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Friday, April 1, 1988/The Battalion/Page 9 —miff miirn mi—w—tumb Sports yson could teach Leonard few lessons in etiquette Anthony Wilson Sports viewpoint t is the best of times, t is the worst of times, his is a tale of two champions (of ~ the pugilist sort), iona, |Qlhe first is a sm nsMampion in e: every sense of the word. Mike Tyson, the Bified Hui hfavvweight mpion of I world, en. mows that talk genii isdieap. try. HPre-fight ■ess r _' conferences have become ;e - cir<us-like events with t h( ore-|j|tni( ipants jawing on and on about ■w they are the ultimate fighting r _ (■chine. Unlike his next opponent (OTshould I say victim) Michael ^Hnks, you won’t find “Iron Mike” prearing a tuxedo lev these gala •events. ■his attire at Wednesday’s event mmm 4was plain and devoid of style — Bhilar to the simple black trunks and shoes he enters the ring wearing. No tassled socks. No silk lobe with a silly nickname embroidered on the back. When he ■nbs through the ropes he’s not ■ying a game. He’s going to war — ngjp£- aserious business. Imolojjjrhe second boxer was at one time the golden boy of the sport. He had style and a smile to go along with grace and a pretty face. He was so sweet the media gave Ray Leonard the nickname Sugar. Leonard won the gold medal for the U.S. and was a great welterweight champion. He retired when his eyesight was threatened while he was still young, rich, successful and on top. The public would miss him, but they respected him for not threatening his health and trying to hang on. dec Office boxing telecasts, Sugar disappeared from the public’s eye. That must’ve bothered Leonard, because he brushed away five years of rust to take on Marvelous Marvin Hagler, the world’s undisputed middleweight champ. Leonard danced with Hagler for 15 rounds and shocked the nation when he walked away with Hagler’s belt. Sugar sweetened his image once again when he returned to retirement saying no one was left in the middleweight ranks to challenge him. However, Leonard recently made some comments which may tarnish his golden image. He told former welterweight champion Donald Curry that he did Curry a favor by fighting Hagler because Hagler would’ve destroyed him. Now all of this may be true. No one is trying to suggest that Curry’s abilities are on the same level as Hagler’s or Leonard’s. The fact is they aren’t. And that’s where the problem lies. The public doesn’t mind when its champions brag at the expense of an opponent as long as the opponent is a worthy one. And in this case, Curry is not worthy of all the attention given to him by Leonard. Think about it this way: How would it look if Magic Johnson taunted Craig Ehlo, or if the New York Yankees teased the Seattle Mariners, or if the Texas A&M football team publicly ridiculed the Rice Owls. It just wouldn’t look good. So how do we expect our champions to act? That’s where Tyson comes back into view. Although no one in the heavyweight division is on Tyson’s superior level, he has faced some challenges in Tyrell Biggs, Larry Holmes and Mike Weaver. And even though no one in his division can compare with Tyson, he has given each opponent the utmost respect. He’s trained hard for each fight and it’s showed. And frankly, the public likes that. This man’s on a mission to be the best there ever was and he’s not letting anyone or anything, including meaningless small talk and boasting, get in his way. It’s a lesson Sugar Ray could take to heart. nent tem 19-hit attack paces Astros to win JaSSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — The Houston Astros scored five first-in ning runs and had seven doubles and 19 hits en route to a 13-2 exhibi- ion victory over the Philadelphia jllies Thursday. ||$hane Rawley, the ace of the Phil- ■ staff, was rocked for 1 1 hits and 10 runs in two and two-thirds in- gsof play. lawley is I-5 this spring. alSystf .Caitw jtU idem AF, item mem ems Glenn Davis lead the way for the Astros with three hits and four RBIs, including a double and his second home run in as many days. Bill Doran drove in three runs with two hits and Billy Hatcher had three hits and scored three runs. Danny Darwin, 1-1, allowed four hits over six innings for the win. Philadelphia’s Juan Samuel doubled and then scored on Phil Bradley’s sacrifice fly in the first. Von Hayes walked and stole second and later scored on Darren Daul- ton’s double in the fourth. The Astros are 15-14 this spring while the Phillies are 12-16. Hous- tontros open the season next week at home in the Astrodome against the San Diego Padres. SENIOR WEEKEND 1988 Senior Bash Friday, April 15, .8 p^m.- ^ Texas Hall of'-Fame, $5/couple Featuring Mel issaJPrescott ia T' lit a/s Saturday, April 16, 9 p.m. MSC and Rudder Exhibit Hall, $35/couple Featuring Michael, Michael and the Maxx Ed Gerlach Orchestra The Senior Weekend Package at $65/couple, includes all three events. Tickets are on sale at Rudder Box Office at 845-1234. All tickets are presale. Jeffcoat pitches Rangers to 2-0 shutout of Red Sox WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Mike Jeffcoat allowed only one hit for four innings and De- Wayne Vaughn just four the rest of the way as the Texas Rangers edged Boston 2-0 Thursday, handing the Red Sox their first shutout of the exhibition season. Competing with Vaughn for the No. 5 starting spot with the Rangers, Jeffcoat surrendered just a line double into the left- field corner by Jim Rice in the second inning. A left-hander who spent a cou ple of years with Cleveland and most of 1987 at Oklahoma City, Jeffcoat struck out three and walked two. Vaughn, a right-hander who has won a job as a non-roster pitcher in training, was nicked for two-out singles by Rich Gedman and Spike Owen before retiring Brady Anderson on a pop-up to end the fifth. With one out in the sixth, Wade Boggs singled to right and took second on a wild pitch. Rice grounded a single to right, but Ruben Sierra saved the shutout by throwing a one-hop strike to catcher Mike Stanley to get Boggs trying to score. Right-hander Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd took his first loss in four decisions. Boyd pitched seven innings in his sixth and fi nal Florida appearance. He allowed six hits, struck out two and walked four before Mike Smithson and Lee Smith each hurled one hitless inning. 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