Sidelines

Press, 13 April 1988, Page 28

Sidelines

ANOTHER O'NEILL has been in the sporting headlines in Sydney. Adam O'Neill, the son of a former test cricketer, Norm.) and a New South Wales pentathlete and hurdler, Gwen, distinguished himself by scoring five tries in two Sydney rugby league premiership appearances fori Souths. The emergence of O'Neill, aged 22, is all the more remarkable because he did not play the sport until three years ago. He was raised in Western Australia, where he played soccer, Australian Rules and cricket. Now he has found sporting fame on a par with that of his brother, Mark, who is a Sheffield Shield cricketer.! I I j | ( LEW GERRARD, the former New Zealand Davis Cup tennis captain, has been appointed assistant director at the Wake Forest University in Salem, North Carolina. His “boss” will tie lan Crookenden, his old doubles partner (they were Wimbledon semi-finalists in 1964) who is the director at Wade Forest. Gerrard won five consecutive New I Zealand singles titles in the late 1950 s and early |19605. As a coach he has guided such notable players as Pam Shriver and Steve Krulevitz.

THAT OLD SPARRING (partner of Kevin Barry, Evander Holyfield, battered Carlos de Leon, of Puerto Rico, to become the undisputed world cruiserweight champion in Las Vegas last week. The undefeated Holyfield stopped de Leon lin the eighth round to add the World Boxing Council) title to the World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation crowns that he already wore.