European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday april 28, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 35 Aba awards franchise to Vancouver new York a the Aba Board of governor son wednesday granted a franchise to a Vancouver group headed by Arthur Griffiths owner of the nil Vancouver canucks. The team will begin play in the 1995-1996 season. Vancouver Jorns Toronto which was approved by the Aba in november As the second expansion least the two Canadian franchises will increase the Aba to 29 teams,.r we re thrilled to Welcome Vancouver into the Aba commissioner David Stern said. The Griffiths family has been a Model of professional sports ownership for Many to gain admission to the league Toronto and Van Couver had to get Aba betting removed from their provincial lotteries. The Aba said it would t award franchises to those cities unless the betting was banned. Vancouver will have to pay a $125 million fee to enter the league. Griffiths said one of his first priorities will be finding an administrator to run the team i d like to think it s quite a Long term commitment so i la look for somebody who would be on the younger Side he told the Vancouver Sun. There Are some people with great credentials out there like Griffiths said he has already talked with potential candidates who Aren t currently working in the Paba. The team was expected to be called the mounties but Griffiths said he s now looking for another name because of objections by the Royal Canadian mounted police and licensing problems. . Rips Norway for 2nd world hockey win world notes from wire reports Alba i Canazzi Italy team Usa overcame a first period scare and crushed Norway 7-2 wednesday for its second convincing win in the world hockey championships. The Victory puts the americans at the top of the standings in their group and almost assures their presence in the medal round in Milan week. In group b at nearby Bolzano Ger Many Defeated Britain 4-0 wednesday. Norway was expected to have been tougher having tied favorite and olympic Champion Sweden monday. But the smaller norwegians were no match for the Tough physical play of the nil pros who populate team Usa. The americans came put tentatively in the first period and paid when Norway struck 55 seconds into the game. They also failed to capitalize on a Power play. Norway added its second goal with 1 10 left in the period on a Power play when Carl Andersen deflected a slap shot in under the Glove of goalie Guy he Bert of the St. Louis blues. But team Usa exploded in the second period with four goals in the first nine minutes Edmonton Oiler Sujon Podein passed from in Back of the goal to Patrick neat on of the penguins organization who pushed it Home. Craig Wolanin of que Cec scored on a Power play with a sizzling wrist shot from inside the Blue line Edmonton s Bob Beers nailed Ais tap shot from the Slot on another Power play and Danton Cole of Tampa Bay connected on an assist from Anaheim s Tim Sweeney. Phil Bourque of Ottawa assisted on Podein s goal 1 07 into the third Tim Sweeney of Anaheim scored on a give and go from Craig Janney a new addition from St Louis and Podein scored his second at 7 01. Janney contributed two assists just hours after arriving in. . Defeated France 5-1 in its tourney opener nil Prospect Paul Kariya scored three goals As Canada beat Austria 6-1 tuesday night for its second Victory of the another tuesday evening game the czech Republic Defeated France 5-2. Al reportedly picks Budig new York Gene Budig the Chancellor of the University of Kansas will be named the new president of the american league according to a newspaper wednesday. The new York times reported that Budig is the Choice of the search commit tee named to find a successor to outgoing president . Bobby election of Budig could take place at the next scheduled owners meetings on june 8.the 55-year-old Budig has been on the Board of directors for the Kansas City royals this past year and is considered a Rabid royals fan. Harvey placed on do Miami the Florida marlins tues Day placed Ace reliever Bryan Harvey on the 15-Day disabled list with a strained flexor muscle in his pitching . The injury which the marlins said is not considered serious was discovered tuesday during an Fri examination. Mcaa makes changes Overland Park Kan. The Mcaa announced Only minor changes As its men s and women s basketball rules committees wound up three Days of meetings in Scottsdale ariz., tuesday. Both committees expanded the Manda tory suspensions for fighting to include coaches and team personnel and agree to allow a player with a bloodied uniform to return before play resumes if the med ical staff determines the uniform is not saturated. Capel hired by Odu Norfolk a. Jeff Capel who directed North Carolina at into then Caa tournament in his first season signed a four year contract tuesday to replace Oliver Purnell at old Dominion. Purnell left to coach Dayton. Wimbledon sweetens pot Wimbledon England prize Money of this year s Wimbledon championships will be a record $8.52 million an increase nearly seven percent Over last year the All England club announced men s Champion will receive $517,000. The women s Winner will get $465,000. The total prize Money for men is $4.54 million. The figure for women is $3.66 million the tournament will played june 20 july 3.prize Money for the French open which starts May 23, will total $8.5 Mil lion. The . Open played aug. 29 sept 11, will offer $9,36 million. Wimbledon like the French open of fers More Money to the men than the women the other two grand slam tournaments the . Open and australian open offer equal prize Money for Menand women. Graf Rolls on in Hamburg Hamburg Germany Steffi Graf Shook off a death threat and continued her dominance of women s Tennis wednesday routing Italy s Linda per Rando 6-1, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals of the citizen cup. Graf ran her Uri beaten Streak to 34matches at the tournament where her rival Monica Seles was Stabbe Graf last year. Graf has dropped Only one set in 1994.third-seeded Jana Novotna of czech Republic reached the quarterfinals by breezing past Russia s Elena Makarova 6-1,6-1. Eighth seeded Katerina male Eva of Bulgaria won her first round match against Britain s Clare Wood 6-2,6-0. Connors beats Flach Duluth a. Jimmy Connors beat Doug Flach 7-5, 6-4 in the first round of the at to Challenge tuesday for his first tour Victory since february 1993. Connors 41, was to face fifth seeded Mulivai Washington in wednesday s Sec Ond seeded Michael Chang beat Rob Bie Weiss 6-4, 6-1, and third seeded Andre Agassi Defeated Francisco Clavet of Spain 6-3,6-3. Proline Rosset upset Munich Germany France s Cedric proline and Marc Rosset of Switzer land became the latest seeds to be upset wednesday at the $400,000 Bow open losing their second round matches in straight sets. Andrei Chesnokov of Russia breezed past the sixth seeded Rosset 6-2, 6-2, while czech David Rikl dominated at the net to Knock off the third seeded proline 6-3,7-6 7-1. Other first round seeds to be upset were Arnaud Boetsch of France and an Drei Medvedev of Ukraine. Top seeded Michael Stich of German edged czech Slava Dosedel 6-4, 6-3, to reach the quarterfinals of a Clay court tournament for the first time this year. He will face South Africa s Wayne Ferreira who rolled past Sweden s Henrik Holm 6-2,6-1 Hlasek beats Arrese Madrid Spain Switzerland Jakob Hlasek continued his charmed life at the Madrid open with a three set Vic tory in the second round wednesday Over Spain s Jordi Arrese. Hlasek who upset world no. 5 and second seed Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia in the first round beat Arrese 6-7 1-77-6 7-46-3. In other second round matches fifth seeded Carlos Costa of Spain Defeated Jean Philippe Leurian of France 6-1, 6 2, and Alex Corretta of Spain topped Tomas Carbonell of Spain 6-0, 2-6, 7-6 7-5. . Boxer critical London a fighter stopped in the 10th round of his bout for the British super bantamweight title collapsed hours later and was in critical condition wednesday. Bradley Stone lost to Richie Wenton tuesday night at London s York Hall. The referee stepped in after Stone took a heavy left Hook followed by four clean shots to the Chin after the bout Stone collapsed it his Girlfriend s Home and was taken to Royal London Hospital. It was the second time in 53 Days Stone had been stopped the 23-year-old fighter was previously unbeaten in 18 fights sports on an Central european time television nil playoffs san Jose at Detroit 1 30 . Friday. To an to . 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