European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday september 24, 1985 was Rocky in Spinks Corner editor s note it was almost As if a third tighter was in the ring saturday night when Michael Spinks denied Larry Holmes a 49th consecutive Victory which would have tied Rocky Marciano s record. Here is the Way Marc no might have viewed that night. By Rocky Marciano assisted by Hal Backlas vegas nov. A thanks Michael. I needed that. I remember when the kid first signed to fight Larry Holmes and said he was fighting for me to protect my record. That was Nice but i thought hey Don t dome any favors. Do it for yourself not for then Holmes started popping off questioning my record saying it included exhibitions against my brother and stuff like that. He did t need to do that. Think the Guy has a Muhammad Ali Complex always trying to shoot off his Mouth to get attention. Anyway that won t be a problem now will it what i liked about the Way Spinks won the title were the things he did that reminded me of the Way fought. He swarmed in after Holmes pumping away with both hands. He was t afraid of Larry. He took it right to him. That was my style. Go right after the Guy. Don t fool around dancing and pulling that other cute la Tell you this though. I would have banged away More at Holmes arms and shoulders than Michael did and worn him Down that Way. The Guy s almost 36 years old. I would have leaned on him Good. But hey Michael did All right without any advice from me. Holmes kept trying to establish that snapping s Hurt a lot of Guys with that punch. It might be the Best Jab in boxing. You have to give Spinks credit the Way he covered up and defended against it. He looked like he was using the old Floyd Patterson Pcek a boo defense. I was never one for those fancy technical skills. Went in to hit the other Guy As much As i could wherever i could until one of us went Down or we ran out of rounds. That was the Way you would do it in the streets. I figured that was what fighting meant. Charley Goldman and Al Weil my manager an Trainer worked All the time trying to teach that other stuff to me and i did learn How to Cut off the ring pretty Good. Holmes did that in the late rounds against Spinks but Michael kept slipping away from was t a problem for me. People kept saying Spinks was too Small to fight As heavyweight and that bothered me. I Only weighed 188 in my last fight against Archie Moore. Michael installer than j was and at 200, he weighed More too. If he s too Small does that mean i was too Early in the fight Larry had Spinks sucking win from a couple of hard lefts to the midsection. Holmes walked away from them smiling kind of self-satisfied.1 bet he s not smiling now though. Spinks complained to the ref about Holmes tactics holding behind the neck maybe an occasional excuse me thumb. I did t like that. What did he expecting there a Tea party boxing s a rough business. He came for a fight and that was what Larry was giving him. There was a time when boxing had an unwritten Rule that to beat a Champion you had to Knock him out that they d never take away a Man s title on decision. I never thought that was right. If you beat a Man on Points you beat him. The fact that he s the Champ should t make any difference. I also did t take any chances with it. Except for the first Ezza Dcharles fight i knocked out every Man i Ever fought in a title match. Holmes said he thought he won the Spinks fight and maybe he did. But some people did t think he won the Tim Witherspoon fight or the Carl William fight when he got the decisions. So maybe he should t have been As close to my record As he was. But that does t matter anymore either does it Spinks deserves credit for what he accomplished. Hews a 6-1 underdog and nobody expected him to win. But Don t forget Holmes. He was a great it s somebody else s turn. That s How boxing is and that s How life is. No action until facts Complete Steinbrenner denies Martin fired Paul Annacone. Strong service game Annacone fops Edberg for title los Angeles a eighth seeded Paul Annacone used a booming serve sunday to outlast no. 2 Stefan Edberg 7-6, 6-7, 7-6and win the singles Crown in the $315,000 Volvo Tennis los Angeles , who squandered five match Points in the second set tie breaker needed2 hours 56 minutes to take the first Volvo title of his career finally prevailing in the third set tiebreaker 7-4. For the Victory Annacone took the tournament s $50,000 Winner s purse while Edberg came away with $25,000 As the players held serve throughout the final set to set up to the third and deciding tiebreaker. Annacone jumped to a 6-2 Lead but again could t put Edberg failing to convert his sixth and seventh match Points Annacone finally prevailed by passing Edberg with a forehand Volley Down the said that Annacone s serve kept the swede from gaining the upper had eight aces and five service winners. Behind the Strong serve he was a Leto control almost every Point he served. By Milton Richman up minor editor sport George Steinbrenner sunday night lab cd As utterly ridiculous a report that he has fired Billy Martin As manager of the new York Yankees and release Pitcher de Whitson because of the fight the two had in Baltimore Early sunday morning. The Yankee principal owner reached by Telephone at his Tampa fla., Home said he has dispatched Clyde King the Yankee vice Psid Cut and general manager and Woody Woodward who Heads the club s baseball administration to Balti More along with a third person he did no identify to determine what actually occurred. Only then will he take action Steinbrenner said. Everything 1 have now is hearsay Steinbrenner said. It s silly for me to try to make any determination before 1 know All the facts and the report that Billy misfired and that Whitson has been released is utterly ridiculous. I m not going to do anything at Al before i know All the facts Steinbrenner added. I m not Gonna do anything until have a Chance to talk with Billy. I intend to do that sometime later this Martin suffered a broken right inthe fight with Whitson which occurred in the hotel bar of the Cross keys inn where the Yankees were staying for their week end Road trip to Baltimore. The manager said he and Yankees third baseman Dale Berra tried to act As peace makers in an argument Between Whit Sonand a Patron in the bar. Early saturday morning Martin was involved in another incident in the same bar. In that incident Yankee pitchers Dave High Clit and Rich Bordi had to come Between Martin and another Patron who was arguing with the manager Over a re Mark he reportedly made about the Patron s wife. Steinbrenner was As upset Over sat urday s incident As he was Over what happened sunday when Whitson suffered split lip in his fight with Martin. The Only thing i know that is accurate is that my players were in the bar at 2 o clock in the morning. And that disturbs me Stcin Brenner said. Billy has a 1 o clock curfew. So what arc the player doing in the bar with him at 2 o clock that s three hours after the 2 Boston men offer $50 million Boston a two Boston me have offered approximately $50 million to buy the Boston Garden and the Bosto Bruins of the National hockey league and the Deal could be concluded this week a attorney said sunday. Jim Brennan president of the investment banking firm Harbor group and Godfrey Wood who works for the Boston real estate firm land Vest Are the prospective buyers. The negotiations Are at what i would describe As a sensitive stage said Boston attorney Robert Caporale who represents Brennan and Wood and we Are working very diligently to conclude a Caporale said an agreement May breached As Early As monday but he declined to pinpoint a target Date. He said the sooner an agreement could be reached the better for Al involved. We Don t want to cause any disruption to the business of the Boston Garden or the Boston Bruins he said. This is something that we would like to conclude immedi Caporale said that the offer had been made to Delaware North of Buffalo n.y., the owner of the Arena and the team. He said twas in the neighbourhood of $50 million. That number is fairly accurate he said. 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