European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Powell wins Sullivan Long jumper selected top 91 Amateur by Hank Lowenkron Indianapolis apr Mike Powell is getting used to celebrating big moments. Powell a latest Triumph came monday night when he was presented the Sullivan award As the nations top Amateur athlete for 1991. A i done to feel any pressure because in a prepared for what i m trying to do a said Powell who broke Bob Beamons storied 23-year-old world record in the Long jump last year and Hopes to claim olympic Gold in Barcelona this summer. Powell 28, finished first among 10 finalists in National voting for the award by some 2,500, including included the Media past winners and representatives of . Amateur athletic programs. Quot some people were saying that i was a favorite out those kind of situations where you Start believing what people Are saying then you lose. So i was not trying to think about it and trying not to put to much importance to it a Powell said. Quot but As the banquet went on i started to realize How important it  Powell was one of the five finalists who attended the Sullivan dinner where the announcement was made. Three of those attending a swimmer Mike Barrowman Boxer Eric Griffin and synchronized swimmer Sarah Josephson a were there for the second time As finalists. The other of Marist who attended was diver Kent Ferguson. The voting was based on 1991 accomplishments. Powell became the 36th track and Field athlete to receive the Sullivan and the current resident of West Covina is the 23rd californian to get the Sullivan which an athlete can receive Only once. A leap of 29 feet Avi inches at the world championships in Tokyo last year the stars and stripes March 4,1992 Page 28 inside sports College basketball polls a Page 23 heirs hat trick paces blues Triumph a Page 26 pistons overtake bullets a Page 26 topped the record that had stood since Beamons Gold medal performance 292va in Mexico City at the 1968 olympics. The jump also ended a Streak of 65 victories by Carl Lewis who had to Settle for the Silver medal in the world championships after going undefeated for a decade in the event. Quot As much As Tokyo meant to me it his career wont be As Complete unless i get a Gold medal a said Powell who went Home with the Silver behind Lewis at the 1988 olympics. A a in a More motivated than Ever to get that  the finalists who did not attend due to schedule conflicts were sprinter Michael Johnson Dukes Christian laettner and gymnast Kim Zmeskal. The aau which in 1930 created the award in recognition of founder James e. Sullivan does not announce vote totals. Long jumper Mike Powell is All smiles monday after winning the Sullivan  not smart Ted Williams says by Bert Rosenthal new York apr Ted Williams was recalling when Joe Cronin his former teammate and manager on the Boston red sox said he would regret not being a fast runner. _ Dick Allen sitting a few feet from Williams Whis gored to Rollie fingers a new member of baseball Sall of Fame Quot if he could have run he would have hit .600.�?� As it was Williams was one of the most remarkable hitters in baseball history finishing his Brilliant 19-year career with the red sox with a .344 batting average including .406 in 1941 a the last major leaguer to hit .400. Now there Are few if any major leagues who hit .344 in one season no less for a career average. Williams does no to think today a hitters will hit that High often because they Are not As intelligent As the hitters of his Era from the late 1930s to 1960 he missed three seasons when he served in the military. A the average hitter of today does no to know the Little game Between the Pitcher and the hitter a Williams said thursday at a news conference announcing the 1992 upper deck heroes of baseball schedule. The knee irascible and feisty but now amiable Williams 73, said the hitters Don t study such factors As what they did til s last time against a Pitcher the tendencies of a Pitcher the weather the Ballpark and opposing defences. Quot there Are not As Many smart hitters now a he said. Quot i done to see any hitter who can hit ,340 or .350 and hit 40 Home runs. A Guy hits 35 or 40 Home runs he hits .238. Quot i always thought someone could hit .400, but i Don t think so  Williams known for having one of the sharpest pair of batting eyes in the game said today a hitters also Are hindered because of the Lack of proper instruction. Quot you be got Guys in baseball trying to teach batters to hit who have never hit a Williams said. A they batting instructors have set Back hitters 20  that in spite of today a players being a stronger bigger and faster than they were in the past. A a their bodies Are better than ours were 30, 40 and 50 years ago a Williams said. Williams and Carl Yastrzemski another red sox great Are listed As instructors for the team but Williams said he Wasny to planning to be at Spring training with Boston Quot because i Haven to been  Williams still is recuperating from neck surgery a month ago and a stroke. He underwent the operation at Shands Hospital in Gainesville fla., after doctors found an artery in his neck Quot was clogged about 95  the mild stroke sustained in november left no permanent damage but he said his peripheral vision was affected. A a in a appearance i feeling pretty Good a he said in his first Public Ince since the surgery. Quot i wish i could say i was feeling better. In a getting better All the time but i had a Senous  Williams an 18-time All Star six time american league batting Champion and two time triple Crown Champion does no to begrudge today a players the enormous salaries they Are getting. A maybe i was unlucky not being Able to play today when Guys Are making four and a half or five million dollars a said Williams whose biggest annual salary was about $130,000. A was for today a players its not their fault that they re in this circumstance. They should be grateful. It would be easy to criticize them but if the Market will Bear it. Its great for them if ownership a got the dough. In a for the players. Even if you could say i am envious of them and the prices they Are commanding and  but the old Williams re emerged for a moment and he quickly criticized the players a not for accepting the Money a i done to see How they could be out there with All those fans and not Bear Down hard a he said. Williams never lacked enthusiasm. A i was always enthusiastic a he said. A i always wanted to , redmen Clinch title ties a Page 26