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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 14, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 21 a i i 1 f edited by Leo Levine Rouen France a Stirling Moss plagued by the.  of his cars most of the season had a Little better Luck Here sunday and finished the Rouen race meeting with two convincing victories. The Stocky englishman started off by  2.0 liter Maserati in its debut and won the 229rkilometer sports car even comfortably then he took the wheel of a Cooper Borgward for the e formula ii grand prix of Rouen and after an Early fight with Ger Many s Hans Herrmann in an f. Ii porsche Wen on to plan easy Vic tory. The fight for second place was much More interesting with Franco american Harry Schell edging Masten Gregory Kansas City by two tenths of a second for the runner up spot both were driving Coopers with Coventry Climax engines. Fourth in the event which also was 229 Kilometre 35 Lap was new Sealander Bruce Mclaren in another Cooper Climax. Runner up. In the sports car race open to cars up to 2.0 liners was Britain s Allan Stacey in a Lotus with an other englishman Innes Ireland third in another Lotus. Trento Italy special Edgar birth took a firmer grip on the International Hill lint championship Here sunday As he clocked fastest time of the Day at the Trevito Bolone i climb in a porsche ask. The former East German Champion who escaped to the West  1957 was clocked in 13 21.2 for the 17-Kilometer climb in the italian Alps Well ahead of runner up Wolfgang Seifel far a similar porsche 13 36.3. Third Overall went to Italy s Luigi Scarfitti in an Osca 13 44.3. The next event counting for the championship will be Germany s famed Freiburg climb july 26. Adenau Germany is Wolfgang von trips and a pair of Side car teams provided most of the excitement in the otherwise Dull 22d annual Eifel Rennen held on the South course of the nuer Burgering sunday. Von trips Germany s no. 1 Driver came from behind to beat Swiss Pilot Michael May in the formula Junior feature event with both men driving Stang bellinis. The Soock motorcycle Sidecar event saw a renewal of the Duel Between Germany s world champions Walter Schneider and Hans Strauss and Switzerland s Florian Cama Thias and Hilmar Cecco. The Battle ended on the seventh Lap when the two bumped in the North curve and Schneider and Strauss were spilled onto the track leaving the Swiss to win easily. Another expected fight that ended Early was in the  grand touring race won by Munich s Sepp Greger in a porsche Carrera. Gregor had a slight Lead Over German Champion Hans Joachim Wal Ter but Walter left the Road on the fourth Lap and Greger had no Competition after that. Yanks stationed in Germany placed Well in this one with fran Furus Bill Linder fourth Joe Buzzetta also stationed in Frankfurt sixth and this writer a Distant seventh. Al drove porsche. The l,300cc . Event was a runaway for Berlin Driver Herbert Schulze in an Alfa Romeo Sagato. Frankfurt s Warren King dropped out because of fuel pump trouble while in second place and Vonvogt Werne threw a Rod. Both drove alfas. The individual Star of the Day was Rhodesia s Gary Hocking who scored easy wins in both the 350 and Soock Solo events on Norton. All races except the formula Junior event were Over 10 laps of the much disliked t.75-Kilometersouth course. The formula Junior race was 13 laps. Round no. 5 in the fight for the world Driver s championship takes place saturday at Aintree England  the British grand prix and at a. Different time of year site of the grand National for mounts of the 1 he variety. The same familiar cars and faces will be on hand again with Ferrari s Tony Brooks seeking to overtake Cooper Driver Jack Brabham in the Point standings an Stirling Moss handling a Brm this time still looking for his first. World championship Victory of 1959. Other top line Drivers slated to appear include Joe Bonnier Brm Phil Hill and Jean Behra Ferrari Masten Gregory and Bruce Mclaren Cooper and Graham Hill and Innes Ireland Lotus. A sports car race will serve As the preliminary. Stuttgart Germany is the main event on the continent this weekend is the. International Solitude race meeting on the outskirts of this German automobile capital. There la be events for motorcycles up to 175 and 250cc, for touring cars up to 600, 1,000, 1,300 and , for grand touring cars up to 1,300 and  and or formula Junior cars. Practice will take place from 8 am-5 pin Friday and 8 am-4 pin saturday with the first race slated to Start at 9 30 am sunday. Ticket prices Range from do 2.50 up to 15 Marks with reductions if bought Early. The 11.5-Kilometer Solitude circuit is one of the most interesting in Europe and affords Ini Iny Good viewpoints for spectators. X1 " v ,. The aut Mobil club von deutschland organizers  grand prix of Germany at Berlin s avus alg 2, has rigged up a two Day series of events including races for grand touring and sports cars in addition to the world championship formula i event. Saturday s card lists a grand touring race and Ani event for sports cars  , while sunday has the grand prix to be run in two heats of 30 laps apiece. The avus is a rather Peculiar track for a ,being 8.3 Kilometres Long with a hairpin curve at one end and an extremely rough High Speed Bank at the other but it does provide a lot of excitement for spectators especially since averages in excess of yl40 Mph Are almost assured.  