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50 THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE SEPTEMBER 29. 1985 ii In a banal sports world Terriers have Holmes the las can showed laugh cior BU, 19-14 ii I ii I -I r- That Cooney was being paid equally although he was the challenger. That Holmes felt Caesars Palace, which played host for the bout, was discriminating against Holmes because he was black. That Holmes no longer "liked whites," according to his former trainer, Freddie Brown. Nobody, including Holmes, has ever disputed the first two points.

But the story was called "irresponsible" in a column Tuesday by Michael Katz.of the New York Daily News, a fine journalist and a friend. One of his objections is that Holmes was not given a chance to defend himself in the article. Holmes was: he chose not to return two telephone calls. Perhaps there should have been a third, fourth and fifth call on so sensitive a subject; he would have flatly denied Brown's charge then and still does today. For that.

I apologize to Holmes. Katz' second objection is that Freddie Brown's opinion is worthless because he is old and because he was fired by Holmes. How quickly memory fades. Brown was one of boxing's all-time great trainers and cutinen. as Joe Lie-bling duly noted in his poetic essays for the New Yorker.

As recently as 1980, Brown and Ray Arcel were the masterminds behind Roberto Duran's victory over Ray Leonard. In 1981, Brown was In Vito Antuofermo's corner when Vito went after Marvin Hagler's title at the Garden, and only be I I BOXING Dy STEVE MARAMTZ Larry Holmes telephoned last Monday and said. "I'm sorry." He apologized to Peter Marciano, the i Marciano family and to me. It was inot a small act of humility for so i proud a man. If you've ever been called a "racist" in front of the whole country as I was by Holmes in 1 982.

and before and after his loss i last week to Michael Spinks you would know how much I appreci- ated his apology. And now I will offer an apology to Larry Holmes, hopefully provid-i ing background that may shed JJight on Holmes' behavior. i I wrote a story in 1982, two weeks before the Holmes-Gerry Cooney match, a story that Holmes at the time and was still on his mind last week. It reported that Holmes would carry a bitter attitude into the i ring against Cooney. and it laid 'Holmes' bitterness to several rea-i sons: HAGLERvs.

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Plus more. FLAGSHIP TRAVEL Boston No. Shore Burlington 595-7168 639-1800 272-5900 it By Ernie Roberts Special to the Globe ORONO. Maine On Friday night, as Hurricane Gloria roared outside. Bill Brooks was doing a stand-up comedy routine by candlelight to relax his Boston University football squad.

Yesterday, the senior split end fram Milton had University of Maine defenders falling down in frustration as he caught 1 0 passes for 199 yards and a touchdown to spearhead BU's first triumph of 1985. a 19-14 victory over the Black Bears. Brooks' 10-yard TD catch, coming during his string of three straight receptions over persecuted Maine cornerback Gary Groves, put BU ahead. 12-7, in the fourth quarter. Then, after the Bears matched Tony Winston's 17-yard TD catch with a 41-yard combination between Bob Wilder and Sergio He-bra to make it 19-14, Brooks used his receiving magic to kill the clock down the stretch.

Even so. BU couldn't have managed its 13th straight triumph over Maine to bring its Yankee Conference record to 1-1 without the major defensive contribution of first-time starter Brad Ho-kin at outside linebacker. Leading. 7-6, and working on a 10-play, 55-yard march in the third period, Maine had second down on the BU 19 when Hokin intercepted Wilder's underthrown pass at the 7. Again, at the top of the fourth quarter, Hokin thwarted Maine at his 31 by finishing off a "volleyball, interception via teammates Jack Reybold and Chris Scerra.

"That was a triple play, but all I remember is landing on my head with the ball in my hands," said Hokin. Finally, with a minute to play and Maine attempting a last-ditch bomb on third down from its 45. the ubiquitous Hokin blitzed Wilder for a 10-yard sack. "Those two interceptions plus a holding penalty when we'd gotten to their 1 (in the third quarter on a 20-yard pass from Wilder to freshman Steve Roth) took the wind out of our sails," said Maine coach Buddy Teevens. "All in all, we played a very good game.

On defense we basically shut them down until Brooks got hot in the second half. But cause of Brown's skill with cuts did the bout last five rounds. Brown. who is white, claimed that Holmes had stopped liking whites because Richie Giachetti. another former trainer who Is white, had testified before a federal grand jury investigating promoter Don King, who is black.

