European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 26, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 27 sports wire from wire reports Las vegas a senior Forward Larry Johnson of univ was named Winner of the Eastman award As College basketball Stop player tuesday. Johnson is the 17th Winner of the award voted on annually by the National association of basketball coaches. Last years Winner was Lionel Simmons of la Salle a a a a a. A a a a a a a. A a a a Junior College Transfer Johnson helped univ to its first National championship last year when he averaged 20.6 Points 11.4 re a a Bounds and 2.1 assists pregame. This year the undefeated running rebels Are bidding for a second straight title yith Johnson averaging 23 Points and 10.8 rebounds and 3 assists per game. Johnson and Steve Smith of Michigan state were the Only seniors on the Nab division i All America team also announced monday. Joining them were Junior Billy Owens of Syracuse and Larry Johnson sophomores Shaquille of Neal of leu and Kenny Anderson of Georgia tech. A were finalists for the Eastman award. Picked for the a abcs a division ii All America team were Corey Crowder of Kentucky Wesleyan Dave Vonesh of North Dakota Armando Becker of Central Missouri state Lambert. Shell of Bridgeport and Myron Brown of Slippery Rock. On the division Iii team were Brad Baldridge of Wittenberg Andre Foreman of Salisbury state Chris Fite of Rochester Lamont Strothers of Christopher Newport and James Bradley of  claims hard court win san Antonio a Lori Mcneil of Houston overcame High winds and challenger Camille Benjamin on monday to move into the second round of the . Women a Haracourt championships. Mcneil the tournaments no. 6 seed Defeated Benjamin of Bakersfield Calif., 6-3,6-1.tennis Hall elects Nastase new York a Ashley Cooper of Australia Ilie Nastase of Romania and Guillermo Vilas of Argentina have been elected for induction into the Tennis Hall of Fame it was announced tuesday. The induction ceremony will be held at the Newport Casino in Newport r.i., july 13. Cooper won the australian singles championships in 1957 and was singles Champion at the australian Wimbledon and . Championships in 1958. Nastase was ranked in the worlds top 10 from 1969-77, including a no. 1 ranking in 1973. He won 57 career singles titles including the 1972 . Open and 1973 French open. Vilas was the . And French Champion in 1977, and won the australian open in 1978 and 1979. He won 61 career  tops women s Cage team Overland Park Kan. Cheryl Miller of Southern California was selected As the Captain of an All decade women a Mcaa basketball team announced monday to celebrate 10 years of the women a championships. Louisiana tech placed Janice Lawrence and Teresa Weatherspoon on the team. Clarissa Davis of the University of Texas and Brid Gette Gordon of Tennessee were also chosen. The team was selected by a panel of Media and for voted Eastman award Mer and current members of the Mcaa division i women a basketball  runner Truex Dies Milton mass. A Max Truex one of americans greatest distance runners who suffered in recent years from Parkinson a disease died sunday. He was 55. The official cause of death was not immediately released said his wife Catherine. In the i960 olympics in Rome Truex ran what was then the fastest 10,000-meter race by any american in track , saints resume Contact new Orleans a new Orleans saints officials apparently Are talking again with Veteran quarterback Bobby Hebert who did not play last season because of a contract dispute. Jim Finks saints president and general manager talked recently to Hebert a agent Greg Campbell for the first time in five months. As cob Castro a punches were keeping Pascua on the ropes during the ninth round and most of the 10th, the challenger caught Pascua with a Sharp right. Pascua then turned his Back on his opponent ending the scheduled 12-round bout at the 1 59 Mark of the 10th. Pascua from the Philippines fell to 25-6 with nine  wins $250000 Seattle a former sea Hawks wide receiver Sam Mccullum has been awarded $250,000 from the Seattle team for being illegally let go in 1982 because of his activities As the teams Union representative. Mccu Liuni had asked for $553,752. William j. Pannier an administrative judge awarded him $135,000 in Back pay $100,000 in interest and $15, xxx for missed benefits. The order ruled that the Nordstrom family former owners of the sea Hawks and Ken Behring the current owner Are jointly liable for paying Mccullum. Mickelson leads College Golf of urged to remain ban Austin Texas a two time defending Mcaa Champion Phil Mickelson of Arizona state had rounds of 69 and 70 to take a 2-stroke Lead Over teammate Scott Sullivan in the 25th Morris Williams intercollegiate Golf tournament. Mickelson the 1990 . Amateur Champion won the Tucson open on the pea tour earlier this season. Sullivan had rounds of 68 and 73 on monday. Arizona state and Oklahoma state were tied for the team Lead at 577 entering tuesdays final two rounds. Johannesburg South Africa a delegates from the International olympic committee met tuesday with leaders of a militant Black group