European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes jul one 33 Frazier still a top heavy pick to whip Ramos or n a Fri in Mir i is nor cent the bout will be shown 15 straight victories including i know what a new York Impi upbeat in the Lith Iund in Maich i of c"1l a in l visi0n in most 12 knockouts for an Overall Are saying ahn5 news is. To. Ttv., tn.-. Cur i n Troh Hilive f avoid it int live on nume a a. Oving doom to 1 up unbeaten Joe Frazier rates As a top heavy favorite to retain his share of the world heavyweight title against lanky mexican Manuel Ramos monday night at Madison Square Champion from Philadel phia who won the vacant title by knocking out Buster Mathis in the Lith round in March i such a prohibitive favorite that he is being quoted As 4-to-l handout meaning bets Are Only being taken on Ramos 24-year-old Frazier with 20 consecutive pro victories and18 knockouts to his credit will receive 40 per cent of the net receipts. Ramos will get 20 per cent. Th1 live on Home television in most parts of the country but it willbe on closed circuit in the Southwest and West coast. Crowd of 15,000 is expected to pay $130,000 to watch the fight atthe Garden. Tickets Are scaled from $30 to $5.Ramos, also 24, has rolled up 15 straight victories including1l record of 20-6-2. His most impressive victories were Over Eddie Machen Ernie Terrell and James j. Woody. Although Ramos in t really being taken seriously by the Odd makers he has appeared nonchalant in training. Howard Allen Pace senators Over a a 7-3 Oakland a fran Howard and Bernie Allen hit three run homers Friday nights the Washington senators Defeated the Oakland athletics 7-3 and snapped an eight game los ing s Homer was his 24th score 11-g Yankees clobber Minnesota St. Paul Minneapolis a Bobby Cox drove i four runs with a two run Homer triple and single and Joe Pepi tone hit a three run Homer Fri Day night powering the Newyork Yankees to an 11-6 Victory which ended Minnesota s win Ning Streak at six games. The Yankees unleashed a 15-Hitattack in support of Mel Stottle Myre who coasted to his ninth win in 13 decisions behind the big twins Only Power burst against Stottlemyre were Tony Oliva s double and Home run and Cesar Tovar s double. Oliva s ninth Homer a 460-Footblow, came far too late leading off the sixth with the yanks Al ready seven runs ahead. Three straight singles knocked out Stottlemyre in the ninth when the twins rallied for four runs. The Yankees bombed lose Dave Boswell 6-6, for seven hits and five runs two on Cox third Home run of the season in the second Perry relieved Boswell in the fifth and yielded Pepitone s eighth Homer. Cox sure of himself of the season and sixth in nine games against Oakland. Allen also had three singles to become the first player to get four hits in a game at Oakland coliseum. 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Weber s Llu Slauco a 5-year-old horse bred in Chile scored an easy 4-length Victory in the Dempsey purse. Ray Broussard Rode Lla Llau co who finished a mile Over the turf course in 1 41. Editor s note with the successful Advent of professional soccer on the american sports scene we think the following articles of timely interest to our readers. Especially since americans stationed Here in Europe have the Opportunity to see top flight soccer every week by Connie Ryan new York up when the International soccer league isl started nine years ago one of its avowed Aims was that of making the . A Power in world cup play and that same High purpose has been started by each following league. Now the time has come to begin to make isl has disappeared and so have the National professional soccer league Nusl and the United soccer association Usa. Inheritor of pro soccer in the . Now is the North american soc cer league Nail with 17 clubs two of them in Canada. Later this year the . Must begin preliminary play for the 1970world cup meeting Canada and Bermuda in its Section and the Nail is providing the coach Phil Woosnam of England and the Atlanta chiefs. Although trials among amateurs already have be gun it is widely expected that almost All the players on the . Side will come from among the 27 . Citizens who began the 1968 season on Nail one in 10,000 . Sports fans knows or cares that in 1950 one of the great upsets of All time in any sport occurred in Rio de Janeiro As the . Beat England 1-0, in the first round of world cup play. That world cup team was made up mostly of Amateur players and was eliminated in the second round. Since then the . Never has come close to International Success whether in world cup or in olympic the isl began play importing teams for a summer tournament founder Bill Cox said one objective was to