| Show e1 l4 4C Thosdsy Jjne 27 Tr StandaExar ier SPORTS 19S1 Wimbledon’s traditions crumble rest may become Sacred seventh-da- y the next sacrifice to the gods of rain WIMBLEDON' England (AP) — The incessant rain that already has wrecked a couple of Wimbledon traditions now is challenging one of its most hallowed niuals: the midtournament break All England Club officials have mandated for more than a century that “On the seventh day we rest" But a backlog of matches caused by four days of miserable weather could call that commandment into question At press time Wimbledon managed to work in 23 minutes of play today in between rain delays “At this stage it is too early to decide if we will have to play on the middle Sunday" said chief executive Chris Gorringe “It has never been done m the past and of course we have had this sort of weather before" Yet Wimbledon librarian Alan Little who has been at the Grand Slam event for 46 years said he cannot recall such soggy weather “I can’t remember a wetter first three days" Little said “This is certainly the wettest start we’ve ev- er had” After three days of Wimbledon Inthe rain was winning 134-4- 6 stead of the 180 matches that should have been completed at that point only 46 had been finished “It’s not quite critical but it’s getting close to that” Wimbledon referee Alan Mills said “It’s obviously been a very frustrating and depressing three days" But Mills said he still hopes to avoid playing this Sunday and is optimistic the tournament can end as scheduled on July 7 He said it could be completed on time even if the first round is not finished until Monday Rather than playing this Sunday Mills said he would prefer to make other moves if the rotten weather continues — such as cutting men’s doubles matches from best-of-fsets to “It is not just the tennis that is to be taken into consideration” Mills said “It is all the domestic things that have to go on and be organized with all the contractors and the stewards and ballboys and lines people” The rain has forced tournament officials to move the traditional daily starting time ahead by 90 minutes until at least Saturday And the poor weather undermined another Wimbledon staple this spring when it ruined the British strawberry crop — forcing officials to import the tournament’s famed berries from Belgium and France After a total washout on Monday best-of-thr- Referee says he did right to stop fight and the completion of 28 matches on Tuesday only 18 more matches were finished Wednesday as heavy rain caused a delay and turned parts of Wimbledon into 6’2-ho- ur marshland When the wet weather finally cleared early Wednesday evening s & ' ' LAS VEGAS (AP) — Za’Keisha guess you bought your ‘A’ ” her father said On March 8 referee Richard Steele stopped the heavyweight fight between Mike Tyson and Donovan “Razor" Ruddock at 2 22 of the seventh round making Tyson the winner Ruddock was on his feet when the fight was stopped Catcalls and cries of “fix" cascaded down on Steele A melee broke out in the ring “I’m very angry with the press for suggesting I did something shady” Steele said “They scared my daughter and my wife so much they said they wished I’d have gone ahead and let him get hurt” While many thought Steele was hasty in stopping the fight there were suggestions of impropriety because Steele works as a blackjack pit boss at the Golden Nugget casino The Golden Nugget is owned by Steve Wynn who also operates the Mirage the site of fight which also is the site of the rematch Fnday night W ynn has a deal with Don King Ty son’s promoter “When you do something you do it without malice in your heart" said Steele an associate minister at the Las Vegas Baptist Church Steele who has no trouble reconciling his roles as minister referee and casino employee will watch k rematch Friday’s on television at the Golden Nugget Mills Lane will be the referee Tyson-Ruddoc- At wegh-i- official Wednesday’s Tvson was 216 pounds n 6-- 6-- 7-- BIELE By KATHARINE S'andafd Examine a " ' school Xs locker room “I was bored out of my mind I was hanging around” Capriati said “I ate something I played a couple of games of backgammon I was really eager to go out” The tournament also lost its first seeded players late Wednesday Richey Reneberg finished off a 3 4 upset of 12 th men’s seed Andrei Cherkasov of the Soviet Union in a match that had begun Tuesday and Gigi Fernandez defeated 10th women’s seed Helena 1 Sukova of Czechoslovakia 4--6 6-- 4 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- 4 City sweetens the terms it is offering on lease of Derks Field Steele got an “A” in a test at Good going Za’Keisha Smile and savor the moment “This idiot got up and said ‘Your father was bought off so I Gabriela Sabatini and Jennifer Capriati wasted iittle time scoring victories straight-se- t Sabatini the women’s No 2 seed defeated Monique Javer 6-- 4 0 Capriati seeded ninth scored 5 a 0 victory over Shaun Stafford after a long afternoon in the Salt Lake Sting sale revived A m J Press The Associated as rains started pouring again Wednesday Tennis spectators run for cover at the Wimbledon Museum Shop JS- Trie Associated Press Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson winks to the crowd as he weighs in Wednesday at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas