European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes monday May 29,1989 no from Page 21 Vba Light heavyweight Champion Virgil Hill right throws a Jab at Joe  in their title bout saturday at Bismarck. . Hill Kos Lasisi in 7th round to keep Light heavyweight title by Robert Moen Bismarck . A when close Friend Joe Lasisi was Virgil Hill s sparring partner last year Lasisi knocked Hill Down in a practice session. On saturday when the two fought for Hill s world boxing association Light heavyweight title it was Hill standing Over Lasisi. Hill retained his Belt for the sixth time stopping Lasisi at 1 56 of the seventh round in a mandatory title defense. Hill 25-0. Used his quickness to land numerous left jabs and Hooks and nullify Lasisi s Power. In the seventh round the Champion landed two hard left Hooks to the head of the charging Lasisi staggering the challenger. Hill quickly pounced on the Opportunity backing Lasisi against the ropes and unleashing a flurry of lefts and rights. Referee Hubert Earlc stepped in and stopped the fight As the boisterous crowd of about 8,000 at the Bismarck civic Center cheered. He went defenceless Earle said of Lasisi. He was on the ropes took quite a few shots and his hands started drop Ping. No use leaving him there. Me was going to get  Lasisi 22-1, showed displeasure at the decision shaking his head. But his Trainer Miguel Diaz said there would be no protest. It took the Best Virgil Hill to beat my fighter Diaz said. Hill said the referee made the right Deci Sion. "1 had him Hurt Hill said it Rcw a few punches and he was t Able to defend himself. He might have gotten  the two fighters who Are Good friends outside the ring hugged each other at the Post fight news conference. We re still friends Hill said. "1 love him like a  Hill a North Dakota native knocked Lasisi Down in the first round with a left to the head. Lasisi 32, came Back to stagger Hill in the fifth round with a right to the  Champion avoided further damage and recovered later in the round. Lasisi a native of Nigeria and the no. 1 ranked contender in the Aba and International boxing federation had stopped or knocked out 20 of his previous  was his first shot at a world title. The third inning and a two run shot to Eric Davis in the ninth. Jose Rijo. 4-1, gave up six hits and four runs in four  6. Phillies 2 san Francisco Alice Ham maker allowed one hit in six innings and Robby Thompson and Kirt Man Waring each had three hits As san fran Cisco downed Philadelphia. Hammaker yielded a Mcadoff Home run to Steve Lake in the third inning then retired the next 12 batters before Jeff Brantly relieved. Craig Lefferts pitched the final 2 / inning for his eighth save. Loser Alex Madrid allowed eight hits and five runs in five innings for the Phil lies losers of four straight. Astros 5, pirates 4,12 innings Pittsburgh Glenn Davis tied the score with a two out two run Homer in the ninth inning and Rafael Ramirez singled Home the Winner with two out inthe 12th As Houston edged Pittsburgh. With one out in the 12th, Davis was Safe on third baseman Bobby Bonilla s throwing error. One out later Ken Caminiti got an infield hit and Ramirez hit the game winning single off Jeff Robinson. Dan Schatz Cdr earned the Victory with 3vi innings of two hit Relief and Dave Smith pitched the 12th for his eighth save Pittsburgh s Glenn Wilson doubled twice for his seventh consecutive multiple hit game and drove in two runs. Braves 4, cardinals 1 St. Louis an error by St. Louis third baseman Terry Pendleton allowed the go ahead run to score in the eighth inning and Andre Thomas added a two run Homer As Atlanta beat St. Louis and scored More than once for the first time in 80 innings. Jose Alvarez who pitched a scoreless seventh in Relief of Tom Glavine was the Winner As the braves snapped a six game losing Streak. Joe by Cvar came on for his sixth save after Alvarez walked Ozzie Smith and Willie Mcgee to Start the eighth Jeff Treadway opened the Atlanta eighth with a single off Jose Delcon Dion James walked and when Gerald Perry s smash went through pc Lelon s legs Treadway scored. After James was caught stealing and Dale Murphy popped out Thomas hit his fifth Home run of the season. The braves took a 1-0 Lead in the fifth inning when Ron cant doubled and scored on Glavic s single. My acc s Home non in the sixth tied the score. Indy from Page 21 in the race to be complaining about  the elder Unser also had a clutch prob pm and was gone before the Halfway Point after starting Sec Ond and remaining among the top five in the Early going. Everything was going just the Way we wanted them to be Unser said we weren t in any hurry just trying to stay on the Lead Lap and wait it  Filli Paldi who started from the outside of the front Row alongside cars and Unser jumped into the Lead As the cars moved into the first turn. He turned the first Lap at 209.200, then broke the race record with a Lap of 213.980 on his second trip around the 2 Milc Oval. The previous fast race Lap at indy was a 209.517 last year on Lap 166 by cars. As Fittipaldi held command the fast laps kept coming faster and faster. Michael Andretti had a Lap caught at Over 220 Early in the race and Fittipaldi whose first of six previous indy car wins came in the 1985 Michigan 500, cranked out a 220.588 on Lap 73 and raised that Mark to 221.370 on Lap 80 cars set the official one and four Lap indy re cords two weeks ago in qualifications hitting 224.254 and 223.885, respectively. Finishing behind Foyt in the unofficial standings was Scott Brayton. Besides the pc Sec Drivers it was a bad Day for most of the rest of the eight former champions inthe Field. One of the first Drivers out was two time Winner Gordon Johncock whose engine blew during the first 20 laps. Tom Snova was the next of the former winners to fall out when his car burst into flame As it was being refuelled during a routine pit Stop during the second caution period on Lap 58. That second yellow Flag was caused by Rahal Stal Ling 9n the backs Rulch. Rahal was towed Back to the pits but was unable to get his motor restarted. Mario and Ritli also was frustrated once More. After running second Early in the race he began to fade with handling problems and a Long pit Stop on Lap 89 knocked him far off the Pace. Kevin Cogan the 1986 run Crup brought out the first caution hag with a frightening Accident on Lap three that was the Only serious incident in the race. Running at the head of a line of cars Cogan lapped the outside Wall on turn four launching his car across the track and backward into the inside Wall. It ricocheted onto pit Road flipping Over and slam Ming sideways into the new inside Guardrail scattering pieces As it Slid. Cogan was pulled from the battered burning tub quickly. He walked away and was checked and re leased at methodist Hospital after complaining of pain in his neck and right Arm. The race was run in warm sunny weather. Emirson Fittipaldi. Wins thrilling indy 500