European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 09, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday june 9, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 23sports wire from wire reports Boston a Boston celtics Forward Larry Bird left a Boston Hospital saturday one Day after undergoing successful surgery to Correct a Complex and painful Back problem that sidelined him 22 games last season. Bird was discharged from new England Baptist Hospital in Boston Early saturday Hospital spokesman James Rattray said. A a he a gone. He was discharged about 9 15 . Arid he a doing Well a Rattray said. The Quick departure surprised both the local Media which had headlined his successful operation and his team. Bird had been expected to be hospitalized a Cou pie of Days. a / a Quot a a Bird underwent two hours of delicate surgery Friday. Supervised by celtics team physician Arnold Scheller a neurosurgeon and an Ortho Peist repaired a ruptured disc in Birds Back Cut away excess Bone tissues and a moved the spinal nerve from scar tissue that had been surrounding it. A Scheller said the operation went smoothly and predicted Bird would be Able to play next season. But he said it would be a a naive to believe the procedure would relieve Bird of All of the pain he has been experiencing because of years of Wear and tear on his takes Cycle pole i Salzburg ring Austria a australian Michael Doohan saturday posted the fastest Lap of 1 minute 17.826 seconds on his Honda to grab pole position for sundays austrian 500cc motor Cycle grand prix. / Doohan goes into the race a the seventh for the sea son a at the top of the Points list. He has had two. Wins three seconds and was third at the last race at Bockenheim Germany despite a rear tire failure in the final stages. Elliott tops saturday qualifying Sonoma Calif. A Bill Elliott came Back from a costly mistake to Lead second Day qualifiers for sundays banquet Frozen foods 300-Kilometer Lascar Stock car race. A a a a a. A a a a / Elliott slap of 89.889 Mph saturday at Sears Point International raceway was Good enough to give him the 26th starting spot in the 43-car Field Well ahead of Chad Little who turned a Lap of 89.099 to finish second in the second round of time trials. Bears looking at suburbs Chicago a the Chicago bears Are considering nine suburban Sites for construction of a new stadium a team official officials met last week with authorities from West Chicago to present their requirements which include a an open air facility seating 74,000 people said Tim Lefevour the teams director of administration. They meet this week with Waukegan officials Lefevour said. Other Sites Are in Arlington Heights Hoffman estates Lake and Dupage com ties and three More that bears officials declined to identify.,Ballesteros makes move Harrison . A there a that Man again. Save Ballesteros who won three of his last four starts in Japan and Europe is in position to add an american title to the hottest Streak in Golf. �_��./. A i am very confident a the Spanish Star said ,friday3ad/frankfurt takes Rugby championship Lahr Germany a a pair of tries by Rob Holder wrapped up the . Forces european Rugby Union championship As the 3rd. Army div Frankfurt downed Lahr 11-6 saturday. Holders first score gave the winners a 7-6 halftime Edge they were never to relinquish and his second Jaunt into pay dirt shortly after intermission tacked on the final Points. Both tries went unconverted. . Edmiston had put the winners on top e6rly with a penalty kick but Lahr countered with a try by a1 Lewis arid a David Barren conversion for a Brief 6-2 Lead. After moving three strokes behind the headers at the Halfway Point of the Buick classic. / / in his last five starts he has finished third and Firstin japanese tournament and second first and first in Europe. The runner up finish was a playoff loss he was 61-under Par during that Span. Ballesteros a two time Winner of this tournament moved up with a 4-under-Par 67 on the Westchester country club course and was at 137 for 36 holes. The Lead at 134, was shared by Paul Azinger Chris Perry and Denis Watson on the mend from surgery to Correct problems in his right wrist Elbow and shoulder. Coaching in the minors and in the nil his new coach disagrees. A. A Quot /. Jimmy Roberts says he does no to believe there s any difference and that the key to being successful at any level is being Able to motivate. A motivating a player is giving hint something to look Forward to and something to accomplish. I Don t think it matters what level the accomplishment is if he has that Carrot in front of him he can be motivated Quot Roberts said at a news conference Friday after being introduced As the whalers new stakes out Homestead Miami a the Miami area is getting a major league team a for one month a year at least. Llie Cleveland indians announced saturday that they will move their Spring training site from Arizona where they be been since 1947, to a new stadium in Homestead fla., starting in 1993. The move was especially Good news for a Homestead. The town one hour Southwest of downtown Miami had spent the past two years seeking a tenant for its $17 million stadium and training facility which had been turned Down by the Baltimore orioles Boston red sox Pittsburgh pirates and Montreal voted naia s Best Kansas City Roberson a Pitcher for the University of North Florida who compiled a 13-0 1.63era, was named the na1a player of the year on Friday Roberson a Sophomore from Orange Park. Fla.,. Helped his team finish no. 1 in the Linal naia baseball rating. Masson wins us amp a playoff Nixon Ritchie suspended new Orleans a Grant Masson of Richardson Texas made Par on the first playoff Hole to defeat fellow texan Doug Roecker to win the us amp a Junior classic on Friday. Roecker. Made bogey on the extra Hole after forcing the playoff with a 20-foot Birdie putt on the 72nd Hole at English turn Golf amp country club. Masson shot a 2-under 70, but finished bogey bogey had 71, and both finished the tournament at 288, even Par. A ./�.