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SPORTS cs The Vancouver Sun, Monday, March 30, 1987 Wrestlemania packs Oxford overcomes all odds Associated Press LONDON The clenched fists, cheering and back-slapping by Oxford University's victorious rowing crew said it all. After weeks of internal squabbling over an American walkout that rocked morale and disrupted training, Oxford's winter of discontent was swept away on a turbulent River Thames on Saturday as the Dark Blues upset favored Cambridge in the 133rd boat race. "It's big hearts and not big reputations that win boat races and that's what this crew had," said a jubilant Donald Macdonald, president of the Oxford University Boat Club and one of the key men at the heart of the American mutiny. It was the selection of the 31-year-old Macdonald that prompted last month's withdrawal by Americans Dan Lyons, Chris Huntington, Chris Penny and Jon Fish. The quartet claimed Macdonald, one of the crew selectors, deliberately had chosen himself in preference to a fifth American, Chris Clark.

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Ninety-three thousand one hundred and seventy-three people can't be all wrong. Call it entertainment, call it sports or call it a mutated byproduct of the two, professional wrestling is big stuff these days and Sunday was the biggest the Super Bowl and the Academy Awards all rolled into one show called Wrestlemania III. A total of 93,173 screaming, cheering, delirious fans packed the Pontiac Silverdome a sterile facility an hour's drive north of Detroit that held 81,270 when the San Franscisco 49ers and Cincinnati Bengals met for the Super Bowl here in 1982 to watch a bunch of big guys throw each other around. The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) proudly proclaimed the crowd the largest ever to attend an indoor event, surpassing the 87,500 who saw the Rolling Stones in the New Orleans Su-perdome in 1981. For lack of a better word, WWF organizers called Wrestlemania an event.

And make no mistake, it was a Big Event. Besides the wrestlemaniacs who paid up to $100 US for tickets at the Silverdome with scalpers reportedly getting five times that much the show was beamed to 19 closed-circuit locations across Canada and about 140 arenas and theatres in the United States. Then there was the pay-per-view cable network to an estimated 650,000 homes in the States and live and delayed satellite feeds to 26 other countries. Total estimated viewing audience for the three-hour extravaganza: 2.2 million. Total revenue expected by the WWF: $30 million US.

At the centre of the WWF's stage Sunday was Hulk Hogan, the 300-pound blond bomber who has been the federation's champion and main drawing card for three years. In a complicated but sus-penseful plot, Hogan was pitted against Andre The Giant in the main event. Until a few months ago, the Giant and the Hulk were best friends but a wicked manager named Bobby (the Weasel) Heenan turned Andre against the champ. Good ultimately prevailed as Hogan picked up his 400-pound opponent, threw him over his head and won with a pin. The 13 minutes of action will reportedly earn Hogan more than $1 million.

The only challenge remaining for the Hulk and his WWF cohorts is what to come up with for Wrestlemania IV. The faithful saw almost all of their favorite outrageous wrestling characters: the Honky Tonk Man, a slimy Elvis imper- ASSOCIATED PRESS ABOUT TO CLOUT Andre the Giant, Hulk Hogan was star attraction Sunday at Pontiac Silverdome, where more than 93,000 fans watched Wrestlemania III. Hogan reportedly earned $1 million. an acting career. The crowd howled as one when King Kong Bundy, a bald-headed bruiser in excess of 400 pounds, ignored the "rules" and body slammed Little Beaver, one of his midget opponents in a special tag-team match.

It was little consolation to the fans that Bundy was promptly disqualified. Ricky (The Dragon) Steamboat defeated Randy (Macho Man) Savage to regain his Intercontinental title. sonator; George (the Animal) Steele, a bald man with a hairy body and a green tongue; and Rowdy Roddy Piper, a Glasgow-born, Canadian-raised hero who said Sunday was his last match. He won his retirement match with the help of Brutus Beefcake. They celebrated the win by shaving parts of loser Adorable Adrian Adonis' head.

