Sports I and and Recreation Wednesday July I ln to OS For 30 Years We Have Delivered Tyson and the perfect match Pauls call I was talking to a guy he other day who told me that his father used to drink only one bottle of beer a week He apparently consumed the single serving of suds while wat the old televised Friday night fights Well anyone would have been hard pressed to down a bottle of beer during the time II took Mike Tyson to reinforce his Image as the toughest thing In gloves by hammering Michael Spinks into submission on June in Atlantic ty Not only did Tyson remove the last remaining serious challenge to his unified heavyweight title but he also showed that challenge itsef was not all that serious others left So announced his Now there Mike Tyson retirement You really blame the guy He barely yean old a newly wed and he possesses bank count containing more Impressive f than the Playboy mansion Aside from oil thai there just no one left to pose a serious threat to Tyson His toughest cording to the tabloids and even Sports Illustrated has been out of the where his mother in law has apparently proved to be a worthy sparring partner Tyson says he wants to get his per and business lives In order Maybe then he 11 come back There are only a couple of potentially interesting fighters on the horizon who might attract Tyson slaughter Toronto Razor Ruddock Okay but champions have traditionally served as cannon fodder for world champs Holy field He currently a light heavyweight Until he proves his worth In the heavier categories he II be just another Michael Spinks Tyson other option once his per affairs are in order and his competitive urge draws him back In to the gym is the timehonored Triemonth Club Initiated long ago by the Immortal Joe Louis and popularised during the 1970s by the equally immortal Muhammad All A third option for Tyson and one maybe not so absurd when one con alders the often crazy world of modem sport be to loin forces with the World Wrestling Federation Can you imagine Tyson first battle A noholds red Texas death match with Iron Mike Shorpe Canada self proclaimed greatest athlete with winner assuming the un contested Iron Mike title and the loser Weil how about having the loser face Don King and Tyson s mother in Inw In a tag team match Speaking of the WWF its in teresllng to note the Canadian Foot ball Leagues recent efforts at self revival with a rock and roll I wis I not unlike that first reaped for huge pro fits by the set Roy drew about ex fans to a recent Ottawa Rough Rider contest and Kim Mitchell will try to do the same Tor the Hamilton Tiger Cats The Idea has lis mer s At he very least the fans might be encouraged to hang around the stadium long enough to sober up for the drive home It also refreshing to note hat some never change No mat ter how hard it tries the CFL can still manage to shoot Itself In the foot I caught the CFL all star game on the tube a couple of weeks ago and was somewhat surprised to learn the league had a live microphone planted in the all star huddle Sure enough It t take Matt more than a couple of plays during a mid field drive to exclaim with great excitement that expletive dele live most often etched into gas restroom walls by those not Imaginative enough to recant a limerick Dldn t those broadcasting types leam anything from the Infamous incident In the late 70s when Bobby Clarke cut the staid Canadian airwaves with his impression of a modern Butler during a live mike Leaf game As Pal Hal said after that game Helt what die you expect the guy to say But on the positive side perhaps It good to see the CFL willing to try lust about anything to wake up the traditionally fickle Canadian spec later Even if It means waking gran up a few choice words INSIDE WIS SECTION Local TBallers in the swing of things Junior steeplechase Paul ready for run at world title For Georgetown track Dave Paul the road to a possible Olympic Team berth starts in Sudbury and will continue next fall In Indiana The 18yearold graduate recently won the Canadian Junior National 3000metre steeplechase championship n Sudbury and on Ju ly local speedster will return to the Nickel Clly to hopefully duplicate his winning performance in the World Junior Track and Finals After that it off to Purdue University In where Paul will pursue both track and academic The Olympics are a long way off It a dream for me said Paul dur an Interview with The Herald on Monday I know I can be in a lot better shape and if I Improve my form and my jumps 1 might have a shot For Paul a realistic goal would be the 19K2 Olympic Games slated for Barcelona Spain The ex Rebel will enter he senior track and field wars after th s month s junior world event and four years of collcglqte track training can only serve to speed the development of Paul already impress potential He qualified for World Junior f by turning in a sparkling lime of nineminutes seven seconds ing an all comers meet at York University a week before cleaning up at the Nat Paul needed on 10 clocking to advance In Sudbury despite struggling against extreme winds Paul brcez to victory in a time of 11 Still competitive Instinct prohibits Paul becoming complacent I ve got a lot more in me than that he says of his National winning time Follow the Junior World com petition Paul will prepare for his first year at Purdue where he II study physical education Slower times earlier In the year prevented recruited late after I ran better times later In the year he explain referring to the partial scholar ship Purdue Has provided for him Paul hopes to run the and wl Purdue The is actual favorite event he says The steeplechase can Eel pretty hard on your body