European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 29, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports me hrs fuel sweep of giants by the associated press san Francisco Gary Carter hit his first Home run in five weeks following Darryl Strawberry s second Homer in three hours giving he new York Melsa 1986-Slylc Victory wednes Day. The homers off san Francisco Relief pitchers opened the ninth in Ning and gave the defending world champions a 4-3 Victory Over inc san Francisco giants. It the Homer was a Long time coming. I m just glad to help out Carter said. Darryl is the Guy to no Roundup talk to. He hit two today. The Man is awesome Strawberry said this is the Type of club right now thai we had at the beginning of Lasi season we re starting to get healthy and we re winning some games. Pretty soon Well be right where we want  by sweeping three games from the giants the National league West leaders the mils evened their record at 22-22. New York was 23-ii a year ago. Strawberry homered in inc ninth off reliever Mark Davis. Carter connected off Jeff Robin son 3-4, who Las his second game in two Days. Strawberry hit a fastball away. He s a Strong Batter. I did t wan i to give him any Ball he could pull. I wanted to Force him to hit in that Way Davis said. The Homer was Strawberry s see no on Page 26 Leonard retires by David Cin Burc Washington a sugar Ray Leonard saying he no longer has the Bur Ning desire 1o continue his Box ing career announced his retirement wednesday and immediately Drew a plea from mar Velous Marvin Hagler s Camp Hal he re consider and give Hagler a rematch. There s no one oui there to give me lint motivation Leonard the world boxing Council middleweight Champion said Al a press conference. I m going 10 try to retire to give in a  Leonard s most recent return to Box ing lasted for one fight a spectacular upset of Hagler to capture the Middle weight tile on april 6 in Las vegas nov the fight was Only he second in five years for Leonard who had undergone surgery in 1982 to repair a detached Retina lie attributed his come Back for that bout to his desire to fight Hagler. Leonard said fighting Hagler was something i had to  this was the Bird retirement announcement by Leonard who after win Ning a Gold medal in the Well weight division at the Montreal olympics said he had no intention of fighting professionally. Leonard now 31, underwent retinal surgery in May 1982, i rec months after beating Bruce Finch to retain the undisputed world welterweight title. He announced his retirement in november 1982 but said in december 1983 that he was coming Back. He fought Kevin How Ard in May 1984, but quit again after a lacklustre Victory in which he suffered the Only Knockdown of his career. In explaining his latest retirement Leonard said for me to perform it tales a . I have to be motivated. Thai burning desire has been taken care of in uiting Leonard to reconsider mor Ris Goldings Hagler s attorney said we All feel that the results of the april 6 bout were tainted by the present investigations of the ref racing judging and even the medical reports. We would have expected that sugar Parish suspended for hit on Laimbeer new York a Boston Center Robert Parish was fined 57,500 and sus Pended for one game wednesday for punching Detroit Center Bill Laimbeer during tuesday night s Aba Eastern conference playoff game at Boston Gar Den. Fighting has no part in our game and we will do whatever in takes in terms of increased fines and suspensions to see that it is eliminated Aba enc Cutic Rod Thorn sair1. Parish sprained his left ankle in the came and was not expected to play in game 6 of the Eastern conference finals thursday night in Detroit. But Thorn said the Aba. Suspended Parish anyway so he is ineligible to play no matter what his physical  Laimbeer and Parish were battling for a rebound in the second Quarter when Parish hit the Detroit Center three i Impi and knocked him Down. Officials did they did t see the blows so Parish was not penalized at the Lime. The pistons asked the Aba to take action against official Jess Kersey for ignoring Parish s actions. Kersey and the other official. Jack Madden Bolh said they did t see the incident they consulted with the third official at the scorer s table but no foul was called. I cannot comm Cal on the other officials because i am not aware if they saw the violence pistons general manager Jack Mccloskey said. I have urged and expect the league to take Strong punitive action against i Arish and referee Kersey. This protest would have been made regardless of inc outcome of the  Boston won the game 108-107 when Larry Bird stole an inbound pass and fed in to Dennis Johnson for inc winning Basket Wilh one second remaining. Las night s Lack of action by referee Jesi Kersey has to be an embarrassment to every Man or woman who Lias Ever officiated any contest from the Little league to the super bowl Mccloskey said. Earlier this week Laimbeer was fined $5,000 for knocking Larry Bird Down Wilh a hard foul during game 3. Bird was fined s 2,000 for retaliating by throwing punches at Laimbeer. Middleweight Champion sugar Ray Leonard i have in be Mol Ivall Ray Leonard would want 10 have these mailers cleared up As a True Champion before he made his announcement. The Best Way to handle this situation would be .1 rematch. Marvin was Avail Able for sugar Ray s Challenge. Sugar Ray should be ready  Goldings said the Hagler Camp is awaiting the results of an investigation by Nevada authorities and will decide on any further Steps about the till which we May take based on those re sults and our own inquiries with Nevada  the Nevada commission has been looking into charges of irregularities in the Las vegas fight which Leonard won by a split decision. There was a possibility that an announcement on its finding cel lies Hubert Parish also fined $7,500 could be made Friday. The Middle weight division  had Only one undisputed Champion in our time marvelous Marvin Hagler said Gold Ings. We think that for the Good of boxing there should be a real Effort made for another unification. We Cail upon sugar Ray Leonard to reconsider ins decision in the Light of All these fac  Leonard has won lilies in three differ ent weight classes since he began his pro career feb. 5, 1977, with a decision Over Luis Vega and his Only loss in 35 fights came at the hands of Roberto Duran. Leonard left open inc possibility that he might return you Guys know me i Don t fool any one he said. Computer Rafes Jordan beef in Aba new York a according to a panel of writers and broadcasters magic Johnson of the los Angeles lakers was the Aba s most valuable player this season. According to a computer the award be Longs to Michael Jordan of die Chicago bulls. Jordan who led the league in scoring with a 37.1 average was honoured As the Aba player of the year wednesday by a distillery. The Seagram sports award is based on a computerized evaluation of a player s regular season performance in seven categories scoring Field goal percentage free throw accuracy rebounds blocked shots assists and steals. I d like to thank the computer Jor Dan said during a ceremony Al Madison Square Garden. If in was t for thai i night nol have gotten an map award 1 his  Lam week. Johnson was named the league s map by a Media panel. John son who averaged 23.9 Points and 12.2 assists per game received 65 first place Voles Jordan was the runner up Wilh 10 first place votes. I was a link disappointed but i see Jordan on Page 26