European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday february 18,1986 battered Champ unites a relieved Ireland by Robert mi1.lward Dublin Ireland a Ireland was uni cd sunday in its Relief thai Barry Mcguigan is still the world boxing association featherweight Champion. As Mcguigan s battered face appeared across the front pages of Irish newspapers following his 14-round Victory Over Danilo Cabrera the headlines reflected the importance of his Triumph. Battered but still the Champ said the Dublin based sunday press. Ireland a Niles in Joy at Mcguigan s Victory said another Dublin paper the sunday  born in the Irish Republic Mcguigan took British citizenship o fur ther he boning career and fights out of Belfast in British ruled Northern Ireland. The Independent quoted Nicholas Scott Britain s minister of state for Northern Ireland As saying it was great to Sec Belfast and Dublin and All the Irish people United on this Issue at  Mcguigan s bout with the 22-year-old challenger from the dominican Republic was staged at the Royal Dublin society Arena and was the first world title fight in Ireland in 63 years. The last championship contest Here in which Ireland s Mike Mctigue took the Light heavyweight Crown from battling Siki of Senegal on March 17, 1923, lasted 20 rounds. Boxing experts Here had predicted that top seeded players Advance in Upton play Boca Raton Flo. A the lop seeds at the $1.8 million Lipton International players championships rolled along sunday with Ivan Lindl pounding his Way into the fourth round and Chris Evert Lloyd advancing to the quarterfinals. Sweden s Mats Wilander and Steffi Graf of West Germany the no. 2 seeds in their respective brackets also moved on to the round of eight with fourth round victories on the hard courts at Boca West. A night match Between sixth seeded Sunnick Noah of France and Sweden s Jan Gunnarsson was postponed because of rain. A fourth round women s single match be tween Australia s Dianne Fromholz Bales Ira t and Terry Phelps was also stopped with Phelps leading 2-1 in the first set. Lindl playing with a sore right ring Fin Ger struggled before eliminating Greg Holmes 6-4, 7-6. Evert Lloyd s performance was Streaky during a 7-5, 6-2 Triumph Over Kathy Jordan. Meanwhile Wilander the reigning French open Champion and Graf cruised to their fourth round victories. Wilander beat no. Is Andres Gomez 7-5. 6-4 and Graf ousted Alycia Moulton 6-1,6-4. One seed fell under the Bright warm Sunshine As no. 4 Manuela Malcova of bul Garia was upset by no. 14 Barbara Potter 6-3,2-6.7-5. Among other winners were Czechoslovakia s Milan Srajber no. 9 Kathy Rinaldi and no. 12 Carling Basic to of Canada. He Lena Sutkova the seventh seed from Czecho Slovakia and no. 6 Zina Garrison were also victorious. Wilander and Gomez was a Battle of big serves and Short Quick Points an oddity since the match pitted two Clay court specialists against each other. And when i Lander broke Gomez s service in the sixth game the ecuadorian left hander broke right Back in the seventh. They stayed on serve until the 12th game when Gomez double faulted to fall to Lovc-30. He won the next two Points to level the game at 30-30, but then Wilander hit a perfect lob and won the set when Gomez sailed a forehand Long. In the second set neither player had trouble holding serve. The score never went to Deuce until the decisive i oth game. Mcguigan Cabrcra clash would be Over inside five rounds because the challenger ranked no. 6 by the Aba and a late replacement for the original Choice had Only 10 Days to prepare. But Cabrera threatened an a pct by opening a Cut under Mcguigan s left Eye that required six stitches and refused to buckle under Mcguigan s mid fight bar rage of body punches. Eventually he was knocked Down in the 14th round and the fight was slopped seconds later by referee de Eckert. Mcguigan said later it was not the most difficult fight on his 29-1-0 record. But he described Cabrera who slipped to 24-3-0 As his most frustrating opponent and gave the challenger credit for slaying on his feet for so Long. I outclassed him for three quarters of the fight but i just could t Nail him. He has taught me that i must be More patient said the Champion. His manager Barney Eastwood said Mcguigan probably would have finished the fight earlier if he had not Over trained in the last few Days before the fight. If the fight had been staged 10 Days ago it would not have reached the fourth round he said. But Hector Rivera Cabrera s manager accused Mcguigan of repeatedly punch ing Low and said that if his own fighter had been Able to prepare earlier for the fight the Aba probably would have a new Champion. We had Only 10 Days three of which were spent at airports Rivera said. Imagine what would have happened if we had got six  fight organizers and police reported the fight was a trouble fryc Success. Of the 6,300 fans who packed the Arena thousands had travelled from strife torn Northern Ireland. The province has been the scene of Vio Lence and political turmoil because the majority of the population wants to re main under British Rule and the minority seeks to be governed by a Dublin based administration. A ringside Banner proclaimed when Barry fights Ireland unites and the Only trouble encountered by police involved 400 forged tickets collected at the doors. But while Ireland was United