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14—THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Wednesday, May 24,1989.
YOUR CHOICE
Shades of Too Tall Jones
Does Mandarich really want Tyson?
Put in a call for Jesus “Yaqui” Meneses and Abdullah Muham-
mad. Look up Fernando Montes and Jim Wallace. And if you can lo-
cate Billie Joe Thomas, why by all means invite him, too.
We’re holding a reunion of the opponents the last time a marquee
football player — in their case, Ed “Too Tall” Jones — decided he’d
rather make a living by boxing.
It seems appropriate, now that Tony Mandarich, the No. 2 choice
in the NFL draft, is threatening to throw away his pads and helmet
for a career in the ring, much the way Jones did for one season a
decade ago.
Mandarich is not, however, talking about fighung some humpty
dumpty. No, sir, no palookas for him. Instead, he has decided to start
Bock's Score
By Hal Bock
right at the top, challenging Mike Tyson for the heavyweight cham-
pionship of the world.
And what’s more, Mandarich said, he will be perfectly reasonable
about his fee for the fight. He is asking for a mere S10 million.
Hey, you didn’t expect him to do this for free, did you?
Jones' boxing career generated considerably less income than that.
He won six fights in 10 months but he was more a source of curiosity
than a serious contender. He retired once he discovered that it w as far
easier to knock people down when you have Jethro Pugh at your
side.
“Boxing wasn’t what 1 thought it would be,” Too Tall said.
But he was fooling around with journeymen named Yaqui, not
with the champ. Mandarich will not operate at that level.
This bid for the title in a professional boxing debut has a prece-
dent. Olympic champion Pete Rademacher began his pro career by
fighting heavyweight champ Floyd Patterson in 1957, a fight Patter-
son won in six rounds. At least Rademacher was a boxer, though, not
a football player playing out some sports fantasy.
In the bizarre business of boxing, which often resembles an out of
control carnival, Mandarich vs. Tyson seems entirely feasible. If
George Foreman, at age 41, can run around — make that lumber
around — challenging Tyson, if those golden oldies, Sugar Ray
Leonard and Thomas Hearns, can get it on one more time, why then
by all means lace on those gloves, Tony, and hop right on the
carousel.
Mandarich, a mountain of a man at 6-foot-6 and 315 pounds,
worked out on the heavy bag for boxing manager Lou Duva arid
promoter Shelly Finkel last week and they were both, of course,
w ildly impressed by the show.
“I never saw a guy as ferocious and strung as this guy,” said
Duva, sparing no hyperbole.
Duva's enthusiasm for Mar.darich's title bid may not be welcomed
in good spirit by Evander Holyficld, who might prefer that his trainer
concentrate on his own bid to fight Tyson, instead of some football
player’s dream.
A cynical person might suggest that Mandarich isn’t really serious
about this boxing business, that he’s just using this challenge — what
boxing organization would sanction it and what state commission
would license it? — as a contract negotiating wedge with the Green
Bay Packers.
The Packers, however, say they are perfectly happy to take the
man at his word. “Everybody has to make their own choices in life,”
coach Lindy Infante said.
Hal Bock If national sports columnist for Uw Associated Press.
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giant chore
for rookies
By STEVE HERMAN
Associated Press Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A
humbling reminder to every hotshot
who has ever stepped through Gas-
oline Alley is that until he has
driven in the Indianapolis 500, he is
still considered the lowest of the
low, a rookie.
Most drivers do survive their
rookie year and some go on to star-
dom. Others race once and are
quickly forgotten. Ray Harroun, the
first winner in 1911, never drove at
Indianapolis again.
Whatever happens later, the first
year is always the toughest, a test
not only of a driver’s ability but
also his dedication.
“It was a combination of
things,” recalls John Jones, who
failed last year in his first attempt
to qualify at ln<d^ “One was my
lack of experience'on ovals. There
wasn’t a lot of knowledge I could
offer at that time. And the car
wasn’t set up properly, we never
got it up to speed.”
A year later, after competing in
16 other Indy-car races, pocketing
almost $380,000 and winning the
Championship Auto Racing Teams’
fsum
series rookie of the year awa
Jones is back at Indianapolis
still a rookie.
“It Vas a very empty feeling,”
he said of his sobering intrpducrion
to the Indianapolis^ Motor
Speedway last year, “evep more so
die next day, when we edme back
to unload the garage and pbek up.
You work so hard with so much ef-
fort the whole month.
“Because of the difficulties last
year, it probably was the most
frustrating month in my career.
There’s always the question out
there: ‘Why didn’t you qualify?’ I
just wanted to come back and try
again, to start over with a clean
slate.”
The year’s experience paid off.
The 23-year-old Jones, who again
participated in the annual Rookie
Orientation Program a week before
the track opened, will be the youn-
gest driver in Sunday’s race. His
four-lap qualification average of
214.028 mph is the fastest by a.
rookie in Indy history, giving him a
start from the inside of the ninth
row, next to former winner Danny
Sullivan and directly behind anoth-
er former winner. Tom Sneva.
The only other rookies in the
race are Scott Pruett, who qualified
at 213.955; and Didier Theys and
Bernard Jourdain, the slowest
among the 33 qualifiers, at 213.120
and 213.105, respectively.
“I’ve been talking to the other
drivers, especially the veterans, as-
king diem what’s different about
this place,” Jones said Tuesday be-
fore the annual American Dairy As-
sociation lunch in honor of the fas-
test rookie qualifier.
“I’ve done a lot of oval racing
since last year, but still, with this
place, you can’t help wondering.
They all said, ‘Look, you’ve got to
keep calm, don’t let all the hype af-
fect you, attack it as just another
Jones drove in 14 other Indy-car
races last year, with his best finish
seventh. He was 11th in the season
point standings and was voted
CART rookie of the year.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 123, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 24, 1989, newspaper, May 24, 1989; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823932/m1/14/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.