European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sports wire Tepper takes Over As Illinois coach from wire reports Champaign Iii. A Lou Tepper stepped into his first head coaching role by promising to treat his players like family. A i am not afraid to put my arms around them and hug them or them on the Tail for doing a Good Job a he said Friday after being named As coach at Illinois. A i also going to Call them into account when they Cross of these i. Am an lines we draw for in it Tepper defensive coordinator since 1988, replaces John Mackovic who resigned thursday to coach at Texas. Tepper a native of deny pa., and a defensive Back at Rutgers said football has been an important influence throughout his life. A it took a Corncob rough kid and gave him some social graces and a lot better vocabulary a Tepper said. Players said they were glad Tepper was named quickly to replace Mackovic. A the More personal and if you have a problem he a at a t l Hoji Tepper which be has lived. At his first news conference Tepper said he will continue Mackovicz a emphasis on honesty and academic Success. A. Tepper who will coach his first game when the Zillini meet Urcla in the John Hancock bowl on dec. 31 in Elpaso said he does not expect to lose any assistant coaches before then. However he said he expects to compete with Mackovic for some of them afterwards. Deb Richard advances Princeville Hawaii a Deb Richard did no to let a Tittle rain get her Down. A today was one of the Best match play matches i have Ever been involved with a Richard said Friday after die Defeated Laura Davies 3 and 1 in the rain soaked second round of the $500,000 Lyga world match play championship. Richard went 1-up when she birdied the second Hole and got to 2-up with a Birdie on the fifth. Davies claimed the 10th Hole with a Birdie. After halving the next four holes Richard took the 15th As Davies 3-putted. Richard ended the match with of the 17th. Richard placed second in the tournament last year to Betsy King who Defeated Caroline Keggi 4 and 3. _ King was 2-up at the turn when rain forced a 40-minute delay at the Princeville resorts 6,212-Yard, -72 Makai course. In other matches Michelle Estill beat Danielle Ammaccapane 3 and 1, Tina Barret took Juli Inkster 4 and 3, Kristi Albers topped Kasumi Adachi 3 and 1, Dawn Coe downed Rosie Jones 2 and 1 and Chris Tschetter Defeated Elaine Crosby 5-and-3. January leads with 67 Dorado puerto Rico a Don january battled Windy conditions to fire a 5-under- 67 Friday for the first round Lead in the $1 million new York life Chara pions Quot seniors tournament the final Stop on this years senior pea tour. January holds a 1-shot Lead Over Walt Zemunski and Orville Moody. Jim Colbert is at 3-under. Douglas gets Laker offer Inglewood Calif. A Point guard Sherman Douglas has signed an offer Sheet with the los Angeles lakers the team said Friday. Terms were not announced.,. Douglas a restricted free agent has t played this season because of a contract dispute with the Miami heat. The heat for whom Douglas played the past two seasons has 15 Days to match the lakers offer or give up rights to the former Syracuse Star. Thon goes to rangers Arlington Texas a Dickie Thon who had wanted to join a team where he could play regularly left the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday and agreed to a one year contract with the Texas rangers for a guaranteed $700,000. ,. The 33-year-old shortstop hit .252 with nine Home runs and 44 Bis in 146 games with the Phillies in 1991. He led the club in games started with 144, was second in at bats 539 and third in hits 136total bases 189 and stolen bases 11. The Phillies were intent of phasing out Thon and allowed him to become a free agent by not offering salary arbitration in the five Days following the world series. New University of Illinois head football coach Loo Tepper talks with his players during practice on Friday. Cards mets make Deal St. Louis a St. Louis and the mets exchanged minor leagues Friday with the cardinals sending reliever Clyde Keller to new York for outfielder Chuck Carr. Carr a switch hitting outfielder hit .195 with 27 stolen bases for the class aaa Tidewater tides last season. He also played in a dozen games for the mets. Carr 23, began his professional career in 1986. Keller a 24-year-old right hander spent All of last season at class a Springfield 111. He was 5-0 with 31 saves and an 0.75 Era. Murray ropes big Money Las vegas a All around Cowboy to Murray who