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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes saturday May 4, Senate prepares to act on Mcaa aau feud Washington of Senate committee launched a new peace probe thursday inthe bitter track War Between the nation s colleges and the Amateur athletic Union threatening intervention by Congress to end the feud. Sen. Warren g. Magnuson d-wash., chairman of the Senate Commerce committee said Abill is ready for introduction next week to write into Law proposed Compromise Settle ment turned Down by the col Leges last month. The Commerce committeemen in private for 90 minutes with labor mediator Theodore Heel of new York head of the Senate created arbitration Board that tried earlier to Settle the feud without  told newsmen the col Leges had q moral obligation and perhaps even a Legal Obliga Tion to accept the Board s find  Board s proposal was rejected by the National collegiate athletic association and its ally the . Track and Field Pitburg Host for Safe weightlifting Pitburg Germany Spe Cial the Safe weightlifting championships will take place at Pitburg gym May 9-11. Weigh ins Are scheduled for 3p.m. Each Day with the actual Competition beginning at 7  will be seven weight Cate Gories. Three events Are scheduled inthe olympic and Power lift Divi Sions. The olympic lift will be competed in the press snatch and clean and Jerk. The Bench press squat and dead lift com prise the Power lift events. I 1 " i 6 bouts captured by Usa eur boxers in Zurich j Mainz Germany special the Usa eur training Camp boxing team took six out of 10 bouts from the Swiss National boxing team in Zurich thursday night before a nation wide Tele vision audience. The Usa eur team which i composed of boxers who will compete in the All army trial sin july was impressive since seven of the 10 Swiss fighters Are National champions. Winners for the Susareu team were flyweight William Hawthorne of 8th div Bantam weight Kaleb Long of 8th div lightweight George Moreida of8th div Light middleweight James Ross and Thomas Jacob both of the 8th div. Losers were Light welterweight Billy Carteros 8th div welterweight Clarence Hodge of 8th div Light heavy weight Richard Harley of 8th div and heavyweight Otis Evans of com z. The training Camp which is hosted by the 8th div was formed right after the Susareu boxing championships in january to keep the participant for the All army trials in shape. The team will depart for Helsinki sunday for two matches in Finland May 10 and 12. In the swim a competitor in the Steeple Chase event at the Penn relays takes a face first dive and another racer tries to twist away to avoid stepping on the Navator. A photo Frazier May defend in Iune against Homos or Kirkman triple dead heat registered in Ohio Columbus Ohio a three horses finished in a dead heat for first place in the third race Arbeulah Park thursday. It was the first time in the Park s history this has happened and is even rare in National Rac ing history Beulah officials said. Payola Joy Ridden by Carlos Marquez City Market Ridden by Robert Wilbrecht and Equi charge Ridden by Ernie Reta Mosa were the horses which crossed the finish line at the same time in the six Furlong race. The time was 1 13. Payola paid $2.20, $2.40 and$2.80 City Market $2.20, $2.60 and $2.80 and Equi charge $3.80, j4.20 and $4.40. Philadelphia a Joe Frazier heavyweight Champion in five states probably will de fend his title in june at Madi son Square Garden against either Manuel Ramos of Mexico or Boone Kirkman of Seattle. Yancey Durham Trainer and adviser to. The 24-year-old Frazier indicated thursday argentinian Edwardo Corletti and former heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson also were under consideration. I would eliminate Corlett though because i Don t think he will come to this country an you can t get anything definite from Patterson Durham  should be either Ramos or  Durham returned this wee from a trip to California where he watched Jimmy Ellis win the world boxing association heavyweight Crown from Jerry Quarry. He said he was t Hope Ful for an Ellis Frazier fight inthe near future. All Ellis did said Durham is become the no. 1 Challen Ger to Joe. He does t appear anxious to fight  Durham said he still Felt Quarry won the fight. I scored Quarry a Point ahead. Actually it was a poor fight and they both were  the Trainer admitted he was rooting for Quarry because a Frazier Quarry fight would Bea much bigger Gate attraction than Frazier Ellis. Also therein the Angle of Quarry being the White Hope for the title. Quarry knew he fought bad Durham said. He told me after the fight i m sorry i let you Down yank " while either the 25-year-Oldramos, a 6-foot-2 mexican or 23 year old Kirkman loom a Frazier s next