European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 31,1992 sports the stars and stripes Page 25 future foes Eye Ruddock Lewis Byda Geraffo new York up evander h61y-Field and Riddick Bowe will be watching the razor Ruddock Lennox Lewis fight on television with great interest tonight. The Ruddock Lewis bout is tied to Holyfield s heavyweight title defense against Bowe nov. 13. Holyfield and Bowe have agreed to fight the Winner of the Rud Dock Lewis bout next although politics May prevent that from happening if Bowe and Ruddock Are the , from his Houston Home and Bowe from his Bend ore., training amp will be watching the Home Box of fice telecast from London while scouting their possible next foe. They Are split on who they expect to win Holyfield picks Lewis and Bowe picks Ruddock. However Bowe has More of a rooting interest. He says he wants Lewis to win so he can Settle a score. Lewis stopped owe in the 1988 olympic super heavy weight Gold medal bout. Lewis was fight ing for Canada at the time but now lives in his native  d rather fight Lennox Lewis because i owe him but i think razor Ruddock the better fighter Bowe said. He s More seasoned he s been More rounds he s More tested. Lewis who has he fought Bowe says he thinks Little of Ruddock outside the ring. I Don t know him to dislike him he said. I just know lately he s been going around saying things about me. I Don know Why it can Only come from jealousy. I can see Why he won the Gold medal i m getting All the publicity. And i m get Ting the title shot. And i can fight where he s just so so. I think he s a bum. Part of me wants him to win part of me wants to see razor Ruddock take his head  predictably Holyfield will be watching the bout with less emotion than  does t matter which one i fight Holyfield said. It could go either Way but i think Lewis will out Point him be cause he s a two handed  was referring to Ruddock s reluctance to use his often injured righthand while loading up with his left Hook. Bowe May Back out of his agreement tonight the Winner of the London bout if it is Ruddock because of hard feelings be tween Bowe s manager Rock Newman and Ruddock s promoter Murad Muhammad. If that happens i would Likely Cost Bowe the world boxing Council title an the undisputed championship. America s soccer future turns up in Saa Brucken by Julie cart the los Angeles times the future of american soccer has arrived. It s in Germany in the form of Eric Wynalda. Eric Wynalda the same Wynalda a 23-year-old Forward fro Westlake Village calif., who has been kicked off virtually every team he has been a part of the same Wynalda who was ejected from the first world cup finals game he Ever played the talented for Ward whose brashness has infuriated nearly every coach he s Ever had warts and All Wynalda this season continues Toile up goals in the German Bunde Sliga one of the world s strongest professional soccer  Diego state Star Wynalda playing for pc Saa Brucken has six goals in 11 games one behind the league leaders going today s Home game against powerful Dortmund at 3 30 . That s the flip Side of Wynalda s bad boy reputation he s an uncanny goal scorer. He earned a berth on the . World cup team on that basis. The . Qualified for the world cup in Italy forthe first time in 40 years in 1990 and played its opening game against a physical czech team. In the first half Wynalda received a referee s warning for elbowing an opposing player in the head. Then Early in the second half Jozef Chovanec of Czecho Slovakia backed into Wynalda and stomped on his foot. Wynalda said he threw up his Arm to keep the player at Bay but the referee saw Only a flagrant foul and red carded Wynalda. Wynalda s ejection meant the . Team had to play the rest of the game one player Short. Czecho Slovakia won 5-1. The next Day his teammates and the coaching staff were critical of Wynalda. They believed that the czechs knowing of Wynalda s temper mad him a target. A More disciplined player would not have reacted they said. Reputations Are often made in an instant. It takes much longer to lose them. Wynalda never did lose his. His image As the California surfer dude was reinforced in february of this year. The . Was to play Brazil for the first time in 62 years. Wynald showed up at the Airport in Miami without his pass port was sent Home and fined $1,000. In May Bora Milutinovic coach of the . National team sent Wynalda Home after he elbowed a teammate in the face. A month later