European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. October 31. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 19 hag or wants More time of train for bout i Alm Springs Calif. A mar Clims Marvin , sliced by a Back injury is fighting the clock in his preparation for his next Nolc defense and he undisputed middleweight Champion is behind schedule. Hagler who was forced to miss two weeks of training because if the injury would like More time to train for his tight with John the beast Mugabi. Set for nov. 14 at Caesars Palace in Las vegas. I would like to see the fight Hagler said tuesday. I m not properly up to Par and i feel very uneasy about trying to do a Rush hut thai is exactly what he is doing at the americana Canyon Llouel where he is training far his 12th title defense. Hagler whose 61-2-2 record includes 51 knockouts would like to take his Lime in preparing for the scheduled 12-round bout it the fight is just two weeks away. As car As his Trainer. Cloudy Clr Ortoli is concerned that is not enough Lime to get Hagler ready for Musabi. Who has knocked out All 26 of his opponents. He won t be in the Best possible Condi Tion admitted pc Ronelli. If the fight is postponed the co main Evanl on the card Thomas Hearns is. James Schuler is also to be postponed. Right now it is touch and go but we want to make the Dale barring any mis haps Patron Coli said. He said he does t have a deadline yet but he knows there in t much time to de cide if Hagler will go through with the tight. La would t be fair of me to say yes he is going to fight or no he is not going to fight " he said. We arc using the old expression playing it by car there is so much Riding on the show with Caesars Palace and closed circuit to. And the promoters arc having pc Ronelli added that a postponement does t fit Caesars Palace s Hagler said he is taking it Day by Day bul has been favouring his Back in his work outs. He said he had to remember not to turn certain ways in his sparring sessions Al inc Canyon hotel. He said the pain from the injury suffered oct. 11 has been moving from his lower Back to his buttocks and to his legs. To combat the pain. Hagler said he has been taking pills soaking his body gelling Rubdown and taking what he called horse Hagler was scheduled to be examined by a doctor wednesday and Patron Coli said we will know More after the visit from the doctor. But he is progressing he s coming along but he is not there yet Hagler joked that he won t do anything str Nous. Guys arc starting to carry my bags for me. 1 always used to carry them Herzog edges Rose 44-42 for a honors As manager 7 photo Whitey la Erzog. Led c arils Irmo series nov York a Whitey Horny who skippered the St. Louis cardinals to within one game of a world series Lilc edged Cincinnati s Pelc Rose by two Voles As the associated press manager of the year. Her no received 44 of a possible 117 votes from a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters. Third in the balloting was Bobby Cox. Who resigned Ai the manager of inc to Ronto Blue jays to become Lite general manager of the Atlanta braves. I eur gave the cardinals much of a Chance to win the National league s division title after Ace reliever Bruce Sut Ler took his 45 saves and signed As a free agent with Atlanta on dec. 1984. Bul the Ever versatile her to convened a bullpen by committee and a St Ppd up offence to produce 101 victories and the National i Caguco Crown. Nobody expected us to go anywhere said her of alter the cardinals dropped the seventh game of the world series 1 1 0 to the Kansas c ily royals. We ended up losing the seventh game of the world series we just did t Hil ver Rose not Only had the Burden of being in his first full season As player manager of the reds but he also Llie Chase of Tycobb s Hilling Mark and the thousands of interviews thai went with it. Rose got the record fielded the questions and Iii did the reds to an k j-72 Mark and a second place finish behind the los Angeles dodgers in the no West. Other managers receiving votes were Tom i Lasorda los Angeles. K Dave Johnson new York mets. 5. And Billy Martin who was dismissed As the new York Yankees manager on sunday 5. Other managers a be Cox in sporting news Survey St. Louis Dpi Bobby Cox who guided inc Toronto Blue jays to the Best record in inc american league and a division title in the Al East tuesday was named the manager of the year by the sporting news. Cox who recently resigned in Toronto to become the general manager of the Atlanta braves was selected in a vote of his Peers the publication said Cox received seven votes to Edge run Ner up Whitey her of of the St. Louis cardinals by one Vole. Tom Lasorda of the los Angeles Dodg ers received fic Voles. Dick