who urged them to uphold South africans suspension from the Ioc and olympic games. The pan africanist Congress will not support South africans return to International sport until there Are guarantees the political changes under Way Are irreversible said Pac Vicc president Ernest Mose Neke. Wolverine baseball penalized non Winner leads bowlers Detroit a the Mcaa imposed penalties on the University of Michigan a baseball program for violations including illegal Cash payments totalling $82,000 from the former coach to players. Former coach Bud Middaugh who coached the wolverines for 10 years was forced to resign july 14,1989, by then athletic director to Schembechler following a joint investigation by the University and the big ten. The disciplinary measures imposed by the no aah a committee on infractions include prohibiting posts amp a son play and television coverage of games until the 1993 season and the elimination of All expense paid recruiting  baseball coach quitting Houston a David Hall Rice a winning est baseball coach will resign at the end of the season athletic director Bobby May said monday. A this was his decision and we wish him Well a a May said. A a a a a a .���,.�� to a a a a. A a a a a i feel its in my Best interests to resign at this time a Hall said. He did not reveal his  courted by Tempe Tempe Ariz. A City officials have approached the California Angels about moving their Spring training games to Tempe from Palm Springs Calif., and the team has agreed to talk now that the Seattle mariners Are out of the picture. Kevin Uhlich Angels director of operations said monday that Angels and Tempe representatives would meet this week on whether the Angeles would play their 1993 games in Tempe Diablo  Castro takes wac title Inglewood Calif. A Melchor cob Castro captured the world boxing Council Light flyweight title when defending Champion Rolando Pascua quit fighting in the 10th round monday night. Toledo Ohio a Russ Housman took the first round Lead monday night in the professional bowlers associations $200,000 Aba National championship. The non Winner averaged 234 for eight games in route to a 1,876 pinball total. He a never finished in the top five. A. A. A a a Eugene Mccune trails Housman by 10 pins heading into the second eight game set. Mccune is also looking for his first championship round  sign Wynder to fill in Boston a the Boston celtics replaced Charles Smith charged in the hit and run deaths of two Boston University students with . Wynder who signed a 10-Day contract monday. A i guess you can loosely say that a a celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss replied when asked whether Wynder re placed  second 10-Day contract expired sunday forcing the celtics to decide whether to sign him to a full contract. Wynder played in 53 games for the Continental basketball leagues Cedar rapids Silver bullets and the Quad City Thunder this season. He led the Cuba in steals with 161.expansion group Tours Denver Denver a the National leagues expansion committee arrived in Denver on tuesday on the last leg of its tour of cities seeking two no expansion teams. After Landing at Stapleton International Airport the committee members were flown by helicopter Over Denver a proposed stadium site in lower downtown Denver and then to mile High stadium for a tour led by Colorado native Bob Howsam former chief executive of the Cincinnati reds. New Orleans apr Donovan a a razor Ruddock will get another shot at Mike Tyson on june 28, a decision reached within 48 hours of their first Hyght promoter Don King said tuesday. Tyson stopped Ruddock in the seventh round or a controversial 12-round match on March 18 at the Mirage in Las vegas which will be the site of the rematch. Their bout will be the main event on a card featuring three world championship fights. A a King and Ruddock a promoter Murad Muhammad announced the rematch at the convention of the National Cable television association. Tyson won a disputed Victory  Richard Steele stopped the bout at 2 22 of the seventh round following a flurry of punches by the former heavyweight Champ that sent Ruddock stumbling backwards. Ruddock who had been knocked Down in the second and third rounds appeared slightly dazed but when Steele stopped the fight he said a what a the controversial outcome caused a Melee in the ring and Steele had to be. Escorted from the Arena under heavy Security. It did no to take Long for talk of a rematch to Start. King said the rematch was a natural because the first meeting which he called a one of the most exciting fights Ever put before the Public because Here a a Man who stood toe to toe with Tyson for seven rounds. It Wasny tone of those Quick 90-second knockouts or 30-second knockouts. You be got a fight on your  Steele an associate Baptist minister and Casino Blackjack pit Boss at the Golden Nugget a owned by Steve Wynn who also owns the Mirage and has a two fight Deal with King a has refused to second guess his decision. King said he would accept any referee appointed by the Nevada boxing commission. Muhammad said he Felt the same Way but a i done to think the people would accept