Piper, formerly a villain but now one of the more popular attractions on the circuit, has decided to quit in order to pursue Sun News Services Debbie Huband and Sandy Espeseth are getting a month's breather from basketball before heading to the training camp of Canada's national team. The Vancouver players were both in top form Saturday in Saskatoon, combining for 61 points as the Vancouver league all-stars defeated Saskatchewan 76-67 in the final of the Canadian senior women's championship tournament. Huband, a speech therapist in North Vancouver, scored 32 points while Maple Ridge's Espeseth, who sustained a broken nose in a game earlier in the day, added 29. Huband and Espeseth resume training May 2 with the national team, which tours Hungary and Czechoslovakia early this summer in preparation for the Pan-American Games Aug. 9-23 in Indianapolis.

Ontario beat defending champion Manitoba 52-50 for third place. Huband was selected as the tourney's most valuable player. The all-star team consisted of Espeseth, Tracie McAra of Saskatchewan, Angela Orton of Ontario and Jennifer Finch and Esther Johnson of Manitoba. In Victoria Sunday, Ted Ander son scored 33 points and tourney MVP Robbie Parris added 25 as Protect-Orr Electric defeated Nautilus Club 93-86 for the B.C. senior men's title.

Craig Higgins had 19 points and Kelly Dukeshire 18 for the losers in the all-Victoria final. All four leading scorers are former members of the University of Victoria. All-star games for graduating high school stars were played in conjunction with the tournament and MVP Cam Aronetz of Centennial scored 21 points but his Blue team lost to the Whites 88-78. For the Whites, Mike Schmidt of Abbotsford had 14 points, Tony Nelson of Mount Douglas, Jason Leslie of Lord Byng and Dale Dourgesoff of Trail all had 12 points. Paul Slaymaker of Winston Chur-chill scored 15 points while Rob Rice of Kamloops Westsyde contributed 10 for the Blues.

In the girls' game, MVP Izzy Maryntschak of Kitimat scored 17 points to lead the Whites 73-72 over the Blues. Crystal Caldwell of Centennial and JXim Tuttle of Abbotsford each added 13 for the Whites while Jenny Sutton of Steveston had 30 and Jenny Smallridge of Windsor 11 for the Blues. Scoreboard Grid 'Birds wrap up spring on high note Golf 75-76-72-72295 74- 71-77-73-295 71-75-75-74-295 78- 72-74-72 2V6 75- 74-70-75-294 69- 72-75-80296 74- 77-75-71-297 70- 78- 77-72-297 75- 77-72-73-297 76- 74-74-7327 79- 72-72-74-297 297 70-81-74-75301 Sandra Palmer, $4,984 Sally Ouinlan, $4,984 Kathy Postlewait, $4,914 MissieMcGeorge, $4,134 Betsy King, $4,134 Penny Pull, $4,134 Rosie Jones, $3,284 Deb Richard, $3,284 Martha Nause, $3,284 Nancy Ledbetter, $3,283 Alice Miller, $3,283 Barb Bunkowskv, $3,91 Lisa You 11,405 Judy Sams, $517 TK CHAMPIONSHIP PONTEVEORA.FH. (API Flnalscoret ind prita money Sunday In the SI million PGA Tournament Players Championship played OfifheUSJ-vanf, par-TJTPC Course al Sawtrass (x-won on 3rd hole of sudden-death playoff): 69- 68-73-74284 70- 70- 70-74-284 73- 69-70-73285 7645-70-74-285 74- 48-73-71-286 7349-70-74-286 70- 70-71-75-296 71- 71-7649-287 73-70-72-72-287 7149-73-74-287 7447-72-74-287 73-7049-75-287 69- 73-69-76287 71- 72-76-69288 70- 73-74-71288 7349-73-73-288 7548-70-75-288 70-73-73-73289 7049-74-74-289 7547-73-74-299 67-73-74-75-289 72- 69 72-76 289 70-70-73-76-289 72-70-76-72-290 Curt Byrum, $5,414 David Edwards, $514 Clarence Rose, UM Scott Hoch, 14.400 DonPooley.s3.v00 Mike Nicolette, $3,900 Bobby Cole, $3,900 Chip Beck, $3423 John Inman, $3,023 T.C.Chen, $3423 Lennie Clements, $3,023 Bob Murphy, $3,023 Bill Rogers, $3423 Rocco Mediate, $2,435 Jay Haas, $2,435 Mark Calcavechi, $2,435 Corey Pavin, $2435 Andy Diliard, S.270 Andy North, $2,270 Puny Zoeller, $2,270 Bob Eastwood, $2,270 Barry Jaeckel, $2,270 Mark Haves, $2,270 Russ Cochran, $2,200 LPGA 76-7640-7S-K7 Swede whips McEnroe rvA SENIORS and money winnings Sunday In Ihe $275 400 I SeniorClassic.Plavedonthe6.727yard, par-72 Wood Ranch Golt Club Course: 6747-74-208 Bruce Crampton, $24,250 70-71-71-212 Harold Henning, $19,950 7249-74-215 Chi Chi Rodnguei, $16,700 75-71-71-217 By HAROLD MUNRO Spring training is not reserved for the boys with the bats and balls. At the University of B.C., the crack of the bat was replaced by the crack of helmet on helmet as the Thunderbirds geared up for their 62nd football season.

