European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday december 12. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary will super fight match the hype by de Schuyler or. A boxing writer Bob Hope sums up the marvelous Marvin Hari or sugar Ray Leonard match it for april 6 a a fight for the common Man. Two millionaires trying to beat each other s brains at Caesars the super fight u the Way promoters Bob arum and Caesars Palace at la vegas Nev. Are Billing this one. At least it s not being called the fight of the Cen Tury or which there have been four or rive in the past 16 years Caesars Palace will present the scheduled 12-round bout at a 15,300-seat outdoor Arena which has been scaled for a $7.9 million take. The lop ticket Price is $700. Henry Cluck chairman of Caesars worldinc., announced at a weekend news conference that All of the tickets Are sold course Caesars and other casinos bought batches of tickets to hand out to invited guests which in the parlance of that gambling town trans lates 1o High also thinks the economic fallout of the fight for lit Vega will be Well Over $100 million several Las vegas hotels including Caesars will Hai e closed circuit showings of the for the fight to meet arum predict in of the greatest boxing event of our Lime Cost ton Menand women Are going to have buy a lol of Nickels to closed circuit showings in towns and Citie across the country. With this in mind. Arum Al re has the publicity drum beating loudly. Leonard and Hagler will have toured 12 cities bythe end of january. One of the slops was last week end at Las vegas where the fighters engaged in Anoon news conference then appeared again briefly with Hope at , who fought Long ago under the name or Picky East answered a few setup questions an threw out a few one liners. I fought under the name of Rembrandt Hope iwas on the Canvas so much he said. Leonard and Hagler were fed a few setups and Hagler scored higher in the laugh department. The middleweight Champion who would like to gel into the acting business was asked if he looked up to any Acton Bob Hope and Lassie Hagler responded wrinkling the scar tissue Over his it goes when you re trying to build an even. And an event is tial the tight is guaranteed to question in the minds of Many is whether Leonard and Hagler can produce a fight that matches the hype. Of course by the time that question is answered All of the Money will be in the Bank including $12 million for Hagler and $11 million for april 6, Leonard will have fought Only once in almost 62 months a ninth round knockout of Kevin Howard on May 11, 1984 will be Hagler s first fight since he knocked out John the Botasi Mugabi in the 11 in round last March 10. Leonard will be 41 Days shy of his 31 St birthday and Hagler will be 47 Days away from what he says will be his 33rd birthday. Some people fee that if marvelous Marvin is 32 right now he s going on 35 or 36.it might not be inc fight in could have been five years ago but Hagler and Leonard think it s going Tobe one Worth remembering. Baylor safety cited for Thorpe award Oklahoma City a Baylo free safety Thomas Everett was named the Winner of the first Jim Thorpe award wednesday night presented to the nation s top collegiate defensive Back. Everett was picked Over finalists Ron Woodson of Purdue and Mark Moore of Oklahoma state. All three were 1986 All americans. Bonnie Blades of Miami fla., and Tim Mcdonald of Southern Cal received honorable mention in the voting by a panel of 15 coaches sports casters and former National football league players. "11 is highly appropriate that an award named after the greatest athlete in history should Honor a football position that requires great All around athletic Abili ,1 said gov. George nigh who presented the award at a banquet. Defensive backs usually Don t receive the recognition their skill and responsibility deserves nigh said. The Thorpe award will help change that. Everett had 86 tackles six interceptions 14 passes broken up and seven tackles for losses this season. Baylor secondary limited opponents to 5.6 Yards per completion and a 45 percent comple Tion Rale Best in the Southwest Confer ence in both categories. Baylor coach Grant calf described Everett As a heat seeking he is the Best i be Ever seen at read ing the play