European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Dancing players told to shuffle off by Dave Goldberg a football writer. To h a l a Haw air nil owners com Pletch their annual meetings wednesday by modifying the a in the grasp Rule and approving a package of rules aimed at cutting Down on excessive demonstrations a. Such As the Ickey shuffle a and barring the pos game congregation of players and coaches on the Field and even the pos game prayer sessions. The most heralded example is the shuffle patented by Cincinnati Sickey Woods in 1988. Banned from the end nil meetings zone the next year Woods was allowed to continue to perform his awkward dance on the sidelines but under the new rules the bengals and any team that has a player that engages in demonstration can be fined. If the player does it on the Field the team will be penalized a except for such spontaneous demonstrations As spiking the Ball after a touchdown. A. A your players Are paid to be athletes not dancers or performers a said Jim Finks chairman of the Competition committee that proposed the Rule. The most substantive change was in the a in the grasp Rule which will Likely Aid More Mobile quarterbacks such As Randall Cunningham and John Elway under the. Old Rule a quarterback was ruled Down if he was in the a grasp and control of a defender. Under the new Rule proposed by Jerry Seeman who is taking Over As supervisor see nil on Page 22 the stars and stripes ports March 22,1991 b Page 28 Oklahoma shoots past Providence Providence . Apr for Providence it Wasny to supposed to end this Way not with guard Eric Murdock hitting Only 19 percent of his shots. For Oklahoma with a season High 26 Points from 6-foot-8 Sophomore Bryan Sallier wednesday nights 8374 Victory and a trip to the National invitation tournament semifinals in new York was vindication of sorts for an inconsistent Sci son. Quot if we were in the Mcaa we might be Home right now. Instead we re going to new York where i be. Never been before Quot a beaming Sallier said after he of the game a having his Way with the friars underneath. A your Guys did a miraculous Job. Ill buy it. I like it a said coach Billy groused earlier in the week at the nits Quick schedule change that sent the soon ers 19-14 to Providence where the friars had been giant killers All season. 7but As it worked out it was the really perfect thing to do and they should be Tubbs joked. The remainder of the in t semifinal Field was to be completed thursday night when the quarterfinals resumed with Arkansas state at Colorado Massachusetts at Siena and Stanford at Southern Illinois Providence 19-13 relied All season on seniors Murdock and Chris Watts in the clutch. But while Sallier and Jeff Webster with 17 Points scored inside for the Souers the friars outside bombs were duds Murdock with a 25.9 scoring average was 5 of 26 and missed All seven 3-Point tries. Watts was 6 of 26, including 3 of 13 from -3-Point Range. Overall Providence shot 33 percent to Oklahoma a 54 percent a we be worked too hard to go out like this a said Junior Forward Marques Bragg who had 14 Points and 16 rebounds while he and Marvin Saddler tried to handle Sallier. Oklahoma with six Points from Sallier went up 5844 at 13 22 of the second halt and Providence got no closer than 60-57 with l minutes left. Friar fouls sent Oklahoma to the Bonus less than six minutes into the halt. Tubbs put three guards on defense when 6-6 Forward Roland Ware fouled out at 8.49, hut the friars could t shake the sooner so game Down Low. L Elmili Crsp Darnell Violentine Ich and John Williams try in West Ball from Eddie Lee Wilkins i in a Nicks 102-97 Victory. Bulls celtics win 50th inside sports Bucky Fox countdown to Olaf opener a Page 25 Bruins sew up division title As sabres win a Page 26 Philst Dykstra Given 1 year probation a Page 26 f blues Blackhawk Hammer a a a. A a Page 27 by the associated press Chicago a the Chicago bulls Are so hot that they re nuking Michael Jordan a part time player Jordan got the fourth Quarter off for the second straight game As the bulls blasted Atlanta 129-107 wednesday night for their ninth straight Victory and 25th in a Row at Home. As he did in monday nights win Over Denver Jordan got to sit and enjoy the last 12 minutes As the bulls completed another Blowout a the bulls Are an Aba Best 50-15, including 30-3 at Chicago stadium. / a a we re just trying to mosey along. We want to keen focused and keep winning a said Jordan who had Quot it a Points and 11 of Chicago a 42, assists. A tonight we had to maintain and Stop their surges. We thought Thev Ontis but Lucy did Quot a we Cpl lha balt Horace Grant added 20 Points and 10 rebounds for the bulls who shot 63 percent from the Field and got 53 Aba Points from their reserves. Atlanta trimmed a 16-Point deficit to 40 late in the third Quarter As do Hinque Wilkins hit a pair of free throws with 1 28.remaining. But Chicago went on a 7-2 run and led 90-75 after three quarters. The Hawks got no closer than 14 Points in the fourth Quarter even with Jordan on the Bench. Eye not t0 bring your a a game Here if you expect to win Atlanta coach Bob Weiss said. A we did no to and that swi y y Coul Jnet beat them. We weren to tired and have played Good games on the second night of two in a row.�?�. Atlanta was coming off a a 104-92 Home win tuesday night against Boston. In other games wednesday a a a a celtics 102, bullets 81 Boston Reggie Lewis scored 22 of his 28 Points see Aba on Page 22
