The Michigan Daily-Thursday, July 10, 1980-Page 15
BOXER KILLED IN RING
Friends, amily mourn Denny

MONTREAL (AP) - Friends, The 24-year-old Denny, who made his
relatives and former boxing colleagues home in the Montreal suburb of Lachine
crowded into a suburban funeral home after emigrating from Guyana in 1972,
Wednesday to pay their final respects died Monday morning, succumbing to
to lightweight boxer Cleveland Denny. head injuries suffered in a lightweight

title bout against Gaetan Hart of
Buckingham, Quebec, at Montreal's
Olympic Stadium on June 20.
MORE THAN 150 people gathered
around Denny's open coffin as Anglican
and Pentecostal ministers Don
Leatherman and Lewis Massarelli
called for love and solidarity among
family members in the face of Denny's
death.
Hart, whose flurry of blows in the
final seconds of the 10th round sent
Denny into a coma from which he never
recovered, stood near the coffin.
Hart, his eyes red from crying,
arrived about five minutes before the
brief ceremony and walked solemnly to
view Denny.
THE 27-YEAR-OLD Hart, who placed

his title belt inside Denny's coffin, had
first approached Denny's 24-year-old
widow, Clarine, and her father and
said, "I'm sorry, believe me, I'm
sorry."
Hart and his manager, Andy Nadon,
decided to visit the funeral home after,
assurances from the Denny family that
Hart was welcome. Hart at first feared
reprisals from the family, but there
were no incidents Wednesday.
Denny's mother, Dorothy, had to be
led out of the room shdrtly after her
son's body was displayed for public
viewing. She sobbed uncontrollably and
shouted: "Stop this. I can't take it any
more."
She later regained her composure
and attended the ceremony.

British Open set to
begin next weekend
MUIRFIELD, Scotland (AP)-The trend.
United States' waning domination of in- It was followed by Australian David
ternational golf will receive a further Graham winning the PGA national
test next weekend in the oldest and chanpionship in the fall of 1979 and
most revered of all the world's cham-. Ballesteros' runaway victory in the
pionships, the 109th British Open. Masters this spring. And Isao Aoki of
About three dozen Americans, in- Japan very nearly converted his unor-
cluding such prime favorites as Jack: thodox but deadly putting style into an
Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Lee upset in the U.S. Opena month ago.
Trevino, are included in the 150-man That non-American sweep of four
field that will test-and be tested consecutive major titles was averted
by-the subtle demands of the Muir- only by the stirring culmination of
field Golf Links on Scotland's eastern Nicklaus' hard-won comeback from the
coast. ranks of mediocrity in which he had
Spectacular Severiano Ballesteros of struggled in discomfort and dismay for
Spain is the defending champion. His two long years.
triumph at Royal Lytham-St. Annes Trevino could be the strongest con-
last year, achieved on a remarkable, tender of them all. Second to Watson on
oft-repeated escape act from potential the money-winning list, the 40-year-old
disaster, touched off a series of non- Trevino is playing some of the best golf
American victories in the major cham- of his career. Heis been a runnerup
pionships that 'is unequalled in history three times this season and scored his
and must be regarded as a possible second victory of the year in Memphis
in his last start.

Fore! -
Nancy Lopez-Melton (right) watches her golf ball sail down the fairway
yesterday in practice for the U.S. Golf Association Women's Open which
starts today. The other golfer is unidentified.

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