At the time. King was Holmes' closest adviser. Brown's opinion may or may not have represented the truth, but at least it deserved to be aired. If boxing reporters stopped talking to everybody Holmes has fired they would end up talking to themselves. In fact, many reporters including Katz printed Gia-chetti's bitter charges against Holmes during the period Giachetti was fired.

Giachetti, by the way. was back in Holmes' corner for the Spinks bout. Furthermore. Holmes, with a seventh-grade education, failed to understand that when a reporter prints the opinion of others it does not necessarily represent the opinion of the reporter. Many persons with higher education also fall to comprehend this with regularity.

Holmes has complained that the story provoked racial feelings against him and put himself and his family in danger. Yet, for months before the fight, he and King had repeatedly cast the Cooney bout in racial terms, dredging up the ancient "Great White Hope" mantle for Cooney, who abhorred the idea. It was Holmes who tagged Cooney the "Great White Dope" and angrily denounced Cooney as being a contender only because of his skin color. Of course, Holmes did not believe this if he did, he was deluded. Cooney was 24-0, powerful and more credible a challenger many of Holmes' opponents, such as Ossie Ocasio and Alfredo Evangelista to name a couple.

King, who broke Into boxing by persuading Muhammad All that he was betraying his people unless he used a black promoter, openly admitted that the best way to promote the bout was through exciting the black-white Issue. Cooney's managers, Dennis Rap-paport and Mike Jones, joined King in his backward and dangerous promotion. As the fight approached. Holmes may have gotten nervous about the high level of racial feelings. Indeed, his Easton, house was vandalized in an obvious racial attack.

Hate mail grew heavy. But, Instead of blaming himself or the promoter, he blamed a reporter from Boston. King, a convicted murderer about to go on trial on federal Income tax evasion charges, gleefully encouraged Holmes and added to the fire himself. A Boston reporter was the perfect foil because Boston is a racist city, according to conventional wisdom. Holmes did not have the courtesy to complain to me In person.

I remember walking into an interview in his hotel suite and being summarily dragged out by a beefy aide before Holmes and I could speak. Next thing, Holmes was calling me a "racist" in front of 500 reporters and 30 television cameras. That was in 1982. Deja vu. OjO VI' at Oreno, aUlne 3 3 0 7 BU (1-2) 13 7 Main (2-2) FG AsMey Dussel 29 FG Dussel 27 Doug Dorsey 1 run (Pel Borksstedt kick) BUi Brook 10 pass from Pat Mancini (rush failed) Tony Winston 17 pass from Mandril (Dussel kick) Sergio Hebra 41 pass from Bob Wilder (Borjes-ledt kick) Attendance 6.150 19 36-103 216 45 23-37-2 3-336 5-1 6-75 First downs Bushes-yards Passing yards Return yards -Passes 19 42-104 236 19 16-29-0 7-35 0-0 7-45 Punts Fumbles-tost Penalties-yards INDIVIDUAL LEADER! Rushing Att TOS.

Avg. 52 4.4 2.1 5.0 LQ 1 0 0 0 Dorsey, .19 98 Georoe Wilcox. BU .10 44 38 10 Yds. 236 216 Randy Partus, BU 18 Lance TheoboW. 2 Passing Com.

Att. Pat Mancini. BU 16 29 Bob Wilder. 23 37 TD 2 1 1 2 TD 1 1 Receiving No. Brooks, BU 10 Hebra.

8 Steve Roth, 7 Tony Winston. BU 4 Yds. 199 111 64 42 that guy is by far the best receiver in the conference and he's also All-America as a person." BU senior Ashley Dussel. a converted soccer player, kicked 29-and 27-yard field goals for a 6-0 lead after Brooks' receptions (one for 54 yards) set up both opportunities. But Maine took a 7-6 lead to halftime on Doug Dorsey's 1-yard buck.

A 31 -yard quick opener by Dorsey and a 16-yard quarterback draw from shotgun formation by Wilder highlighted that 68-yard march. Then Hokin's interceptions and a missed 38-yard held goal by Swedish student Pete Borjested after the holding penalty against Maine set the stage for Brooks' final heroics. The career New England collegiate record-holder for receiving, Brooks now has 172 career catches for 2694 yards and 23 touchdowns. BU quarterback Pat Mancini, who was only 4 for 6 passing at halftime, returned to his "84 form later to complete 16 of 29 for 236 yards and both Terrier touchdowns. "Isn't it nice to win that first game?" asked a relieved BU coach Steve Stetson.

