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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, May 1, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes May 1985 czechs tip Russia bows to Canada Czechoslovakia a Canada overcame a scrappy american team 32 and Czechoslovakia scored an emotional 21 win Over the soviet Union in mondays opening medal round games at the world hockey manned by National hockey league had lost by a goal to the americans in the preliminary round but never trailed in this the results left the championship wide open going into the second round wednes when Canada plays the soviets and the takes on John Mario Lemieux and retirement talk gets to Holmes new York up Larry Holmes has flirted with retirement so he no longer finds it an attractive i get tired of hearing it that in retired and coming retired and com ing Back Holmes said monday at a news conference to announce he is coming Back May 20 to defend his International boxing federation heavyweight title against Carl the truth but Holmes int so tired of changing his mind that he can turn Down purses in the millions As he attempts to win the three fights he needs to break Rocky Marcianos record of 49 victories without a loss or about two weeks after his Farewell fight a 10round knockout of David Bey on March 15 Holmes decided to fight he had plenty of help making the a lot of people told me i should go for my family and friends told me in the Best out nobody can beat Holmes i can keep making the Money they give Holmes said even his wife who has prodded him for years to sup ports his i said to what do you think Holmes she said go for it if you can set up for i said whats More Rains or Money she said but if you can make some Money out of go for she can buy some More so Why not Holmes will earn Between and million for the 15round which will be held in the convention Center in and televised by the network expects to draw 21 million viewers with the two hour primetime Tele the show will include a feature on Marciano and a 10round heavyweight preliminary Between Marvis Frazier and James Quick Holmes record improved to 470 with 34 knockouts with the Victory against he looked far sharper in that fight than in his previous a 12thround knockout of Ames Bon Crusher Smith in november that followed nearly a year Imback on track said no doubt ill be 480 with another after the Bon Crusher a lot of people said i should that in old and dont have it Ive been hear ing that since i a 25yearold from new was signed for the fight after negotiations for Holmes to meet Light heavyweight Champ Michael Spinks fell Wil 160 with 12 has major disadvantages in inexperience and inactive Williams last fought 23 against till Williams survived two first round Knock Downs to capture a lopsided 10round Deci Sion against the Best opponent Hes faced by Doug Lidster scored for Anthony Granato of the University of Wisconsin and Moe Mantha of the Pittsburgh penguins replied for the it was a lacklustre game and it never reached the hights of the czechoslovak Sovi it game three hours the czechs scored twice in the opening period and held off the soviets who tallied their Only goal in the final Vladimir Ruzicka and Dusan Pasek scored for who turned in a Brilliant defensive Effort throughout the Andrei Khomutov got the soviets to within a goal with his third period i cant blame soviet goalie Mushkin for the said he played his Only mistake came when he Stum bled on the ice and the czechs scored their first the soviets had not lost in a world championship since 1978 in when Czechoslovakia won a preliminary round game but the soviets went on to Recap Ture the title they had lost in Vienna one year Czechoslovakia finished fourth in a three Way tie on Points with the United states and Canada in the preliminary round after losing 51 to the soviets less than 48 hours the soviets finished with a perfect 70 but it was a bran new situation with All teams starting from we were aware that we  win but we Felt that we had a Little Reserve left after saturdays said Czecho slovak coach Ludek we played a magnificent game the emotional approach of the team was the key to the but we can still finish fourth in the 49ers Tyler signs with Usel for 86 Wendell Tyler to join Usel Talent Pool san Francisco a san Francisco 49ers Star running Back Wen Dell who set a team Rushing re Corden route to the super bowl championship last has signed to play in the United states football league after the 1985 National football league sea Tampa