European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Poge 22 the stars and stripes april 1977 promoter tells Side in interview his hands Are Don King maintains by Milton Richman up sports editor new York up Don King says nobody wants to hear his he has been accused of giving boxing a kick in the kidneys plus a Black Eye As an outgrowth of a Federal grand jury investigation into charges of kickbacks and falsification of fighters record surrounding the boxing championships he Don King is unhappy Over some of the things which have been said and written about him including a recent column written by under our Legal he even an accused Man is allowed to speak in his own and Hes right about when i was asked whether id come to his office and listen to his i and when i got Don King said hed answer any or All he and heres How the questions and answers went first of Are you saying your hands Are clean in All ibis i categorically deny any that goes for any kick backs or any involvement in fixed whatever other charges have been levelled at me Are asinine and i what about some of the men who worked for you in the like Pat flood and Al braver Nian How do you feel about some of the allegation against them flood and Braverman Are my advis ers and in not a boxing so in an undertaking of this kind i needed people who knew i was going to pay them apiece to advise me and help make the tournament a my feeling about them is they Are innocent until proven if they Are proven then they have to answer for it nobody who was associated with me can tie me up in any by by tacit agree ment or any other i have not snared in any Revenue it there Ever was any to begin Don King Hurt by attacks in other youre not guilty of anything that May come out of this investigation the Only thing in guilty of is trying to do something for trying to contribute something to which has been so Good to the tournament has been suspended and id like to see it resumed because i believe in it with All my i want to contribute something that has purpose and mean ing toward a better to listen to it sounds As if youre wrapping yourself in the Flag that absolutely in wrapping myself in a country that i love Ana whose people i this is truly the greatest nation in the Why not wrap myself in a nation which has stood the test of a nation concerned about its with Justice and Equality As its though Many americans do not adhere to those How do you feel about the personal attacks on your character saddened and i resent when they say Hes a con i have never tried to hide my the fact i was a numbers Man and that i was in but i think it is totally unfair when they bring it up in a demeaning and Deruoga Tive i served my time i paid my debt to but in one fell swoop of the they reduced me to what i it is Damnable to equate me with some of the people like Frankie who were in boxing in the Ive struggled to become Rel franchised and a firs class Ive tried to be a better i say if in Cut my heart but if in not give me my you feel you helped boxing then i most certainly i brought a re freshing Breeze to it and put it on a new i provided made it something with Appeal again for the Little Guy in the Street As Well As for Kings and remember How it used to be in boxing but in my you never saw any people being hit Over the head with Lead you never saw any bodies in trunks or in the i love for its a Tabor of How much Money have you made from it millions for i Haven made much for i consider myself Rich with didst you get million from Abc to for putting this tournament to get i was not making any Money on this i worked myself to the for that for nothing because i believed in the in a i planted my seeds today for the Harvest of i paid fighters More than anybody Ever paid so what happened i was going against the now people like those who run Madison Square Garden want to get rid of the whole thing is an economic nothing what made Yon get into boxing in the first place when i was went into the Golden gloves in some of the pros where i trained told me a Black make it in boxing unless he did Busi took took a i said to myself if i Ever got in a i would do everything i could to clean it 4 v Quebec takes 20 Lead Over racers in playoffs a Steve Sutherland scored the hat trick As the Quebec Nordi ques hammered the Indianapolis racers 8 3 monday night to take a 20 Lead in their Belo seven world hockey association semifinal playoff Nefs coach Renews pact api Kevin Lough cry has signed a new five year con tract to coach the new York the National basketball association team Loughery still has one year to go on his old contract and the new agreement will not take effect until the 197879 season in the last two or three years Ive had the Opportunity to go said but 1 even think of it because i had a contract owner Roy Boe has been very fair with me i am a new yorker and so is my we want to stay Here Loughery said rebuilding the nets into a contender would be a terrific but Roy Boe is committed to making this team a playoff club Loughery coached the nets to two Amer ican basketball association Champion ships but the team sold Many of its top including Julius Erving this and slumped to a 2260 worst record in the Loughery said the nets were hopeful of improving through the draft and the acquisition of some free real Marc Francois Serge Bernier and Normand Dube scored the other Quebec goals while the racers goals came from Blair Mac Pat Stapleton and Reg fallowing a racer attack on the Nordi que zone late in the first Cloutier stole the puck from Stapleton and skated in on the Indianapolis beating goalie Michel thirty seconds at Quebec Bob Fitchner passed the puck to Sutherland in the Slot and he drove it Home to make the score the racers scored at on Mcdonalds Power play goal after passes by Thomas and in the second the Nordques out shot the racers 177 and added goals by Lacombe and Bernier to take a 62 Lead and virtually wrap up the i 4 2i first cloudier 4 Sutherland 1 Macdonald 1 4 8 major i 11 second period tardily 1 Bei 10 Sta Lelon 1 13 la Cottam j s Berner i Sutherland 1 Bracken third 1 Sun round it Dube i s Ber 1 9 Mil u snotty Nodal Canto retains flyweight title Venezuela a mexican Miguel Canto decision Ned venezuelan Reyes Arnal Here to retain his world boxing Council flyweight sports briefs Bell has 300 in Abc tournament up Don Bell of Santa monday rolled a 300 game in the Abc tournament it was the 32nd perfect game in Abc tournament history and helped Bell and his Kevin Gannon of Long to a first place tie in the classic doubles it was Bells sixth career perfect game and his second in three Bell opened the Day with a 160 game and closed with a 195 for Gannon had a 682 series and their tied Frank Werman and Randy both of los Bell finished the Day with a classic Al events total Good enough for a tie for eighth place in the rams Klein quitting pro football los Angeles a los Angeles tight end Bob Klein has announced his retirement to devote full time to the real estate development we wish hed said ram general manager Don but i understand Hes been doing Well in the development business and wants to pursue that considered one of the National football leagues top has one year and an additional option year remain ing on his contract which Calls for an Esti mated the Holder of a masters Degee in Busi Ness from the University of Southern Call Klein reportedly made More in real estate development last year than he did with the Klein joined the rams in fire destroys Haiti baseball factory Haiti up what was reportedly the largest baseball manufacturing Plant in the world went up in flames Here the fire began in a diesel Generator room beneath the three Story Tomar industries which occupied one Square Block and made thousands of Rawl Ings baseballs and softballs the 600 employees were evacuated and Only two persons suffered minor firemen brought the spectacular Blaze under control after five residents Miles away from the scene could smell Dum tog leather and firemen were hampered As they slipped and scrambled Over floors covered with thousands of Loose freed when their containers la Foro Pany officials tentatively Esti mated damage at about
