European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes ports july 22,1994 Pago 40 Madison wis of a just months after coaching Wisconsin to its first Mcaa tournament berth in 47 years Stu Jackson could be heading Back to the Aba several news organizations wednesday said Jackson will be hired As general manager of Vancouver Saba expansion team. The capital times of Madison said Jackson a appointment will be announced Friday. A there May be Jackson something in the works a Wisconsin athletic director Pat Richter said tuesday night. A any comment will have to come from  Jackson Wasny to in his office wednesday to comment on the report. His Home Telephone number is unlisted. The Milwaukee Sentinel citing unidentified sources reported that Wisconsin assistant Stan Van Gundy was expected to be named to replace Jackson possibly in the next several Days. An assistant to Vancouver majority owner Arthur Griffiths said an announcement will come a a shortly regarding the hiring of the teams general manager Vancouver begins play in the 199596 season. Jackson has been the subject of rumours about other positions almost since he came to Wisconsin two years ago. Last summer he was mentioned As a candidate for the Atlanta Hawks coaching Job. This Spring following reports he had received an offer from Iowa state Wisconsin gave Jackson a contract Extension through 1998. Jackson a players said they were surprised by the reports of his leaving. A i done to know what to say in a just kind of shocked really a guard Jalil Roberts said. A a big Shock a said incoming recruit Booker Coleman who said a main reason for coming to Wisconsin was the Opportunity to play for Jackson. Another recruit Forward Sean Daugherty from Vincennes ind., told the Milwaukee Sentinel that Jackson telephoned him wednesday to say he had accepted the new Post a the said it was just too Good to turn Down a Daugherty said a the said he had no interest in coaching anywhere else in College but really wanted to get Back to the Aba and this was the Job he was waiting  off to an Early Start californians Gary Disarcina slides safely across Home plate to get Damon Berryhill awaits throw from the Outfield wednesday in an the Angels off to a fast Start in their 8-4 Victory As Boston Catcher Aheim see Page 38 for am Rran league stories Gravity is latest reason for p Ost p o n in g activities by Jim Cour Seattle apr from the City that brought you the rained out Aba game now comes the major league Home stand Cut Short by Gravity. Officials announced wednesday that six american league games would not be played in the kingdom this week because of the threat that More ceiling insulation tiles could fall on unsuspecting fans or players below. Four tiles dropped tuesday prompting postponement of a Seattle mariners game against the Baltimore orioles. Unwilling to risk the possibility of More insulation crashing Down wednesdays Seattle Baltimore doubleheader a including a makeup of tuesdays game a also was postponed and a four game series thursday through sunday against the Boston red sox was shifted to Fenway Park. A this is just another strange part of the season a said mariners third baseman Tino Martinez. A we really done to need any Days off right now. We re just coming off the All Star  a a done to we have to play in a Neutral stadium a asked Ken Griffey or. A How about Tampa Well be there in �?T97 . That was a reference to Tampa Sef forts to lure the team away from Seattle and the mariners threat not to renew their kingdom lease in 1997 unless King county provides them with a new stadium. A kingdom officials called in forensic engineers wednesday to try to determine Why four tiles fell from the ceiling nearly Iso feet up into the stands behind Home plate tuesday. No one was Hurt in tuesdays mishap but it forced the first cancellation of a sporting event in the domes is year history. It wednesday team officials announced the red sox series would be played in Boston with Seattle considered the visitor. The mariners said they would have preferred to play in either of a couple of nearby triple a Pacific coast league stadiums Cheney stadium in Tacoma Wash or . Place in Vancouver British Columbia. A this was the american leagues Call and the leagues preference was to put these games in a major league Ballpark a said Lee Pelekoudas mariners director of baseball administration. The teams will play Friday a doubleheader saturday and sunday. The mariners next scheduled Home stand begins aug. 2 against the California Angels. A visual inspection found no further problems with the King dome a 80,000 ceiling tiles. A 32-by-4s-Inch tile weighing about 15 pounds tumbled into the stands about 4 30 . Tuesday while players were doing their warm up stretching. Three More of the Wood fiber tiles fell an hour later two into the third tier of stands and one onto a Walkway in the first tier. Its not the first time games have been called off at domed stadiums. In 1976, a. Game was called at Houston because of 10 inches of rain in the City. Minnesota had a game called in 1983 because of a snowstorm and Montreal lost 10 games at the end of the season in 1991 because of falling Concrete. In fact the problem is not unique in Seattle nor has it been confined to baseball. On Jan. 5, 1986, an indoor basketball game Between the supersonics and Phoenix suns was called when rain leaked through the roof of the Seattle coliseum the two postponed Baltimore Seattle games Are expected to be made up at the end of the season if they play a part in the division races. The orioles Are in Sec. Ond place behind the new York Yankees in the  East and the mariners arc 16 games under .500 in the Al West