The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 17

Randall faces toughest foe in year He (Burgess) resembles a 135-pound Bernard Taylor He likes to stay outside and box Dick King Frankie Randall's manager is probably the toughest guy fought since Fred Pendleton" Randall and Pendleton battled to a 12-round draw for the vacant United States Boxing Federation crown last July gives you a lot of King said resembles a 133-pound Bernard Taylor He likes to stay outside and During the last two years Burgess has become a spoiler He decisioned favored Rey Estades who came into the fight with a 14-0-1 record on May 6 1986 He fought Miguel Santana of Puerto Rico who was 18-1-2 to a 10-round draw on March 23b He outpointed Anthony Fletcher who entered the ring against Burgess with a 21-0-1 mark in his last bout on May 10 King says Randall needs to meet a fighter of style in order to prepare himself for a title shot a style we need to look he said had trouble with Pendleton You can never count anybody like Burgess out" Randall is in good shape although he sparred as heavily as he has for other opponents no reason why he can't King said sparring new for King expecting a quick knockout in good shape that comes to fight is a he said not going to blow him away Besides not what we he did in the first two games center Robert Parish who is playing on a weak left ankle He got into early foul trouble and played only 26 minutes while substitute Greg Kite performed welL Despite a broken right foot and a sprained right ankle forward Kevin McHaie had 21 points and 10 rebounds Los ngeles had only six fast break bas- please see FINALS page C2 by WICK CATES News-Santinal (port (writer Lightweight contender Frankie Ran dall hopeful of landing a title shot this year will have his hands full tonight when he battles Tim Burgess The bout scheduled for 10 rounds is the main event of cable TV card from the Resorts International Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City NJ A sellout crowd of more than 1250 is expected in the Superstar Theater The telecast starts at 9 Randall 30-11 with 26 knockputs will be being a fighter who has made a habit of upsetting opponents Burgess who hails from New York City is 112-2 He a heavy hitter he Lakers feel loss will get them ready from wire reports The Boston Celtics stacked up the sandbags in time but the waters still are churning behind them The Los Angeles Lakers who seemed unstoppable in the first two games of the NBA championship series remained confident Monday after being stopped in the first of three games at Boston Garden in the Coach KC Jones said The Lakers lead the best-of-seven series 2-1 Boston 4-16 in its last 20 road games must win at home both Tuesday night and Thursday night to avoid having to return to Los Angeles needing to win two games still upbeat I think we feel good that we can win a game Los Angeles guard Byron Scott said just a little idisappointed that we do well yesterday (Sunday) did some bad things in the first two games but you notice it because we won Now you go back and see what you did wrong in those' games We got outre-bounded in Game Until 109-103 victory Sunday the Lakers had lost only one game in 43 days and were 13-1 in the playoffs The rarity of the loss why we take it so Los Angeles guard Michael Cooper said confront it Those same problems that let you lose the last game carry over into the next one if you The loss Scott said probably the best thing for us It seems like every time we lose we come back The key to the next game Loa Angeles is improved rebounding Cooper said Boston had a 48-32 advantage in that category Sunday enabling it to convert second shots and keep the Lakers from running confidence level is much higher than it Lakers guard Magic Johnson said still up Still after Los Angeles romps in the first two games sparked talk of a sweep the Celtics now are in much better shape have more Boston guard Danny Ainge said shake you up a little when you see what the Lakers did in Game when the Celtics played fairly well but could do little to stop Los Angeles a frustrating Ainge said think that frustration is gone back to reality" The reality is that the Celtics are 85-2 in their last 87 games at the Garden One of those losses was to the Lakers who broke Boston's 48-game winning streak in the building last Dec 11 believe they gather energy off the Johnson said Ainge said there is a literal advantage to home court that could hurt the running attack Hidden within the parquet design of the floor are some dead spots is a slow Ainge said lot of times you bounce the ball on a fast break 33 has just one pro knockout But Dick King Randall's manager-trainer views him as the most dangerous boxer Randall has faced in nearly a year is an excellent King said James Worthy will be trying to soar and it doesn't come up You never know when you dribble behind your back when going to come up James Worthy Los leading playoff scorer and Scott who had averaged 22 points in the first two games came up virtually empty Sunday Worthy finished with 13 points only four in the second half while Scott scored four happens to Lakers' -1 Ida IfOTrOmiaml MW jgWU Morristown lightweight Frankie Randall pull any punches if he wants to defeat Tim Burgess Recruiting for Vols Haley salvaging UTs -late start in baseball by JIMMY HYAMS News-Sentinel portwrtter Two weeks ago Doug Dickey said the 1987 baseball recruiting season at the Uni of Tennessee would not be disastrous