European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday april 19,1989 Boom a linked to senility Chicago apr research indicates that boxing injuries May Lead to alzheimer s disease an ail men thai afflicted former Boxer sugar Ray Robinson a University neurologist said. Or. Patricia Reyes an associate professor of neurology at Thomas Jefferson University in Phila Delphia said he studied eight for Mer Amateur and professional Box ers aged. 65 through 89 and All satisfied the clinical criteria for al7hcimcr s disease. Three were diagnosed As having Parkinson s disease and hydrocephalus accumulation of fluid on the brain accompanied by enlargement of the head it is important to note that these boxers held responsible jobs after boxing Reyes said. All were referred to us because of mental loss confusion and personality changes symptoms of Alz Heimer s. Reyes and his colleagues presented the findings of their study at the annual meeting of the Amer ican Academy of neurology at a downtown hotel. Alzheimer s disease is a degenerative disease of brain that wors tins Over Lime and is associated with aging. Parkinson s disease is the degeneration of certain brain cells thai causes tremors and impedes move ment. 11 also causes personality changes and mild memory loss. There is an overlap of the two diseases in some cases. Robinson who died wednesday Ai 68, had 199 professional bouts Over 25 years. In addition 10 Alz Heimer s disease. Robinson suffered from diabetes and High blood pressure. Former heavyweight Champion Muhammad a Hai been diag nosed As. Having Parkinson s Dis ease. Reyes conceded thai the men in his study could have developed ecu to logical damage Independent of boxing. Hut he noted that re search of Laboratory animals As Well As other data on the subject have indicated head injury could Lead to alzheimer s disease. "1 Don t think we should say that chronic brain. Injury causes alzheimer a Reyes said. There is a need to do further scientific Mudies Reyes said thai the Only Way. To diagnosis of alzheimer s disease is to perform an autopsy. Jordan bulls beat kicks to end 6-game loss skein by the associated press Chicago Michael Jordan s 20 Point fourth Quarter helped the Chicago bulls end a six Jame losing Streak Mon Day night but it was Bill Cartri fit s defense that completely immobilized the new York kicks Patrick Ewing. Jordan scored 13 of the bulls Fin til 14 no Roundup Points and finished with 34 Points 11 rebounds and nine assists As Chicago Defeated new York 104-100. Ewing had 18 Points just tour below his average but he grabbed Only three rebounds none until Midway in Trie third Quarter when new York started a 17-0 spurt. Rick Pitt no the new York coach criticized his team for taking 19 Field goal attempts from 3-Point Range including a o-for-6 performance by Trent Tucker. It was Tucker who had a Chance to tic the game at 100-100 with 22 seconds left after a turnover. The kicks. Who lost for the sixth time in nine games were Ted by Mark Jack son with 24 Points. In other games monday jaw 108, clippers 102 los Angeles Karl Malone made a pair of layups and a free throw to open a Sis Point Lead in the fourth Quarter and Utah stayed in command fora Victory Over the los Angeles clippers. Malone led All scorers with 34 Points while thur Bailey came off Zitur Bench to. Score 26 and John Stockton added 16 Points. The win was Utah s seventh in a Row against the clippers Over the last two years Gary Grant led the Way for he clip pers with 30 Points 21 in the second half. Ken Norman added 26 for the clip pers celtics 113, hornets 108, of Charlotte . Robert Parish scored 21 Points and keyed Boston s overwhelming advantage Ait the boards with 22 rebounds As the. Celtics Defeated Charlotte in overtime. Hulls Michaul Jordan Sparks winning rally Brian Shaw hit three free throws in the final 22 seconds of overtime 10 Seal the Victory Boston s fifth straight Odom he expansion hornets. Shaw who had 12 rebounds scored All five of his Points from the line. Reggie Lewis finished with 26 Points and id rebounds and Kevin Mihalc added is Points and to rebounds for Boston which out rebounded the Hor nets 7 3-44, Boston look a il0-104 Lead in Over time on a pair of offensive rebounds and inside jumpers by Parish. The hornets came Back with four straight Points and had the Opportunity to tie the score when Kelly Tripucka was fouled Wilh 26 seconds left. But Tri Pucka an 86.6 percent free throw shooter missed