European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 27, 1966 the stars and stripes Page 19 Howard upsets Hodges to capture heavy title in Golden gloves finals Kansas City a Buffalo s towering James Howard scored two knockdowns and up set Clay Hodges of los Angeles on a second round to for the heavyweight title in the 39th Golden gloves boxing tournament Friday night. Howard a 6-foot-s, 23-year-Oldmotel detective floored Hodges with a looping left Hook Early inthe firs round and again with an overhand right n the second. He was pounding Hodges Al most at will when it was stopped at 1 30. Howard s size 11 shoe was heavily taped. He Tore it in scor ing a decision Over  Brooks of Milwaukee in the  24-year-old Hodges 4-4 and sos pounds was a Stron favorite. Los Angeles won us second straight team title with u Points. Minneapolis had 14, Kan Sas City a Cleveland 12. Gerald Pate 23-year-old Milwaukee welder won the 175 miss wrist 4 shots up in Suffis tourney Delray Beach. Fla., March a Mickey Wright off the ladles Golf tour most of last Yea with a wrist injury shot a four under Par 48 Friday and took wide Lead in the Louise Suggs  Wright got two birdies on the front nine with 10-Footpotts. She carded the other two by Chipping to within a foot of the pin on the 12th and to within six inc he. On the 14th.the Leader motor  numb a Ramat a on  to Cllnton Nind Crown by  s John Griffin. In one of the Best fights of theget Joseph Hopkins of Salt Ake City won the middleweight own by decision Over 25-year d William Douglas of Hunting a w.va., the 1983 Champion. Louisville s Marcus Anderson to Lime 128-Pound Champ won e lightweight Crown and Bethiller Brothers of Fairview tont., were dethroned. Kansas City s. Robert Ander son 17, staggered Marcus an Erson with two successive hts in the second round but he Louisville ky., fighter Heldn then belted Back in the third round to get the decision. Marcus Anderson 19, i coached by Joe Martin Cassius Lay s  Priola Sharp hitting 7-year-old from Lake Charles,-a., dethroned Holland Boom Boom Miller for the flyweight tie. John North 17, of Cincinnati atonal aau runner up last ear took away Mel Miller Slanta weight Crown by hitting 1m repeatedly with a stiff Leftrook. Quick Clever Richard a lulls of Kansas City out pointed cd rec utile Wolf of Minneapolis or the featherweight Crown. Hedgeman Lewis of Detroit,0, National aau Champ ant ormer gloves 135 atlist Wonhe welterweight Crown by a Plit decision Over Jam Sparks 19, of Cleveland runner up for the second straight year muffin i a Latr a thy Oon walk. Klamp  mum  _ _ Niton m sir Alt pm Olmon  How. Bout Namu. My of Tull to Mim urn St Xinlian it but i Olton. Si-40-n, 4vk-tt giants Ottose letting Miller land a Job Phoenix. Ariz., March 2the san Francisco giants hav voted against Marvin j. Milter steel Union exec Tulve nominated to direct the players Assoc a Catcher Tow holier to giants player representative announced the negative Vot Friday but said he could no divulge the actual  representatives from All 20 major league clubs recently named Miller to the k000year Job which judge Rob in Cannon of Milwaukee Turne  said the vote tabulation will be by individual player and not by clubs. The giants represent Tiv added then is nothing Persona in our feeling but we feel Best to wait and give this a lit More  lip brat boost sales Chicago March 25 a the attraction of Leo Durocher and Eddie Stanky anew managers has a pirated advanced ticket sales of both the Chicago cubs and Chicago White  Maloney cub ticket manager reported Friday that season tickets were up 38 per cent and Box office Sale of individual game tickets was 103 per Cen ahead of last year. There is no question that the naming of Duro Cher As cub manager is responsible said Maloney. At White sox Park ticket manager Tommy Maloney Laid Sale of season ticket amounted to. Well Over to million roughly 10 per Cen ahead of last year. Stanley replaced retired Al Lopez As White sox Field Boss. London Rome Nigeria loom As possible Sites for future fights Clay Toronto. March 25 up1 a thoughtful Cassius Clay said Friday he might take his world heavyweight boxing Champion ship overseas if he defeat George Cuvalo tuesday night. The Champion made the offhand statement after an abbreviated training session i which he fought Only three rounds with sparring partner Jamie Ellis. We May go to London or Rome Clay said. We might go to Nigeria and take the title Over there if i can t tight in the United  did t elaborate on the statement which referred to the fact that the March 29 fight was booted out of new Orkand Chicago before it found a Home in  the Champion retains his title As most experts expect he faces Adverse Public opinion Over his unpatriotic state ments about the Viet Nam War. Indians holdout claims Holdup Larned Kan., March j8 a Cleveland Pitcher Ralph Terry says he s being held up instead of being a holdout. As he sees it he just wants to recoup some of the $7,000 he said it Cost him to be traded bythe new York Yankees to the indians after the 19 4  feel he general manager Gurney s incredible run tops Sebring tune ups Sebring fla., March 25upi Dan Gurney and his big Lue Ford hurling Back the Chal Enge of the Lone factory Ferrari bellowed around thin Sun bake circuit at an average 107.4 Mph Friday in the final hour Sirach acc before saturday s 12 hours of Sebring. Gurney s two minute 54.6seconds Lap was two seconds Aster than the Lap run thursday by Mike Parkes in a Ferrari p3 prototype. The Ferrari s Lap was so fast that none of the time Speed conver Sion charts would accept it. Gurney s time was incredible it was 3 Mph Over the Lap record and by far the fastest Lap Ever run Here with or without  put Gurney and his co Driver Jerry Grant at the head of the line in their 