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Tyler Courier Times 6" WEDNESDAY; AUGUST 21, 1985 Former Expo Leads Club To 3-2 Japanese Victory Carl Lewis Ends Nine-Week Layoff By En teririg Grand Prix In Zurich Sec. 2 "I haven't run a sprint essentially since April and I haven't had that competition in four or five months," he said. The greatest star in track and field the last decade, Lewis still does not own an individual world record although he has come close several times. "My main objective is to run amount of good quality races during this European season," he said. "1 haven't run a good race since April.

So if I can get through this season and run some quality races, then everything that I ever wanted to do is taken care of." Leiws aside, world records could fall at the Letzigrund Stadium, where more than 300 athletes, including almost 80 Americans, will compete in 22 men's and women's, events. American Mary Slaney, un defeated in eight outdoor races this season, will meet Zola Budd of Britain and Maricica Puica of Romania in the mile. They will also be clocked at 1,500 meters, allowing for the possibility of two world records in that one race. The re-match of the trio takes place just over a year after Budd and Slaney's storied collision in the Olympic final at Los Angeles. Puica won the race, Budd was seventh and Slaney failed to finish.

In other top eventsTmiddle dis: tance king Steve Cram of Britain, who has set three world records this summer, will face Olympic champion Joaquim Cruz of Brazil in the 800 meters. Meanwhile, Said Aoui-ta of Morocco, Sebastian Coe of I Britain and Steve Scott of the United States will attempt to break Cram's world record in the mile. Five Sites Eyed Foi'' New Stadium, Says Newspaper BAL TIMORE (AP) Five sites, includi ng three along Interstate 95, are being studied by the consultants to the state Sports commission as (possible locations for a new sports complex to replace Memorial Stadium according to the Baltimore The newspaper said in its Wednesday editions that the consultants a re considering sites at I-95 and Rolling Road in Baltimore County, 1-95 and Route 175 in and 1-95 and Route 198 in Laurel, in addition to Baltimore sites at this Camden Station rail-yards, west of the Inner bor.and Po.rt Covington in south Baltimore. The consu itants for the Special Advisory Commission on Professional Sports and the Economy are also analyzing whether to renovate Memorial Sta.dium instead. A draft of he report is expected to be presente to the commission on Monday.

The consultants, Touche Ross Co. of Newark, N.J. have asked the Regional Plann ing Council to analyze the accessibility of the five locations and Memorial Stadium. "We're not looking at any particular site; I think it's premature," said Bernard Ma nekin, a Baltimore businessman ami chairman of the commission. "Wo're not sure what kind of facility thus might be or how we're going to fund any new facility, so there's no oint in picking a location." The first priority is to get a commitment from the state General As-, sembly for the money to build such a complex, he said.

The 13-member commission was set up last year to look at ways of retaining, expanding attracting professional sports in Maryland. ZURICH, Switzerland (API a record album with his own pop group was exciting, says' the lead singer of a group called Electric Storm. But Carl Lewis says track and field is still tops on his hit parade. After a nine-week break, the 24-year-old Olympic superstar will finally make his Grand Prix debut on Wednesday, running both sprint races in the Weltklasse Games. Lewis' last big race was in the U.S.

Outdoor Championships on June 15, when he injured his right hamstring muscle while finishing fourth in the 100-meter dash semifi; nals! Since then, the four-time Olympic champion has done "so many different things" while training hard for seven weeks to get ready for the final European meets. One of 'his diversions was music. We just finished the record album last week," Lewis said Tuesday. "That was exciting. We already have a deal in Japan and it's coming out there next month." Lewis is only thinking about track now.

"I'm in as good shape as I was back in April, when I ran under 10 seconds in the 100," said Lewis, who had a 9.97 last spring in Modesto, Calif. things work out for me, I can do that again. There's no question I can run with the best in the world right now." Still, Lewis admits it is difficult to come into one of the biggest meets of the year after such a long layoff. SHINGLES Former Boxing Champions To Fight For Ethiopian Relief HOUSTON (AP) Former heavyweight boxing champion George-Foreman says he and other fighters will put on the gloves this fall in an effort to raise money for starving Ethiopians. "I've decided to get back in the ring so that we can draw some attention from the people and know that there are Starving people in this world," Foreman, of Houston, said Tuesday.

The exhibition bout scheduled for Oct. 19 and 20 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, will raise money for Boxing Aid for African Relief. Foreman, who is retired from fighting, said he will return to the ring to face Larry Holmes, the International Boxing Federation champion. "You never know what can happen when a big man like myself and Larry Holmes get into the he said. "I may just try to knock him out just for old time's sake." Foreman said participants in the benefit also will include former boxing champions Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali.