The defending Canadian Interun-iversity Athletic Union champs were hard at work preparing for a tough fall schedule. For two weeks, about 70 gridiron hopefuls and returning players butted heads at Thunderbird Stadium on the sprawling Point Grey campus. The spring session wrapped up Saturday afternoon with the traditional Blue-Gold scrimmage. "Linebacker is our biggest area the rest of the defence (front line and secondary) because we expect to get five top-calibre transfer (students) in the fall and probably three back from CFL camps," he said. The defence may give Smith a few headaches but the offence is just what the doctor ordered.

Eleven starters are already on campus and the final gap, at centre, looks as if it has been filled. Andrew Butschler showed at spring training that he is ready to make the jump to university ball. "I'm impressed with their (UBC) offence," said Butschler, who centred the 1986 B.C. champion Richmond Raiders. "It's a lot more complex than junior ball so this early workout should be a big help for me." Sun News Services Sweden's Mats Wilander beat John McEnroe to win the men's singles final of the $315,000 Brussels Grand Prix tennis tournament Sunday at Brussels, Belgium.

Wilander won in straight sets against the world's former No. 1 player, 6-3, 6-4. In the doubles final, West Germany's Boris Becker and Yugosla Hana Mandlikova of Czechoslovakia used a near-flawless serve to defeat American Barbara Potter 6-4, 6-2 and capture the $150,000 Virginia Slims women's tournament Sunday at Fairfax, Va. Mandlikova, ranked No. 4 in the world, needed only 75 minutes to beat Potter and conclude a week in which she did not lose a set in five matches.

