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Thursday, June 21, 1984/The Battalion/Page 11 Sports Foul play not ruled out in Swale’s death TANK MFNAMARA® by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds QOOP OF t&W ANJP STEAM l<t£€ TO A EAM . IEIGjMT OF 70,000 fef OvfeR toe ojjtoeR.vJMo TdlS? SEASOM UMTiLlPl^ LATEST YAMkEE uc&s. olz aveling anii Xlies and kj 0 somethinf what itisll ■1. ’ lie said 'or so mani isn’t realk ne.” ly songs,! attention what tho United Press International I KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. — The loctor heading the team investigat- ng the death of Kentucky Derby dmier Swale said Wednesday the a use of death may not ever be nown, but she wouldn’t completely uleout the possibility of foul play. Dy. Helen Acland, chief of the .aboratory of Large Animal Pathol- igy at the University of Pennsylva- tia’s New Bolton Center, said tests in tissues taken from the 3-year-old olt did not reveal the cause of ieath. She said examination of the tis- ues, taken during a necropsy (au- ppsy) performed Sunday hours af- er Swale collapsed and died at Selmont Park near New York, sup- lorted preliminary findings that uled out a heart attack as the cause if death. ’s will sun ■re inforna- r shows, cal “We found enlargement of the heart that is usually found in ath letes,” Acland said during a news conference at the rural facility, 40 miles outside of Philadelphia. “We also found microscopic lesions of the liver and kidneys but not severe enough to contribute to the demise of an animal. “It’s possible we may never know the cause of death. There are some things that can cause death in horses that don’t leave a trace.” Acland said her “gut feeling” was that the horse died of a “cardiac dis function, but we may never be able to confirm that. There are other things that can make the heart stop besides a heart attack.” Acland did not rule out foul play being involved in the death of Swale. She said extensive toxological tests would have to be taken to rule out that possibility, and those still may prove to be inconclusive. “I’d be able to answer that better in a few weeks after we’ve gone through a range of chemical tests,” she said. “Judging the history of the animal, he seemed to be well taken care of. The possibility (of foul play) is small but I have trouble defining small. I’d like to defer that question until we’ve performed some testing-.” Swale, the dark bay son of 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, died as he was being sponged down in his barn following a workout. He won the Kentucky Derby and Bel mont Stakes, taking the latter race just eight days before his death. Acland said tissue of Swale’s brain would be examined next. Those tests would take anywhere from 10 days to two weeks, she said. Astros blasted again by Padres United Press International HOUSTON — Terry Kennedy slammed three hits and scored two runs and Tim Lollar and Dave Dra- vecky combined on a three-hitter to lead the San Diego Padres to a 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros Wednesday night. The Padres took a 1-0 lead in the second inning off Mike Madden, 2- 2. Kennedy walked and scored on a two-out triple to right by Garry Templeton. In the Astros’ third, Lollr walked Madden and Phil Garner to open the inning, Craig Reynolds bunted the runners over and Jose Cruz rapped a two-out, two-run single for a 2-1 lead. The Padres took a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning. They chased Madden by loading the bases with none out on a single by Kennedy and walks to Carmelo Martinez and Templeton. With one out, Alan Wiggins singled off reliever Bill Dawley to score Ken nedy and Martinez scored on a sacri fice fly to center by Tony Gwynn. In other games, St. Louis shut out Montreal 2-0, New York beat Phila delphia 7-4, Atlanta got by San Fran cisco 6-5, Cinncinati downed Los Angeles 4-2. Decker not sure if she’ll run ’double’ Duran not listening to messages United Press International [early palpi impressivtl hen makingl LOS ANGELES — With no action heduled in the U.S. Olympic Brack and Fieki Trials Wednesday, He athletes got a much-needed rest pm both the physical and mental esses of the meet. None appreciated it more than ary Decker, who is seeking berths both the 1,500 and 3,000-meter Sims. the goodiiBon Thursday she will have the ittentioniraljnt round of the 1,500 in the morn- oks that venHg anc i the semifinals of the 3,000 at lines. EveiBght. But it is a double she is going in mind,thtH have to get used to for the Olym- Fire" is ru-pjcs. Is are calls!B“My main priority at the Olympics ; that hei|willbe to win,” Decker said. “People he enlerst d|m’t quite understand. They think nee I won the double at Helsinki I lould run the double here. The eak. Laneii Lt and smog will be different in iranis, aste bs Angeles than in Helsinki. g thatitisat m whine lim eptabie, bK hich is 'dm do. >ot, however xt with a nki cenary. Will air cramraei) sexjmnpsiii »is definite! 