European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June the stars and stripes Page 9 sport the first of three title fights takes place tonight in when Rocky Graziano and Tony Zale meet for the third time for the middleweight championship of the Tony won the first by knocking out Rocky in the sixth round at Yankee stadium sept fresh out of the had Gratano on the floor in the first round and went Down himself in the he took an unmerciful beating from then on until he caught Rocky with a right to the body in of the sixth to score his the fight attracted and Drew in their second meeting it went Graziano Way As fans jammed Chicago stadium and paid an Al time indoor Gate of Rocky the Golden boy of the caught Zale in the sixth to take a to the fight went just the Way first one with the eventual Winner taking a beating first part of the Zale had Rocky Down in the his left Eye swollen right brio bleeding so badly he was practically but Graziano got tap to finish Zale of with body just As Tony did in the i first physical measurements Are alike the fight tonight is expected to draw fans and a1 Gate of both fighters Are confident and both expect to score Knock cuts in the Early if their past fights Are examples of what will happen one of them is both Graziano and physically Are alike As two peas in a from their height and weight to the measurement of the biceps and calves they Are almost the measurements Are As follows just to ret an idea How much alike they Graziano Zale 26 age 34 157 weight height Chest Chest 40v reach 69 Graziano Waist neck calf thigh fist 16 9 forearm Zale 13 16 14vi 9 t f the forgotten Man comes Back Stan the forgotten Man in dec came Back yesterday to the biggest upset in the Frankfurt open to the 1946 dec knocked off Charles Chuck Jennings of Safe 1 up on the 21st to Advance to the quarterfinals of championship Calder got into the championship flight by having his name drawn irom a hat when he and four others tied for the 16th spot in the opening Days medal the other two who won in the draw lost in match Joh Dycus to Chuck Rotar and Yamaguchi to de russells four Wallops face braves Over cubs r june 8 a Jim Russell had himself a Field Day at the plate As the Boston braves beat the Chicago it was the cubs sixth straight the slender outfielder smashed out his sixth and seventh homers of the season and two doubles for four of Bostons seven love in five tallies and scored other russells first Homer followed walks to Tommy Holmes and Bob Elliott in the fifth inning and gave 1he braves their whim Fig Phil Mast followed in the same round with his first circuit blow of Pijie year to help Deal dutch Bis fourth russells final Honier came off i l dec Tennis stars matches with danish team june 8 an Allstar aggregation of the Best dec headed by Frank play Host to the Copenhagen Tennis club june at the Heidel Berg athletic office has announced besides the dec net men to compete will be 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tries to wrestle the middleweight diadem from Champion Rocky Graziano of the eve of their title Rocky is the favorite As the two meet for the third time in Bounce Back into june 8 new York giants battling to get pack into first scored six runs in the last three innings to defeat the Pittsburgh pirates before Home runs produced four of the giant Bobby Thomson homered with one aboard in seventh Westrum did the same Sisler raps trip 51 june 8 lome runs by Dick Sisler provided dutch Leonard of the Philadelphia Phillies with All the margin he needed to stifle the Louis cardinals Del Ennis also Hom ered for the phils and Stan musicals 12th circuit clout deprived Leonard of a the defeat forced the cardinals to vacate first place in favor of the new York who won from who was sent to the Nils by the cards in the season in a Trade for Ralph la clouded his seventh and eighth homers on his first two appearances at the Johnny Blatnik was on first in each in Tance with a Sisler also had a giving him 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or to take 12 to previously the Range had been Rocky plans Quick Kayo chief reason for the Price was Rooks comparative he is eight years younger than the 34 yes Irold challenger from after sparring two Light rounds to icee Graziano told the brigade at still mans gymnasium by ill try to it Quick wednesday the s c u 1 a shaggy haired Champion from Brooklyn said he hoped to end the maybe in the foist who finished boxing Satur did eight rounds of exercises at Catholic youths far from the Jacobs Beach the Champion from repeated his prediction that he would Belt put Graziano within three Graziano weighed before his Zales weight was not handlers said he would fight at about and tonys mentors assured everyone Liat the challenger was having no trouble making the weight and that he would Register just under the 160pound limit at Newark City two knockout specialists the referee for the title fight May be announced tomorrow most Jersey boxing men believe that Paul former heavy weight will be when 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