Bay bandits owner John Bassett said san Francisco 49ers general manager John Mcvay confirmed the the san Francisco chronicle the newspaper said the news of Tyler signing a three year pact was first leaked by Bassett during his teams game sunday with the Baltimore stars in Bassett said his plan is to assemble a Talent Pool that could be distributed among the surviving Usel according to the Story by sports writer Ira he said Tyler would not necessarily play for Tampa because the ban dits already have a running Gary who is much younger and was a first round nil draft Choice by san Tyler averaged Yards a carry and set a team record with Yards last he still must play the 1985 sea son with san Francisco at a salary of i cant say anything at this the newspaper quoted Tyler As saying about the Mcvay said Hes had two or three meeting with tylers agent but never began talks on a new Tyler will be 31 in 1986 and san Francisco coach Bill Walsh did not feel it worthwhile to make the hefty in vestment necessary to keep according to the wisc from Page 25 singly labels it As a Gorilla her main aim is to qualify for the Mas ters Here May the top 16 Al events finishers will before tuesdays Monroe was third in Al events with a 2203 total 183 but a dismal sin Gles score tuesday puts her Hopes in Jea Shes at a 175 the slender German born Cooley rolled two Points better than her average of unlike Cooley throws a straight Ball dead to Center and she consistently Cooley had scores of and for As someone told her it takes two to tango and two to win both Are members of the Heidelberg All winners of two straight Usa eur travelling league ram steins Betty Farley 1110 and con Nie Cornell 1089 finished second with 2199 and won Hess Isch Oldendorff Kay Tschupp 1106 Jean Alvarado 1062 were third with 2168 and won fourth were Danaus Beverly Van Horn 1119 and Brenda Mattingly 1044 with 2163 and fifth were Baum holders Ann Scheeler 1119 and Joann Kailiwai 1038 with each team collected winning each for sixth and seventh place were Zwy Embrue kens Sandra Tomlinson 1080 and Glenda Renner 1059 with 2139 and Rhein Mains Marianne Pender 1088 and Wanda Larkins 1043 with other 600 series rolled monday were fenders Stuttgart Mary ram steins Sandy 210179 Van in her 241 Pender failed in trying to convert a 3710 split when the three pin circled the Lone seven pin Pender and Martinez both had six bag Gers in their big Pender started off with six Martinez Strung six following an open first Frame on a baby split and a Sec Ond Frame a three time masters qualifier and ninth in last years was on target with games of and 180 Stuttgart Sally Dunn was second with beginning with 210 and 216 Wei Bruecken june Richard helped by games of and was third with fourth with was Heidel begs Stephanie who had games of 208 and a second set 617 the second highest series helped put Augsburg Donna Hardenburg in fifth with she had Back to Back 215 and 242 strikes and spares Stutt Garts Diana Wright had one of those games where a if he or she  do it in a thousand Wright had eight splits in ten frames and not one of them was a baby she finished with a 102 but she followed it with a 208 game that included a five Bagger and one split it came in the tenth ruining a pos sible 240plus Wright is a sixth Grade teacher at to Eslingen elementary Ansbach Colleen Melvin produced her biggest accomplishment in a Short Bowling Holder of a 139 Melvin Strung five strikes in route to a 243 game in sundays team Pruitt wins two in worldwide racquetball Chanute Frank Pruitt of Augsburg won matches in each of the first two rounds to Pace Safe in the first two rounds of the air Force worldwide racquetball championships Here Pruitt Defeated Randall Richards of air 151 and 155 in the first round and took Larry Hummer of alaskan air com 152 and 155 in the second in other action in the mens open division Eugene Couch of Falc Defeated Frank oplanic of Safe and Torrejon 156 and in the women Frieda Vanvleeck of Span Daheim Defeated Kathleen Sharp of 159 but dropped a match to Diana Reyes in the second the safes Anita Hunt of Fairford dropped a first round decision to Jane Vir Gil of 1511 and in the mens senior safes Larry Mckoy of Defeated James Bowman of air Force sys tems and but lost in the second round to Neil Wong of and 118 in the after drawing a first round Willie minor of Hann Defeated Cliff Hogue of at 1510 and a total of 65 racquetball players from 12 commands Are competing in the Tournai  
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