European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday july 12,1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 4 army boxers May make olympics by Tim Dahlberg Concord Calif. A they Cal themselves the four horsemen and Al Bert Cole and his army buddies have galloped to within one Victory of making the olympic boxing team. Cole and super heavyweight Robert Salters scored wins sunday to join team mates Ray Mercer and Anthony hem Brick As champions of the . Olympic boxing trials. They need Only one Victory in next weekend s Bozoff at la vegas Nev. To make the olympic team. " we re like one big Happy family said Cole who beat Bolam Parker on a5-0 decision to win the Light heavyweight division. They were Yelling for one of the four horsemen. I had to win army fighters won the four heaviest weight divisions in the tournament andean sex army fighter 119-Pound Kennedy Mckinney captured another As the Fieldon 96 olympic hopefuls was narrowed to 24. I wanted to join the group and i was going to do it at any Cost said Salters who rallied from a first round Knock Down to win a 4-1 decision Over Riddick Bowe in the final bout of the Day. There was a lot of pressure on me to join my the 12 weight class winners will fight Karolyi quits . Gym team Houston a Bela Karolyi whose gym placed five women in the top 10 at the . Gymnastics championships resigned sunday As head of . Delegation to the olympics. Karolyi s gymnasts quickly rallied around their coach with the strongest endorsement coming from Kristie Phil lips who had left Karolyi s gym but re turned earlier this year. I think they Are being unfair to him Phillips said. He s trained most of the top gymnasts and he deserves it. The teams in Europe Are afraid of Bela be cause they know he s the Chelle stack another Karolyi Pupil said it will affect me if he s not there and it will affect the team because he trained most of the Phoebe Mills who earned the women s All around title said she does better with Karolyi s presence. It would be easier if Bela s there Buti went to the world championships without him and i Learned something there she said. Karolyi said he resigned after . Women s olympic assistant coach to Mccarthy stood up in a coaches meet ing and said Why do we need this Guy Karolyi said he decided at that time to quit. Meanwhile men s All around Champi on Dan Hayden won two individual titles and women s Champion Phoebe Mills repeated her crowd pleasing floor routine in the individual championship sat the . Gymnastics championships in Houston on sunday. Mills of Houston and Hayden of Amherst n.y., won All around titles sat urday night and will Lead the men s an women s teams into the olympic trials aug. 4-7 at Salt Lake City. Hayden won the still rings and horizontal bar and shared the Gold medal in parallel bars with Kevin Davis of Nebraska of sunday. Davis who finished second to Hayden in the men s All around Competition and Hayden each had 9.8 scores in parallel bars. Saturday in Las vegas against fighters selected by a committee As their most worthy a win puts them on the olympic team while a loss would Force a second fight on sunday to deter mine the team member. It s not going to be any easier in Thebo off said Mercer a 27-year-old in Fantry sergeant who will face two Tim National Champion Michael Bent in a re match of their heavyweight title i m charging hard and fast jus like in the Mercer is stationed at Baum older West Germany with the 8th inf div. The army boxers trained together since january at fort Hua Chuca ariz., for the Competition an Effort that seemed to pay dividends in the second and third rounds of the scheduled three round Amateur fights. I firmly believe the . Army fight ers Are in better shape Salters said. Every tournament we fight in we always come on Strong in the third Salters needed a big third round to beat Bowe who dropped him seconds into the fight with a left Hook and Hurt him again Early in the final round. Salters pulled out the decision with some Good work on the ropes where he had Bowe pinned on several occasions and scored Well to the body and head. I was determined to stay on top of him Salters said. I was stunned after the Knockdown and i knew i had to get up and Salters fighting Only for the 21st Tim since beginning his boxing career two years ago at the age of 23, will face Bowe again in the Bozoff. Hopefully i la get two More chances at him Bowe said. Not to criticize the judges but i think they were watching a different Cole a shipping clerk at fort Hood Texas will face another army fighter Andrew Maynard in the Light heavy weight division at the Bozoff. Maynard a two time National Champi on who was considered a favorite to make the olympic team was named Ascole s most worthy opponent despite getting beat by Cole in the quarterfinals. There s no stopping me now Cole said. I can t see any Way i can Mckinney a perennial second place finisher advanced to the Bozoff with unanimous Victory Over Jemal Hinton. He will face Michael Collins a two Tim National Champion whom he beat 5-0 in the semifinals. No one remembers the second place finishers they just remember the win ners said Mckinney of Killeen Texas. I got tired of going Home and telling everyone i lost in the Mckinney who got out of the army in october went Back to Ari Ona to train with his former teammates. They treated me just like i was backing the army he said. The. Order me around just like i was still two world champions i he in the Bozoff but both took different routes. Welterweight