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Sports
End of basketball season
signals start of ‘ruff times
Viewpoint
By Homer Jacobs
S/>orls liditor
That time of year is here again.
The time when sportsaholics
go through serious withdrawal
pains.
No more Magic. No more Bird,
[list PGA golf tournaments and
names like Davis Love III.
My blood
curdles with
excitement.
There are
M a j o i
League baseball games to watch
on televsion. But with around 700
more games to go before the pen
nant races wind clown, there’s not
much excitement in watching the
San Diego Padres battle the St.
Louis Cardinals.
In the past, there has been the
drama and tradition of Wimble
don's fortnight, which begins
|ime 22. T hose two weeks at least
kept my appetite for sport alive.
There was plenty of strawber
ries and cream to go around, as
well as (he usual hearty helping of
a Big Mac, as in John McEnroe.
But the summer of 1087 will he
even tougher to muddle through
as McEnroe has pulled out of
Wimbledon because of hack
problems. Wimbledon without
McEnroe is like the NBA Einals
without the Lakers and the Cel
tics, the strawberries without the
cream.
So basketball is over, tennis is
suffering and baseball is boring.
T hat leaves PCA golf on T V for
all the sports junkies to survive
on.
The NBA draft and Major
League All-Star game temporar
ily do appease the summertime
blues.
But with exhibition profes
sional football and the college
football season months away, golf
is in the limelight. And conse
quently, the blues continue to
mount as long as the greens grab
center stage.
So what is there for the sports-
aholic to do? There’s no hotline,
no public service pleadings on the
tube. Are we to just say “no” to
televised sports this summer?
What I would do to hear ABC
sportscaster Keith Jackson in his
usual manner say, “Hello again
ever body, welcome to Kvle Field.
We’ve got a dandy between the
Razorbacks of Arkansas and the
Aggies of Texas A&M.”
I even miss the eloquence of
college basketball's Dick Vitale.
CBS’s Ken Venturi whispering
on the hack nine that Creg Nor
man has missed a birdie putt on
No. 15 just isn’t up to par.
T he only cure I can see for
these dreaded times in the sports-
world is to turn to the sports jun
kie’s dealer — ESPN.
T his station will come to my
need. It’ll serve up Australian
rules football and roller derby.
Now we’re talking real spectator
sports.
If I can just make it to August
when American football kicks
into gear and the hoys of summer
move into fall.
But for now, I must tope with
these lean times. I will survive,
hut it’ll Ik- rough. Maybe I’ll just
go cold turkey and not watch any
sports on T V for the next six
weeks.
Wait a minute, a sporisaholic
without sports? Now that’s the
“Big Lie.”
Livingstone
to try out fa Vo182
USA team
T exas A&M standout tlniii
man Scott Livingstone .said[<
i rv out for the United Stale!
pic I earn, and tlnee otliti
baseball players signed prill
contracts in the wake uitilt
Majoi I .e-ague baseballdrall
Livingstone, who was i
Southwest Conference Plain
Year, was (h al ted in the third
by (he Oakland Athletics.Hti
will consider his options alt
August Pan American pm
has the option of signin|'a|i
sional contract or returningli
senioi year at A&M.
In other A&M news,piiilc
Wei nig was also (Itidiedfyiit
Ictus, going in the IStltmn
will report to Oakland’s Class
i.itc, the Medford As. Sw
Lvei Magallanes was chostm
lOth round by the Cleveland li
.uid will i c‘|>oi( to Builmi'tir
(.arolina to play undertumm 1
(.o.u 11 I om Chandler.
Pitcher Cary Geiger wasi
by San Francisco, and willplai
( lass A team in Everett, Wa.
Ailing McEnroe to skip Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) —
John McEnrc re, saying he didn’t
want to play if he was not 100 per
cent physically, withdrew from
Wimbledon Monday because of a
persistent hack ailment.
It was the latest twist in the story
of McEnroe’s attempts to come hack
from a self-imposed sabbatical from
tennis, and growing doubts of his
ability to hear the pressure imposed
on the sport’s top players.