opponent Durham is dreaming of a Frazier Cassius Lay fight. The International situation May change he said and Clay can get Back into action. Big name golfers enter British open St. Andrews Scotland up Jack Nicklaus Arnold Palmer and South african Gary player have All entered the British open at Carnoustie Scotland july 10-13, the Royal and ancient Golf club announced Here. Club officials said Palmer was among the Early entrants for the championship and confirmation has now been received from player and Nicklaus. Other recent entries include Doug Sanders of the . And new Sealander Bob Charles. I be talked with Clay and he wants to fight Joe. We would be the challenger in that one but there would be enough Money to make everyone Happy i sure. I figure we Durham an Frazier could net $3 million from a Clay fight. Then i d re tire my  Ramos is rated the no. 4challenger in ring Magazine ratings and no. 4 by the  has a 19-5-2 record with 17 knockouts. Kirkman managed by the Veteran Jack Hurley is ninth rated by ring a ranked by thew a. He s a club fighter Type with 17 victories and one defeat including 14 knockouts. His Only defeat was by Doug Jones whom he later knocked out. The unbeaten Frazier has won 20, 18 by to. His last Start March 4 was his 10th round to of Buster Mathis for the heavyweight championship of new York Massachusetts Illinois and Maine. Later his Home state of Penn Slyvania Al so recognized the Philadelph Ianas Champion. Federation in Early april the argued the proposal would have perpetuated an aau monopoly on control of track meets. The Usuff has asked Tho Justice department to conduct an antitrust investigation of . Be Magnuson said his committee discussed the Mcaa argument with Kheel and asked him 0prepare a reply to be sent to the colleges perhaps next  senator said a Bill embody. Ing the panel s  probably will to Ducco next , prospects for Quick Senate action have been tempered by the Mcaa and Usuff pledge for a truce in the trackway until after the olympic games oct. 12-27 in Mexic City. As Long As that stays for awhile we can probably take a Little More time in looking a legislation Magnuson said. Two Bills already have Cen offered. One backed by sen. James b. Pearson r-kan.,would create a new super group to oversee Amateur track. The other proposed by  p. Griffin r-mich., would outlaw denial of eligibility to any athlete solely because he competed in a rival Organiza Tion s meet. However the Mcaa said i would strongly oppose any Effort to write the arbitration Board s proposals into Law. The Board s findings would leave the aau in control of open 11 Competition in the unite states with Usuff events required to meet aau  Mcaa would continue to run Campus Competition. The arbitration Board was created by the Senate in 1965 and appointed by vice president Hubert h. Humphrey. Kheel said after the com Merce committee session there is at the very least amoral obligation if not a Legal obligation. On the part of Al parties to accept this  the mediator said it i strange at this time of student unrest for the College and University presidents to set an example of defying the decision of the Board appointed by the vice  Commerce committee meeting was closed to the pub Lic. No action was taken on any specific  senator said upon emerging All we be done is talk for three  new Brunswick. . A a Rutgers University spokesman said thursday nigh the National collegiate athletic association has lifted a suspension which prohibited the school from participating in inca championships. Rutgers was suspended lat last year after it admitted a freshman football player whose predicted classroom average fell below the Mcaa s 1.6 requirement about a minus for athletic eligibility and financial id. Rutgers opposed the Mcaa on the ground that any student in Good standing had a right to participate in athletics. I. Ii is Kim suspended by i vim a Philadelphia up Kisoo Kim world boxing association Aba Junior middleweight Champion from Korea was sus Pended thursday by the Penn Sylvania athletic commission. The suspension was requested by Pinny Shafer manager of Benny Briscoe of Philadelphia on ground Kim failed to fulfil a contract commitment to defend his title against Briscoe. A commission spokesman said its action meant that the Aba also would suspend Kim. He said the suspension would remain in effect until Kim goes through with the Briscoe bout. The spokesman said Kim has now scheduled a fight i with Sandro Mazzi Nghi. Briscoe who has a 25-2- it 4 a \. Of a for i w record was originally scheduled to fight Kim in Seoul Korea last March 16, Shafer said. But Kim s handlers postponed Tut bout until the latter part 01 april and that was the last lie heard from them  
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