European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday May 3, 1986 sugar Ray wants shot at Hagler Washington a sugar Ray Leonard who retired from inc ring two years ago says he is ready and eager fora one fight conc Buck a Middle weight championship bout with Marvelou Marvin Hagler. Speaking on a dam to in washing ton Leonard said he is not interested in any other fights Only a Battle with Hagler. Such a fight would command a Multi million Dollar m not coming Back to have a Ca reer Leonard said. I be had a career. 1want something that is going to give me what i want and that s want him but if he says no i could continue to did not indicate when he would want the fight to be we can put everything together and work out All inc logistics he i am saying is i want to fight him i will sit by the phone. If he should say Ray i will fight you it is some thing i really could t la be 30 in May on the 17th he said. He s about 32 or 33 hell be 32on May 23. If we arc going to do any thing we better do it Don t need any preliminary fights. 1 feel i know i can beat Hagler. It seems a Dol sugar Ray Leonard. Hagler bout is what i want " no one can beat him and i know exactly what it lakes to beat this Leonard retired following a ninth round knockout of Kevin Howard on May ii 1984. Prior to that he was Idle for More than two years with a detached Retina. People say you know Ray it s two years of inactivity " he said. He Hagler will eliminate the rust because he is what i want and i am what he no from Page 21. Vince Coleman s sacrifice Fly that scored Ozzie Smith. Smith walked stole second and advanced to third on Cox s sacrifice. The padres went ahead to slay in the sixth inning with a pair of runs to make it 3-.i. Terry Kennedy double scored Kevi Mcreynolds who had singled with the first run of the inning. Martinez who walked and reached second on a passed Ball by Catcher Clint hurdle tallied the other run when he came in on a throwing error by second baseman Jose Oquendo. San Diego has played 16 one run game this year winning 10 of them. Eleven of the close games were played at Home and the padres have an 8-3 record in those games. Pirates 6, giants 2 san Francisco Johnny Ray drove in three runs including one in a three run eighth inning to boost his no leading rib total to 21 and spark Pitts Burgh Over san Francisco. The pirates snapped a three game losing Streak. Reliever Bob walk 1-0, pitched the final three innings to gain the Victory. Giants starter Mike Krukow 3-2, pitched seven innings and allowed five runs to take the loss. Pittsburgh broke a 2-2 tie with a three run eighth inning. Joe Orsulak led off witha single and stole second before scoring on Ray s single to Center. Sid Bream followed with a single moving Ray to third. Jeff Robinson relieved Krukow and threw a wild pitch to score Ray. One out later Tony Pena walked and Jim Morrison singled to score Bream and make it 5-2. The pirates moved ahead 6-2 in the ninth when Ray doubled to score Orsulak who had singled. Dodgers 4, cubs 0 los Angeles Rick Honeycut ditched a six hitter Over k a innings and Mariano Duncan singled in iwo runs an scored one As los Angeles produced its Sec Ond straight shutout and fifth straight Vic tory. Honey Cut 1-2, earned his first Victory i five starts this season. He struck out two and walked allowing two hits in the ninth Tom Niedenfuer relieved Honycutt with on out and and picked up his third save left hander Guy Hoffman 0-1, making his second major league Start walked his first two batters before Steve sax s double play grounder advanced Duncan to third. Duncan scored on Mike Marshall s line drive single to left giving the dodgers a 1-0 Angeles scored two runs in the Sec Ond on Duncan s two out hit to Center scor ing Reggie Williams and Dave Anderson who had singled and advanced on Honey cud s sacrifice. Cocky attitude Hurt Edmonton As much As Rookie s Blunder by Ken Rapp Oporta hockey writer Edmonton Alberta in fashioning the Best regular season record in the National hockey league the Edmonton Oil ers established an air of invincibility. Even the oilers believed it and tha cockiness might have Cost them their Chance for a third straight Stanley cup. We kept figuring that our Talent was going to win it for us Oiler dec Neman Kevin Lowe said in the Wake of Edmonton shocking elimination from the nil tournament by the Calgary flames. They were ready for us each and Ever game when we could t seem to get our of the Gale. Thai s just not like the two time champions of the no generally said they had Only themselves to blame for inc series defeat capped by numbing 3-2 loss to the flames on wednes Day in inc seventh and deciding game of the Smythy division final. That was no specific reference to Blunder by Rookie dec Neman Sieve Smith who gave the flames their winning goal Asan outright gift. Instead there was a Gener Al team condemnation. I think inc flames had a Little bit overs in the emotion department Lowe said. The oilers were eliminated in the worst Way possible by a team that had been Sec Ond Best in the province since relocating from Atlanta in 1980. For six seasons the talented team from Oil Rich Edmonton had overshadowed the Fellows from that Cowboy town i so Miles away. This year was typical. Calgary won 40games, the fifth Best total in the nil. But Edmonton won 56. We weren t really just battling the Cal Gary flames Lowe