Kentucky New Era from Hopkinsville, Kentucky (2024)

January 22, 1987

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Kentucky New Erai

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Hopkinsville, Kentucky

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Thursday, January 22, 1987

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18

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4C KENTUCKY NEW ERAThursday Jan 22 1987 Emotional Blue returning SCOREBOARD to Oakland with Jackson NBA left baseball BRIES ft Tubbs seeks 4 BASKETBALL arm Bureau and Southern tVt NL tu ROLL CALL ill INDIAN HILLS AUTO CLINIC 1JI and DANIEL HICKS Complete Auto Repair announces of law that he is continuing the practice at 500 South Main Street Hopkinsville Kentucky with a telephone number change to 502 886 2277 I'NiWhVf OUTBOARDS ELKS Hoop Shoot P15580R13X2XT Saturday Jan 24th WESTERN KENTUCKY BANDAG 886 3387 or Boys Girls ages 8 to 1 3 5ft 8ft 15 17 28 23 13 11 675 655 lotion ft PDMOmpnM Washington NtwYort Nm Jersey BECAUSE SO MUCH IS RIDING ON YOUR TIRES THE RADIAL WITH A EUROPEAN ACCENT BASKETBALL SCORES Men's Industrial League Hoover 60 Mid ContinentDuraco 55 Phelps Dodge 53 Pepsi 43 CAP Stamping 63 Thomas Industries 60 more Blue said get a chance to do it in my back yard with the team I started with This is where my roots are I get to play again with Reggie Jackson How many players can say that? Despite the emotional overtones behind the return of Blue and Jackson both players said they came back because they believe they can help the team burning desire is still with me to compete on a big league said Blue who appeared in 28 games for the San rancisco Giants last season compiling a 327 earned run average and 10 10 record Manager Tony La Russa once an Oakland teammate of Blue and Jackson said the primary reason the went after Blue was because the team needed a left handed starting pitcher PHILADELPHIA (AP) James Smith and un beaten Mike Tyson want to fight each other Tony Tubbs wants to fight Smith In fact Tubbs con tends he has the right to fight Smith A Smith Tyson fight with World Boxing Association title and World Boxing Council title on the line already is set for March 7 at Las Vegas Nev as part of the HBO television heavyweight title unification series A Smith Tubbs fight for the WBA title would not be part of the unification series Wednesday's Sports in Brief By The Associated Press OOTBALL GREEN BAY Wis (AP) Green Bay Packers receiver James Lofton must stand trial oo a charge of second degree sexual assault a judge ruled after hearing testimo ny from a woman who said the football star attacked her Brown County Circuit Judge Alexander Grant accepted Lofton's plea of innocent at the close of a three hour preliminary hear ing and set trial for May 11 Grant based his decision on the testimony of a single witness a 30 yearrold woman who met Lofton with friends in a bar the night of Dec 17 The woman who is married and living out of slate testified that she and two female friends had come to Green Bay that day to do Christmas shopping OLYMPICS LAUSANNE Switzerland (AP) President Juan Antonio Samaranch of the Interna tional Olympic Committee has agreed to meet next month with a North Korean Delegation wanting to "give some explana tions" in the dispute over the hosting of the 1983 Olympic Games awarded to South Korea an IOC