European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 21 Duran Mercer win by John Nelson Atlantic City . A for get no  instead it s Uno Mas one More time for the storied Roberto Duran. Duran won his fourth world championship Friday night knocking Down world boxing Council middleweight Champion Iran Barkley in the 11th round and winning a split 12-round decision. Led by the Power of heavyweight Ray Mercer and the precision of Light heavy weight Andrew Maynard All five olym Pic medallists were winners in their professional debuts on the under card. Mercer the former army fighter from the 8th inf div in Baum older West Germany was the most impressive of the olympians. Dubbed merciless Ray Mercer was exactly that in the third round against Jessie Mcghee. Mercer landed four hard rights to Mcghee s head. Mcghee Stum bled across the ring before falling 30 seconds into the round. I was too relaxed having too much fun that s Why it took so Long said the 27-year-old Gold medallist from South Orange . But Mercer did t take much time in the third round. Before it began he motioned to the crowd at the convention Center and said this is it. He goes  Mcghee of Welch n.y., did. Maynard stopped Zack worthy in 2 49. Kennedy Mckinney like Mercer and Maynard a Gold medallist at Seoul South Korea stopped David alters in the second round. Silver medallist Michael Carbajal out pointed will Grigsby and welterweight Gold medallist Robert Wangila of Kenya scored a unanimous decision Over Sidney Gomes of Brazil. Roberto Duran throws a right at Iran Barkley in the first round of Friday s title bout. Duran s once sputtering comeback could Lead him to another fight with the Man responsible for tagging him As a quitter sugar Ray Leonard. I m in terrific shape not like my years the 37-year-old Duran said. Next time when i fight Leonard i will be in even better shape than this. I was not up to my Peak tonight. I will be at my Peak for  As much As a test of skills this fight started As a test of Duran s arrogant de termination and Barkley s hatred of Duran. But As these wars so often d9, it ended with some measure of humility and respect. To Barkley Duran said Man you Are very Tough a Good  Duran called this the happiest Day of my life and explained his longevity simply like the wine the older it gets the better it  Duran showed flashes 9f the brilliance that carried him to the lightweight welterweight and Junior middleweight titles before he quit the ring in 1985. The Man tagged As a quitter when he threw up his hands and walked away in the eighth round against Leonard in 1980 forever and Al ways erased the no Mas memory with his courageous Victory Over Barkley. Puffing and trying to catch his breath in the Middle rounds Duran summoned his last reserves in order to wrest the world boxing Council middleweight title from Barkley. Duran won the 10th round with a left to the body two lefts to the head and a right at the end of the round and he stood head to had toe to toe with Barkley to Start the 11th. The two traded punches evenly until toward the end of the round Duran landed two staggering rights to Barkley s swollen left Eye. Duran followed with a right then a left then a right then a left and finally another right As Barkley crumpled to the Canvas. The 6-1 Barkley 28, who was 6vi inches taller than Duran regained his feet before the eight count and made it to the Bell. But that was it for the ungainly sometimes awkward fighter who had built such a hatred for Duran. Judge Dave Brown of Canada scored the fight 116-113 for Barkley. Judge Tom Kaczmarek gave the fight to Duran 116-112 and judge Guiseppe Ferrari of Italy favored Duran 118-112. The associated press scored it 115 114 for  had vowed a knockout to re Venge the memory of his late Friend Davey Moore from whom Duran had taken the Junior middleweight title in 1983. Duran had bad mouthed Moore after the fight and Barkley accused him of intentionally thumbing Moore in the Eye before knocking him out in the eighth  was five years ago. And Barkley s debt remains unpaid. Promoter Bob arum who has Duran under contract said he could match Duran with Leonard if Leonard retains his wac super middleweight title against Thomas Hearns in june. Duran earned $350,000 and now has a record of 85-7, with 61 knockouts. Bark Ley who won the title last june 6 by knocking out Hearns in the third round earned $500,000 As his record fell to 25-5 with 16 knockouts. Affer 19 strokes on no. 1, Fife pro is angry and we Sydney Australia a australian golfer Robert Emond wrote his name into the record books Friday when he took 19 strokes to Complete the Par-5 first Hole in the second round of the australian tournament players championship. Australian pea tour officials said 19 was the highest total Ever recorded for one Hole in a professional