European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse From wire reports new York a Ray Mercer and Bobby Czyz who will fight for Donald Trump showed up late for a news conference tuesday. So did Marla Maples who will marry Trump. Once Maples did arrive the fighters were forgotten a at least by photographers and television cameramen. It was the first appearance together in Public for Maples and the Developer since their engagement was announced july 3. As the news conference ended Maples appeared on the Dias flashing a Diamond about the size of a a Speed bag and a smile that made Tommy Morrison a look like a frown. Morrison featured in the film Rocky a will Challenge a a merciless Mercer a a former Soldier once stationed at Baum older Germany and a Seoul olympic Gold medallist a for the world Ray Mercer boxing organization heavyweight title on an aug. 9 card presented by Trump Plaza in Atlantic City . Czyz will defend the world boxing association Cruiser weight title against Bash Ali. Mercer and Czyz were delayed in arriving at the Plaza hotel also owned by Trump,1 because their limousine Driver Yas More than an hour late picking them up at their training Camp in great Gorge . Nobody made Maples wait. Trump Public relations people knew she was coming even before the news conference began. So it appeared her late Entrance was planned so As not to distract the focus of boxing sign 2 More from Olaf Herndon a. A the Washington redskins who will Start training Camp sunday with All nine draft picks and eight veterans still unsigned added a world league of american football player to their roster tuesday. He a Eric is Naposki a linebacker who led the Barcelona dragons in tackles with 51 and previously played with the new England patriots Indianapolis Colts Dallas cowboys and new York jets. Another Olaf player making the jump to the nil ranks is cornerback Anthony Parker a former Arizona state standout who signed a one year contract with the Phoenix cardinals. Parker rebounded from knee surgery and unsuccessful attempts to catch on with two nil teams by intercepting 11 passes in 10 regular season Olaf games with the new York new Jersey knights. Phoenix coach Joe Bugel said he admired Parker a grit. Parker who scored 54 touchdowns As a running Back at Mcclintock High in Tempe ariz., made the All Pacific 10 conference team at both cornerback and punt returner after Nis Junior year. He was averaging 24.6 Yards on Kickoff returns and 13.7 Yards on punt returns when he injured his left knee six games into the 1987 season. He underwent reconstructive knee surgery sat out the 1988 season and caught on with the Indianapolis Colts in 1989. But he spent most of the season on injured Reserve. He intercepted a 12th pass in the playoffs an amazing total considering that he had just three career interceptions in College and the fact that the entire cardinals secondary had Only 16 All through the 1990 nil season. Parker also made 43 tackles and blocked a Field goal in a season when he was named one of the we aft a three defensive players of the placed on do St. Louis a the St. Louis cardinals put first baseman Pedro Guerrero on the 15-Day disabled list tues Day. He suffered a hairline fracture of his right leg when he collided with Catcher Tom Pagnozzi sunday. Initially. A rays were negative but team physician Stan London said a More detailed examination monday indicated a fracture of the Large Bone several inches below the knee. London said the average recovery time for such a fracture is four to six wants out of Alliance Louisville by. A the International league wants to get out of the triple Alliance. The in voted 5-3 on tuesday to end the four season Experiment with the american association because of a concern for the scheduling differences which were brought about by the financial Side of things a said Randy Mobley the alliances commissioner and president of the american association. Mobley said the in would like to continue the triple classic postseason playoff against the american association Champion and to continue joint administration of the two sign teen age Pitcher Seattle a the Seattle mariners have signed their no. 1 draft pick Shawn Estes the team announced tuesday. Quot the 18-year-old left handed Pitcher has been assigned to the mariners Rookie league team in Bellingham. Estes went 8-2 with a 0.80 earned run average in his senior year at Douglas High school in Minden Nev. He registered 141 strikeouts in 62 innings and gave up Only 15 St. Suspends return Star Corvallis Ore. A halfback Dwayne Owens who set three Mcaa kick return records last season has been suspended from the Oregon state football team for the coming season by coach Jerry Pettibone. Pettibone in his first year at the school said tuesday that the penalty was levied for a violation of team rules. He and other school officials would not say what rules were violated. Owens started last season As a Redshirt but played in the final nine games. In those games he set Mcaa Marks for most Yards on Kickoff returns in a season 1,014, most Kickoff returns per game in a season 4.6, and most Kickoff return Yards per game 112.7.Ismail to miss Cal opener Toronto a Raghib a a rocket Ismail will spend his first pro football game watching from the sidelines. The Toronto argonauts said tuesday night that Ismail their $18 million wide receiver kick returner will miss thursday nights Canadian football league sea son opener in Ottawa with a strained quadriceps muscle in his left leg. Ismail will attend the game even though he wont opens comeback with win Newport . A a Johan Kriek returned to professional Tennis after surgery on his right Elbow with a Strong 6-2, 6-4 win Over Bret Garnett in the second Day of the $150,000 Hall of Fame championships. Kriek 33, a South african native who now lives in Florida was once ranked seventh in the world. Top seeded Peter Lundgren fired 14 aces in route to a 6-2, 6-0 win Over unseeded Jimmy drives into Lake Orlando Fla. A former new England patriots running Back Tony Collins whose nil career was shortened by drug use drove his car into a Lake in what police said was a suicide attempt. Collins. 