1 Hied with. en, ignoring She isaPhd line to life St too caugh ijoyable. Ni vercoine tht Hiable acting dialogue. I m lechnkp 1 lent exampk )ked throng! give ‘‘Stre (B se save ,y the sound- it was nusic chain DIES an* 1 * IYSAR e I < ON { jn Jng 11 [She added that it may be until the |ial Olympic entry deadline before she decides to double. In that case, an alternate will have to train heavily until she makes her decision, which bothers Decker only slightly. “I hate to do that to another ath lete,” she said, “but to give myself the best chance at the Olympics, I have to do it.” Decker has grown testy comment ing on the potential Olympic mat chups between her and teenage sen sation Zola Budd, but Francie Larrieu-Smith, who also qualified for the 3,000 Tuesday, has been watching Budd with interest. Larrieu-Smith has been running competitively since 1969, when she was 16, so she feels for Budd’s vola tile political situation; Budd, the barefoot-running South African na tive, was forced to gain citizenship in Britain to enter the Olympics. “She’s young, hungry and knows no limit,” Larrieu-Smith said. “I re member myself at that age. You’re oblivious to everything around you, and that includes politics.” By MILTON RICHMAN Columnist for United Press International NEW YORK — Someone Up There is trying to deliver a message to Roberto Duran, strug gling to tell him something, and it’s probably a big waste of time because when can you remem ber anyone being able to tell Roberto Duran anything? Never in his lifetime. You’ve heard of those guys who march to dif ferent drummers, haven’t you? Duran doesn’t bother marching at all. He moves strictly at his own pace, and about the only thing he ever bothers listening to is his heart. That’s what helped make him the fighter he was at his peak, a point during which he ranked among the best there ever were in the history of his craft and virtually assures him future instal lation in Boxing’s Hall of Fame. But with it all, he’s not getting the message he should, the one clearly telling him to quit while he’s still ahead. All he has to do to see the mes sage once more is to look at the film of last Fri day’s disaster at the hands of Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns in Las Vegas. I know he has seen that film at least once al ready because I saw him looking at it in his tra iler-dressing room not long after suffering his second-round knockout. Maybe his head still wasn’t entierely clear then. He probably is mostly interested in seeing how he left himself open to get hit the way he did by Hearns’ knockout punch. But I’d call his attention to the end of the first round when the bell mercifully came to his rescue after he had been decked twice. That’s the part where he should pay the most serious thought. If he does, he can’t help but get the message. He’ll see himself so confused, so disoriented, so pitifully out of it, that he goes walking off into the wrong corner. Stop and think now, how many times have you ever seen Roberto Duran in such bad shape that he has no idea where he was going. He did some other things, too, that should be tipoffs to him this wouldn’t be a bad time to hang ‘em up. Before the fight even started, while the intro ductions were going on, instead of bouncing around the ring, throwing punches and breath ing fire the way he always does, he simply sat on his stool and looked gentler than a lamb. That wasn’t the Roberto Duran I know. Hardly anyone else recognized him that way, ei ther. I know it’s easy to tell someone else to quit, but I’m not the only one who thinks the 33-year old Duran should. Ray Arcel, boxing’s highly respected octogenerian who handled Duran for the better part of 10 years, told him the same thing four years ago. “I asked him to quit after the second (Ray) Leonard fight,” says Arcel. “I wrote him a letter in which I said that ev ery book has a beginning and an end, and when you finish reading it, you close the book and put it away. I told him he had been an asset to boxing and would be remembered as being a great fighter.” Arcel wasn’t in Las Vegas for Friday night’s fight. He heard all about it and read about it, though. “Time is a killer,” he says. “Roberto has al ways been self-destructive. He’ll put on 25-30 pounds between fights and then have to almost kill himself taking it off. When you’re 20 or 21, you can put your body through severe rigors like that, but at Duran’s age, it’s a much greater strain.” Monetarily, Duran did much better than Hearns in Friday’s fight. His share was close to $2 million. Hearns got a little better than half of that following a last ditch negotiation session the day before the fight during which it tottered between being off and on. AJUliSU It’s easy to lose your way when hunting for a new apartment. 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