European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. December 17, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire Mclain leaves Federal court a free Man from press dispatches Tampa Fla Denny Mclain walked Oul of a Federal courtroom a free Man thursday after a judge sentenced the former Detroit tigers Star to time served and probation on racketeering and drug , major league baseball s last 30-game win Ner pleaded guilty in october to avoid a retrial on the charges after an appeals court threw Oul his original conviction. He had already served 29 months of a 23-year sentence imposed by . District judge Eliza Beth Kovachovich in the first Case. On thursday the judge gave Mclain a 12-year sen tence but ordered him released on five years Proba Tion because of the time he bad spent in jail. I screwed up. I m sorry Mclain told the judge during an emotional hearing that lasted 3 i hours whatever 1 did i Dii i be said i m sorry an agreed to the Pica agreement. I Don t know what else to say he added. " can Only live from Day to Day an do what s expected of me. Thai s whal i la  the two time by Young award Winner hugged family members after Kovachevich announce tier Deci Sion saying she did t think additional prison Lime was necessary. We re elated it s an Early Christmas present Mclain accompanied by his wife and four children said. I had no idea what to expect. I m just going Togo Home and Liy to get on with the rest of my  assistant . Attorney Ernst Mueller appeared unhappy with the sentence but said the judge did what she fell was proper and i have no quarrel will  Mclain maintained his innocence throughout mistrial but pleaded guilty to racketeering and cocaine dealing on oct. 18 under a plea bargain in which the government recommended the 12-year maximum. During the emotional hearing in which eight people testified on Mclain s behalf one of his two son tearfully pleaded with the judge to spare his father from returning to prison there s no reason to put him Back Timothy my lain said. It would be a crime to Send him Back. He s a changed  wife Sharyn echoed his sentiments. Mclain posted a 31-6 record in 1968, becoming the first Pitcher in 34 years to win 30 games in a season. He won the american league by Young award that year and shared the Honor with Baltimore s Mike Cut Lar the next year after going 24-9, Wilander Graf to defend titles Sydney Australia mais Wilander of Sweden and Steffi Graf of West Germany will defend their titles in next month s $2.4 million australian open Tennis championships in Melbourne organizers said Friday. Wilander ranked no. I in the world Heads an entry list that includes seven of the Lap 10 men Ivan Lendl masters Champion Boris Becker Stefan Edberg Jakob Flasck Henri Leconte and Tim Mayotte. Pate hot in Hawaii Kapahua Hawaii Steve Pate tied a course re Cord with an a under Par 64 on thursday pacing the United slates pea team to a four win iwo tie match performance against Europe and a nine Point Lea through two rounds of the $ i million Cirin cup world championship of Golf. Pale a four stroke Winner of his opening round match on wednesday cruised by id strokes Over Europe s Gordon Brand on thursday s tour of the 6,761 Yard Kapahua Bay course. Under a scoring system awarding two Points for match Victory and one Point for a tie the United states gained 10 Points on thursday for a two Day total of 20. Europe Only one Point Back after the opening round bad11 after two Days. Japan which won three and tied one of six matches against Australia new zealand had 10 Points to Australia new zealand s  format in the Kirin cup Calls for six Man teams to play 1s holes of Start a play against each of the other three teams. Al the conclusion of Friday s 54 holes the two learns with the most Points play 18 holes to determine the Champion. The winning team will divides360, x 0. Agassi May have surgery Philadelphia Andre Agassi the third ranked Tennis player in the world said thursday he is consid ering hand surgery that would keep him Ott the court for a month. Agassi s comment came in a Telephone interview from los Angeles in connection with the . Pro indoor tournament in Philadelphia feb. 22 to feb. 28. Agassi who has earned 1822,026 on the Lour this year said he has developed a wan Between his right thumb and Index  be been deciding whether 1 want to have it taken off because they told me it would be about four weeks of not touching a Racket he said. Lions end must stand trial Pontiac Mich. Detroit Lions defensive end Reggie Rogers was ordered thursday to stand trial unreduced charges of negligent homicide in a traffic Acci Dent in which three teen agers died officials said. At a preliminary hearing in 50th District court judge Christopher a. Brown bound Rogers Over to Oakland county circuit court to stand trial on three counts of negligent homicide criminal clerk Lawanda tale  remained free on $10,000 personal Bond. No trial Dale was set Holyfield Dokes bout set los Angeles evander holy Tell the