European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse From wife reports East Rutherford . Tom Mcvie survived new jerseys two month search for a coach and on monday was Given the Job of running the devils for the next couple of seasons. Mcvie who was appointed interim coach March 4 when John Cunniff was fired said the contract was for More than a year and less than he nor devils general manager Lou la Moriello would discuss the exact terms of the Deal which was completed sunday v Mcvie 56, had a 4-5-4 record in 13 regular season games last season in his second tour As coach of the devils he also ran the club for part of the 1983-84 season after stints at Washington and looking ahead Eastbourne England a Martina Navratilova set her sights on Wimbledon a and the olympics a As she hammered Italy a Laura Galarsa 6-0, 6-0 in a $345,000 women a grass court Tennis tournament tuesday. A. After sweeping through the second round match in 12 games and 41 minutes she revealed a a in a hitting the Ball better than i expected at this stage of my Wimbledon preparations Quot / a everything is quite super. I know i can now control my strokes and my mind. must Hope to stay fit a she said. V a /. A a \ a to a then the nine time Wimbledon Champion turned her mind to the 1992 olympics in Barcelona. A i would love to play because it will be my last Chance a she said after revealing that she will miss the qualifying event the federation cup in Nottingham next month because of a prior commitment to team Tennis. But the International Tennis federation said tuesday that missing the cup could Cost her her shot at the games. The rules require players make themselves available for the federation cup or Davis cup in order to qualify for the olympics it spokesman Ian Barnes state coach charged Jonesboro Ark. A Arkansas state head football coach a Kincaid said he a made a terrible mistake following his arrest on a Dpi charge. Kincaid was arrested saturday night in Trumann Ark., state police and Asu officials confirmed late monday. State police said trooper Mark Dixon pulled Kincaid Over around 10 . Saturday because a headlight was out on the private vehicle Kincaid was driving. Kincaid in a statement released through the Uri Iver sity said a a the trooper told me 1 was not speeding or driving recklessly. He asked if id consent to a breathalyzer and i agreed to do that. Then they charged me and that was that a a a state police spokesman said Kincaid a blood Alco hoi registered .16. Under Arkansas Law a person with a Reading of .10 is legally was arrested and released after posting an appearance a a astros owner looks elsewhere Houston a Houston astros owners unsatisfied with attempts so far to sell the team will entertain offers from cities without franchises the . Booter twin wins by my trim in Winder . Bureau Raf Lakenheath England a the Home Field paid dividends on the opening Day of the Safe soccer tournament As both . Sports gon Fere Nee entrants pulled off victories tuesday. In the first match of the tournament . No. I Ben Waters blanked Span Dahlem 1-0 on Lawrence ardent a goal in the ninth minute. Span Dahlem is the no 2 seed from the Continental sports other game saw , runner up Lakin Heath blast Torrejon 7-0. Torrejon which finished the regular season on top of the Mediterranean sports conference do anything against Lakenheath a Superior size and Speed. The hosts struck quickly with Ernie Friday finding the net in the 13th minute. But the real offensive punch came from Billy Mcgregor who rang up a hat trick with goals in the 26th, 60th and 87th minutes. James Mcgovern added two More goals for the winners and Todd Tourbin had one. The Field of six plays round Robin in two 3-team pools with the top two from each advancing to saturdays semifinals. Group play resumes today when iraqi Ion the no. 2 seed from the Mac meets Ben Waters at ii . Torrejon will then face Csc no. 1 sem. Bach at 2-. In thursdays games Iraklion plays Span Dah Tom at 11 . And Lakenheath faces Sendach at 2 . The championship game is scheduled for sunday at 1 . All games arc being played at the Lakenheath Village football club Field. Banker managing the Sale said monday. Louis Sussman senior managing director of Salomon Bros in Chicago also said a a quite Well known potential buyer had been negotiating with the Houston sports association and was committed to keeping the team in Houston National league owners have said they will not support any move by has president John Mcmullen to sell the team to out of town buyers who could move the astros. 