European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday january 5, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 31 i ,1australian open depletion continues Melbourne Australia up a the badly depleted australian open suffered another casualty tuesday when French open Champion Sergi bruguera announced he is pulling out due to an unspecified injury. Tennis Australia officials announced the bad news from the spaniard ranked no. 4 in the world. The latest pullout combined with an unprecedented string of others in recent weeks casts a Shadow Over the first grand slam of the season which starts Jan. 17 at Flinders Park. Bruguera joins a lengthy list of no shows which includes world no. 8 Michael Chang no. 11 Boris Becker no. 15 Richard Krajicek and no. 24 Andre Agassi. A 1 a a a the newly married Becker announced months ago that he would miss the event in order to be with wife Barbara Feltus for the birth of the couples first child this month. Agassi and Krajicek Are injured and Chang is skipping the event. Sorely missed will be american John Mcenroe who although Semi retired reportedly was toying with the idea of entering As a wild card. Mcenroe though withdrew from this weeks hopman cup in Perth with an injury ending speculation about any trip Here. A a a a. A a v. A. A. A on the women a Side the Field will be without Veteran Martina Navratilova marshalling her resources for a final assault on a history making 10th Wimbledon title this summer. American Jennifer Capriati is out with an Elbow injury and the future of former no. 1 Monica Seles remains a Complete mystery after her stabbing on court in Germany april 30. Late injuries Are also taking a toll. Two time Champion Stefan Edburg of Sweden ranked no 5, Hurt his Back monday during a win at an ism at tour event in Doha Qatar and will need to test his fitness Over the coming Das. Andre Medvedev the ukrainian no. 6 on the computer is nursing a knee Strain in Perth and is fighting to get fit for the new South Wales open in Sydney a where he is top seed next week a and the open. A i will not pull out of Sydney in order to be ready for the open a the determined teenager said. �?o1 want to play both aussie favorite Pat Cash out of Tennis for 15 months with his latest round of physical problems strained his chronic bad Back monday during a losing match in Adelaide and also remains on the que Tsiona ble list for his Hometown rip off under investigation from wire reports Madison wis. A As fans returned from the Rose bowl with tales of woe Wisconsin attorney general. James e. Doyle said monday the state would investigate possible fraud by companies offering tickets to the game in Pasadena Calif. Many people failed to receive tickets they ordered for the new years Day game Between Wisconsin against Urcla As part of travel packages that included plane fare and hotel room. Others complained they had to pay More for tickets than they a been told the would. World notes 220 guns in three ticket giveaways last year. The Effort May not put a Dent in the areas total Arsenal but it is a first step in making the City a streets safer mayor Wellington Webb said. A this is what this program is All about a trying to allow kids the Opportunity to grow up a Webb said standing with 7-id f -. Year old Broderick Bell who was hit by a stray gang Bullet last summer. A your goal is very simple to preserve Doyle said his office had received 210 germans Shock . Of # t complaints some front people claiming to represent 40 to 100 individuals Many of whom had to View the game on television sets outside the stadium. Travel agents blamed the problem on ticket brokers who failed to come through with the tickets that had been promised. Soaring demand for the tickets caused the prices to escalate when fans tried to find replacements. Gov. Tommy g. Thompson who joined Doyle at a news conference monday said he contacted California governor Pete Wilson and suggested an ant ticket scalping Law to prevent brokers from boosting prices. In California scalping tickets is Legal except at the site of the event. Doyle said the total number of people who were promised tickets and did not get them could be As High As 5,000.tickets, shoes for guns Denver a the first 300 people who turn Over a firearm will receive a pair of Adidas sneakers and two tickets to the Denver nuggets game with the Chicago bulls feb. 1 a no questions asked. The guns for tickets Trade is part of operation cease fire which collected Perth Australia a Bernd Karbacher got Ivan a Lendlr a self proclaimed year of decision off to a miserable Start tuesday As he stunned the former world no. 1, 6-3, 6-1, to move Germany into the semifinals of the hopman cup team Tennis championship. Earlier 19-year-old Anke Huber put the defending Champion nation in front beating French open finalist Mary Joe Fernandez 6-2, 7-6 7-4. Karbacher a Victory clinched Germany a upset Over the United states. Lendl and Fernandez won the meaningless pro set doubles 8-5, leaving the final score at 2-1. Germany next plays another Surprise semifinalist Austria while Australia plays the no. 1-ranked czech Republic in the other Semi. The czechs ousted 1992 Champion Switzerland 2-Learlier tuesday winning the deciding mixed doubles 6-4,6-4.fsu s Smith transfers Tallahassee Fla. A Marquette Smith one of the nations most heavily recruited players out of High school three years ago is leaving National Champion Florida state. The Reserve tailback will Transfer to the University of Central Florida near his Casselberry Hometown officials sad monday. By moving Down a division in Mcaa ranks he will be immediately eligible to play. The 5-foot-7, 195-Pound Smith rushed for 402 Yards in parts of two seasons for the seminoles. He sat out the 1992 season As a Redshirt and gained 297 Yards on 62 carries As the no. 2 tailback before sustaining a knee injury oct. 30 against Wake Forest Floc the eighth game of the season. Smith had discussed the possibility of transferring with coach Bobby Bowden who said the tailback was moving on with his will stay put Seattle a Napoleon Kaufman just 440 Yards from becoming the greatest runner in the Washington huskies history is staying for his senior season. The Small but speedy running Back made his announcement at a Campus news conference monday after the nil last thursday told him where he was projected to be selected in april a nil draft. Washington coach Jim Lambright said at the end of the season that Kaufman leave unless the nil guaranteed he would be a first round pick. With 2,651 Yards in three seasons Kaufman is a sure bet to break the Washington career Rushing record of 3,091 Yards set by Joe Steele from 1976 through 1979.a humongous leap Innsbruck Austria Andreas Goldberger Rode a monstrous first leap to Victory tuesday in world cup ski jump ing delighting the partisan Home crowd As he edged out rival Jens Weissflog of Germany. Goldberg re a 114.5-Mcter 378-foot first jump a Hill record put him firmly in route to his second world cup win this season. Noriaki Sakai of Japan finished third. Weissflog 29, kept the pressure on As he has All season out jumping Goldberger in the second round with a leap of 112.5 meters 371 feet. But style Points helped put the austrian Over the top Fordam picks Quartaro new York a Nick Quartaro an assistant coach at Kansas state the last five years monday became the football coach at Fordham which lost a school record 10 games this season. Quartaro 38, replaces Larry Glueck who resigned in november after compiling an eight year record of 20-51-1. The rams who play in the Patriot league had Only one Victory in each of the last two years going 1-10 this past season. Quartaro a native of Geneva n.y., spent five years As an assistant coach at Northwestern under Dennis Green. He then became head coach at Drake an Mcaa division Iii school that had a 9-3 record in 1988, his third and last season there before going to Kansas state As an assistant. Quartaro was a kicker for Iowa finishing As the big ten schools second leading on an Central european Tim television pro basketball a Chicago at Orlando 2 . an to . Wednesday 6 . 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