Former WBA junior-middleweight champion Davey Moore of Holmdel, N.J., was killed Friday when an unoccupied vehicle rolled down his driveway and ran over him as he tried to stop it. He was 28. Able Abel, Moore’s trainer, said Moore slipped on the wet ground while trying to stop the vehicle after it broke loose. Moore was then dragged downhill under the vehicle. Holmdel police said Moore’s wife, Quadria, summoned them at 7:45 p.m. Officers and emergency medical technicians found Moore pinned under a Dodge Raider, dispatcher Careon Fry said. A tow truck was called to the Moores’ home and lifted the vehicle off him. Moore was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:20 p.m. An autopsy showed Moore died of asphyxiation caused by a compressed chest. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., Moore won five Golden Gloves titles in New York and made the 1980 U.S. Olympic team that never competed in Moscow because of a boycott. He turned pro and won the WBA junior-middleweight title in his ninth fight by stopping Tadashi Mihara in the sixth round in 1982. Moore retained his title three times before losing it to Roberto Duran in June 1983, when he was stopped in the eighth round. Moore had one other title shot, losing an IBF junior-middleweight bout to Buster Drayton last year.
COLLEGES DEATH OF RIGGER INSPIRES HUSKIES IN VARSITY EIGHTS
Inspired by the death of their rigger en route to the 1988 Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta, Northeastern won the prestigious varsity eights. The Huskies edged two-time defending champion Brown and Wisconsin on the 2,000-meter course on Onondaga Lake (N.Y.). Northeastern finished in 6 minutes, 14 seconds, with Brown stroking a 6:15.2 and Wisconsin a 6:15.7. “He helped change the attitude on this team. He built a winning attitude,” said junior Mike Porterfield, referring to Charlie Smith, 46, who was killed in an accident Wednesday on the New York State Thruway as he was traveling to the regatta. The Huskies, in a boat they christened Charlie Thursday, led from start to finish. Wisconsin (331 points), although it won only one championship, earned its third straight Ten Eyck Trophy, which is given for highest point total amassed during the three-day event. Brown was next at 313.9. In another race, the University of Miami finished first in the open fours with coxswain, covering the 2,000 meters in 7:17.5. Brown finished second in 7:20.3…
Yugoslavia’s national basketball team edged Duke 104-103 in the Acropolis Cup in Piraeus, Greece. It was Duke’s second straight defeat. Friday, Greece beat the Blue Devils 89-88.
FOOTBALL RAIDERS RELEASE QB WILSON; GREGORY UNDERGOES SURGERY
Quarterback Marc Wilson was released by the Los Angeles Raiders. “We have not renewed our option on Marc Wilson,” said a statement released by Al Davis, the Raiders’ managing general partner. “He is a free agent and able to negotiate with anyone he wants.” Wilson, who earned $4 million during the last five years as the team’s sometimes starter, was aware of developments yet surprised by the decision. “It’s a bittersweet feeling,” he said. “I was looking forward to playing with the new coaching staff. But this also opens up new opportunities.” Coach Mike Shanahan was unavailable for comment…
Preserving John Gregory’s football career is secondary to saving the Marshall University quarterback’s foot. Dr. Daniel Carr operated on Gregory after the junior from Lake Worth suffered severe injuries to his left leg and foot in an accident in Ironton, Ohio. Gregory was injured Thursday when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a car. “Our main concern is trying to save his foot,” said Carr, who inserted a plate and screws into the ankle and screws into the broken bones in his foot and also repaired damaged tendons. Gregory, who is listed in satisfactory condition in a Huntington, W.Va., hospital, was redshirted last year after injuring his knee in 1986. He also missed most of spring practice because of an appendectomy.
