European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday october 31, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 c exec threatens to pull plug on nil from wire reports new York Are you read for an nil season of watching sunday afternoon at the movies on Abc that could be on the network programming Agenda next year if the president of Abc sports carries through on a threat to go without football. Testifying on thursday in Federal court in Chicago in an Aba suit against won regarding the telecast of Chicago Bull games Dick Ebersol said that unless the nil reduces it Revenue demands Abc will be out of football next estimates Are that the network will lose $88 million on football this season the final year of its current$792 million contract. There s no Way i can justify that Ebersol said. Ebersol was unavailable for com ment Friday and an Abc spokes Man said we have no comment on what went on in Federal sex coach Banks Dies Baltimore Earl Banks former athletic director and football coach at Morgan state die wednesday following a one car Acci Dent. He was 69. Banks car crashed into a Barrier and he died at the University of Maryland Shock trauma Center at2 54 ., police said. Banks had undergone triple by pass surgery in 1981, and police said a heart attack May have been the cause of the Accident but an autopsy must be performed to determine the exact cause of death. Banks coached at Morgan stat for 10 years beginning in 1960, and was athletic director from 1970 until1983. Banks with one of the highest winning percentages of any College football coach was inducted Las year into the College football Hall of Fame. . Lyga pads Lead Ami Japan Michelle Mcgan nand Donna Andrews combined for an 8-under-Par 64 saturday As the United states team stretched its Lead to six Points after two rounds of the nichiren International Japan . Lyga Golf tournament. The americans led 11-5 after beating the japanese 5-3 Over the 6,337-Yard, Par-72 Ami Golf club course. Mcgann and Andrews beat the japanese pair of Kazari Harada and Chieko Nishida by one stroke. Each winning pair receives one world notes Point based on the Best score earned by each pair on each Hole. In Case of a tie each team collects half Point. Flo. Senior Rolls West Palm Beach Fla. Bob Carson of Titusville Fla., fired a final round 2-under-Par 70 and set two records in winning the phase Nior club professional championship on Friday at the legend course at ibis Golf and country club. Carson had a 72-Hole record total of 11-under-Par 277, breaking by one stroke the previous record shared by 1992 Champion Roger Kennedy of Pompano Beach Fla.,and two time Champion Tom Joyce . Carson s eight stroke Victory mar Gin also broke the previous record by two strokes shared by Joyce an Kennedy. 2 tied in Hawaii Lahaina Hawaii Bob Mur Phy a virtual lock for Rookie of the year honors on the pea senior tour fired a 6-under 65 Friday to share the first round Lead with Tom arg in the $550,000 Kaan Pali senior is searching for his third Victory this year while Wargo is try ing for his first since pulling off a Surprise by capturing the senior pea championship earlier this sea grabbed a one stroke advantage Over Dave Stockton Bruc Crampton and Charles Coody. Stockton is on the verge of wrapping up the Money title on this year s senior circuit. Smyth keeps Lead Madrid Des Smyth of ire land on saturday led the $600,000 Madrid open for a third Day. Smyth shot a 4-under-Par 68 for Athree round total of 201 to Lead by two strokes Over Wayne Webster of South Africa. Ukrainian pulls upset Essen Germany Natali Medvedeva of the Ukraine on sat urday gained the final of the$375,000 Nokia grand prix in Essen Germany with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4win no. 2 and Aop seed Arantha Sanchez Vicario. The unseeded ukrainian meet second seeded Conchita Martinez a 6-3, 7-5 winners Over Belgium s Sabine appelmans in today s final. Washington Falls Stockholm Sweden de fending Champion Goran Ivanisevic playing near flawless Tennis breezed into the final of the $1.65 million Stockholm open by beating Maliva Washington 6-2,6-1 saturday. Ivanisevic will play no. 4 seed Michael Stich in today s title match. The former Wimbledon Champion from Germany beat Marc Rosset of Switzerland 6-4,7-6 