European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes january 16,1992 c Page 24 Stanford eyeing Walsh Stanford Calif. A Bill Walsh whose return to the san Francisco 49ers has been reported As imminent has met with Stanford athletic director Ted Leland to discuss the cardinals vacant head football coaches Job the Peninsula times Tribune reported in its tuesday editions that Walsh confirmed that he discussed the position with Leland during a meeting monday. A fall i can say is that in be talked with Ted Leland about the Job but that does no to necessarily mean in a a candidate a Walsh said. A a in be helped them in the past looking at other  before Leland a meeting with Walsh Stanford assistant coaches Willie Shaw and Ron Turner reportedly were the leading candidates to replace Denny Green who resigned last week to become the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. Shaw 46, is Stanford a offensive coordinator and the defensive secondary coach. Turner 37, has served As offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Walsh has discussed returning to the 49ers As a consultant. He served As head coach in 1977-78 at Stanford where he had a 17-7 record before joining the 49ers. Leland who was As an assistant under Walsh in 1978, declined to say whether Walsh was being considered As a candidate. A a i done to want to comment on any names a Leland  shocks red men 45-42 buckeyes guard Mark Baker left loses the Ball to Hoosier so Chris Reynolds tuesday. By the associated press Miami a the Miami hurricanes a Power in College football were supposed to ave a Long Rookie season in the big East a conference of Power in basketball. It wont be quite that Long. The hurricanes parlayed their first conference Home game into their first big East Victory a 45-42 decision Over no. 17 St. Johns. The lowest scoring game in big East history is now a big part of Miami basketball history. A a it a just the beginning a second year Miami coach Leonard Hamilton said. A i never thought wed go without winning a game in the big  most prognosticators pegged Miami for an 0-18 Rookie year one filled with Calls of a wait until football  done to wait much longer. The hurricanes improved to 6-9 Overall and 1-4 in the conference with a deliberate Victory. A they slowed us Down a St. Johns coach Lou Carnesecca said. A it was one of those games that was a  St. Johns 9-4,3-2 was the better shooting team at 31 percent 15 for 49. The hurricanes who lost All four games of an opening Road trip were 13 for 43. The hurricanes trailed 14-12 at halftime also a conference record for futility and were Down 27-19 Early in the second half when St. Johns went More than five minutes without scoring. Anthony Lawrence led Miami with 10 Points while Malik Sealy led the redmen with 15 Points 10 below his average. In other games tuesday no. 3 Oklahoma St. 64, Marquette 52 Stillwater okla. Oklahoma state 15-0 is now one win shy of Matching its Best Start Ever set 41 years ago. Byron Houston led the cowboys to their 25th consecutive Home Victory with 25 Points while Shannon Smiths 12 Points led the warriors 10-4. No. 5 Indiana 91, no. 4 Ohio St. 83 Bloomington ind. The return College basketball of Lawrence Funderburke to Bloomington was overshadowed by a game of comebacks. Indiana 12-2 remained unbeaten in three big ten games despite blowing a 19-Point Lead in the second half. The hoosiers led 56-37 with 14 37 to play when the buckeyes 10-2, 2-1 went on a 26-2 run Over the next 6 06. Indiana finally righted itself with a 20-6 run As the hoosiers made their last 20 free throws. Greg Graham and Damon Bailey each had 25 Points for Indiana while Jim Jackson led the buckeyes with a career High 31 Points. Funderburke who left Indiana in 1989, finished with 12 . 8 Connecticut 87, Pitt 77 Storrs Conn. A Chris Smith led the huskies 12-1, 3-1 with 28 Points As they handed Pittsburgh 11-5, 3-1 its first big East loss of the season. Darren Morningstar led Pitt with 18  89, no. 9 Alabama 81 Tuscaloosa Ala. Shaquille of Neal had 29 Points 12 rebounds and five blocked shots As the tigers 8-4, 2-1 ended Alabama a eight game winning Streak and handed the Crimson tide its first Southeastern conference loss. The game became a foul shooting contest As of Neal a two free throws with 3 17 left gave leu a 77-73 Lead. Alabama 14-2, 2-1 then missed seven of its last 10 free throws White the tigers made 9 of 12. Justin Anderson had 19 Points for leu 12 on 3-pointers. Andre Perry led the Crimson tide with 25 . 16 Georgia tech 75, Virginia 71 Atlanta the yellow jackets 13-3, 3-1 acc trailed by nine in the second half but rallied behind the 3-pointers of freshman Travis Best. Best scored 12 straight Points for Georgia tech on Long jumpers. Bryant Stith led the Cavaliers 6-6, 2-2 with 28  ousted by 256th-ranked swede Melbourne Australia up Monica Seles joined fellow top seed Stefan Edberg in reaching the third round of the $4,7 million australian open wednesday and the worlds 256th-ranked player Lars Wahlgren struck for his second upset Seles had to pull out the second set to sweep Japan a Kimiko Date 6-2, 7-5 in the second round of the grand slam. In contrast Edberg breezed past Claudio Mezzadri of Switzerland in his quest for a third australian Crown winning 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 in 1 hour and 29 minutes. Swedish qualifier Wahlgren dumped 12th-seeded californian Derrick Rostagno 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 7-3. Tuesday the Sam australian open unknown giant killer ousted american Brad Gilbert. Quot fifth seeded Ivan Lendl clinched a straight sets Victory beating australian wildcard Roger Rasheed 6-2,6-3,6-3. In other women a second round action fourth seed Arantha Sanchez Vicario easily held off Frances Sandrine testud 61,6-1. Edberg totally dominated Mezzadri with his powerful serve and Volley Tennis winning 26 Points at the net. In the third round the no. A ranked player in the world meets australians John Fitzgerald a 7-5, 6-1, 7-6 7-4 win Ner Over Jan Siemering of Holland. Lendl served five aces in the match lasting two hours and seven minutes. In other second round action wednesday last years semifinalist Patrick Mcenroe eliminated fellow american Jeff Tarango 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, and John Mcenroe outlasted Andrei Cherkasov 75, 3-6,6-4, 6-3 to move into a third round showdown against defending Champion Boris Becker who whipped Italy a Gian Luca Pozzi 7-5,7-5, 6-2. Ninth seeded Manuela male Eva frag Niere of Switzerland overcame Czechoslovakia s Karina Hab Sudrova 6-3, 6-3 and Leila Meskhi the no. 13 seed from the Republic of Georgia routed Nicole Arendt of new Jersey 6-1, 6-2.inside sports daily schedule for �?T92 Winter games a Page 20 Ben Abrams prep pickings a Page 21 Cai hires Washington assistant a Page 21 Trail blazers snap a avs Streak a Page 22