32, was treated at a Hospital and released about an hour later police said. The car hopped a curb at 4 45 . Edt went into tire shallow end of the Lake and was half submerged when paramedics arrived. No charges were filed. Collins a starting Wingback for the Orlando predators of the Arena football league played seven seasons with the patriots before he was banned by the nil for two years because of his drug Downs Rosset a stand Switzerland a Wimbledon semifinalist David Wheaton Defeated Marc Rosset 4-6, 7-6 8-662 tuesday in the first round of the Swiss open. In other first round matches third seeded Guy forget beat Marian Vajda 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, and fifth seeded Emilio Sanchez Defeated Sasa Hirszon 6-2, 6-4.larsson upsets Cherkasov Bastard Sweden a Magnus Larsson upset top seeded Andrei Cherkasov 6-3, 6-2, and Eduardo Masso eliminated fourth seeded Anders Jarryd 6-3, 6-1 tuesday in the first round of the swedish wins Stokes game mont1cello, . A Ron Anderson of the Philadelphia 76crs scored 34 Points and to c Denver nuggets Anthony Mason added 28 As the West Defeated the East 120-110 tuesday in the 33rd Maurice Stokes memorial All Star game. Mark Jackson of the new York kicks had 37 Points and 10 assists for the East and was named most valuable player. Jackson solder brother Harry was wounded Early tuesday morning in a drive by shooting in front of his Home. He was in stable condition. The game is played in Honor of the late Maurice Stokes a former Star with the Cincinnati royals who was stricken with encephalitis in 1958.celtics Smith has surgery Boston a Boston celtics guard and Forward Derek Smith has undergone surgej7 to repair a torn cartilage in his left knee team officials said. The 40-minute operation was performed tuesday by team physician or. Arnold Scheller tuesday. Smith who also had surgery on the knee last september was signed As a free agent by the celtics in december and appeared in two regular season games and 10 playoff , heat in Fame game Springfield mass. A the Aba Champion Chicago bulls Wiir face the Miami heat in the Hall of Fame game oct. 29, it was announced tuesday. It will be Miami a first appearance in the game. Chicago Defeated the los Angeles lakers in the 1987 set in . Bike trials Tooele Utah a John lies Wyn and Jeanne Golay led menus and women a foursomes to National team time trial records tuesday on the final Day of the . Senior National cycling championships. Lies Wyn of Gainesville Fla., who finished third sunday in the menus Road race teamed with John Loehner of Richmond Hill ., Michael Orr of Redmond wash., and Dave Nicholson of Seattle to Complete a 100-Kilometer desert course in 1 hour 59 minutes and 49.18 seconds. The team eclipsed the previous Mark of 2 00 28.33 set sept. 24, 1988 in Moriarty Leader Sorensen Breaks Collarbone Valenciennes France up1 tour de France Leader Rolf Sorensen of Denmark broke his Collarbone in a fall near the finish of wednesdays fifth stage of and Likely will be forced to withdraw. Sorensen finished the stage holding his left shoulder race officials said. He was ten taken by ambulance to a local Hospital where a rays confirmed the fracture said or. Gerard Nicolet one of the physicians on the race staff. A i can to see him going on a Nicolet said. Sorensen maintained the leaders yellow Jersey for the fourth straight Day while three time Champion Greg Lem Ond of the United states and Sean Kelly of Ireland remained close behind. If Sorensen is unable to resume the race the yellow Jersey would be handed to Lemond the defending Champion. Lemond currently trails Sorensen by nine seconds for the Overall a if it is confirmed that Sorensen has to go out Lemond would Start in front a race director Jean Marie Leblanc said. Kelly was 10 seconds behind Sorensen in third place with Holland s Erik Breu Kink another six seconds Back in fourth. Jelle Nijdam of Holland won the 93-mile 149.5 pm fifth stage from reims to Valenciennes in a time of 3 hours 17 minutes 38 seconds. Nijdam managed to break ahead of the pack in the last mile to Cross the line a few Yards ahead of German sprint specialists Rumig stump and Olaf Lemond finished eight seconds behind Nijdam with Sorensen another second Back. Dja Olidine Abdou Saparov of the soviet Union won tuesdays 180-mile trip from Dijon to reims the longest stage of the 23-Day event with a final sprint. Sorensen took the Overall Lead from Lemond during sundays second stage a 22.6-Itiile team time trial. Lemond attempting to win his third straight four de France owned the Lead after sunday mornings opening stage a a 71.3-mile Loop around Lyon. The tour de France will conclude july 28 on the champs Elysee in Paris. A total of 184 riders originally entered the race which consists this year of 80miles of individual time trials and Only four Tough Mountain stages
