European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Of a no do ,. A fit 22, 109 tit Utah s and so Fps ohs cities vie for world cup 94 games. Fro win Spotti los an0lle$ the world cop Usa 1994 of drilling committee is hearing presentation my 24 cities bidding to Host soccer games when the world cop comes to the untied states for the first time. Quot there will be no decisions of any kind this week Quot said Jim tracker the director of Media relations for world cop Usa. A this b strictly an administrative thing this b the personal presentation element a a we la spend the summer evaluating All the bids tracker said monday a then at the end of the year Well make an announcement of the eight nine 10,11 or 12 venues Quot a the presentations were to continue through thursday at the Century Plaza hotel trecker said. The 24 cities making presentations Atlanta Boston Foxboro Charlotte pc Chicago Columbus Ohio Dallas Denver Detroit Pontiac Honolulu Houston Kansas City to. Knoxville Tenn. Los Angeles Pas Adana Miami Fla new Haven Conn new Orleans Orlando Kissimmee St Cloud Fla Philadelphia Phoenix Portland Corvallis Ore. San Francisco Bay Seattle Tampa Bay Fla and Washington . Bidding but not making presentations this week Are new York new Jersey chants stadium and Rutgers University and Las vegas trecker  Lewis trial begins Houston a two Houston police officers testified monday that track Star Carl Lewis appeared to be drunk after he drove his car into a curb last january blowing two tires and crumpling the front fender. Officers Stan Walker and Cheryl Wright were the first witnesses to testify in the first Day of Lewis Drunken driving trial. The officers stopped at a red Light at 2 . On Jan. Ii when a Black Audi turned left onto their Street and smashed into the curb. Lewis the Driver of the car was later arrested for driving while intoxicated and the three passengers were sent Home by taxi. Lewis a six time olympic Gold medallist pleaded innocent monday before county court at Law judge Mark Atkinson before the trial began. He sat quietly through the proceedings but sometimes smiled to his defense attorneys As the officers recounted the events of that night. It Shelton pleads no contest Bakersfield Calif. Former Aba Forward Lonnie Shelton pleaded no contest monday to Petty theft and said he is a not by nature that kind of  Shelton who played 10 seasons with Cleveland new York and Seattle was charged with Selling an 18-year-old customer $300 Worth of clothes for $140 at i Chad s big and tall store in Bakersfield. Shelton was a. Clerk at the store where clothes were sold without a receipt on sunday. Antii 7, when the Mote was cured Shelton was placed on probation Fot one year by uak Cfofield municipal judge prank Hoover she Hoft also will have to perform so hour of Community scr inc ,. Griffin Heads . Boxing team Colorado Springs. Colo to time world Champion Eric Griffin of Houston and eight other 1991national champions have been named to the United states boxing team that Wilt face Cuba in a dual match saturday at fort Bragg . Griffin a Light flyweight 106 pounds will be trying for his third win in three taut Over cubans Rogelio Marcclo. A the dual match will feature Competition in All 12 olympic weight categories. Others on the . Team Tim Austin Cincinnati 112 pounds Aristead Clayton Baker la., 119 Ivan Robinson Philadelphia 125 Oscar de la Ltoya los Angeles 125 Shane Mosley Pomona Calif. 139 Pat Rock Byrd Flint Mich., 147 Raul Marque?., Houston 156 Chris Byrd Flint Mich. 165 Terry Mcgroom Chicago 178 John Bray Van Guys Calif. 201 and Larry Donald Cincinnati Over 201.sandberg leads Early balloting new York Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago cubs led All players in Early results of fan balloting for the All Star team. With 21,435 votes the cubs second baseman took an Early Lead Over first baseman will Gark of the san Francisco giants with 18,063. Both Are National leagues. Three american league outfielders rounded out the top five Rickey Henderson of Oakland 17,948ken Griffey or. Of Seattle 15,930and Dave Henderson of Oakland 14,884. Dave Henderson has never started an All Star game. The game is to be played july 9 in  Bat Champ Runnels Dies Pasadena Texas a Pete Runnels who won american league batting titles with the Boston red sox in 1960 and 1962, died monday three Days after he had a stroke. He was 63. He had been hospitalized at Bayshore Hospital in a Pasadena Hospital spokeswoman Karen Perry said. Friends said Runnels had a stroke Friday. Runnels was born in 1928 in Lufkin Texas and started his major league career in 1951 with the Wash. In ton senators and with the senators through 1957. Tie played for the red sox from 1958 through 1962, batting .320 in 1960 and .326 in 1962. Runnels an infielder who also managed the red sox for 16 games in 1966, had a career batting average of 241 he plastid of a or the Mouton cob 45a, the fore run net of the am to tit i9n.t Ltd. Ital a charged in Lascar death Denver.  