unbeaten undisputed cruiserweight Champion will tight Michael docs a former heavyweight Champion in a scheduled 12-round bout in March at Caesars Palace in Las vegas. Rich Rose president of Caesars world sports said the fight probably will be March 11, but could be March 18. It will be televised by Showtime Cable. At stake will be the Continental americas heavy weight title held by Dokes. More importantly it will be another step for the Winner toward an expected chair Lenge of heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson. Snipes wins in comeback try new York. Heavyweight Renaldo Snipes who has faced seven world champions is convinced hat despite being 32 years old he will fight for the title on again. The Yonkers ., fighter who weighed 215, used an overhand right and a left Hook to the head to Slop Lionel Washington of Etaka Rufic old calif., at 2 38 of the fourth round of a scheduled 10-Roundcr thursday night at Madison Square Garden s Felt forum. Snipes 32-1 with 18 knockouts survived a Cut Over the left Eye in the second round and landed a solid right to the head of the 6-Fopt-g Washington with 50seconds remaining in the third round dropping him onto the apron outside the ring everybody seems scared of me since the Larry Holmes fight an i Jin round knockout in 1981, Snipes said. I can t get matches against any of the ranked contenders. They keep giving me the Young prospects and i keep beating them. That proves i not Over the Hill. I will definitely i Gnu for the  undefeated heavyweight Alex Stewart of new Yor extended his knockout Streak to 19 fights by finishing Eddie Richardson of fort Worth at f 11 of the third round of a scheduled 10-Roundcr. Stewart scored with a Tell right combination to the body and a right to the , 221, ranked 10th by the world boning association matched the record of 19 consecutive Knock outs at the Start of a career that was set by heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson Stewart is yet logo past the fourth round in a fight. Richardson 214, is 13-12 after losing for the sixth time in seven fights. Once beaten Junior welterweight Tyrone Jackson,132%, of new York the lop ranked contender in the International boning federation rankings stopped Gustavo Martinez of Mcallen Texas at 2 59 of the first round of a scheduled 10-Roundcr, Jackson who is also ranked second by the Aba and fourth by the world boxing Council was about to Send the 33-year old Martinez 129, to Canvas for the second time when referee Al Lobianco slopped the bout. Jackson 28, is29-1 with 24 knockouts Martinez is 45-14.  scams Mcdonagh 193, of new York raised his record to ii-t-1 with 11 knockouts by hopping Tim Tomashek 196%, of Green Bay wis., at 2 34 of the first round of a scheduled id Rounder. To Mashek the 1986 olympic festival Bronw medallist is 12-3. Hungarian swimmer out front Toronto Tamos Dausch of Hungary won in first race of the world cup swimming season and added a second backstroke Victory thursday night to become the first swimmer to take Lead in Point stand Ings on the new circuit. Jane Kerr of Toronto was the first woman to win inthe 200-Meier freestyle As the nine event world cup circuit formed at the Seoul olympics in september and rushed into being opened with a mostly Canadian  countries sen swimmers but Only Sweden sent a full complement of its top athletes. No american competed. The meet ends saturday and the second event on the circuit in Indianapolis begins sunday. Celtics sign Gamble Boston the Boston celtics signed guard Kevin Gamble the leading scorer in the Continental Basket Ball association to take the roster spot of the injured Larry Bird. No contract terms were announced. Trie 6-fool-5 Gamble who played at Iowa averaged27.8 Points 5,5 rebounds and 4 assists in 12 games this season with the Quad City  celtics have been using ii players since Bird i underwent surgery to remove Bone spurs from both heels nov. 19. He was placed on the Ini Rcd list thurs Day and is expected to be sidelined until mid March. Pryor knocks out Morales Rochester  Former Junior welterweight Champion Aaron Pryor took the first step in his comeback bid with a third round knockout or lightly regarded Herminio Morales thursday  knockout came 1 33 into the round when Pryor landed a left right combination to the head thai knocked Morales to the Canvas neither fighter landed any  in a first two rounds but Morales managed to land More punches than Pryor. -. Pyror 33, was considered one of the toughest fight ers in the world in the Early 1980s. He is trying tomake a comeback after a two year bout with cocaine addiction. " thursday s knockout improved his record 10 37-1,Morales, 26, of Chicago has been knocked out in his last six tights and is 11-6-1, to today superstition an to saturday s programs 1730 to �. Newl. 1kb my Wall. Itto w0rtt nil Fao Feal myth the  he daunt it. Two  can Span be Juu fur out Wick Treng cunt22� migrant . To Quai nun us Rubn in non. 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