Wynalda was released by the san Francisco Blackhawk of the the american professional soccer league reportedly after contract problems and disputes with team mates. But he could still put the Ball into the net. Eve now with limited playing time on the National team Wynalda has scored five goals in seven games this year. This has not been overlooked in Europe where Peter Neururer Saar Brincken s coach saw in Wynalda something he liked. Neururer has a reputation of working Well with problem players and he has assembled a team that is a kind of . Raiders of the Bunde Sliga. Saa Brucken got a bargain. The German Tea bought Wynalda s rights from the . Soccer fed California s Eric Wynalda shows his colors. File photo ration for a $405,000 Transfer fee and signed him Toa two year contract that pays him a $200,000 yearly salary As Well As free use of an apartment and car. The investment paid immediate dividends. Wynalda scored a hat trick in his first German cup match then scored two goals to help  defending league Champion Stuttgart. What Ever dubious curiosity German fans had about a american player was suddenly transformed into that peculiarly european soccer madness. It s amazing and it s a Little scary Wynalda said from his apartment in Saa Brucken a City of 250,000 near the French Border. I think they Are surprised that i m an american and doing so  Wynalda s Success and the German reaction to it can be seen As a kind of backhanded compliment. Because expectations Are so Low for american soc cer players practically any ability evidenced by an american would result in astonished Praise. The germans like to think that they Are Thebes Wynalda said. The italians like to think they Are the Best and so do the French. Because there Haven t been Many americans playing in Europe they think none of us Are As Good As they Are. I guess m carrying the  and carrying it High As usual in the scoring column. College football Weka leads so. Miss by e. Carolina by the associated pres Greenville . Michael Welch spoiled East Carolina s first regular season National television appearance at Home thursday night rumbling through the pirate defense and leading Southern Mississippi Toa 38-21 Victory. Welch rushed for a season High 169 Yards and touchdown on 27 carries for the Golden eagles shred Ding an East Carolina defense ranked last among 107division i a schools. It was a big thing All week. We were playing on  was watching and everybody wanted to do Good for their Hometown Welch  pirates went into the game third nationally in passing and seventh in total offence. But the Golden eagles 6-3 were fifth in the nation against the pass and they flexed their defensive muscle. Welch helped put the game away with a 50-Yard dash with 6 11 left in the third period giving Southern miss a 28-7 Leaden route to its third straight win. It was an option play and the wide receiver had been blocking Good All Day Welch said of the game clinching run. He blocked his Man in and it was wide open from then  East Carolina 4 4 committed seven turnovers and five of them were interceptions thrown by Michael Ander Welchon tying a single game record for the pirates who had a two game winning Streak snapped. Anderson passed to Carlester grumpier on a 9-Yardscoring pass with 4 04 left for the final score. Smith rushed for 150 Yards on 18 carries and Miles rushed 10 times for 112 Yards for Southern miss. In another game thursday Western Kentucky 41, Southern Illinois 39 Bowling Green by. Eddie Thompson Ranfor four touchdowns and a school record 309 Yards and Western Kentucky broke a 44-year-old record on the Way to a 41-39 Victory Over Southern Illinois 3-6. A blocked Field goal in the final seconds secured the win for the Hill toppers 3-4. The previous Rushing re Cord was 297 Yards by Clarence Jackson in 1971. Penn state s Sacca sidelined state College a. Penn state quarterback John Sacca is out for the rest of the season after injuring his left knee in practice wednesday. Sacca a 6-foot-2, 200-Pound Sophomore was the starting quarterback during the first seven games and had been playing with a bad Collarbone according to Frank Giardina assistant sports information director. Giardina said he May be sidelined at least five weeks. Bama s Palmer draws probation Fine Tuscaloosa Ala. A judge sentenced Ala Bama wide receiver David Palmer to two years Proba Tion in a Drunken driving Case thursday saying he would go to jail if arrested for dui again during the probation