in preparation for Friday’s rematch with Donovan ‘Razor’ Ruddock Tyson tipped the scales at a trim 216 pounds and Ruddock 238 pounds In the first fight Tyson weighed 217 pounds and Ruddock 228 pounds On Saturday Steele will referee James Toney's International Boxing Federation middleweight title defense against Reggie Johnson at the Las Vegas Hilton It will be the 88th world title fight Steele has worked To stay sharp Steele goes to a gym three days a week and referees spamng sessions “Safety has always been the factor" said Steele who boxed in the Marine Corps and who had 21 fights as a light heavyweight after turning pro m 1966 On March 17 1990 a year and a day before the Tyson-Ruddoc- k sponse either time There were two seconds left when the bout was stopped but Steele generally was backed on that occasion It was different for Ruddock-Ty-so- n knocked down in the second and third rounds rocked Tyson with a barrage of punches m the final 22 seconds of the sixth round It was all Tyson however in the seventh Late in the round Tyson crashed home a right left hook right and another hook to the head that sent Ruddock reeling back Tyson began to go after Ruddock when Steele jumped in and grabbed him stopping the fight with 38 seconds left m the round out low-profi- FRUIT HEIGHTS — The Salt Lake Sting deal is on again Salt Lake City seems to have satisfied potential investor Avi Haber who threatened to pull his group out of negotiations Tuesday over lease arrangements for Derks Field "I think we’ve satisfied some of his questions" said Richard Graham deputy director of the Department of Parks and Recreation “We reached an understanding on the fact that he has to lease the stadium It’s up to him to decide to puchase the franchise” The Sting was taken over in May by the American Professional Soccer League because of the team's inability to meet APSL obligations such as posting performance bonds Since its inception in 1989 the team has had five different owners Haber a Northern Utah businessman who spends much of his NCAA plan Daas I Ruddock time slat Morning Nevs of state heads group that has been ing to make the investment as a community sen ice He said he felt his group was not being treated fairly as the city wanted lease payments in advance to be remitted through the Trappers the primary lessee The city now is willing to let bae Haber pay on a sis — $533 — and remit directly to the city Graham said Wednesday Haber said he also was concerned that the Trappers used more lighting than the Sting and the charges were not comparable "The point is that we’re going to get paid" Graham said “We will leave the door open We're satisfied with the fact he’s agreeable to the cost" Haber was preparing a letter of transfer last night to send to the APSL he said “We’ll try to finish game-by-gam- before Monday the transaction morning” Eventually Haber's group would a try- like the city to commit to helping build a soccer facility While he acknowledges that soccer is not as popular as basketball or baseball Haber feels it has potential and will provide role models to the 50000-od- d youngsters who play along the Wasatch Front He was concerned that the city had no interest in supporting alternative sports like soccer pointing to the $24 million bond issue it to finance improvements around the new Jazz Arena “It's a very simple concept of helping” Haber said Graham conceded that the negotiations have been fractious “It’s been hard on the Sling They’ve gone through five different proposals to buy the Sting and we haven't been in the loop very much We’ll be glad when it's final and hopefully he’s in it for the long run” tougher on athlete grades path" KANSAS CITY Mo — Citing the goal of increasing graduation rates the NCAA Presidents Com- mission on Wednesday recommended tougher academic standards for incoming freshmen and enrolled student-athlete- s If the proposals are adopted by the membership at the 1992 NCAA Convention in January “We (will be) as close to generating graduates as we can be” NCAA executive director Dick Schultz said “The athletes will be taken right down the The commission of 44 chief execute e officers from the three divisions of the NCAA has become the dominant force in intercollegiate athletics over the past four years In general terms what it says goes On W ednesday it said this: standards Initial-eligibilit- y known as Proposition 48 when passed in 1983 and controversial since they took effect in 1986 should be raised and the commission said made more fair All rec ommendations would take effect in 1995-9- 6 so as not to affect any current high school student The commission recommended that the minimum number of high school core curriculum classes be raised from 1 1 to 13 On the basis of data from a broad ongoing study of Division I student-athlete- the commission s also recommended that a sliding scale be adopted regarding SAT and ACT scores and a high school grade-poiaverage nt fight Steele stopped the Julio Cesar Chavez-Meldnc- k Taylor junior welterweight title bout in the 12th round with Taylor far ahead on two of the official cards After Taylor got up from a knockdown Steele twice asked him if he was OK and there was no re 1M01 0 Tires Summer Price Slash! 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