run from two to 40 Jnai a with reductions for armed forces personnel. I ". V ". Hahn Germany special the Hunsuck Auto club has scheduled a gymkhana open to All for sunday it was announced Here. Registration in front of the , will Start at 11 am and if enough entries Are received there will be classes for All types of cars. Champ s Homecoming bantamweight Champion Jose Becerra who dethroned Alphonse Halimi on an eighth round to presents his title Belt to president Adolfo Lopez Mateos of Mexico. Before the championship bout in los Angeles the Young mexican challenger promised the president he would bring the title Home. A military sports Roundup 526th pm co captures East Region track title Karlsruhe Germany special the 526th pm co walked away with top honors Here in the army rps 7th army Eastern Region track and Field championships. With a total of 59 Points the526th pm co nosed out the 78th engr in which racked up 52. Jim me Cord 526th pm co sparked his team to the Champion ship by winning the 110-meter hurdles and scoring 16 i Points Overall. Kaiserslautern Germany special Jim Steele who hurls for the Garrison softball team Here turned in his fourth no hitter with a 12-0 decision Over the signal service squad. Steele s record is 14-0. He also is credited with a one hitter. Washington special the strategic air come Tennis championships will be held july 22-25 at Chennault air Force base la. Champions to be crowned in clude men s open and senior Divi Leo card to shoot for Cpgar Crown Hull Quebec up Stan Leonard Canada s leading Money Winner will shoot for a record seventh Canadian professional golfers association championship at the Riverhead club july 23-25. Tournament officials said Leon Ard s entry assured the strongest Field in Cpgar history for the 54 Hole tournament. The Vancouver pro top Cana Dian in the recent Canadian open was the l6th former Cpgar Cham Pion to enter this year s  list also includes a pair of three time winners Jules huot and Stan Horne. Penna. Prep coach becomes Buffalo aide Buffalo up or Thomas Duff Youthful football Mentor at Mead Ville a Central High school the past two years has been appointed assistant coach at the University of Buffalo. Duff. 31, will join the staff of head. Coach Dick Offenhamer. He will handle the Buffalo Frosh team to Job vacated recently by Ron Larocque and also will work wit the varsity ends. Sion singles and doubles an women s singles and doubles. Each numbered air Force May enter four in the men s singles an two men s doubles teams. St. Louis bound Tom. Hughes big 37th, engr up right hander will report to the  cardinals immediately Folio Wing his discharge aug. 15. Hughes pitched for Houston of the Texas league before enter ing the service posting an 18-6 Murk in 1956 and a 14-4 record in 57i he is currently 5-2 in us a eur s main league. Army to take on All contenders Stockholm a til be a fighting Champion world heavy weight Champ Ingemar Johansson told a Stockholm audience. Provided i m still a Champion after i be met Floyd Patterson again i won t hesitate to meet any worthwhile contender he added. Johansson won t let such things As heavy taxation Stop him from fighting. He is determined to look upon his profession As a sport and fight contenders As they come. He is currently touring Sweden exposing his mystery right to countrymen at a minimum Price of$1,000 per showing. Ingemar also made his debut Asa movie actor taking part in a film production starring Anthony steel. Part in movie the Champ s part had been worked into the Man in the mid dle in which steel plays the part of an american journalist travelling in Sweden. The conversation i mainly entrusted to steel. Ingo s part is restricted to some four or five lines but everybody was pleased with his performance. Shooting was Over in Little More than five hours and Ingo returned to his Small air plane where the Pilot was waiting to take him Back to Northern Sweden to continue his tour. South Africa is eager to see the new Champion and Ingo reportedly is invited to name his own term for an exhibition tour there. The most important question soon however will be the return fight against Patterson. Johansson signed a contract for a return bout to be held within 90 Days after the title fight. Culbreath to sub for Davis is Russ Philadelphia a Josh Culbreath a 400-meter hurdler from Norristown pa., has been named to. Replace Glenn Davis co Lumbus Ohio on the . Track team that meets Russia Here july 18-19. Dan Ferriss honorary Secretary of the aau announced that Davis was withdrawn from the squad be cause of a chronic Back condition that has prevented him from train ing for the return meet. At Moscow last year Davis waste Only double Winner taking the 400-meter hurdles and dash. Cul breath a 1956 olympian finished second behind Davis in the -400 meter hurdles at Moscow last year. Tenn. Cagers petition for Sines As coach Knoxville Tenn. Up the seven returning players from Las season s University of Tennessee basketball team want vol assistant coach John Sines to succeed Emmett Lowery who resigned the head coaching spot last week. The players signed a letter addressed to Bowden Wyatt head football coach and assistant ath Letic director asking that Sines be selected to take Over the top spot. Trotter Airlift to Span Atlantic Westbury . A operation Trotter Airlift will commence saturday in Europe with the champions of five countries flying to . For the $50,000 International Trot at Roosevelt raceway on Long Island. The first International Trot a l i mile event designed to establish an authentic International Champion will be raced on opening night of the $20-million raceway aug. 1. Every Trotter is the Champion of his country.  " included in the Field will be Tornese and leave in the champions of Italy Jamin the French Champion West Germany s Iva court Sweden s adapt and the rising norwegian sensation Jens protector. The be Dinguis. Trotter trader Horn and a Canadian Champion to be selected next week wih Complete the eight horse Field  
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