PHOENIX, Aril. (AP)-Flnalscoresnd earnings Sunday at Ihe $300409 LPGA Tur-guoise Classic golf tournament al the par-73 Moon Valley Country Club la-denotes amatuerl: JeffSluman.SIMOOO Mark 0'Meara, SUAM Scott Simpson, W.O00 Gree Norman, SUMO Paul Ail njer.UWH) Tom Kite, $77400 Ben Crenshaw, S27JJ0O Mark McCumber, 131,000 Larry Min.UUM Hubert Green, 116400 David Frott, MJtm Stew Jones, $16,000 Tommy Nakaiiffl, 114400 KilttiClMrwatr.SIIASO Morris Hatalsky.SIIASO MarkWIeM.SII 50 Chris Perry, 111,450 Bernherdlanjer, $7,727 Hal Sutton, $7,717 Buddy Gardner, 17,737 Ken Green, $7,737 Hale Irwin, $7,737 Nick Price, $7,737 JackRenner.SiU Dave RummellsiiH GeneSeuers.lMU John Mehaftey, $5,414 67-71-46-70274 7044-69-69-274 6WM9-73-275 69-65-08-74276 67-6S-7I-70-276 66- 7071-277 6-66-7W9-278 69-69-68-72 27B 69- 67-7J-71 279 70- 68-66-75279 67- 68-75-70-280 69- 71 -49-71-280 70- 7M9-7I-280 69-71-72-69-281 7071-71-281 6W7-76-72-29! 72- 69-69-7128) 69- 70-70-72281 73- 70-71-68282 73-69-70-70-262 70- 69-71-72262 68- 71-70-73-282 72- 71-71-69-283 68- 74-71-70283 69- 49-75-70283 71- 71-71-70 26J 68-73-72-70-283 71-72-69-71283 6)48-74-73-263 71-6848-76-283 73- 66 72-71-284 70- 73-69-72-284 68-71-73-72-284 68-72-72-72284 70-72-69-73284 73- 7749-219 71- 74-75220 74- 75-71-220 72- 72-76-220 72-72-76-220 72-74-74-220 7549-77-221 72-73-76-221 72-74-75-221 69-74-78-221 72-8149-222 74- 73-75-222 76- 71-76-223 72- 78-74-224 73- 75-76-224 75- 76-74-225 73-74-73-225 77- 71-77-2J7 Charles Owens, $13,300 Arnold Palmer, $8400 Billy Casoer, $8480 Roberto DeViceno, $8480 Bobby Nichols, $8,680 Walter Zembriski, $8480 Gary Player, $5,988, Dale Douglass, $5,988 Butch Baird, $5,988 Tommy Aaron, $5,988 Miller Barber, $4,975 Gene Borek, $4,975 Bob Brue, $4,525 George Lanning, 14,113 Tommy Jacobs, $4,113 Doug Sanders, $3425 Gordon Jones, $3425 Al Hiding, $2,971 Pat Bradley, $45400 Chris Johnson, $27,750 LoriGarbaci, $20,250 Penny Hammel, $15,750 Cathy Gerring, $10,704 Susan Sanders, $10,700 Allison Finney, $7,425 Jodv Rosenthal, $7,425 Val Skinner, $6417 Dawn Coe, 1441 7 75-74-67 70286 71- 78-7247-288 74-73-71-70-290 72- 74-72-73-29I 74- 74-74-70292 77-71-74-70-292 72-75-73-72292 80-71-70-72293 75- 71-74-73-293 77-70-72-75294 72-71-7J-77-2H via's Slobodan Zivojinovic beat Chip Hooper and Mike Leach of the U.S. 7-6, 7-6. of concern because we lost three of our four starters but we have some Exhibition baseball RENmCAR I in -J Men Women 1122 W. Broadway THINNING HAIR guys coming in the fall and a couple in here look pretty good," said Frank Smith, who is entering his 14th season as head coach at UBC 734-6622 732-1396 FREE MILEAGE Call National lor a Free examination consultation MONEY RArir Tennis and has a career record of 83-55-2.

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Chicago (AL), rain Kansas City vs. Philadelphia, rain Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati it Tampa, riin Saturday Results Montreal 6 New York NL) 5 (11 Inn) Toronto9Chlcao(AL)t Atlanta 4 Baltimore 0 Cincinnati 7 Boston 0 Texas 5 New York (AL) 4 Pittsburgh 7 Minnesota 2 Philadelphia 4 St. Louise Houston 6 Los Angeles 2 Detroit 6 Kansas City) Chicago (NL) 7 San Francisco4 Oakland 12 Cleveland 3 Seattle 4 San Diego 2 ClliforniilOMIIwiuke4 At Richland, Wash. Washington SI.

