Henning Succeeds Arbour With Islanders

The New York Islanders appointed assistant Lorne Henning head coach on Monday, replacing Al Arbour, who retired after the NHL season.

Henning, 41, becomes the fifth coach in the franchise’s 22-year history.

Henning coached the Minnesota North Stars for two seasons, 1985-87, but said he joined the Islanders as an assistant to Arbour because the Islander head coaching job was what he wanted.

Colleges

Washington State, already on probation for breaking NCAA scholarship rules, had two years added to its probationary period for letting ineligible athletes play, the Pacific-10 Conference said. As a result, the university will remain on probation until June of 1997.

The school said it reassigned Bobbi Bonace, director of compliance and eligibility, after the conference claimed she knowingly certified a football player as eligible even though she knew he failed to meet the NCAA’s satisfactory-progress rule.

Arizona State’s athletic department has been put on probation for one year for minor recruiting violations, including making too many telephone calls to recruits, the Pacific 10 Conference announced.

There were no penalties, but the school had to agree to a compliance review.

Cotton Bowl officials have proposed moving the Jan. 1 game from its longtime downtown home to suburban Texas Stadium, bowl association president John Crawford said, adding that the proposed move would take effect Jan. 1, 1996.

Kansas State quarterback Chad May, a transfer from Cal State Fullerton, was arrested for driving under the influence in Manhattan, Kan., early Saturday.

Bob Frederick, athletic director at Kansas, was in fair condition in the intensive care unit of Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a weekend biking accident. Frederick, 54, had three broken ribs, a punctured lung and a broken shoulder blade.

Pro Football

Linebacker Ernest Jones of Oregon, a third-round draft choice, has signed with the Rams, giving the team five of its 10 draft choices under contract. Jones, 6 feet 2 and 250 pounds, was the 100th player chosen in the 1994 draft and the Rams’ third choice in the third round.

Pro Basketball

The NBA is seeking to keep in effect terms of the collective bargaining agreement with players after it expires Thursday and before a new one is reached.

NBA Deputy Commissioner Russ Granik said court papers were filed in response to player association statements that it would be an antitrust violation to continue the draft, free agency, salary cap and revenue sharing if no agreement exists.

Jurisprudence

A criminal mischief charge against former Pittsburgh Steeler cornerback Mel Blount was thrown out of court. The complaint, accusing Blount of vandalizing a neighbor’s hay wagon near his home for troubled teen-agers, did not specify the date of the alleged vandalism and was dismissed as vague.

However, state welfare officials said they have confirmed reports that Blount stored a .357-caliber handgun and several rapid-firing weapons at the home, about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh, and are continuing an investigation.