Unruly Crowd NAPLES, Italy (UPI) Police had to fire into the air to restore order in unruly crowd of more than 1,000 soccer fans scrambling to buy tickets for Napoli's Italian Cup match against Pescara Wednesday. Fans back from summer vacation and hoping to acquire low-priced seats converged Monday on two ticket windows, while a dozen other little-used positions were restricted to sales of season passes. Racer Pays Visit MARANELLO, Italy (UPI) -American Jim Trueman, head of -one of the major U.S. Indy auto racing teams, has paid a visit to Ferrari headquarters. The trip came six weeks after Enzo Ferrari said that his team might pull out of Formula One in favor of the American CART series if car design rules were changed this winter.

Neither Ferrari nor Trueman would reveal the purpose of the one-day visit Monday. New Assistant PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -Fran Dunphy has been named assistant coach of the La Salle men's basketball team, the team announced Tuesday Dunphy, 36, a 1970 La Salle graduate, was. a member of the basketball coaching staff during the 1979-80 season before joining the coaching staff of American University, where he remained through last season. Dunphy joins Head Coach Dave Ervin and Assistant Coach Joe Mihalich to give the Explorers an all-La Salle basketball coaching staff. Coach Resigns WELLESLEY, Mass.

(UPI) -Bill Rogers, who'led Babson College to two national titles, announced Tuesday his resignation as soccer coach. Rogers, who will take a business position, compiled an 87-23-15 record over seven years, with two NCAA Division 3 championships. Driving Champion AKRON, Ohio (UPI) -Dennis Paulson, a 22-year-old amateur from Costa Mesa, won the national long-driving championship Tuesday with a drive of 323 yards, 25 inches at the Firestone Country Club. Paulson, the 1985 NCAA long-drive champion from San Diego State, became the first amateur to win the event since Andy Franks in 1979. Paulson's first-prize check of $7,500 was donated to the PGA Junior Golf Foundation.

England Wins BANGKOK (UPI) England defeated Central Washington University 64-48 Tuesday in the second round of the fourth Crown Prince Cup Basketball Championships. The lost dropped the Wildcats Costello, Benitez Fight Tonight FELT PAPER 5" Factory Seconds Of 0 ROLL ROOFING Q95 Factory Seconds a $100,000 purse cut, to $300,000, to realize his dream. The fight, which has drummed up little attention here, is being promoted by Lightning Bolt Productions of Mineola, N.Y., and is being televised on a syndicated network. A spokeman for the promoter said the bout would be seen in 18 of the 25 major markets in the United States. Costello, 30-0 with 17 knockouts, won a share of the 140-pound class championship when he knocked out Bruce Curry in the 10th round on Jan.

29, 1984, at Beaumont, Texas. In his three defenses, Costello scored 12-round decisions over Ronnie Shields and Saoul Mamby TOKYO (UPI( Former Montreal Expo Warren Cromar-tie drove in the winning run with a two-run homer, his 26th clout of the season, and compatriot Keith Comstock scattered five hits in pitching seven and 23 -innings, pacing the Yomiuri Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Chunichi Dragons in a Central League pro baseball game in Tokyo Tuesday, Sports Briefs The victory boosted the Giants, Japan's most popular club, into second place with only one game behind the pace-setting Hiroshima Toyo Carp who lost to the Yakult Swallows 3-2 in Tokyo. Jordan To Italy MILAN, Italy (UPI) Chicago Bulls and star guard Michael Jordan will visit Italy Sunday to play a game with Italy's Stefanel Trieste squad, club officials said Tuesday. Jordan will give a brief news conference at Milan's Malpensa airport before leaving by helicopter for the town of Bormio where he will take part in an exhibition match along with Italian and U.S. players who participate in the local Credito Valtel-linese Basket circuit.

USFL Resignation OAKLAND, Calif. (UPI) -Mike Keller resigned Tuesday as director of football operations for the Oakland Invaders, the U.S. Football League team announced. Keller, who came to the team in the merger with the Michigan Panthers, gave no reason for his resignation, Invaders spokesman Dave Rahn said. Hockey Tourney DETROIT (UPI) The 27th annual Great Lakes Invitational Hockey Tournament at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena has been expanded to three days, a tournament spokeswoman said Tuesday.

The tourney will open Dec. 27 with Michigan Tech battling Michigan State at 7:30 p.m. The following night, Saturday, Dec. 28, the University of Michigan will faceoff against NCAA champion Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The loser of the two games will meet in the consolation game at 3:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec.

29, followed by the championship contest at approximately 7 p.m. China Favored TOKYO (UPI) China and the Soviet Union are favored to win the women's and men's competitions of the '85 World Cup Volleyball Championships to be held in Japan in November, Japanese officials said Wednes-' day. The men's champion team will automatically be qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, they said. ing to Sigel, where position is more critical than distance. "The more I play the course the more I like it," Verplank said.

