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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 12,1989 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire Tyson seeks the truth in title defense from wire reports new York Mike Tyson appears set to return for a fight in the Atlantic City convention Center the site or his 91-second knockout of Michael Spinks on june 27. Sooner Parks withdraws plea Gilbert wins in . Clay courts car for the hotel Casino said wednesday in a statement. Trump Plaza adjacent to the convention Center also was site promoter for the Tyson Spinks fight. An official announcement of the fight could come by the Middle of next week. It would be Tyson s first fight since stopping Frank Bruno in the fifth round feb. 25 at Las vegas. Duron irs Settle on debts Miami four time boxing Champion Roberto Duran agreed wednesday to use half his income be tween now and aug. 8 to help Settle a debt to the internal Revenue service. At a Federal court hearing Duran also agreed not to leave the country without the court s permission. The government contends Duran cashed two checks totalling $1.6 million last year that the irs sent him by mistake As income tax refunds. The Agency said it Actu ally owed Duran Only $60,000. With interest Duran now owes about $1.6 million assistant . Attorney Joy Prills said. Giants Taylor acquitted of dui Saddle Brook . New York giants line Backer Lawrence Taylor was acquitted wednesday of Drunken driving charges stemming from a March arrest on the Garden state Parkway. Municipal court judge John cont found Taylor innocent based on testimony from two doctors who said the nil Star suffered from acute food poisoning on the night of his arrest. Authorities alleged Taylor was found sleeping at 3 30 . March 24 behind the wheel of his jeep which was parked on the shoulder of the Parkway. He was charged with Drunken driving despite two blood alcohol level readings of .09 percent. Under new Jer sey Law. 10 percent is considered legally drunk. Earlier Taylor s attorney Raymond Rcd in tried to show that the arresting officer took the football Star into custody based on assumptions made from previous arrests and not on evidence pertinent to Taylor s Case. Mccallum gets of for nil play san Diego Navy it. . Napoleon Mccal Lum a running Back sidelined for two years by military obligations won approval wednesday to pursue an nil career with the san Diego chargers during his off duty hours. Mccallum had his request to resume playing approved by vice . Jeremy m. Boorda Deputy chief of naval operations for personnel with the provision that it not interfere with his official Navy duties said Navy spokesman cmdr. Doug Schamp. Mccallum a 25-year-old naval Academy graduate is committed to the Navy until december 1990. How Ever he graduated this week from recruit officer training school in Orlando fla., and has been As signed to a recruiting Job within the Navy s san Diego recruiting District. He is expected to arrive in san Diego by thursday Schamp said and because he is on leave May be Able to participate in the chargers mini Camp which began monday and concludes Friday. Norman okla. Former Oklahoma cornerback Jerry Parks who entered a no contest plea and then quickly withdrew it  in the shooting and wounding of teammate Zarak Peters will go Back to court monday. Parks withdrew the plea after District judge Preston Trimble said he would not go along with a recommendation from Peters that Parks serve a two year deferred sentence and pay his medical Bills As punish ment for the shooting that occurred Jan. 13 in the Oklahoma athletic dormitory. Parks was charged with shooting with intent to in Jure after Peters was shot in the Chest following an argument in the dormitory. A non jury trial data was set for june 28, but Barr and Taylor appeared before Trimble again wednesday and a new court Date was set for monday. Auburn Recruiter suspended Birmingham Ala. Bud Casey a chief Recruiter for Auburn University s football program has been suspended from recruiting for one year pending the outcome of an Mcaa investigation the Birmingham Post Herald reported wednesday. The newspaper said Pat Dye. Head football coach and athletic director of the tigers confirmed tuesday that he had suspended Casey for a possible minor violation of Mcaa rules. He said Casey the tigers running Back coach and assistant in charge of recruiting could resume recruit ing operations if the Mcaa finds no violation. The Mcaa investigation began when Robert dare and his son Charlie dare alleged last year that Dye promised to make sure Charlie dare s grades and test scores would