European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday february 22, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 23 Bon Crusher says Tyson s doomed by Bucko of stuff writer James Bones Nisher Smith Guaran tees Victory Over Mike Tyson in Iligir heavyweight title fight March 7. Nol Only Victory. Bon crushing Victory i m Gonna Knock Tyson out. He s Ping to dreamland Smith the Farmer Wuerzburg til. Said by Telephone from his . Train ing Headquarters saturday. Who has he taught who can Knock him out nobody. Now he s going to is i nol Many boxing experts believe Smith s prediction. Thai includes Tyson. Inc 20-year-old Brooklyn bomber who owns inc world boxing Council title with a 28-0 record and 26 knockouts. He says of Smith and inc International Box ing federation Champ Michael Spinks they re not my equal. There is no Man hat s my equal. Smith the 33-year-old native of mag Nolia. No has risen from 1978 usar eur invitational Champion to 1987 world boxing association Champ. He s 19-5 with Ukos. He says of the heavily favored Tyson he s Strong no question. Bui they be got him built As invincible unbeatable. Bull. He can be beaten. Wail till throw my Thunder at him. Appolo Aba Champ Bon Crusher Smith. He s going to dream land my Power. He s been on the giving end. Now hell be on the receiving end. I la turn my leather on him. Well see if he ear Lake a shot. He s been going against Guys who he can throw kidney shots and uppercuts at All Day. He s had that luxury. Bui when this Guy tries to spin on me look Smith stands 6-foom and weighs 228 pounds. He captured the Aba Crown on Dee. 12 when he came out firing against Tim Witherspoon. The result three knockdowns and end or fight with 48 seconds left in the first round. Tyson who weighs 221, fires away from a Shorter base about 5-9. His last explosion came while winning inc wac title on nov. 22. He blasted Trevor bar Bick until the fight stopped Al 2 35 of the second round. How will Smith counter a Guy who bores in relentlessly stamina and experience said Bone Crusher. Who knows How far he can go he s gone 10 rounds three limes. I pc gone 12 rounds against Larry Holmes and Wilch spoon in a lost decision in 1965. Well Sec How far Tyson can go and whether he can Lake a punch on the Chin. I be been in the ring against men who can take you out Frank Bruno David Bey Mike Weaver. Wilch spoon. If Tyson lands his right yeah he could put me out. But i be always believed a big Good Man will beat a Good Little Man any Day. Well Sec inc Best Man will Smith slug it out or try to keep Tyson away with Jab he does t reveal that. Neither do his sparring partners styles. Old army buddies Bey and Lucious Kirkly arc sluggers. Jimmy Young is n jabber. I put a Bounty on my head in this Camp j500 if you Knock me Down said Smith. Nobody has been Able to do Bey and Kirkly. Who followed Smith on the phone at the fac Neville Sheraton hotel also predict Triumph for their Man. Bey who while stationed in Neu Ulm. Won the 1979 Usa eur invitational said "1 think when Boner usher hits thai boy hell Wake up and ask what Kirkley who won the 1980 usar eur heavyweight Crown while in. Hanau said Bon Crusher is Gonna Stop him. I was with Tyson As a sparring partner before the Berbick fight and. As far As punching Power. Bon Crusher hits More. That s Why 1 work with Smiley now he s Gonna win. The army will take this the Bon Crusher Camp was to head Tor Las Vega sunday for the fight at the Hilton. The Winner Wilt get a shot at Spinks for inc undisputed title in May. Said Smith Tyson s Goi to land Hii right if he s going 10 Knock inc out. I be got to land my right if i m going to Knock him Oul. And it i land my right on his Chin he s going to Sweden s Wassberg nobs 4th medal Italy s de Zolt wins 50-km from press dispatches Oberst Dorf. Germany Maurilio de Zoll of Italy Oul raced Sweden s Thomas Wassberg to win the men s to kilo Eicr Cross country Evanl on inc final Day of com Elilion saturday in the nordic ski world championships. Do Zolt. 36. A fireman and father of three from the italian dolomites town of by Llano. Clocked inc Dis Tance in 2 hours i minutes 27.2 seconds for Italy s second Gold medal in i lie Competition. Wassburg look the Silver medal with a 2 11.49 Lime capping a Brilliant championships performance in which he captured a Gold medal in the 30-Kilometer Cross country shared a Gold in the relay Competition and took Silver in ill 15 Kilometres. Was Benj s teammate orgy Mogren came in third saturday with a 2 12.51 Mark for the Bronze. Andi of Switzerland faded at the end after being second through much of the race and settled for fourth place Wanh Finland s Kaii Ristanen fifth in inc Field of 6.5 skiers. About 40.000 spectators were on hand Tor the race. Two nordic countries. Norway and Sweden wound up taking almost half of the 39 medals awarded in the 1987 championships Here. Norway led the Field with 10 medals and Sweden had eight. The soviet Union finished will seven and Finland look five. Italy s other Gold medal it won no others Here was taken by Marco Albarello in the 15-Kilometer individual race. I was fortunate to be Able to control the race steadily being Able to keep an Eye on the scoreboard. So i skied relaxed said do Zolt afterwards. It was Only in the last stretch that my legs started to Hurt said de Zolt who Only began Cross country Rac ing at age 23, he had finished second in the 50 Kilometres in the i98s nordic world championships behind Sweden s g Jade Svan who sat Oul saturday s race because of a bad cold i knew we had Good gliding Wax at the Start of the race but Murilio was inc Only one who still had some Wax left at the end said Italy learn coach Jarma Pulkkinen. He skied a very Strong race but we did not think about a medal beforehand because you never know about those Wassberg was unhappy with inc performance of his skis. I am very pleased with my fourth medal but i m not very Happy with my skis said Wassburg. I had no Glide and that slowed me. So i stayed close to grub non Feldor throughout the race before passing him on the last Canada s Pierre Harvey was the top North Ameri can finisher placing 25lh in 2 21 47.1. Audun ende Slad of Fairbanks Alaska was inc Only . Finisher. He was 34th in 2 26 40.2, and was followed by Canada s Alain Masson 35lh in 2 27 03.5, and Al Pilcher 40th in 2 30 59.6. The 50-Kilometer skiers used the skating style in contrast to the classical technique used in the iwo pre Vious men s individual races. Maurillo de Zolt skis to 50-Kilometer Al Clary Italy s 2nd nordic Gold medal Howser Back managing royals Kartess City manager Dick Howser. A special feeling fort Myers Fla. A for inc first Lime since being diagnosed As hav ing brain cancer Kansas City royals manager Dick Howser is Back on the Job. It s a special feeling said Howser who officially reported to Spring training thursday. But to Tell you inc in Lull nol from Day one in the Hospital did 1 Ever feel Tike i would not be Here. This is where i belong. Managing is what i do Best. I Don t want to be treated any differently than before. When 1 walk onto thai Field i want to hear the Boos and the the royals organization went along with Howzer s wish not to create fanfare around his return to the manager s of fice. He s making in so Normal so Natu royals general manager John Schuerholz said. It s As if he wants everything to be just like old the changes Are evident. Howser has lost 17 pounds since inc first brain sur Gery july 22, a second operation dec. 5 and radiation . When he removes the baseball Cap he is rarely seen without he reveals a 5 Inch a shaped sear beneath hair that is beginning to grow Back. And his life has taken a religious turn. I m a reborn Christian now and a Guy who has to run a hat duh he said. I nun chuckled. Except fur a cold. Howser wid he has fell Fine since the second operation. The Only medication he lakes is dilantin to help control Sei ures. He said his tumor has shrunk from Golf Ball size to the size of a Nickel
