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Hearns credits good coachipg to amateur success
Thomas Hearns, a gangling, soft-spoken
20-year-old, has captured the fancy
of the Detroit-area boxing crowd.
The welterweight, if he defeats
Bruce Curry tonight in Olympia Stadium,
will have won as many professional
bouts without a defeat as he has
lived years.
From Hearns' first pro outing November
25, 1977, when he recorded a
second-round TKO over Cincinnati's
Jerome Hill through May 20 of this
year, when Hearns stopped Harold
Weston from New York, on a sevenround
TKO, the Detroiter has been pro-
gressing toward a shot at the world
championship.
Hearns started boxing when he accompanied
a friend to the King Solomon
Boxing Club 10 years ago. Hearns
compiled a 147-6 record while progressing
through the competitive ama-
teur ranks. I
The 6-1 native of Memphis, Tenn.,
was Midwest Regional Junior Olympic
champion in 1974, Michigan Golden
Gloves and AAU champion in 1975, a
national AAU finalist in 1976 and a national
Golden Gloves and AAU titlist in
1977.
Green gains 2nd state amateur title
By CJ. RISAK
Pete Green would never say that golf
is his whole life. But it is certain he
would never want to do without it.
Green, a Franklin resident who plays
out of Orchard Lake Country Club, was
the winner of the 68th Michigan Amateur
golf tournament last Sunday at
Belvedere Country Club in Charlevoix.
It wasn't the first big title he's won
Green captured the Michigan Medal
Play four times and won his first Michigan
Amateur in 1969. He has played
three times in the U.S. Open and 12
times in the U.S. Amateur At 38>he is
one of the state's premier amateur
golfers
He may have beeji a good professional
golfer, but he decided years ago not
to do it.
"I considered it some, but decided
not to do it," Green reflected. "I'm not
too sorry Everyone makes a big deal
out of turning pro, but I think it's really
blown out of proportion
"There's some very good golf played
outside the pros — (including) all over
this state."
Green's views on golf are rather simple
— to him, it's a game, one that he
loves to play.
"I really enjoy playing golf, and I
love playing competitive golf. It's a big
part of my life."
But it's more than just the pro tour to
Green. To him, the backbone of the
sport is the average duffer, the businessman
who gets out and plays a
round or two every week.
"GOLF IS THE club player," Green
said. "It's all kinds of people of all
ages, participating in it and having fun
doing it. Anyone can play it. The (Michigan)
Amateur is open toifnyone with a
legitimate four handicao^r better.".
Despite his imprqjsive amateur
record, Green is not a heavy golfer. He
does not practice every day, hitting
dozens of buckets of golf balls on the
driving range or spending endless
hours on the courses throughout the
area to sharpen his skills.
In fact, Green did very little to prepare
for the Amateur this year.
"I've played a lot of golf over the
years," he explained. "I really don't
need to practice a lot."
But he didn't come in exactly cold
and win the Amateur. "I had five
rounds of golf (in the days just before
the start of the tournament) under my*
belt. I hit balls once in awhile in the
morning before work, and I play in as
many tournaments as I can "
State amateur golf in recent years
has been dominated by college players.
But the weather played a big part in
this year's Michigan Amateur, with
cold, windy and wet conditions marring
the second round of qualifying and
stretching into the first two days of
match play.
Experience proved to be the most
important ingredient in the tournament,
and that's something Green does
possess. The weather cleared by the
time the final two rounds got under
way, but Green remained in control.
HE BEAT ROY Schultheiss of Port
Huron in the morning's semifinal
round, 5-4, then came back to claim the
championship with a 2-1 match win
over Steve Braun of Flint in the afternoon.
"I felt I was playing well, hitting my
driver very well and keeping the ball in
play^Green said. I'd say that was the
strongest part of my game, my
driving."
Still, it was his experience in handling
adverse weather conditions that
helped him through the earlier rounds.
"The wind made it real tough," he
recalled. "With the high winds, the older
players showed better experience.
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