in Cele Brating its Champion s latest Triumph Eastwood admitted that his fighter s future is in contests away from either his Homeland or adopted country. The next one will almost certainly have to be in the United states he said. Eastwood said tentative negotiations had been started to match Mcguigan with Wilfredo Gomez the puerto rican Aba super featherweight Junior lightweight title Holder. Meanwhile he said the Champion would be taking a Well earned rest. App Wio Barry Mcguigan. The Day after Aba from Page 21 Jeff lamp scored 16 Points to Pace a balanced san Antonio attack against Sacra mento. Forward Steve Johnson added 15 Points including 10 in the fourth Quarter leading the spurs to a 101-88 Lead with 4 19 left in the game. San Antonio which had seven players in double figures let a 17-Point halftime Lead slip to 90-84 Early in the fourth Quarter. But Sacramento could gel no closer de spite the shooting of Eddie Johnson who scored 18 Points and Forward Otis Thorpe Wilh 17. The spurs Bench built a big Lead in the second Quarter with lamp scoring six. Guard Alfredrick Hughes scored 10 of his 11 Points in the period period to ignite a rally that gave san Antonio a 49-27 bulge. An 18-4 run by the spurs turned an Early four Point deficit into a 24-14 advantage inthe first period. Hawks 110, Trail blazers 101 Portland Ore. Reserve Forward Cliff Livingslon stepped in for ailing All Star Dominique Wilkins and scored a game High 25 Points to Lead Atlanta Over Portland. It was the blazers sixth straight loss and ninth in their last 10 games. While the Hawks played Well without Wilkins the Aba s third leading scorer Portland obviously missed Center Sam Bowie again benched by a Bruise on his left leg. Wilkins sprained his left knee Friday night against the los Angeles lakers but the Atlanta front line sunday accounted a Wylo mavs Mark Aguirre. Strong finish for 76 of the Hawks 110 Points without him. Kevin Willis scored 21 Points for Atlanta and 7-foot Rookie Center Jon Koncak came off the Bench to score 16. Kiki Van dec ghz led Portland with 21 Point while guards Jim Paxson and Steve Colt reach scored 16. Portland led 28-25 after one Quarter but Atlanta started the second period with an 8-0 run and never was headed again. The blazers got within 52-51 in the third Quarter before the 7-foot Willis and 6-10 Reserve Forward Scott Hastings asserted themselves inside to push Atlanta ahead 62-53 Midway through the period Portland got no closer than seven the rest of the Way. Mavericks 120, bulls 114 Chicago Mark Aguirre scored eight of his 18 Points during the final 3 46 of the third period leading Dallas Over undermanned Chicago. In winning for the fifth time in seven games this month Dallas moved within \ a games of second place Denver in the Midwest division. The loss was Chicago s sixth straight a season High. With 5 22 left in the third Quarter Chi Cago took its first Lead at 70-69 on Kyle Macy s two free throws. But Dallas re gained a Lead it never lost again on Aguirre s Long jump shot less than four minutes later. The bulls closed to within one Point on four occasions in the fourth Quarter but Rolando Blackman scored nine late Points to pull Dallas out of danger. Charles Oakley led Chicago with a Ca reer High 28 Points. George Gervin added 24. Blackman scored 28 and Sam Perkins 19 for Dallas. The Mavericks seized control three seconds into the game on Perkins Lay up off the opening tip. Hitting 16 of 23 Field goals they stretched the advantage to As Many As 14 Points late in the first period. Although Chicago shot 61 percent in the second Quarter the team was unable to make a move until just before the half. A Layin by Oakley climaxed a 6-0 spurt Over the final 1 32 and moved the bulls within 57-50. The Rookie Forward had 14 Points and seven rebounds in the first half. The last place bulls again played with out starters Michael Jordan Jawann old Ham and Quintin Dailey. Daytona from Page 21 Winner of this event tapped the fourth turn Wall on the fourth Lap then crashed hard on the Backstretch on Lap 64, ending his race Day and bringing out a caution Flag. The first Accident apparently knocked the front end out of line and worn tire was blamed for the second crash. The 47-year-old Petty the All time Lead ing Lascar Winner with 200 victories suffered a dislocated left shoulder. He was treated at nearby Halifax general Hospital and released. Wall rip lost ground when he was Black flagged into the pits for a Loose window net then went a Lap Down on Lap 49. He made up the Lap but never really challenged for the Victory. His teammate Bonnet led laps 43 through 75. But on the restart following the second caution period his transmission broke sending him behind the pit Wall for 20 laps for repairs. Rookie Kirk Bryant one of a Stock car record 26 Drivers who had qualifying laps Over 200 Mph brought out the first caution Flag when he crashed in turn two on Lap 25. Bryant who was not injured Slid into the Concrete outer Wall and skidded into the infield grass. Another crash came on Lap 82 when cant spun harmlessly in turn two and set off a Chain reaction behind him. Pancho Carter a Veteran indy car Driver hit the car driven by Kyle Petty then slammed into the Wall. A crowd estimated at 125,000, along with a National television audience watched the race run under sunny skies with temperatures in the 70s. I