because the Vols did not have a head think Mark Haley will accomplish something for said UTs athletic director Haley Tennessee's first-year recruiting coordinator is doing just that He has signed five players six if you count a pitcher who has decided to turn profession- aL To say he has salvaged recruiting is an understatement scouts said I signed quality ath- letes guys who project to be future Haley said Monday They include: Pitcher Don Florence (6-0 185) of Crowder Junior College in Neosho Ma A left-handed pitcher Florence was 7-2 with a 282 eamed-run average last season and 8-2 with a ERA the season before As a sophomore he hit 344 with 13 home I runs and 45 runs batted in He hit 328 as a freshman Pitcher Tom McFarling (6-2 185) of Morristown West High School The right-handed McFarling was 7-3 with a 296 ERA aa a senior He set a Tennessee Class AAA career home run record with 59 and he hit 471 with 12 homer and 39 RBI last season Outfielder Steve Treadway (6-1 192) of Unicoi County High in Erwin Treadway hit 23 homers as a senior missing the national record by one He also had a 10-2 record as a pitcher In his career Treadway led his team to a 152-11 record including one state championship and two runner-up finishes Infielder Rick Hartman (6-2 175) of Baylor High in Chattanooga Hartman was the co-most valuable player in Chattanooga after hitting 400 as a senior He captained a team which reached the state semifinals He also played footbalL Pitcher Robert Gaddy (6-1 194) of Pensacola (Fla) Junior College The first signee Gaddy was 5-6 with a 211 ERA last season He was 6-4 with a 265 ERA as a senior at Wood ham High in Pensacola where he made all-state in baseball and footbalL Tennessee also signed hard-throwing 6-7 pitcher Chris Johnson But Johnson a second-round draft choice of Milwaukee decided instead to sign with the Brewer think it would be unfair to the ones we have signed to say this was a lost recruiting said Haley who is still seeking talent please see RECRUITS page C4 past Dennis Johnson and the Celtics as Coach Pat Riley said of them know they can play better and 1 think they The Celtics have seen improvement in themselves and also are confident it will continue gotten better each game as the series has gone Ainge said showed a lot more patience on the offensive in Game 3 Jones said Boston also got a chance Sunday to rest Course plays rough in golf qualifying by CHUCK CAVALARIS Newt-Sentinel tportswrltar A pain in the leg New Wally Backman pulled a hamstring trying to beat out a throw to had to be carried off the field In 4-2 loss to Chicago Story page C3 first base and land who rallied with a one-under 35 on the back you shoot really important as long as you qualify for the championship Day said was extremely pleased with my seme because of the way I did it I had a 44 on the front and at the turn I said gosh time to get it I easily could have shot in the mid-80s or higher so I have to be Day last won the state championship in 1977 Her other titles were in 71 and 72 and 77 honestly feel like I have as good of a chance to win this year as said Day who is a secretary in Cleveland am playing much better When you lose your confidence it takes a while to build it back just been trying to improve because this is one game where you afford to stay the Day also qualified for the championship flight last year when the TWGA event was played at Hillwood Country Club in Nashville Her misfortune was to be paired with Probasco in the first round of match play bet we have played each other about 20 times over the years" Day said had a lot of good close matches The best part about shooting a 79 is that I know I have to face Betty right off the Also qualifying for the championship flight from the Knoxville area were Kristina Jaskolski of Maryville with an 82 Katherine' Mayfield of Cherokee Country Gub with an 83 Margaret Murrin of Maryville with 84 and Maggie Scott of Cleveland with an 86 Tina Sanders of Fox Den won a spot in a playoff after shooting an 88 She must face Probasco in her first match Nancy Badgett of Maryville jyas also in the playolf for the championship flight but failed to qualify OOLTEWAH The Honors Course is a great place to visit but most of the 144 players in the State Golf Tournament are glad they have to post all of their scores here Many scores soared above the century mark during qualifying on Monday It required about six hours for most groups to complete play on the gently rolling 5200-yard layout Match play begins in an flights today Championship finals are Friday Betty Probasco perhaps the most recognized name in the history of amateur golf in the state is the defending champion and was exempt from qualifying am getting nervous because there are a lot of women who have beautiful swings in this tournament" said Probasco who watched part of the qualifying round just know if I am going to be able to settle down my nerves or Probasco has coped with the pressure well enough in the past to win eight Tennessee Golf Association tournaments am sure Betty will be OK" said Renee Schafer a recent Memphis State graduate who was the medalist Monday with a 76 at the par-72 course course is beautiful and it is equally intimidating especially on the Schafer said have to think your way through every Qualifying with 77s were Maggie Scott of Cleveland Anne Evans of Chattanooga and Patricia Homstad of Germantown Mimsy Nease of Seymour shot a 79 as did four-time TWGA champion Connie Day of Cleve t'.