spokeswoman said Wednes day West All Star inal Votes NEW YORK (AP) inal results in fan voting for Western Conference starting positions in the 37th Annual National Basketball Association All Star Game to be played eb 8 al the Kingdome in Seattle: Centers 1 Akeem Olajuwon Houston 792148 2 Kareem Abdul Jabbar LA Lakers 572779 3 Mark Eaton Utah 385842 4 Artis Gilmore San Antonio 255397 5 Sam Bowie Portland 200979 6 LaSalle Thompson Sacramento 192890 7 Wayne Cooper Denver 191561 8 Joe Barry Car roll Golden Slate 106465 9 Benoit Ben jamin A Clippers 105147 10 WHIliam Bedford Phoenix 98083 orwards 1 Ralph Sampson Houston 611480 2 James Worthy LA Lakers 588778 3 Kelly Iripucka Utah 392852 4 Alex English Denver 343348 5 Mark Aguirre Dallas 339337 6 Karl Malone Utah 337266 7 Larry Nance Phoenix 314 193 8 Mike Mitchell San Antonio 313899 9 Kikl Van deweghe Portland 311235 10 Eddie Johnson Sacramento 298695 Guards 1 Earvin "Magic" Johnson LA Lakers 949304 2 Alvin Robertson San Antonio 457251 3 Darrell Griffith Utah 380505 4 Clyde Drexler Portland 321679 5 Derek Harper Dallas 314124 6 Robert Reid Houston 311075 7 Rolando Blackman Dallas 307838 8 Reggie Theus Sacra mento 300142 9 Marques Johnson LA Clippers 292621 10 Lafayette Lever De nver 283252 National ootball League Playoffs At A Glance By The Associated Press All Times CST Sunday Dec 28 New York Jets 35 Kansas City 15 Washington 19 Los Angeles Rams 7 Saturday Jin 3 Cleveland 23 New York Jots 20 2OT Washington 27 Chicago 13 Sunday Jan 4 New York Giants 49 San rancisco 3 Denver 22 New England 17 Sunday Jan 11 Denver 23 Cleveland 20 OT New York Giants 17 Washington 0 Sunday Jan 25 Super Bowl At Pasadena CaHf Denver vs New York Giants 5 pm Pro Bowl Sunday eb 1 At Honolulu AC vs NC 3 pm MINNESOTA TWINS Announced the re signation of Howard ox president Named Jerry Bel president OAKLAND Signed Vida Blue pitch er to a one yeat contract National League ATLANTA Signed Gary Roenicke outfielder to a one year contract CINCINNATI Signed Max Venable outfielder to a one yew contract NEW YORK Signed Wally Backman second baseman to a three year contract Signed Gene Walter pitcher and John Gibbons catcher to one year con tracts SAN RANCISCO GIANTS Announced that Mike Krukow pitcher signed a two year extension through 1989 Wednesday's College Basketball Scores By The Associated Press EAST Alderson Broaddus 96 Shepherd 87 Allegheny 86 Case Western 56 American 88 Catholic 11 Bates 85 Suffolk 76 Bloomsburg 89 West Chester Tl Brookyln Coll 76 Delaware St 66 Bucknell84 Delaware 78 California Pa 88 Clarion 75 Camergie Mellon 80 Bethany WVa 64 CCNY 65 Baruch 58 Charleston WVa 94 Virginia Wesleyan 87 Colby 81 Bowdoin 64 Davis Elkins 78 Mercyhurst 75 Dowling 55 NY Tech 53 Drexel 83 Navy 80 Elizabethtown 69 Lycoming 67 airleigh Dickinson 86 St rancis NY 66 ranklin 8 Marshall 82 Dickinson 65 Gannon 92 Adelphi 75 Georgetown 65 Connecticut 51 Glassboro St 63 Rutgers Newark 60 Glenville St 69 Virginia Tech 62 Hawthorne 96 Johnson St 87 Husson62S Maine 61 Indiana Pa 93 Slippery Rock 72 Jersey City St 107 Rutgers Camden 86 Lock Haven 93 Edinboro 68 Lowell 71 New Hampshire Coll 70 Manhattan 80 ail ield 78 Mansfield 75 Shippensburg 71 OT Maryland 65 West Virginia 62 Messiah 86 Juniata 81 Millersville 89 Cheyney 75 Misericordia 100 Vai orge Christian 80 Moravian 59 Drew 56 Muhlenberg 74 Gettysburg 71 New Haven 80 Bridgeport 