European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday february 23,1989 the stars and stripes Page 17 ring warriors sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas hit Man Hearns match in Las vegas in june. The two Are the Only Don helmets while promoting their upcoming re boxers Ever to hold titles in five weight divisions. Greene Seitzer resolve disputes with botox royals by the associated press Mike Greenwell of the Boston red sox and Kevin Seitzer of the Kansas City royals settled their contract disputes tuesday while Ramon Martinez and Gilber to Reyes of the los Angeles dodgers solved their visa problems. However reports that the Seattle mariners were about to Trade Pitcher Mark Langston to the new York mets appeared to be somewhat premature. Greenwell and the red sox ended More than a month of difficult negotiations when they agreed to a two year Deal Worth $1.725 million. Earlier in the Day Greenwell and his agent walked out after the red sox refused to offer More than $ 1.7 million. We were too close and i did t want the thing to fall apart said Greenwell who batted .325 in 1988 with 22 homers and 119 runs batted in. We did t Call. We just walked in and said let s try to get it done. Baseball Roundup it was frustrating at times a lot of ups and Downs. But now i m very Happy with it. It s an excellent Greenwell agent Joe Sroba Boston general manager Lou Gorman and red sox co owner Haywood Sulli Van sat in the left Field seats at Boston s Spring Ball Park in Winter Haven fla., working out the final de will get $500,000 this year and $1.225 million in 1990. In addition he would get a $100,000 for winning the american league map $75,000 for finishing second in the voting and $50,000 for Fin Ishing third. He earned $205,000 in base salary last year plus $100,000 in bonuses. I m an honest person who wants to play baseball and have fun doing it said Greenwell who is 75 Days see baseball on Page 23 supersonics notch sweep Over celtics by the associated press Seattle it s payback time for Many of those teams who spent most of the decade being thrashed by the Boston celtics. On tuesday night it was Seattle s turn As the super sonics swept the season series from the celtics for the first time since 1981-82 with a 96-91 Victory. To beat Boston twice in the same season is a Premium said Point guard Nate Mcmillan who had 13 assists. Seattle which won 89-87 at b9ston Garden on feb. 5, held the celtics to 19 Points in the fourth Quarter Aba Roundup while Derrick Mckey scored 12 in the period half of the sonics total. Mckey finished with 19. Mckey s eight foot jumper with 10 seconds left gave Seattle a 94-91 Edge before Boston s Reggie Lewis missed a potential game tying 3-Pqinter. Dale Ellis who led the sonics with 30 Point hit two free throws with two seconds remaining to end the scoring. Boston s Robert Parish had 17 Points and 13 re Bounds but Only one in the final period. Lewis led the celtics with 23 Points while Kevin Mchale added 22. In other Aba games tuesday kicks 120, rockets 115 new York the kicks won their 19th consecutive game at Madison Square Garden one shy of the franchise record despite 29 Points and 25 rebounds by Houston s Akeem Olajuwon. The kicks got 23 Points and 15 assists from Mark Jackson 22 Points from Trent Tucker and 20 Points from Patrick Ewing. Otis Thorpe scored 24 Points for Houston. Suns 139, warriors 121 Phoenix Tom Chambers scored 19 of his 37 Points in the fourth Quarter and Jeff Hornacek finished with a career High 32 As the suns beat Golden state for the sixth consecutive time at Phoenix. Golden state s Terry Teagle scored a career High 36 Points. Mitch Richmond finished with 26 Points and became the first warriors Rookie to reach 1,000 Points since Joe Barry Carroll in 1980-81. Kevin Johnson had 22 Points and Tyrone Corbin tied his season High with 21 for the suns. Bullets 123, clippers 109 Landover my. Washington handed the l9s Angeles clippers their sixth straight defeat and 25th in 26 games As Bernard King scored 33 Points and Jeff Malone 27. The clippers Haven t won at the capita Centre since december 1979. Ken Norman had 24 Points and 13 rebounds to Lead the clippers while Benoit Benjamin scored 21 Points. Bucks 116, pacers 90 Milwaukee Indiana lost its Lith straight game and 25th in 26 Road outings this season As Paul Pressey keyed two second half runs for Milwaukee. Terry Cummings led the Bucks with 27 Points while Pressey and Jay Humphries added 19 each. Chuck person led the pacers with 20 Points All in the first half. Slims tournament to be played in Moscow new York a the women s Tennis tour will move into the soviet Union this year and play a tournament in Moscow in october. The $100,000 event will run for a week starting oct. 9, a spokeswoman for the Virginia slims circuit said tuesday. The russians asked for the tournament Barbara Hannon said. In Moscow the government newspaper Izvestia in reporting the scheduling of the women s event confirmed that a men s tournament will be played there in 1990. The association of Tennis professionals announced last month that tournaments had been scheduled for Moscow and Beijing China next year. Shamil to Rtishchev a leading soviet Tennis coach quoted in Izvestia s Mon Day editions said the men will play in Moscow in november 1990 at the olym Pic sports Complex. He said a sponsor had been found but did not identify it. He said soviet Tennis players earned $1.5 million last year of which More than $500,000 was profit. To Rtishchev said the popularity of Tennis was growing in the soviet Union which has about 80,000 players but that its development was hampered by poor courts and a shortage of balls and rack ets. Olga Morozova the soviet Union s National women s Tennis coach said the Moscow tournament was something that should have happened years i had been thinking of this possibility since i played on the tour in the 70s," she said tuesday. Last year and the year before i pushed the idea. That s when my girls got really Good. And that s How this got the soviets top woman player Nata Lya Zvereva 17, is ranked eighth in the world and another soviet player Larisa Savchenko is ranked 16th. Last year Zvereva was a French open singles finalist and a Wimbledon Dout finalist with Savchenko 22. Morozova 40, was a Wimbledon French open singles finalist in 1974 retired from the tour in 1977. It is a mistake this did t happen Jar Lier she said. Last year Tennis was the watched sport on television in my coun try More than ice hockey and ice skat ing. People Are so hungry to see the game they will come from out of town for it too. And we cannot build courts fast enough for the people who want to