already holds the record for the highest season earnings in professional Rodeo added another Mark to the record books Friday when he topped $76,000 in National finals Rodeo winnings. The previous record for nor winnings was $75,219 w _. A j in i Witiuk n by Lewis Feild in 1987. Murray surpassed that with a $2,695 tie for third place in Saddle bronc Riding and $898 for a fourth place split in Bull Riding. The pushed Murray a 1991 nor earnings to $77,257 Canadian Champion Robin Burwash put himself in Good position to claim a world championship when he captured his third straight bareback Riding Victory. Burwash moved into the Lead of the world bareback Riding standings with the 80-Point win. He also has the highest Overall score after eight rounds of Competition. Sharing the eighth round Victory with Burwash were Wayne Herman of Dickinson n.d., and Mark Garrett of Spearfish . Each Man earned $8,085. $100,000 to $109,000, according to figures released Friday. The minimum salary in the minors will Rise from $26,500 to $28,900. The collective bargaining agreement Between players and owners Calls for the minimum to be adjusted for inflation before the 1992 season. Inflation Rose 9.2 percent Between november 1989 and november 1991, according to the consumer Price Index for Urban wage earners and clerical workers. The minimum was increased proportionally rounded to the nearest $500. In 1991, the average salary in the majors was $851,492, a 42.5 percent Rise from the $597,537 average in 1990. A total of 100 players were at the minimum on aug. 31, the Day before rosters expanded from 25 players to 40. The . Minimum wage is $4.25 an hour. Higgins sidelined team ropers tee Woolman of Llano Texas and Bob Harris of Gillette wyo., moved into the Lead in the world team roping standings with their win Friday. The pair snared their steer in 4$ seconds for $6,740 each. Steer wrestler Thomas Barr of Canada earned his first paycheck of the 1991 nor $10,780, with his winning 4.9-second run. Hie $2.45 million event was to continue saturday and sunday at Thomas and Mack Center at univ. Minimum salaries up new York a free agents like Bobby Bonilla Wally Joyner and Danny Tartabull figure to get the biggest raises in baseball. But even the lowest paid players will get 9 percent increases next season. The minimum salary in the majors will Rise from Oakland Calif. A Golden state warriors Forward Rod Higgins was placed on injured Reserve Friday with a broken wrist that will require surgery and could sideline the Veteran for the remainder of the season. Higgins the fourth leading scorer on the team suf Ferea a fracture to his navicular Bone in the wrist thursday night during the warriors 99-96 loss to the Houston rockets. He collided with Matt Bullard in the second Quarter of the game. Higgins 31, will undergo surgery next week and will be in a cast for eight weeks. Higgins is not expected Back for at least three months. Reds shuffle roster Cincinnati a the Cincinnati reds on Friday added minor league Catcher Troy Afenir to their 40-Man Winter roster and released outfielder Chris Jones. The reds purchased Afenir a contract from their class aaa Nashville affiliate. The reds asked waivers on Jones for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release. Afenir spent most of the 1991 season with Oakland a class aaa farm team. He batted .244 with 10 Home runs and 38 Bis in 80 games. He played with Houston in 1987. Jones split the 1991 season Between Nashville and Cincinnati. At Nashville he hit 243. With nine Home runs and 33 Bis. For Cincinnati he hit .292 with two homers and 6 Bis. 76ers activate Wiggins Philadelphia a the Philadelphia 76crs placed guard Brian Oliver on the injured list saturday with a right Heel Spur and activated Mitchell Wiggins to replace him. Wiggins 32, was placed on the list because of inflammation in the lining of his right knee dec. 3 and missed five games. In eight appearances he averaged 3.9 Points. Oliver averaged 2.8 Points through 15 appearances. He must remain on the injured list for at least five games. Weekend sports on to. Radio of can Europa an Tim an seb television sunday pro football a Detroit at Green Bay 7 . Miami at san Diego 10 . Monday pro football a Buffolo at Indianapolis 2 . Tuesday pro football los Angeles raiders at new Orleans 3 . An seb radio sunday pro football Dallas at Philadelphia 7 . Phoenix at Denver 10 . Monday pro football Buffalo at Indianapolis 2 . Tuesday pro football a los Angeles raiders at new Orleans 3