A rust-round loser in each of his
last two Crancl Slam appearances,
the three-time Wimbledon cham
pion said he was “tired of walking
onto the court worried whether I
shall he able to give it my best ef
fort.’’
Wimbledon officials said that.
while McEnroe’s withdrawal would
not affect attendance, his absence
would he a loss.
“All things being equal, one woidd
like to see all the top players partici
pating,” said Chris Corringe, chief
executive of the All-England Lawn
Tennis Club. “But they’ve got to he
lit. Otherwise, there’s no sense in
them sacrificing themselves in any
tournament.”
The announcement that the
American left-hander would skip
the world’s most prestigious tennis
tournament lor the second year in a
row came as organizers were an
nouncing the seedings for the event,
to he held June 22-July 5.
Defending champions Boris
Becker of West Germany and Mar
tina Navratilova of the United States
were made the lop seeds. Navrati
lova as expected and Becker in a sur
prise.
Becker is ranked second in the
world Itehiud Czechoslovakia’s Ivan
Lendl, hut has won Wimbledon the
past two years and is at his best on
gl ass courts.
He won the Stella Artois tourna
ment on grass at Queens Club Mon
day, heating American Jimmy Con
nors (i-7, <’>-S, <>-T. Connors, a two-
time Wimbledon winner, is seeded
seventh.
Lendl and West Germany’s Steffi
Graf, the men’s and women’s c ham
pions at the French Open this
month, received the second seeds.
Mats Wilander, runner-up to Eencll
at Paris, is No. S among (he men.
while American Clnis Even
time Wimbledon champion,t
seeded among the women.
Based on his computerrd
M< Enroe would have liecn*
eighth in his fust uppen
Wimbledon in two years. Hest
last year's tournsimeiU as pul
six-month break Imm tennis
But in a telex to the Alii;
Club. McEnroe said the bid
lems that have plagued hiniim
mouths were too much tonmc
“There is no reason fori
come to Wimbledon unlesrf
|K-rc c-nt lit,” McEnroe said. 1
not Ik-c-u able to train sinrt
tin ned I tom Paris and I'm
walking onto (lie court
whether I shall Ik-ablefdgiit
best effort.”
Ale
Becker grabs
title before
Wimbledon
Spinks lakes down Cooney in fivf o<
LONDON (AP) — Boris Becker
won his last tournament match be
fore Wimbledon Monday and pro-*
nounced himself in good mental and
physical shape to launch his hid for a
third consecutive All-England title.
“II I’m not confident now, 1 never
will he,” Becker said after rallying to
heat Jimmy Connors (1-7, (1-8, (>-4
and capturing the ,fT(),()()() first prize
in the Stella Artois grass court cham
pionships at Queens (flub.
“This is a good win for me after
playing for so long on clay at the
French Open,” said the 19-year-old
West German, who reached the
semifinals at Paris.
ATLANT IC CITY, N.J. (AP) —
Michael Spinks knocked down Gerry
Cooney twice in the fifth round and
then stopped him Monday night as
Cooney stood helplessly against the
ropes to win a scheduled 15-round
heavyweight bout.
Spinks hurt Cooney with a right
hand alter Cooney missed with a
wild left hook. T hen Spinks landed a
barrage of punches to the head that
put Cooney down.
“I came to Queens without prac
ticing a lot on grass and still beat
most guys easily until the semifinal
and final. I have not been playing
100 percent, hut I still won the title.”
Becker needed two hours, 18 min
utes to outlast the aging hut game
Connors, who had several chances to
win his (list tournament in more
than 2'/-' years.
The 34-year-old American, a
three-time champion at Queens
Club but who has not won any title
since October 1984, played very well
for half the match, tactically outwit
ting the frustrated Becker.
He got up ;tt three hut Spinks
came to the attack and flattened him
with another barrage.
T he (i-foot-O Cooney struggled to
his feet again. But Spinks came on
again, hacking off briefly as if he
needed a rest.
A moment later, Spinks launched
another barrage and finally referee
Frank Cappuccino stopped the fight
at 2:51.
T he bout was hilled by promoter
Butch Lewis as one for the heavy
weight championship of the world,
although the World Boxing Council
and World Boxing Association rec
ognize Mike T yson as champion.
