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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes saturday july 3 Ellis Frazier May meet in Astrodome Jan. 15 Houston up heavy weight champions Jimmy Ellis and Joe Frazier May meet forthe undisputed world Champion ship in the Astrodome Jan. 15,promoter Fred Hofheinz said thursday. Hofheinz president of Astro dome championship enterprises aces id he will try to make the fight if Ellis defeats Floyd Patterson in Stockholm sept. 14,and if Frazier wins his next fight either with Jerry Quarry or Boone Kirkman this  Frazier Quarry fight cooled off last weekend an Frazier now is talking to Kirkman for a possible fight i october maybe late september which would give enough time for Frazier to rest Between that fight if he wifi us a1mi Jan. Is which is the Date we Are shooting for in the Astrodome for Fra Ler Ellis Hofheinz  go in to the fight negotiations with two Trunp cards Hofheinz said it pfc contract i have with Al the name of sports action an his Mitra thee unknowns Pace Golf with 66s Milwaukee wis. A Rookie Matt Mclendon and Rocky Thompson looking Fortis first pea tour Victory shot six under Par 66s to share the first round Lead in the $200,000 greater Milwaukee open. Playing under near perfect conditions on the Long 7,155 Yard Par 72 North Shore coun try club course More than 37 golfers shot sub Par  was a slight Breeze off nearby Lake Michigan wit temperatures in the Low 80 s. Mclendon who won the mag Nolia classic on his first try at the tour earlier this year had seven birdies and one bogey in his round. He made the turn in34 strokes and came Home with a four under Par 32 on the backline. Four years on tour Thompson a 28-year-old from Wichita Falls tex., who has yet to win a tournament in fou years on the tour had six Bir Dies and 12 pars for his 33-3366. Among the pre tourney favor ites Veteran Julius Boros posted a one under Par 71, to Weiskopf. Second leading Money Winner on the tour was even Par 72, and . Open Champion Lee Trevino was one Over Par at73. The leaders Matt Mclendon 34-326c Rocky Thompson 33-3366 Rod Horn 34-3367 Dick lot. 84-337 Fred Marti 34-3387 Dave Stockton 34-3468hale irwin34-3569 Bobby Mitchell 33-3860 Dave Monrad 38-3369 Jay Hebert 33-3869al Geilier Ber 36-3460 Ted Makalena 36-3469 Steve Oppermann 34-3569tom Bolt. 35-3469 Marty Sleckman 35-3570 Mike Hill 34-3670 Rod Funseth 35-3570 Chi Chi Rodriguez 36-3470 Jim Colbert 33-3770 Steve Spray 36-3470 Bob Johnson 35-3570 Dick Crawford 36-3470 Dan Sykes 34-3870 Charles Sifford 36-3470 Harold Hen ninja 34-3670 Ken venture 35-3570 Terry Winter 36-3571 Chris Blocker 34-3771chuck Courtney 37-3471 hoi Nero Blancas 35-3671julius Boros 34-3771 Don Whitt 36-3571 Larry mowry36-3571 Wayne yates35-3671 Ray Floyd 34-3771 Tommy Aaron 84-3771don Fairfield ,. 37-3471 Deuce Leinan 34-3771don cer Niclo 36-3571 Jim watchers 35-3671 Don january 38-34ti . Snead 37-35vi Charles Houts 36-367v Dale douglass36-3772 Dave Hill 37-35ti Bob Soulby 38-34ti Doub Ford 37-3572 Don ma.ssenyale37-35ti Sam 8iuad 34-38 to Bob Mccallister 35-377v Art Wall 37-3372 Bob Lunn 36-3671monty kaser36-3672 Joel woj Durand. 37-3571 pave Jimenez 87-35ti8am . 37-3571 Bob stone.,., 37-35 72bob Murphy 37-3872 Tom Weiskopt 86-3772 Reue Luller � Jet 86-3872 . Bikes. 38-3472 Randy Glover a. 35-8772 fail Rogers. 36-3672 pave marr86-8071 Jim Ferrier. 36-367. Cubit weekend golfer nabs pub Linx Lead by one Dallas up Gene Towry a Small suburbanite who gave up Golf 10 years ago to give More time to his family and his work shot a one Over Par 71thursday for a two round total of 145 and the Midway Lead inthe Urga s Public links  5-6 tall 130-Pound golfer a program manager at a Industrial Complex at nearby Richardson tex., had a one stroke Lead Over Paul Langager of Orem , a Vietnam Veteran shot a 74 thursday and said forthe second straight Day he did nothing but hit Short of the  More strokes bade were Michael Keck of new Orleans Robert Unger of Milwaukee and defending Champion Vern Callison of Sacramento Calif. Well the 39th All Star game is now history and the National leagues have emerged victorious for the sixth straight time and now have a four game bulge on the  i would have liked to see the americans win be cause i be been an american league fan Ever since i was High enough to look through a Knothole in the Fence. That was Way Back in 1927 when babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig came to Sacramento Calif., with the american league All stars and played an exhibition  remember babe hit one Over the Centerfield Fence and i think Gehrig hit one through the Fence. From then on i was an Ameri can leaguer and More specifically a new York Yankee fan. They be been lean years for both of my choices this last decade but you can t win them All. But like Willie Mays said after the 1-0 Victory tuesday Nightie the Astrodome we did t exactly kill  we see where the american league won something in  the major league meeting held after the game the baseball moguls decided to go with the Junior Loop s two division system when both leagues expand to 12 teams for the 1969 season. If at least the two major league baseball leagues reached accor which is More than can be said for the big league football loops. The Way it stands now there May not be a National football league As we know it for this season. The coaches re getting ready to Field teams of rookies and free agents which should of something. The american football league ought to be for that. I might be Able to win the super. Bowl against the nil champs that  guess is that it will All be