European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 30, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 29quarantine-free Arazi draws raves Louisville by. Map a Arazi is getting better his handlers say and that makes him More than just a super horse. A a he a incredible a said Fabien Gerard assistant to Trainer Francois Boutin. A a he a grown now. He a better. He a  Arazi the French based Winner of the breeders cup juvenile last nov. 2, moved Over to the main stable area at Churchill Downs on tuesday after spending monday in quarantine. He cantered one mile under exercise rider Raymond Lamonaca and Gerard said Arazio a schedule for the rest of the week would be determined by Boutin when he was to take Over training Wen de Day. Tuesday was More like picture Day at Yankee stadium than like a real workout. Everywhere Arazi went he was surrounded by reporters photographers and onlookers. While Arazi was grazing Lamonaca turned him this Way and that for better camera angles then led him away to his stall. A the has the gift of being really relaxed All the time a Gerard said. On saturday Arazi almost certainly will go off the favorite in the Lomile Kentucky Derby. So much has been written and said about Arazi it was Only natural to ask his handlers what they thought of the rest of the Field. A a it a difficult to say at this Point a Gerard said. A they have the advantage of being at Home on dirt but Arazi proved himself last  Arazi came to the juvenile last year a seasoned 2-year-old with seven races six of them victories. This year he has raced just once winning the prix of minium ii in France on april 7, and had knee surgery last fall. A the Knees Are not affecting him a Lamonaca said. A a he seven better now than he was in  exercise rider Ramond Lam Norca reins up favorite Avail on tuesday after the Colt finished his first workout at Churchill downs.64-team Field considered for women s tourney Kansas City to. A the women a basketball tournament May expand to 64 teams to match the size of the menus tourney Southwest Missouri states Cheryl Burnett said tuesday at an Mcaa coaches meeting. A we just believe that we re ready. New faces and new teams Are arriving All the time a Burnett said at a news conference following the conclusion of the no aah a second annual meeting of division i coaches. The women a tournament inaugurated in 1981, now includes 48 teams. Burnetts team a ranked at the beginning of the season made it to the women a final four last month. A a women a basketball is ready for an expansion a she said. A hopefully it could happen by 1994.�?� More than 50 menus and women a coaches met with Mcaa staff officials for the second consecutive year monday and tuesday for informal discussions of issues and possible legislation at january a convention. While acknowledging they were pleased to be asked their opinions the coaches recommendations last year met with mixed results. A the reality is we have to expect delayed gratification More often than we do instant gratification a Southern Cal basketball coach George Raveling said. A the meetings Are very meaningful. There a a lot of excellent dialogue being  a we Learned a better understanding of the legislative process and How we could have More of a voice. In the legislative procedure and that s going to be very beneficial to us a said Fisher Deberry air Force football coach. Nil investigates cowboys Quick signings raise suspicions Irving Texas apr the nil is investigating complaints about the Dallas cowboys Quick signings of first round draft picks according to a report published tuesday. At least two teams complained to the league about the signings the Dallas morning news said tuesday. But cowboys officials insist they did not violate league rules. A a we re not saying the cowboys have done anything wrong a Greg Aiello nil director of communications told the newspaper. A a we la be checking to see if there is a violation of league  the newspaper did not identify the complaining teams. The cowboys were the Only team Able to reach immediate deals with their first round picks the nil office said. The Indianapolis Colts were Able to negotiate prior to the draft since they had the first two picks in the first round. Any violation of nil policy could cause the cowboys to lose future draft picks although there is no specific penalty under league guidelines. Team owner Jerry Jones said he was certain Dallas did not violate the rules when it reached contract agreements while announcing the drafting of its two first round picks Kevin Smith and Robert Jones. A it was looked into last year and they found we did nothing wrong a he said. The cowboys came to instant agreements in 1991 with both of their first round picks Russell Maryland and Alvin Harper. A and this year we were even More careful to adhere to the rules a Jones said. A league Rule restricting teams from discussing contract specifics with players before the draft was passed in 1990 when the hic ago bears reached a pre Dratt agreement with first round pick Mark Carrier. A no club can make a specific contract offer to a player or his representative of sign a player to a specific contract or other agreement prior to actually selecting the player in the draft a reads the Rule outlined in a memo sent to All teams april 15. However teams Are allowed to discuss signing prospects and salary Range while they Are a on the clock and making their decision. A the Range does no to have to be very Broad a Jones said. A it can Fie succinct. We done to discuss scleral aspects of the  Smiths agent Steve /.ucker, said the contract was t completed until monday. A there was nothing wrong with the Way it was handled a he said. Stars amp stripes pulls even san Diego apr the Routs Are off in the americans cup regatta. Dennis Conner pulled yet another Rabbit out of his year old stars amp stripes on tuesday and evened the Best-of-13 defender finals with Bill Koch a american America cubed at 4-All. Stars amp stripes battered in the first three races of the finals has come roaring Back in the Light shifty wind that Conner has mastered. Stars amp stripes beat america3 by 1 minute 47 seconds for its third straight Victory and fourth in the last five races. Stars amp stripes has led america3 at every turning Mark in each of its victories. And Italy a ii Moro i Venezia which has bitterly contested new zealand a use of a Bowsprit beat the kiwis by 53 seconds to tie the Best-of-9 challenger finals at 3-3. New zealand led the series 4-1 after winning on saturday but the jury acting on a protest by 11 Moro annulled that Victory. U Moro came Back and won sundays race. New zealand got into the protest act too by hoisting a technical protest Flag rounding the Mark at the end of the downwind second leg on tuesday. I he kiwis had 2 i hours from the end of the race to file a protest