7fielder gains on Mcgwire new York a Cecil fielder of Detroit gained on Mark Mcgwire of Oakland for the starting spot at first base in the latest results of balloting for the american league All Star team last week Mcgwire led by nearly 20,000 votes. In the latest count fielder Cut it to 12,092. Mcgvire has 256,612 votes fielder 244,529. Quot there were no changes among the leaders at the other positions. Sandy Alomar of Cleveland led at Catcher Roberto Alomar of Toronto at second base Cal Ripken of Baltimore at shortstop and Wade Boggs of Boston at third base the top three in the Outfield were Ken Griffey jr., Rickey Henderson and Dave Henderson. The All Star game will be played july 9 in Davis goes on do new York a Cincinnati Center fielder Eric Davis was placed on the 15-Day disabled list on monday and Pitcher Scott Scudder was activated. A Davis put on the do retroactive to june 12, strained his right quadriceps while running out a ground Bull in a game against Montreal last tuesday. He is hitting .252 with seven homers and 18 Bis in 46 extend Pippen s contract Chicago the Chicago bulls confirmed monday that they extended Forward Scottie pippens two year contract to five years. Officials released no details of the contract but it had been reported last week that the 25-year-old Forward will earn a total of $18 million for this season the next two years a for which he already was under contract a and the five after that. 7pates set for 94 world cup los Angeles the 1994 soccer world cup the first to be head in the United states will open june 17 and conclude one month later with the championship game it was announced monday. V. Charles g. Cafe chief exec Estivo officer of world cup Usa 1994, said the round-of-16 games would he held on the fourth of july weekend. The tournament will be conducted in from eight to. 12 american communities with Sites to be announced before the cud of this year. The United states As Host nation and Germany As defending Champion gain automatic invitations for the 24-Tcam, 52-game Accident draws no charge Hamilton Ontario a no criminal Chart Ejot will be filed after a golfer was speared in the head by the Shaft of a broken club in last weeks Freak Accident of a local course police said. I a a we re satisfied that it was an Accident Quot sgt. Charles Bamlett said monday. A Rick Pearce 39, was playing a game with three friends on june 9 at Kings Forest Golf club when one of the foursome took a swing at a tree in anger Over a botched shot on the 14th tee. ? the 8-Iron snapped in two hurtling the Shaft through the air. It entered pearces head at the Temple with the head of the club still intact. Pearce a trucker is still 4 recovering from the incident and was listed in fair condition at Hamilton general Hospital on returns to radio Job new York broadcaster Howard cose 11, who underwent cancer surgery june 10 returned to his spot behind the Abc radio microphone monday Cosell 73, underwent a three hour operation at mount Sinai Hospital for removal of a malignant tumor from his Chest. Nil general managers see few plums in Olaf by the new York times now that the world league of american football has concluded its inaugural season the moment that most of the 400 players on the leagues 10 teams have been waiting for has arrived will they be receiving phone Calls from National football league teams a a done to hold your breath. That a the notes. Soc from some nil general managers. A my guess would be that 30 to 40 players will sign As free agents and Only 10 to 15 will actually make it in the nil a said. Carl Peterson the Kansas City chiefs president and general manager. During the world league season All nil teams received game film from every Olaf game for scouting purposes. The chiefs went one step further assigning scouts to attend world league games for their personal evaluations. After looking at hours of film seeing hundreds of tackles passes and punts the scouting reports that Peterson received showed that the world league was t loaded with Talent. As of last Friday seven world league players had signed with nil teams and another had signed with a Canadian football league team. The new York giants picked up Mike Perez the Frankfurt Galaxy quarterback who had been the giants seventh round draft pick in 1988 out of san Jose state Peterson said he planned to sign six world league players which does no to include the two Kansas City players quarterback Mike Elkins and linebacker Tracy Simien who were Lent to the Olaf for developmental purposes. Peterson said Elkins who played with Sacramento and Simien who was with Montreal gained valuable playing time in the Olaf. He said they never would have received that kind of game experience with the chiefs. A we were kidding Tracy who a Back Here working in our off season conditioning program that Derrick Thomas is All nil but Tracy is All world Quot Peterson said. A. A a Quot a a Quot. Peterson said the scouting reports reinforced his initial vision of the world league As a developmental league. He said he thinks More nil teams will place players from their rosters on world league teams next year if the teams and the players agents can Vork out the Issue of liability in Case of injury. Dick Steinberg the jets general manager agreed with Peterson that Only a a handful of world league players will actually make the nil. Lie said the jets planned to sign three or four world league players. A most of these Guys have been in nil Camps before going to the world league a Steinberg said. A the determining Factor for whether they will be Able to make it in the nil this Lime is How much they improved by playing in the 10 or 15 world league games. They re not going to be any faster but maybe the game experience will have helped them Bob Rose the we aft a communications director said that All 400 world league players Are eligible to sign with nil teams. A a. A 7 a. To acquire players who signed with the world league after Jan 15, Asi nil team must pay double the players Olaf salary a third of which goes to the player a third to his world league team he played for and a third to the Olaf
