European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 15,1991 the stars and stripes b Page 27 sports wire Angels put hapless Valenzuela on do m i 0x- i snot a m m of a my ites Quot r Juja Vasli Oil it m i \v4 Evsi from wire reports Anaheim Calif. A Fernando Valenzuela a comeback already off to a slow Start is at a Stop. The California Angels have placed the left hander on the 15-Day disabled list after a test revealed abnormal blood flow in the heart area. A the exam which was a follow up of his initial physical when he signed with the club showed an abnormal cardio ram a Angel spokesman Tim Mead said thursday. A the needs further tests which will be done  during the original physical conducted two weeks ago Valenzuela 30, was found to have a possible cardiac vessel changes a Mead said. While that condition did no to Stop the Angels from signing the left hander to a year Long contract plus an option for 1992, they did schedule a More Complete test for thursday. A Fernando feels nothing at. All different a said Valenzuela a agent Tony de Marco. A the was very surprised because he feels Fine but he agrees to go on the do so they can make sure where those irregularities come  in the meantime Valenzuela started two games for the Rigels losing both and giving up nine earned runs in less than seven innings of  signs 5-year Extension Chicago a Scottie Pippen has signed an $18 million five year contract Extension with the Chicago bulls according to a report published Friday. The Deal was signed in Chicago last week after game 2 of the Aba finals the Chicago Tribune reported. Bulls officials and Pippen declined to comment. But the Deal had to be signed before Midnight of the last game of the Aba finals in order for the team to use the Money available under their salary Cap the Tribune reported. The $18 million will be spread out Over this past season the next two seasons for which Pippen is already under contract and the five after that the Tribune  bowls to 114-pin Lead Dublin Calif. A Scott Devers has a 114-pin Lead Over Dave Arnold after the fourth round of the professional bowlers associations Keister open on thursday night. Devers has a 26-game pinball total of 5,975 Del Ballard or. Is third at 5,831, followed by Parker Bohn Iii 5,799 and Walter Ray Williams or. 5,787 Incaviglia placed on do list Seattle a the Detroit tigers placed outfielder Pete Incaviglia on the 15-Day disabled list after a 6-5 loss to the Seattle mariners on thursday night. Incaviglia was placed on the disabled list retroactive to june 11. He left mondays game against Oakland with a sore rib Cage. He shitting .210 with five Home runs and 20 Bis this season. . Olympic Cage slate set Portland Ore. A the 1992 . Menus olympic basketball team widely expected to be the Best in history will make its debut in Portland next year at the first tournament of the  Competition featuring a . Squad that will in elude Aba stars for the first time will determine the four teams from the Western hemisphere that will participate in the 1992 Barcelona games. The tournament features 26 games from june 27 through july 5, 1992 at memorial coliseum with the . Playing in six of them. Canada Cuba Mexico Panama puerto Rico Argentina Brazil Uruguay and Venezuela fill out the Fiel Dave Gavitt president of Usa basketball and senior executive vice president of the Boston celtics announced the selection of Portland wednesday at Cosell of after surgery for tumor in Chest new York apr a broadcaster Howard Cosell was doing Well on thursday following removal of a cancerous tumor from his Chest earlier in the week according to his Boss at Abc radio. �?o1  be surprised if he came Back to work on monday a said Shelby Whitfield sports director of Abc radio. A a that a just my Hunch. 1 think hell be ready to get out of the House by  Cosoli 73, underwent a the acc hour operation on monday during which a a tumor was removed from his Chest. The tumor was later determined to be malignant and cosello a doctors were considering methods of treatment. A a fac talked with him a couple of limes and he seems to be doing Well a Whitfield said. �?o1 know he a called in to get his messages and he a getting them from All Over the  news conference. The City was chosen Over three other finalists a Hartford Conn. Indianapolis and Seattle. The 1992 games will Mark the first time Aba players will be allowed to  wins 18th stage Castelfranco Veneto Italy Silvio Marti Nello edged fellow italian Stefano Allochio in a closing sprint to win the 18th stage of the tour of Italy thursday. Italy a Franco Chioccioli who finished in the same time As the Winner held to his Overall Lead. He will go into the last three stages with a Lead of 2 54 minute to Over runner up Claudio Schiappucci. Martinello covered the 97.8 Miles front Pozza i Fassa to Castelfranco Veneto in fours hours 36 minutes and 34 seconds. American Greg Lemond pulled out monday. Gilbert starts cup defense Newport . A Brad Gilbert was to launch the United states Davis cup quarterfinal series against Spain on Friday by playing Emilio Sanchez in the opening singles match. Also in fridays draw John Mcenroe was pitted against Tomas Carbonell for the second opening Day match on the grass courts of Newport Casino. The singles opponents will be reversed on sunday the closing Day with Mcenroe and Sanchez playing the first match. Jim Pugh and Rick Leach will play Sergio Casal and Sanchez in the doubles on  Winner will meet Germany in the semifinal round in september. Yugoslavia and France already have secured their places in the semifinals. A the . Team