�. A a. A a a a a a Mickelson still trails Pebble Beach Calif. A Phil Mickelson of Arizo Ria state shot his second straight 70 on Friday but was still two strokes behind Georgia a Franklin Langham after three rounds of the Mcaa division i menus. Golf championship. A Mickelson is trying to match Ben Crenshaw who played for Texas As the Only three Timo Winner of the Mcaa individual title a North Carolina took the team Lead keyed by 71s by Pat Moore Tom Scherrer and John Aber the tar feels had 287 As a team on the 6,865-Yard poppy Hills Golf course North Carolina is three strokes in front of Oklahoma slate which dropped from first after a 294. Arizona state climbed from fifth to third with a 54-Hole total of 881. Whalers introduce coach Hartford Conn Hartford whalers owner Richard Gordon says there a a big difference Between new York a Otis Nixon of the Atlanta braves. Was suspended four games and Wally Ritchie of the Philadelphia Phillies one game As the result of a Brawl in tuesday nights game Between the teams. Both players were fined an undisclosed amount. They have appealed the suspensions and fines and. Will be eligible to play pending the appeals .��,./�cash, Lendl reach grass semis Beckenham England Ivan Lendl whipped Jason Stoltenburg 6-2, 6-2 Sale Day to set up a title match with former Wimbledon Champion Pat Cash in the Beckenham grass court championship. Cash beat american David Wheaton 6-3, .6-2 in the other semifinal. ,. / Lendl was on court for Only 51 minutes in his semifinal after finishing off a quarterfinal against seventh seed Jim Grabb. Resuming at 4-4, Lendl beat the american 7-6 7-46-1.czechoslovakia a Andrca St Nadova Avon the worn Cne a title by beating australian Renee Stubbs 6-7 4-70-4,6-3. A briton wins tour of Britain Liverpool England Chris Walker of Britain saturday clinched the Overall title in the i our of Britain Cycle race which he has led since the. Opening stage on May 27. A. A a a. British riders took the first six places Overall with american Darren bakery a seventh place the Best Effort from the International contingent. A Foreman says he has offer for Tyson bout St. Paul Minn. A George Foreman says boxing promoter Don King has offered him $15 million to fight former heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson. / Foreman said King flew to Minneapolis to present him with a contract then returned to Las vegas where Tyson is preparing for his june 28 rematch against Donovan a a razor Ruddock John Solberg a spokesman for King said from Las vegas saturday that he Hadnot heard of the offer a but it Surprise me a Solberg said the promoter was not available. Foreman who was in Minneapolis thursday for the High school graduation of his daughter Michi Foreman told columnist Charley Walters of the Saint Paul Pioneer press that King made the offer because King has been unable to make a the right Deal for Tyson to fight Champion evander Holyfield. A the does no to seem to be Able to get any Justice with the Holyfield Camp about the parity piece of the purse a said Foreman who lost a 12-round decision to Holyfield on april 19 in Atlantic City. A the figures if Holyfield arid those Guys done to straighten up he a just going to forget them and make the George Foreman Mike Tyson fight. / a and some big corporations going to buy the championship Belt and designate it As the title for the Peoples Champion. We re going to fight for to. That my gift to the boxing world then i could a a /. A a an injection thursday by judge Amos Saunders in Patterson n.j., blocked the wac from holding a Holyfield Tyson purse bid saturday. / the if one of three governing bodies for boxing and the Lead organization for any Challenge to Holyfield plans to stage its purse bid tuesday. U has ordered Holyfield to defend his. Crown by oct. 25. a. A a a a a. But King said Friday that Tyson will not participate in the if proceedings. Holyfield had petitioned the new Jersey court for Relief after both the if and the wac announced plans to hold purse bids a move the Champion said would i Thor Cost him Money or guarantee a split. Main events Monitor which represents Holyfield and is headquartered in new Jersey has offered Tyson $15 Mil lion to fight the Champion. King reportedly wants $25 million Tor Tyson. Under the if formula the Champion gets 75 percent of the winning purse bid and the challenger 25 percent. That would mean someone would have to make a purse bid of $100 million for Tyson to get $25 million. ,. The wac had ordered its purse bid last week and altered the customary 75&Quot �?~25 split saying Holyfield should get 60 percent and 40 percent for Tyson. Foreman who is 42 and weighed 257 pounds against Holyfield is seriously considering the offer. A a it a a matter of me taking it Back to my Legal people a he said. A it Tyson and Holyfield done to hurry up and get together we re going to meet a