be High enough for him to be academically eligible As a freshman at Auburn. The dares allegation included a claim that Charlie dare was told he could take the american College test in Lake Wales fla., where Casey s brother in Law was in charge of testing for the College Entrance exam. Dye who denied any Mcaa violation in the recruit ing of dare told the Post Herald that the possible violation by Casey is not connected to the allegations made last summer by the dares. Dye said the possible minor violation was uncovered in Auburn s internal investigation of the dare claims. He said it was turned Over to the Southeastern conference and Mcaa and he told Auburn and Sec officials that Casey would be withheld from recruiting for one year unless the Mcaa finds no violation. Coleman to stay at Syracuse Syracuse . Junior Forward Derrick Cole Man announced wednesday that he will return to Syracuse for his senior season next year passing up for now the potential riches of the Aba. Coleman was among the nation s top five in re bounding and blocked shots last season. He averaged nearly 17 Points a game for the orangemen As a Junior and is the school s All time rebounding Leader. Pollio gets e. Kentucky Job Richmond by. Mike Pollio was named head basketball coach at Eastern Kentucky today. Pollio succeeds Max Good who was fired March 14 after directing the program for eight seasons. He for Mally will be introduced at a news conference thurs Day the school s sports information office announced. Isle of Palms  top seeded Brad Gilbert and second seeded Michael Chang advanced to the quarterfinals of the is. Day court championships wednes Day. Third seeded Luiz Mattar and no. 6 seed Jay Berger also earned spots in the quarterfinals of the $220,000 event at wild dunes resort. Gilbert beat Jim Pugh 6-3, 6-3 his first Victory Over Pugh. Earlier Mattar beat Alex Antonitsch 6-3,6 7 6-86-4 in a match that lasted nearly 2 i , who lost in the first round last year beat Diego Perez of Spain 6-3,6-3 in the featured night  the Only other singles match involving a seeded player wednesday Berger outlasted Jim courier 7-6 7-44-6,6-3 in a 2-hour, 40-minute match to Advance to the quarterfinals for the second straight year. Lendl Becker Triumph Hamburg West Germany Ivan Lendl trounced Patrick Kuehnen of West Germany 6-1, 6-1 and Boris Becker routed Martin Jaite of Argentina 6-2,6-2 As the top seeds cased into the quarterfinals of the German open men s Tennis tournament thursday. The top seeded Lendl ranked no. I in the world and seeking his fifth grand prix title of the year needed Only 56 minutes to beat Kuhn in a member of West Germany s Davis cup team. He dominated Kuhn in with powerful ground strokes. Becker seeded second and playing with a new found Confidence on Clay courts was nearly As effective in sweeping past Jaite in 80 minutes. Becker broke Jaite for a 3-1 Lead in the second set and was never in trouble. Jaite saved two match Points with an Ace and scoring with an overhead smash. But Becker then rushed to the net and put the match away with a Volley. Becker the 1985 and 1986 Wimbledon Champion is seeking his first Clay court title. Another West German Davis cup player Carl Uwe St cab reached the final eight of the $692,500 Nabisco grand prix event beating Fernando Luna of Spain 6 3,1-6,6-2. Horst Skoff of Austria advanced with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 Victory Over 16-year-old Goran Ivanisevic of Yugo Slavia. Edberg wins in Audi invitational Ede Netherlands top seeded Stefan de Bare of Sweden Defeated Finland s Veli Paloheimo 2-6, 6-4, 6 2 wednesday in the $160,000 Audi invitational Tennis tournament and moved into the quarterfinals. In other second round action Argentina s Horacio do la Pena beat seventh seeded australian Mark Woodford 6-1, 6-4 Jose Luis Clerc of Argentina ousted fifth seeded Amos Mansdorf of Israel 6-1, 6-2 sixth seeded Anders Jarryd of Sweden eliminated dutchman Michil schapers 6-4, 6-2 and eighth seeded american Derrick Rostagno downed new zealand s Kelly Ever Ndon 6-0,4-6, 6-4. Canseco goes under knife san Francisco Jose Canseco underwent successful surgery on his left wrist wednesday and should be Able to resume playing for the athletics in six to eight weeks Oakland s team physician said. Two orthopaedic surgeons took i hour and 45 min utes to remove the Hook portion of the three Quarter Inch Ham ate Bone in Canseco s wrist which he injured March 7. The outfielder s forearm will be in a splint or cast for two to three weeks and other protective devices for another two to three weeks. 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