said. We were battling a whole City. It was a priority with every person in that City to beat the oilers. They just wanted it so bad. And maybe that will make us hungrier next Smith was in tears following the loss but not at a loss for words. A tragic figure after he accidentally knocked the puck into the Edmonton net on a Clearing pass in the third period Smith reflected sooner or later i have to face it i be Gotto keep on living. I Don t know if i la Ever live this Down but i have to keep on living the Sun will come up tomorrow. The players have stuck by but no matter what Sieve Smith docs in his career hell go Down in history As the player whose miscue cast the Edmonton oilers that third straight Stanley cup. Ill guarantee you Smith said it will never happen again. It was a big mistake. You have to live up to Edmonton coach Glen Sather blamed Iton a general team letdown. We did t play the Way we usually do he said. There still some growing up to be done on this team. It s a learning Guys try to do it so hard thai they try harder than they should and occasionally it does t work out. I m not worried though. I know Well be oilers assistant coach Bob Mccammon however was t that kind. In a sense he Felt that the oilers were too Good for their own Good that they banked on their Over whelming Talent and refused to adapt to the flames a team they had beaten seven of eight times during the regular Short he said the oilers just got away from Basic hockey. We were stubborn Mccammon did t dump the puck in. We did t Force Hack. We re a flow Type team and Cal Gary s plan was to take it away from us. But when we got in the rink we refused to Stop trying to make those fancy tic tac toc Type among the most disappointed of the Oil ers was Wayne Gretzky the Glamour player on hockey s Glamour team. Everybody tries to compare us with the new York islanders who won four straight Stanley cups from 1980-83 Gretzky said. We wanted to be As Classy As they were. We know How Tough it was Towin two Stanley cups much Ess four. It s Tough just to win we might be a Little younger than the islanders. I think we can Bounce s just awfully 20,000 fans Greet flames Calgary Alberta a approximately 20,000 fans wailed outside for up to two hours in 32-Dcgrcc temperatures a Calgary Mccall Field to Welcome the flames Home from Edmonton thursday. The flames Victory Over their provincial rivals set off a Celebration throughout Calgary. Horns blazed and bars were filled to capacity with fans celebrating the flames Triumph Over the defending Stanley cup champions. The last time the flames advanced to thenal semifinals was in 1981 their first year in Calgary after moving from this year they won the seventh and deciding game on the Road defeating the Philadelphia in the spectrum 4-1. Elliott s 212.2-Mph qualifier smashes record by Mike Harri Talladega Ala. A never in the history of Stock car racing had anybody seen anything like what happened in the opening round of qualifying for the Winston 500. Bill Elliott smashed his own All time Stock car record by lapping Alabama inter National motor Speedway at 212.229 Mph nearly 3 Mph faster than inc 209.398 that sent shockwave through the racing world at this track a year ago. But that was Only the Start. Forty two of the 46 Drivers who made qualifying at tempts on thursday soared above 200 Phon the High banked. 2.66-mile aval. Only the lop 20 first Day qualifiers locked up starting spots in sunday s 500-mile race but the first Ever All-200 Mph Field in Stock car racing was virtually assured going into Fri Day s final round of were 26 cars Over 200 in qualify ing for the Daytona 500 in february breaking the previous Stock car High of 18 Here last May. Tommy Ellis who was 21st with a Lap of204.619 which would have been the seventh Best Lap in Stock car history prior to thursday said of his Lap Gucz that Don t even Bear talking but three of the Drivers who made at least one qualifying Lap thursday Post Edall time a cols. One of those was Benny Parsons who broke the 200 Mph Barrier on this same track in May 1983 when he ran a Lap of 200.176, at the time considered about a spectacular As Elliott s feat. It s surprising How far we be come i four years but it really does t feel thai much different Parsons said. Today Fella lot like that 200 Lap and 1 ran 207 eighth at 207.093 Elliott s fast Lap still lags behind the lop indy car speeds with Bobby Rahal holding inc All time Auto racing record for a qualifying Lap at 215.202 Mph set last season a Michigan International Speedway. Pancho Carter who was 23rd her thursday at 204.166, won the pole for the Indianapolis 500 last May with a four Ian average of 212.583. Thai s fast enough to get the Job done said the Happy Elliott. I m tickled to Dalh. Really the Way everything has Bee going this year we Haven t had anything to look Forward to. We finally done something right for a Elliott who also won the pole for Theda Ylona 500 in february with a Lap of 205.039, said inc biggest difference Here Isth track. There s just a lot More room Here he explained. And any time you run faster you re going to use up More , who won 11 poles 11 races and an Auto racing record $2.3 million last sea son is off to a frustrating Start this year. Not Only has he failed to win a race he hashed problems just finishing. This would be a Good place to win the first one said the Dawsonville ga., Driver. I i