"When Hokin made his second interception with 13:41 left, our sideline really came alive, the most emotion we've shown all year." i yard line. Benoit got the call again, but fumbled. It seemed that from that point on. Bucknell quarterback Jim Given and vastly-talented halfback Earl Beecham had received the message that the stars were in their favor. At the 19:10 mark of the sec- ond quarter, Given hooked upjj with Tom Dominick off play-ac- tion to set up Beecham's third TD 5 of the season, from 2 yards out.

Characteristically, NU stuck to its wishbone on the next posses- sion and was gaining steady ground behind Benoit and rookie JJ QB Jim O'Leary, However, one of five lost fumbles ended that drive. JJ Then, on third and 6 at the NU 37. Beecham broke into a Jitterbug in the Husky secondary, cut back to the left and scooted past the 2 last defender to make it 13-7. The Huskies stalled again on the exchange, and Bucknell began looking up in the air, with Given i (23 33-223-1) finding Beecham (8' catches) and tight end Scott Aiello (5 catches, 56 yards) for blgj chunks of yardage. With time run-.

nlng out in the half. Given hit Aiello twice over the middje, the second one culminating the drive from 6 yards out. Given was get- JJ ting hit as he delivered, which; typified the Huskies' frustrations. 'JJ Bucknell, 21-14 I Lewlsburg, Pa. Northeastern 7 0 0 7 14 Bucknell 0 21 0 0 21 Gary Benoit 11 run (Lance Gordon kick) can Beecnam i run (Tim Caldwell kick) Beecham 34 (Caldwell kick) Scott Aiello 6 pass from Jim Given (Caldwail kick) Keith Wright 2 run (Gordon kick) Attendance 4 000 Nor.

luck. First downs 22 Rushes-yards 321 164 Passing yards 73 223 Return yards 68 71 Passes 17 33 Punts 7 Fumble-lost 7-5 2-0 Penalties-yards 10-80 12-68 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Grief Relief from your tired old mower. Minimum $40.00 Trade-In on four popular models (21351, 21401 21401 PS and 2140YP)' Shredding 60440 LARRY HOLMES Stormy relationships Last week, three years later, Holmes and King had hooked up again. This time.against the 49-0 record of Rocky Marciano, the last dominant white champion. Holmes again was buried under hate mail from white extremists'.

Why? Maybe because he publicly called one of his recent opponents, David Bey, who has a white mother and a black father, a "half-breed." Maybe because on national television he charged that Mar-ciano's record was phony because it contained four exhibition matches against his brothers. Holmes has always seemed to offend someone. In 1984, he signed to fight Gerrie Coetzee. a South African living in New Jersey. Many writers remembered Holmes standing next to Jesse Jackson in a New Orleans hotel room in 1982, denouncing any black American fighters who fought in South Africa or who fought South Africans.

Holmes pocketed more than $3 million in advance money from the Coetzee signing and kept it when the bout fell through. He got hate mail from black extremists. There is another side to Holmes. He has the unusual ability to shed his superstar status and slip sociably into a group of noncelebrities. Some of his happiest and most mellow moods have come while fanning the breeze with a group of familiar boxing writers.

As a result of this, Holmes has benefited from a protective and apologist press. Katz and other influential writers have tended to ignore the storms that periodically roil within Holmes. They have done a disservice to him as well as the public, which should not have been so taken by surprise last week. But before fans condemn Holmes, they should consider that in a sports world made banal by agents, attorneys, no-comment heroes, pompous executives and meaningless, gimmicky records like 49-0, Holmes' outburst stood out as a beacon of candor. He gave fans a rare glimpse of raw emotions usually played out behind closed doors.

Maybe some fans would have preferred a display of well-rehearsed "class." With Holmes, what you see is what you get. Sometimes brutish, often boorish, always human. He'll be back for an encore. JVANHOE'S- o7vol S)A NU turnovers costly in loss to Bucknell Leaf Relief for you and your lawn. FREE $59.95 Leaf Attachment Ml Model 90 Day Relief for your pocketbook.

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