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Shuttle route, W/D conn. 3708 B Plainsman, Bryan. 846-3028. 154t06/i 6 SPORTS 6 Tuesday, June 13,1989 ‘The War’ ends in a draw Leonard, Hearns battle to 12-round no-decision LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns, call ing on skills that were supposed to have been gone, battled to a 12- round draw Monday night at Cae sars Palace, almost eight years after their first fight. Leonard, knocked down in both the third and 11th rounds, probably earned the draw with a desperation rally in the final two minutes of the final round that had Hearns holding on. Leonard went down from a right to the side of the head in the third round and three straight rights to the head put him down in the 11th. Hearns never went down but he was on wobbly legs several times and was cut on the left cheek. Leonard was behind on all three official cards after 12 rounds of the first fight and had to rally to win. In 90-degree weather Monday night, he had to rally again. In the first minute of the 12th round, the 30-year-old Hearns landed eight punches to the head that had the 33-year-old Leonard in trouble. Then, Leonard landed a left hook that backed Hearns up on wobbly legs and, for the next two minutes, Leonard unleashed everything he had left, while Hearns tried to sur vive, alternately hanging on, stag gering about and fighting back. Leonard went into the fight a 3-1 favorite. “I want to make Tommy work un til he slows down,” Leonard said be fore the fight. Hearns was exhausted at the end, but Leonard did not have enough left to finish it. At 1:20 of Round 3, the crowd came to its feet. The two men had just exchanged right hands. Hearns smiled, then nailed Leonard with a right to the side of the head that put the Sugar Man down. He was up at the six count and, while Hearns landed several more good shots in the round, he was unable to put his punches together. Leonard appeared to be taking charge in the ninth and 10th rounds. He wobbled Hearns with a hook and a right hand in the ninth, then cut him under the left eye and hurt him at the bell in the 10th. In the 11th round, Hearns landed a right hand that caught Leonard’s attention. He followed with another right that backed Leonard and pounced on Leonard with yet an other right, that put him down. Leonard arose at the six count and the two exchanged good shots for the rest of the round. At this point, the AP card had it even at 103 points apiece. The AP scored the final round for Leonard 10-9. Hearns never forgot the first fight and, for years, he fretted about not getting a rematch. “It’s been a definite nightmare — thinking about it over and over again,” Hearns said. The “Hit Man” from Detroit did not walk out a winner, but no matter what the future holds for him, he was able to walk out of the ring Mon day night with his head high. Leon ard had nothing to be ashamed of, either. Hearns, in his three previous fights, had appeared to be on the verge of being a shot fighter. He was hurt several times by Juan Roldan before stopping him, was knocked out by Iran Barkley in the third round and was knocked down Johnson admits use of steroids since 1981 TORONTO (AP) — Ben John son, the world’s fastest human whose Olympic drug test turned his medal into fool’s gold and sickened a coun try that adopted him as a national hero, admitted under oath Monday that he had cheated with steroids since 1981. Cal’s Body Shop-We do it right the first time! 823- 2610. 32ttfn Johnson, a Jamaican immigrant, made his long-awaited appearance before a Canadian government tri bunal investigating the scandal in which he forfeited his victory and a 9.79-second world record in the 100- meter dash at the Summer Games of Seoul. In a clipped but calm voice, he re canted previous claims that he was a victim of sabotage — or that he had never “knowingly” taken illegal drugs. Still, Johnson admitted that he be gan accepting blue tablets of the steroid Dianabol from Francis, with out knowing what they were, shortly after the coach had entreated him to begin steroids. “He was my coach,” Johnson said. “When Charlie asked me to take something, I took it.” He did say that for two years he took pills handed him by his long time coach, Charlie Francis, as a matter of blind faith, without know ing specifically that they were ster oids or banned substances. But even then, “it came to my mind” that the pills were illegal, Johnson acknowl edged. Other members of the Canadian track team also were taking the blue pills, Johnson said, and he learned for sure by 1983 — when he started taking a second steroid, stanozolol — about the purpose and illegality of the drugs. In any event, Johnson said, he was aware that he was taking steroids, designed to build strength and en hance performance, by 1983. And he answered “yes” when govern ment counsel Robert Armstrong pointedly asked if he knew he risked disqualification for using them. Johnson’s story, in the early hours of what may be days on the witness stand, differed from Francis’ testi mony only in that the coach insisted the athlete was aware all along, be ginning in 1981, that he was on a steroid program. by James Kinchen before winning a split decision on Nov. 4, 1988. Monday night’s fight was his 15th since he fought Leonard in 1981. In those fights, he fought 126 rounds, martv of tf-oi-rt verv foueT Judge Jerry Roth of Las Vegas scored it 113-112 for Hearns and there were loud cheers from a crowd of over 15,000. Tommy Kaczmarek of New Jersey scored it 113-112 for Leonard and there were some boos. Judge Dalby Shirley of Las Vegas scored it 112-112 and Leonard kept the World Boxing Council super middleweight title on the draw. But a title was not what this fight was all about. It was about pride and courage, which were exhibited from the opening bell to the final gong. While neither was the man he was on Sept. 16, 1981, when Leonard won the undisputed welterweight ti tle by stopping Hearns in the 14th round of a great fight, they both summoned all the skills they pos sessed. Byington, Duke sign with Brewers, Reds Texas A&M baseball standouts John Byington and Andy Duke took one step closer to the major league dream Monday as both signed professional contracts with major league teams. Byington signed with the Milwaukee Brew ers while Duke inked with the Cincinnati Reds. Both join other A&M players Chuck Knoblauch, Scott Centala and Kirk Thompson, who have also signed with pro teams. Knoblauch bypassed his senior season at A&M to join the Minne sota Twins organization, while Centala and Thompson com pleted their senior eligibility and signed with the Kansas City Roy als. The 1989 post-season baseball polls were also released Monday, with Wichita State gaining top honors in both the ESPN/Colle giate Baseball and Baseball America polls. Texas A&M earned the ninth spot in the ESPN poll, but fin ished second in the Baseball America balloting. The ESPN poll ranks the top eight teams according to their finish in the College World Series tourna ment. Wichita State earned the No. 1 ranking with their victory over the Texas Longhorns in Satur day’s CWS championship. ESPN/Colleqiate Baseball Poll c 0 Team Record 1 Wichita St. 68-16 2.Texas , 54-18 3.Florida St. 54-18 4.LSD 55-17 5.Miami, Fla. 49-18 6.Arkansas 51-16 7.Long Beach St. 50-15 8.North Carolina 41-18 B.Texas A&M 58-7 10. Mississippi St. 54-14 11 .Arizona 45-18 12. Michigan 49-16 13.Fresno St. 44-19 14.Clemson 50-20 15.Oklahoma St. 48-19 16.Lemoyne 28-7 17.Arizona St. 42-19 18.Loyola Marymount 39-24 ISLOklahoma 44-19 20.South Alabama 45-22 21 Villanova 40-13 22.Indiana St. 48-19-1 23. Notre Dame 48-19-1 24. Illinois 42-16 25.Central Florida 42-22 Lakers hope to make greatest comeback in playoff history Johnson said that in those first two years, Francis had urged him to begin taking steroids because “the whole world” of his competitors was using them. But Johnson said that whenever the matter was brought up in specific terms by Francis, he re jected the coach’s requests — and even once walked out of the office of a Toronto doctor whose help Francis had enlisted. INGLEWOOD, Calif. — After sweeping their first three opponents in the playoffs, the Los Angeles Lakers are just a game away from being swept themselves in the NBA Finals. The Lakers, completely outplayed at the guard position without start ers Magic Johnson and Byron Scott, trail the Detroit Pistons 3-0 going into Tuesday night’s game. No team in playoff history has ever come back from that deficit. Los Angeles took an 11-0 record into the finals, spurring talk of going through the playoffs unbeaten. Now the Lakers must win four straight to capture their third consecutive championship. “The only thing left is the greatest comeback in NBA history,” Lakers coach Pat Riley said. “It’s our last shot and we’ll go after it.” After sweeping Portland, Seattle and Phoenix in the early rounds of the playoffs, Riley has heard what coaches say in that situation. “I know what other coaches say when they are down 3-0,” he said. “You just try to win one.” Johnson is listed as questionable and Scott as doubtful for Tuesday night’s game. Neither was available for comment after Monday’s prac tice session and Riley said it was un likely that Johnson, the less severely injured of the two, would play. “Even if his mobility was 50 per cent better, it would still be some thing he couldn’t overcome,” Riley said. Riley admitted it would be ex tremely difficult for the Lakers to overtake Detroit. “The Pistons was flying right now,” he said. “We’ve been riding the crest for 36 of the last 48 months, but now we’re seeing the other