increase soccer popularity to the Point where . Youngsters would play the Gam and begin to provide the Talent to win on an International level. The new league was not particularly successful and Cox finally had to depend primarily upon an ethnic Appeal to get attendance at isl games urging americans of italian extraction to come cheer the visiting italian team the latin americans the brazilian team the German americans to cheer the visiting austrian teams. There was no upsurge in soccer popularity and no improvement . World cup fortunes. After the Rio Success the . In fact was unable to get past Mexico in Continental the establishment of major league professional soccer in the . For the first time last year both leagues said they hoped to help the . Take its place in world soccer and hopefully to take advantage of the unusual situation in 1970 in which Mexico is for once not a Host Mexico need not play any elimination games and the . Need Only win its Way through the 12-team Central and North american qualifying round. These 12 teams Are divided into four three team subsections. I the . Should beat Canada and Bermuda it then meets the Winner of the Guatemala Trinidad Haiti Sec Tion. That Winner will meet the survivor of the other two sections Costa Rica Honduras Jamaica and Al Salvador Suriname French West Nail was formed by a merger of the National professional soccer league Nusl and the United soccer association us both of which began operation in 1967. The Nusl built its own teams for that first season signing players and coaches almost entirely from Europe and latin America but did not have the Barule that each team must have three . Citizens on its roster Tor the 1968 season As a step toward building . Power for world cup play. The Usa Rule was of no practical effect however since that league did not have its own teams in 1967, but imported whole for eign teams to represent the franchises. It planned to Start opera Lions with its own teams in 1968. With the merger it was agree that in fairness to the former Nusl teams the three citizen Rule should be postponed one year becoming operative in 1969. Thus at the Start of the 1968 Nail season Only 12 of the 17 teams . Or Canadian citizens on the roster. Seven of them had Only one citizen player. Only the St. Louis stars with five natives Oist. Louis plus one other citizen the Chicago Mustangs with five and the Houston stars with five met the numerical requirements for 1969 As the 1968 season started. Some of these players were foreign born four of Houston s five were born in Hungary for instance. Our league will cooperate fully in making players available to the National team and in offering coaches and facilities said league president Dick Walsh we realize that it is logical to expect most of the players will come from our league since it is the continued on Page 22, will be a different night. I would t expect u c he favorite because7, of he Champion but i think to Knock him l Cai Machen who fought u Ramos and Frazier also Lis Champion might have Tref Frazier punished me a physically than anyone a fought said hit me harder anyone else. Just when j thought i had him in trouble h knocked me Down with one athe hardest punches i Ever Al Tweh maybe Frazier has Shattle better opposition w Ramos is hard to Knock he has a solid Ramos has the physical advantages. At 6-foot-3, the mexican is nearly five in Liesl taller and his 76-Inch reach is ji1-2 inches longer. Frazier s manager Yancey Durham has predicted the i Champion will Knock out Ramoin less than eight rounds am already is scouting around atthe next opponent. He said tha Frazier will defend his til once More this year with Boone Kirkman Floyd Patterson and Jimmy Ellis who holds Liei world boxing association ver Sion of the title being Likely opponents. If Ramos wins the. Already has agreed to a rematch with Frazier. Frazier is recognized As Champion by the commissions in new York Massachusetts Maine Illinois Pennsylvania and by the world boxing Council which governs the sport in Mexico. However Cassius Clay was stripped of the title by i most commissions for refusing to be inducted into the array still is considered the Champion by Many and Ellis won thew a and California versions of the title in an elimination series. Us clinches its Lois Mcaa Tennis Crown championships. , second seed but a Fey ing Champion in the , overwhelmed Pat Cramer 6-2, of Al singles match third. Q j,., nut us the Victory by so j at 27 Points and asset team championship. Q Msmith and Lutz \ Day for the singles title a Trinity University. J e Rice University los s Chance of stopping Tnp Eean pen in the miming when Ero and Brian Chutney knocked off the third straight quart Sec 6-1