both free throws. Rex Chapman led All scorers with 29 Points for Charlotte. Rockets99, spurs 91 Houston Akem Olajuwon scored 20 of his 26 Points in the second half and paced a fourth Quarter rally in Houston s Victory Over san Antonia. The spurs extended their club record Road losing Streak to 19 games dropping their Road record o 3-37 this season. Olajuwon who added 16 rebounds helped extend san Antonio s Overall los ing Streak to six with his second half performance which included a Basket with 5 37 left that put the rockets ahead to slay s4-82,. Jay Vincent led the spurs with 20 Points. Suns140, Kings 85 Phoenix Eddie Johnson scored 21 of his 24 Points in a lopsided second period As Phoenix suns beat Sacramento Kings for the suns eighth consecutive Victory and he biggest Victory margin in the n a this win moved Phoenix 2s-q. At Home against Western conference com petition within a half game of the Idle los Angeles lakers for both the Confer ence and Pacific division Lead. The 55-Point loss was the second worst in the Kings 41-year history be Hind a 140-82 defeat at Milwaukee on dec. Ii,-i98s, y sonics 116, warriors 109, of Oakland Calif. Seattle look its first Lead of the game on scale threat s jumper with 2 12 remaining in overtime. The sonics who trailed by 13 Points with 1 18 remaining in the half tied the game 70-70 arid 94-94 before forcing the contest into overtime 104-104 on Nav tar Mcdan cps jumper with 36 seconds remaining in overtime. Golden slate scored Only 12 Points in the fourth Quarter. No from fags 21 outs for his second save of the year mss 5. F Hillie 2 new York Darryl Strawberry Kevin Mck synolds and Keith Hernan Dez hit consecutive Home runs in the third inning As new York ended its of Fen inc slump and Defeated Phila Delphia. Sid Fernandez j-0, won his first Start of the season. Cardinals a pirates 2 St. Louis Ozzie Smith Srun scr ing double sparked a three run eighth in Ning leading St. Loais past injury plagued Pittsburgh. The cardinals hit four doubles off re Liever Brian Fisli Cri 0-1 to break a i tic in the eighth giants 9, padres 0 san Francisco Scott Gar chs a convened Rel incr pitched a Siv Hilter and. Will Clark and Candy Maldonado each drove in three runs As san Francisco routed slumping san Diego which has lost five of its last six games a a /".-. -. I " reds 3, Bodum 2.10 innings los Angeles Todd Bensinger s sacrifice Fly scored Barry Larkin in the 1 Oil inning 10 give Cincinnati a Victory Over los Angeles. Reliever 3ay , 0-1, yielded a Mcadoff single to Larkin. After a wild pitch and a walk to Kal Daniels Eric Davis beat out a slow roller to third base hit that loaded the bases.1 Benzinger then broke the tie with. A Fly to left Field Al from Pago 21 slam. The Rookie shortstop had Only one hit in 16 Al a incoming i to the game. In other games monday. And to Wutte sin 0 Chicago Devon White doubled Home 3 run in inc first inning and a two run ninth with another double As California won its third straight game and behind the Sis hit pitching of Kirk Mccaskill and Bryan Harvey Mccaskill pitched tvs innings walking none and striking out one. Harvey pitched out of an eighth in n ing Jam and earned his second save. Yankees 7, Bini jajs2 Toronto Andy Hawkins pitched a five hitter for his Firat american league Victory and Roberto Kelly drove in four runs three with a ninth inning triple As new York downed Toronto. The Yankees wrapped it up in the ninth on Kelly s bases loaded triple and Sci e a s rib grounder. New York s Bob grower and Toronto s Mcgriff hit Solo homers. Red sox 6, orioles 4 Boston Mike Greenwell hit a to run Homer As Boston rallied for five runs in the eighth inning to beat Ija Limon. The orioles scored two runs in the ninth but fell Short in their bid to win consecutive games on the Road for the first time since August 987. Ellis Burks led off the Boston eighth with a triple off Brian Halton 1-2. Grcen will then hit his fourth Homer of the season a 420-foot blast into the bleachers in right Center. Mariners 7, athletics 2 Seattle Henry Colto hit his first two Home runs of the season and Rookie Erik Hanson held Oak land to four hits through eight innings As Seattle Defeated the a s. Cotto s two run Homer put Seattle ahead 2-1 in the manners four run fourth inning and he added a Solo shot in the seventh it was the firs multiple Home game of his career. Hanson gave up a run in the first inning and then checked the a s until Tony Phillips homered in the
