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NEWS-PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1997 OUTDOORS BOXING Lewis, Golota get ppoirtaiifes The Associated Press Feb. 7 was stopped in the fifth round because Oliver McCall refused to fight. McCall had won the title with a second-round knockout of Lewis on ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. It's an opportunity for Lennox Lewis to enhance his reputation. Sept.

24, 1994, at London. In the first defense of his second title reign, Lewis won when Henry Akinwande was dis- A GUIDE TO GETTING OUT IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA It's an opportunity for Andrew Golota to show that he not only has the ability to win a big fight, but also the temperament that he can fight within the rules after disqualifications for repeated anteed $4 million. Golota (28-2, 25 knockouts) is guaranteed $1.75 million. Each man weighed 244 pounds. In another title fight, IBF junior lightweight champion Arturo Gatti of Jersey City, N.J., will fight Gabriel Rueias of Los Angeles.

Cermeno leaves division CARACAS, Venezuela WBA junior featherweight champion Antonio Cermeno confirmed that he's vacating the title and seeking bouts In the featherweight division. A WBA spokesman said the top two challengers Rafael del Valle of Puerto Rico and Enrique Sanchez of Mexico will fight to see who gets the junior featherweight title that Cermeno defended seven times since winning it from Puerto Rico's Wilfredo Vazquez in May 1995. fight between WBA champion Evander Holyfield and IBF champion Michael Moorer. Lewis, of Britain, was a 6-5 favorite over Golota, a Polish native living in Chicago, but it was expected to be pick 'em at fight time. Lewis doesn't believe he's gotten his due from boxing media and fans in the United States.

He, however, has been less than sparkling in several fights in the U.S., with his best performance being a sixth-round stoppage of Tommy Morrison on Oct. 7, 1996, and his worst a decision over Ray Mercer in a 10-round bout May 10, 1996, that many ringside observers felt Mercer had won. Through no fault of his own, Lewis' last two U.S. appearances were complete busts. Lewis regained the WBC title, which was vacant, when his fight last I iV qualified for hold- ingJulyl2.

Golota got away with biting Samson GOLOTA Po'uha on the neck in 1995 and butting Danell Nicholson last year, but he was disqualified for low blows in the seventh round against Riddick Bowe on July 11, 1996, and again in the ninth round against Bowe on Dec. 14. Lewis (31-2, 25 knockouts) is guar- low blows in his last LEWIS two fights. They will fight tonight in the Convention Center for the WBC heavyweight title held by Lewis. Also at stake could be an opportunity for the winner to fight the victor of a Nov.

8 MOTORSPORTS Wallace struggling to turn year around The Associated Press Get identified Now that 17-year-olds also need to get boating safety identification cards, here's how to get them. Anyone born after Sept. 30, 1980, who plans to operate a vessel of 10 horsepower or more without an adult has to comply with the law. They must pass a test or take a class to get an ID card, commonly called a youth license. The age requirement will increase 1 year each October until 2001, when all boaters 21 or younger will have to comply.

There are three ways to get boating safety ID cards: CLASS: Take a boating safety course offered by a U.S. Power Squadron, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary or other boating education program. Send a copy of your course-completion certificate to the state. BOOK EXAM: Pick up a free copy of "How To Boat Smart," a state publication available at any Florida Marine Patrol office.

Or mail a self-addressed, stamped 8-by-ll envelope to the FMP, 2423 Edwards Fort Myers, FL 33901. The envelope will need $1.24 in postage. Then read the book and take the competency exam in the back. Mail the completed exam to the state. COMPUTER TEST: Go to the BOATU.S.

web page at www.boatus.com. Click on the boating safety course icon. Take the free 50-question test; get im mediate results. Print out a completion certificate or check the box that asks BOATU.S. to print and mail it to you.