settled and soon. The players Don t want to sit out a season and the owners certainly Don twant to lose a year s Gate receipts. If the owners and the players Don t get together i think thatt the Rozelle the High commissioner will make a decision for them. Rozelle although comparatively Young in years is no bashful about making a decision and what s More important he makes it stick. Pro football still buzzes about Rozelle s Quick and forceful action when he banned Paul Hornung and Alex Karras for one year because they broke the no betting Rule Laid Down by the league. Odds & ends Good Day for sex Usa eur golfers Robert Ungerann Arnold Salinas Unger former v corps golfer and Salinas com a were among the first Day leaders in the pub Linx tourney being played in Dallas if either one finishes in the top 10 it will be quite an  of the top semipro baseball team in the v.s., grand rapids will compete at Haarlem Holland july 27 against the dutch National team. If you have a dutch to set you can see it in color. Jan liar tog the dutch baseball federation commissioner is trying to arrange a tournament later this season that will match the Usa eur and Safe champions against dutch italian belgian and German National teams. Would be an interesting one. Also in the wind is a proposed meeting Between the Usa Burand Safe baseball champions this year the tournament the first Ever sponsored by the two services May be the first of series of champions tips. In in talking stages Are proposed meet Ings fur the champs in football basketball track & Field Tennis Goit and boxing. Hope they come off As it is a natural rivalry and one that theuns would t certainty turn out to attend. Callison three under Par after six holes thursday said a Good round was destroyed Bya warning from Urga officials that he was playing too  say they the officials work for free and they Are overpaid said Callison posting his 71 for a 36-Hole total of 148.Keck, a student at Louisiana state University fired a 74thursday and Unger who will enrol this september at the University of Houston had 75 Over the monstrous 6,578-Yardpar-35-3570 Tennison Park course. Putting penalty among those at 149 were first round co leaders Tom Evans of Dallas and do Maddox of Wichita Kan. Maddox playing with Callison was hit with a two stroke penalty on the eighth Green where officials said he used an illegal putting stroke in tapping in a four Inch putt. I told him i did not see Maddox hit it said Callison but the official called the penalty  Towry Defeated in the finals of the same tournament in 1957 when it was a match play even gave up Golf in 1959. It was taking up too much time he said. Then three years ago he began to play occasionally and entered this year s  three Man Dallas team won the team championship with a 36-Hole total of 447, 11 strokes better than the score of a group from Memphis Tenn. The leaders Gene Towry 74-71146 Paul Langager 7274146 Michael Keck 74-74148 Robert Unger 73-76148 Verne Callon 77-71-148wendell Kop 75-73h8 James Miller 804ft14� Tom Evans 71-78140 George Yamn Lioio 73-ttt141 Tom  Luon 70-74148 Don Maddox 11-78 14dpleas Jones y4-75148 Joe Ronahan 77-73150 Harold Lane 70-76150 John Lugo 76-75100 Ray Uccello Tel 70-74160will bowl 77-74181 Tom Ouon 74-77161 Phillip Freer 74-77ifll it Cheater oof he 76-70151 of airy hitch 76-70151 Cooper tabs Clay greatest of era9 High Wycombe England is British heavyweight Champion Henry Cooper was guest speaker at the Semi annual sportsmen s dinner at High Wycombe air station. During his remarks Cooper called former world heavyweight Cassius Clay the greatest of  Cooper was knocked out by Clay in six rounds in a championship fight receiving the sportsman of the year trophy was sgt. Stan Fried Man. Awards were presented by base commander col. Arthur g. Lynn. Bengals High halfback Cincinnati a half Back Paul Robinson a third round draft Choice from the University of Arizona Bai signed with the Cincinnati Bengali of the american football league Joe said the other is to during the week of j an Houston will see about 50 non houstonian in town ing for entertaining n  they we  the National Home Buis is show across he Street the National  pre Purchas Oci $150,000 tickets he said. I Aba Champion Ellis Cassius Clay g form sparring partner is recognized As the Champion by the world boxing association after to. Ning an elimination tournament Frazier is recognized by fit e state athletic commissions new York Massachusetts main Pennsylvania and Illinois it would be the second time the Astrodome has been the Siti of a fight Between two claimants to the heavyweight championship. Clay decision Dernie Terrell in 15 rounds there on feb. 6, 1967. La. Gives colavito release los Angeles a Veter an outfielder Rocky Colapilo who played Little baseball for los Angeles was Given his unconditional release thursday. General manager Fresco Thompson said waivers had been put through and the for 1 Rocky colavito. Job Hunting Mer Cleveland Star has Bee notified Al his Home in Temple  primarily As a pm hitter colavito had a Reca of 28 hits in 113 times this e son for a .204 batting avenge last appeared in adj a uniform june 19 and had a Mission to return Homo because of the illness of his wife. To replace colavito the daggers recalled outfielder w Crawford the $100000 Bonu in 1064, from Spokane a and a will John the club Atlanta Friday night. Crawford s butting average Date is .295. He has baited my j runs stolen 12 buses Waikiu times and scored 57 f"1"agames. Extra base n s i 18 doubles nine tin a Lia Home runs  
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