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Show 6 Mountain’ West Minority Reporter & Sentinel, August 24, 1990 Sports News Manley hopes for early readmittance Former Washington J ohnson might sprint for Canadians again Toronto defensive end Dexter Manley, banned for life from the NFL for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy, said Saturday he’s seeking readmittance to the league. LOUIS WILLIE: New honorary member at. Shoal Creek club. Mayor gets friend Manley was banned by Tagliabue November 18 but was permitted to seek re-entry in one year. ‘‘So far, I haven’t heard anything, and that’s okay, too, because I’ve learned to be very patient,’’ Manley to defuse issue Louis J. Willie, the first. black golfer admitted to membership in the Shoal Creek Country Club near Birmingham, Alabama, ‘says he would have preferred an invitation to join as a regular member but agreed to the told KRIV-TV. ‘‘The commissioner has rules he’s system at the Seoul Olympics. Dexter Manley ‘I lied and I’ve admitted it — life governed by but he has the flexibility to see if people are doing -the right thing.”’ The Redskins released Manley following his suspension. If he’s readmitted, Manley thinks he would benefit by playing for another team. Manley, 31, thinks he’s physically ready to play after missing the final Six games last season. title from Mark Breland honorary status at the insistence of Reprinted from USA TODAY canvas for the second time in the fight. Birmingham | Beas Richard Ring physician Jim McLemman Arrington. a Aaron Davis, an‘ 8-1 underdog ‘“My personal Srefarerice: was not whose right eye was closed, scored a sent Breland to St. Mary’s Hospital to be an honorary memiber,’’ Willie ninth-round knockout against cham- for observation. McLemman. said says. ‘‘But the quickest way was to pion Mark Breland to win the World Breland suffered ‘‘a good concusbe an honorary member.” Boxing Association welterweight title sion.’ Davis earlier floored Breland in the The club, site of next week’s PGA Sunday in Reno. third round with a left hook at the bell, Championship, drew fire for its. racial but Breland, with his long reach, ‘policies. scored repeated jabs during the fight Willie has not. plied galt in 20 and closed Davis’ right eye. years. ‘‘Everybody’s been teasing me Davis, in a postfight news conabout my handicap,’’ which he ference, said he was thumbed by estimates to be between 20 and 25. Breland. The insurance company executive Referee Mills Lane halted the fight says he golfed mostly at a course in in the middle of:the fourth round to west Birmingham that allowed black _ let the ring physician examine Bhs members. He said that if offered a eye. membership, he would not likely havew: | Davis. is. 30-0 Willie attended the PGA eham- pionship in 1984 at Shoal Creek and says he’ll attend this year’s event, which begins next Thursday. In June, Shoal Creek founder Hall Thompson said the club would not be pressured into accepting black members. He later apologized, saying he was quoted out of context,» — Willie, 66, says he. has known Thompson for 25 years and is surpris- Davis AP MARK BRELAND: Loses WBA welterweight title. The end came at 2:56 of the ninth round after Davis put Breland to the Support your local NAACP © 51/4 % Interest on Checking _..-. ~ @ Unlimited Check Writing Privileges - + © Free All-in-One CheckMate Card _ . @ National Discount Coupon Book And that’s only naming a few. So make the winning move to CheckMate. wi a . 1952 West 5600 South Roy, Utah 84067 773-6911 said Davis, Vegas, Nevada. King was cross-examined Wednes- BRIGHAM CITY OFFICE 101 South Main Brigham City, Utah 84302 9454 stable condition Monday at University Medical Center in Las Vegas. face, heart The Evans from flifpped over; the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other passengers received minor injuries. fractured ribs, and a bruised — in a car accident Sunday. actress, best known as Florida in CBS’ Good Times sitcom 1974-79, was in serious but She was a passenger in a car that $1 Qoo for six months or $1 §00 per year lHave the Minority Reporter Mail-Delivered to You Today! cota day by Mirage attorney John Sharer before Justice Robert Sweet and a six-person jury at U.S. District Court. “You're saying you did not try to stop the fight?’’ Sharer asked King. ‘I didn’t try to stop it. I tried to point out an error ...”’ King replied. When read a deposition in which he said he was trying to stop the Tokyo fight, King said at the time he was merely ‘‘re-emphasizing and ee | e . your response in thes farst Rea Fo utesenee (in Tokyo) was not true?’’ Sherer said. ““Yes,’’ King replied. ‘lms under responded. -oath,,. .King ; Continued from page 5 After all, who among us is perfect? Are any of us in the position of being able to cast the first stone? But then I get to thinking about all those trusting, elderly widows on fixed incomes who were among those sending Jim Bakker $4 million for what they believed was the building up of the Kingdom of God. And then I get to thinking about Jim Bakker, and how it wasn’t just simple adultery he was caught in. I get to thinking about his lavish lifestyle — the million-dollar homes and the limousines and his wife’s $100-a-day makeup habit and the air-conditioned dog house for their pampered pooch — and I just get so-o-o-o mad Somebody hand me a ... rock. | City State ZIPS eo — call the -MountainWest Minority: Reporter order today to: Box 26192, at (801) 967-0082 Salt Lake City, Utah 84126 tte TR * 4305 Harrison Blvd. t, et Feng The Canadian Olympic Association said Thursday that Johnson will be allowed to run for Canada at the 1992 Games in Barcelona if the ban is lifted. The federal inquiry headed by Dubin was sparked after Johnson tested positive for banned steroids. Asked who would win the 100 meters at the Barcelona Olympics, Johnson grinned and replied: ‘‘Me.’’ help wanted ads, Address P.O. perth Dubin’s recommendations by the fall, when the sprinter’s two-year ban on competition ends. 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Extras like: _ two Ben Johnson King’s credibility challenged in court The Mountain West Make The Winning Move To Free Checking - on Esther Rolle, 67, was seriously in- eck Mat _ Shoal Creek also is considering an application for a. ‘second black member. Club officials. refused to identify the ant . was ahead goes on,”’ said Johnson, who promised to compete free of drugs. ‘IT was born to run. That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do.”’ Flanked by his lawyer, mother, and sister, Johnson said he was pleased with the recommendations in the Dubin report released Tuesday. He said he hopes the Canadian government will accept one of the major recommendations by Ontario Chief Justice Charles Dubin — that Johnson’s eligibility to run for Canada be left to sports’ bureaucrats, who have already given him their blessing to race again in September. The government imposed a lifetime ban against Johnson competing for Esther Rolle in serious condition ed by his remarks. ‘‘We’ve been _ friends for a long. time, ’’ he says. ‘‘Hall shoots from the hip. He felt like he was being backed into‘a corner.’ with ie. KO) s Band “Breland is 27%2-1.° enough to justify it,’’ he said. Johnson had taken the steroids found in his Davis takes WBA welterweight ‘paid Shoal Creek’s $35,000 initiation © | fee. ‘‘I don’t feel I could use the club Ben held his last news conference nearly two years ago — when he denied he «cas Center, said his attorney met with NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue June 5 to see if Manley could get back into the league. — downtown. Sutton Place hotel where Manley, who undersent rehabilitation at the Jchn (AP) apologized to Canadians again Thursday, and he hopes it’s for the last time. ‘‘T said I’m sorry. 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