Fans Fight in Pittsburgh--11 Arrested

Police charged 11 people with simple assault in a fight that broke out Saturday at Three Rivers Stadium during the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants when guards tried to eject a group of rowdy fans.

Two security guards and three fans were treated for minor injuries at Allegheny General Hospital, police said.

The 11 were also charged with defiant trespass and disorderly conduct.

Stadium security director Robert Leister said the brawl erupted when security guards tried to eject a group of people who were throwing beer and peanuts on other spectators.

Leister said the injuries to the guards included a possible concussion, hand and eye wounds and cuts and scrapes.

Olympic super-heavyweight champion Tyrell Biggs of Philadelphia stopped Eddie Richardson of Fort Worth, Tex., in the third round of a scheduled six-round bout at Atlantic City, N.J.

Biggs’ body punches weakened Richardson’s defenses and set up punishing left hooks to the head.

Biggs, 4-0 with three knockouts as a pro, nearly floored Richardson in the final minute of the second round. Richardson’s legs appeared wobbly in the third round and he failed to respond when Biggs unloaded left hooks to the body and head. Referee Tony Orlando stopped the fight at 1:55 of the round.

Biggs weighed 222, Richardson 217.

Villanova’s Harold Pressley scored a team-high 17 points as the United States put five men in double figures for an 80-65 victory over Sweden in the William Jones Cup basketball tournament at Taipei, Taiwan.

Carven Holcombe of Texas Christian, Joe Wolf of North Carolina and Kenny Gattison of Old Dominion each scored 14 points as the United States raised its record to 6-0.

Former Dodger utility player Derrel Thomas has been sued for more than $50,000 by a man who claims his right leg was crushed while he was working on the player’s car at the home of Thomas’ parents in Los Angeles.

Eddie Lee Powell, a 42-year-old disabled former trash collector, claimed in his Superior Court suit that he was injured May 15 while replacing the battery in a 1985 Chevrolet Camaro belonging to Thomas, who now plays for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Powell claimed that while he was replacing the battery, Thomas’ 15-year-old son, Derrel Thomas Jr., started the car while it still was in gear. Powell said the car lurched forward and pinned his leg against a patio wall.

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The Boston Herald said that Jimmy Rodgers, assistant coach for the Boston Celtics, is the leading candidate for the job of head coach of the New Jersey Nets.