How scr of the world Champion Kansas City royals received three and Cincinnati s Pete Rose had two vote receiving one vote each were Mon Treal s Buck Rogers Oakland s Jackie Moore and Hilly Martin who managed the new York s Yankees part of this sea son. The sporting news said the managers cited Cox s handling of his players especially his pitchers and the fact that he was successful with a club thai never was a Winner before. Ilk Agues 22 major leagues file for free Agency new York a veterans Don Sulton and Rod Carew of the California Angels and Al Oliver of the Toronto Blue jays arc among the latest to file for free Agency the baseball players association said tuesday. The latest filings bring to 22 the number of players who having played out their options made known their intention to negotiate with All teams. Monday was the first Day to file. Sullen. A 40-year old right hander who is within five wins of reaching 300 career Vic tories was acquired by the Angels last month from the Oakland a s. Carew also 40, has played first base for inc Angels since 1979 when he was acquired in a Trade with the Minnesota twins where he played for More than 10 seasons and earned inc first of his 15 All Star designations. He recently said he would like to end his playing career with the twins the much travelled Oliver who has just turned 39. Joined the Blue jays As a designated hitter during the 1985 season. Among the others filing for free Agency tuesday were outfielder Jim Dwyer of the orioles and two of his former teammates Lynn Sakata and Rich Ducr both of whom were recently released by Baltimore. Catchers Butch Wynegar of the new York Yankees and Steve Nicosia of the Blue jays also filed As did outfielder Alan Bannister of the Texas rangers and infielder Tom Broo kens of the Detroit tigers. Those who filed on the first Day included Detroit s Kirk Gibson and Carlton Hisk of the Chicago White sox. Players who qualify have until nov. 11 to de. And their present clubs have until nov. 12 to sign them. After that they can sign with any team. This year under terms of the new1 Basic agreement Between the players Union and major league baseball there will be no re entry draft which had restricted the number of teams which could signify their intention to negotiate with the free agents pea touts $2 million Bonus program new York a Only two golfers have Ever earned s500.000 in one season on the professional golfers association tour. Next year one Man will be assured of making More than thai. Pea tour commissioner Diane r. Beman and officials of . Reynolds and Nabisco said a $2 million Bonus program beginning next season will include a $500,000 award to the player accumulating the most Points in 40 designated tournaments. Awards in inc Vantage cup Bonus program will Range Down to $10.000 for 25lh place and will be in addition to regular tournament purses. Through this season Only Tom Watson and Curtis strange have Ever won More than $500,000 in a single season. Since the Vantage cup won t be decided until the last week of the 44-Lournamcnt season by which time Many top players Are no longer competing Beman said be hoped it would help the tour finish with a bang and borrow some excitement from baseball s world series and foot Ball s super bowl. This will create a lot of Beman said. The key to encouraging players to enter a wide Range of events has been to develop a system based on incentives rather than forcing them to play in particular events. Clearly the Vantage cup provides such an John Mahaffey Calvin pc Etc and Lanny Wadkins. Who would have won the Vantage cup this season think so. The tournaments in the fall will undoubtedly have better Fields Peetz said. Ill probably play More myself in the late summer and fall tournaments Wadkins said. Some tournaments have problems getting Fields Mahaffey said. This will keep players playing longer there s More of an incentive to play More the pea also announced a companion program the Nabisco Challenge in which the tour and the compan will donate $1 million each to local charities hat Benefit from participating tournaments. The Challenge Calls for the 40 Vantage cup tournaments to draft five Man teams to represent them on the tour. Nabisco Challenge awards to tournament charities will be based on the Vantage cup Points accumulated by each of the teams. Incidentally the Greensboro open will have the first pick in the draft slated for nov. 14 in Dallas. Beman said inc Nabisco Challenge is intended to in crease Public awareness of Charity support by our events. Charitable contributions by tour events will Likely reach the $10 million figure this year More than any other professional sport he said. 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