European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 25, 1991 the stars and sth1pes b Page 27 sports wire reported on Way to sabres from wire reports Buffalo . A a John luckier will leave his Job a As coach of the Edmonton oilers to take  office Job with the Buffalo sabres according to published reports. A. A in taking a Job that will rank right under sabres general manager Gerry Meehan luckier apparently has turned Down an offer to be general manager of the expansion Ottawa senators the Buffalo news reported monday. The senators begin play in 1992-1993. Neither Meehan nor luckier would confirm the report but the newspaper said sources confirmed Muckler had agreed to a five year Deal that would pay him Between $250,000 and $300,000 per year. A \ after their fourth straight first round playoff exit in april sabres owner Seymour Knox vowed he would make changes and said the addition of an experienced hockey Man with a winning track record would be one of the moves. A a a a a a a a a a a a. Luckier fits that description. He was assistant or co coach for four of the oilers Stanley gup victories in the 1980s and was coach for their most recent Stanley cup win in 1990. He also has front office experience in the american and Eastern hockey leagues. V in Edmonton oilers spokesman Steve Knowles said the team has not received any notification from luckier that he has signed with the sabres. ,.-v.nhl eyes expansion finances Buffalo , a the National hockey league Board of governors has set up a special committee to Monitor the leagues two provisional expansion franchises in Ottawa and Tampa Bay. The governors voted sunday to set up the committee a to Monitor closely in the immediate Days ahead All financial investment and facility aspects of each condition Nal  1 it. A a the governors took the action As their annual Congress and entry draft entered its final Day and after one of the two provisional teams a Tampa Bay a failed to meet the deadline to pay the first $22.5 million of its expansion fee a. Ottawa made its first payment that was due june 15, but May struggle to come up with the second $22.5 million payment which is due in  activate Mitchell san Francisco a the san Francisco giants activated outfielder Kevin Mitchell on sunday and sent outfielder Rick Parker to the teams class aaa franchise in Phoenix. ,. \ a a a. Mitchell was placed on the 15-Day disabled list june 3 and underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee two Days later. Giants manager Roger Craig said Mitchell would be available Only As a Pinch hitter during san Francisco a two game series with los Angeles. Mitchell had 10 Home runs with 24 Bis and a ,267. Batting average in 38 games this season. Kenyan wins Cascade race Portland Ore. Kenyans William mus Yoki held off Bill Reifsnyder in the final half mile to win the. 14th annual Cascade run off on sunday. A a mus Yoki 24, finished the 9,3-mile course in 43 minutes 28,15 seconds the 29-year-old Reifsnyder of Albuquerque n.m., was second at 43 30.64. De the Rasmussen 31, of Denmark won the women a open division in 49 08.98. Martinez captures Marathon san Francisco a Daniel Martinez took the Lead at about the Halfway Point and won sundays san Francisco Marathon by almost a full minute Over Veteran Bill Donakowski Lesley Alchane won the women s title by an even bigger margin As both runners earned their first Marathon victories.  a a a a. / a. A Martinez 29, from South Pasadena Calif. Was timed in 2 hours 15.31 minutes. Donakowski from Al so Brante Calif., finished in 2 16.26., Alchane 28, of Chestnut Hill mass., took the Lead with about five Miles remaining and won in 2 35.33 Belgium a Ria Vanlandghem was second in 2 37,11,. Both winners received automobile Worth $35,000. Letterman shuns Mound Start Tucson Ariz. A David Letterman has shunned a Chance to pitch next month for the Tucson Toros of the Pacific coast league in a game against their Parent club the Houston astros. A a Letterman the. Host of no cd so late night with David Letterman a has been boasting on the air recently that he could guarantee he would pitch an inning of shutout Ball against a najor Draguc team. On wednesday Toros officials extended an invitation to Letterman to pitch in the july 1 game but Jack Rollins letter Many a agent and producer turned Down the invitation Friday night saying the talk show Host has a Busy . Under-23 Hooters win Colorado Springs Colo. Curt Onalfo Alexi Lalas and Dante Washington each scored two goals As the United states under-23 team shut out Haiti 8-0 in a third round olympic qualifying soccer game sunday Haiti had Only two shots on goal. One missed and goalie Brad Friedel blocked the other. With 12 minutes left and the americans leading 8-0, Michael Burns attempted a close shot. Haiti goalie Lees Petit jumped to Block the shot collide with Burns and suffered a compound fracture to his right leg on Landing. A a a a  a Felton faces driving charge Columbia . A former South Carolina Bas a Coball coach George Felton is free on Bond after being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol offi. Vials said. A a a a a a a a a. A. Felton 38, around 2 . Saturday from the Georgetown county jail after paying $287 in bail a booking officer said. A to he former coach who was fired May 14, refused to comment saturday. He could not be reached for com mint sunday. A South wins in hockey trials St. Cloud Minn. A Brian Farrell had two goals and an assist sunday As the South capped the first night of . Olympic trials hockey Competition with an 8-5 Victory Over the West. South never trailed after taking a 3-0 first period Lead on goals by David Divita Farrell and Craig Johnson. But the teams traded goals the rest of the Way and the South did no to wrap up the Victory until Farrell scored again with 1 32 left. Bill Pye. Who backs