getting to the Ball and Mak ing things happen once he gets there Teaff said. He is the Best Rve seen in the College Twenty four nominations for theaward were received from nil scouts College coaches and sports information directors nationwide. The nominations were pared to 10 by a group of write Sand broadcaster before the 15-member panel made its Choice. Rounding out the final 10 nominee were Brian Davis of Nebraska Ray Isom of Perm state Tim Peoples of washing ton Garland riven of Michigan and James Washington of Urcla. Jim Thorpe a native oklahoman was voted greatest athlete of the first half Century by a panel of sports won Gold medals in the decathlon Thomas Everett. Heat seeking missile and Pentathlon in the 1912 olympic games played professional football and baseball and was the first president of the nil. He died in 1933. Hayes will miss 4 weeks with broken Bone in foot m photo Bike so letter Haye. On injured Reserve Al Segundo Calif. A cornerback Lester Hayes of the los an Geles raiders has been placed on injured Reserve with a broken Bone in his ten foot and will be out for four weeks it was confirmed wednesday. Hayes 33, has been a starter for the raiders since late in his Rookie season of 1977 and has t missed an a flame in 10 Yean because of injuries. Hayes will be replaced by third Yearman Sammy Seale. Who has seen action As an extra defensive Back m pass ing situations and also replaced right cornerback Mike Haynes earlier in the season. The raiders later placed Hayes uninjured Reserve which mean the team via have to do without Bun for four weeks the last two week of the regular season and the first two playoff games. Hayes who said he suffered the Bro Ken Bone in the first Quarter at Seattle monday night initially said he would take pain killing shots and attempt to continue playing on la have 5v months after the sea son to buy a new foot he discussions with coach Tom flares and team Ortho Peist Rober Rosenfeld Hayes addressed the injury in More realistic terms it s going to take four weeks to heal be said. If it s up to me would play Flores said it wain1 up to Haye and that it was inconceivable Flaye could play wild the broken Bone which � on a Middle toe of Hii left foot Aba from Page 21 furious rally before new York lost it fourth straight. Moses Malone had 36 Points and 14rebounds and Jeff Malone 20 Points for the bullets who led 81-59 before Thek Nicks rallied. 76crs 122, pacers 112philadelphia Charles Barkley had 30 Points and 21 abounds As Phila Delphia beat Indiana for the i2lh consecutive Lime at the pacers who Tost beat the 76m in Philadelphia on nov. 12. 1982, trailed Only 104-99 after Herb William s three Point play with 4 54 left. But the 76ersfollowed with a 13-2 spurt for a 117-101 Lead with 2 14 Mccormick had 25 Points and 12 rebounds and Maurice Cheeks 22 Point for Philadelphia. Bucks 116, lakers 93milwaukee Paul Pressey had 27 Points 10 rebounds and 11 assists a Milwaukee beat the los Angeles lakers for the first time in five Pierce added 23 Points for Mil Waukee while Terry Cummings had 20.the lakers were led by James worthy with 24 130, blazers 129 Dallas Mark Saguine scored 27points, including a 12-foot turn around jumper with five seconds left As Dallas ended Portland s five game win Streak. The Mavericks had to rally from an eight Point deficit with 7 14 remaining to overcome the Trail blazers who led129-127 with 35 seconds left. Janli2, John Stockton drove from mid court for a Layup with Only second left to give Utah its Victory. Mike Evans who scored 27 Points forthe nuggets had tied the score at 110 with a three Pointer with 17 seconds left. After Stockton s go ahead shot and a timeout Evans caught a Long inbound pass an missed a Finger Mil at the Buzzer. Alex English led All scorers with 33points for Denver. Utah was led by Karl Matone with 24. Pistona 108, Kings 101pontiac, Mich. Adrian Dandy scored All but two of his game Hith 33points in the second half leading Detroit Over Sacramento to put himself into 19thplace on the All time Aba scoring list. Dantley who now has 18,329 Points two More than Detroit s Dave Bine scored 11 consecutive pistons Points g the fourth Quarter inducting the last nine on free Thorpe led the Kings with 23 Points. La Salk thou Una added 22pond and 17 rebounds