is the defending Davis cup  cruises in England Edgbaston England a top seed Martina Navratilova crushed Maya Kadowaki of Japan 6-0 6-2 in a whirlwind 58 minutes at the Dow classic women a grass court Tennis championships thursday then declared a a in a still  a sometimes 1 am amazed How i win knowing As Little As i do a confessed the 34-year-old american. A there arc always new techniques to learn As far As hitting the Ball and learning to place it Are  Navratilova was to play fifth seed Lori Mcneil of America in fridays quarterfinals while american second seed Zina Garrison was to face rising South african Star Mariaan de Sward i who has eliminated two seeded players. Ioc May reinstate South Africa Birmingham England the International olympic committee moved closer thursday to reinstating South Africa in time to compete in the 1992 games. The Ioc gave its 11 member executive Board and president  Antonio Sam ranch the authority to readmit South Africa once the last pillars of apartheid have been abolished. South african president new de Klerk has promised the Ioc that All apartheid legislation will be repealed by the end of this month. Two of the three main apartheid Laws have already Legal pillar the Popula tout to go before the South been scrapped and the Fina Tion registration act a is a african parliament. Once the Law is actually abrogated a nothing will Stop the executive boards from inviting South Africa to the 1992 summer games in Barcelona said Ioc vice president Keba Mbaye. South Africa last competed in the olympics in the i960 summer games in Rome. It was expelled from the Ioc in 1970 for its policies of racial  coach has surgery Columbus Ohio a Ohio state football coach John Cooper has undergone surgery to remove a ruptured disk in his spine. Or. William Miely an orthopaedic surgeon who did the procedure said the operation thursday went Well. It lasted about two hours. Cooper was in Good condition at University hospitals where lie was expected to remain for seven to 10 Day  St. Move helps Nevada Reno Nev. A Fresno states departure from Ihbe big West conference for the Western athletic Confer Cnoc could provide the opening University of Nevada officials have been waiting for. A i think the track is getting a Little faster Quot Nevada athletic director Chris Ault said wednesday. A Fresno state is the first West coast school to move. There a no question this will open up some things for other schools. In terms of our direction i think things will be expedited one Way or  Ault has spoken about a move from the big ski Confer enc which competes in division Laa in football and i a in other sports to the big West since completing a Lea is ability study last year. Ault is been holding discussions with big West officials for More than a year. A top Amateur golfer advances Lincoln neb. A Vickie Goetze the top ranked women a Amateur in the country advanced to the semifinals of the women a Western Amateur Golf tournament at the the fifth porn Golf club Goetze 18, of Athens ga., Defeated Virginia Derby of York Ala 3 and 2 in thursdays quarterfinals. Goetze a member of the Curtis cup team will meet Carole Semple Thompson of Sewickley a. Thompson the defending Champion Beai Debbie Parks of Carefree ariz., 4 and 2. A the other semifinalists Are Sci inc Leiken of Eureka 111., who beat Nicole Jeray of Lemont 111, 6 and 5\ and Sarah Ingram of Nashville tenn., who1 Defeated Toni Wiesner of Irving Texas 2  for title spurs Brown to Sta san Antonio apr san Antonio spurs coach Larry Brown says he will stay with the team because his goal is to win an Aba championship. S Brown said thursday he will Conw nue As head coach of the spurs ending speculation that he might take the coaching Job at the University of South Carolina. A i fully realized i have not fulfilled my commitment with the san Antonio spurs Quot Brown said. A my biggest goal is to see that this team does what it set out to do and that is to win a  Brown played Collegia Tely at the University of North Carolina under Frank Mcguire who later coached the gamecocks and still lives in Columbia s.c., after  who spoke with South Carolina athletic officials tuesday night is entering his fourth season with the spurs. He said he eventually would like to return to College coaching. A Brown said he decided to talk with South Carolina officials after mistakenly believing that spurs owner red Mccombs did not care whether he left. A i kind of got wrong vibes about it a Brown said a i got the feeling that maybe he a telling me something a that maybe i should go find work  the team owner who did not appear with Brown at the news conference said in a prepared statement that he was delighted Brown is committed to staying with the. Spurs. A when the South Carolina Issue was made Public 1  at the time that in my opinion it was a i00-to-l shot that Larry would even give a thought to leaving town a Mccombs said v South Carolina officials have refused to discuss possible candidates. Brown 50, has moved Back and Forth Between the pros and College before. He began his head coaching career in 1972 with the Carolina cougars in the american basketball association. He then moved to Denver of the Aba in 1974, slaying with the team when it joined the Aba. He left for College in 1979 to coach Urcla. Two years later he was an the pros again this time with the new Jersey nets then Back to College two years later for a six year stint at Kansas. Lie came to san Antonio after leading the Jay Bawks to the 1988 National championship. In three years with the spurs Brown lifts compiled a 132-114 record