European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes sunday october 1, 1967 Griffith regains Crown from Benvenuti new York a Emile Griffith fighting with the desperation of a scorned sex Cham Pion ended the five month reign of Italy s Nino Benvenuti a world middleweight King Friday night and won a majority Deci Sion in a 15-round title match at Shea stadium. Snatching Back the title head lost last april 17 in a tremendous upset Griffith used solid left Jab and a booming body attack to even matters with the blood spattered italian who bled from the nose through out the bitterly fought match. Benvenuti went Down from aright hand to the Chin in the 14th round but bounced up almost immediately waving his hands to referee Tommy Walsh to indicate it should not be called a Knockdown. However he was Given the mandatory eight  was the Only Knockdown of the fight. Judges Joe Eppy and Johnny ran scored it 9-5-1 for Griffith. Walsh called it a draw with 7-7-1 in rounds and 7-7 in Points. The a card had it 10-4-1 for Griffith. The once postponed match went on despite a threat of More rain that Cut the crowd far be Low the expected attendance of 30,000 and $300,000 in receipts. Griffith surprised everybody including Nino by scoring repeatedly with his stiff left Jab despite a three Inch deficit i reach and a disadvantage in both height and weight. Griffith came in at 154 pounds and Ben Venuti 159%. Benvenuti was not the super Boxer of last april 17 when As a 13-5 underdog he upset the new yorker. He was not getting off the Brilliant combinations and his punches appeared to Lack  italian was throwing them one at a time while grif nats eliminate Chison 1-0, on Ortega s 4-hitter Chicago a the Washington senators ousted Chicago from the american league pen Nant race Friday night by nip Ping the White sox 1-0 behind the four hit pitching of Phil or Tega and an unearned run in the first inning. The White sox who blew Atell tale doubleheader at Kansas City wednesday night needed asleep of the three game series against Washington to stay alive in the hectic four team scram  now can win a Maxi mum of 91 games and must Fin ish behind either the Minnesota twins or Boston red sox who meet in a two game set Satur Day anc1.  sox bowed out meekly As Ortega recorded his second Valentine Ortega shutout of the season an squared his record at 10-10. Southpaw Tommy John started for the sox and quickly was clipped for the game s Only  Cullen leading off the first inning grounded to third an first baseman Tom Mccraw let Ken Boyer s throw get away from him for an error. Hank Allen then hit a double play Ball to Short but relay Man Don Buford threw the Ball into the dugout after a Force at Sec braves fire Hitchcock in silent Way Atlanta a Bill Hitchcock was fired Friday As manager by the Atlanta braves who gave him the same silent treatment they gave Eddie Mathews their Veteran slugger when traded last Winter. No successor to Hitchcock was named. Two hours after the Public announcement of Hitchcock s discharge was made at a pres conference the erstwhile Man Ager had not been told officially of his removal. Last Winter the braves Trade Mathews their Home run hitting infielder of Boston and Milwaukee Days to Houston but failed to Tell him. The braves later apologized. Paul Richards vice president of the braves announced hitch cock s removal. While no Suc Cessor was named Luman har Ris is regarded As a Strong possibility. Ond for another error. Fran Howard Drew a walk and Fred Valentine drove Allen Home with the first of his three hits. John suffering his 12th los against 10 victories departed for a Pinch hitter in the fifth although he yielded Only three hits. Ortega struck out the first women he faced before the sox got runners on first and third on singles by Mccraw and Rocky colavito. But Ortega got Kenoyer to hit into a Force play to end the inning. Ortega set thesos Down in order in the next three innings before Ken Berry the stars and stripes 1 cold Weatheros Tiger Angel pair 2 twin Bills set Detroit up cold Blus Tery weather ment of the forced postpone Detroit Californi doubleheader Friday and forced the tigers to pin their Pennant Hopes on Back to Back double headers saturday and sunday. Umpire Bill Kinnamon called the postponement an hour and a half before the twi night twin Bill was to begin. Temperatures fell to the 40 s in Detroit Friday a Chilt wind whipped the City and a cold drizzle fell for the third straight Day. It was the second straight Day that the weather forced postponement of the series  needs a sweep of the four game set which closes