Send your certificate to the state. The last step is to mail $2 and a course-completion certificate or exam to DEP Division of Law EnforcementBoating Safety Section, P.O. Box 3070, Tallahassee, FL32315-3070. Walk the natural way Hikers and nature lovers can join in a free guided walk Oct. 11 of the Corkscrew Marsh Hiking Trails with naturalists Gene and TinaCsonka.

Located in northern Collier County on County Road 850, the hiking trails offer five miles of nature trials through an oak and palm hammock, pine flatwoods and along the Corkscrew Marsh. Birds and mammals frequently are observed, including hawks, egrets, herons, deer, hogs, raccoons and turkeys. Florida panthers and black bears also are known to be in this area. Guided walks are offered from 9-11 a.m. the second Saturday of each month.

From Fort Myers, take State Road 82 east to CR 850Corkscrew Road. Go right. The entrance is 1.5 miles down on your left. The walks are free, but a $3 donation is welcome. Info: 332-7771.

Betsy Clayton CONCORD, N.C. Rusty Wallace is an unsinkable optimist. In the midst of what is one of the most frustrating seasons of his career, Wallace is as upbeat as ever. "I can't believe all the things that have happened to us this year," Wallace said. "We still believe we can win every time we go out there.

I expect to go out there and win on Sunday. With the team we've got, and the his technical director, Patrick Head; and former team designer Adrian Newey forced court president Antonio Costanzo to adjourn until Oct. 28. The three will be questioned Oct. 29 three days after the conclusion of the 1 997 Formula One season.

"It was a logistic problem. It was impossible to find room for the Williams people," said Oreste Domin-ioni, one of the defense lawyers for the Williams team. Hotels in Bologna and nearby towns are sold out for an international trade fair. David Coulthard, the British driver of the McLaren-Mercedes team and recent winner of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, will testify Oct. 28.

The trial of six Formula One officials, charged with manslaughter for Senna's fatal crash during the 1994 San Marino GP, is expected to continue through the end of November. Prosecutor Maurizio Passarini contends that a badly modified steering column in Senna's Williams-Renault cracked and caused the fatal crash. was unaware that NASCAR already had received a check for $5,000, but NASCAR president Bill France Jr. went along with the gag, accepting the shipment with a smile. Wallace, smiling again, was looking forward to Sunday's UAW-GM 500 (1:05 p.m., TBS).

"We've struggled a lot this year and we're finally getting it turned he said. "I'm confident that the motor problems we've been having this year and last year are handled. We've been able to turn the corner with every part of the team." Wallace currently is 13th in the points, far out of the championship picture. But he is only 84 points out of 1 0th with five races remaining. Senna trial continues IMOLA, Italy Citing logistical problems, three defendants in the trial over the death of Ayrton Senna failed to appear in court to give testimony.

The absence of Frank Williams, owner of the Williams-Renault team; of those were top-5s. The low point of the season came Monday in the rain-delayed race at Martinsville, where Wallace was in charge until NASCAR penalized him for jumping a restart with only 23 laps remaining. Wallace, who doesn't hide his feelings very well, railed against NASCAR's decision after the race and was fined $5,000 for his negative remarks. "What's such a shame is the fact that my guys kicked butt all day and we don't have anything to show for it," said Wallace, who wound up 15th. "The record book certainly won't show that we had the best pit stops all day "I just feel so bad for the guys.

We led the most laps we won the battle on pit road and just go home with a 1 5th-place finish, and that stinks." Nothing can keep the 41-year-old racer down for long, though. Friday, with no Winston Cup practice scheduled, Wallace had an armored truck deliver the fine in pennies, 500,000 of them, to NASCAR at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He equipment we've got, WALLACE we should be winning." Wallace, the 1989 Winston Cup champion, has driven for Penske Racing South since 1991 and has become used to running at or near the front This year, he has won one race but failed to finish 10 times. In the races he has finished, Wallace has only 10 top-10 places, although seven FISHING FORECASTER VECTOR FISH GAME ACTIVITY TABLES TaMaa Indicate paak nan and am tMdtng and migration Hmaa. laator period can brack tha paak by an hour befora hour anar.

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