Page 12 THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1981
Fighters show different styles
in pre-fight press conference
TANK MCNAMARA
by Jeff Millar & Bill Hindi
THE AMAZING PETE BDet
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United Press International
LAS VEGAS — As Sugar Ray
Leonard shadow-boxed his way
through his final workout before
Wednesday’s welterweight show
down with Thomas Hearns, a man
with a microphone cautioned
photographers to stay off the ring
because Leonard might damage
the cameras.
Leonard was made for cameras.
Not since Muhammad Ali has box
ing been graced with such good
looks and dynamic personality.
But unfortunately for the
World Boxing Council champion,
Hearns isn’t really concerned with
how Leonard looks or what he
“I have no bad feelings towards
Ray at all,” Hearns, the World
Boxing Association champion,
said Monday in the fighters’
appearance before the more than
500 media representatives at
Caesars Palace.
“I don’t really know what Ray’s
feelings are towards me, but in all
honesty, right now I don’t care
what his feelings are.”
“The main thing I’m going to do
is hop on Tommy Hearns right
away,” said Leonard, who enters
with a 31-1 record and also the
WBA junior middleweight title.
“I’m going to be there but I won’t
be a stationary target. I want to
make him think. When he has to
think, that’s when he’s in
trouble.”
Leonard’s fight plan appears to
be based on movement — side-to-
side to blunt Hearns’ awesome
punching power and in-and-out to
take away his tremendous height
and reach advantage.
“Hearns’ reach (ZSVa inches) is
unreal — let’s face it, he’s a freak.
I’ve got to keep him tied up and
outmaneuver him, keep him off
balance.”
Hearns, unbeaten in 32 fights,
30 of them ending by knockout,
said Leonard is going in over his
head.
The news conference showed
off the tremendous contrast in
styles. Leonard appeared first,
dressed in a sailor suit complete
with cap, and laughed and joked
his way through 30 minutes of
questioning. Hearns was next,,
clad in a business suit, white shirt
and tie. He didn’t show anything
remotely resembling a smile.
But while the two fighters’
moods seemed light years apart,
their predictions were identical —
victory in the fight, the richest in
the history of boxing.
“Ray has never fought a man as
big as me,” he said. “This is the
first fight in which he will not be
able to dominate his man. He’ll
have to fight totally different from
any way he’s fought before. He
won’t be able to throw punches
the way he’s used to. ”
Leonard maintained his versa
tility would be the deciding factor.
Hearns said he was pleased with
his conditioning and felt totally
confident entering the bout.
“I’m very relaxed — I feel very
good,” he said. “There are no
problems. I’m ready to go and I’m
very confident. Actually, this is
going to be the easiest fight I’ve
ever had. My training has been
great and everything I tried has
been working perfectly.”
Leonard did gain one victory
Monday — a coin toss. Boxing
protocol calls for a champion to
Aggies finish third
in weekend skiing
By RICK STOLLE
Battalion Staff
The Texas A&M University ski team finished in third place behind
Northeast Louisiana University and the University of Texas at a tour
nament sponsored by Baylor University this weekend. The tourna
ment was held at Hillsboro, with several of the area’s top teams
competing.
“We had some individuals who did not ski up to their potential but
we had a good tournament overall,” said Brett Stevenson, team cap
tain. “We are looking and hoping for better showings in later tourna
ments.”
The men’s team top finishers were Joe Dockery with a sixth-place
finish in slalom, Ranee Richter with a 16th-place in the trick division
and Craig Janek, who finished sixth with a jump of one hundred-
sixteen feet.
“We finished third in slalom and jump for a third place overall,”
Stevenson said. “Hopefully we will be able to improve our trick
placing and raise our finish.”
Melanie Jarrel was the top woman skier for Texas A&M in the
tournament. She place seventh in the slalom, sixth in tricks and sixth in
jump to help the women’s team to a third place finish.
“Melanie really carried the women’s team,” Stevenson said. “She
had a great tournament.”
Stevenson said a partial team will travel Sept. 18-20 to Blanchard,
Okla., to participate in a tournament sponsored by Oklahoma State
University. However, most of the team will remain and train for the
regional championships to be held Sept. 26-28.
Should the team finish first or second place at the regional cham
pionships, it would qualify for the national championship to be held in
Sacramento, Calif. Oct. 2-4.
“We have a really good chance to go the nationals,” Stevenson said,
“but we have to have a great tournament and improve on this
(weekend’s) finish."
SWC golf tourney
shortened by rain
Despite heavy rain, the first half of the Southwest Conference fall
golf tournament was completed Monday at the West Columbia Lakes
golf course near Houston.
After 18 holes, the University of Houston and TCU are tied for the
lead with totals of 223.
Following the leaders in the annual event are the University of
Texas at 225, Texas A&M at 233, Arkansas at 237, Texas Tech at 240,
Baylor at 241 and Rice at 242.
The tournament has been an alternate shot event in which each of
the six-man school teams is divided into two-man teams. Due to a
course-drenching rain, the best ball portion of the tournament was
cancelled.
The tournament will resume today with stroke play for the final 18
holes. Each of the players will count his own shots in the remainder of
the tournament competition.
Individual leaders of the tournament are Bjorn Svedin-Jeff
Heminez of TCU at 71 and Billy Tueteng-Donnie Burwell of Houston
at 72.
A&M team scores are Brad Jones-Danny Briggs at 79; Gary
Kruegar-Bart Cobb at 77; and Jackie Lee-Ronny Byrd at 77.
Water polo team
wins tournament
The Texas A&M water polo team, under the direction of player-
coach Pat Yates, won a seven-team tournament in Austin the past
weekend.
Yates, an All-American player from the University of California at
Santa Barbara, led the Aggies to an 11-8 victory over SMU in the
championship match Sunday.
“We are really fortunate to have a player the caliber of Pat,”
teammate Mark Robeck said. “We have a very inexperienced team but
were able to play a lot better with him at the controls.”
Robeck said the team has only practiced for a week but is still
allowing anybody to participate.
“No tryouts are necessary and we have all levels of swimmers out
from beginners to experts like Pat,” he said.
The Aggies defeated high schools San Antonio Holmes, San Antonio
Jay and San Antonio Alamo Heights, in the first three matches before
defeating SMU in the finals. The other teams in the tournament were
the University of Texas and St. Mark’s High School from Dallas.
The next tournament will be held Sept. 26 when the Aggies travel to
St. Mark s in Dallas. The tournament will include a men’s 18-year-old
and under division, as well as another division for women.
enter the ring last and be
announced last but since both
Hearns and Leonard are cham
pions there was a coin flip.
Leonard won and chose to enter
the ring last. Hearns will be
announced last in the prefight in
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