European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sports thursday december 30,1993 trim to up Home by the associated press a ranked opponent slipped into the Field of the Hoo Sief classic Ana no. 13 Indiana took it in stride. The hoosiers won their own Post Christmas tournament for the 13th consecutive year tuesday night beating no. 25 Western Kentucky 65-55 behind seniors Damon Bailey and Pat Graham. ,. The rare High Quality of the title game opponent to Indianapolis became an even bigger Factor As the Hoo a Nufi Siers 7-2who dressed just 10 players at the Start lost Todd Leary and Brian Evan Quot . Sprained a the to injuries Leafy s knee in in first fits right half and College basketball Evans dislocated his right shoulder in the second half. Bailey the tournament s map for the second straight year had 24 Points and Graham finished with 20. The scored the hoosiers Iasi 18 Points of the game. A Chris Robinson led Western Kentucky 4-3 with 16 Points before fouling out with 7 24 to play. In other games tuesday night Arkansas 129, Texas Southern 63 with president Clinton in attendance the top ranked Razorbacks 8-0 cruised to a 59-22 halftime Lead and had it to 7424 two minutes after intermission. Davor Rimac led Arkansas which made a school record 20 3-pointers in 36 attempts with 18 Points. Anthony Jones Theon Dotson and Kevin Granger each had 13 Points for the visiting tigers 3-7. Kentucky 110, san Francisco 83 Travis Ford had 27 Points to Lead the no. 5 wildcats 8-1 to their 27lh straight Victory in Rupp Arena. Orlando smarts 22 Points led the dons 7-2who had won seven straight. Michigan 102, Auburn 81. Jimmy King scored 22 Points to Lead the no. 7 wolverines 7-1 in the opening round of the fiesta bowl classic at Tucson Ariz. They will play Host Arizona for the title thursday night. Jalen Rose had 21 Points and Juwan Howard added 20 for Michigan. Wesley person had 22 Points to Lead Auburn 4-3. Lila 81, North Carolina St. 75 in a game at Greensboro . Coliseum to Mark the =20th anniversary of an Mcaa semifinal there Between these schools the no. 8 Bruins 70 had their closest game of the  the game with an average Margi of Victory of 32 Points Urcla opened a 67-52 Lead with 8 49 left Only to see the wot pack 4-5 get within 75-71 with 1 23 to play. De of Bannon matched his season High with 24 for the Bruins. Massachusetts 91, Hartford 62 at Springfield mass., the minutemen 8-1 returned from a 16-Day Layoff with an easy win in the opening round of their acc Down shall of Fame classic. Mike Williams had 21 Points to Lead no.9 Massachusetts which was to meet Maryland in the title game. Louisville 76, cat Santa Barbara 53 at the Rainbow classic in Honolulu Center Clifford Rozier scored 14 of his 16 Points in the first half and Lith ranked Louisville used a 15-0 feat Santa Barbara 76-53. Opening run to de Arizona 111, Fordham 84 Khalid Reeves had 23 Points to Lead the no. 12 wildcats 9-1 in a fiesta bowl classic at Tucson Anz. Derek Molis 21 Points All on 3-pointers, led the rams 2-5who trailed 64-37 at  112, Texas Arll Nifon 72 Donyell Marshall had a career High 33 Points and grabbed 12 rebounds to Lead the no. 14 huskies 8-0 in the first round of the big Island invitational at Hilo Hawaii Robert Morgan led the Mavericks 4 6 with 22 Points. Virginia 62, Minnesota 57 Junior Burrough had 22 Points As the Cavaliers 4-3 prevailed despite making Only five of nine free throws in the last 2 30. The visiting no. 16 gophers 7-3 had a five game winning Streak snapped. Cincinnati 84, Robert Morris 59 the no 18 bearcats 9-2 opened a three game stretch against losing teams with a Sloppy performance that featured 18 Points each Frorup reserves Darnell Burton and Lazelle  74, Oklahoma St. 69 Demitri Hill had a career High 23 Points As the gators 8-iy prevailed in the opening round of the rain Hartford a Matt Curtis makes a leaping pass As Massachusetts Jeff Meyer defends in tuesdays  classic and were to face Louisville in the second round. Brooks Thompson had 21 Points to Lead no. 20 Oklahoma state 7-3which got a career Low four Points from Center Bryant  Orleans 63, George Washington 60 Gerald Williams had 12 Points and came up with the games biggest rebound a miss of a teammates free throw with six seconds left to give the privateers 6-2 the title in the sugar bowl tournament in new Orleans. Yinka dare had 21 Points and 10 rebounds for the no. 21 colonials 6-2but 6-8 Melvin Simon came up big for new Orleans in the Middle with .21 Points and 13 rebounds. Giants sign yanks Williams sidelined new York a Matt Williams knows where he ii be playing for the next few seasons. Brtan Taylor knows he wont be playing at