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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, March 5, 1948

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 05, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page Lincoln showed the need of Good coaching and training and is con ceded Little Chance against Harold Gary of Wiesbaden in their championship bout Friday but the Kauf Beuren heavyweight also indicated that inexperienced As he is he May give Gary More than a Little trouble. Gary a. 187-Pounder rated the favorite to win the Neucom Cham Nurnberg Ringle defeat Salzburg in 4-bout card 3-1 by Joe Ives special correspo7ident Nurnberg March 4 spec Sil the Nurnberg my boxing team downed a Ufa sound from Salz Burg three bouts to one at the opera House before Soo spectators. Salzburg s Only Victory came in the first fight when George Stur Jess a lightweight won a Clear Cut decision Over Paul sur. Both boys danced around for the first round and then in the last two rounds Sturgess took the offensive .0 out Point sur. Bantam Francis Scott of Nurnberg made fast work of Bill Stone when he scored a knockout in 1 35 of the first round. Mike Florenze middleweight from Nurnberg won a split decision Over Mason Morris. Welterweight Bill Grier of Nurnberg closed out the card by scor ing a knockout Over Bill Manzelli in 2 44 of the first round. Munich ring car set for March 5-6 Munich March 4 special the Munich my boxing championships will get underway March 5-6, it has Jeen announced. The preliminaries will be held on Friday at 2 and 3 00 p. A with the semifinals being off at 2 p. M. On saturday and the finals at 10 0fr . Headlining the tourney which will be fought under International olympic rules is John Stewart a hard hitting Light heavy. Stewart was Ruh Nerup for the Neucom Light heavyweight Crown last year an has notched 18 out of 21 ring encounters. Johnny Isabell runner up for the a middleweight championship last ear Bob Higgenbottom and Austin Jones All Middle weights and Leroy Farrow dec heavyweight Champ Are other  in the two Day bouts. Pion ship and the right to go to the u. S. Next june and compete for an olympic berth gave an impressive exhibition of boxing skill for two rounds but tired in the third As he decision Ned John Davis 181-Poundlandsberg negro. Both boxers exhausted the. Best Brawl of the evening ended in a hairline split decision with Kenneth won of Wiesbaden a Stocky hawaiian welterweight get Ting the nod of two of three judges to decision Nelson Ashley lands Faery negro. There was never a Dull moment in this fight from Start to finish and on several occasions both won and. Ashley were All but Outon their feet As they whale away at each other. " Garfield Brock Rhine main run Nerup for the Safe featherweight Crown in 1947, indicated that he is going to. Give John Thomas of Landsberg a very rough evening when they c lash again for the title on Friday. Brock Tod Hillar Thigpen of Landsberg but before the end came at one minute Flat inthe final round fans were treated to a real Battle. Thigpen heavily outgunned gave and took with equal abandon for two rounds be fore going Down for the nine count that caused the referee to halt the fight. Macduffie gains Victory a real slug est from Start to Finis was the Bob Macduffie Art Kaimi middleweight go with Macduffie taking a hard won decision front the Erding representative. Middleweight Sam Edwards of Wiesbaden and Arvid Hailstock of Landsberg offered a classic adagio exhibition lacking Only the strains of love and kisses to make it a real ring Romance Edwards got the decision but no one was Hurt not even . A. Robbins negro Light heavy weight from Landsberg lowered the Boom on Eugene Watson of Rhine main after 51 seconds in the second round with a left to the jaw and a right to the stomach. 547th Engri trip 7702n in Frankf u  i n 1100cai Bap Jev  
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