a we i men a charged monday with first degree murder in the stabbing death of a Buck Driver for a Lascar racing team. A Kenneth ,17, a charged itt waft ants a cd by the Lincoln county sheriffs department to the slaying of Don Scott 45 of Moore Ottle said sheriff toe Kerr. A a a a Scott was tabbed 27 time before being left dead sunday morning at the . Racing team garage of Driver Ted Musgrave Kiser said. Scott had been stabbed in the Hack and Chest penguins North stars fined Bloomington Minn a the Puu Burgh pen wins and Minnesota North stars have each been fined 25,000 for a fighting incident in game 2 of the Stanley cup finals on Friday night the nil announced Sim Day. The altercation involved Pittsburgh a Troy Looey and Minnesota a Mark Tinardi after the second period came to a close. Nil rules stipulate that any teams whose players become involved in altercations other than during periods of a game will be fined $25,000. Cleveland ties Psi series Richfield Ohio a Hector Marmara scored three goals and Seveland had four goals in a Span 3 21 in the fourth Quarter sunday for a 7-5 Victory Over the san Diego sock cars to tie the bust of seven major soc car league championship series at 2. Cleveland trailed 4-2 going into the final period before rallying behind Mart Narow a two final Quarter goals and Mike Sweeney a game tying goal. Game 5 was to be played tuesday night in Cleveland the series winds up to san Diego Pagel signs with rams Anaheim Calif a quarterback Mike Pagel released by the Cleveland Browns last month signed monday with the los Angeles rams no terms were announced. Pagel 30, started three games for the Browns last season and served As a backup to by Mac Kosar Pagel completed 69 passes in 148 attempts for 819 Yards and three  his nine year nil career Pagel has completed 734 of 1,453 passes for 9,195 Yards and 46 touchdowns. The rams also announced the signing of 24-year-old safety Mike Babb who attended Weber state bulls no longer backing Down to pistons by Jim Litke the associated press Chicago a it took All of 78 seams for the first Elbow to Fly and not much longer after that for the insults to follow. What seemed surprising was riot the timing but rather that the bulls had hurled them first. A a a a a a a a we knew All along it was going to be a dogfight a the pistons Mark Aguirre said. A maybe that a something they be figured out in the meantime. A a but we always knew a he repeated  was going to be a dogfight. A Chicago and Detroit Are two teams whose dislike of one another like bullies growing up on the same Block now has advanced beyond the usual unpleasant Ries. Quot whether the fourth renewal of this bitter playoff rivalry will be any different from the previous three remains to be seen. But after sundays opener a a 9483 win by Chicago a this much already is beyond doubt the bulls Are through backing  we let them know that when they get aggressive a Michael Jordan said a we can get just As  _ in 1988, the pistons walked All Over the bulls in the Eastern conference Semi i Aba playoffs analysis nals and did no to lose their swagger until the lakers dropped them in seven games. In both 1989 arid 1990, during the height of a the bad boys craze they made the bulls cower in the conference final and the Best of the West did the same soon after in the Aba championship round the pistons beat up on everybody during that stretch but on no one with More Delight than the bulls in general and Scottie Pippen in particular. Two seasons ago Chicago stretched out to a 2-1 Lead then absorbed a few hits and just As quickly retreated into the fetal position. They lost the next three the last one with Pippen watching All but the first minute from the Bench to where he had been dispatched after an untimely collision with Bill Laimbeer a Elbow. Last season Early in the first game. Three pistons sandwiched Jordan on a drive through the Lane dropped him to the floor bruised his Tailbone and chuckled about it afterwards Jordan was so frustrated with the Lack of support that by halftime of game 2 he threw a rare Tantrum in the lock room then refused to acknowledge it publicly for three More. Days. A a a that series at least went seven games. But it too ended with the bulls toldedo spindled and mutilated and Pippen again watching from the Bench rendered useless after a migraine headache in pregame warmups. And so that kind of history accounted for the Large Chip the bulls wore on their shoulders when they took the floor sunday afternoon. During the regular season Chicago had beaten the pistons three out of five and ended Detroit a reign in the Central division. But when Center Bill Cartwright sent an Early message with his elbows offensive foul chicagoan Jordan made sure it was delivered by Barking in Aguirre a face after a Brief set to with Dennis Rodman offensive foul Chic Goit became Clear that the bulls still Felt they had something to prove a we expected them to try and intimidate us with Little cheap shots a Jordan said a so we figured we d let them know Early we we rent going to take it a the rough stuff apparently impressed Detroit More than it did the referees. The pistons did no to Back Down but they also did no to get to the free throw line until 1 13 remained in the opening half. By then the bulls had already been handed 19 attempts. That imbalance so infuriated Lar Beer that a few seconds later As Jordan prepared to take Chicago s 20th and 21st Charity throws of the afternoon he. Screamed from the pistons Bench a you ainu to going to get those Calls All series Jordan you better make them while you can a a a fat lot of Good that did him. During a 27-second Span less than three minute into the second half Laimbeer was whistled for personal fouls nos. 3 and 4 and banished to the Bench again a they definitely came out with the Altitude that they were going to be the More aggressive team a Detroit a Virmie Johnson said. A i Don t know if i d Call it intimidation  it was More like a consider the Gauntlet  on an television baseball a san Francisco at Cincinnati 2 am thursday