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Sun-Sentinel Thursday, June 27, L' USUS (LACK OF) ATTENDANCE Spokesman for former USL team says league not good for soccer The approximate a vera re attendances for the four USL teams. Throsga three gimei. By Fran LaSeUe Suit nut chairman of the league's executive committee, how unstable things were. Jacksonville dropped saw that he was getting do respoDe, he withdrew out; Charlotte tried to go to the NASL: and rt i-t Instability at the start of the year led several from the USL mm tho I'CT icaiia wjmoraw irom me umieo soccer uiuiaw iiuiu uc vmtcu owucr tried very, very hard to get everyone to rivalry with the Roughnecks, with the USL team tin vitfc mammihaa it iu uaiu everyone ui rivalry wim ine nougrmecKS, witn inc LcL team with League and could make the kague's plans to corae a performance bond," Walker coming out the loser. We pulled out because CT CAPACITY) spokesman for a former USL team said and be was the only one with a performance Wednesday.

bond I believe (the South Florida Sun came up Houston, along with the Tulsa Roughnecks, "We made a decision to withdraw from the with one the next day, and another team came was mentined Wednesday morning by Sun pub- USL because we did not feel the league was a with one that turned out to be unacceptable. lic relations director Musa Njai as possibilities good thing for soccer," said Jim Walker, general "Peter felt it was important to have those 10 PlaT Florida as part of the league's manager of the Houston Dynamos. "We did not performance bonds to insure that no teams tournament schedule. Tulsa General Manager south aomoA sun OALUS AMERICANS 2,400 EL PASO GAMECOCKS 1.430 TULSA TORNADO 500 LOCKHART (19.C2D) LOOS (12.50C) BENITO JUAREZ (22,000) SELIV (41.0 business decision." trying to get everybody to agree with him I bis officc 10 confirm if his team had plans to play a nt.H wv 1 Cum the Sun. Accoraing 10 wauter, uynamos owner reter neve a coupie oi oiner leams said they had ITanA actro4 fha 1 nirA tonma tr voiea hnnH that tlirnol nut Ka nntMAntik1.

"We have been contacted on several J50.000 performance bond. When Kane, then teams started to drop out when they realized Please see USL, 7C i i I Bobo goes boom-boom vs. Wilander 0 V'7 TV- '-II11, Zivojinovic's powerful serve too much for French champ i HOW SEEDS FARED if .1 Men 3. Jimmy Connors beat Stefan Simonsson 6-1. 6-3.

6-4. 4. Mats Wilander lost to Slobodan Zivojinovic 6-2. 5-7. 7-5.

6-0. 7. Joakim Nystrom beat Jason Goodall 6-3. 6-3, 3-6. 6-0.

9. Johan Kriek beat Victor Pecci 6-4. 6-0, 4-6. 7-5. 10.

Aaron Krickstein lost to Bud Schultz 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4. 11. Yannick Noah beat Brad' Gilbert 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (5- 7). 6-3. 13.

Eliot Teltscher beat Gianni Ocleppo 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-3), 6-0. 16. Tim Mayotte beat Trevor Allan 7-5, 6-4. 6-2. Women 8.

Zina Garrison beat Elna Rei-nach 6-2, 6-1. Scores, scaedue 8C By Jim Sarni Staff Writer WIMBLEDON, England His name is Slobodan Zivojinovic, but in the tennis world he is known as Bobo the Giant. Wednesday at Wimbledon, the 21-year-old Yugoslav, who stands 6 feet, 6 inches, became Bobo the Giant-Killer. Zivojinovic, ranked No. 77, stood tall at Centre Court, as he stunned French Open champion Mats Wilander, the No.

4 seed, 6-2, 5-7, 7- 5, 6-0. Bud Schultz, a 28-year old jour' neyman from Meriden, be came the second Wimbledon star-for-a-day by upsetting 10th-seeded Aaron Krickstein 6-4, 3-6, 7- 6, 6-4 in a match that started Tuesday and was delayed by rain again Wednesday. Krickstein, 17, was playing his first professional match on grass and looked as helpless as a novice on skates. Although Wilander lost, the rest of the Swedish seeds Anders Jarryd (5), Joakim Nystrom (7) and Stefan Edberg (14) marched on. Third-seeded Jimmy Connors reduced the Swedish contingent by eliminating unseeded Stefan Simonsson 6-1, 6-3, 6-4.

Zivojinovic cut down Wilander with a booming serve that produced 16 aces. Not that the big guy just i4 4 i played power tennis. He passed well and won points with precise drop shots. "My dream was to play on Centre Court," said Zivojinovic, who had never played a match at Wimbledon before Wednesday. "But when you win, it is no more dream." "I knew I was in for a tough Please see WIMBLEDON, 7C AP photo Yugoslavia's Slobodan Zivojinovic tries to make a name for himself with his upset win over Mats Wilander Wednesday.