78 Oneonta St 55 Cortland St 51 Pltt Johnston 80 Liberty 74 Rider 74 Towson St 67 Sacred Heart 10 Connecticut 59 St John isher 85 Elmira 71 St Joseph's Maine 110 New England 80 St 81 Pace 60 Salisbury SI 78 Va Wesleyan 77 Southampton 88 Queen's Coll 82 Slaten Island John Jay 67 East All Star inal votes NEW YORK (AP) inal results in fan voting for Eastern Conference starting positions in the 37th Annual National Basketbal Association All Star Game to be played eb 8 at the Kingdome in Seattle: Centers 1 Moses Malone Washington 565491 2 Robert Parish Boston 510471 3 Bifl Lambeer Detroit 432104 4 Patrick Ewing New York 319491 5 Jack Sikma Milwaukee 251838 6 Mike Gminski New Jersey 201067 7 Manute Bol Washingion 164550 8 Brad Daugherty Cleveland 152531 9 Jeff Ruland Philadelphia 151101 10 Melvin Turpin Cleveland 73981 orwards Dominique Wilkins Atlanta 1029131 2 Larry Bird Boston 902701 3 Charles Bartley Philadelphia 479176 4 Kevin McHale Boston 455859 5 Adrian Dantley Detroit 360290 6 Charles Oakley Chicago 256809 7 Terry Cummings Milwaukee 223645 8 Wayman Tisdale Indiana 211221 9 Kevin Willis Atlanta 204209 10 Jay Vincent Washington 202055 Guards 1 Michael Jordan Chicago 1141733 2 Julius Enring Philadelphia 819460 3 Isiah Thomas Detroit 713173 4 Spud Webb Atlanta 346340 5 Dennis Johnson Boston 330272 6 Vinnie Johnson Detroit 311090 7 Sidney Moncriel Milwaukee 268519 8 Glenn Rivers Atlanta 242040 9 Jeff Malone Washington 206255 10 Maurice Cheeks Philadelphia 174512 Minn Motris 100 Northern SL 92 Muskingum 72 Mt Union 61 North Park 75 Carthage 52 Nlffinois 72 Toledo 69 NW Missouri 79 NE Missouri 71 Oberlin 50 Kenyon 54 Ohio Northern 59 Marietta 48 Ohio St 93 Mirmejota 78 Ohio Wesleyan 82 Denison 78 Rosary 65 SL Xavier 57 St rancis IH 79 Roosevelt 58 St John's Minn 69 St Thomas Minn 55 St Mary's Kan 76 Sterling 73 SE Missouri 83 Mo St Louis 64 Ill Edwardsvifle 121 McKendree 118 07 Michigan 73 Cent Michigan 69 Wilmington 78 Bluffton 74 OT Wright St 52 Indianapolis 47 SOUTHWES7 Cameron 62 Science 8 Arts Okla 61 Houston 75 So Methodist 65 Oklahoma 94 Oklahoma St 67 NE Oklahoma 75 Cent Oklahoma 72 Rice 69 Texas ASM 67 SW Oklahoma 73 NW Oklahoma 52 Texas Christian 48 Texas Tech 43 AR WEST Colorado Mines 64 Regis 56 Kansas SI 92 Colorado 61 San Jose Bible 85 Dominican 50 Seattle 106 Alaska airbanks 98 Whittier 77 Occidental 68 Syracuse 70 Villanova 58 Temple 72 Massachusetts 60 Trenton St 76 Ramapo63 Ursinus 71 Haverford 46 Vassar 92 Bard 41 Wagner 96 Long Island 87 OT New England 95 St Joseph's VI 92 Virginia SI 107 Bluefield St 93 Westminster Pa 73 Geneva 70 Widener 63 Swarthmore 45 Wm Paterson 103 Hunter 82 York NY 59 Connecticut 55 YorirPa79Alvemia63 SOUTH Atlantic Christian 105 High Point 84 Berry 72 Georgia SW Catawba 88 Guilford 60 Centenary 113 Ark Baptist 86 Clark Ga 100 Tuskegee 99 Eckerd89 lorida Tech 86 Elon 77 Gardner Webb 63 lorida 75 Louisiana St 51 lorida Inti 80 lorida Memorial 79 LaGrange 64 Southern Tech Livingston 93 Dillard 72 Kentucky 71 Vanderbilt 65 Mississippi 80 Georgia 68 Morris Brown 97 Albany Ga 85 NC Greensboro 91 Methodist 84 Carolina St 87 Duke 74 NC Wllmington 62 Campbell 60 NW Louisiana 81 Southern 77 Norfolk SI 83 ayetteville St 64 Oglethorpe 70 Emory 8 Henry 65 Pembroke St 65 Lenior Rhyno 60 Randolph Macon 72 Shenandoah 60 Rollins 80 Cent lorida 74 South Carolina 63 lorida St 60 Talledega 70 Stillman 63 Tampa 