7 liter Mark ii Ford prototype for saturday s 10 . Be mans was Jim Hall s Chaparral an exactly one second slower. Its mate handled by Phil Hill Andujo Bonnier. Hall and his Chaparral won the race last year the car is even More radically different his year than it was then. It still uses an automatic trans Mission but now it is a Coupe with a movable Aero dynamic Flap at the Back to help Stop it. Only one of the Fords will rerunning an automatic transmission. That will be the Mark Dof a. J. Foyt and Ronnie Bucknum. Start. Right behind Parkes and Bob Bondurant inthe p3, the Only big prototype sent from the italian factory will be right by hand them. But Gurney will have the support of a Fleet of team Fords while there Are no other up to Date ferraris to Back up Parkes and  first six cars turned times under three minutes i practice. Third through sixth at the Start will be Fords one thegt40 of former world Champion Graham kill and Jar Klc Stewart another the Mark ii o Walt Hansgen Mark Donohue and sixth the one of a kind Ford i roadster piloted by Miles and Lloyd Ruby. Ken seventh fastest in practice Gabe Paul is trying to hold me up Terry said in a Telephone interview with Wichita Eagle sports news editor Bob Wurz it s not that i m holding  Terry a nine year Veteran said he was trimmed from s18, 000 to 31,000 by Cleveland an barred from Bonus Money by being benched during the Sec Ond half of 1945. Then he said he was offered $31,000 this Spring. It s his move he Paul has t increased a Dollar since Terry said. It Sims  he said he would sign now Uit meant taking the Cut for just one year but on a continuing basis it would mean a Sharp drop for him. I be started working out he said. My weight is Good. I be hunted a lot and played Golf Andy  feels real Good. But i m just going to sit it  until the club makes a move he said Bis baseball will be limited to workouts with his part Ner in an Oil and Gas business Fred Shaffef of Hutchinson Kan. This could Cut into his moneymaking ability in the United  closely about the Viet Nam situation. Cla maintained his no comment land but suggested that if Al americans were judged As he was being judged they d All  i Don t want to talk about Clay said i want my mind to be Clear for this  looked Sharp and very ast during three rough round with Ellis a 194-Pound pro who floored the Champion during workout on saturday. Finely tue he s like a finely tune motor boasted Clay s affable and Dapper manager Angelou under. He s working strictly or Speed  said is charge would work out saturday and Sunda but he indicated that the Laining from Here on in was tended Only to hone Clay up to a Fine  Wale putting the. Final touches on Clay s trial none Dundee flashed Back through is eight year association with Lay. This kid has been dreaming about boxing since he was 12. Dundee  his  out in a gesture that took in the seed gym where Clay is training Dundee said this is How he gets sucks my is the. Academy award for  s role As an Unolt dog has made the Canadia Champion that much More determined to defeat  that s the Way they see it it s up to them said Chuvy labout the Odds makers who Mot Clay As a 7-2 favorite. I Llave the last laugh. Ii help me i think it helps me. It gives me makes Little me More want drive an to prove myself to  about Clay s punching ability Cuvalo said most of is knockouts have come from cuts and i Don t Cut easily. Ill have to go All out for 15rounds and not worry about pacing  went three rounds Friday against greatest Craw Ford Hubert Hilton and Rich Ard Pitman. Once again be had difficulty combating the Speed of Hilton and Crawford. Defense witness testifies braves9 contract value decreased Milwaukee March 25 a when a Chicago group bought the Milwaukee braves from Lou Sperini in 1942 for $8.2 million the estimated value of player contracts was $4,118,480, on accountant testified Friday. Ronald a. Wupperman of Mil witness for the de Wisconsin s antitrust Waukee Atense i trial against baseball said that for tax purposes the value o the player contracts was amortized Over a period of 10 years on declining basis. Wupperman testified that atthe time of to Purchase the braves had 43 major league and1 3 minor league players. He estimated the amortized value of the players in 1m. The first full year of the new ownership at $888,348. The witness whose firm Arthur Anderson i co has audited the braves books since 1940, said he and is associates had developed a Pool concept for amortization using a major league roster of 40 players. The concept assumes that four players Are brought up each year from the minors resulting in a Complete turnover of the Parent club s roster of 40in it years. Circuit judge Elmer roller who is hearing the Case without a jury asked Wupperman if under the Pool concept there would be no depreciation of players after 10 years. Not for tax purposes Alp Perman said. The accountant Laid the judge that this was not unusual if you compare it to a piece of  he explained that after a piece of machinery is totally depreciated it can still be used. Wupperman testified thursday in support of the defense s claim mat the braves owners los substantial sums in operation of the club for three years an were forced to ask the National league to permit Transfer to Atlanta. We said the braves Wupperman Sai Brabrook loss in 196 waa 143.378. The state previously had introduced testimony by Ralph Delforge former Secretary treasurer of the braves that Tho club showed a Cash profit of ms.-000 in 19 1. In the antitrust suit which has been on since feb. 28. The state has accused the National league and its members of us ing monopolistic Powers to Boycott major league baseball in Milwaukee by approving the braves Transfer and refusing to Grant the City an expansion franchise