topped Northern Michigan to the Mcaa championship had a rough game in the West s goal stopping Only 20 of 2s shots. Texas Daugherty hospitalized Chicago a Texas rangers Lefi Fighier Jack Daugherty a Day after being activated from the disabled list was scratched from the starting lineup sunday because of stomach  taken to nearby mercy Hospital to be exam inc and Early reports indicated possible appendicitis. The rangers said Daugherty would be hospitalized overnight. Daugherty was on the do from june 6 until saturday because of a bruised left thigh and right hip the result of a collision with teammate Jeff Husnu. He went 0 for 4 in saturday nights  nabs shooting title Chino Calil a two time olympian John Mcnally won his seventh National rapid fire pistol title sunday shooting a match record 1,461 Points at the . Shooting championships. Mcnally of Columbus ga., Syon the event Over Terry Anderson of Dallas and Roger mar of Seattle who each had 1,451 Points. Anderson earned second place by winning a shoot Ciff. Jonathan i razor of fort Binning a. Was  won t return Naples Italy a the lawyer for Argentine soccer Star Diego Maradona said sunday that his client will not return to Naples to face drug charges wednesday. When Maradona left Rome for Argentina on april 2, he swore he would come Back to Naples and face the charges of using and supplying coca pc. But Marado Tad tha a a trial was too soon and that Maradona still is under nays lawyer said that the Date set for 1 he Start of the trial was too s going detox cation therapy in  races to 3rd win Portland  Belgium s Eric Bachelard won his third Firestone indy lights race this season sunday at Portland International raceway boosting his championship Points Lead to 25 after five of 12 events. Bachelard 30, drove his indy Light Wildcat into the Lead on Lap 29, overtaking Landford racing teammate , Jones of rolling Hills Calif. Bachelard maintained the Lead throughout the 40-Lap race. Bachelard won by 0.447 seconds and earned $20,750. His average Speed of 105.073 Mph is a record for the 1,922-mile Road course at Portland a Delta Park. Har Alpsten moves into 3rd l1lr1chen, Switzerland a Franco Vona of Italy beat Britain a Robert Millar by 1 43 minutes monday to win the toughest stage of the tour of Switzerland cycling race which included two Alpine passes. Luc Roosen of Belgium kept the yellow Jersey of Overall Leader ahead of Pascal Richard of Switzerland while two disc tour Winner Andrew harps ten of the United states moved up into third place. Vona started his attack on the Way up the 7,339-fool Sustin pass. He saved his margin of almost two minutes on the gruelling next ascent covering a difference in Altitude of 5,000 feet up the Furka pass. His time for the 158-mile stage from Buergler to this Valais resort was 6 hours 56 minutes 9  will return healthy a or not at All i by Scott Horner United press International Indianapolis a Larry Bird was on the Bench sunday night for his Charity basketball game but he was far away from the action. A. A a Bird a a coached one squad of Aba avers who runner and gunned at mar it Square Arena to raise Money for poor Indiana children wishing to attend College. The. Indiana., native sat and hatched the red squad beat his White team 178-170. A. A a a just sat there. I did no to say a word a a did Bird. A Charles. Barkley . K ten  v. A. The three time Teague map Wasny to allowed to climb aboard a plane in Boston . Inst week. He is. Limited to walking while he recovers from june 7 Back surgery. "11 be glad when this summer is Over with there a no question about it a Bird said a a wish october was Here now in a tired of sitting around.�?�. A. The Boston celtics Forward has no timetable for returning to the court saying lie will play Only when his Back is Ihor roughly healed. A a in a not going through another year like i did last year. My Back has got to feel pretty Good a said Bird who stands to make $7 million next  salary and bonuses if he plays. A a in a not sitting Here and whining  bad in a hurting All year. I just have to. See How my Back feels. I want to have a healthy Back the rest of mgt  a a a a a a a. A Bird spent much of last season on his stomach laying on the floor in front of Bostons Bench when he Wasny to playing he said the worst part of last season was the constant therapy he needed to keep him in playing shape. A i had it before the game at halftime and after the game just so t could walk. And be comfortable a he said. A Bird is doing his Best not to think about other athletic pursuits this summer. A you can to fish lying Down a he said. A if you have a Ball in your hand you la go to the basketball court. If you re on the Golf course you la Start swinging. So i stay away from both.�?�. Former Aba referee Earl Strom was. Very Active coaching the red team lie faked a bribe to referee Mike Mathis during a timeout in the first half but Mathis threw Strom out late in the game. Strom did no to leave and lit up a Victory Cigar in the closing minutes a a should be lit it up sooner but i did no to know How the refs would react a Strom said a you can to Trust  Strom now a television analyst for the los Angeles clippers said he had some difficulty adjusting to coaching. A it does make a difference when you done to know the personnel a he said. A Ron Anderson of Philadelphia led All scorers hitting 30 for the red team. Scott Skiles of Orlando added 26 and Rex chair Man 24 for the red squad. A. All 11 players on the while team hit double figures with Philadelphia s Barkley Bostons Dee Brown and Golden a states Tyrone Hill each hitting22. Barkley wasn�?Tt1 too concerned with his statistics As they arrived. A i know these Are going to  numbers a he said sarcastically. A if i had gotten Hurt i would be mad at Larry the rest of my life. The 76crs told me not to get  a a a a r