"Every time you play it you learn something new about the course. "It's turning out to be probably the best golf course I've ever played, I've ever seen or ever heard of." McGimpsey, the 1985 British Amateur champion, called Pine Valley "a marvelous course and probably the best I've ever -pllayed." Sam Randolph, runnerup to Verplank in last year's U.S. Amateur and the low amateur in this year's Masters, is scheduled to play Paul Mayo in the second singles match. I the other singles, with American listed first, it will be Randy Son nier vs. John Hawksworth, Sigel vs.

Colin Montgomerie, Bob Lew is vs. Peter McEvoy, NCAA champion Clark Burroughs vs. George MacGregor, Duffy Waldorf vs. David Gilford and Jerry Haas vs. andy Stephen.

NEW YORK (AP) Billy Costello, a champion who has never fought in a main event in Madison Square Garden, and Wilfred Benitez, a former triple champion who has headlined several shows there, will fight in the Garden tonight. The unbeaten Costello, of New York, will defend the World Boxing Council super lightweight championship against Lonnie Smith of Denver in a scheduled 12-round bout. Benitez, a Puerto Rican who resides in New York, will be looking to get back into groove when he meets Kevin Moley of New York in a 10-round junior middleweight bout. Benitez, a former junior welterweight (super lightweight), werl-' terweight and junior middleweight champion, has lost three of his last six fights. "It's everybody's dream to fight in a Garden main event," said the 29-year-old Costello, who is taking I l-HiTlilTfalirJ PLYWOOD 12" Shop Grade 5.99 '58" Shop Sanded 8.50 J' 34" Reject 8.50 I United I Salvage On NE Loop 323 Oni Block East ol Hwv.

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It is a course, accord Both Sigel and in 1984 and over Leroy Haley last Feb. 16. All of those fights were in Costello's birthplace of Kingston, N.Y. The 23-year-old Smith, ranked ninth by the WBC, has si 21-0-1 record with nine knockouts. In Moley, Benitez will be facing an opponent who has won all 22 of his fights, 19 by knockout Benitez has a 47-4-1 record with knockouts.

Benitez's last appearance in a Garden main event was 5, 1978, when he won a 10-round decision over Vernon Lewis. Thiat was before he won the welterweig ht and junior middleweight titles. booked in the Garden at a rental fee of $100,000. "We have acted in good faith," Garden booking agent Chris i Ian-sen said'. "The real problem lies not with us but between the partner in this promotion." When asked whether the caird faces the prospect of cancellation, Hansen replied: "It is not up to ius to cancel.

We merely act as landlords. As far as we're concerned, there will be a fight." The report appeared in Wednesday's editions of the Daily News. about the money, so it wasn't a factor to me." Prior to the Western, Verplank won the Porter Cup at Niagara Falls, N.Y., and in his most recent start he took the LaJet Classic at Abilene, Texas. The United States was favored to beat a team from Britain and Ireland in this two-day event, just as it has done 26 times since the biennial competition was initiated in 1922. The British-Irish team has won only twice the last time in 1971 with one tie.

Verplank had the honor of touching off both the foursome and singles matches today. At 8 a.m. EDT he was scheduled to team with Jay Sigel, the captain of the American team, against Colin Montgomerie and George MacGregor. Sigel, making his fifth Walker Cup appearance, was the U.S. Amateur champion in 1982 and 1983, a crown Verplank lifted from him last year.

In the singles, Verplank is due to face Garth McGimpsey, the No. 1 player among the visitors, starting at 12:30 p.m. CDT. In the Walker Cup, the teams play four 18-hole foursomes in the morning and eight 18-hole singles in the afternoon. A victory in a match is worth one point and a tie results in each team earning a half point.

In 1983, the United States won 13 1-2 to 10 1-2 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in England. Both Verplank and McGimpsey were lavish in their praise of the par 70, Pine Valley Golf Club, which last hosted the Walker iwwiiyi steel belted for strength low rolling resistance for fuel economy intermediate rib tread pattern for good traction 36.57 40.52 41.84 42.83 45.47 47.46 49.10 other sizes available tournament record to 0-2. They will play Malaysia Wednesday, their third game in 48 hours. Charles Wilson Green, non-playing captain of the British team, expressed happiness with their players. "I think we've got a very balanced team and a very strong team," Sigel said.

"Their records are quite good and they're all nice guys. The critical thing is how well they produce." Green was on the selection committee for the British-Irish team, and he commented, "I'm awfully happy about our team. This is exactly the team I wanted." Get the paper. And get it all. Get the paper, and Get it all.

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