side.” James Worthy, who led Los An geles with 26 points Sunday, said that preventing a Detroit sweep would mean a lot to the Lakers. “If we can get one win, it would give us a lot of confidence,” Worthy said. “One win can lead to two or three. I don’t think we’re out- manned. If we were, we’d be behind BI Wot Broc ditch strea Rock may H. the c divei ditch outo M man Proti aftei Broc ; visit ingi ; devi som C said lust Roci chei tlov hail I ; cen: T ! aflii Roc! ; hazi on ’ hazi bun Ff didi hazi men , ovei ! in 1 nitit of ! by 25 points in the second quarter But the Lakers have been ovet matched iu the hackcourt. With guards Vinnie Johnson,j« Dumars and Isiah Thomas outscoiI ing the Lakers’ hackcourt 211-1211 the Pistons appear ready to win::!, first championship in franchise liM tory. “All we want tea do is getonenwt win,” Detroit center Bill LainM; said. “It’s won’t feel good untilw| get one more win.” “We still have one more to go we have been playing it one ganit2l at time,” forward Mark AgirJ added. “That’s’fyot going to ensv Tuesday.” In Sunday’s 1 14-110 victory,D.j mars scored 21 of his 31 pointsitl the third period, Vinnie Jonnsoitll of his 17 in the fourth quarteraiJ Thomas finished with 26 for the hi tons. Scott hasn’t played at all inthesfi ties and Magic Johnson limpc through less than five minutes Si; day. Both have left hamstring ries. 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Many of the old guard of major league days gone by have said that Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, or even Hank Aaron could have eclipsed the 40-40 mark if they had wanted to. Mays reached the 30-30 club in 1956 with 36 homeruns and 40 steals. Hank Aaron reached the mark in 1963 with Milwaukee, as he collected 44 homeruns and 31 steals. Steven Merritt Sports Editor making the stolen base an integral part of a team’s offense has increased from year to year, creating such prolific base stealers such as Lou Brock with St. Louis and Roberto Clemente with Pittsburgh. Bobby Bonds reached the 30-30 plateau five times from 1969 to ’78, and of the 11 players in baseball history to reach 30-30, six achieved it in the 1980s. This figure can be contrasted with two players reaching the mark in the ’50s, two in the ’60s and five in the ’70s. PIANO FOR SALE- Responsible party wanted to as sume small monthly payments on piano. See locally. Call credit manager 1-800-447-4266. 153t06/15 •85 SUZUKI 5501. MINT CONDITION, 6000 MILES. NEW TIRE, & BATTERY. TODD 696-1967. 156t06/15 But the unwritten code against base stealing in the majors was strictly adhered to in their day, and this code prevented them from reaching a milestone which could have added another record to each man’s illustrious career. No one is really sure why base stealing was not considered part of a team’s game plan in the days of Mantle, Mays, Ted Williams or Ty Cobb. Many baseball analysts have put forth the suggestion that the player profile of the day didn’t include a base-stealing quality. A player was evaluated primarily on the basis of hitting, throwing and defense. If a player had better-than-average speed, then it was considered an aid to their defensive play and their ability to run the bases, not steal them. Since the early 1960s, the trend toward Many believe that the players of today are far superior to those of the past. It is a comparison, like many drawn in several other sports between past and present, that is hard to overlook. Obviously, the competition involved in major league baseball has increased significantly over the years, as has the pressure to perform, be traded or be sent to the minor leagues. The tremendous salaries paid to these players is also a major incentive in keeping a spot on the roster. Players are constantly looking for an edge which will put them ahead of everyone elsf their chosen position. That is where weight training has comei 5 for so many baseball players today, as man' practice a thorough off-season weight training program to maintain their edge throughout the season. Baseball athletesoi the past rarely considered weight training 1 ' be in integral part of their off-season or regular season for that matter. The competiton for positions on the rosterwasi 1 as stiff, primarily because the farm system'' many major league clubs weren’t as established as those of today. Players such as Oakland’s Canseco, Cincinnati’s Eric Davis, New York Mets’ Darryl Strawberry and Cleveland’s Joe Cat 1 are all poised and ready to compete for the elusive but not so hard to believe 50-50 ma: The power hitter that can run hasbecot i part of the modern manager’s evaluation system for many players of today, and this mold is being consistenly filled by a player who can only play defense, but can add a dimension to a team’s offense that was not fully realized 30 years ago. V*J