Gamblers' financial woes may send Kelly shopping Orioles obtain Wiggins from Pad res report If i i win By Craig Barnes Staff Writer Houston Gamblers quarterback Jim Kelly, the former University of Miami All-Ameri-- can, said Wednesday he could become a free agent at the end of the USFL season if the team is unable to resolve its current cial problems. Team President Jerry Argovitz said man-: agement failed to meet the players' payroll Monday. Argovitz reportedly is negotiating with New York financier Carl Icahn for sale of the team. Players have been told they will be in-; formed Friday of their next payday and of the team's future. Argovitz said that unless the club meets its payroll by Monday, all player contracts would be considered defaulted and the club I risks takeover by the league.

"I'm worried and concerned about my players and coaches," Argovitz said Tues-; day. "If I were an agent, I'd take the position that they club were in breach of contract." Argovitz is a former agent. Kelly isn't claiming anybody has breached his contract, but he is looking for some secu- rity for the remainder of this season as well as 1986. "I'd like nothing better than to have every-thing resolved in Houston because I love the place," said the 6-foot-3, 215-pound Kelly, who will lead the Gamblers against Birmingham in the playoffs Saturday. "But I have to think about myself, too.

"At the moment, I'm most concerned with the playoffs. When the season is over, I'll talk with Greg Lustig, his agent and see where everything stands. Obviously, free agency is one possibility." Kelly, who completed 360 of 567 passes for 4,623 yards and 39 touchdowns before injuring his right knee May 26 against Arizona, said if he becomes a free agent that Buffalo of the NFL, the team that drafted him 14th in the first round in 1983, would be a consideration. "They have my NFL rights," he said, "and, of course, there would be the other USFL teams. Most important, however, is the financial security of the team I'm going to be playing for." A.J.

Faigin, a partner in Lustig's management group in Cleveland, said the firm is monitoring the Houston situation. "Our primary concern is for Jim Kelly and to make sure all elements of his contract are honored," Faigin said. Kelly signed a $3.5 million, five-year deal in 1983 with escalation clauses guaranteed to make him the highest-paid quarterback in professional football during each year of the agreement. Faigin emphasized breach of contract isn't necessarily constituted by failure to comply on one payment. "Usually, a certain amount of time is allowed to cure non-payment," Faigin said.

"Earlier in the season, the San Antonio Gun-slingers were given 10 days, I think, by an arbitrator to meet their obligations or all players became free agents. They made the payments. "From a frank and practical standpoint, it Please see KELLY, 11C A baseball blooper from catcher-pitcher Sun-Sentinel wire wrvicei PITTSBURGH The Montreal Expos used third-string catcher Sal Butera as a pitcher in the eighth inning of an 11-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday night Butera was the fourth pitcher used by Expos manager Bob Rodgers, whose team fell behind 9-0 after starter Jack O'Connor allowed nine runs in lVj innings. Butera retired all three batters he faced and threw a blooper pitch for a ball to Pirates' Tony Pena. George Hendrick grounded out and Jason Thompson flied out before Butera, grinning broadly, threw a fastball past Pena.

Butera then lofted a blooper pitch, which Pena ignored before grounding out on the next pitch. "I thoroughly enjoyed myself," said Butera. "I was just hoping they wouldn't hit the ball up the middle." Before Butera's fun, Bill Almon had three hits and ignited a six-run Pittsburgh second inning with a run-scoring double. The Pirates hit eight doubles and Rick Reuschel (4-1) scattered nine hits. United Press International NEW YORK The Baltimore Orioles, taking a chance on two-time drug abuser Alan Wiggins, reached agreement Wednesday to obtain the second baseman from the San Diego Padres for a minor leaguer, according to UPI.

The deal amounts to little more than a giveaway for the Padres, who had said Wiggins, 27, would never play for them again after he left the club April 26 and checked into a drug rehabilitation center for the second time in three years. In return for Wiggins, the Padres will get either Roy Lee Jackson, a 31-year-old right-handed reliever, or Joe Kucharski, a 24-year-old right-handed starter, both of whom are with the Orioles' Triple-A Rochester team in the International League. Commissioner Peter Ueberroth has to give Eermission for any deal involving Wiggins ecause of Wiggins' drug-related past Before General Managers Hank Peters of the Orioles and Jack McKeon of the Padres could agree on the trade, the Padres had to assume 50 percent of the risk of Wiggins' contract for the remainder of this year in the event he falls back on drugs. The Orioles are responsible for 25 percent and Wiggins assumes the remaining 25 percent The risk factor decreases each year as far as the Padres are concerned. Wiggins signed a 4-year, contract with the Padres last winter.

The large contract was one of several obstacles they were unable to overcome during trade talks Please see WIGGLXS, 4C JIM KELLY WITH HOUSTON Pwiing Year Cmp. Alt. Vdt. TOt 19S4 370 587 5,219 44 1985 360 S67 4,623 39 Totals 7301,154 9,842 83 Rushing Ysar Rush. Yds.

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