Symington and Tagliabue reached last weekend in a phone conversation the owners tentatively awarded the 1996 game to Arizona. The state will hold a second referendum on the Holiday in november 1992. A a we wanted it for 1993, but it was the Best Deal we could make a said Bill Bidwill owner of the Phoenix cardinals. The game which had been awarded to Arizona a year ago will be at the Rose bowl in Pasadena. That City was selected Over san Diego As the alternate site. A a in a ecstatic a said los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley who argued the Case for Pasadena and his City. A this is the result of a referendum in Arizona in which a paid King Holiday was turned Down by 17,000 votes out of More than a million cast. The vote on taking the game from Phoenix Wasny to announced although it needed 21 of the 28 votes. A Well in a very disappointed in the nil a sen. Dennis Deconcini d-ariz., said from Washington. A those who throw rocks in Glass houses had better look at  Deconcini who had sent a sharply worded letter to Tagliabue said he was encouraged the Issue May affect the nil. Quot a a a a a a a maybe they looked inside themselves As a result of Conj Troverso. They have no Black owners Only one ack coach and no Black general managers a he said. But what has become an emotionally charged Issue particularly in Arizona Wasny to that Clear Cut. A a difficult and sensitive Issue a said Joe Browne the a Fly a. Vice president for communications and Tagliabue a chief spokesman. The same situation could be present in 1992, with opponents of the game using the. Implied threat by the nil to remove it As a weapon. The stars and stripes ports March 21,1991 b Page 24 Hull nails 80th goal. By the associated press Washington a Brett Hull earned another line in the nil record books Kelly Chase gave the. St Louis blues what they really wanted a a win. Hull became the third player in nil history to score so goals in a season with a first period Power Pluy goal against. Washington on tuesday night. Chase who will never be confused with Hull when it comes to putting the puck in the net got Only his second in 45 nil games at 5 48 of the second period to give the blues a 2-1 Victory Over the capitals. The win snapped St. Louis six game wingless Streak and moved them three Points Back of Chicago in the race for first place in the Norris division. The blues have six games to catch the Blackhawk and Hull has the same amount see nil on Page 18. Nil Bidwill said however a i believe the political situation in Phoenix has changed dramatically. I think the �?T92 vote will pass.�?�. J. A although the conversation Between Tagliabue and Symington was last weekend Bidwill said he did no to know anything about it until approximately Midway through tuesdays 3 /2-hour owners discussion. The game was awarded to Arizona on the fifth ballot last year by a 16-12 vote Over los Angeles after san Diego was eliminated on the first vote. Many owners said that Phoenix got the game because they wanted to help Bidwill establish himself in the area. Then after the vote the King Issue was raised. Tagliabue said he expected the state to have a Holiday but Norman Braman chairman of the super bowl site selection committee and owner of the Philadelphia eagles said that if there was no Holiday he would Lead a move to withdraw it. That move accelerated last november when voters in Arizona turned Down the Holiday. Proponents blamed that vote on reports two Days before that the nil would withdraw the game if the King paid Holiday Wasny to  Graf gain semifinals Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina crouches in hitting a forehand against Zina Garrison. Key Biscayne Fla. A they re ranked no. 2 and no. 4, and their rivalry May be no. 1 in women a Tennis. Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini will tangle for the 28th time and the third time this year in thursdays semifinals of the International players championships. Both advanced with straight set wins tuesday. / a. V / a / a a i Hope to play the Tennis in be played the last few Days a Graf said. A if i do 1 think i will enjoy it a  Sabatini trails Graf 20-7, but has won three in a Row including the final of the Virginia slims of Florida on March 10. A i like to play against Steffi a Sabatini said. �?o1 always play my Best Tennis against  a a a. Graf advanced to the semifinals tuesday by beating Manuela male Eva frag Niere of Switzerland 6-1, 6-3, grass 16th straight Victory in their personal rivalry. Sabatini eliminated no. 5 Zina Garrison 6-3,6-2. R a a a. Sabatini ranked fourth is off to a Strong Start this year. Going into the semifinals she has won 14 consecutive matches. Quot a my Tennis has improved very very much a the Argentine said. A a in a playing smarter than Ever i think. In a stronger. In a  a a in menus play Stefan Edberg and Andre Agassi stayed on course for a semifinal collision a barely. Both were extended to three sets. The top ranked Edberg advanced to the quarterfinals by outlasting Michael Slich of Germany 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Agassi see Tennis on Page 18 mass Siena gain quarters new York a Jim Mccoy scored 18 Points 14 in the second half As the University of Massachusetts held off Fordham 78-74 to snap the rams 16-game Home winning Streak and Advance to the quarterfinals of the National invitation tournament. Mass 19-11led by Harper Williams 23 Points travels to Siena on thursday night. The saints advanced by defeating South Carolina 63-58 in the tournaments other game tuesday night. Mccoy s performance against Fordham which finished 25-8, was typical of what he has been doing Ever since he arrived at mass. 1 be owns the schools Al time scoring record with 1,756 Points and is a iwo time All Atlantic 10 Choice a something no Massachusetts player had accomplished even once. The Victory climaxed ail outstanding Job by coach John Calipari with the Vlin Ute men whom he took Over in 1988. The minutemen with the fifth worst Overall record among the 296 Mcaa division i teams in the 198 is presented a formidable Challenge for the Rookie coach a former assistant at Pitt. Mccoy the 6-foot-7 Forward who was a High school a America from Pittsburgh was Calipari a first recruit selecting mass Over Louisville Xaxier and Pitt. Mccoy whose father Jim or. And see nit on Page 18 inside sports i fight dispute continues a Page 18 Sweet 16 capsules a Page 20 european Olaf review a Page 22 Kings Road slump a record. ? a a Page 23 j