90 SI Leo 62 Tennessee 74 Mississippi St 61 Virginia St 64 Longwood 61 VM1 113 Bluefield St S3 Virginia Union 93 Bowie St 76 Wingate 61 Pfeiffer 59 MIDWEST Adrian 99 Albion 73 Alma 76 Aquinas 71 Anderson Ind 96 Manchester 66 Ball St 73 Bowling Green 56 Bethel Minn 55 Macalester 53 Calvin 69 Olivet 59 Capital 74 Baldwin Wallace 64 Cent Missouri 74 SW Baptist 70 Dayton 74 Detroit 69 DePaul 78 Evansville 58 Doane 85 Bellevue 67 indlay 89 Defiance 83 ranklin 82 Marian Ind 77 Grove City 51 John Carroll 50 Gustavus Adolphus 65 Hamline 54 Hanover 104 Earlham 103 3OT Harris Stowe 91 Columbia Mo 75 Heidelberg 64 Wittenberg 59 Hope 84 Kalamazoo 42 Huron 90 Dakota St 86 III Benedictine 78 Concordia III 56 Ind Pur lndpls 71 DePauw67 Indiana SE 68 Oakland City 63 Iowa Wesleyan 103 Marycrest 96 Judson 82 Aurora 78 Kent St 74 Michigan 65 Lincoln Mo 85 Mo Rolla 67 Loyola III 84 Marquette 68 Miami Ohio 77 Ohio 67 Michigan 87 Northwestern 73 Mlnn Duluth 79 Michigan 73 Wednesday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX Signed Jerry Royster Infielder to a one year contract MILWAUKEE BREWERS Signed Bill Schroeder catcher and Ramon Serna pitcher Io one year contracts WESTERN CONERENCE Midwest Division 3204 Canton St Hopkinsville Ky 502 886 1528 By ANTHONY MARQUEZ Associated Press Writer OAKLAND Calif (AP) Pitch er Vida Blue and designated hitter Reggie Jackson the only players still active from the Oakland championship years have come home The announced Wednesday that they have signed Blue to a one year contract Jackson 40 rejoined the team four weeks ago as a free agent really want to shed some tears because I really am said Blue now 37 really excited about getting the chance to play for the The won five consecutive American League West titles from 1971 to 1975 and won the World Series in 1972 1973 and 1974 has a lot of sentimental meaning to me to come back and to get No 14 (his old uniform Blue said Blue said he plans to retire after 1987 goes beyond playing one SEE US AT BOTH LOCATIONS The were short on handed pitchers last season both in their starting rotation and "In the bullpen and Blue could help the team in either area would be willing to do any thing possible to help the Blue said probably' will control my own Blue began a comeback with the Giants as a reliever in 1985 after being suspended during the 1984 season because of drug related problems but he later took over a starting job a Blue who was two years out of high school when he first pitched for the in 1969 has a career af record of 209 161 In 1971 first full major league season won the American Most" Valuable Player and Cy Young awards after posting a 24 8 record with a 182 ERA and 301 strikeouts' Blue Catfish Hunter Holtzman Rollie ingers and Darold Knowles were the top pitchers during the champi onship years Corner of Campbell Blvd Nelson Dr Hopkinsville Ky the series Tubbs and Smith fighting draw flies at a Don King a promoter of the HBO series said Tuesday at hearing on whether the WBA should allow a Smith Tyson bout Since Smith was not ranked No 1 when he won the WBA title on a first round knockout of Tim Witherspoon Dec 12 as a replace ment for Tubbs who said he was injured he is required under WBA rules to make a mandatory de fense within 120 days But regardless of who is ranked No 1 Tubbs and his attorney Cary Medill contended at a hear ing before WBA counsel