European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 948 the stars and stripes Page 9 As the middleweight title changed hands Tony Zalacs left Hook to Blocky Graziano jaw inset sends the middleweight Crown toppling from Rooks Bead As he hits the Canvas in the third round of their title room soil defends title this week Walcott Sharpens left Hook in workout before 19 Victory Celebration staged for Zale visit Home june 14 middleweight Champion Tony the Man of was Back Home today with his proudest men with whom he once worked in Garys steel Zale was greeted by Fol Lowers when he stepped off the train from and another admirers lined the route of Victory Homecoming celebrating his Victory Over Rocky the Blond boxers and two children and Gary mayor Eugene Swartz were among the the Parade wound up at the american legion Post of Zale is a arid Tony was presented the key to the Zale said he would rest for a couple of when an admirer asked who and when he would fight the Champion said hed anybody they want me june 14 Joe Walcott put the accent on his left Hooks in a spirited four round workout before a crowd of More the originally scheduled for six was interrupted by a heavy downpour and the heavyweight challenger finished up is lighter workout Walcott sparring partners were on the receiving end left the challenger boxed one round with Austin Johnson of Atlantic Turk Okyi Vic if City and Shook him in the final a Jiwu loll flurry of the session with a vicious left Curtis Sheppard of Baltimore then went to the Fristic firing and during a flurry of punches Biggs to face Poslau in pro net tourney new june 14 fending Champion Bobby Riggs was due to make his debut today in the National professional Tennis tournament Forest riggs1 match with Ernest Poslau of White was rained out with the rest of the second Days a his head guard Charley Robertson of Penns stepped in and finished the Walcott missed a looping right and almost hit the he checked himself and resumed the Sheppard went into the ring for the third round and it was the Best of the Brief the two slugged it out toe to toe at the and then Walcott stepped Back to stagger Sheppard with a chopping Felix Wai c o its announced Joe weighed 196v pounds after the Speed record broken in Hudson boat race new june 14 27yearold Marine hardware manufacturer making his second Start in the Albany to new York outboard Motorboat won the 136mile grind Down the Hudson River in record breaking the Driver was clocked in three 43 minutes and averaged besides the 13 other boats bettered the record of set by Vic Scott of Forest last sugar Ray aiming for Zales Crown new june 14 sugar Robinson makes what May be his last defense of the welter weight championship thursday night when he meets Bernie Docusen of new Orleans in a title 15 Rounder in Chicago Comiskey the Harlem Flash is aiming for a shot at Tony Zales middleweight Crown this in order to take on the 160pound Robinson would have to abdicate As King of the that is if he gets past who is no Docusen is fast and he flashes a lightning left and darts away from counter punches by his but he appears to be in Over his head with the sugar Man is fast and Clever the difference is in Robinsons the negro has a fearful Wallop for a Robinson has lost Only one fight in his pro a decision loss to middleweight Jake Robin son a Rife than evened that up with four victories Over Bronx Docusen has Only two defeats to mar his record but wiped out his losses to Eddie Lee and Gene Burton with later Yankees trim indians t c 1 f o in Keenes 5o new York june 14 runs by Yogi Berra and Phil each with a Man on enabled the new York Yankees to inflict a 53 defeat upon Bobby Salvage the last a four game series with the league leading Cleveland a crowd of which helped set a three Day series record of Feller suffer his sixth setback against five trailing by the indians threw a scare into the Yankees in the scaring two runs to Chase 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named to play in the Eastern zone playoffs at june 1518 Are Lafayette univer University of North Carolina and the University of nominated to play in the West Ern zone playoffs at Denver june 16r19 Are Oklahoma Colorado state and Southern Cali the winners of the two playoffs will Battle for the Mcaa championship in a Best  series at Western Michigan College in Kalamazoo june Rhine main 51 june 14 special Rhine Mains rockets took an exhibition contest from Hanau de Gorski poled a Homer in the fifth with one Rhine main 001 020 8 3 Hanau 000 100 4 5 Drob Liszewskl and Tharp Wilkle and braves top reds in tie for 1st june 14 tons braves bounced Back into a tie for the National league Leader ship by sinking the Cincinnati and in a doubleheader be fore a ninth inning rally won the first game for the and they shelled Ewell Blackwell from the Mound to take the Hank Sauer of the reds hit his 18th and 19th Home runs and tripled in the second the reds blew a six run Lead in the opener As the braves came through with two five hit four run three singles in the seventh caused Kent Peterson to give Way to fireman Harry who failed to quench the Ken who came in for was also a victim of three straight singles in the and previously unbeaten Herman Wehmeier took Over with the tying run on he was charged with the first after five Vic 1 Eddie Stanky singled in Bobby Sturgeon with the winning run after Sturgeon had singled to score Phil Masi and tie the in the Boston drove Blackwell off the Mound with a five run blast in the Boston was never headed in the second and two Cincinnati rally attempts were chopped Bob Elliotts fifth inning Homer with two aboard pushed the score to boat on Page 11