Pege 10, The Herald, Monday, April 2, 1901 = —_Berick won respect — LAS VEGAS (CP) — Trevor Berbick’s 15-round fracas with Larry Holmes for the World Boxing Council heavyweight championship fits easily inte an old maxim. Berbick lost the battle but won the war. The Canadian champion from Halifax Jost a upanimous decision, but earned new respect in doing it. Berick has battled the critics and doubting fans almost since he “turned professional. He has had trouble with poor opponents and rarely faced quality fighters. But when he fought top contenders, he performed well, His knockout of Jobn Tale, former World Boxing Association champion, convinced some of the doubters, but it was not until he fought Holmes through 15 gruelling rounds of hard boxing that he gained the ‘respect he always believed he deserved. “1 told them all that I bad the stuff, that J could face any man,” Berbick said at an afterfight party. _ Holmes admitted be had underestimated Berbick. He said after the fight Saturday he didn't think Berbick would Last eight rounds and the challenger’s tenacity caught him off guard In the week before. the fight, few thought Berbick would last more than a coup. +f rounds, odd amakers refused to give odds, believing Berbick to be a nobody who stood liftle chance of ‘lasting against Holmes. © - ' - But Berbick’ fooled them all, Even though he last the fight, Berbick now is a top contender guaranteed good fights anda lot of money for - his troubles. - Don Kerr of Halifax, his manager, said Berbick would next like to fight for the Commonweaith tille, . vacated. ° sinte John L.Gardner of Britain was stripped of the cham- pionship crown. Conroy Nelsoa of Ottawa and Gord Racette of Vancouver are top contenders. Shriver’s try not enough Pam Shriver took her best shot at Chris Evert Lloyd, but it wasn't enough. Lioyd, playing her typically implacable baseline game, posted her 4th consecutive clay-court tennis victory and won the $150,000 Family Circle Cup for the sixth time, beating Shriver 6-3, 6-2 Sunday at Hilton Head Island, S.C. in men’s events during the weekend, Jimmy Connors beat John McEnroe in the final of the four-man, $250,000 Suntory Cup tournament in Tokyo while Guillermo Vilas of Argentina won the Houston Open and Yannhck Noah of France captured the Nice Open. . Shriver said she knew playing Lloyd was going to be tough, so she decided to go with her strengih. “My backhand cross- court is my best shot,” said Shriver. ‘‘There's no sense changing it for the finals, even if you're playing Chris It didn't matter. ©. The top-seeded Lloyd stayed back: and returned everything hit her way, passing Shriver when the No. 3 seed tried to come to the net and outlasting ‘her when shestayed back at the baseline. : Captain if Oakland A’s have a bullpen, it is the best- kept secret in baseball. — And, while other relief- happy managers have earned the sobriquet of Hook, Oakland’s Billy*Martin apparently wants Dothing to do with his relief pitebers. Steve McCaity fired 6 - 2-$ hitless innings Sunday and stopped Minnesota on three soft singles as the A's blanked the Twins 1-0 to complete a sweep of their four-game, season- opening American League series. Kansas City’s Dennis Leonard didn't allow a bit until the seventh inning as the Royals downed Baltimore Orioles 42; Chicago's Richard Dotson went six before yielding a bit but © Boston Red Sox rallied ~ todown the White Sox 5- 4; and Toranto’s Luis Leal lost his bid after 5 2-1 innings as the Bine Jays trimmed Detroit Tigers €-2, . Elsewhere, Texas Rangers defeated New . .. York Yankees 6-4, . Milwaukee Brewers trounced Cleveland Indians 61 and ‘Cali- ‘fornia Angels scored * four times in the ninth to beat Seattle Mariners 8- 6. Results Saturday: Oakland 3, Minnesota 0; New York 5, Texas 1; . ‘Detroit 6, Toronto 2; Milwaukee 5, Cleveland . 3; California 7, Seattle 4, Royals 4 Orioles 2 Dennis Leonard retired the first 15 Baltimore batters before issuing a walk. He lost his nobit bid when Rich Dauer opened the seventh with @ ground-ball double inside third “base. By that time, Kansas City had a 40 lead on Clint Hurdie's tworun homer - and RBI singles by U.L. Washington and Hal McRae. . Red Sox 5 White Sex 3 Jim Rice capped a fiverun eighth inning ~ with a grand-slam . homer. After Dotson gave up an infield hit by Dwight Evans and a bloop single by Tony Perez in the seventh, the Red Sox exploded an inning later with two oul Rick Miller then doubled and scored ona - single by Jerry Remy. Jays 6 Tigers 2 John Mayberry clouted a three-run bomer in the sixth in- ning to back Leal’s strong pitching. The Venezuelan righthander - blanked Detroit until Lynn Jones's. tworu pinch homer in the eighth, Mayberry connected off Detroit rookie Howard Bailey, making his major league debut, following Lloyd Moseby's infield hit and a walk. Rangers 6 Yankees 4 Al Oliver and Mickey Rivers drilled tworun singles as Texas came from behind to beat Rion Guidry and give _ Ferguson Jenkins the . 260th career victory. Oliver delivered a game-tying single in the fifth and Rivers singled home the decisive runs in the seventh after Bump Wills doubled home the go-abead run. Jerry Mumphrey, Buckey Dent and Graig Nettles homered for the Yankees. 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