European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Tribe s Haw Given of in left held by Roberto Dias Tucson Ariz. Up although Mel Hall was severely injured in an Auto Mobile Accident last May he nevertheless has been promised the starting left fielder s Job by Cleveland indians manager Pat Cor Rales. This bit of news is not totally unexpected. Just observing the Way Hall and Corrales interact is indicative of their already deep relationship. The manager and player have More than the give and take of Best friends. Their by play suggests analogies of lawyer to client priest to sinner physician to patient and ultimately father to son. Mel has a big Mouth is sometimes crazy and needs his butt kicked from time to time said Corrales. But he s a hell of a Pat is a Good manager because you can talk to the Guy and know he won t lie to you said Hall. The Only problem is that i m usually wrong and he s usually Corrales has been Hall s biggest Booster in the latter s return to health. The outfielder was a passenger in a car driven by indians travelling Secretary Mike Seghi. Seghi was turning into a parking lot when another car slammed into the Passen Ger Side of the rented vehicle. Seghi received an assortment of bumps and bruises. Hall s season ended with a fractured left Clavicle a fractured Pelvic Bone a strained neck and a concussion. Did you Ever hear your own Bone break ing it was maybe the worst experience of my life said Hall. What Hurt More than the physical pain was knowing my season was Over. I was doing so Well at the time of the Accident the left handed hitting Hall was leading Cleveland with a .318 batting average no homers and 12rbisin23games. We did t miss Mel As much offensively As we did defensively said Corrales. I also think that a healthy Mel would be been Able to improve. He certainly would be hit better against left handed that aspect is what caused Corrales to platoon Hall with right handed hitting out fielders Joe Carter and Carmen Castillo. Although the Power hitting Carter inherited left Field after Hall s Accident Corrales feels the former is not the latter s equal defensively. Monday april 7, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 up photo indians outfielder Mel Hall. I want to show the Cleveland fans something Over his three year career Hall is Bat Ting .298 against right handers and .113 against left handers. I Don t think i d have any trouble hit Ting lefties if i had a Chance to hit period said Hall. I just Haven t had that Chance but Pat says i Hall 25, a native of Lyons n.y., was acquired from the Chicago cubs june 13, 1984, along with Carter and pitchers Dar Ryl Banks and Don Schulze in Exchange for pitchers Rick Sutcliffe and George Frazier and Catcher Ron Hassey. The rap on Mel was that he was a cocky Guy said Corrales. I Don t mind that and Here s Why. You can be cocky but not have the Talent to Back it up. That Means you re a phony. You can also be talented and not say anything at All. That Means you la never be a Leader. But if you be got Talent and say some thing about it that s not being cocky. It s being proud and assertive. That s Hall slowly got into shape this Spring with his average hovering around .280. He played mostly in left Field but also saw action in right Field. In 1986,1 want to have a solid season said Hall. I want to show the Cleveland fans something. And what might that be i want them to sit Back and say so that s Why we traded Sutcliffe for this Guy " Bent wins Amateur heavyweight title by de Schuyler or. Beaumont Texas a Michael Bent varying his attack to the head and body won his second heavyweight title sat urday when he out pointed defending Cham Pion Jerry Goff at the . Amateur Box ing championships. Bent of new York won the 201-Pound class title in 1984, but did not enter the championships last year deciding to take time off after losing a decision to Alexander a Gubkin of the soviet Union in the semifinals of the world cup. Bent s Victory gives him the inside track in making the . Team for the world at Reno nev., in again. That s what i m looking Forward too or. A Gubkin Bent 20, said after his 5-0 decision Over Goff of Saucier miss. He s Good and he deserved it. This time said Goff who took a standing eight count in the first round was Cut Over the left Eye in the second and had his nose bloodied in the third. Goff and super heavyweight Wesley Manin nit �_j.o. Taui in championships May 8-18 a where he could meet a Gubkin Watson of the . Army at fort Bragg ., were the Only defending champions who reached the finals and lose. The unheralded Alex Garcia 217, of