T he International Boxing Feder
ation, which stripped Spinks, recog
nizes Tony fucker.
T he light surely moves Spinks to
ward a major money-match with T y
son sometime in 1988.
T he devastating loss most likely
ended Cooney’s career. It was his
second defeat in an important bout.
On June 1 1, 1982, he was stopped in
the 13th round by Larry Holmes in a
hid for the- WBC title.
Between the loss to Holmes and
Monday night’s fight before a sellout
crowd of l(),. r >0(), Cooney had fought
only three times for seven rounds.
T he inactivity surely hurt him.
Before the match, Spinks said: “I
can’t he acting like I’m afraid of
Gerry. I’m not. I’m looking for an
opportunity to hit him with my Sun
day punch.”
In the first four rounds, Spinks
speared Clooney with punishing jabs
and short left hooks.
In the fifth round, Spinks, 208/1,
hit the 238-pound Cooney with ev
erything.
T yson was in the audience and he
had to he impressed with the 30-
Spin ks’ stellar
year-old
mane e.
No longer can anyone say Hi
former undisputed liKht
weight champion cannot liii
(i ne heavyweight.
From the outset, Spink:
move left and (lic-n right to
the ponderous Cooney, then
dart inside to land jabs or
to the head.
Spinks carried the lirsi
with several good jabs and
good left s to Cooney’s head.
(looney did land a bardlefl
to the head of the (i-2 l />S|)inb
the bell.
“II I hit him,
ney had said.
But Cooney was neverablt
Spinks with more than onen
punches at a time andhenw
all of Spinks, although hedid
him up iit the fourth round®
hint under the right eyebro*
second.
It was the unbeaten S
victory and 2 1st knockout
Cooney, who also is SO,tin*
2 with 24 knockouts.
Alcohc
No, th
irinking
It’s ab
rcent t
ay be i
the allei
trough t
Scott, Houston pounce on Cincinnati 4-
Returning serves superbly and
outhiistling his opponent with low,
angled passing shots, the canny Con
nors look the opening set on a tie
breaker and had two break points
for a 3-0 lead in the second set, with
his serve to come.
But he made two forehand errors
and Becker, quick to seize the
chance, won the game, broke Con
nors twice and tied the match.
In the third set, Connors pul
more pressure on Becker’s unusu
ally suspect second serve, but was
having just as much trouble holding
his service.
HOUSTON (AR) — Mike Scott
struck out a career-high tying 14 and
pitched a seven-hitter over eight-
plus innings Monday night, leading
the Houston Astros over the Cincin
nati Reds 4-0.
Scott, who did not walk a hatter, is
tied with Seattle’s Mark Langston for
the major-league lead with 11(1
strikeouts. Scott, 8-3, won his third
straight decision and his fifth over
his last six starts.
T he 198(1 Cy Young Award win
ner struck out 14 on Sept. 14, 198(1,
in a 3-2 loss against San Diego and
repeated the feat on Oct. 8 in Game
1 of the National League playoffs,
heating the New York Mels 1-0.
D ave Smith entered the game in
the ninth after Bo Diaz reached on
an error by ferry Buhl and stui k out
three hatters.
Bill Gullickson, 7-4, held to Astros
to a pair of singles until Bill Doran
led off the sixth inning with his sev
enth home run of the season over
the right field fence. Doran was 2-
for-2(i prior to the homer.
Gullickson left (he game for
pinch-hitter 1’aul O’Neill in the sev
enth inning.
T he Astros got another rim off
relieve! Frank Williams in the sev
enth inning when Scott scored from
second base on Billy I lalcher’s single
to left field.
Scott reached base on a fielder’s
choice and took second on the same
play on shortstop Kurt Stillwell’s
throwing error.
Houston scored their final two
aptnent
runs in the eighth on a siiii 1 partmen
Glenn Davis, a triple by Ketii
AUST
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Tuesday
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first.
Scott pitched himself mild j
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ing out leadoff hitter Bud
T erry Erancona doubled
Diaz singled to center field,s
Erancona to (hiicl.
Scott struck out Ron Oeslfl
(lullic kson to end the inning.
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