James Binns at a hotel in Society Hill section that Smith assumed obligation to fight Tubbs King co managers Alan Kornberg and son Carl and Jimmy Jacobs and Bill Cayton co managers of Tyson are re questing Smith be allowed to fight Tyson under Rule 19 of the WBA by laws Wednesday's Games Boston 130 Indien 100 Now Jersey 120 Phoenix 114 PModeiphii 129 Seattle 123 OT LA Lekevs 112 Atlanta 109 Milwaukee 111 Cleveland 107 Data 113 Hew York 93 Houston 111 Son Antonio 91 Denver 129 Golden State 112 Utah 112 Detroit 108 Game LA Lakers st Indiana 7 pm riday's Games Atlanta al Boston 6:30 pm Seattle at New Jersey 6:30 pm Phoenix at Washington 7 pm New York at Houston 7 pm Cleveland it Chicago 7:30 pm Golden State at Utah 8:30 pm Detroit at LA Clippers 9:30 pm Socramentoit Portland 9:30 pm Wednesday's NBA Boxes By The Associated Press At Boston INDIANA (100) WIMems 7 15 3 3 17 Person 5 15 0 0 10 Stlpenovich 3 5 4 4 10 leming 4 8 4 4 12 Long 5 11 10 Brooks 1 6 2 Russell 2 6 2 2 6 Macy 4 7 3 411 Ttsdele 54 34 13 Gray 2 6 4 Rlcherdson 1 1 3 Dreiling 1 3 0 0 2 Totals 4041 19 21 100 BOSTON (130) McHale 11 16 2 3 24 Bird 1141 1 1 26 Pariah 9 14 44 22 Johnson 35 1 1 7 Ainge 7 15 16 Sichting 2 2 0 0 4 Kite 2 3 2 5 6 Vincent 2 3 44 8 Roberts 0 1 64 6 Daye 24 1 2 5 Henry 31 54 5 Carlisle 0 2 1 2 1 Totals 494427 30130 Indiana 26 22 27 25 100 Boston 41 19 34 36 130 Three point goals Bird 3 Ainge 2 Rich ardson ouled oul None Rebounds Indiana 40 (Williams 10) Boston 57 (Bird 13) Indiana 28 (leming 7) Boston 35 (Johnson 11) Total Indiana 31 Boston 18 A 14890 At East Rutherford NJ PHOENIX (114) Nonce 1317 314 29 Pinckney 4 5 30 8 Adams 39 2 2 14 Davis 316 34 15 Hum phries 7 13 1 2 15 Bedford 34 30 6 Gattison 14 1 2 3 Gondrazkk 1 2 34 2 Sanders 310 44 tl Honiacek 2 5 34 7 Addison 2 3 04 5 Totals 4449 2338114 NEW JERSEY (120) Woolridge 12 19 37 29 Williams 314 1319 30 Gminski 312 36 15 Washington 37 0 2 6 Brown 34 44 10 Turner 1 2 32 2 McKenna 34 2 2 9 King 5 11 2 2 12 Wood 1 1 34 5 Coleman 1 2 30 2Totals 4344 3348 1 20 Phoenix 29 26 26 33 114 Hew Jersey 31 23 27 32 120 Throepoint goals Addlson McKenna ouled out Nance Phoenix 52 (Nonce 10) New Jersey 59 (Williams 17) Aseists Phoenlx 21 (Homacek 6) New Jersey 24 (Weshington 10) Total Phoenix 35 Now Jersey 25 7463 At RIcMMd Ohio MILWAUKEE (111) Cummings 322 34 21 Breuer 4 9 2 2 10 Sikma 310 311 15 Hodges 54 38 19 Smith 31 2 2 2 Lucas 316 2 2 13 Bridgeman 2 3 30 4 Pierce 1316 1 2 21 Reynolds 32 30 0 Bradley 34 34 Mokeski 33 34 6 Webster 3434 Totals 41 90 27 31 111 CLEVELAND (107) WMtau 311 34 16 Hubbard 14 38 8 Daugherty 34 30 0 Bagley 1 1 1 1 3 Harper 322 34 24 Ehio 313 7 10 11 Newman 34 30 0 Loe 311 35 15 West 74 34 14 Turpin 44 1 4 9Totais 37 79 32 44 107 MSweukoo 26 36 28 21 111 Cleveland 23 26 31 27 107 Throepoint Hodges Lucas Ehlo ouled oul Sikma West MBwaukeo 59 (Sikma 15) Cleveland 48 (Ehio Leo 7) Milwaukee 15 (Cummings 7) Cleveland 18 (Harper 11) Total MUwaukoe 30 Cleveland 23 Milwaukee Illegal defense 2 701 3 90 Days Same As Cash Iinancing Available Engine Rebuilding Transmission Tune Ups and Rebuilding Brakes The perfect complement to imports and small American carsv? European tread design to enhance overall performance Outstanding fuel economy Excellent wet dry traction ONLY Hopkinsville Middle School PASSENGER MICHELIN BASEBALL PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia Phillies will