European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 06, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Training schedules not reveille get the boys out of bed in the Early morn ing hours. Trainer Al Maahs of Frankfurt military Post brings pm out fast roadwork before breakfast is Good for the wind the legs the appetite. The Frankfurt team jogs along the streets in All but the most inclement weather. Fight duty weekend photographs boxing is All they do. I fighters through out Neucom Are relieved of All other duties to prepare for their weekly bouts occupation boxing is almost Abig business. With weekly bout staged throughout the zone it be came apparent to special services officers some time ago that unless the fighters were properly trained  and coached unless they had adequate equipment and facilities. Thebans would get poor shows and the boxers might suffer serious  a result the fighters Are now put on try and do nothing but train and fight. There Are no formations no  main Job is to Keepin the Best possible condition for the weekly tournament bouts which Are staged under olympic rules. While the Lack of formations an seemingly easy existence might make others envious the life of a fighter during training is monotonous. The boys Are out in their sweat clothes for roadwork and calisthenic Long be Foremost of the occupation gis have an swered reveille. They eat Only twice Aday and in the words of sergeant Al Maahs Trainer for the Frankfurt Mili tary Post team they Don t like it be cause they re All  but what they eat is Good. Their food is super Vised and they have a special diet just like the big time fighter before a fight the boys get that big Steak rare. In Frankfurt the daily program is much the same As it is throughout Tjie zone. After breakfast the boys rest Lon enough to digest their sizeable meal the tables Are swept clean by the hungry eager trainees but trainers eating at the same tables see to it that no one gets More than he should. Then come the gym workouts. Hitting the Light bag for three rounds so that the eyes Are sharpened up timing is devel fainting is demonstrated by Maahs who throws a right hand which the boy led him into. Maahs squad is Small allowing him time for individual instruction. 8 bouncing on the Medicine Ball is Willi Robinson Frankfurt middleweight who is developing and hardening his stomach Muscles to withstand body blows. Weekend March 6,1948