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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, June 6, 1962

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                " the stars and stripes wednesday june 6, isme Jim a Fis Jin Irb it St i v spj"8 Patterson staging strange buildup of last Mufu to ii a Krissia. 4f Jfe aws Eire  it off i of  a / Avery Brund age president of the. International Lyro Iii Conan Pitte Esaid monday he would fight renewed soviet Effort to reorganize the committee along National alines., Brundage said. The communist proposals would throw the whole olympic movement into  Leader of the top International Amateur sports authority said the russians had served no Tice " they worm submit their proposals Jit full dress meetings of tie commit Tevere this week. He said he had told the rus sians lie would oppose any change sin the groups organization an predicted their rejection by the committee in Brundage said the russians Are pushing for a Rule change that would make presidents of Allna it Iona olympic committees an leaders of International sports federations members of the commit to  i new Ork up heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson is engaged in one of the strangest pre fight buildup campaigns in Box ing  buildup is for Sonny Liston the Man not the  has paid for whatever he did says Floyd. He is entitled to help. There s no telling How i would have turned out myself if i had t been  s common practice for a title Holder to fail ild up his next opponent As  be for Floyd on the night of sept. 25 at comls key Park in  had to inflate several challengers for Jack Dempsey in. Beds on Board the proposal he said would involve an increase in the commit teen Inezl Ersh Jip from about 70 to Mound .200 Piersons. The american r sports official said the russian proposal also would increase representation of communist countries a the committee which now has Only five members from the soviet Loc Brundage Salid the russian proposals would destroy the Independence of uie committee 1 the in Lay reason for the Success of the olympic movement has been its Independence from political or National influences. The members inuit All be internationally minded men. Devoted to the International movement an Fly not to individual Brundage said the communist woctmraa.1beiis a id been Defeated by an overwhelming vote in a Sim Ilar. Attempt at reorganizing the committee s during its meeting in Atkens a last year. He Sapir the j commit tee which elects hts members,.from among outstanding International s p o r t s figures has  pretended to replies Senjt All nations participating to Fol Pic competitions. It is proposal Woid turn the organza ton inf a sort of United Nat sons that would be too Large and Fitwi Eldri to o get any work i done Lori Inda a -said., athe com itt tee president1 came out Gal Netttie proposal in a speech at Trie formal opening of the com Mittee a three Day meeting. Cere Mai lies at the Kremlin theater Brundage noted that from time to time there have been  in the Organiza f, olympic movement one Jef to thai greatest difficulties4we Baw is to prevent political Wiite Rife Rehoe with sports govern ments in Wingl the great popular Appeal of sports Are always t tempted to tryst use it a a political Bol my Aji political  f Floyd Patterson. I character witness Devine blasts card showing St. Louis 23 feet 6 Lnell a hop. Tie did jump4 feet Box office purposes to Makaaf challengers far More than they actually were but does t need that sort of Sonny s record As a k n b 1 a s Ter is impressive around and Well might be enough to flatten Floyd with of those Ham sized fists he with considerable . The fighter seems quite an attraction. But the Man had his application it a License to Box in new to is rejected by the state athletic commission because his out of them Ftp record was deemed  aware or record of of Patterson was fully Awai  s prison record and recent scrapes with the Law the Young Champ was and upset by the commission s a Tion which meant they half take the Patterson Liston out of new York City since that time Floyd has making numerous radio television and p t h e r personal appear Aias plugging his new  Victory Over myself and 6si frequently injects favourable Caa ments on Liston s new character Patterson is in a or e t to Fife position to judge whether a a can Reform for he had his own troubles As a  gave him goalie feels that boxing give him an important goal and that la std now is in the same position though a bit later in life than Floyt found  one interview f1 o y d sat i m sure he would make a Gukl  if he Ever won Tsih i1 Rathe a  Tetter in the Tefft after f a tired Iol third to Tii Ltd for i were a i Heth a lefty lie Way 1 m easy vi9 teat two in to fifth. He i comets c John s those May be strange words the beak busting b u is n e a indeed building up an  character is new to the Trade bit in this Case a lot of fid agree with Floyd that Sonny rates his Chance. The prize ring is a Tea party. The Guys that Littfe fighting Aren t always Little Gem i  to a Eimi it cot finners it 1,011-u Mann Tobii Erstle last Isy Touriz Over in Mph who All distance to Ift Lien to bait a run for Versoi pfoundo1 t Ott Germany s Gustav Bubi Schoux. ,. Pointing for Berlin title Ufholz co ii fid fill Tor june 23 title shot against Johnsa t Khz 4 v for n. Or. I. T. -,.--. "  it Upp a highly confident Gustay Bibl Scholz of ,.l. A a big Agni champions Avo tuft of Philadelphia. A title fight on june 23 i Erlin ,1-" \ Fly till Rikl stand fad Chance Szmej 32-yearpld.challenger, bound ing with Energy and enthusiasm. Jie is affectionately called by Geniv Cess buy defend f his title against Doug Jones in Philadel Lphr \. ,joknsonisjia1" near perfect bbl or said the dark haired Bubi who has been following a rigid training schedule in recent weeks deter mined to  advantage of a Chance that does t come to Man men a crack at a world title. Nevertheless said Scholz who fought Kis Way a from the world War ii ruins of Berlin to become the busiest Man and biggest moneymaker in German boxing since a Schmeling i think i have a Chan be otherwise i certainly would not fight  the match bet Ween Johnson and Sci old the first German Ever to contest for a world title in postwar years will be staged in the South Bend of the huge open air olym Pic stadium in West Berlin before an estimated record crowd of45,000. All tickets ranging in Price from 6 $l50 to 100 Dos ?25 have Long been sold out the defending Champion will get a guaranteed purse of $50,000the highest Ever paid to a foreign Boxer in Ger in Tony. In addition the organizers Kiev paid for plane tickets for Johnson and his party and Are meeting All expenses incurred in Berlin. Scholz who has been beaten Only once in his Brilliant 92-bout pro career will get $20,000his fattest purse  Lethander Bubi was the euro Pean middleweight Champ until the european boxing Union Ebu stripped him of his title last year for failing to defend on time against Hungary s Laszlo  a Southpaw will certainly be of great advantage to me grinned Bubi who five years ago returned to the ring after a Long fight against tuberculosis. Ameri can boxers usually have some difficulty fighting a Lethander like , who three times Success fully defended his european die weight title which he wreak from a Henchman Charles humer958, has proved to be a to with rapid reflexes and lethal isted punches which counter Ance the slowness of his foot a shrewd Man Bubi has roughly studied film of to title defense against Jones with is Down to Earth Tern meet Scholz an elegant to of fashion considers boxing & business just like Selling paste or automobiles. The Ger s Good looks have earned parts in movies arid on Tel to while Mousque foible Tarp at the Maytag seve  
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