7-1. Elliott on Phoenix pole Phoenix Bill Elliott led a re Cord assault on the one mile Phoe Nix International raceway Oval Fri Day winning the pole position for the Slick 50 500 As Winston cup title contenders Rusty Wallace and Dale Earnhardt qualified sixth and Lith. It was the second pole of the sea son and the 45th of his career for Elliott a former Winston cup Champion who has had a disappoint ing season with no victories and 13top-10 finishes. Elliott s fast Lap of 129.482 mph Ina Ford thunderbird was the Best among the 14 Drivers who were fas Ter than the track qualifying record of 128.141 Wallace set last october. Bennett comeback set Phoenix Neil Bonnett con firmed Friday that he will resume his racing career in 1994, beginning in february with the season opening Daytona 500.the 47-year-old from Hueytown ala., did not drive a race car fro the time he was badly injured in a crash at Darlington s.c., in april1990 until the race in july at Talia Dega ala., where he walked away from a spectacular Accident. Most people assumed that would be the end of his racing career but Bonnett said Friday that he assigned a two year Deal for at least 12 races with car owner James Finch. Piazza lifts dodgers Taipei Taiwan a Home Rugby Mike Piazza helped the los an Geles dodgers open their asian tour Friday night with a 4-2 Victory Over a team of dragons and bears Woof Taiwan s six pro clubs. It was the Taiwan s first look at Amajor league team and the crowd reacted with Awe at starter Pedro Martinez s 95 mph fastballs. After Taiwan the dodgers play two games in Japan. Lakin Heath s Bria Tharp stops Chicksands Amos Rolle. Eagles Riddle Chicks 47-12 by the stars and stripes Troy Lockman scored a pair of 6-Yard touchdowns and ran for a 50-Yardcr to Pace the visiting to their sixth win in seven outings a 47-12 Victory Over Chicksands. The win Cave the 6-1 eagles a half game Lead Over Idle upper Scyford in the . Sports conference foot Ball standings. The sky Kings arc at Alconbury , who saw limited action after the first Quarter gained 110 Yards in 11 carries to soar Over the 1,000 air Force football Yard Rushing Mark for the season. With one regular sea son came left the 5-8,185-Pound Lockman has amassed 1,040 Yards on 164 saturday s Continental sports conference game Oesterberg 12, Spang Dahlum 9 d artillion Mckinney ran 36 Yards for a touchdown with four minutes left As the visiting wolfhounds upset had 145 Yards on 32 carries As the winners moved into a second place tie with the subers at 5-4.both teams trailed 6-2 Rhein main which was scheduled to Host Pitburg on saturday. No report was Avail Able on that game at press time saturday. Weekend sports on an Central european time television pro football Kansas City at Miami 7 . Sunday Dallas at Philadelphia 10 a in. Sunday Detroit at Minnesota 2 Monday Washington at Buffalo 3 Tuesday. Radio pro football new York jets at new Vork giants 7 . Sunday los Angeles Rains at san Francisco 10 . Sunday Detroit at Minnesota 2 Monday. Piccard captures world cup opener Solden Austria a Franck Piccard recorded a string of firsts sat urday in winning the world cup opener a men s giant slalom on the Ketten Bach Glacier. Piccard who had three previous Woid cup victories in Speed races be tween 1988 and 1990, earned his first giant slalom Triumph in the first race of the season to become the first French Man to win a giant slalom since Henry Duvillard in 1973. Piccard an olympic super a Cham Pion in 1988, outraged his rivals in the Steep and fast sections of the course and controlled his skis at the most angled difficult Gates. He had a total time of 1 minute 56.32 seconds edging Sweden s Fredrik Nyberg by .12 seconds and Norway s Kjetil Andre Aamodt by .24 seconds following two runs on a fast deteriorating track. Defending world cup Champion Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg who is seeking a record sixth title this season finished fourth in 1 56.58. He lost time in the second part of both runs. There were no . Qualifiers in the second run. The next cup races a slalom and a giant slalom will be at Park City Utah nov. 27-28. Women skiers have their first cup race a giant slalom Here today be fore taking three weeks off prior to Sla Lom and giant slalom races at Reyson Naz Switzerland nov. 20-21
