
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 28, 1993                   TAG: 9307280080
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
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IN SPORTS - ETC.

Mary Pierce, who dropped her father as tennis coach a week ago, reportedly will go to court for a restraining order to enforce the ban against him attending tour events.

Jim Pierce, known for unruly behavior while watching his daughter play, was banned from the tour for two years after a disturbance May 28 during the third round of the French Open. He was removed by 10 security guards for causing a disturbance.

\ Driver Stanley Smith, who fractured his skull during a NASCAR Winston Cup race last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, was slightly more responsive although he is semi-conscious.

Cullen Clark, a spokesman for Carraway Methodist Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala., said his condition was upgraded to critical but stable.

\ A bill introduced in the Ohio Senate could force the Cleveland Indians, Miami University's Redskins and high school sports teams to drop their American Indian nicknames.

Sen. Jeff Johnson, D-Cleveland, sponsored the proposal that prohibits public funds from being used at public facilities displaying or disseminating material "that is demeaning to a recognized ethnic or racial group."

Indians owner Richard Jacobs has said that the name and logo are part of the club's tradition and that it will continue to use both.

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