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(Htp Daily Car Hppl 5 Cities Set to Play Expansion Roulette for 2 Pro Football Franchises Charlotte, St. Louis Are Front-Runners THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROSEMONT, 111. The long wait is almost over. St. Louis and Charlotte are the favorites as five cities await the NFL’s verdict on which two are in as expansion franchises. The owners begin meeting on Tuesday, with a decision expected by the end of the day, according to league spokesman Greg Aiello. Baltimore, Jacksonville and Memphis are the other cities in contention. The league’s first expansion since 1976 will give the NFL 30 teams when the new clubs begin play in 1995. Given the record ofNFL owners on major decisions, though, it could be a longer week than anticipated. On Tuesday morning, the league’scom bined expansion and finance committees arc scheduled to recommend its choices. Then the 28 owners will vote, with a city needing 21 votes to be approved. JACKSOIWIILE Stadium: 82,000-seat Gator Bowl will undergo a sl2l million renovation if franchise is granted. The stadium will have a seating capacity of 73,000, including 10,000 club seats and 68 luxury boxes. Ownership group: Touchdown Jacksonville! Ltd., headed by Connecticut shoe executive J. Wayne Weaver. Group also includes his brother, Ronald; Jeb Bush, son of former President George Bush; Jacksonville businessman Thomas J. Petway III; and former NFL player Deron Cherry. TV Market No. 56, lowest among bidders. Other sports: No professional franchises, although area is headquarters for the PGA and ATP tours. City hosts two major college football games - the annual Florida-Georgia game and the Gator Bowl. Pro football history: Jacksonville had franchises in the WFL in the 1970 sand USFL in the 1980s. The Bulls led the USFL UVa. Trip Reaps More Orange Than a Florida Orchard Whenlpulledupasheetofbleacherin Scott Stadium Saturday afternoon, I had an inkling of what I was in for. Being ostradzedby UVa. fans formy choice of schools was expected, but hey, at least I was sitting in the UNC section, right? Section 6, row V, seat 13 the ticket gods were not kind. So the greater part of my football day was awash in a melange of orange and blue. As ifl hadn’t spent enough ofthe day taking in thoughts. The graduates of Tho mas Jefferson’S school herded back to the grounds in Charlottesville for alumni week end with “V” flags a-flyin’. You can tellwhotheyare.Theykneelto the umpteen busts, statues and other ren derings of ol’ TJ as if he were the Pope. They troop around the lawn, hearkening back to their experiences as a “fourth year” student, not as a senior. They re member back to the great basketball teams 0f... ,0r0f.... Well, never mind. Anything orange suddenly becomes fashionable in this enclave of the Com monwealth. Every 50 feet on the main street, a huge (orange) “V” leaps out and reminds you that you’re in Virginia. Just in case you forgot. Nor will anyone let it slip your mind inside the stadium. The field house is dubbed “Hooville,” a name only Dr. Seuss could love, and the surroundings are gar nished with mysterious symbols denoting Calvin and Hobbes ml, TWE UNDERSIGNED DM), ...I AM LIABLE FOR. MY I DOKT SEE MON YcU'RE ATTEST TMAT I HME NENER MISTAKES AND 1 AGREE TO ALLOWED TO WANE AWD PARENTED BEFORE, AND PAN FOR. ANN COUNSELING, WITHOUT SIGNING ONE / INSOFAR AS L WANE NO IN PERPETUITY, CALYIN MAN OF THOSE. EXPERIENCE IN THE J 08,,,. REQUIRE AS A RESULT OF S && \ Vrt WREHTWI INEPYITVCt: THE Daily Crossword by Berm ©1993 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved 50 Blackbird 51 Mil. org. 52 Actress Gam 54 Garner 56 Patterned needlework 60 Slow dance 64 —of (in conflict) 65 Car lot activity 67 Reason 68 Music to matadors 69 Knight wear 70 Remainder 71 Caviar base 72 Poker bet DOWN 1 Polish 2 Minor 3 Electric units 4 Hits hard 5 Droop 6 Golf hazard 7 Cried shrilly 8 Piercing cries 9 Kind of fracture 10 Guthrie 11 River of Asia 13 Misfit 15 Vietnam holiday 17 Coal strata ACROSS 1 Fishhook part 5 Pig's place 8 One-horse vehicle 12 Plaintiff 13 Hindu garment 14 Gem weight 16 Provides a need 18 Moon valley 19 Ate nothing 20 Fizzle 22 Lip 24 Start a game 25 Fate 28 Word relating to the speed of sound 30 Spanish friends 34 Somewhat: suff. 35 Temporary money 37 Carroll's imaginary animal 38 Entre 40 Weights 42 Sea bird 43 Saint fire 45 Necessities 47 Jazz style 48 Chide Need help with this crossword puzzle? Call 1-900- 454-3014. Your phone company will bill you 95 cents per minute. Rotary or touch-tone phones. “I’m not sure we’ll be able to get any thing done quickly unless we amend the rules for the vote,” said Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell, referring to the three quarters vote. He suggested a procedure similar to that used in voting on Super Bowl sites, where the city getting the few est votes on each ballot is eliminated. But one ranking league official noted that expansion franchises, for which the groups will pay the league $l4O million, are a far more important long-term venture than Super Bowl sites. Last time the NFL expanded, the Tampa Bay and Seattle fran chises paid sl6 million each. St. Louis