3 Canadian NBI 4 should really have only one spot left 3 DAY 49b to till at linebacker. SPECIAL "There's a good kid at a junior 1 1:311 am to Ringette hockey mm B.C. CHAMPIONSHIPS At North Shore Winter Club Petite (lt-11 years) HoweSound9Linglev4 (HS: Kathrvn Lynch 4 goa Nlkkl Sin-gleton2) weens (11-11) NSWC7Aldergrove3 (NSWC: Michelle McCleary 4) Junior Belle (14-13) NSWC7POC04 (NSWC: Tricv Mlnloni (. Tricy Crowe 2) Belle (16-17) NSWC7Aldergrove3 (NSWC: Yvonne Hunter Tracy Stirling 2) Debs (16 and over) Langlev6Poco5(OT) (L: Colette Chaisson scored inOT) BELGIUM INDOOR BRUSSELS (API Weekend results Ollhe $315,000 Belgian Indoor men'sten-nli championship (seedings In parentheses): SUNDAY Jingles Final Mats Wllander (2), Sweden, del. John McEnroe 131, U.S., 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles Final Boris Becker, West Germany, and Slobodan Zivoiinovlc, Yugoslavia, def. Mike Leach and Chip Hooper, (3), U.S., 76 (IM), 7-6 17-5). SATURDAY Singles Semi-finals Wilander def. Joins Svenssort, Sweden, 4-3, 6-2. McEnroe def.

Anders Jarrvd, Sweden, 6-1, 6-1. LORRAINE OPEN NANCY, France (API -Weekend results of the (104.900 Lorraine Open men's Grind Prix tennis tournament I seedings In parentheses): SUNDAY Singles Final Pit Cash ID, Australia, def. Willy Masur, Australia, 6-3, 6-3. SATURDAY Singles Seml-tluli Ceshdet Rimesh Krlshnen, India, 7-16-3. Masvrdef.

Brad Dreweft, Australia, 64, 7-6 (Ml. VIRGINIA SLIMS FAIRFAX, VI. (AP) Weekend results it the Virginia Slims of Washington women's tournament (seeding In parentheses): Final Hint Mjndllkova (1), Ciechoslovi-kil. del. Barbara Potter, U.S., 6-4, 6-2.

SATURDAY Semi-finals Potter def. ZlmGarrisonU), U.S., 3-6 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)1 Mindllkovl def. Henna Wrestling FUEL FOR THOUGHT U.S. college who is pretty well set on coming here to fill the linebacker spot but I would rather not say who that is at this point in time." "The key to defence is enthusiasm and intensity and the young guys here today have that," added senior George Petrovas, who will return to anchor the UBC defence at middle a defensive point of view, I feel we really came together after just a few days (at spring training) and I'm now really excited about this fall." The Thunderbirds lost 15 players at the end of last season to graduation and the Canadian Football League draft. However Smith said several "quality athletes" relegated to back up roles in 1986 will get a chance to prove themselves this year in starting roles.

"I'm not overly concerned about Relay titles retained in cross country ski Canadian Press CANMORE, Alta. Southern Ontario and Quebec defended their relay titles in the Canadian crosscountry skiing championships Sunday. Jane Vincent of Mississauga, Angela Schmidt-Foster of Midland and Lisa Patterson of Orangeville won the free-technique 3x5-kilo-metre women's crown for the third straight year. Among the men, Quebec came REGINA (CP) Standings after the Canadian senior wrestling championships Sunday: Ontario, 67 points; B.C., S3; Quebec, 33, Alberta, 20; Manitoba, Saskatchewan, 16. Sunday Results Freestyle Division 41-kilogram division: Russ Howe, London, del RltchHart, Toronto: 0-4.

52-kilognm division; Chris Wood-croft, Hamilton, def, Norman Spence, Burnaby, 8 13-0, 57-kilogrim division: Milch Ostberg, Winnipeg, def. Robert Dawson, Montreal: 4-0, 62-kllogram division: Gary Bohay, Vancouver, def. Jo Domirchuk, Niton 68-kllogram division: Dave McKay, Bumabv. B.C., def. Pit Sullivan, Montreal: (Iniury) 74-kilogram division: Ken Bradford, Niagri Fails, del.

Gary Holmes, Hamilton: 7-6. 12 kilogram division: Greg Edgelow, Burnabv, B.C., def. Lov Kok, Niagri Falls, Ont: 5-1. 90-kilogram division: Peter Guter-son, Calgary, del. Doug Coi, Gueiph, 11-3.

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