Kenneth Gorki won Allis bouts by unanimous decision to and Vance while 125-Pound world Champion Kelcie Banks was picked As the most worthy opponent after losing in the semifinals to trials Winner t d Hopson of St. , a 17-year-old ring school senior beat close Friend and training part Ner Carl Daniels by a 3-2 decision to earn his Way to the Bozoff. I did t think about the olympic Tri als i just tried to take it like any tournament Hopson said. What have i got to lose i m just 17." another world Champion Middle weight Darin Allen was not picked to Goto the Bozoff despite an impressive showing that ended with a loss to hem Brick in the finals. Hembrick will instead face William Guthrie whom he beat 4-1 in the Semi finals. Athletics Weiss beat tigers 8-2 by the associated press Detroit Oakland Rookie Walt Weiss hit his first grand slam to Lea the athletics to an 8-2 Victory Over the Detroit tigers on sunday and a split of the four game series Between the american league division leaders. Weiss Home run his third of the season keyed a seven run third inning. Terry Steinbach hit a Solo Homer his fifth in the second inning for Oak land s first run. Winner Dave Stewart 12-7, allowed six hits in 6 i innings. Detroit starter Walt Terrell was pounded for six run Sand eight hits in 2 innings. Terrell mired in a four game losing skid is 33-10 at Home in his career but has lost two in a Row at Tiger stadium. Luis Polonia started the Oakland third with a single went to third on Carney Lansford s single and scored on a one out single by Mark Mcgwire for a 2-0 Lead. Terrell walked Ron has sey to Load the bases and Dave Hen Derson singled driving in Lansford and Mcgwire and moved up on the throw to third. Mike Trujillo relieved and issued unintentional walk to Steinbach reload ing the bases. Glenn Hubbard fouled out but Weiss homered for an 8-0 Lead. I was very excited about As excited As i can get i la Tell you Weiss said. The last time i had a grand slam think was in kickball in the fourth Grade. And that did t go into the upper deck. You re supposed to get weak at the end of the first half of the season but i Felt pretty Strong out there today. I having a Ball. It s just a great situation to be in. I m real fortunate. It s great to come Back and get split before the All Star break. This gives us a lift. A loss would have been a Darrell Evans hit his 13th Homer inthe fourth for Detroit s first run and Stewart walked Pat Sheridan with the bases loaded in the fifth to Force in the tigers other run. In other Al games sunday Angels 7, indians 5 Cleveland California hit into six double plays but still beat Cleve land to run its winning Streak to five games. Al Roundup a photo Dave Stewart. 12th Victory Devon White and Brian Downing hit Solo Home runs in the first inning and Tony armas hit a two run shot in the fifth All off the indians Scott Bailes. Brewers 3, twins 2 Minneapolis Jim Gantner hit a tie breaking two run double with two out in the top of the ninth giving Mil Waukee a sweep of its three game series with Minnesota. Milwaukee reliever Chuck Crim pitched 1% innings for the Plesac pitched the ninth for his 22nd save. He allowed a run on Pinch hitter Dan Gladden s Lead off double and Brian Harper s two out single. Royals 5, Yankees 3 new York Frank White snapped a seventh inning tie with a sacrifice Fly and doubled Home an insurance run in the ninth As reliever Rick Anderson pitched 3 scoreless innings for his first Victory. Anderson the third of four Kansas City pitchers allowed three hits before Steve fair bailed him out of an eighth inning Jam to earn his ninth save. Danny Tartabull opened the royals seventh with a double off Tim Stod Dard the fourth Yankee Pitcher. He went to third on Kevin Feilzer s Fly Ball and scored on White s Long City added a run off Dave Rig Hetti in the ninth on a hit batsman and White s royals tied the score 3-3 m the top of the sixth on singles by Pat Tabler and Willie Wilson the latter had four hits and Pinch hitter sacrifice Fly. Kansas City starter Floyd Bannister was chased inthe fourth when the Yankees took a 3 2 Lead on rib doubles by Rickes Hen Derson and Willie Randolph. White sox 4, red sox 1chicago Dave Lapoint Al Lowed three hits in seven shutout innings and Greg Walker doubled Home two runs in the Bottom of the Curry making his major league debut was the loser yielding three runs on four hits and seven walks in 4 a runners who walked in the first were doubled in by Walker Lead off hit Ter Gary Redus and Dan Pasqua who reached base with two out. Steve Lyons sacrifice Fly in the fourth made it 3-0, and Harold Baines hit an re double off Mike Smithson in the sixth. Blue jays 5, mariners 0toronto Jimmy key pitched a five hitter Over eight innings for his third consecutive Victory since return ing from Elbow surgery and Rane Mulliniks two run Homer keyed a five run first As Toronto blanked mariners Mike Moore dropped his sixth straight decision to Toronto for a 3-11 career Mark against the Blue Fernandez opened the Toron to first with an infield hit and Mulli Niks followed with his eighth Home run. With two out Ernie Whitt singled Fred Mcgriff walked and both scored on a double by Rick Leach. Sil Campusano s rib single completed the scoring. Orioles 2, rangers 1baltimore Rookie right hander Jose Bautista overcame record heat and combined with two relievers on a seven hitter. Temperatures on Thefield at memorial stadium approached 120 degrees while the official Airport temperature reached a record 100