RUNNING KRISTIANSEN TOPS L’EGGS; SLANEY 4TH; SAMUELSON 7TH
Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway won her second L’eggs Mini Marathon in New York by taking the lead at the start and pulling away to an easy win. Kristiansen, who won this event in 1986, covered the 10 kilometers in 31 minutes, 31 seconds — 33 seconds faster than defending champion Lisa Martin. Francie Larrieu Smith was next in 32:10, followed by Mary Decker-Slaney, Anne Audain, Margaret Groos of Tallahassee and Joan Benoit Samuelson…
Suleiman Nyambui of Tanzania posted a 34-second win over Jose da Silva of Brazil in the Stockholm (Sweden) Marathon. Nyambui covered the 26.2 miles in 2:14:26. Grete Waitz of Norway won the women’s division in 2:28:24 (47th overall). More than 16,000 runners started the race, making it the fourth biggest after London, New York and Los Angeles…
Bob Schlau beat Bill Rodgers to win the master’s division of the inaugural Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Classic. Schlau ran the 6.2-mile race in 30:55 — six seconds faster than Rodgers. John Erickson was the overall winner in 29:49. The women’s winner was Marla Daniel (36:49). The top woman in the master’s division was Ann Mansfield (38:03). Bobbie Rothman of Gainesville, winner of the 1986 New York and Boston marathons, was second at 41:06…
Deerfield Beach’s Sherman Morris qualified for the World Games Trials and Junior Nationals with a runner-up finish in the 110-yard high hurdles at the Tampa Bay All-Comers meet. He finished in 14.26 seconds, .10 behind Nate Robinson of Deerfield Beach. Morris, Robinson, and Pompano Beach’s Larry Jones and Ben Fields won the 440 relay in 42.6.
CYCLING SOVIET WINS 2ND MILK LEG; COMPATRIOT HAS OVERALL LEAD
Vassily Zhadanov became the first rider to win two rounds of the 1988 Milk Race, when he captured the sixth stage. He was timed in 3 hours, 50 minutes and 7 seconds. The Soviet, who won the second stage last Tuesday, led the pack home after 88 miles over the Welsh mountains between Aberystwyth and Llandudno. In a dash to the finish, he just pushed Canadian Brian Walton into second place. Ivan Ivanov of the Soviet Union remained the overall leader by finishing 38th. His overall time is 26:12:58. American Chris Bailey is next, 4:45 behind…
Toni Rominger of Switzerland won the 13th stage of the Tour of Italy, finishing the 80-mile Alpine course from Bergamo to Chiesa Val Malenco in 3:26:56. Rominger, who was slowed in Friday’s stop by an allergic reaction, finished 4:13 ahead of Stefano Giuliani of Italy. Franco Chioccioli of Italy remained the overall leader by 13th. He holds a 33-second lead over Urs Zimmerman of Switzerland…
Bunki Bankaitis-Davis finished first overall by placing third in the 52- mile final leg of the 402-mile, nine-leg Postgiro Norway women’s race. The final leg was won by Unni Larsen of Norway in 2:19:06. Katrin Tobin was runner-up with the same time. Bankaitis-Davis was nine seconds behind. Larsen was runner-up overall, nearly a minute behind.
MISCELLANEOUS BLACKHAWKS TALK TO KEENAN; BERARDI-FERRARO WIN CLASSIC
The Chicago Blackhawks are talking to fired Philadelphia coach Mike Keenan about joining their team, even though another year remains in the contract of coach Bob Murdoch. General Manager Bob Pulford said Murdoch may still be called on to finish out his contract. But Pulford also said he told Murdoch that he might be replaced by Keenan. “I had to be honest with Bob, that we’d interviewed Keenan. I owed him that,” Pulford said. Keenan has also talked with Minnesota and St. Louis…
Joe Berardi and Dave Ferraro captured the $140,000 PBA Showboat Doubles Classic in Las Vegas, Nev., beating Pete Weber and Brian Voss 214-210. Berardi and Ferraro opened the game with three strikes, two by Berardi. The bowlers alternate shots, with each partner bowling five frames each. Voss left a 4-6-7 split in the third frame and failed to convert it. He and Weber could not recover, despite closing with four strikes. Weber and Voss made it to the finals by beating Amleto Monacelli and Walter Ray Williams Jr. 210-194. Monacelli and Williams had ousted Dave Soutar and Larry Laub 265-221 and Marshall Holman and Mark Roth 205-183…
Stefan Edberg beat Kevin Curren 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Northern Grass-Court Tournament in Manchester, England. In the semifinals, Edberg beat Kelly Evernden 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, while Curren beat Jeremy Bates 7-5, 6-2. In the women’s final, Ronni Reis of Miami beat Hester Witvoet 6-7, 6-4, 6-2.
