Soviets Act Against Weightlifters

Weightlifters Anatoly Pisarenko and Alexander Kurlovich of the Soviet Union, both world record-holders in the super-heavyweight class, have been dismissed from the Soviet team and stripped of their awards, the official Soviet sport newspaper said Saturday.

Pisarenko, 26, from Kiev, and Alexander Kurlovich, 23, of Grodno, were dismissed “for activities damaging the honor of Soviet sportsmen.” They were convicted by a court in St. Jerome, Quebec, last December for possession of anabolic steroids for the purpose of selling them in Canada.

They were arrested at Mirabel Airport in Montreal Dec. 6 after customs officers searched their luggage and found methandrostenolone, or dianabol, worth about $10,000.

The drug, which increases an athlete’s strength, is banned in international competition and cannot be imported into Canada without a license.

International Boxing Federation lightweight champion Harry Arroyo of Youngstown, Ohio survived an early knockdown and knocked out Terrence Alli of Guyana at 1:16 of the 11th round at Atlantic City, N.J. Both weighed 134 pounds.

Arroyo, 22-0 with 22 knockouts, successfully defended his title for the second time, using an overhand right to stun Alli in mid-ring. A second right staggered the challenger into a corner, where he went down.

Alli (24-4-1) got to his feet by the count of eight, and Arroyo immediately resumed his assault with a barrage of punches. Referee Tony Perez stepped in to stop the fight.

Swiss skier Pirmin Zurbriggen won his second World Cup downhill race in two days at Kitzbuehel, Austria, but he suffered an injury that will knock him out of competition for at least a week.

Austrian hope Helmut Hoeflehnr was second, followed by 1983 Kitzbuehel winner Todd Brooker of Canada.

Zurbriggen, who holds a 39-point lead over Marc Giardelli of Luxembourg in the World Cup standings, injured his knee at the end of his second run. The injury is not believed to be serious but will keep him out of next weekend’s competition at Wengen, Switzerland.

Olympic champion Bill Johnson of the United States, after posting the 31st-best time of the day, was disqualified for missing the final gate.

The New Jersey Generals reportedly have offered Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie a four-year, non-deferred deal worth more than $5 million, the New York Times reported.

Meanwhile, in Fort Worth, Tex., Flutie was named winner of the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award as the nation’s outstanding quarterback.

Names in the News Tom Schafer, a 6-7 sophomore forward at Illinois, quit the team and said he will transfer to another school where he can play more. He was averaging 5.3 points while playing 18 minutes a game.