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The same happened to Baird as he played the left side of the two- mile upwind leg for the second time only to see the Italians profit from a better band of wind on the right. It has yet to be seen if the second Luna Rossa is also a second red planet in the firmament. But, with the tactical brilliance of Torben Grael, an Olympic gold medallist, whispering in his ear, the skipper Francesco de Angelis took up where he left off in the second round and chalked up his 20th win in 21 starts.That loss, to Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes in the second round, was because of a switch in wind direction that left de Angelis hung out to dry. EXTRA PRESSURE produced extra cracks as the third round robin of the Louis Vuitton Cup began in perfect racing conditions yesterday. The Spanish helmsman Luis Doreste made a brave job of trying to explain the relegation of the skipper Pedro Campos to watching from the support boat, and Marc Pajot faced a grilling about a threatened mutiny by his Swiss crew on Fast 2000 over unpaid wages. But Ed Baird, of the New York Yacht Club, made no bones about a tactical dilemma that led to his Young America handing over a 23-second lead to an Italian Prada syndicate enjoying their new boat. Mid-table Woking have played most of their games without their coach, Ian Jennings, on the sideline and have had several disappointing results including a 5-1 defeat at Loughborough early in the season.

With Jennings available tomorrow Woking will be looking for sweet revenge.Ireland have named a 21-strong squad, including Sutton Coldfield's Laura Brown, for a training camp in Barcelona at the beginning of January, which will include one full international against Great Britain.IRISH SQUAD: T Browne, C Carey, M Logue (capt), J Burke, D Sixsmith, C McMahon, K Mills, K Humphreys, P Magill, A Thompson, R Kohler, K O'Brien, C McKean, C O'Kelly, L McVicker, A Platt, J Orbinson, L Brown, L Caulfield, J Osborne, S Parkhill.. She expects to be at full strength except for the long- term injured.The high-flying Loughborough Students, six points clear at the top of the First Division, visit Woking for what could be their first defeat of the season. No special plans are being made to contain the speedy striker."Canterbury have several dangerous players and our plans are made to stop the opposition, not any particular player," said Slough's captain, Julia Robertson. Shaw also feels that these players have been desperately tired, which has not helped. Canterbury's attack is likely to be led by Anna Bennett who until the summer was with Slough and moved for more "social" hockey. Slough, the defending champions, have been up and down so far this season with their coach, John Shaw, having to manage at training without five of his squad, those in the Great Britian Olympic training set up. WITH THE first three of the four play-off places for the Women's Premiership League title almost certainly booked by Hightown, Ipswich and Fyffes Leicester, tomorrow's game at High Wycombe between fourth placed Canterbury and Slough, a point behind in sixth, is crucial for both. He added that drawbacks with the system include boxers who would stop being aggressive if they are way ahead on all the cards, the possible intimidation of judges by spectators who do not agree with their scoring and "a diminution of the element of suspense which is integral to the sport."The other bill vetoed by Pataki for fight judges to meet various criteria to be certified as financially responsible emerged after it was revealed that Williams had filed for bankruptcy about seven weeks before the first Holyfield-Lewis bout.Pataki said he agreed that financial difficulties "can affect both the ability of a judge to impartially score a match and public confidence in the judge's impartiality", but he said the legislation he vetoed was "too inflexible"..

The judging of the bout was condemned afterwards, especially the scoring of the judge selected by the International Boxing Federation, Eugenia Williams of New Jersey, who had Holyfield winning the fight. Pataki called that decision "disgraceful".But Pataki said that no other American state uses an open scoring system and that the District of Columbia abandoned it after a short trial. He also rejected a measure that would have made judges demonstrate they are "financially responsible" before being licensed by the state's Athletic Commission to work fights.Both legislative proposals were in response to the controversial draw declared at Madison Square Garden on 13 March between Holyfield and Lewis in a fight most observers felt Lewis had clearly won. "If it's Michael Grant it will be in America, if it's Frans Botha from South Africa we hope to stage that fight in England," said Maloney, adding that Lewis was also considering a third contest against Holyfield.Meanwhile, the governor of New York State, George Pataki, has rejected a plan that would have required judges' scorecards to be publicly posted after each round. That's the ultimate fight, it's the fight the world wants to see. If someone said to me `what fight would you like to make?', that's the fight I would like to make tomorrow."Lewis has plans for three title defences next year, the first in March.

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