gel an opportunity to sign catcher Lance Parrish riday according to the tree agent's representative Phillies President Bill Giles will meet with a representative of Parrish's agent at Veter ans Stadium after reviewing the catcher's medical records Team spokesman Larry Shenk said Par rish's agent sent the reports to the Phillies on Tuesday and they are expected to be in the hands of the club's physician Dr Phillip Marone TENNIS MELBOURNE Australia (AP) Gunther Bosch who has coached the 19 yew old two time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker for the past four years quit the job on Wednesday 24 hours after Becker was upset by unseeded Wally Masur of Australia in the fourth round of the Australian Open tennis championships at Kooyong Bosch said he was unhappy with Becker's preparations for major tournaments and was unhappy at being asked to play a lesser role BASKETBALL NEW YORK (AP) Chicago guard Michael Jordan the NBA's leading scorer has received a record number of votes in the final fan balloting for the starting team's in the All Star Game the league announced Jordan who Is averaging 376 points per game collected 1141733 votes breaking the mark ol 1060192 set last year by guard Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers A record total of 3200528 votes was cast surpassing the previous mark ol 3017794 set last year Chosen to join Jordan In the starting lineup lor the Eastern Conference were guard Julius Enring of Philadelphia center Moses Malone of Washington and forwards Dominique Wilkins ol Atlanta and Larry Bird ol Boston TIRE CENTER A Wholesale Tire Company JOHN BURMAN arm Bureau agent in Christian County National Basketball Association At A Glance By The Associated Press Al Times CST EASTERN CONERENCE Atlantic Division Pct 11 17 19 26 28 Central Division Detroit 25 12 Atlanta 25 13 The Kentucky arm Bureau Life are proud to announce that John Burman Agency Manager of the Christian County arm Bureau has been named recipient of the prestigious National Sales Achievement Award offered by the National Association of Life Underwriters The NSAA Award was established in 1966 and is presented annually The Award recognizes successful life insurance under writers who provide substantial amounts of life insurance on a large number of lives during a calendar year Christian County arm Bureau 215 East 2 1st Street PO Box 683 Hopkinsville KY 42240 (502) 886 5434 ALL MODELS AVAILABLE SYCAMORE ISLAND 3241 CORYDON PIKEACROSS THE RIVER ROM LOUISVILLE New Albany IN (812) 944 6737 Registration 1:30 PM title fight with Smith receives National Sales Achievement Award DEALER IN WESTERN AND ENTRAL KENTUCKY G8 718 575 JOT 333 282 SEE US AT THE BOAT SHOW KENTUCKY AIRGROUNDS LOUISVILLE KY JAN 24 EB 1 ID58 XZX TDAPKR vTTW a i 1MI HA I Wr I $9 WWW A me bassiracKKi rru 10 ruiiy cquippcu UU kl including boat drive on trailer 35 HP Mercurv outboard and depth finder Plus dellverv ana preparatron 1 hi I 'r 1 al i 1VV CT MBwaukw 25 17 595 2ft Chicago 29 17 541 5 Indiana 20 19 513 6 CtftWand 15 25 J75 11ft Data 25 14 641 Utah 22 16 579 2ft Hwatsu 20 19 513 5 Dwnvev 18 23 439 8 SacramMto 12 26 316 1 2ft San Antonio 11 29 275 14ft Pacific Division LA Lakers 31 8 795 Portland 24 17 585 8 Golden Stale 23 19 548 9ft SMttle 29 18 526 10ft Phoenix 16 24 400 15ft LA Clippen 5 34 128 26.

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