Andre Moore, the Denver Nuggets` second-round draft choice, won`t be playing with the Nuggets this season after all. Moore and his agent, George Andrews, talked to Nuggets vice president Pete Babcock on Sunday, and said the 6-foot-8-inch forward from Loyola of Chicago was ”going home” and probably would sign on with a European team. The Nuggets, who have to fulfill 11 guaranteed contracts, were prepared to guarantee Moore`s contract if he made the opening day roster. Andrews argued that if his client came to training camp, he was jeopardizing his chances of playing with a European team, because the European season already has started. Andrews argued at least a part of the contract should be guaranteed. ”What an opportunity he`s missed,” said Nuggets coach Doug Moe of Moore. ”He couldn`t have had it set up any better to make the team.”
Larry Mowry came from four shots back to charge past Arnold Palmer and win the Senior Challenge golf tournament by two strokes at Roswell, Ga. Mowry shot 66 to finish at 13-under-par 203 over the 54 holes. Gene Littler shot a 66 for a 205 and second place. Palmer shot a 77, including a triple bogey 8 on 18, and tied for fifth at 210. Palmer had a 4-stroke lead entering the final round. . . . In the German Masters, Sandy Lyle of Britain defeated Bernhard Langer of West Germany on the second playoff hole at Stuttgart, West Germany. . . . Jane Geddes of the U.S. sank a two-foot birdie putt on the final hole and edged Japan`s Ayako Okamoto by one stroke to win the Takara Invitational in Hinocho, Japan.
Kim Chong-ha, president of the South Korea National Olympic Committee, said the Soviet Union and other East European nations have promised to attend the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Kim made the statement in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he attended a two-day meeting of European national Olympic committees. . . . North Korea has sent South Korea a letter urging it to reconsider its refusal to let the North co-host the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, the North`s official Korean Central News Agency reported.
