European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Chiefs giving Lowery the Boot Kansas City to. A Nick Lowery the most accurate kicker in nil history will be released by the Kansas City chiefs this week a victim of the nil salary Cap. A i would be lying if i said it did t Hurt me Quot Lowery told the Kansas City Star. A if you had asked me about this five weeks ago i would have said it really shocked  found out tuesday he would be released. Lowery the third leading scorer in nil history was scheduled to make $675, 100 in base salary this year with bonuses and incentive clauses that raised his salary Cap figure to $771,000. Lowery 38, said Kansas City coach Marty sch Ottenheimer talked to him april 25, the second Day of the nil draft about the possibility of taking a pay Cut for the 1994 season. The chiefs signed free agent kicker Lin Elliott earlier this year. Chiefs officials did not return Telephone Calls tuesday evening. A it gives me the Opportunity to Sec what is out there a said Lowery who said he expected his release in the next several Days. A a it a not like i am on bad terms with the chiefs. I Hope something can be worked  the Veteran kicker said he would investigate the free agent Market but did not say if he would give the chiefs a Chance to match any offer he received from another club. Lowery has played 211 games with the chiefs. He has scored More than 100 Points in 11 of his 14 nil seasons. The stars and stripes ports june 9,1994 Page 32 away in on nil Crown in 54 years the rangers Alexei Kovalev gets tic winning goal with 4 55 left tuesday night. By Mike Nadel Vancouver British Columbia apr the new York rangers Are almost there moving within one win of their first Stanley cup championship in 54 years Mike Richter made 28 saves including a Stop of Pavel Buret a second period penalty shot Brian Leetch had a goal and three assists and Alexei Kovalev scored the Winner with 4 55 left tuesday night As new York rallied from a two goal deficit for a 4-2 Victory Over the Vancouver canucks. The rangers Lead the Bcst-of-7 series 3-1 and can wrap up the Stanley cup by winning thursday night at Madison Square Garden. A a there a no feeling in the locker room that we Are ahead of ourselves a rangers coach Mike Keenan said. A a we be been talking about it a lot not getting too far ahead a High or  since the Stanley cup finals became a seven game series in 1939, teams taking a 3-1 series Lead have gone on to win the cup 23 of 24 times. The Only team to rally from a 3-1 deficit was Toronto in 1942 against Detroit. Vancouver became the 12th team in any round to climb from a 3-1 Hole when it beat Calgary in this years opening round. Stanley cup finals the canucks who won the opener in new York Are in danger of suffering the same Fate the rangers did the last time they were in the finals. In 1979, new York won the opener in Montreal but then was swept four straight. A we did no to find a Way to win a Vancouver coach Pat Quinn said. A there Are All kinds of excuses. We did no to have any  Leetch leads All postseason scorers with 32 Points the second most for a de Senseman in a playoff year. Edmonton a Paul Coffey had 37 in 1985. A a he a been an exceptional player for us a Keenan said. A the has been Able to withstand a tremendous amount of ice time. We re very fortunate to enjoy Briana a  Leetch began the rangers comeback by scoring 4 03 into the second period and Richter kept new York close by kicking out Buret a penalty shot at 6 31. Bure the no la a leading goal scorer in both the regular season 60 and playoffs 14 is considered the league s Best breakaway threat. Richter who w As masterful in stopping the last 22 shots he faced also stopped a penalty shot in a 1990 playoff game against the new York  state Kos top seed Miami by Tom Vint Omaha neb. Apr Arizona state had a Fence busting performance in front of an empty chair. The chair belonged to Asu coach Jim Brock who is fighting cancer and returned to Arizona earlier in the Day at the request of his family doctor. A the chair is going to stay in the dugout a said Asu assistant coach Bill Kinneberg who is stepping in for his. Absent head coach and Long time Friend. A there was some discussion As to whether we should keep it and we thought Why  what Brock missed was Asur a record tying l ivc Homer 9-5 College Worl College world series Brock series Victory Over top seeded Miami tuesday the 1,100th win in Brocks 23-year Arizona state career. Earlier Mark Kotsay had a record tying seven Bis to Lead Fullerton state Over Florida stale 10-3. Both losers were ousted from the double elimination tournament. Kotsay a big game backed the three hit Relief of Dan Micahal. Arizona states Jacob Cruz and Antone Williamson each hit a pair of homers and Todd Cady had one to match another cos record in sending top seeded Miami Home. Kinneberg said Brocks chair will stay a we want his presence around us and if that is the Way to keep it great a Kinneberg said. Brocks family addressed the team before they took him to Mesa ariz., tuesday morning. A they told us to keep playing hard. They told us to do what we be been doing the whole time Battle through every inning a Kinneberg said. The Sun devils did just that. After giving up a run on a walk error and groundnut in the first Jason Bond 72 shut Down the hurricanes. He allowed Only four hits in 1\s innings including Alex Miranda a two run Homer in the seventh. But the bats of Cruz and Williamson put Asu in control. After Cady a game tying Homer in the fourth Cruz and Williamson hit Solo shots in the sixth and added two run homers in the seventh. Arizona state 45-17 handed Miami 49-14 both its losses in the tournament. The Sun devils beat the hurricanes 4-0 in the opening round saturday with Brock in attendance. The coach then missed mondays 4-3, 11-inning loss to Oklahoma Asur a next opponent on thursday. Oklahoma the fourth seed with a 48-17 record can earn a spot in saturdays final with a win thursday an Asu win would Force a second semifinal on Friday. In tuesday s earlier game Kotsay hit a grand slam added a two run double and a sacrifice Fly to tie a cos record with seven Bis to Lead Fullerton state 47-15. Two other players Jiava had seven Bis in a cos game Carl Thomas of Arizona in 1954 and Stan Holmes of Arizona state in 1981. Fullerton state the no. 7 seed moved into wednesday nights semifinal against second seeded Georgia tech 49-16. The titans 46-152-0 losers to tech in fridays first round would Force a second semifinal Friday if they beat the yellow jackets. A Fullerton state loss wednesday lets Georgia tech move into saturdays championship