and Charlotte appeared to be the front-runners, with Baltimore third if St. Louis is rejected. Most owners seem inclined to give one franchise to a city that lost one— St. Louis lost the Cardinals to Phoenix in 1988 and Baltimore lost the Colts to Indianapolis in 1984. in attendance. In the past 15 years, the Baltimore Colts, New Orleans Saints, Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons have all discussed moving to Jacksonville. Travelog: Located on St. Johns River on Florida's Atlantic coast the city is a major port. St. Augustine, the nation's oldest city, is 20 miles to the south. Amelia Island, a popular resort, also is nearby. Jacksonville Landing, a revitalized downtown entertainment and retail complex, is located on the river. ' X UVa.’s secret societies. There are the simple in signias: a white “Z” in a black circle painted on the field house and the letters “IMP” under the play clock on the scoreboard. But in the ZACHARY ALBERT | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR endzone's general seating lies a 30-foot “7” that separates an alpha and omega, topped off with an infinity sign. I figure it works out some type of chemical equation for something. Something orange. I asked a member ofthe event staff what any of these signs meant. The man told me that there were simply seven societies that kept secrets from each other. “They try to be Ivy League during the week and Big Ten on Saturdays,” he explained. All secrets aside, this football Saturday had all the hype it deserved without the added fanfare of a college band. This is good for Virginia, considering its troupe of scab musicians is about the size of a Duke Ellington small group. If you weren’t aware, the UVa. pep band was banned from Scott Stadium and 21 Oolong 23 Curtain cloth 25 Vessel 26 Mio" 27 Hitchhiker's need 29 Seed mark 31 Greta of films 32 "To be —...” 33 Beehives 36 Tough question 39 Grumpy one 41 Runs nude 44 Spider 46 Sole of a plow 49 Summer: Fr. 53 Warmth 55 City in Italy 56 Pouch 57 From a distance 58 Pout 59 Farm building 61 —Carlo Menotti 62 Letter: abbr. 63 Lustful look 66 So-so grade i 5 3 4 * 7 To~ 7? HiT jjHri 15 i6 ’ 17 ’ we ” ~~ ~ 19 Mi 21 2^|^24 25 26 _ 36j1837 38 4^8142 43 4^HH47 TS 49U50 j^Hsi Jps2 s^pj| 56 57 58 ' 61 62 63 64 _ "■■6s 66 67 ■kr ~ Wh ■ 111 ■ll m 111 BALTIMORE Stadium: Team owners will build a $l6O million stadium with a capacity of more than 72,000 - including 108 skyboxes and 7,500 club seats - paid for with bonds backed by special lotteries and stadium revenue. Ownership group: The only candidate with two ownership groups vying for one team. Clothing magnate Leonard 'Boogie' Weinglass leads one group, which features filmmaker Barry Levinson and former NFL player Joe Washington. The other group is headed by Florida-based investor Malcolm Glazer, who said his sons will run the team. TV Market No. 22. Other sports: Baseball's Orioles, who moved into acclaimed Oriole Park at Camden Yards last year. There are several small college teams in the city, while the University of Maryland plays its home games on campus, about 25 miles away. MEMPHIS Stadium: Liberty Bowl will undergo a S6O million renovation if the city gets a franchise. The city-owned stadium, which seats 63,000, was built in 1967 and last renovated in 1987 for $22 million. New renovations, financed by local government bonds, would increase seating to 68,000, including 8,300 club seats and 100 skyboxes. Ownership group: Memphis Pro Football Inc. is led by William B. Dunavant, a cotton merchant. Also in the group are Paul Tudor Jones 11, a Wall Street money manager and Dunavant’s cousin; Willie Davis, a member of the NFL Hall of Fame and businessman; and even the Elvis Presley estate. TV Market No. 39. Pro football history: Memphis sought an expansion franchise in 1974 but lost out to Tampa and Seattle. The Southmen of the WFL played at the Liberty Bowl in 1974. The Showboats of the USFL were considered one other ACC locales forits madcap, off-color humor. They can pass through the gates, but their instruments must stay behind. So during the game, the hired-gun band of two dozen or so thumps out soft tunes beside the student section, while the more organized, but more obnoxious, pep band belts out pomp from across the street. The issue has festered into the grand scope of the BCC controversy, complete with aerial advertisement. Midway through the second quarter, a biplane circled the field with the message, “Hey!! Where’sthe pep band?” I was informed that this was the group’s follow-up to the last home game’s anthem, “Why is it so quiet?” . But the real noise was made by the Hob fans (you sure couldn’t hear the band). After every touchdown, field goal, or extra point, the UVa. faithful linked arms and swung into “The Good 01’ Song,” which praises Virginia to the tune of “ Auld Lang Syne.” In the Cavalier seating, it’s like New Year’s Eve in October. Fortunately for me, the lyrics were printed on the stadium’s plastic cups, so I could see how “Wahoowa” is spelled. The stadium didn’t run short on the cups either. In the third quarter, an industrious group of students began shelving cups upon cups upon cups. The resulting creation was