after a while He was to Purdue primarily bee use the high academic rating accorded the American It a good school academically sold Paul My uncle Is a businessman and he was quite Impressed wilh Purdue reputation A beautiful campus and excellent athletic facilities also helped sell Paul on the school He hopes to con firm those reports during first campus visit next weekend Although he profess to know a lot about the Boilermakers current track contingent Paul reckons he can beat Purdue top steeplechaser Meanwhile Paul will continue his ambitious training regimen as the Junior Worlds draw nearer He alternates track workouts on the new GDHS oval with road work in and around Ha on Hills With an average speed of six minutes per Masters meet mile over a regular training run of six to seven miles Paul is certainly not a turtle He prefers the role of he In Sudbury he apparently fin shed ahead of his nearest opponent by a fairly wide distance I t turn around to sec where be was quip ped Paul If his current winning streak con Paul won t have to look back during his next visit either With an oil Ontario high school champion ship and a Canadian Junior title both already under his belt Paul would surely like to find room for a World Junior gold medal Lifter tackles global final Georgetown resident Mel Barton career will have reach full circle when he returns to his Inspired Selects prove tops at soccer tournament The Georgetown Select tapping it across the to the referee because he ball had not Girls Soccer team managed by Pat round out her Final score been touched by two Brant ford Vogt and coached by Dave Booth for Georgetown players Wendy scored the played some Inspired soccer while The second game on Saturday saw winning goal making the final score winning he third annual a slightly overconfident 1 for Georgetown tournament last weekend Georgetown team given a soccer nnn i The first game against Milton lesson by a powerful resulted In a win for Georgetown team which resulted in a 1 loss for 2 forma starting with a goal by Melanie Georgetown Never really in the I jtw Padillo who scored from on almost morning against Last Hamilton deserved Impossible angle on shot taken resulted in a 10 win for Georgetown from near the comer flag on a goal scored by Anne Donnelly Congratulations to he hard The third goal was a bullet from who managed to get her foot on the working and determined forwards Anne Donnelly from just Inside bull while everyone seemed to be Anne Donnelly Melanie Booth Wen penalty area Not to be outdone left searching for thn elusive rebound p A1 defender Tracy Fowler floated a off the East Hamilton s defence Ma mid Held of AdreaMcNei long shot that dipped under the cross The final game on Sunday Janet bar for Georgetown at the half noon against mighty Neil The fifth goal was on a great the championship who had so far Julle run by Wendy Padillo on a long ball scored 14 goals and allowed only the never say die defence of Tracy out of the Georgetown end by An two was a cliff hunger Fowler Andrea drea McNeily Melanie Booth scored Down after very quick free Schneider Lisa Vogt Tracy Metier her second goal on an opportunistic kick Georgetown responded by at goalmouth scramble after Wendy tacking the goal A well had hit the goalpost twice placed penalty shot by Wendy When diving Milton goalie tied the game at 1 1 Special hanks for he great vocal momentarily lost control of the ball A goal scored by on an support from ho Georgetown Melanie Booth look advantage by Indirect free kick was disallowed by parents native England on July com pete In the 1988 World Masters Championships The 49yearold lifter began his barbell career In his hometown of Sklpton a Yorkshire town located about miles north of Milton Keynes where the 1988 Masters event will be held Bar ton returns to the United Kingdom as Canadian champion in the yearold lightweight division G7 kilos and a World title would add a fitting tribute to over years of pumping iron I m really looking forward to go ing over Barton told The Herald on Monday The actual competition runs from July and Barton will take advantage of his early arrival to some lime reminiscing with Hoping not to disappoint the hometown fans Barton has been making regular visits to Georgetown Muscle Works Gym In preparation for Masters meet The training has been up and down with the weather he quips I guess It going pretty well overall On some exercises I doing more repetitions than I have in the past years Barton carries some pretty im press statistics into the World meet He won the Canadian Masters title with a threelift total of kilos or 1073 pounds I hope to prove In all my lifts he says That Barton Is well aware of his com tit Ion and harbors confidence that the task I got the results some of his former training part Apparently a small portion of the British press Is already keenly aware of Barton Imminent arrival I spoke to a budcv In England just last week and apparently the local paper has already run a piece about me coming over he mused ho said comparing his lift totals with those of international op ponents As for opposition from his Barton says he familiar with the British champion and ex peels stern competition from his counterpart He a young up and coming guy about or years- old said Barton Hell be pretty fit On that note Barton jokingly looks forward to 1989 when he 11 compete on the low end of a new age category 1 11 be in over category then he laughed Next year I be one of the young kids SPORTS Rams win B2 Alex on soccer B2 Reds pounded B3 SPORTS I Cobras burned B3 Legion winners B4 Hoosiers hot B4 ENTERTAINMENT Willow uplifting BS Howard exhibit B5 Royal treatment B5