san Fernando calif., had a big third round in dethroning Watson 219/i on a 4-1 decision. Garcia forced Watson to take a standing eight count with an eight to 10-punch bar rage to the head. Leading the Parade of successful champions saturday was Loren Ross of the army at fort Hood Texas who put on a show to score a 5-0 verdict Over Oto silo Havili of West vally Utah to win his third straight 178-Pound title. Ross frustrated Havili with his boxing and forced him to take a standing eight count with a right to the head in the third round. Havili had stopped his three pre Vious opponents. Other defending champions who won were Brian Lonon 106, of fort Hood a thur Johnson 112, of St. Louis Michael Collins 119, of Laporte Texas Vincent Philips 132, of the army at fort Riley Kan. Nick Kakouris 139, of St. Louis and Kenneth Gould 147, of Rockford 111. Collins kept his title with a 4-1 Victory Over one of the future stars to emerge at this tournament Jemal Hinton a 16 year old High school Junior from new Carrollton my. Other champions were Kelcie Banks 125, of Chicago Michael Moorer 156, of new Carrollton md., and Anthony hem Brick of fort Bragg. The 12-Man world championship team will be determined at a Box off april 11-12 at Stateline nev., Between saturday s champions and their most noteworthy opponent As chosen by a committee. The runners up saturday who were voted As most noteworthy opponents for the Box off include Ruben Navarez 106, Wichita Falls Texas Kennedy Mckinney 112, fort Hood Texas Chuck Richards 125, rapid City . Victor Levine 139, Kokomo ind. Derrick Wilson 147, fort Bragg Goff 201, and Watson super heavyweight. Other noteworthy opponents will be Ber Nard Price 119, Muncie ind. Stanley Longstreet 132, Detroit Kevin Bryant 156, fort Hood Darrin Allen 165, Columbus Ohio and Riddick Boe 178, new York. 86 pirates open with new faces Pittsburgh a the Pittsburgh pirates one of baseball s oldest franchises almost did t get a Chance to blow out the candles on their 100th birthday cake. The pirates lost 191 games and $15 Mil lion during the last two seasons and the few thousand fans they had became even less interested in them. The average attendance for a major league baseball team is 1.7 million. The pirates Drew a combined 1.5 million in 1984 and 1985, seasons marred by lackadaisical play by veterans who wanted to be traded drug revelations and consecutive last place finishes in the National league East. Are the pirates going to be in Pittsburgh in five years i Don t think they la be there in a year former third baseman Bill Madlock now with los Angeles said last Spring. They will be thanks to Pittsburgh mayor Richard Caliguiri who helped raise $46 million to buy the team from the John w. Galbreath family. But when the pirates begin their Centen Nial season tuesday against the new York mets several different faces will be associated with a team that failed miserably in 1985. The new club president is Malcolm Mac Prine the new general manager is Thrift and the new Field manager is former Chicago White sox coach Jim Leyland. New players include . Reynolds Bream and Mike Brown who arrived at the end of last season. Yzaguirre wins third straight racquetball title Berlin Berlin s Jackie Yzaguirre won her third straight Usa eur women s open division racquetball championship Here sunday by defeating Beth Crawmer of the 21st support come in straight sets. Yzaguirre prevailed 15-9, 15-9. The right handed Yzaguirre the 1985 interservice Champion failed to drop a set during the tournament in her sweep of the title. Defending men s open division Champi on Paul Whitten of the 21st support come had to win a pair of matches from team mate Jim Davis to retain his title. Whitten won his first match sunday 15-9 and 15-3 to Force an if necessary match. In the deciding match Whitten Kod Davis 15-14, 15-8. Felix Acosta of v corps Defeated an Drew Brantley of the 26th support group 15-7, 15-6 to win his second consecutive masters division Crown. Carol Rudesill of v corps a Multi talented athlete won the women s masters title by defeating Vivian Brown of Vii corps 13-15, 15-14, 11-5. Brown lost to Yzaguirre in last year s open finals. Rude Sill was a recent Alpine Winner in the Usa eur ski championships in Gar Misch. The men s seniors division title was won by Louis Washington of Vii corps but he had to do it the hard Way against Craig Urban of the 21st support come. Urban stung Washington in the first match 15-7,4-15, 11-8. But Washington came Back in the deciding match to win 15-10, 15-4. Arn sports radio baseball Philadelphia at Cincinnati 9p.m. Monday