All next season. Williams the san Francisco giants third baseman agreed tuesday to a $30.75 million five year contract. Its average annual value of $6.15 million is the eighth highest in the majors Taylor a 22-year-old Lethander who was taken first by the new York Yankees in the 1991 Amateur draft wont pitch in 1994 following a a arthroscopic sur. Williams Gery tuesday on his pitching shoulder. A the reason Brien is out for the season is that not that he  necessarily throw a baseball but that it takes that Long for the tissue to heal a said the pitchers agent Scott Boras. A this will not affect his  Taylor who signed for a record $1.55 million Bonus threw As hard As 97 Mph last season. He was 13-7 at Al Bany Colonie of the a Eastern league and had 150 strikeouts in 163 innings. He injured the shoulder in a bar fight dec. 18 at Beaufort ., and tuesday in baseball faces Misdemeanour charges of simple assault and communicating greats. In other news outfielder Darrin Jackson and the Chicago White sox agreed to a $750,000, one year Deal that gives him the Chance to make another $750,000 in performance bonuses and Catcher Chris Hoiles and the Baltimore orioles agreed to a $2 million one year contract. His 1993 salary was $350,000. Williams got the big Deal of the Day. Combined with the record $43.75 million six year contract Given to Barry Bonds the giants have guaranteed $74.5 million to two players. San Francisco lost free agent first baseman will Clark to free Agency when the first baseman agreed last month to a $30 million five year Deal with Texas. In the teams other big moves this of season the giants re signed second baseman Robby Thompson for $12 million Over three years and added right hander h Ark Portugal for $11 million Over three years. Williams who made $2,275,000 last season hit .294 in 1993, up from .227 the previous season. He hit 38 homers and drove in . The new contract Calls for a $1.5 million signing Bonus $3.75 million in 1994, $5.5 million in 1995, $6.25 million in 1996, $6.75 million in 1997 and $7 million in 1998. 11 for pro bowl squad new York a the Dallas cowboys truly Are americans team a As the pro bowl released on tuesday . Eleven members of the super bowl champions an pfc record for one team were voted to Prayzn the a Fly a feb. 6 seep Page 25for o bowl team All Star game in Honolulu in the first pro bowl balloting in which fans participated. That a the most for the pfc and one fewer than the record of 12 from the 1973 Miami dolphins a the year after the dolphins went 170. The Buffalo Bills with seven had the most players named to the acc team. Seven san Francisco 49ers also were placed on the team three in tie Breakers which were decided by fan voting. The pro bowl lineup included perhaps the oldest group of quarterbacks Ever named a Joe Montana 37, of Kansas City and Warren Moon 38, of Houston were the acc backups and Phil Simms 6i for the pfc. 38, of the new York giants was a backup the starting quarterbacks were Troy Aikman of Dallas in the pfc and John Elway of Denver for the acc. San Francisco s Steve Young joined Aikman and Simms As pfc quarterbacks. In addition to having the fans join coaches and players in voting there were several changes in the format for this years team. Defences were switched from 3-4 to 4-3, meaning an extra defensive lineman was selected and one less inside linebacker. A fullback also was selected to go with three running backs adding the cowboys Daryl Johnston to teammate pm Mitt Smith Detroit a Barry Sanders and los Angeles rams Rookie Jerome Bettis in the pfc. The acc fullback was Keith Byars of Miami joining buffaloes Thurman Thomas Kansas City a Marcus Aller and Pittsburgh a Barry Foster. Aikman was the top vote getter among the fans who made pfc players their top five choices. He got 216,782 votes to 205,106 for Young 190,073 for Emmitt Smith 184,104 for Rice and 174,254 for Barry Sanders. Rice and Atlanta cornerback Deion Sanders were the Only players to receive first place votes on every player and coach ballot and also to finish first in fan voting at their position. Tight ends Keith Jackson of Miami and Brent Jones of san Francisco offensive linemen jumbo Elliott of the giants Jesse Sapolu and Guy Mcintyre of the 49ers Ana linebacker Pat Swilling of Detroit made the squad on tiebreakers. In addition to Aikman Emmitt Smith and Johnston the 11 cowboys included wide receiver Michael Irvin offensive tackle Erik Williams guard Nate Newton Center Mark Stepnoski tight end Jay Novacek defensive tackle Russell Maryland linebacker Ken Norton and safety Thomas Everett. Stepnoski is injured and wont play. He was replaced by the giants Bart Oates