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DADT SCOREBOARD 11D BASEBALL 2D OUTDOORS 9D HORSES 10D SECTION FRIDAY MAY 24 1991 Sfc Maim Herald Joe Robbie Stadium gets '95 Super Bowl committee chaired by commissioner Paul Tagliabue will review the formal applications and establish a short list of finalists League owners then will have until the fall of 1992 to select the new franchises giving the winning cities two years to put their organizations in place This expansion plan will create six five-team divisions and will insure some kind of divisional realignment beginning in 1994 Tagliabue said the owners didn't discuss how dramatic that realignment will be nor did they talk about the franchise price or specific cities in the running Tagliabue said the owners generally agreed that expansion is in the NFL's best interest "Our discussion came down to the timing the timetable for adding teams and the business conditions to exist for that to be done" he said medium income of the cities bidding Thirty-five percent of our population have a median income over $55000 and 50 percent have a median income of $37000" He said Baltimore will build a 65000-seat stadium if awarded a franchise St Louis also sells its population (25 million) its TV market (largest of the competing franchise cities) and even adds some namedropping "We have the location the population the highest TV market and an extraordinary corporate presence" said Francis Murray of the St Louis-NFL Partnership "We also have all-time leading rusher Walter Payton as one of our principal investors" Murray noted that St Louis is building a 70000-seat downtown domed stadium slated to be completed in 1995 Two smaller cities expected to make MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The National Football League announced Thursday at its owners' meetings in Minneapolis that Miami's Joe Robbie Stadium will be the site of the 1995 Super Bowl This followed Wednesday's announcement that two new teams will join the NFL in 1994 League owners approved the plan to grow by two teams to 30 Nearly a dozen cities are expected to submit applications to purchase the two new franchises Representatives from five of the more aggressive groups Baltimore Charlotte NC Jacksonville Fla Memphis Tenn and St Louis are in attendance at the two-day NFL meetings Other cities believed to be interested include San Antonio Sacramento Calif Oakland Calif and Portland Ore Prior to March 1992 a special expansion Tagliabue said he expects the NFL Players Association to welcome the expansion because more than 100 new jobs will be created for players in 1994 However Tagliabue noted that labor-management conflict would be grounds to delay the expansion timetable The decision marks the NFL's first growth since Tampa Bay and Seattle joined the league in 1976 Representatives on hand from bidding expansion cities received the news with smiles and continued their subtle and not-so-subtle lobbying of reporters "Baltimore stacks up in the top two of every major category you use for criteria" said Herb Belgrad chairman of the Maryland Stadium Authority which is pushing for a team in Baltimore "We have the highest population in a 25-mile radius (23 million) and we have the highest household strong cases Jacksonville and Charlotte are trying to sell the regional appeal of the Southeast "The Southeast is where all the growth is" said Chick Sherrer president of the Touchdown Jacksonville group "Twenty percent of the population in the United States are in the five states of the Carolinas Alabama Georgia and Florida "And Florida has the highest growth rate in the nation We averaged over 50000 fans with a USFL team in Jacksonville In other business the league voted to allow teams to suit up one additional player above the allotted 45 as an emergency quarterback This extra player could only be used if the starter and backup quarterbacks suffered game-ending injuries His use would prevent the starter or back-up from reentering the game O's Robinson quits Oates is new manager West II Regional UM at Fresno Calif: Hurricanes vs Portland incomplete Atlantic Regional FSU at Tallahassee: Seminoles vs Coastal Carolina incomplete FIU at Tallahassee: Alabama 4 Golden Panthers 1 (FIU plays Florida State-Coastal Carolina winner at 3 pm today) East Regional UF at Gainesville: Gators vs Furman BALTIMORE (AP) Frank Robinson resigned as manager of the Baltimore Orioles today and was replaced by coach Johnny Oates The Baltimore Evening Sun reported Robinson baseball's first black manager when he took over the Cleveland Indians in 1975 will return to the Orioles' front office The Sun reported Robinson's resignation marks the third major-league managerial change in three days and the fourth this season On Tuesday the Chicago Cubs fired Don Zimmer and replaced him a day later with Jim Essian On Wednesday the Kansas City Royals fired John Wathan and named Bob Schaefer interim manager In April the Philadelphia Phillies fired Nick Leyva and replaced him with Jim Fregosi The Orioles in last place in the AL East with a 13-24 record have scheduled a 4:15 pm EDT news conference but would not discuss what the subject matter would be The Sun reported that Oates would be the interim manager The 55-year-old Robinson became the Orioles manager in