a gigantic “cup snake” that extended from front row to back. “Must be engineering students,” one parent quipped. -- r •• Hockey's Washington Capitals franchise is in nearby Landover. Pro football history: The Baltimore Colts played in the NFL from 1953-83, when owner Robert Irsay packed up moving vans in the dead of night and took the team to Indianapolis. The city also had a USFL team, the Stars, who played at the University of Maryland. Travelog: Baltimore, 40 miles from the nation's capital, features the Inner Harbor, about a quarter-mile from Camden Yards. ’ „ of the strongest franchises in the league. Other sports: No major pro team in any sport, but the Memphis Chicks are the Double A farm team of the Kansas City Royals. The Memphis Rlverkings of the Central Hockey League play at Mid-South Coliseum. Indoor soccer and minor league basketball teams are no more. Travelog: Largest city on the Mississippi River between St Louis and New Orleans, Memphis is a regional hub for transportation. Its major tourist attraction is Graceland, Elvis Presley's former home. But even ifl forget all these things about the trip, I will always remember the class shown by one Virginia fan who sat beside me that day. A wiry man in his 80s talked to me about his lone visit to Chapel Hill back in ’43, and the football he had seen in his years. He waved his pom-pom and blew a whistle the entire day and told me about the players. When he left, he held my shoulder and shook my hand. I didn’t even know his name, but I thanked him for his consider ation to this Tar Heel. It’s something col lege football could use more of. 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The franchise would play the 1995 season at Clemson University. Ownership group: A 15-member group is led by Jerry Richardson, whose Flagstar Companies operates Denny's and Hardee's restaurants. TV Market No. 29. Other sports: The NBA Charlotte Hornets will play their sixth season this fall after making the playoffs for the first time last spring. They led the league in attendance for four seasons, with a streak of 194 straight sellouts at the 23,698-seat Charlotte Coliseum. The city also has a minor-league hockey team, the Checkers; the Knights, a Triple A farm team of the Cleveland Indians; and Arena Football. College basketball is king in North Carolina, with the last three NCAA champions coming from the state. ST. LOUIS Stadium: A 70,000-seat, $258 million domed stadium is being built downtown, to be completed in October 1995, a month after the new team would begin play. Busch Stadium would be used until the new building Is ready. Ownership group: Majority partner Jerry G. Clinton, who owns Grey Eagle Distributors Inc., one of Anheuser-Busch's largest beer distributorships in St. Louis County, Hall of Famer Walter Payton, NFL career rushing leader for the Chicago Bears during a 13-year career that ended in 1987; and limited partner James Busch Orthwein, owner of the New England Patriots. TV Market No. 18, the largest without an NFL team. Other sports: Baseball s Cardinals and hockey's Blues. St. Louis University Is a member of the Great Midwest Conference, with men's and women's basketball and men's soccer being the major sports. PEPPER'S ——( Limited Edition / V Halloween T-shirts ' 127-129 E. Franklin St. Downtown Chapel Hill Next to the Varsity Theater 967-7766 Bottles and house drinks SI.OO COVER ONLY SI.OO TONIGHT 15973 E. Franklin SI. 929-0101 I "MORE THAN JUST THE BEST '■£ J| AMERICAN FILM OF THE YEAR!" -foe Gomez, THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY {HCVI * 1:30 Daniel Day-Lewis Michelle Pfeiffer Winona Ryder £3 TheAgEOFINNOCPVCEj^njt^q "Two Thumbs Up, WAY UP!" ■ETvSK ii \c-vr\ 11 n “OH I0Y! WHAT LUCK! I=3o LUCK CLUB s EE this film'.’ f ISS - H ,SltaJlnll'AMlHl|-0\ III! MA'Il v „\Wkvnwife * '•**' UV AMS' TAN _ Interested in New York Jobs in advertising, publishing, public relations, non-profit, legal research, consulting, arts, etc. Attend information meeting about University Career Services New York Interview Day. October 26 or 27 3:30 pm, 210 Hanes Hall University Career Services Division of Student Affairs Tuesday, October 26,1993 wj& g % . ill!§ Pro football history: The Hornets of the World Football League had a one-year stint in the city's 20,000-seat stadium. The franchise died with the league In 1975. Two USFL exhibitions were played in the city, but the league never located there. Travelog: It has been a perennial home to NCAA postseason basketball and is host for the two NASCAR races. There are museums, a performing arts center and an amusement park south of the city on the South Carolina border. Pro football history: The Cardinals moved from Chicago to St. Louis in 1960 with limited success. Owner Bill Bidwill moved the team to Phoenix after the 1987 season. In 1974-76, coach Don Coryell compiled a 31-11 record, but the team never had a home playoff game. Travelog: Located on the Mississippi River, it is known worldwide for its Gateway Arch on the downtown riverfront. It also was famous for the blues and was where rock 'n' roll legends Chuck Berry and Tina Turner got their starts. 7
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