event in that country. Emond was not immediately available for comment after shooting 90 for a 36-Hole total of 171, 23 shots behind tournament Leader David de Long of the United states. He left the first Hole angry and wet. His sorry tale began when he drove his first tee shot into a left Side water Hazard and was forced to take a new Ball and a penalty. He struck his fourth shot cleanly onto land Only to see it Roll into another water Hazard to the left of the Green. Emond saw it was time for business and took off his right shoe and sock to try to blast the Ball from the water. But after two tries he gave up and decided to take a drop. Unfortunately that drop which took him to eight strokes rolled into his Boot incurring a two stroke penalty. Emond lined up for his 11th try but that too found the water As did his next attempt. Finally on his 15th shot he found the Green. In no mood to consider the rules of the game Emond marked his Ball and picked up another two stroke penalty for doing  needed Only two putts to Hole out. Cowboys shift expected by Gerald Eskenazi the new York times the Dallas cowboys were expected to be sold sat urday for a record $180 million possibly leading to a shift in which Jimmy Johnson would replace Tom Landry the cowboys coach for All of their 29 seasons. Johnson the coach of the University of Miami team that was ranked second to notre Dame in polls after last season was part of talks Friday in Dallas involving bum Bright the cowboys owner and Jerral w. Jerry Jones a Little Rock ark., oilman. Jones and Johnson were roommates and teammates at Arkansas in the 1960s. Landry 64, is one of the most acclaimed coaches in National football league history with a regular sea son record of 250-162-6. His club which once enjoyed a reputation As America s team has recently fallen on hard times with a 3-13 record last season. But it had a 20-year stretch in which it posted win Ning records each season and made the playoffs 18 times. The cowboys have played in five super bowls and have won two. A meeting on the proposed Sale took place at blight s savings and loan institution which is in the hands of Federal Bank regulators. Bright bought the cowboys for $80 million five years ago when his Oil real estate and banking hold Ings were More secure. He has been trying to sell the cowboys for a year. A Sale for $180 million would be about $70 million More than the Sale of the new England patriots last year. But that $110 million Deal also included the club s stadium so it is believed that the cowboys would become the first team in sports history to fetch $100 million. Of the $180 million for Purchase of the cowboys $100 million would be paid for the club $60 million to the management group of Texas stadium primarily for the stadium s luxury boxes and $20 million for the club s training Complex and debts. Johnson 45, a native of port Arthur Texas and Jones 46, were guards on the top ranked 1964 Arkan Sas team which had a record of 11-0. Johnson has a contract running through 1992 at Miami which in his five years has posted a 52-9 re Cord achieving the top ranking in 1987. The hurricanes posted an 11-1 record last season. Their Only loss was 31-30 to notre Dame on a missed 2-Point conversion in the final seconds. They went on to defeat Nebraska in the Orange bowl. In recent Days Johnson reportedly told friends that he was going to the cowboys. He was also said to have telephoned coaches in the nil and asked about the deadline for hiring assistants from other teams. Tex Schramm the cowboys general manager since their first season in 1960, when he hired Landry As their second employee said Friday it appears that Way when asked if this was the closest Bright had come to a Deal. In recent weeks Bright has also spoken with Jerry Buss the owner of the los Angeles lakers basketball team Don Carter owner of the Dallas Mavericks also of the Aba and de Smith a minority owner of the cowboys. All of these men Are in apparently sound enough financial standing to meet the nil Rule that requires that one general partner own at least 30 percent of a club. Under league rules a Sale would have to be approved by three quarters of the league s 28 owners. Schramm confirmed that Bright Jones and Johnson met Friday but he said he did not know the details. He added he expected an announcement on a Sale within 48 hours. When told of reports it would be made saturday he replied Well that s within 48 hours in t it Schramm said he spoke to Landry but Only to Tell him of the talks going on. The general manager said he did not discuss Landry s future. Schramm also said he did not know if there was any foundation to speculation of Jimmy Johnson s involvement with the  he conceded however that it was unlikely that Johnson would have been at the meeting As a financial adviser