April 1988 leaving his job as special assistant to the president to replace Cal Ripken Sr The Hall of Famer previously manager the Indians (1975-77) and the San Francisco Giants (1981-84) The 45-year-old Oates has been an Orioles coach since 1989 He had previous coaching experience with the Chicago Cubs (1984-87) and three years managerial experience in the minors including being named International League manager of the year with Rochester in 1988 The Orioles like the Cubs and Royals were in last place on the day they changed managers Baltimore is 10 games behind first-place Boston in the AL East Robinson was named AL manager of the year in 1989 after taking the Orioles from last place in '88 to second place with an 87-75 mark His record as a manager is 738-815 Robinson who played for the Orioles from 1966-1971 was promoted from coach to manager in 1988 FIU snoozes through 5-1 loss to Bama By ALEX MARVEZ Herald Writer TALLAHASSEE Though newcomers to Division I post-season baseball competition Florida International University's players looked like they would rather have been at home Thursday as Alabama stifled the Golden Panthers 5-1 in a first-round game at the Atlantic Regional Playing their first game since winning the Trans America Athletic Conference tournament May 4 The Golden Panthers mustered only three hits off Alabama starter Dennis Walsh with the lone score coming on an eighth-inning home run by Nathan Harvey And once the Crimson Tide jumped to a 3-0 fifth-inning lead before 798 fans at Dick Howser Stadium the FIU shoulders slumped and never rose again "We are not going to use the time off as an excuse but our rhythm was completely off" FIU Coach Danny PLEASESEE FIU 11D a i Phillies' Tommy Greene pitches no -hitter vs Expos rHJ The 75th Indianapolis 500 Where: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Ind Distance: 500 miles 200 laps around the 2-mile asphalt-on-brick track When: Engines start at 11 53 am Sunday green flag at noon 10 and 25 Paul Page Sam Posey and Bobby Unser Programming starts at 11 am Radio: WJNO (1230) West Palm Beach American League Texas at Minnesota Boston at Detroit Cleveland at Milwaukee at FINAL By GARY LONG Herald Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS Elvis Presley the king of rock and roll became Private Presley US Army service number 53310761 Rebel leader Fidel Castro launched his offensive against the Fulgencio Batista government from a mountain stronghold in western Cuba Nikita Khrushchev was appointed premier of the Soviet Union John Unitas' heroics in Baltimore's 23-17 overtime victory over the New York Giants for the National Football League title raised the pro game to a new plateau The year was 1958 That month of May a brash pugnacious 23-year-old Texan whose daddy built midget race cars made his first Indianapolis 500 start Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr "A to the racing world has not missed one since He has won four of them along with about everything else worth winning in his sport Sunday's 75th Indy 500 will be his 34th and he says his last An era will end when Foyt concludes this Indy-car season Typically Foyt 56 is leaving with guns blazing He muscled onto the front row by qualifying at a speed of 222443 miles per hour about 79 mph faster than he qualified in 1958 On his left as the green flag falls Sun- National League Phila 2 Montreal 0 LA at Houston San Fran at Cincinnati St Louis at PIttsrwrgftlJHI San Diego at Atlanta Chicago at Now York See Baseball Report 2-3D From Herald Wire Services MONTREAL Tommy Greene making only the 15th start of his major league career pitched a no-hitter as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Montreal Expos 2-0 Thursday Greene a 24-year-old righthander walked seven and struck out a career-high 10 in pitching the second no-hitter of the season and the eighth in Phillies history The Expos didn't come close to getting a hit They hit only three balls out of the infield flys by Tim Wallach in the fourth Ron Hassey in the seventh and Mark Grissom in the eighth In the ninth Greene struck out Andres Galarraga and got Larry Walker on a groundout to third Wallach then hit a bouncer back to Greene who jogged toward first and flipped the ball to Ricky Jordan for the final out Greene and Jordan hugged as the Phillies ran out onto the field The last Philadelphia pitcher to throw a no-hitter was Terry Mulhol-land against San Francisco last Aug day will be Rick Mears a three-time Indy champ and the man most likely to become the event's first five-time winner On Foyt's right will be Mario Andretti who like Foyt is one of the most accomplished drivers in history because of his achievements in all forms of racing But no driver is Foyt's equal with the fans He's Everyman's idea of the guy who would punch out the boss He's the only one who would follow a disappointing qualifying run by complaining over the public-address system as he did in 1985: PLEASE SEE FOYT 7D AGE INJURIES HAVEN'T DIMMED DRIVE TO WIN 15 It was the third no-hitter against Montreal and the first since Bob Forsch of St Louis did it on Sept 26 1983 Nolan Ryan pitched the first no-hitter this season against Toronto May There were nine no-hitters in the majors last season the most in the modern era PHILL FLANDERS Miami Herald Staff.