the season to Clinch at least a tie for the american league Pennant and the weather trapped the tigers into needing consecutive doubleheader sweeps. If the weather forces postponement of saturday s games a doubleheader would be played sunday followed by single games monday and tuesday extending the american league season two Days and raising the possibility that the world series might be postponed from it scheduled Start next wednesday whether or not a playoff i needed to decide the american league Pennant. Earl Wilson Detroit s 22-game Winner and Joe Sparma who has a 15-9 Mark we rescheduled Tiger starters for Friday s doubleheader. The Pennant race at a glance by the associated press american league Towon lost pet. Behind play Minnesota. 91 89 .669 Detroit 89 69 .663 i 4 Boston 90 70 .663 1 2 Minnesota at Home 0. Away 2 Boston 2, sept. 30, oct. 1. Detroit at Home 4california 4.sept. 30 8oct. 1 2. Boston at Horn 2. Minnesota . So oct. 1. Postponement raised the possibility that manager Mayo Smith might go with Wilson an Southpaw Mickey Lolich his hottest Pitcher in the saturday games and use Sparma in one game sunday followed by either John killer or Denny Mclain. Any games which must remade up beyond the regular season will be called off if the have no bearing on first place. Doubled to Center with two Outin the fifth. Pinch hitter Smoky Burgess then bounced out to end the inning. The sox had another Chancrin the sixth when Buford walked and Mccraw forced him at Sec Ond then went All the Way to third on a stolen base an Catcher Paul Casanova s throw ing error. But colavito bounced out to end the threat. Chicago was presented wit still another Opportunity in the seventh when j. C. Martin an Berry each walked after two . But Ortega Fanne Batter Pete Ward on pitches retiring the Side. Tainted run costly Washington chicagoan r h blab r h by Cullen is 4000 Agee of 4000 Nen pm 1000 Buford 2b 3000brnkman As 0. 0 0 0 Mccraw in 4020 Hallen it 4100 colavito of 4010fhoward if 3000 Boyer 3b 4000 Stroud of 0000 Hansen is 4000 Valentine of 4 0 3 1 Martin c 3000mcmuiln 3b 4010 Berry if 2010 Casanova c 4 0 10 John p 1000 Coggins 2b 4010 Burgess pm 1000epstein in 3010 Mcmilion p 0000 Ortega p 3000 Ward pm locker p 10000000 34 1 7 1 total 31 0 4 0100 000 0001 0000000000 total Washington Chicago a Mccraw Buford Casanova. Do Chicago 1. Lob Washington 9, Chicago 7. 2bberry, Casanova Epstein. So Coggins Mccraw. Ortega a 10-10 John l.10-12 Mcmahon locker t2 24. A11,669. In. 9. 6. J. 2 h r Erbb so 350 e o with kept sending in combinations and lunging in with his head under Benvenuti s  dripped froth the ital Ian s nose from the first round on. He also had a Cut under the Chin and his Mouth was red with his own blood in the late rounds. While Gil Clancy his co Man Ager kept shouting at him in the Corner Between rounds Griffith closed Strong. He had faded in the stretch in their fistfight. Although 1,500 italians handmade the trip by special charter jets and there were Many other fellow countrymen in the stands the shouts of Neeno Neeno were not As loud As in the first fight. Whether Benven uti was stale after the rainout or had left his Best fight in the gym he simply was not Able to control Griffith As he had i april. It was the fifth time Griffith had won As a challenger and his 14th win in 17 title bouts for either the welter or middleweight  scored with a Long left Hook and a right uppercut his Best punches but his Jab was not snapping out and head trouble keeping Griffith away. Time after time in the Early rounds Griffith surged in following a left Jab with a right to the body and then drove his head under the italian s Chin a they clinched. It was the second defeat for Benvenuti in 74 pro starts. His Only previous loss was to Kakim soon in Seoul South Korea last year. Griffith s career record now is 53-8-1. Griffith has won the welter title three times lost it twice and now has captured the 160-Pound Crown for the second time after having lost it to  the strength of his Strong showing in the first fight Ben Venuti went into the ring a slight 8-5 favorite. But this was another night and another More determined Griffith who was goaded into a continued fury by his Corner  threat of rain held the continued on Page arms in action challenger Emile Griffith Cocks a right hand and middleweight Champion Nino Benvenuti raises both arms to protect his head in the second round of their title bout at new York s Shea stadium Friday night. Griffith won the votes of both judges for a majority decision to regain the title he lost to Benvenut last april. A photo